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Archive for October, 2010
Friday, October 29th, 2010
The chip-leader heading into Day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour event taking place in Vienna, Austria is one of poker’s most well-known players, Daniel Negreanu. At the conclusion of Day 2’s action the starting field had been whittled from 587 players down to just 80, and with the money bubble already burst it was Daniel Negreanu who found himself atop the leader-board with 893,000 chips.
Joining Negreanu near the top of the leader-board is recently signed Team PokerStars Pro Toni Judet. Judet is a former billiards champion turned poker player, and is making PokerStars look like Nostradamus with his showing thus far!
Here is a glance at the top 10 chip counts heading into Day 3 of the tournament:
1. Daniel Negreanu –Team PokerStars Pro– 893,000
2. Antonio Buonanno — 704,500
3. Toni Judet –Team PokerStars Pro– 704,000
4. Jose Severino — 637,500
5. Manole Mihai — 604,500
6. Riekus Hein Wijermars — 530,000
7. Michael Eiler — 438,500
8. Tommie Janssen — 395,000
9. Fabrizio Gonzalez — 373,500
10. Tonio Röder — 371,000
The EPT stop in Vienna is the tour’s first since Season 1, and the turnout has been massive, setting the record for the largest poker tournament in Austrian history! The winner of the event will collect a healthy €700,000 for their efforts; with the remaining players all guaranteed at least €8,000 for their trouble.
Tags: Austrian History, Billiards, Buonanno, Champion, Daniel Negreanu, EPT, Fabrizio, Hein, Janssen, Judet, Leader Board, Michael Eiler, Mihai, Nostradamus, Poker Player, Poker Tournament, Season 1, Severino, Tonio, Vienna Austria
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
After 234 players registered for Day 1a of the European Poker Tour stop in Vienna Austria it looked as if the EPT’s first return to trip to Austria would fall well below the 600 player cap installed at the outset of the tournament. However, tournament officials let the registrations keep coming on Day 1b, and despite having room for only 300 players, 353 players ended up registering on Day 1b –Bringing the total entrants up to 587.
With a $6,573 buy-in (€5,300), the total prize-pool far exceeded the €500,000 guarantee by PokerStars; coming in at a whopping €3,111,100! By the conclusion of the two Day 1 flights, 278 of the original 587 players remain in the hunt for the title.
Here is a look at the top 10 unofficial chip counts heading into Day 2 of the tournament:
1. Laurence Houghton 190,300
2. Szymon Pieszczoch 183,300
3. Sergei Baranov 183,200
4. Claudio Simaldoni 181,000
5. Giacomo Maisto 172,400
6. Ramon Cserei 168,300
7. Martin Hruby 159,000
8. Jose Severino 156,000
9. Daniel Biro 151,800
10. Brian Green 144,600
The tournament will resume at Noon local time on Thursday, where the remaining players will return to the poker tables for Day 2 of the event. This is the EPT’s first stop in Austria since Season 1, when Pascal Perrault defeated a field of 297 players to capture the title.
Tags: 1a, Baranov, Claudio, Conclusion, Daniel Biro, EPT, Flights, Giacomo, Houghton, Local Time, Maisto, Outset, Pascal, Poker Tables, PokerStars, Prize Pool, Registrations, Season 1, Tournament Officials, Vienna Austria
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010
As we head into Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Series Regional Championship in Hammond, Indiana, a mere 24 players remain of the 226 players who began the event on Monday. Amongst those 24 players are some of the brightest young stars in the game, and a couple of grizzled veterans as well.
Sitting atop the leader-board is a fairly unknown player, John Patgorski, who has about $65,000 in lifetime earnings according to the hendonmob.com’s tournament database. Patgorski will have to hold off a bevy of surging young poker talent like Justin ‘boosted J’ Smith, David Paredes, Curt Kohlberg, David “DocSands” Sands, David Baker, if he intends to reach the final table.
Each remaining player is now guaranteed a $19,400 payday, so expect the pace to pick-up quite a bit now that the money bubble has burst as the remaining players start to eye the $525,000 that will go to the winner of the tournament.
