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The Poker grapevine – Mizzi on fire and Rush Poker tournaments
Posted by: Mark Baldwing - Sun, 2010-04-18 00:04
Sorel Mizzi’s 3rd place finish at the Aussie Millions in January proved to be the pebble that would set a true avalanche in motion: the Full Tilt poker pro scored one huge cash finish after another in the wake of that success. He won three events: two at the
EPT Snowfest and one at the 2010 Wynn Classic in Las Vegas. He finished in the money in various other poker tournaments too, in between the above mentioned two events.
Mizzi’s latest success came at the Borgata Spring Poker Open’s East Coast Championship, which he won. On his way to the top prize and the trophy, he had to best a starting field of 62 players. The buy-in for the poker tournament was $7,500 and Mizzi earned $170,313 for his first place. The final table was by no means a walk in the park for the eventual winner. Mizzi took on Chris Klodnicki heads-up up for the title. Notable finishes were those of Gavin Smith who finished 8th and Lee Markholt who ended up in 9th place.
Full Tilt Poker is apparently upping the stake on its Rush Poker tables. The zero-downtime poker variant was only available in a cash-game format in the beginning, but Rush Poker fanatics can play in Rush Poker tournaments too now.
Unlike the difference between regular cash game and tournament action, the difference between Rush
Poker tournaments and Rush Poker cash games is minute. Rush Poker tournaments basically feature the same game format, with the difference that players’ stacks are finite and that they are eliminated as they run out of chips. Towards the end, when there are only 30 players remaining in contention, the remaining Rush Poker Tournament tables will switch to short-handed format to accelerate the action even further.
The final table will return to the normal full format though, and players will close out the tournament as if it were a regular one, without jumping to another table upon folding.
Whether you like cash game Rush Poker or not, these tournaments are certainly worth a shot. Open a Full Tilt Poker account now and give them a go: you may end up liking them.
In other news: because of the interruption of the air traffic in London, several top PokerStars players are making their way to the EPT’s San Remo stop aboard a bus. The journey will take around 20 hours and passengers will pretty much start playing poker as soon as they step off the ride.
