Charidimos (Harry) Demetriou (born 20 August 1958 in
London
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) is a
Greek
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Cypriot-British
poker
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player.
World Series of Poker
Demetriou first became known in poker circles for his 3rd-place finish at the $2,000
no limit
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Texas hold 'em
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tournament
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at the
2002 World Series of Poker
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(WSOP) won by
Layne Flack
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Poker career
Flack started playing cards with his grandparents, but became engrossed in th ...
. Demetriou took home $80,200 for his finish.
He finished in 18th place in the
2004 WSOP Main Event, where he became annoyed with the belligerent attitude of
Josh Arieh
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Tournament history
Arieh finished in third place in the 2004 World Series of Po ...
. Demetriou received $147,500 for his finish in the tournament.
At the
2005 WSOP, he finished as the runner-up in the $2,500 short-handed no limit hold'em event, receiving $163,850 when his Q♣ 9♠ failed to improve in the final hand against Isaac Galazan's
K♥ J♠ on a board of
8♦ 5♦ 4♦ 5♠
2♥. He also made the final table of the same event at the
2006 WSOP, finishing 6th.
Despite his successes at the WSOP, he has made criticisms of disorganisation of events at the 2005 WSOP
/sup>, the HORSE
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event at the 2006 WSOP
/sup>, a change to the format of the 2006 WSOP's shootout event
/sup> and a rules decision in the 2006 WSOP main event
/sup>.
World Poker Tour
Demetriou made the final table of the World Poker Tour
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Invitational event, finishing in fifth place.
Demetriou made a second WPT final table in season 5
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, finishing runner-up when his K♥ 6♣ was outdrawn by Stanley Weiss' K♠ 5♦.
Other events
In 2003, Demetriou also appeared in the World Heads-Up Poker Championship The World Heads-Up Poker Championship (WHUPC) was an annual elimination-format poker tournament of heads-up no limit Texas hold'em matches. The tournament was co-created by Late Night Poker's Nic Szeremeta, PokerInEurope's Jon Shoreman, and gamin ...
and Poker Million The Poker Million has been a televised European poker tournament since its inception in November 2000. The final debuted to 30 million viewers and has since remained popular. It was created by UK gaming outfit Ladbrokes with the help of sports pro ...
.
Demetriou won the inaugural Victor Poker Cup.
As of 2013, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,100,000. His 10 cashes at the WSOP account for $593,544 of those winnings.World Series of Poker Earnings
, worldseriesofpoker.com
Notes
External links
World Poker Tour Profile
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1958 births
Poker players from London
Living people
Sportspeople from Hendon
British people of Greek Cypriot descent