Here is a look at the top 10 chip counts heading into Day 3 of the WSOP Circuit Regional Championship:
1. John Patgorski 729,000
2. Curt Kohlberg 704,000
3. David Paredes 539,000
4. Justin Smith 491,000
5. Dan Perper 482,000
6. Keven Stammen 400,000
7. Steve Zolotow 371,000
8. Mark Owens 343,000
9. David Baker 339,000
10. Shannon Shorr 328,000
Play will resume at 1PM local time, as the 24 players fight for a spot at tomorrow’s final table.
Tags: Bevy, David Baker, Grizzled Veterans, Hammond Indiana, Hendonmob, J Smith, Justin Smith, Kohlberg, Leader Board, Lifetime Earnings, Mark Owens, Paredes, Perper, Poker Stars, Regional Championship, Shannon Shorr, Steve Zolotow, Tournament Database, World Series Of Poker, Young Stars
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
226 players showed up with $10,000 in hand for the World Series of Poker Circuit Series Regional Championship in Hammond, Indiana, creating the largest ever WSOP Circuit prize-pool at $2.1 million, of which the winner will walk away with $525,000. The prize-pool is the third record set at the tournament series in Hammond, as the opening event set an attendance record, and the Main Event also set an attendance record.
The field is made up mainly of professional poker players, including some of the biggest names in poker like Vanessa Selbst, David Williams, Tom Marchese, Gavin Smith, Jason Mercier, Allen Kessler, Matt Stout, Barry Greenstein, both David Bakers, David Sands, Aaron Brown, Chad Brown and Sorel Mizzi, to name just some of the talent in the field.
After one day of play 126 players remain. Here is a look at the top 10 chip counts:
1. Ryan Julius 265,000
2. Jonathan Tamayo 186,300
3. Bernard Lee 137,400
4. Shannon Shorr 131,500
5. Vanessa Selbst 130,000
6. Dave Sands 113,700
7. Chad Brown 110,100
8. Kurt Jewell 100,000
9. James Carroll 94,000
10. Justin Smith 93,000
The tournament is scheduled for four days of competition and is the first of the WSOP Circuit’s Regional Championships –which so far must be seen as a huge success for what was a struggling poker tour. Thus far the Circuit stop in Hammond, Indiana has rekindled interest in the WSOP Circuit Series for the first time since the tour’s inception. And this comes on the heels of the WSOP Circuit signing a TV deal with VERSUS.
Tags: Aaron Brown, Attendance Record, Barry Greenstein, Chad Brown, Dave Sands, David Sands, Gavin Smith, Hammond Indiana, Justin Smith, Marchese, Poker Players, Prize Pool, Professional Poker, Regional Championship, Regional Championships, Shannon Shorr, Tamayo, Tv Deal, Vanessa Selbst, World Series Of Poker
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
With a final table that included Bryan Devonshire and up-and-coming poker superstars William Reynolds, the World Series of Poker Circuit Series in Hammond, Indiana was sure to include some fireworks. In the end it was Kurt Jewell who would outlast the rest of the field and walk away with the coveted Gold Ring, and nearly $250,000 in prize-money.
Reynolds, who finished in 3rd place, was amongst the chip-leaders throughout the tournament, and held the chip-lead during three-handed play until a brutal 20 minute stretch that saw him hit the rail thanks to four hands; in the first hand Reynolds flopped top-pair only to run into a set; followed by a massive four-bet all-in that forced him to fold; next Reynolds held JJ dominating Jewell, only to see the board run out A-3-5-2-4 for a split pot; and the final nail in the coffin saw Reynolds get it in with A4 against A6, alas there was no chop this time as the board ran out 3-K-Q-5-J.
