Aussie Millions: Bjorn Li Leads Main Event Final Table; Phil Ivey Out
The Crown Casino in Melbourne doesn’t have a roller coaster like the casinos in Las Vegas but on Day 5 of the Aussie Millions Main Event Bjorn Li road one anyways.Li went from the short stack with eight players remaining to the chip leader heading into Sundays seven-handed final table. Li finished the penultimate day
John Dibella Wins 2012 PCA Main Event
At 43 years old, the amateur Dibella was by far the oldest player at the table and a heavy underdog coming in but managed to outlast some of the best young pros in the game for the win. To make his ROI even sweeter, Dibella won his seat in the event via a $1,000 satellite. Runner-up and $1.5 million richer himself, thanks to a deal the two made heads-up, is poker pro Kyle “KJulius10” Julius, who looked poised to win the title several times himself but fell just short
WPT: David Shallow Wins WPT Ireland with Dominating Performance
Winner Photo courtesy of the World Poker Tour While he didn’t quite go wire to wire, David Shallow put on an emphatically dominating performance in the first-ever World Poker Tour Ireland Main Event that resulted in his first WPT title and a $289,031 payday. Shallow took the chip lead midway through Day 2 action and
EPL: Lichtenberger Leads Headed Into 5-Handed Final
Lichtenberger earned over $200,000 at Bellagio last week Andrew Lichtenberger is having one hell of a December. Just one week after finishing fourth in the WPT’s Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event, Lichtenberger is not only back at another big final table, he is the chip leader. Lichtenberger is one of just
Schwartz, Jaka Top Epic Field After Day 2
Day 2 wrapped at the Palms in Las Vegas earlier this evening with Schwartz bagging up 352,200 for the outright lead and Jaka close behind at 341,100 Schwartz, known online as fourUhaters, has over $2.5 million in career earnings and a recent fourth-place finish in the WSOPE €10k Mixed Event he’s looking to add to.
Esfandiari Eyes Back-to-Back at Stacked WPT Final Table
Last year’s winner of the WPT Five Diamond Classic, Esfandiari could become the first player ever to win back-to-back WPT event titles if he can pull off a win tomorrow at the televised final table of six. He’s given himself a chance, at least, by surviving a surprisingly long and up-and-down Day 4 today at the Bellagio. He’ll now just have to beat one of the toughest final tables in WPT history to do it.
EPT: Martin Finger Leads Final Table; Nicolas Levi Close Behind
Martin Finger takes the biggest stack into the EPT Prague final table on Saturday – barely. (Photo courtesy Neil Stoddart / PokerStars) After five days of play at the Prague Hilton only eight players remain in the hunt for the European Poker Tour Prague title with German player Martin Finger taking the chip lead to
Finger, Levi Neck-and-Neck into EPT Prague Final Table
Finger, who was hovering around the chip lead for virtually the whole tournament, looked to be on the ropes after losing some big pots near the end of the day but knocked out Patrick Renkers on the last hand to grab the lead back. Finger will start the final back in front with 5,800,000 in chips and he’ll be looking to crush his previous best live tournament score of $60k set earlier this year. Levi, on the other hand, has been in this spot several times before
He is Nanonoko! Lew Wins APPT Macau
Lew wins his first major live tournament title and takes home 3,772,000 HKD ($483,902 USD). The Team PokerStars Online pro and famed multi-tabler worked his magic on just one table for a change, coming into the final table dead last in chips but working his way up to the chip lead by the time play hit four-handed