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2009 World Series of Poker – Main Event Day 1a Pictures

AlCantHang — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:38:50 +0000

Perry Friedman rocks the Full Tilt Poker “grill” to go with his corn rows

I’ve generally stuck to doing a “Week in Pictures” during the preliminary events of the WSOP but I now realize that I’ll be getting more photos than I know what to do with now that we’ve come to the Main Event. So now we’re going to switch up to daily posts as long as we continue to get quality images.

Day 1a started with 1,116 and finished with 821 players. A good number of Team Full Tilt survived to see Day 2.

More photos after the jump:

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2009 World Series of Poker – Main Event Day 1a Pictures

2009 World Series of Poker Day 31 – And the HORSE you rode in on

AlCantHang — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:23:44 +0000

Today begins the unofficial final run towards to the end of the 2009 World Series of Poker by kicking off the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. Most players have been grinding away for a month in the various games offered but only the big guns and lucky satellite players will be starting up today at noon.

The orange section of the Amazon Room has been configured differently for this tournament. Every other table has been removed to allow more space between the players and perhaps make it easier for the masses on the rail to view their favorite player. The fans will be out in force today.

This is one of the most prestigious events at the World Series of Poker with the huge buyin and the different skills needed to navigate the field. Players will start with a whopping 150,000 in chips, super structure and 90 minute levels. A small field that will take 5 days to play down to our new champion.

In addition to the H.O.R.S.E. tournament today, we will have a bracelet awarded in $2,500 Mixed Hold’em where Allen Cunningham came just short of the table. Day 2 begins for the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha/8 where they are just 15 players short of the money and Full Tilt pro Perry Friedman is the chip leader. Our other new tournament of the day is on the opposite end of the spectrum, a $1,500 LIMIT Shootout tournament.

I expect to watch a full stable of Full Tilt pros sitting amongst the 100+ H.O.R.S.E. players looking to take home the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.

Chip counts for the restarts after the jump:

Orange section of the Amazon Room reconfigured for easy traffic and viewing

Event #47 Mixed Hold’em (Limit and No Limit)
Buyin: $2,500
Number of Entries: 527
Net Prize Pool: $1,212,100
First Place Prize: $278,804
Total Spots Paid Out: 54
Players Remaining: 9

1	Karlo Lopez	941,000
2	Bahador Ahmadi	708,000
3	Matthew Woodard	653,000
4	Randy Haddox	555,000
5	John McGuinness	406,000
6	Ylon Schwartz	286,000
7	Barry Greenstein	193,000
8	Hasan Habib	114,000
9	Zachary Humphrey	99,000

Event #48 Pot Limit Omaha/8
Buyin: $1,500
Number of Entries: 762
Net Prize Pool: $1,040,130
First Place Prize: $228,867
Total Spots Paid Out: 72
Players Remaining: 87

Top 50 chip stacks:

1	Friedman, Perry	144,500
2	Vedes, Tommy	119,300
3	Craig, Barry	114,600
4	Cantu, Brandon	105,000
5	Bonavida, Ray	104,600
6	Harris, Don	95,900
7	Talebi, Rodeen	93,000
8	Mathieu, Jacqmin	71,500
9	Getzwiller, Sean	71,000
10	Lindestad, Einar	64,500
11	Boeken, Noah	64,300
12	Dedeaux, Todd	61,400
13	Hofman, Ronnie	61,100
14	Xu, Jiaqi	56,500
15	Windham, Warren	56,200
16	Stroj, David	54,000
17	Calhoun, Carson	53,000
18	Kanter, Aaron	52,000
19	Wimberly, Michael	49,000
20	Weinstock, Ted	49,000
21	Wood, Matthew	48,800
22	Reader, Trevor	47,300
23	Loomis, Phillip	46,900
24	Besnier, Thomas	46,600
25	Klene, Steven	45,000
26	Im, Eddie	43,900
27	McMahan, William	43,800
28	Stocken, Simon	43,800
29	Ankenman, Jerrod	43,000
30	Mckinnon, Lauchlin	42,600
31	Jelinek, Petr	41,800
32	Hellmuth, Phil	41,400
33	Aljenabi, Ali	41,300
34	Pharo, Joe	40,700
35	King, Jeff	40,500
36	Sias, Aaron	40,200
37	Ickow, Todd	39,900
38	O’Shea, John	39,100
39	Koral, Thomas	38,500
40	Holland, Randy	38,000
41	Loguidice, Joe	37,900
42	Citrone, Carlo	36,500
43	Knight, William	33,000
44	Ohren, Norm	31,900
45	Petersen, Kevin	30,200
46	Beasley, Mike	30,000
47	Tatalovich, Richard	29,900
48	Le Roux, Frederic	29,500
49	Roberts, Ben	29,000
50	DeGreef, Jeremiah	26,700

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2009 World Series of Poker Day 31 – And the HORSE you rode in on

2009 World Series of Poker – Week 3 in Pictures

AlCantHang — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:55:34 +0000

It was another great week for Team Full Tilt. Final tables were populated with players patched up in FTP gear and make a lot of noise. Three bracelets would be brought into the fold by Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman and Greg “FBT” Mueller. If the rest of the poker world wants to catch up, they better start working hard.

