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Scott Starts Aussie Millions Defense
Jan 25th
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But being AUD$2 million wealthier isn’t the only thing that’s different for Scott. In fact, his life has changed almost completely. “Coming to a place like Crown or any casino in Australia, pretty much everybody recognizes me,” he told PokerListings as he began the defense of his Aussie Millions title Monday. “I get asked for autographs, which is pretty cool.” Scott said walking into Crown to take a run at back-to-back titles also feels a lot different than it did walking into the poker room an unknown in 2009. “It’s completely different obviously,” he said. “Now you’ve got posters of me everywhere and stuff.
T.J. Cloutier WSOP Bracelet Sells for $4,006 on eBay
Jan 24th
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After 10 days and a competitive auction featuring five separate bidders, T.J. Cloutier ’s World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) bracelet sold for $4,006 on the popular online auction site eBay. The Plano Pawn Shop put up the bracelet, which Cloutier won in a $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event in 2005. With the starting price at $2,999, the following bidding history during the 10-day process was listed as on eBay’s website: Bid #1: Jan
EPT Deauville: Final table player profiles
Jan 24th
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With the elimination of Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier at the end of day four, our final table of eight players for EPT Deauville was set. The Romanian Teodor Caraba leads, but there are two other major talking points from the final line-up: can the Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate add EPT glory to his World Championship. Or can the young Canadian Mike “Timex” McDonald become the first ever two-time EPT champion? Play is scheduled to begin at noon on Monday to determine the answers.
EPT Deauville: Final table player profiles
Jan 24th
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With the elimination of Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier at the end of day four, our final table of eight players for EPT Deauville was set. The Romanian Teodor Caraba leads, but there are two other major talking points from the final line-up: can the Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate add EPT glory to his World Championship. Or can the young Canadian Mike “Timex” McDonald become the first ever two-time EPT champion
EPT Deauville: Day 4, level 24 live updates
Jan 24th
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3.10pm: One for Morante David Morante just won a pot but I think he’ll be just as happy he didn’t have to battle Jake Cody for once to win it. He raised to 68,000 from mid-position and was called by Michael Fratty in the big blind to go to a [2h][4d][4c] flop. Fratty check-called a 76,000 bet and then did the same to a 146,000 bet on the [qd] turn. Both players then checked through the [6d] river and Morante took the pot with [3s][3h]. 3.05pm: Table line ups With only two tables remaining the gaps have been filled, leaving the lines ups looking like this: Feature table Seat 1 – Robert Cezarescu Seat 2 – Bertrand Grospellier Seat 3 – Freddy Deeb Seat 4 – Harry Touil Seat 5 – George Secara Seat 6 – Stephane Albertini Seat 7 – Craig Bergeron Seat 8 – Bruno Fitoussi Outer table Seat 1 – Michael Fratty Seat 2 – Alexia Portal Seat 3 – Mike McDonald Seat 4 – David Morante Seat 5 – Peter Eastgate Seat 6 – Jake Cody Seat 7 – Martin Staszko Seat 8 – Teodor Caraba 2.57pm: Eastgate the assassin The PokerStars Blog prize for the Player Most Likely to Make A Marginal Call and Knock Out a Player goes to Peter Eastgate. Again.
Boatman Aims For Third Aussie Millions Final
Jan 24th
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“I look forward to this tournament more than any other,” Boatman told PokerListings. “Results or no, it’s a great place to come. But, of course, there is something about having done well in a tournament before. You get that extra bit of confidence and it’s easier to visualize doing well again.” Boatman managed a 10th place finish at the 2003 Aussie Millions when his aces were heartbreakingly cracked by eventual champion Peter Costa. Then last year, he came into the final table as a short stack and battled his way back before eventually bowing out eighth when he went card dead.
Boatman Aims For Third Aussie Millions Final
Jan 24th
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“I look forward to this tournament more than any other,” Boatman told PokerListings. “Results or no, it’s a great place to come. But, of course, there is something about having done well in a tournament before. You get that extra bit of confidence and it’s easier to visualize doing well again.” Boatman managed a 10th place finish at the 2003 Aussie Millions when his aces were heartbreakingly cracked by eventual champion Peter Costa. Then last year, he came into the final table as a short stack and battled his way back before eventually bowing out eighth when he went card dead.
