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The holy grail of poker tournaments started yesterday with Day 1A. Three of our Team PokerStrategy.com players were at the start of the day, ready for some action.
04 Jul 09 12:18
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The holy grail of poker tournaments started yesterday with Day 1A. Three of our Team PokerStrategy.com players were at the start of the day, ready for some action.
The schedule for WCOOP 2009 has just been announced. 45 events will be played from September 3-21, 2009. The combined guaranteed prize pool stands at $40 million.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan made a profit of over $2 million in June, thus repeating his success from May. Meanwhile, Gus Hansen still hasn't moved from the losers' list, finding himself on it for the third month in a row.
The $5,000 No Limit Six-Handed event came to an end today, when Matt Hawrilenko defeated Josh Brikis heads-up. PokerStrategist Thorsten77 ended up in 8th place, winning $100,230.
The Ante Up For Africa Charity Tournament has, as expected, attracted champs of all kinds to aid its noble cause. With a total of 138 participants, the tournament was a great success.
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Team PokerStars Pro has added two pros to its roster, Marcel Luske and Jason Mercier. While Luske is a veteran of poker, Mercier is a young gun, but already highly successful in his short career.
Day 2 of the $5,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em Event came to an end and PokerStrategist Thorsten77 had a great run, as he is still in the race. He will be returning tomorrow with the 6th highest chip stack.
The final table of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event featured an intense battle between Tony Veckey and Jason Wheeler. Eventually, it was Veckey who managed to secure himself the title.
258 started the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event and only 9 made it into Day 3. Abe Mosseri put his chip lead into good use as he took home his first WSOP bracelet and $165,513 to go with it.
After a troublesome Day 2, only nine players remain in the $2,500 Triple Draw Lowball tournament. John Juanda and Nam Le will return for Day 3, unlike Daniel Negreanu, Amnon Filippi and many more pros.
The Dutch Diamond member Yoghi had a great week so far, winning the Full Tilt Poker $200,000 Guaranteed and finishing second in the PokerStars Super Tuesday for a combined prize of almost $100,000.
It's a WPT Championship on European ground and still a US-American wins: after a deal with Pier Sjoegren, Mark Randal Flowers won the heads-up of the Spanish Championship.
A total of 2,818 players signed up for the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event and after two play days, the field has been narrowed to just 28 players.
Day 3 of the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Triple Chance Event featured an exciting final table where nothing was certain and no hand was bound to win the pot.
The Short Handed event is by far the most popular amongst the young and aggressive Internet population. Many online players participated which meant there was bound to be some action.
Day 3 started with 14 players, and was down to the final table after just 1 hour. David Halpern outlasted everyone to take home the bracelet and $159,390.
The final table went on for 20 hours as they fought it out for the most coveted title in the WSOP calendar. In the end, David Bach outlasted John Hanson to win his first bracelet.
Carsten Joh has managed to fight his way through a tough field in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event, thus winning a WSOP bracelet for Germany.
75 players survived the first day of Triple Draw Lowball. They fight for the total prize pool of $591,100 and the first place is worth $165,521.