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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
One of the last $10,000 Championship tournaments aside from the Main Event should award it’s bracelet today in H.O.R.S.E. where they just made it into the money at the end of Day 2. Michael Binger leads the field followed by a who’s who of top tournament pros, cash game players, and a few high rollers from across the Pacific.
Mid-way through Day 2, there appears to have been a little dustup between Binger and Daniel Negreanu where the latter virtually accused the former of being an angle shooter. In the 3000/6000 Limit Hold’em portion, Binger put out a 1500 chip bet and his opponent (not Negreanu) through in 3000. While it looked like a check/raise, Bingers bet was actually half the bet size and the opponents apparent raise was indeed ruled to just be a call.
Negreanu took Binger to task, even though he was not involved in the hand, and things became quite heated. In the end it all worked out. Binger has the chip lead, Negreanu moved on to the next event, and played nice nice by shaking hands.
The 23 returning players are in the money and will attempt to play it down. 1st place collects $609,130.
1 – Michael Binger – 742,000
2 – Fabrice Soulier – 560,000
3 – Daniel Ospina – 532,000
4 – Jacobo Frenandez – 526,000
5 – Ram Vaswani – 505,000
6 – Shanw Buchanan – 479,000
7 – Tam Wang – 440,000
8 – Fu Wong – 398,000
9 – Kyle Loman – 388,000
10 – John Monnette – 325,000
Other Notables: Chau Giang (243,000), Joe Cassidy (184,000), Tom Dwan (135,000), Yuval “yuvee04″ Bronshtein (135,000), Robert Williamson III (22,000)
The young guns in poker, by which I mean most of those who have adopted twitter, seemed to be very excited for the start of yesterday’s $2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha mix game. It’s standard fare to watch the players ram and jam, gambling it up for some big pots. Bracelet winner David Williams finished the day on top and looks to continue applying pressure to the table. Also among the 131 players returning are Scott Clements, Adam Junglen, Mohshin “chicagocards1″ Charania, and 2009 WSOP Player of the Year Tom “Donkeybomber” Schneider.
63 player will make the money and move towards the final table.
1 – David Williams – 137,700
2 – Mitch Schock – 121,600
3 – Ashkan Razavi – 115,000
4 – Scott Clements – 108,700
5 – Adam Junglen – 90,000
6 – Tyler Patterson – 77,800
7 – David Lestock – 76,200
8 – Lee Grove – 76,100
9 – Sean Grover – 72,000
10 – Sergey Altbregin – 71,300
Other Notables: Carter Gill (69,900), David “Bakes” Baker (65,300), Mohshin “chicagocards1″ Charania (47,800), Tom “Donkeybomber” Schneider (40,200)
Remember to keep an eye out on our @FullTiltPoker twitter and Facebook page for updates during the day. The Fantasy WSOP contest is also up and running for non-US players, get in the game and challenge your favorite pros.
Tags: 2011 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Huck Seed, Michael Mizrachi, Scott Clements, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
After a weekend chock full of huge final tables, the Amazon Room will host just one final table today. The 7-handed Deuce-to-Seven No Limit features Jason Mercier, Bernard Lee, and Josh Brikis. On top of the bracelet and first place money, Lee and Brikis are currently sitting on the bubble to qualify for the upcoming FS+G campaign. They will return at 3pm to play on the main stage and WSOP live stream. Winner will collect $102,105.
1 – Matt Perrins – 293,000
2 – Bernard Lee – 265,000
3 – Chris Bjorin – 197,500
4 – Thomas Fuller – 168,000
5 – Josh Brikis – 119,000
6 – Robin Rightmire – 107,000
7 – Jason Mercier – 89,000
The first $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event of the summer drew 4,178 players over the two starting days. These tournaments are when the tournament area is nicknamed “the killing floor” as players bust out at an astounding rate. Only 624 survived to make Day 2 and 423 of those will make the money. The bubble should come quickly. They will restart the tournament at 2:30pm, top 10 and notable chip stacks listed below.