Here is how the final 10 players finished in the tournament:
1. Kurt Jewell $242,909
2. Jared Kenworthy $150,104
3. William Reynolds $110,567
4. Edwin Choi $82,514
5. Nick Jivkov $62,384
6. Will Souther $47,772
7. Bryan Devonshire $37,047
8. Daniel Cohen $29,087
9. Casey Hayes $23,120
10. Matthew Shepsky $18,598
The WSOP Circuit Series Regional Championship begins today in Hammond with a $10,000 buy-in Main Event.
Tags: A6, Bet, Casey Hayes, Chop, Daniel Cohen, Devonshire, Four Hands, Gold Ring, Hammond Indiana, Jewell, Kenworthy, Main Event, Minute Stretch, Nail In The Coffin, Poker Superstars, Prize Money, Regional Championship, William Reynolds, World Series Of Poker, WSOP
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
According to coinflip.com, Sami Kelopuro, who goes by the name of LarsLuzak at the online poker tables, will be back in Finland on November 8th in order to clear up a tax issue concerning unpaid taxes on one of his cars, which amounts to just a few hundred Euros. Kelopuro, who is a blogger at coinflip.com told the site, “It’s basically nothing. I moved abroad in 2009 and left my old car in Finland. I simply forgot to pay the tax on the vehicle…”
Kelopuro moved to Monaco in 2009 –Monaco has much more relaxed taxation laws, especially when it comes to gambling– to escape the extremely high taxation rate in Finland where Online Poker players are taxed, and taxed heavily! Prior to moving, Kelopuro paid the Finnish Government a whopping €800,000 in taxes! No wonder nearly every top Scandinavian player moves to Monaco and other locales.
Kelopuro shot to fame for his instant success at the high-stakes poker tables on Full Tilt Poker back in 2007 where he quickly went up $1.5 million. Kelopuro has since struggled at the nosebleed tables, but considering the €800k in taxes he owed –as well as his ability to pay this amount—it would seem LarsLuzak is doing just fine at the poker tables.
Tags: 5 Million, Blogger, Faces, Finland, Finnish Government, Full Tilt Poker, High Stakes Poker, Instant Success, Larsluzak, Monaco, Nosebleed, online poker, Player Moves, Poker Players, Poker Tables, Sami, Tax Evasion, Taxation Laws, Taxation Rate, Unpaid Taxes
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Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Heading into the final table the talk of the tournament was focused on Andrew Frankenberger who was going for his second straight World Poker Tour victory, but lost in the shuffle was Randal Flowers, who won the 2009 WPT Spanish Championship. The 22 year-old entered the final table as the chip-leader and was able to hold on for the victory, making him the youngest two-time WPT Champion in history.
Now the holder of two WPT records –youngest ever Champion in the 2009 Spanish Championship, and now youngest with two WPT Championships– Flowers was hopeful his latest triumph might land him a sponsorship deal at an online poker site: “I just want some poker site to recognize it and sponsor an American guy who’s had some success…”
The turning point in the tournament for Flowers happened on Day 5 with 8 players left in the tournament: Flowers found himself all-in with K-T, and in rough shape against Michael Benvenuti’s pocket Kings, only to make a straight on the river. Benvenuti managed to overcome the misfortune and finished runner-up in the event to Flowers.
Here is a look at the final table results for the 2010 WPT Festa al Lago tournament:
1. Randal Flowers $831,500
2. Michael Benvenuti $564,200
3. Noah Schwartz $344,968
4. Jason Koon $225,680
5. Andy Frankenberger $161,200
6. Skip Wilson $112,840
Tags: Champ, Champion, Festa Al Lago, Frankenberger, Heading, Koon, Misfortune, Noah, online poker, Randal, Rough Shape, Shuffle, Skip Wilson, Spanish Championship, Sponsorship Deal, Straight World, Tour Victory, Turning Point, World Poker Tour, WPT
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
13 players remained at the start of Day 5 of the WPT Festa al Lago tournament, and with a number of big name poker pros still in the running for the World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Championship it looked like we were going to have a stacked final table.
