John Tabatabai

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John Tabatabai is a British poker player based in London, England, who was the runner-up to Norwegian poker player Annette Obrestad in the first World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=27653 |title=£10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event |accessdate=2008-07-15 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com ] He is currently sponsored by Betfair. cite web|url=http://wsope.betfair.com/index.php/blog/details/24/best-of-british-betfair-pro-john-tabatabai |title=Best of British: Betfair Pro John Tabatabai |accessdate=2008-07-15 |last=Pitt |first=Matthew |publisher=betfair.com ]

Poker

World Series of Poker Europe

In the final hand Annette Obrestad had a slight chip lead with 3,851,000 over Tabatabai with 3,381,000, Tabatabai in the small blind flat called Obrestad's big blind, Obrestad raise the pot from 68,000 to 138,000, Tabatabai flat called the preflop raise that brought the pot to 208,000, the flop came cards|7c|6c|5h, Obrestad lead out with a 250,000 bet bring the pot to 458,000, Tabatabai re-raised an additional 750,000, Obrestad then went all-in which was called by Tabatabai who had flopped two pair with cards|5s|6d, however Obrestad had flopped top set with cards|7h|7s, Tabatabai, nearly drawing dead in need of two running cards fives or sixes for quads to win the hand or two running cards for a straight on the board for a chop, the turn brought the cards|2c, securing Obrestad the win, the irrelevant river card was the cards|Qh.

Tabatabai earned £570,150 ($1,147,770 USD) for his second place finish.

All Africa Poker Tournament

In March 2008 John Tabatabai won the 12th All Africa Poker Tournament collecting one million Rand ($127,584) for his achievement.

Early chess career

Before embarking on a professional poker playing career, John Tabatabai was a keen chess player. He represented Wales in numerous international competitions as a junior.

As of 2008 his live tournament earnings exceed $1,200,000. cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=91654 |title=John Tabatabai - Stats |accessdate=2008-07-15 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com ]

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External links

* [http://betting.betfair.com/tabatabai/ Official Blog]
* [http://wsope.betfair.com/index.php/blog/details/24/best-of-british-betfair-pro-john-tabatabai Betfair Profile]