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Retired Fisherman Wins Commerce Casino’s Million Dollar Guaranteed
Jul 28th
Rick Bakovic won the title and $173,500 first-place prize defeating a healthy 3,300-player field in the $335 buy-in event in the Los Angeles area Tuesday. “It’s the thrill of a lifetime,” said Bakovic, who has been playing five tournaments a week for the past five years, but never cashed for more than $22,000. “It just goes to show that if I can do it, anyone can.” A unique feature at Commerce Casino, this event gave players the option of entering or re-entering on any of the first five days. The top 27 players advanced each day to the final, leaving 135 to battle it out for the big money
What Next? Five Predictions For the Rest of 2010
Jul 27th
Although technically, we’re more than halfway through the calendar year, the second half of the poker year really begins when the World Series of Poker is completed in mid-July. It’s time to gaze into the crystal ball to see what we can expect on…
All Star Week Day 1: Team PokerStars Pro takes a beating
Jul 27th
by Chris Edge With the dust settling on the World Series for another year, the focus for many Team PokerStars Pros shifts from the live to the virtual scene, with the second annual All Star Week. Over the course of this week the ranks of Team Pro square off against an array of recent top performing PokerStars players in a series of 35 heads-up matches. Yesterday’s first day of five matches did not go well for the Pros – they lost 4-1! The curtain raiser pitted Team Pro and WPT winner Alex Gomes against Spanish-based ‘jimenezzzz’ in the opening NLHE event. Following a conservative opening jimenezzzz stole the chip lead thanks to some well-timed check-raises and generally revealing winners when play reached showdown. Twelve minutes into the match and jimenezzzz took a firm grip on proceedings to extend his lead to a near 3:1 chip advantage
Meet The November Nine — Jason Senti
Jul 27th
Jason Senti enters the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event as the shortest stack, but this 25 year old poker pro from Minnesota brings a lot of experience to the table as a cash game grinder and a poker instructor with a video coaching site. Learn more about this November Nine member’s background, how he got into poker and what he intends to do in the months leading up to the final table.
ANZPT Queenstown: Final table profiles
Jul 25th
The 2010 ANZPT Queenstown Main Event final table has been decided. The nine players are chasing a first prize of AUD $73,630 and the title of ANZPT Queenstown champion. Play will continue at level 16 (blinds 2500-5000 with an ante of 500) for ten more minutes. From that point we will resume the normal one-hour levels start with Level 17 (blinds 3000-6000 with an ante of 500) until one player has all the chips! Seat 1 – John Maklouf, Sydney, NSW, PokerStars Qualifier (175,000 in chips): A 31-year-old manager with six years of online and live experience, this Star City regular qualified for the ANZPT Queenstown Main Event via a PokerStars satellite
A Closer Look at the November Nine
Jul 18th
The World Series of Poker main event is down to nine players — take a look a closer look at the players who will return in November for the bracelet and the first prize of more than $8 million. Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi For a fan of poker, Mizrachi needs no introduction. Easily the most accomplished touranment player of the November Nine, he’s already got 23 WSOP cashes for more than $2 million, and he has $8.6 million in live tournament cashes in his career. Despite his success in live poker, he didn’t win his first bracelet until this year, when he took down the $50K Players Championship for $1.5 million
WSOP Main Event: Day 8 Level 32 Mid-Level Update
Jul 18th
Clements is the latest elimination from Day 8 of the Main Event We are just eight eliminations away from the November Nine and there are still several big names left in the field that could make this year’s final table exceptionally interesting. One known pro to fall by the wayside this past hour is Scott Clements
WSOP Main Event Day 7: William Thorson, demon-slayer?
Jul 17th
We will not count our chickens before they have done anything but hatch and run around the barnyard like mercury scattering on glass. We may not believe in any sort of jinx, but we’re not going to talk about a no-hitter and we’re not going to say the “s” word at a craps table. But, listen, William Thorson has some demons to slay after his 2006 13th place run in the Main Event in which his pocket jacks went down to Jamie Gold’s pocket kings. So, there’s that.
WSOP Main Event: Day 6 Level 25 Mid-Level Update
Jul 16th
Theo Jorgensen has found his way to the top of the counts once again Level 25 (Blinds 20,000/40,000 ante 5,000) is halfway over which means, thanks to a last minute announcement from Tournament Director Jack Effel, that there is only one hour to go before the survivors of the day bag, tag, and call it a