It’s Friday so that means it’s time for the Week in Pictures. These are just some of the collection that did not make any posts during the week but are worthy of your time

View of the final table of Event #27 Pot Limit Omaha/8. Three Full Tilt members were present but Roland De Wolfe would defeat Omaha-guru Scott Clements for the title.

More pictures after the jump:

Perry Friedman and John Juanda would find themselves seated next to each other to start the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Event #21. Juanda and Ivey have the unofficial lead in the massage therapist challenge. Neither Juanda or Friedman would cash in this event. Gavin Smith would go the furthest for Team Full Tilt just missing the final table. Blogger CK31 would take her Battle of the Blogger tournament prize and ride it to a 39th place finish in the money.

Lee Watkinson playing in Event #24. One of the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournaments where the big guns are generally looking to double up or prepare for the big 5pm game. Watkinson has one cash during the 2009 WSOP for just over $22,000.

Jon “Pearljammer” Turner starting in the $2,500 Omaha/Stud Hi-Low tournament. Turner would make the final table which was loaded with names like Phil Ivey, Carlos Mortensen, and Dutch Boyd. Ivey would get the glory at the end of the day winning his 2nd WSOP bracelet in 2009.

Richard “Quiet Lion” Brodie did not make his appearance at the 2009 World Series of Poker until early this week. Wasting very little time, he entered the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Event #26 and came just one spot from making his first WSOP final table. He finished 10th for a cool $13,000 and change.

At yet another Full Tilt stacked final table, Roland De Wolfe overcame all others including Scott Clements (above) and Andy Black. It always seems Clements is ready to come over the table and take your chips personally. De Wolfe appears to be eyeing up the bracelet, which he would collect at the end of the tournament.

Kelly Kim plays in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament (Event #28). Kim would cash in the tournament, his first cash since finishing 8th in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Coming into the 2009 World Series of Poker many thought this would be the year Vivek Rajkumar made a huge splash, your humble author included. Rajkumar has collected nearly $2,000,000 in tournament earnings since September. Unfortunately Rajkumar has found himself on the wrong end of coolers and bad beats with no cashes in the series so far this year.

Hendon Mobster Ross Boatman made the $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha final table as well as John Juanda. Boatman started with the chip lead but would leave the tournament is 4th place. Also in the picture is eventual winner J.C. Tran.

French favorite Fabrice Soulier playing in the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Soulier would go on to make the final table and finish in 7th. To date he has 5 cashes during the 2009 World Series of Poker. Blogger Lana “LJ” Maier would make another deep run and represent well. She finished just short of the final table.

Team Full Tilt members Josh Arieh and Steve Zolotow playing in the $10,000 Limit Hold’em World Championship. The tournament would eventually be won by fellow Team Full Tilt member Greg “FBT” Mueller after a long, grueling final table.

Allen Cunningham is another Full Tilt pro who made a late appearance at the series this year. He is playing in Event #34 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament which he would go on to finish in the money.

Nick Schulman considers his action during the No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw World Championship final table. Schulman would go on to win after handling a very tough table that included John Juanda, David Benyamine, Michael Binger, Archie Karas and Ville Wahlbeck.

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2009 World Series of Poker – Week 3 in Pictures

2009 World Series of Poker – Week 2 in Pictures

AlCantHang — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:32:09 +0000

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:

The Two Faces of Andy Black
Andy Black started off the 2009 World Series of Poker with players talking about his play AND his appearance. He seemed to be rocking the beard and laid back look at the beginning and looked completely different during Week 2. Your investigative blogger will get to the bottom of this before the end of the series.

Phil Ivey collects World Series of Poker bracelet #6 at the daily ceremony from WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack.

Phil Ivey wasted no time after winning his 6th WSOP bracelet. He hopped right back into action. Full Tilt pro Beth Shak in the foreground and may be the recipient of the Ivey stare.

Legends side-by-side. Erik Seidel and Mike Sexton grinding away in Event #15 of the 2009 World Series of Poker. Seidel came close to winning his 9th WSOP bracelet in the Pot Limit Hold’em tournament had to settle for a seventh place finish. Seidel is tied with another legend, Johnny Moss, with 8 WSOP bracelets.

Svetlana Gromenkova and Karina Jett were just a few of the Full Tilt pros to represent in the 2009 World Series of Poker Ladies Championship. Gromenkova won this event in 2008 but was unable to defend her title.

