16 Jan 12

The Daily Rewind: Aussies in Form, Galfond Change, Weisner Sponsor, World Cup

Today we get the latest news from Down Under as Event 1 at the Aussie Millions comes to a close. Phil Galfond provokes more debate in his latest blog and we hear of a new partnership for Melanie Weisner.

The Daily Rewind is your one-stop-shop for a sharp review of the day in poker. Join us here for a mix of the latest news and a more irreverent insight into the poker world. Today we bring the following stories to you:

Aussie Millions - Rubie takes down Event 1

The 2012 Aussie Millions is now in full swing and just hours ago crowned its first event winner of the series.

Home grown pro Aussie Brendon "brendoor" Rubie was the last man standing in Event One, a $1000 NL affair for which he wins $200,000.

There's a small break now until the 19th January when the $1000NL 6 max kicks off.

The $10,000 Main Event runs from the 22nd-28th January followed by the $100,000 and $250,000 buy-in challenges on the 22nd and 27th January respectively.

Rubie waxes his skills to take 1st place in Event 1

High stakes corner

The past 24 hours have seen "arbianight" back on song at the $100/$200 PLO tables, booking a win for over $100,000 to make him Sunday's most successful grinder.

It was most certainly a day to forget for Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky who dropped $132,275 in just 453 hands according to HSDB.

Galfond calls for change

Phil Galfond's new blog has taken up a fair amount of space in the headlines this week, and his latest entry is no different.

The high stakes wonderkind seems to be devoting a good chunk of his time playing diplomat these days, as he calls for changes to the online game, which has in his opinion "changed for the worse."

Galfond throws up a number of suggestions to counteract problems with heads-up cash games, addresses the disadvantages of tracking sites and debates the merits of player anonymity.

His suggestion for "must-move" tables has already provoked discussion amongst the poker community and PokerStars have acknowledged Galfond's ideas via their Twitter.

It will be interesting to see how much of an effect Galfond can have on the poker companies to implement such changes.

Galfond hits out at the "bum hunters"

Mel Weisner makes LockPro Elite

It's been a good week for fiery redhead tournament pro Melanie Weisner.

Lock Poker have announced that she is the newest member of their LockPro Elite. "I'm thrilled to join a team of world-class players" said Weisner, who has become a familiar presence on the live poker circuit.

Weisner has accumulated over $1.2 million in online tournament cashes and is currently ranked no.84 in the Global Poker Index.

It's a Lock: Weisner signs on the line

Peru crowned World Champions

It's not every day that you get to say that Peru are World Champions.

Today, this sentence rings true, as Peru snatched victory from The Netherlands heads-up at the PCA last night to take home the World Championship of Poker.

The World Cup consisted of a series of short handed and full ring sit-n-gos, one MTT and a number of heads-up matches. 

While the prize money doesn't perhaps reflect on the prestige of the title, when all was said and done, Team Peru was left smiling with a winner's cheque for $90,000 and the title of World Champions for 2012.

World Cup of Poker Results
Place	Country	Prize
1st	Peru (267 points)	$90,000
2nd	Netherlands (251 points)	$65,000
3rd	Japan (247 points)	$45,000
4th	Germany (244 points)	$30,000
5th	Tajikistan (225 points)	$20,000
6th	Rest of the World (199 points)	$15,000
7th	Costa Rica (199 points)	$10,000
8th	France (192 points)	$7,500
9th	Italy	$5,000

Peru ship the World Cup!

Daily Sign-off

With Peru taking down the World Cup of Poker, today's signoff pays tribute to the underdog.

We salute Romanian player Cristian Dragomir as he goes toe-to-toe with Phil Hellmuth in the 2008 WSOP Main Event, giving the Poker Brat a taste of his own mediciine to boot...