June 30 2008
Given the names that squared off at the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event’s final table, it had been an easy guess form the get-go that it would take someone lewd, shrewd and just a little bit on the extreme side to win ...
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June 29 2008
Because of its high-buy-in, and broad range of required poker skills, the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event usually gathers a very select and tough-to-beat field of players. It wasn’t any different this time around either as the 67 Day ...
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June 29 2008
Event #44 had a final table made up of 9 extremely bracelet-hungry participants: the WSOP gold count amongst them had been a solid 0, before the final day kicked off.
At the end of the day, Max Greenwood of Canada would ...
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June 27 2008
After a not-so-bright Day 2 finish, Martin Klaser struck back with a vengeance at the final table of event #40, the $1,500 PL Omaha Hi/Lo one. He busted out player after player, and looked quite unstoppable on his way ...
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June 27 2008
Day 1 of the $1,500 PL Omaha Hi/Lo event was an eliminations-frenzy. At one time there were around 100 players busting out per blinds level.
Day two began on the dame note although this time, the eliminations trickle didn’t burst ...
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June 27 2008
Despite the fact that there was some heat between him and Gioi Luong earlier in the day, John Phan managed to keep his calm and won his second WSOP bracelet, together with a prize of $151,896.
Phan managed the chip lead with ...
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June 25 2008
It didn’t take long till the bubble burst in event #40, the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw one. Only six players needed to be railed and the unfortunate role of bubble boy fell onto Trung Ly, who got felted by Claude ...
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June 23 2008
Despite having started the final table off the chip-count pace, Davidi Kitai from Belgium prevailed at a table full of very solid poker professionals. Kitai himself went into the battle with two previous WSOP cashes under his belt: a fresh ...
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June 23 2008
Since – by the looks of things -we’re indeed in the ‘year of the pro’ we just had to include event #40 into our news feature, if for no other reason then for the simple fact that it probably features ...
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June 22 2008
Sebastian Ruthenberg’s victory in the $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event is one for the poker history-books. Not only did the German from Hamburg set a couple of personal records, like his first WSOP bracelet and his biggest live-event ...
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June 21 2008
Apparently, the chip lead Velador had secured during day 2 was but an excellent way to start off his title push. During the final day of event #32 ($1,500 NL Holdem), his stack hardly ever appeared in peril. The only time ...
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June 19 2008
Am I ever glad I chose this $1,500 NL Holdem event to run a news feature on. Day 2 saw a complete shakeup of the chip leaderboard as the last of the accomplished professional busted out leaving it up to the ...
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June 18 2008
Another day brings another $1,500 NL Holdem event at the WSOP. Being one of the best buy-in/potential payout ratio events at the Series, this $1,500 tournament drew a massive crowd of 2,304 participants. At the end of day one though, ...
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June 17 2008
Event #26, the $1,500 Razz one, saw well-known pro Barry Greenstein finish the first day as chip leader. He was in second place at the end of the second day but pulled his act together for good at the final ...
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June 16 2008
Overcoming a top-flight field of players including a Razz expert and one of the best known Vegas Gamblers, Event #26, $1,500 Seven Card Razz, finally went to Greenstein to give him his 3rd bracelet win.
The final table saw Mike ...
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June 13 2008
Those who placed their bets on Daniel Negreanu’s winning the $2,000 Limit Holdem WSOP event (event #20) can rightfully rejoice now.
The Canadian was by far the most experienced player at the final table, having not only won WSOP events previously, ...
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June 12 2008
Arguably one of the most interesting WSOP events so far turned out to be the event #20, the $2,000 Limit Holdem one. Daniel Negreanu is playing in this event, and his fans will probably be glad to know that he’s well ...
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