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Roland Isra Overcomes Huge Chip Disadvantage at Final Table and Wins WSOP Circuit Championship
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Atlantic City, NJ – To win, all poker players must pay a price. More often than not, the price of victory is not measured by the size of the entry fee or the expenses of entering a poker tournament. For many poker players, the much greater sacrifice is the accompanying disappointment that comes with playing tournament poker full time. In between extraordinary moments of fulfillment manifested in tournament triumphs are torturous moments of defeat, disappointment, and despair.
Roland Isra, a 52 year old professional poker player from New York City, knows the perils of poker all too well. He has come to the threshold of a major tournament victory numerous times. But each and every prior occasion when it seemed that Isra might finally win big tournament, he suffered a bad bet or was the victim of some cruel misfortune. Nevertheless, Isra endured over the years and to his credit, finally earned a major breakthrough victory at the most recent World Series of Poker C… Continue reading Roland Isra Overcomes Huge Chip Disadvantage at Final Table and Wins WSOP Circuit Championship
WPT: Phil Hellmuth Makes 4th WPT Final Table
Опубликовал | КомментарииPhil Hellmuth may have eleven bracelets, but what he does not have is a World Poker Tour (WPT) title. He has made it down to the final six three times before, but this is the first time since the LA Poker Classic in Season VI that he has been within striking distance of the [...]
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Phil Hellmuth in contention at Bay 101 Shooting Star final table
Опубликовал | КомментарииPhil Hellmuth started day 3 of the Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament as the chip-leader, and was not only able to survive, but to thrive. Hellmuth will enter the televised final table with 1.4 million chips, which is good enough for second place behind chip-leader Andy Seth’s 2.1 million chips.
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Phil Hellmuth Makes WPT Bay 101 Final Table
Опубликовал | КомментарииAfter 15 grueling hours of play in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star event, the field was whittled from 27 players to six. Among those competing for the $878,000 first place prize is UB.com pro Phil Hellmuth.
Hellmuth has made three final tables on the WPT circuit. He finished fourth in the Gold Rush event during Season 1 for $34,000 and took third at Foxwoods during Season 2 for $281,000. Hellmuth returned to the WPT spotlight during Season 6, when he made the feature table of the L.A. Poker Classic, finishing sixth for $229,000. All told, the 11-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner has $836,000 in career WPT earnings; he’s poised to double that total if he wins at Bay 101.
Hellmuth told WPT Live Updates Hostess Jacque, “The guy on my left, Andy, is a very good player. I’ve had a read on him for two straight days, so that’s been helpful, but he still has the chip lead. If I can get a read on him tomorrow, I have a good chance to win.” On what it would mean to take down his first WPT title in four tries, Hellmuth remarked, “It would mean a lot. I really want to win. It’s what I do. I’ve been working really hard.” Hellmuth alludes to online poker legend Andy “BKiCe” Seth, the Bay 101 Shooting Star’s chip leader.
At one point during play on Thursday, Lon Diamond was down to just 17,000 in chips before mounting the comeback of a lifetime. With a stack equivalent to one big blind when play wrapped up on Thursday, Diamond tripled up and then doubled twice more to stay alive. Ultimately, Diamond was the final table bubble boy at Bay 101, finishing in seventh place for $58,000. Diamond called all-in pre-flop with A-Q, but ran into the pocket queens of Seth. The board came 10-9-6-6-8 and the six-handed final table was determined.
Former WSOP Main Event winner Scotty Nguyen hit the rails in eighth place for the same $58,000, baby. Nguyen shoved pre-flop under-the-gun with J-8 of hearts and ran into Seth’s K-Q. The flop came queen-high, keeping Seth out in front, and no help came for the five-time bracelet winner on the turn or river. Nguyen has made a colossal eight WPT final tables, emerging as the champ once.
Poker fans will also recognize Hasan Habib, who owns the second shortest stack entering the Bay 101 final table. Habib finished second in the WPT Championship during Season 2 for $1.3 million and promptly took third the following season for another $896,000. Making his first WPT final table is Matt Keikoan, who took seventh in last season’s Legends of Poker for $140,000.
To go from 11-handed to 10-handed action took five hours. Here are the six players remaining in the 2010 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event:
1. Andy “BKiCe” Seth – 2,164,000
2. Phil Hellmuth – 1,433,000
3. Dan O’Brien – 1,129,000
4. Mclean Karr – 1,112,000
5. Hasan Habib – 455,000
6. Matt Keikoan – 371,000
When play resumes in San Jose, California, the blinds will be 8,000-16,000 with an ante of 2,000. Nearly two hours will be played at this level before the price of poker increases. Players who found the exit on Thursday were:
7. Lon Diamond – $58,600
8. Scotty Nguyen – $58,600
9. Brian “tsarrast” Rast – $38,000
10. David Forster – $38,000
11. “Miami” John Cernuto – $29,300
12. Dan Gamon – $29,300
13. Nick Schulman – $23,400
14. Chau Giang – $23,400
15. Joseph “BigEgypt” Elpayaa – $23,400
16. Tim McDermott – $23,400
17. Lars Elmoe – $23,400
18. Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka – $23,400
19. Vanna Tea – $20,500
20. John Monnette – $20,500
21. Jonathan “driverseati” Tamayo – $20,500
22. Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little – $20,500
23. Taylor Raines – $20,500
24. Tom Marchese – $20,500
25. Thuy Phan – $17,600
26. Ted Jivkov – $17,600
27. Kafir Nahum – $17,600
Each of the six players remaining is assured a payday of $117,000, twice what the tournament’s seventh and eighth place finishers received. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for the latest WPT results.