T. J. Cloutier’s Championship Bracelets Up For Sale On eBay
Jan 22nd
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Awards in the poker world can range from plaques to large trophies to even the head of an alligator (the World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) Circuit’s Bayou Poker Classic trophy is the stuffed head of such an animal). One of the most cherished mementos of victory in poker is, of course, the WSOP bracelet that is awarded to each winner of an event in Las Vegas. For one of the most prized trophies in poker to appear for sale is almost unheard of. This apparently is occurring at this moment and the former owner of the bracelet is none other than longtime poker veteran T.J. Cloutier . For sale on eBay , the popular online auction site, is a WSOP Bracelet won by Cloutier. The information on the site states that the bracelet is the last one that was won by the Texas road gambler in 2005. Information from the WSOP site shows that Cloutier won the last of his six bracelets in 2005 in the $5000 No Limit Hold’em event , where he defeated a final table that included Todd Brunson , John “World” Hennigan and the late John Bonetti to capture the championship. On sale by the Plano Pawn Shop (which is approximately ten miles from T.J.’s hometown of Richardson, Texas), the auction on eBay has about two days left in the bidding. Asking for a minimum bid of $2999, the 2005 WSOP bracelet has yet to garner any interest from potential buyers. Perhaps anyone interested in the bracelet is wary of its authenticity (the Plano Pawn Shop has stated that the bracelet will come with a certificate of authenticity to prove it is real), but eBay sales are also notorious for not getting any action until the sale is almost over. According to other details included in the sale information for the WSOP bracelet, the Plano Pawn Shop also has another championship bracelet from Cloutier. This has been confirmed by Poker News Daily as the bracelet from Cloutier’s last major poker championship, the 2007 Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge IV , and the Plano Pawn Shop’s minimum bid for that bracelet is $2,499. Both of the items are not only for sale on eBay but are also being offered in the Plano Pawn Shop and can be viewed by appointment only. The actual cash value of a WSOP bracelet is surprisingly easy to determine. From information provided by the Plano Pawn Shop about the Cloutier bracelet, Poker News Daily has determined an approximate value for such an item. With its 96 grams (3.38 ounces) of 14 karat gold (which is 58% gold, with 24K being solid gold) and 0.25 carats in diamonds, the cash value of the 2005 bracelet is roughly $2,350. The inherent value in a WSOP bracelet, of which only about 500 have been awarded, is priceless. As far as what Cloutier may have received for the WSOP bracelet, an examination of the pawnshop industry would be necessary. When a pawnshop buys a piece of merchandise, it usually will pay anywhere from 30% to 50% of the actual value of an item to ensure that they get a significant return on their investment. With the Plano Pawn Shop putting a price tag of $2,999 on Cloutier’s 2005 WSOP bracelet, it can be logically assumed that the poker pro sold the bracelet for somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500. The sale of the bracelet has the forums burning with questions about the bracelet and Cloutier’s current financial status. On TwoPlusTwo , players are assuming that Cloutier has gone broke and needs the finances to continue playing poker (at this time, Cloutier has no sponsorship deal) or, some posters imply, to take to the craps tables. Many, however, are lamenting that Cloutier would part with one of his six WSOP bracelets. Poster “ Dan_Vincent ” writes in his post, “That’s sad. You know he didn’t get anything close to $2K for this.” Others, perhaps cruelly, are making jokes about the issue. Citing one of the currently popular reality television shows, poster “ Tom Bayes ” says, “TJ should have gone on ‘Pawn Stars.’ Then Corey and Chumlee could have drooled on the bracelet, Rick could call up one of his numerous ‘buddies’ to give an ‘expert’ appraisal and then lowball the hell out of TJ, and then the ‘Old Man’ could tell us how ‘real’ poker was played ‘back in the day.’” For whatever reason, Cloutier felt as though these two bracelets were items that he could live without. With slightly more than 48 hours left in the two auctions, it remains to be seen how many bids Cloutier’s bracelets will get or if they will even be sold through the eBay auctions at all.