1 – Charles Sewell – 137,350
2 – Jon “Pearljammer” Turner – 99,200
3 – John Droutsas – 90,602
4 – Albert Kim – 74,675
5 – Amar Tiwari – 73,825
6 – Jason Koon – 73,075
7 – John Eames – 70,250
8 – Michael Malm – 65,975
9 – Adam Lippert – 63,200
10 – DID NOT REPORT – 61,650
Other notables: Kenny “Supertuan” Nguyen (46,5000, Phil “USCPhildo” Collins (45,875), Jonathan Duhamel (45,525), Shane Schleger (41,300), Marc Karam (38,950), Annette Obrestad (38,100), Gavin Griffin (38,050), Layne Flack (37,575), Eric Mizrachi (21,550), Lacey Jones (17,425), David Chiu (17,000), Kara Scott (15,625), John Phan (15,200)
Two new events today in the Rio that should generate plenty of interest from across the board. The noon event will be the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 6-handed tourament which draws a large field with the cream of the online crop. Later in the day we’ll see another Championship event with the $10,000 Limit Omaha/8 tournament with Sammy Farha coming in as the defending title holder.
Remember to keep an eye out on our @FullTiltPoker twitter and Facebook page for updates during the day. The Fantasy WSOP contest is also up and running for non-US players, get in the game and challenge your favorite pros.
Tags: 2011 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Huck Seed, Josh Brikis, Lacey Jones, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Phil Ivey stands for the U.S. National Anthem during his bracelet ceremony
(Photographer/GreasieWheels)
Just in case you were living under a rock away from the poker over the last week, Phil Ivey captured his 8th career WSOP bracelet in the $3,000 HORSE event over Bill Chen. It was an interesting spectacle with a different atmosphere than the “durrrr” final table a few ago, this final table was stuck our little corner of the Amazon Room without the fan fare or big stadium seating of the main stage.
Two days later Ivey returned to the Pavilion Room for his bracelet ceremony followed by wide open press conference. The picture about was taken by the official WSOP photographer (with creative credit going to B.J. Nemeth) and is something special. You can click the image for the full size picture, it should give you a small feel for the number of people who jammed into the room to see history. Ivey and WSOP TD Jack Effel were joined on stage by Jack Binion.
The rest of the week was full of drama, fun, and of course the continuing parade of Perry Friedman’s hats. You can find just some of our the pictures our very own HeatherB snapped over the last few days. Enjoy after the jump.
Tags: 2010 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Chris Ferguson, Donnie Vann, Howard Lederer, Huck Seed, Johnny Chan, Kristy Gazes, Mike Matusow, Perry Friedman, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Pictures of the Week, Scott Clements, Scott Montgomery, Tom Dwan, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
The crutch of a weak writer is a post with nothing but photos. Luckily we have access to some of the best in the room and I make no claim to be anything other than a hack. The first week of the WSOP is in the books so we thought we would share some of our favorite pics from the the last 7 days worth of tournaments.
The picture to the right is easily my favorite of the summer. New Full Tilt pro Annette Obrestad was making her long awaited debut mid-week and instantly found herself an entertaining table. EPT San Remo champion Liv Boeree was sitting a few seats to her left with poker multi-tasker and twitter phenom Joe Sebok to her immediate right. As the attention was focused on Obrestad, Sebok couldn’t help but photobomb (I believe that is what the kids are calling it) one of the shots. It didn’t take long for this image to get blasted all over the internet.
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Perry Friedman is also one to never disappoint. Last year he spent the WSOP wearing a “grill” and cornrows in his hair. This year he said he was keeping it a little easier since it became an issue getting the Full Tilt logo reshaved in his head on a regular basis. For this series he bought himself a boatload of silly hats which would change with each event. If a player busts him from the event, the hat is used as a bounty to memorialize the knockout. When asked how many hats he brought along he said, “Probably around fifteen but I only want to give away two.” You heard it hear first, Perry Friedman would like to win 13 bracelets this year. Jester hat, chicken hat, dreadlock hat, and a putting green. Unfortunately he has already gone over his allotted budget of two bounties.
Finally, Andy Black does not seem amused but it probably had more to do with the $10,000 Stud Championship.
You can find the rest of WSOP Week 1 in pictures after the jump:
Tags: 2010 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Amanda Baker, Andrew Lichtenberger, Annette Obrestad, Bloggers on the Rail, Eli Elezra, Erica Schoenberg, Erick Lindgren, Gavin Smith, Huck Seed, James Akenhead, John Juanda, Perry Friedman, Praz Bansi, Steve Zolotow, Tom Dwan, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Eight players will take their seats for the final table of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Champioship today and four of those players are members of Team Full Tilt. Carrying the flag today will be Vitaly Lunkin who starts the day second in chips followed by Huck Seed, Chau Giang, and Erik Seidel. With 50% of the remaining players, we’re coin flipping to add an eight bracelet to the FTP count. As expected it will be a stacked final table with 18 bracelets amongst the 8 players.
