WSOP 2010 Thread. Feed your wild side revisited

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In Event 20 $1500 PLO 95 remain

885 began, $256,000 up top


Tom Rutter currently 10th in chips, Peter Costa 9th

Top Chip Counts
1    Jonathan Little    129,600
2    Christian Harder    116,000
3    Tex Barch             115,400
4    Matt Zoorob    106,000
5    Nenad Medic    104,400
6    Bryce Yockey    91,900
7    Mike Shklover    88,100
8    Sergey Altbregin    83,000
9    Peter Costa    73,000
10    Tom Rutter    62,000

Also in Akenhead, Tim Flanders, Jeff Duvall

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In Event 21 $1500 Seven Card Stud

136 of 408 remain with $140,000 up top


Richard Ashby going well

Top Chip Counts
1    Scott Seiver    42,000
2    Jean Gaspard    36,000
3    Christin Pietsch    32,000
4    Jon Turner    25,000
5    Carlos Mortensen 23,300
6    Erich Kollmann    22,500
7    Chip Jett            22,000
8    Richard Ashby    20,000
9    Greg Raymer    19,000
10    Dan Heimiller    17,000

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Also check out this must read blog

http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/27527/snoopy/Alphabetti-Spaghetti---Giant-Meatballs/

It's from someone we know well on here, and he links to this thread which makes him, still, a good guy. Despite his trainers. and his hair.

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Earlier today, nine people were invited to play a WSOP Academy single-table tournament with the winner receiving a free-bid into the WSOP Tournament of Champions.

The tournament concept itself–and the entrants, which only included one bracelet winner–were catching some heat from the so-called poker “media” and others–as “they” felt it more or less invalidated the purpose of having a Tournament of Champions where “one” needed a bracelet to qualify.

Unfortunately, the one bracelet winner, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, couldn’t pull out a victory heads-up against Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, voiding some of those complaints. Sooooo ElkY gets the seat. And there you have it.

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The 2010 WSOP Ladies Event begins Friday, June 11 at 12 noon and will guarantee our first ladies bracelet winner of the 2010 WSOP.
 
   Two women have come close thus far, with JJ Liu finishing 3rd in Event 9, and Jennifer Harman taking 3rd place in Event 15.
 
   Leading into the 2010 WSOP, there was a lot of buzz about 2010 being the Year of the Woman.  And with less than a third of the bracelet events in the books, there is still plenty of time for that to occur.
 
   Perhaps it was Mike Matusow's claim of running down the Las Vegas Strip with no clothes on if the ladies captured 3 bracelets this summer, that has turned the tide.  As much as we want to see the ladies do well, let's just say an in the buff Mike Matusow is not something most will want to stomach.
 
   It still could turn out to be the Year of the Woman in 2010. The ladies are certainly off to an auspicious start this year, as Annie Duke won the NBC National Heads-up Poker Championship; Vanessa Selbst took down the NAPT Mohegan Sun championship event, and Liv Boeree was victorious on the European Poker Tour.
 
   First of the trio to strike gold was Annie Duke. On March 15, after three long days of play in a 64-player field, she collected $500,000 for finishing first in the sixth annual NBC event. She became the first woman to win this coveted title, and in doing so, at the final table  beat out the likes of Erik Seidel, Scotty Nguyen, Dennis Phillips, Jerry Yang, Doyle Brunson, Jason Mercier, Peter Eastgate, Paul Wasicka and Eli Elezra (who finished behind her in that order).
 
   The victory pushed Duke’s total wins past the $4 million mark. Her numerous prior highlights include a win in the WSOP’s Tournament of Champions inaugural event in 2004, the same year she won a bracelet in Omaha High-Low.
 
   Prior champions for the $20,000 buy-in NBC invitational event are Phil Hellmuth, Ted Forrest, Jamie Gold, Paul Wasicka, Chris Ferguson and Huck Seed.
 
   It was no easy win, as Duke found herself in some of the longest and memorable matches in the tournament. She beat her friend Andy Bloch in the first round of play, next overcame Darvin Moon, and then found herself in a dramatic and marathon match against Wasicka. She did get lucky in that match. At one point she was all in with A-10 against Wasicka’s pocket aces but made a straight on the river. After beating Yang and Phillips, she played three long matches against another good friend, Seidel, holder of eight bracelets. Duke won the first match, Seidel the second, and then Duke claimed victory in the deciding match when she started with pocket nines on the final hand and ended up with a straight. 
 
   The next woman to score a stunning victory was Vanessa Selbst in the inaugural North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun championship, as she beat 715 other players in the $5,000 event to pocket $750,000. Selbst a Brooklyn-born Yale graduate and Fulbright Scholar turned pro, had six-figure cashes in WSOP events in 2006 and 2007, and in 2008 won her first bracelet in a pot-limit Omaha event paying $227,923. Three days later she had another WSOP cash of $108,288 for finishing third in a $10,000 heads-up no-limit event.
 
