Matt Giannetti Ready to Rock WSOP Main Event Finale
Almost four months ago Giannetti joined the 2011 November Nine by outlasting 6,856 players in the WSOP Main Event. Making the final table guarantees him at least $782,115 but he’s got his sights set squarely on the title of world champion and the $8.7 million that goes with it. “I want this more than anything else I’ve ever wanted,” Giannetti told PokerListings.com in at the WSOPE in Cannes.
D’Amato Likens Online Poker to Prohibition at Hearing
“The problem that we have now seems to me very parallel to what we had in Prohibition,” D’Amato said.
Defending Champ Bord Says Europe Better than US
In what amounts to a marketing promotion on Matchbook.com, Bord has pledged to refund any losing bets made on the WSOPE through the site, up to $500 each, should an American win the main event. When asked about the specific reasons he believes Euros now have the edge, Bord’s answer was simple: “We have Sam Trickett.” Unfortunately for Bord, Trickett was eliminated from Day 1B of the main event shortly after returning from dinner. “But seriously, I’d like to think in this environment we’re a favorite,” Bord went on to tell PokerListings.com in Cannes
Galfond Takes Brutal $180k Beating
Galfond, who moved to Vancouver, Canada, to play online poker, had an incredible start to his sojourn to the Great White North by winning over half a million but has faltered in the last two weeks. The Bluefire Poker pro recorded 3,149 hands over the weekend and got taken apart in the $50/$100 and $100/$200 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max games, which included Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker, Jackovski, HarrisMP and Rafi “refaelamit” Amit at various times
Jarvis Finds Redemption in $5k Six-Max Event
The 26-year-old beat one of the dangerous fields assembled at the 2011 WSOP and took home the Event 40 $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max title and $808,538. He also secured his very first WSOP bracelet.
Schock Claims First North Dakota WSOP Bracelet
The 40-year-old poker veteran from Bismarck, ND, outlasted 606 players in Event 39 $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha to win $310,225. “It’s just incredible,” he said as he accepted the bracelet
WSOP Bracelet Winner Profile: Mitch Schock
Mitch Schock is North Dakota’s first WSOP bracelet winner. Moments after winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet Mitch Schock was still bouncing with joy. It wasn’t the money.
EPT Announces First Half of Season 8 Schedule
Six events in Europe and one in the Bahamas will see millions of dollars awarded to players from all over the world, starting with a return to the Estonian capital of Tallinn August 2-7. “We’re delighted to announce the dates for the first half of EPT Season 8. We’re expecting another incredible year, with a whole host of new champions crowned and maybe even the first ever two-time EPT Main Event winner!” said EPT Chairman and founder John Duthie.
Gomes Seeks Triple Crown Win at EPT Grand Final
The 28-year-old Brazilian already has a World Poker Tour victory at the Bellagio Cup in 2009 and a WSOP bracelet from the 2008 World Series of Poker $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em event and could become only the third player in history to win the Triple Crown with an EPT win at the Grand Final in Madrid, Spain. Gavin Griffin and Roland de Wolfe are the only other players to have done so.