EPT Deauville: Day 2, level 15 live updates
Jan 22nd
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Updates from day two, level 14 of EPT Deauville, brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Latest chip counts are on the chip count page . The full payout structure can be found on the prizewinners and payout structure page. The EPT tournament structure can be found on the EPT tournament structure page . Blinds: Level 15: 2,000-4,000 (400 ante) 9.10pm: Done Play is done for the night and the leader going into day three will be the Frenchman Ludov no, it’s NOT Ludovic Lacay. Right at the death, Nicolas Levi surged past his countryman, with a stack of 648,500. That’s your chip leader, folks. Lacay has 500,500. Full wrap to follow. 8.50pm: Just six hands to go Tournament staff just announced to the room that all tables will play six more hands and then that’s it for the night. Coverage will no dry up for a bit while we run around the room like headless chickens looking for chip counts. 8.43pm: Nice river PokerStars qualifier Frederic Ouarti has been eliminated by Antoine Arnault in pot worth over 200,000. Action had reached the river with the board reading [9d][5s][qh][8s][2h] and around 70,000 in the pot. Arnault led at the pot only for Ouarti to move all in for 74,900. Arnault raised his eyebrows at the bet but made the call with [qc][2c] for two-pair. It was a good call too as Ouarti revealed A-Q. The Frenchman up to 290,000 now. 8.35pm: Few more for Ainsworth Jude Ainsworth picks up a few more. Jean Gobin opened for 12,000 from the cut-off and Ainsworth called from the button. On the [3h][2c][9d] flop, Gobin checked, then folded [kh][qd] face up when Ainsworth bet 16,000. The Irish Team PokerStars Pro is on around 165,000. 8.30pm: Er, I’d better fold On a [6d][7d][jd] flop, Ramzi Jelassi bet 22,000 in his usual confident manner. He wasn’t so sure, however, when the man from Kazakhstan, Maxat Aibayev, bumped it up to 110,000. Fold. 8.25pm: Eastgate takes a slice from Verdier Among all the usual suspects hogging the chip lead, Patrice Verdier has cut an unfamiliar swathe. Dressed in a silk scarf and sports jacket, he looks like he’s taken a wrong turn from the drawing room and wound up in a poker tournament. That he amassed close to 400,000 chips is proof that there was nothing accidental about his arrival here. That said, he has just run into a World Champion again, and although a previous skirmish with Peter Eastgate earned him a chunk, this recent one cost him about 60,000 chips. It was folded to Eastgate on the button, who raised to 10,600. Verdier called in the big blind and they saw a flop of [ac][10c][jd]. Verdier led for 18,000; Eastgate called and the turn came [2s]. Check, check. The river was [5d] and Verdier checked again, prompting a bet of 32,000 from Eastgate. Was that a value bet or a scare bet? Verdier wanted to know and paid the fee. Eastgate showed him [ah][9c] and a disappointed Frenchman tabled [ad][8h]. Out-kicked. 8.20pm: Patience the key here Bruno Fitoussi has been nursing a short stack since I was nine years old. Okay, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration but he’s been very short for at least two levels. He seemingly has refused to give up his tournament and has waited for the right spots to get his chips in. Down as low as 12,000 at one point he now has about 70,000. Action folded around to him in the small blind and he moved all in for around 34,000 and was called by the big blind. Fitoussi opened [7s][7c] and saw he was in a race against his opponent’s [qh][9d]. The flop came a pretty handy [kd][kh][7d] and his hand held through the [as] turn and [kc] river. 8.10pm: How about that check on the turn? Slightly more than an hour ago, Stefan Fuchs busted Katja Thater to fly into the chip lead. And although that has now been assumed by Ludovic Lacay (see below), Fuchs is fighting back. He’s still finding German players to pick on and has just won another huge pot, this time from Peter Bosen. It went like this. Bosen raised to 9,500 from under-the-gun and Fuchs raised to 27,500 a few seats to his left. Bosen was the only player still interested and called for a [3c][2d][ad] flop. Bosen checked, Fuchs bet 19,500 and Bosen called again. The turn was [10c], which both players checked, going to a [6s] river. Bosen checked and Fuchs bet 50,000, which sent Bosen into the tank. Eventually he dismissively tossed in the call and must have been as surprised as the packed rail to see Fuchs roll over [as][ad]. Stefan Fuchs: Picking on Germans Fuchs up to about 460,000. 8pm: New chip leader Ludovic Lacay has stormed into the chip lead after winning a monster pot that sends him just over the 600,000 mark. The pre-flop action was ferocious… Riccardo Mazzitelli made it 12,500, Lacay re-popped to 30,000, and then Mazzitelli fired it up by another 42,500. Lacay wanted to know how much the Italian had behind. It was another 140,000 or so. “All in,” announced Lacay, covering Mazzitelli. Now the Italian had to think about it, but he called. Lacay: [ah][kh] Mazzitelli: [as][10s] Lacay was some way ahead, and the board ran [qd][qh][ac][5s][2d], ensuring Mazzitelli’s day was done and Lacay stacked the monster. “I really was not expecting to see A-10 spades,” Lacay said. “In fact I nearly folded my ace-king there!” A Lacay with chips is a dangerous thing. Field be warned. Ludovic Lacay: A dangerous thing 7.50pm: The final stretch After a last lungful of smoke and a final kick of caffeine, we’ve entered level 15 which is the last of the day. ElkY: Going through the gears on day two



