Grosvenor 25/25 Reaches New Heights, Medieval Poker Discovery

Ghassan Chehbi Wins Record-Breaking Grosvenor 25/25

The fallout from this year’s WSOP might be causing some live poker tours to experience a drop in numbers, but that certainly wasn’t the case in London recently.

After welcoming the Grosvenor’s latest 25/25 Series event into town, the Victoria Casino saw a record-breaking number of hopefuls take to the felt.

Despite being a relative newbie on the live circuit, the 25/25 Series has become increasingly popular with British and European grinders and last week the latest tournament saw 400 grinders ante-up £200.

In total the prizepool reached an impressive £80,000 and by the time just six players were left it was Ghassan Chehbi who claimed the largest share of the prizepool.

With the session dragging on into the night the final six agreed to a six-way chop which saw everyone take home at least £5,000.

By the time the betting was over and the likes of Zahari Petrov and Jeremy Delgallo had hit the rail it was Chehbi that stood victorious after besting Craig Goddard heads-up.

After taking a moment to revel in his first 25/25 title the British pro was able to celebrate the largest win of his career to-date.

Grosvenor 25/25 London Result:

1 – Ghassan Chehbi – £14,485*

2 – Craig Goddard – £10,611*

3 – Lucia Navarromartinez – £9,155*

4 – Jeremy Delgallo – £9,006*

5 – Zahari Petrov – £8,314*

6 – Martynas Valkunas – £5,149*

7 – Andrey Veselov – £2,080

8 – Paul Dunne – £1,760

9 – Emrah Yildiz – £1,440

*Denotes a deal

Archeologists Find Medieval Poker Chip

Poker is a game that feels like it’s as old as time itself. Of course, we all know that the game hasn’t been around forever; however, if a discovery in Suffolk, England, is anything to go by then it may have been popular in medieval times.

Following a recent excavation at Leiston Abbey, experts have found a Nuremberg jetton which they are casually calling a “medieval poker chip“.

Used in the Middle Ages as a form of currency, historians believe that lower value jettons were used as tokens for gaming purposes which could include games of poker.

Commenting on the find, Maiya Pina-Dacier told the BBC that the coin was “used as an informal currency” and is “evidence people were gaming” between the 5th and 15th Century.