Daily Rewind: First Heads-Up Winner, PokerStars Record, WPT Result, Doyle's Blog
In today's Daily Rewind we recap yesterday's Heads-Up Championship action, congratulate PokerStars on their record-breaking MicroMillions, crown a WPT winner and hear from Doyle Brunson.
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 discovered the following topics for you:
Oblioo opens Championship with a win
Yesterday marked the start of PokerStrategy.com's Heads-Up Championship and after 90 minutes of intense play it was Dustin 
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The heads-up match was streamed live with expert commentary courtesy of pleno1
To read a full report on yesterday's action, plus watch the live stream of tonight's second opening match, click here.
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PokerStars break another record
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Anyone who thought the online poker industry was showing signs of decline should take a look at PokerStars' recent MicroMillions.
After coming to a conclusion in the early hours of Monday morning the final totals are in and the small stakes festival is officially the largest tournament series ever.
Beating the previous record of 1,294,889 total entrants set by MicroMillions I, the 1,308,994 players who took part in the series third incarnation pushed the total amount of money given away to $8,276,083.
The record-breaking offering is a testament to PokerStars' resurgence since Black Friday.
Despite a drop off in traffic they have managed to bounce back with most recent figures showing on a 9% drop in traffic year on year since the US market closed down.
Michael Phelps as watches Roy wins
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| The swimmer and the magician |
Records were broken and Olympic stars were in attendance, but once the lights had dimmed and the chips had settled it was Canadian Jonathan Roy who stood as the latest WPT Champion.
A total field of 1,173 players descended on Montreal's Playground Poker Club for the first ever World Poker Tour event in the city and yesterday the final six players closed out the action.
At the start of the day it was Sylvain Siebert who led the way, closely followed by Jeff Gross who had none other than swimming legend, Michael Phelps, railing him.
A tall stack meant nothing for Siebert, though, as couldn’t maintain his position at the top and quickly fell down the chip counts.
Siebert's demise finally came after watching Peter Kaemmerlen exit on the first hand of the finale. After picking up pocket sixes in the small blind a desperate Siebert moved all-in but found himself in trouble against Roy's queens.
Next to falter was Gavin Smith, before Jeff Gross suffered a series of tough breaks that eventually forced him to join his friend, Phelps, on the rail.
In a fitting conclusion to the Canadian contest, native players Roy and Pascal Lefrancois were left battling it out for the title.
The pair traded blows before a failed coup with pocket sixes by Lefrancois left him on life-support.
Roy pounced and finally delivered a knockout blow with 
to take the title and $779,710.
Doyle joins shot clock debate
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| Doyle likes it fast |
Doyle Brunson has made a rare admission in his latest blog post: he agrees with Daniel Negreanu.
Although good friends, the two high stakes pros often disagree on certain issues both in and out of the poker world.
Constantly engaging in debates, the two have found some common ground on the issue of speed.
In his latest blog post Doyle has admitted that, while he sometimes thinks Daniel oversteps the mark in his criticism of people, he was pleased to see him admit that on some occasions he can be wrong.
After appreciating Daniel's latest admission, Doyle goes on to write: "we agree that something has to be done about the slow play in the poker tournaments. It makes almost unwatchable TV and is very boring. A shot clock is the answer".
Even though he's slowing down physically, Doyle's mind is still sharp. Indeed, if he can make decisions in seconds, then more of the game's young stars should be able to do the same.
To read more of Doyle's latest blog, click here.
Daily Signoff
Doyle Brunson might not always see eye-to-eye with Daniel Negreanu, but in this classic clip it's Phil Ivey who's facing the wrath of "The Godfather".
