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About Puggy82Neil Stewart, who moved from Britain to Tauranga, New Zealand in mid-2008, first captured online tournament headlines when he chopped the PartyPoker May Madness $1 Million Guaranteed event for $109,000. In October '08, Neil won the PokerRoom ChampionChip Final $117,600 and also also has a $125,000 cash from his 5th place effort in the Titan Poker $2.5 Million Guaranteed from March '09.

Latest Posts by Puggy82

  • Vienna Round Up
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    Last Updated: December 1, 2008
    Vienna Round Up
    With a 10k starting stack and blinds starting at 25/50 I always expected the play to be very cagey at the start, and it certainly was. An hour in and we only saw the river two or three times. I managed to chip up a decent amount in the first two big hands of the tournament. Firstly I opened AA in se...
  • Vienna – The Race Trophy Final
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    Last Updated: November 29, 2008
    Vienna – The Race Trophy Final
    On Saturday 30th November I will be playing the most important poker game of my career thus far. Up for grabs is $500k in prize money that will be split between the six finalists. The prize structure makes for scary reading with first place taking home over 50% of the pool, $285k to be exact. 1st  ...
  • November Wrap
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    Last Updated: November 26, 2008
    November Wrap
    November was a funny month for me poker wise. Our trip to the south island meant I missed a week at the beginning and my upcoming trip to Vienna means I will miss the final week. That being said, I still got in $52k worth of buyins, an almost identical figure to September. Results were similar to th...
  • Another Sunday
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    Last Updated: October 19, 2008
    Another Sunday
    Another 5am rise and it wasn’t any easier. Once again I had 36 tournaments on my schedule and was shelling out over $6k. I haven’t run very well in the majors over the last year, so I was really due a good one. (cough cough). The highlights of the day were the Tilt Brawl and the UB $200k...