Online Poker Player Wins Bet365 Leaderboard Challenge

The Bet365 Online Poker Leaderboard Challenge of 2007/2008 has come to an end, and Cecilia Borg, hailing form the Province of Västerbotten in Northern Switzerland, couldn't be more thrilled. Borg rocketed through the field of skilled online poker players to make her way into the finals, finishing in the number one position.

For her enormously skilled efforts, Cecilia Borg has been awarded with guaranteed seats at every land-based World Poker Tour (WPT) and European Poker tour (EPT) tournament supported by the iPoker Network taking place throughout the year of 2008.

A 22-year-old student teacher, the Swedish online poker player expressed her particular excitement and anticipation for a few tournament destinations along the EPT and WPT routes, "I can’t wait to play in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and London. I haven’t traveled that much so it really is exciting!" The opportunity is particularly overwhelming to Ms. Borg, who is more accustomed to playing in $20 Sit'n'Go tournaments at Bet365 Poker from the comfort of her living room.

Cecilia is well aware that this opportunity is rare, and would present most poker players with the perfect chance to begin a professional poker career. However, she claims she will continue with her studies to become a teacher, while keeping her options open to whatever the future may bring. "If all goes well at the WPT and EPT tournaments, we will have to wait and see."

The Bet365 Online Poker Leaderboard Challenge is set to kick off once again, awarding a prize pool of $130,000, as well as the coveted WPT and EPT tournament seats.