Erik Siedel – 8 wins
Huck Seed – 4 wins
Chau Giang – 3 wins
Vitaly Lunkin – 2 wins
Ville Wahlbeck – 1 win
Lunkin and Wahlbeck have a chance to add to the number of multiple bracelet winners at the 2009 World Series of Poker. Four players have accomplished that feat this year, it could move us into uncharted waters trying to tie/pass the record of six multiple winners in 2003.
There will also be two other bracelet awarded by the end of the day. Eric “Rizen” Lynch is the premier name remaining in the Triple Chance No Limit Hold’em Event. Allie Prescott and Tournament Director extraordinaire Matt Savage are lining up to win some WSOP gold in the $1,500 Stud/8 tournament.
Today brings us the final “open” tournament before the Ante Up for Africa and Main Event. The $5,000 6-max No Limit Hold’em should draw a nice crowd of grinders and pros looking at their next to last shot at WSOP glory. Those who have not had the best series so far may turn desperate, others will be looking to add more to their 2009 WSOP earnings.
The halls of the Amazon Room have begun their final transformations. Over the last 5 weeks things have been pretty standard. Munchie stations, a few bar setups for adult beverages, the odd booth featuring bikini clad girls to distract the grinders. The Main Event is right around the corner so we’re seeing more displays and hucksters. The Rio staff has begun preparing the convention center for the World Series of Poker Life Expo. I may be able to do an entire post just reviewing each booth.
The clock is ticking for our players this year. Time to make moves.
Restart chip counts after the jump:
Tags: 2009 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Chau Giang, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
We’ve put another week of the 2009 World Series of Poker in the books with more craziness. The crowds continue to storm the hallways of the Amazon Room looking for a table and a chance. The crazies are starting to make their way onto the scene, pros and amateurs are mingling together with a common goal, chip runners stay busy 24 hours a day.
While all this is going on, the good folks at Image Masters continue to provide us with some great action shots during the tournaments. Every morning I receive pictures from the day before that I use to enhance the stories I try to bring the readers. I hope they’ve added to the experience.
Today I bring you some photos from Week 2 of the 2009 World Series of Poker without my ramblings. A small taste of what we have available, look for a full gallery coming in the next few days. All pictures courtesy of Image Masters.
Pictures after the jump, click to enlarge:
Tags: 2009 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Andy Black, Beth Shak, Bloggers on the Rail, David Chiu, Erica Schoenberg, Erik Seidel, Howard Lederer, Huck Seed, Jennifer Harman, John Cernuto, John Juanda, Katrina Jett, Perry Friedman, Phil Ivey, Pictures of the Week, Svetlana Gromenkova, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Huck Seed won the 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Photo credit: Flipchip at LasVegasVegas.com
It was fine timing by the powers that be who run the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Here in the states, fans are starting to pick up their NCAA College brackets not long after they a field 64 poker players ran through their own tournament bracket. It could not have been easy to narrow so many top players down to just 64, and I’m sure there were some players who felt passed over, but you can’t argue with too many of the selections.
The official list from NBC after the jump.
Tags: AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Huck Seed
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
It’s been a crazy week in exhile where internet access has been sketchy, travel situations bordering on unbelievable, and my final destination which might prove harmful to my mental health. But that doesn’t mean things have ground to a halt in the poker world.
Since my sudden disappearance fromn the online world we’ve seen Huck Seed win the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship (continuing the domination of Full Tilt pros in the event), the Battle of the Bloggers 4 rolls along like a beast, Big Money Sunday continues to draw huge numbers for the guarantee events and the Full Tilt Poker Academy is really taking off.
Tags: AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, durrrr Challenge, Huck Seed, Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Heads Up
Welcome back for another round of the heart-pounding, heart-stopping, heart attack inducing action that we like to call the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge. This week’s match is another 4 seed versus 13 seed clash, with Huckleberry “Tall, skinny, and dazed is no way to go through life” Seed taking on Keith “I might be the only person alive who thinks 7-card stud is cool” Sexton. This match should be, umm, really exciting. I can’t wait, really. I might’ve just pissed my pants a little bit I’m so stoked for this one. Let’s get it on:
Tags: Huck Seed, Keith Sexton
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
In the absence of one of our red pros winning a legitimate live donkament this week*, we’ve had to dig deep to find some news that’s up to the standards you, our loyal reader, have come to expect. So after five minutes of reading NVG and seeing what promotions we can pass off as informational tidbits, we bring you the week at FTP.
Tags: CardRunners, Huck Seed
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