Unfortunately for poker fans we lost four of those players between spots 13 and 7: Annette Obrestad who entered the day as the chip-leader was the first to hit the rail in 13th place, continuing her US drought; John Monnette followed Obrestad to the rail in 12th place; Jeff Madsen was the next big name eliminated in 11th place; Brandon Steven bested his 2010 WSOP Main Event finish by one spot finishing in 9th place; and Allen Kessler was the final bubble boy, finishing in 7th place.
There is still a lot of talent remaining in the field with Michael Benvenuti, Noah Schwartz, and Andy Frankenberger. Frankenberger is looking for his 2nd straight WPT win in the US –he won the Legends of Poker tournament in August.
Here is a look at the final table seat assignments and chip counts for the remaining players:
· Seat 1: Skip Wilson — 1,200,000
· Seat 2: Michael Benvenuti — 1,390,000
· Seat 3: Jason Koon — 2,555,000
· Seat 4: Noah Schwartz — 3,135,000
· Seat 5: Randal Flowers — 3,215,000
· Seat 6: Andy Frankenberger — 1,935,000
Tags: Bubble Boy, Drought, Festa, Frankenberger, Jeff Madsen, Kessler, Koon, Legends Of Poker, Legends Of Poker Tournament, Monnette, Noah, Poker Fans, Poker Pros, Randal, Seat 6, Seat Assignments, Skip Wilson, World Poker Tour, WPT, Wsop Main Event
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
So much for dwindling numbers at World Series of Poker Circuit events! The opening tournament of the WSOP Circuit Series stop in Hammond, Indiana drew the largest Circuit Series field of all-time when 1,611 poker players registered for the $350 buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament.
The winner of the event was 27 year-old Brett Schwertly, who picked up his 5th WSOP Circuit cash of the year –this time accompanied by a WSOP Circuit Series Gold Ring, and the massive $77,000 in first-place prize-money; a whopping 220x the buy-in!
With the mammoth field a third day had to be added to what was scheduled to be a 2-Day event. With 7 players remaining at the final table play was put on hold and the players returned the following day to finish the tournament.
Here is a look at the final table results for the $350 NLHE tournament:
1. Brett Schwertley – $77,438
2. Edward Corrado – $47,975
3. Jack Ranallo– $36,203
4. Jacob Glanton – $27,511
5. Dan Whalen – $20,945
6. Daniel Pyszynski – $16,090
7. Jason Schroeder – $12,530
8. Michael Gassner – $9,848
9. Alex Smith – $7,860
The $10,000 Regional Championship Main Event for the WSOP Circuit Series tournament in Hammond begins on Monday October 25th.
Tags: 511, Alex Smith, Corrado, Gold Ring, Hammond Indiana, Jacob, Jason Schroeder, Main Event, Poker Players, Prize Money, Regional Championship, Series Gold, Series Of Poker, Third Day, Tournament Poker, World Series, World Series Of Poker, World Series Of Poker Circuit Events, WSOP
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
For the second straight year the World Poker Tour will be heading to Morocco, in Northern Africa, to host a tournament festival in the storied city of Marrakech. Chili Poker is teaming up with the WPT for the second straight year to host the tournament series, which will be held at the Casino de Marrakech.
The 2009 WPT tournament was the first major poker tournament to take place in Morocco, and after a wildly successful event –The 2009 Marrakech champion, Christophe Savary, walked away with €379,014 in prize-money. The Northern African country has played host to a number of additional tournaments since, including the recently concluded Marrakech Poker Cup.
The Championship Event will once again be settled with a €5,000 buy-in No limit Holdem tournament, and the WPT is looking to break last year’s attendance mark of 416 players. A number of top players made the trek to Marrakech in 2009, and Chili Poker has announced that several top pros have already committed to the 2010 tournament, including Liv Boeree, Chili Poker pro Liz Lieu, and Andy Black.
The 2010 WPT Marrakech tournament series will begin on November 20th, with the Main Event starting on November 27th and is scheduled for three days.
Tags: Andy Black, Attendance Mark, Break, Champion, Chili, Main Event, Morocco, Northern Africa, Poker Tournament, Prize Money, Storied City, Trek, World Poker Tour, WPT
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