EPT: Berlin Main Even Final Table Set Despite Robbery
Опубликовал | КомментарииDay 4 of the EPT Berlin Main Event is day that no one involved will ever forget. At about 2 p.m. six armed men pulled a robbery at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin. Play was suspended for around four hours before play resumed after tournament officials and remaining players agreed to play down to [...]
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Final Table Set at L.A. Poker Classic Main Event
Опубликовал | КомментарииWhat started as a potentially star-studded affair has turned into the kind of television that perhaps only a mother could love. But we should probably take a closer look at last year’s L.A. Poker Classic Main Event before we pass judgment. It wasn’t too
LAPC Final Table Set
Опубликовал | КомментарииAs well known players like two-time World Series of Poker Main Event champion Johnny Chan, Celebrity Apprentice star Annie Duke, three-time WPT final table participant Steve Sung and 2001 Main Event champ and two-time WPT title winner Carlos Mortensen all fell throughout 14 hours of poker Tuesday, a final six all making their televised table debut emerged.
The final table will begin Thursday at 4 p.m. PT inside the Commerce Casino in East Los Angeles with Hungarian Andras Koroknai holding the chip lead.
Although he has just one small live cash from the Austrian Classics in 2008, Koroknai will bring with him a rather boisterous group of Hungarian supporters from the L.A. area.
Fountain Valley, California resident Raymond Dolan currently sits second in chips and while two small cashes including a 12th place finish at a prelim in this series is all Dolan can count on for experience, he is the brother of Tim Phan, who made the final table at WPT Legends in 2005.
Coming in third in chips is Canadian Tri Huynh looking to add to his $30k in career earnings that includes a final table appearance at an L.A. Poker Classic prelim in 2007.
Armenian American Gevork (George) Kasabyan has half a million in career earnings from a boatload of small tournaments in the L.A. area and will come into the final fourth in chips.
Canadian Jean-Claude Moussa brings three WSOP cashes worth almost $60k and the experience of playing regularly online as high as $50/$100 to the table while currently fifth in chips.
And finally, the short stack is L.A.’s own Michael Kamran, happy to be through to his first final six after making seventh at WPT Bay 101 last year.
A $1.7 million first-place prize and the chance to join an illustrious group of LAPC champs including Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, and Gus Hansen hangs in the balance.
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Everest Poker Offers 2,500 Meter Final Table
Опубликовал | КомментарииHave you ever wanted to play poker on the tallest mountain in the world? Well, Everest Poker has teamed with Volvo to give players just such a chance. In one of Germany’s most exciting live poker events, card lovers from across the globe will be treated to a weekend of skiing, snowboarding, archery, and of course, one of the most unique poker experiences in the history of the game.
On the weekend of March 19-21, the mountains of Salzburg, Austria on the Kitzsteinhorn will play host to the Everest Poker Volvo Ice Camp. Lucky players will be granted a seat in the Everest Igloo, at a final table sitting around 2,500 meters above sea-level!
In order to qualify for this amazing experience, players must visit the “Scheduled Tournaments” tab in the Everest Software. There, in the “Private” area, you’ll find the Qualifier fürs Volvo Ice Camp, to be held on March 7 at 19:00 GMT.
The game of choice will be No Limit Texas Hold’em, with starting stacks of 2,000 chips. Blinds start at 5/10 and will be jacked up every 10 minutes. Tables are slated to host groups of 10 players, all of whom must buy in for $1.
Another qualifier will be held on March 11 at the same time, 19:00 GMT. Players will once again be treated to ten-seat action with a $1 buy in, featuring No Limit Texas Hold’em gameplay with the same 2,000 chip stacks.
Those who make it through the qualifiers will also receive accommodations from a 4-star hotel all throughout the Everest Volvo weekend.
For those not fluent in the German language, fear not. While the event may indeed be geared toward our Bavarian brothers, there is no official country restriction. Players form across the globe are welcome to compete, just so long as they bring their own pair of mittens!
2010 LAPC — WPT Final Table Preview
Опубликовал | КомментарииCard Player TV brings you a preview of the final table of the 2010 World Poker Tour Los Angeles Poker Classic main event.
WPT: Andras Koroknai Takes Chip Lead into LAPC Final Table
Опубликовал | КомментарииThe fifth day of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) LA Poker Classic began with the promise of a potentially remarkable final table, as Annie Duke, Johnny Chan, Carlos Mortensen, Mark Newhouse and Steve Sung were all vying for a spot at the 6-handed final table. The poker gods had something else in mind though, and [...]
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