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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
It was an oddly quiet week in the Rio this week with a few rare day with only one new event and some without a final table. That all changed as the week closed out when we found ourselves with 6 or 7 tournaments running at the same time. Richard Ashby became the second Full Tilt pro to win a bracelet at the 2010 WSOP and can be seen above collecting it from Tournament Director Jack Effel.
There was the always present controversy surrounding the annual Ladies Event but that didn’t stop them from coming in with a huge field. There were a few $10,000 Championship events which drew small, strong fields for the battle and big prizepool. During the Limit Hold’em Championship we had a few pros who were sweating the action during the Celtics/Lakers NBA Championship game, certainly with big money on the line. Mike Matusow is also pictured below sweating a prop bet with David Benyamine concerning the number of entrants.
After the jump you can find the rest of Heather B’s pictures from Week 3 at the 2010 World Series of Poker including a few new shots of the latest Perry Friedman “Parade of Hats”.
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Tags: 2010 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Annette Obrestad, Bloggers on the Rail, Cyndy Violette, David Benefield, David Benyamine, Erick Lindgren, Howard Lederer, Karina Jett, Lacey Jones, Mike Matusow, Nick Schulman, Perry Friedman, Phil Ivey, Pictures of the Week, Richard Ashby, Roland de Wolfe, Svetlana Gromenkova, Tom Dwan, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
The big story during week 2 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was obviously the run by Tom “durrrr” Dwan attempting to win his 1st bracelet, the accompanying cash, and a boatload of prop bet money with the poker cream of the crop. Play began on Day 2 of Event #11 and Dwan was sitting with a great chance to make history for various reason. But the online multi-table master would not settle for just playing this once event.
Before he restart he was also involved in the Deuce to Seven tournament at the same time in the Amazon Room. During breaks in the NLHE action he would go sprinting across the empty spaces to play as many as he could fit in. He would eventually bust after shoving a few hands in a row giving time to concentrate on his bracelet run.
Still that wasn’t enough for Dwan. He then bought into the $10,000 Stud/8 World Championship which he spent an hour playing during the dinner break for Event #11. As we all know, Dwan would go on to finish second in his first serious bracelet run at an electric final table. The picture on the right is Dwan’s seat slip and chips awaiting his return to the Deuce to Seven tournament. The picture on the left is his Event #11 stack waiting for his return.
After the jump you can find more pictures from Week 2 including more pictures of the various headgear of Perry Friedman, Ivey’s shiny new jacket, and chip tricks.
Tags: 2010 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Amanda Baker, Annette Obrestad, Bloggers on the Rail, Eric Froehlich, Erik Cajelais, John Phan, Lizzy Harrison, Perry Friedman, Phil Ivey, Pictures of the Week, Roland de Wolfe, Roy Winston, Svetlana Gromenkova, Tom Dwan, 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
There is always great debate amongst the players, media and fans about the existence of the Ladies World Championship at the World Series of Poker. There seem to be valid arguments for and against the event but I will leave those to the experts. They played the event so I was inside the rail to watch the action. It was definitely one of the more interesting days in the Amazon Room.
The action started off fast and furious but settled down by the end of the night when the pros successfully dodged the land mines throughout the day. Full Tilt pro Svetlana Gromenkova ended the night with the second biggest chip stack and Erica Schoenberg will also have some chips to start Day 2. Other players returning for Day 2 are Mario Ho, JJ Lui and Women’s Poker Hall of Famer Susie Isaacs.
Day 12 also saw the start of the $10k Omaha/8 World Championship which drew 179 players and only losing 50 over the ten hours of play. The Brasilia Room was once again subjected to a huge influx of railbirds as the top players took their seats in the back corner. I will not pretend to be objective railing this tournament, I would love to see Mike Matusow make a deep run and win another bracelet in this event. His friends tell me that he his really dialed in so far this year, just needing to avoid some of the bad luck.
The big crowd and cheers of the night were for the final table of the $2,500 6-max Limit Hold’em Championship. Poker legend Daniel Negreanu made a deep run and was chip leader through most of the day. That was until he was heads up with online and live pro Brock Parker. Parker took down his first WSOP bracelet in what the spectators considered an upset. The other pros knew it differently as Parker is a low key player who loves the Limit game.
In blogger news, we came close to having a WSOP awarded to a blogger when Shawn “sprstoner” Glines made the final table of the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em event. Sitting on the rail for most of the final table I was hoping to see him take it down. Unfortunately he ran his AK into KK when down to 3 handed play. He collected a nice chunk of change but will have to wait for a later event for the first WSOP bracelet.
In personal news, I was not able to win my Main Event seat via the Battle of the Bloggers Tournament of Champions when I ran my QQ smack into a uber aggro donkey’s KK. He finally caught a real hand. Congrats to jjok and actyper for winning the Main Event seats. ck31 and karmarules came in 3rd and 4th to collect $2,000 Bracelet Race packages. I’ll be railing CK as she uses her prize to play the $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha/8 tournament.
More pictures from the Ladies World Championship after the jump.
Tags: 2009 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Svetlana Gromenkova, WSOP
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