Waking Life: Spotlight on Aussie Matt Wakeman
The 26-year-old from Newcastle, New South Wales, has earned hundreds of thousands dollars online and made it into the top 10 ranked players on PocketFives last month and #1 on the Australian rankings. Despite earnings hundreds of thousands of dollars online, Wakeman is modest about making it into the PocketFive top 10 global ratings. “It’s a nice achievement but at the same time it’s a bit embarrassing,” he said
Get 5% of Chris Moorman’s Winnings in Prague, Australia
Now he’s giving away two shots for you to take home 5% of his winnings from two upcoming events. The first is the €5,300 European Poker Tour Prague main event starting December 5. Moorman is looking for a new avatar for his PokerStars account and is offering 5% of his winnings in Prague for the best avatar suggestion.
Heinz Savors World Champion Spotlight
Having the most coveted WSOP championship bracelet on his wrist now, he’s changed his outlook a bit.
Pius Heinz Becomes First German WSOP Main Event Champ
Defeating Martin Staszko to win $8.7 million and the most coveted title in poker, Heinz was cheered on to victory by friends and family at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Tuesday. “I’m definitely proud of being the first German to win but it’s just an amazing feeling and the support from back home has been just great,” Heinz told the media after posing for photos with his prize money
Ben Lamb Finishes Third, Makes POY Official
Lamb, who won his first bracelet in the $10k PLO championship this summer, in addition to a second-place finish in the $3k PLO event and a final table in the $50k Players Championship, brought his lifetime earnings to over $6.5 million in Las Vegas this evening. Returning to battle Pius Heinz and Martin Staszko for the title and $8.7 million, Lamb only made it four hands before busting in third place. On the very first hand Lamb four-bet shoved K ♥ J ♦ and got called by Martin Staszko with pocket sevens
Racener Looks for Redemption in Main Event
This year Racener has his sights set firmly on beating everyone. “I had an awesome run last year but it’s gone really well this year as well,” he said. Since finishing runner-up in last year’s Main Event, the Floridian recorded a fourth place finish in the WPT Five Diamond event for $232k and has cashed four times at the 2011 WSOP including two final tables, for over $300k.
Sopranos Actor No Stranger to WSOP
Unlike many celebrities, however, it wasn’t his first trip to Las Vegas for the world’s biggest poker tournament.
Hole-in-One Sends Canadian to Main Event
The 37-year old Pritchett was all smiles on Day 1c of the Main Event as he attempted to build a large stack in the early stages of the tournament. “It’s awesome,” he said. “We’re playing for life-changing money here.” Pritchett played a special $750 buy-in golf/poker charity event at the Turnberry Golf Course in Ontario that began with a golf tournament and finished with a No-Limit Hold’em freezeout. That event drew 80 players and two Main Event seats were awarded: one to the player who hit the first hole-in-one and the second to the winner of the poker tournament
Binger Binks Last 2011 Prelim Bracelet
He outlasted a field of 352 players to take down Event 57 $5,000 PLO Hi-Lo for a total of $397,073. It was the final bracelet to be awarded at the 2011 WSOP, outside of the Main Event. “It feels amazing,” he said.