“Miami” John Cernuto and John Juanda playing in Event #16 $1,500 Seven Card Stud tournament. “Miami” John would put up a great fight ending up in 11th. Juanda had his first shot at bracelet number 5 by making the final table. Juanda’s run ended with a 5th place finish.

Howard Lederer playing in the $10,000 Mixed World Championship. It’s been a slow start to the series for “The Professor” this year with only one cash to date. No doubt he’ll be a factor as the series progresses.

Both David Chiu and Huck Seed won their way to the final table of the $10,000 Mixed Championship with a chance to add to their jewelry collection. Seed collected over $102,000 for his 5th place finish and Chiu was the runner up for $304,000 but no new trophies on his wrist.

Erica Schoenberg only has one cash in the 2009 World Series of Poker but continues her search for a WSOP bracelet. As a railbird favorite, she is always easy to find in the poker room.

It’s never a dull moment when Perry Friedman is in the poker room. He started the series by sporting a “Full Tilt Poker grill” (gold hip hop teeth things for us uncool folk) and he added a little twist in Week 2. It’s tough to see but he rocking the cornrows on each side of his head with Full Tilt spelled out in beads. Who knows what to expect in Week 3.

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2009 World Series of Poker – Week 2 in Pictures

Heads Up: Phil Ivey Versus Perry Friedman

One Angry Monkey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:23:07 +0000

Welcome to the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge, where we take 64 of our top poker pros and pit them against one another in a “March Madness” style tournament bracket. Over the coming months, the field will be whittled down one by one until we’ve determined a winner. For those of you who are confused and came to this page thinking this has something to do with poker because it’s called a “Heads-Up Challenge,” we apologize. False advertising, ain’t it a bitch?

A few notes on determining the outcome of each match:

The categories of judgment are not set in stone, and can be changed from match to match.
Some of the information contained in these matches may be incorrect or just completely made up by us when we see fit.
The results of each match will be calculated using a completely unscientific and wholly subjective system of measurement. Or as Eric Cartman might say: “Whatever. I do what I want.”

With that out of the way, let’s get on to our first match. Today’s fight is between number one seeded Phil Ivey and Perry Friedman, the 16 seed. You can check out the entire tournament bracket below. On to the show down:

Category	Phil Ivey	Perry Friedman	Survey Says
Career Earnings	More than $7 million	Nearly $600K	Ummm… Let us think about that one for a moment. Carry the one, divide by 12, take off 30% for taxes. Never mind. Ring one up for Ivey.
Major Titles	5 WSOP bracelets	1 WSOP bracelet	Five is greater than one, right? Just had to double check. Ivey two, Friedman zero.
Tournament Play	Not his specialty, but we hear Phil’s not too shabby when it comes to tourney play.	A great all-around tournament player.	We’d love to give this one to Perry, but let’s get real. It’s Phil Freakin’ Ivey we’re talking about here. Looks like we’re in for a blow-out.
Cash Game Play	Probably the most feared and deadly cash game player in the world.	We tried to join the Tiltboys to get in on the home game action, but apparently it’s some sort of exclusive club. So we wouldn’t know what kind of cash game player Perry is, not that we’d fare too well if we were at the same table as him.	Ivey. And it’s not even close to being close.
Playing Style	Apocalyptically aggressive	What’s the term for a guy who plays every hand? It’s slipping our minds at the moment.	When we grow up, we want to play like Phil. Of course, we’ll never grow up; we’ve got some massive Peter Pan-itis going on around here.
Table Talk	Monosyllabic	Multi-poly-syllabic. To the extreme. And then some. And then some more. And so on. And so on…	Finally! Perry takes one down. Not that we’re advocating non-stop talking at the table, but if there’s one category where Perry has the edge on Phil, this is it.
Nickname	The Phenom	The Baiter	The Baiter? What kind of baiter? Never mind, we’re not touching that one. Or ourselves. Because we don’t do that kind of thing. Anymore. At least not very much. One more round to The Phenom.
Special Skills	Prop bet master	Uses the hole cam to put on a hand puppet show	As sick as Ivey is with his prop betting madness, who doesn’t love a grown man who puts on a hand puppet show for the hole cam? Well, we don’t. Ivey continues to lay the smack down on Friedman.
Outside Poker	Avid golfer	A founding member of the Tiltboys	The Tiltboys once dressed in women’s clothing to play in a ladies tourney at the Bay 101. We have a strict no cross-dressing policy here. Needless to say, we’d rather be hitting the links for an afternoon than putting on a dress. Ivey takes home another category.

So there you have it. Ivey wins by a decisive score of eight to one. We love Perry around here, really we do. But this is usually what happens when the one seed takes on the 16 seed – a true beat down occurs. Phil Ivey advances to the next round.

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Heads Up: Phil Ivey Versus Perry Friedman