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2011 World Series of Poker Day 18: Mike Sexton Heads Up For Bracelet

Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail

This is one of the few days I intentionally avoid the Amazon Room, the 2nd of 3 tournaments this summer which are not open to the public (Casino Employees and Ladies Championship being the other two). The Seniors Championship will likely draw one of the biggest fields of the year and more power to them. I just don’t have it in me to fight against a sea of rascals and cranks.

Today I am making an exception as a poker legend shoots for a bracelet.

Mike Sexton might be known best among the younger poker crowd as the voice of the World Poker Tour along with Vince Van Patten. An hour or two each week of witty one liners and canned analysis while they play out each WPT final table. In truth, Sexton is a rare throwback to old time Vegas when the game was grittier. He’s been around more than a quarter century, a long friend to poker legend/sad story Stu Ungar, and former WSOP bracelet winner.

In 1989 he won the $1,500 Seven Card Hi-Lo event and now 21 years later looking to capture the same title. The event hit it’s “hard stop” time with Mike Sexton heads up with Chris Voix but battling more than a 3-to-1 chip deficit. There will be a lot of people on hand at 3pm to watch one of the good guys cement his legend.

1 – Chris Viox – 2,090,000
2 – Mike Sexton – 640,000

The “fun tournament” most players had circled on their calendar returns for Day 2. The $2,500 10-game Mix had a lot of people talking because it introduced Badugi into the tournament schedule. 431 players turned out for the tournament just coming short of a $1,000,000 prizepool. Plenty of big names scattered up and down the leaderboard including Full Tilt’s “Miami John” Cernuto leading the way.

1 – “Miami John” Cernuto – 52,700
2 – David Benefield – 51,700
3 – Rob Hollink – 49,100
4 – Brandon Adams – 47,325
5 – Dan Heimiller – 46,875
6 – Alessandro Ponzio – 44,625
7 – Shaun “tedsfishfry” Deeb – 42,450
8 – Sam Silverman – 41,875
9 – Justin Gardenhire – 41,450
10 – Owais Ahmed – 41,250

Other Notables: John D’Agostino (41,050), Sam Grizzle (40,100), Greg Raymer (39,375), Jordan Morgan (39,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (38,475), Stuart Rutter (37,550), Freddy Deeb (36,350), McLean Karr (35,275)

The final big game of the day will crown a winner in the Limit Hold’em Championship. 14 players will return with one of them grabbing the $378,642 and gold bracelet. Among those still in contention are Justin “BoostedJ” Smith, Nick Schulman, Barry Greenstein, Richard Brodie, Matt Hawrilenko, Hoyt Corkins, and Steve Landfish (yes, that is his real name).

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.

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2009 World Series of Poker – Week 3 in Pictures

Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail

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.

$Amanda \"Mandy B\" Baker at the 2009 World Series of Poker$