I'm very pleased to announce that GPWA private member Chipeez was the Amsterdam Affiliate Series of Poker (ASOP) winner. The winner of the Affiliate Manager portion of the ASOP was Ondrej Tuma, affiliate manager for Slotland Affiliates.
Chipeez joined the GPWA in September 2007 and holds three GPWA approved portal seals for the sites www.idealcasino.com, www.ideal-casinos.nl and www.idealcasino.nu.
The winners placed at the top of the competition of 42 finalists, selected from the hundreds who entered the online qualifier tournaments. Each winner received $3,000 plus the winner’s bracelet valued at $6,000 and made by the same company that creates the Aussie Millions winner’s bracelet .
"Winning an ASOP tournament is all about the honors and bragging rights,” stated ASOP winner Chipeez. “I'm really happy to be the first Dutch ASOP winner and the first winner at the Amsterdam Affiliate Conference event. Even though it was an online tournament, there was enough competition to make it a great game! I'll definitely be back to defend the title, online or offline."
“When I talked to the last ASOP winner I told him we will meet at the next finals table and I will win,” commented Mr. Tuma, the winner of the affiliate manager series. “This happened only partly because the ASOP was divided into two separate actions, for affiliates and for affiliate managers.
“Just before the break I did one bad call for 400 chips and was unlucky on river once so this dropped me to 1700 in chips,” continued Tuma. “After the break I decided that now is the right time to play more aggressively and risk more.”
This news of the most recent winners comes as iGaming Business is announcing plans to make the next ASOP even bigger and more competitive than before, with prizes reaching as much as $20,000, including the coveted ASOP bracelet and a possible seat at the next WSOP main event. The next series is planned to take place during the Budapest Affiliate Conference, to be held from 10 to 13 September of 2009.
Michael