Daily 3-Bet: Duhamel Talks, Gold Rants, Diaz Hottest?
Any tips or suggestions for a future 3-Bet, feel free to drop a note in the comments below. Today we hit up a revealing new interview with Jonathan Duhamel about his home invasion, a must-listen interview with Jamie Gold on Donkdown Radio and an overlooked candidate for the “Hottest Girl in Poker” title. 1) Duhamel: Thought They Were Delivery Men Duhamel: They took me by surprise
WPT Announces Two New Stops in 2012
Nine events in total were officially added to the schedule, including first-time visits to Dublin and Venice. Those two events round out the European section of the schedule, along with WPT Venice which set the record for the largest ever European WPT main event field last year.
Musumeci Leads Women at 2011 Main Event
The former Bodog pro built a massive stack on her starting day of the tournament and continues to dominate with 190k chips after the second break of Day 2. “So far it’s been a pretty smooth ride,” she said
Von Kriegenbergh Victorious at WPT Seminole
Coming of a big start to 2011 where he final tabled The Big Event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles and cashed in the both the NAPT Mohegan Sun main event and Bounty Shootout, Von Kriegenbergh came into the final table with close to twice the chips of anyone near him. Although he fell out of the lead in a lengthy three-handed battle with three-time WPT finalist Curt Kohlberg and Floridian Justin Zaki, he cracked Zaki’s aces in a miracle hand to double up and came back to win it all heads-up against the veteran Kohlberg. Von Kriegenbergh collected $1,122,340 for the win, dwarfing his career best score of $140k earned with a fourth-place finish in The Big Event.
WPT: Todd Terry on Top After Day 2
Terry spent most of Day 2 as a big stack Things are heating up in Hollywood, Florida, both at the pool and at the poker table. With registration closed, the numbers in at the WPT Seminole Hard Poker Showdown. There were a grand total of 433 runners and the top 45 finishers will each
WPT: Scarborough Stumps Seidel to Win Indiana Event
Scarborough did something most people couldn’t this year–beat Erik Seidel Apparently Erik Seidel can’t win everything. Finishing second in a World Poker Tour event isn’t too shabby though and Seidel did just that on Wednesday at the final table of the Hollywood Poker Open in Lawrenceburg, Indiana
Stars Shot Down at WPT Bay 101
For the first time ever, WPT commentaator Mike Sexton made the final table of a WPT event. WPT Raw Deal analyst Tony Dunst stepped in for the Hall of Famer in the booth, but a short-stacked Sexton could still do no better than sixth. “It was a lot of fun making my first WPT open final table,” he said
Kitai Adds WPT Celebrity Invitational Title
The Belgian pro took down the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational at Commerce Casino, banking $100,000 in the process. After veteran pro Dan Heimiller busted third, Kitai took a lead into heads-up with fellow Winamax Pro and Internationally-ranked chess master Almira Skripchenko.
Lady Chess Stars Dominate WPT Invitational
While Minnesota lawyer and model Damon Schramm grabbed the lead heading into the Mar. 2 final six, stars of the Chess world Almira Skripchenko and Dinara Khaziyeva both retain a shot at the $74,500 in cash and $25,500 WPT Championship Seat that await the winner