Daily Rewind: Ivey & PokerStrategist at WSOP Final, Poker Fights & Spanish Sites

In today's Daily Rewind we update you on another WSOP final table for Phil Ivey, check out a war of words with Brad Booth and Andrew Feldman and look at Spain's legal register.

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Ivey and PokerStrategist at WSOP final table

Ivey in beast mode

To say that Phil Ivey’s prodigal return to the WSOP has been a success would be an understatement.

Having come agonisingly close to a bracelet four times already this year, the world’s best player will get his fifth shot at glory tomorrow.

Event #35 ($2,500 Mixed Hold'em) will be Ivey’s playground and although he will start the final table in seventh place, the rest of the table will certainly be keeping one eye on Ivey when the cards are in the air.

Another player who will be looking to capitalise on their recent run of good form will be PokerStrategist Michael 'kaytor' Gathy.

Having already claimed his first bracelet this year in Event #21, kaytor will be looking to use his 418,000 chip stack to dominate the table.

Social network wars

The keyboard warriors have been out in force over the last 24 hours, fighting not one but two battles across the social networking world.

Brad Booth was the first target after his attack on Phil Hellmuth continued to attract both intrigue and vitriol in equal measure.

After intimating that he had dirt on Hellmuth, Brad went on to tweet:

Brad has information

He then disclosed that Hellmuth had given him $5,000 that day.

Quite what Brad knows is unclear and what’s even more unclear is why Phil is giving him $5,000. Could it be Booth is trying to bluff his way out of debt? Or is there something else we don’t know about, yet?

While Brad Booth was busy scaremongering one corner of the community, everyone else seemed to be peppering Andrew Feldman’s Facebook wall with comments.

Surprisingly it wasn’t all one way traffic, as some people were keen to support Andrew. The award for "the most vicious tongue" undoubtedly went to Sam Trickett’s girlfriend Natasha Sandhu.

Feldman could only muster one response to the 70+ comments, but he did find time to take the mature route and “like” all the negative comments made about him.

Here’s a selection of the most colourful comments.

Natasha sticks the knife in...

then gives it a little twist...

before Andrew gives a sarcastic response

A micro piece of relief

The last few weeks have been a mixture of WSOP woes, slamming scammers and fighting talk from the virtual poker world’s toughest players.

Such a wave of negativity can’t be good for the overall morale of the community, which is why we’re lucky to have the plucky Micros on hand to offer some light relief and maybe a laugh or two.

Their latest instalment takes a jocular swipe at the WSOP’s seemingly contradictory desire to offer as many prestigious and exclusive prizes as possible.

Bracelets, bracelets everywhere

Spain's online list

Spain’s recent round of licensing for online poker sites has just been completed with an official list being released this week.

In total, 26 sites have been given the legal seal of approval by the Spanish Director General for Gambling Regulation.  

Among those having acquired a licence are: 888 Spain Ltd, Ladbrokes International plc and Ongame Markets Malta plc.

High Stakes Corner

“EireAbu” finished yesterday’s session with the biggest profit after scooping $183,548. Their winning haul came over the course of 1,978 hands and put them well ahead of the day’s second biggest winner “altiFC” who won $98,285.

British player Rob “Vaga_Lion” Akery didn’t fare so well in yesterday’s games and logged off with a loss of $147,500. Additionally, “wilhasha” continued their recent rollercoaster ride by dropping $98,931 over the last 24 hours.

Daily Signoff

He may be regarded as the best player in the world but even the great Phil Ivey can make a mistake at the WSOP.