   Then, saying she missed intellectual community life, she largely abandoned poker to return to Yale to study human rights law. Even so, in her spare time she managed to pick up a few nice cashes, including $28,642 for third at the World Poker Finals in Mashantucket. Near the end of her second year at law school, she decided to play the NAPT main event, since it wasn’t far from Yale. She finished day one near the top of the pack, and went on to destroy the field. Her $750,000 easy win made her rethink her poker career, and she decided to take a year off from law school and return to the tournament circuit. However, she’ll only be able to play for two weeks in this year’s WSOP, since she has a summer internship commitment. Her eventual plan is to play tournaments six or seven months a year, spending the rest of her time on pro bono cases.
 
   Just a week after Selbst’s big win, Liv Boeree, a poker player, TV presenter and model from the United Kingdom, became the third member of the triumphant trio by winning the biggest-everEuropean Poker Tour event in San Remo, Italy. She bested a field of 1,240 players and won €1,250,000 ($1,698,300) after gaining entry to the event via a €500 satellite. Two years earlier, she had won the Ladbrokes European Ladies Championship.
 
   Boeree, an astrophysics grad from the University of Manchester as well as an accomplished rock guitarist, was introduced to poker in 2005 as a contestant on the reality TV show where she was coached by Hellmuth and Duke.
 
   When Boeree made the final table at San Remo, she was fifth in chips, trailing Jakob Carlsson of Sweden, who seemed to have an insurmountable lead. She was in front when she got heads-up with Carlsson, lost it to him, then regained it by making a wheel on the turn before coasting to victory.
 
   Another lady to watch this year is Annette Obrestad, who collected $2 million for winning the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe a day before her 19th birthday. Now 21 and able to play in the U.S., all eyes will be on her during the WSOP. The Norwegian wunderkind started her remarkable poker career at age 15, winning close to $1 million in online play in just a few months.
 
   Adding momentum to the emergence of women in poker are two ladies tours: LIPS (Ladies International Poker Series) and the High Heels Poker Tour.
 
   LIPS, started by Lupe Soto and now in its sixth year, is a collaborative effort with casinos, offering middle ($100-$500) buy-in events designed for women who have played for a while and want a bigger challenge. So far more than 8,000 women have participated.
 
   This year it will hold the first-ever U.S. Ladies Poker Championship September 4th and 5th at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. It will be a $500 buy-in and be broadcast live on the internet’s Poker Netcast.
 
   Two years ago, Soto also launched the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. The four inaugural inductees were Linda Johnson, Susie Isaacs, Marsha Waggoner and Barbara Enright, who is also the only woman in the Poker Hall of Fame. Last year’s WIPHOF inductees were Cyndy Violette, Jan Fisher and June Field, who founded Card Player magazine.
 
   The other ladies tournament series is the High Heels Poker Tour, whose motto is “Poker is in our sole.” It was launched in 2007 by Lauren Failla in its home state of Florida, but has grown to cover all of the U.S. and abroad.  Its mission, stated when it was launched, “is to empower women who want to become champions in the growing world of poker and to provide the best competitive environment where women can explore, develop, continue growing and learning top strategies”     
 
   HHPT now has relationships with GO Girl Energy, Copag Cards, PMS Poker Wear and others. It has staged events in collaboration with the WSOP Circuit, Beau Rivage, Gold Strike, Harrah’s New Orleans, Hard Rock Hotels, Turning Stone and more. HHPT also hopes to expand to several different locations this year, and has been in discussion with such casinos as the Horseshoe in Hammond, Indiana, Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in Nevada, the Canadian Poker Expo in Toronto, Canada and others.
 
   High Heels also holds its own Academy with such pros as Enright, Isaacs, Waggoner, Kristy Gazes, Karina Jett and J.J. Liu as instructors. It will also have its own hospitality suite at the Rio June 9-11 featuring live streaming and interviews with players. 

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LAS VEGAS – June 10, 2010 – There can be only one, and today, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, bested eight top poker players to win the final seat into the 2010 WSOP Tournament of Champions.
 
   The World Series of Poker Academy, the exclusive educational provider for the World Series of Poker, played host to the single table “sudden-death playoff” tournament for nine players who were not eligible for the public voting to fill the final seat.
 
   Andy Bloch, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Gus Hansen, Don Cheadle, Sorel Mizzi, Michael Mizrachi, Liv Boeree, Gavin Smith and Paul Wasicka fought an epic battle, but in the end only Grospellier was left standing.
 
   He beat Michael ‘Grinder’ Mizrachi after the players went all-in pre-flop. ElkY had playing card: [10c], and the Grinder had playing card: Ah playing card: . The board ran playing card: playing card: playing card: playing card: playing card: and ElkY took the win with a flush. Grospellier won the Golden Ticket and entry into the coveted WSOP Tournament of Champions All-Star event and a chance at the $1 million prize pool.

   “I want to thank the WSOP Academy for giving me the chance to win my way into the TOC,” said ElkY after winning the WSOP Tournament of Champions playoff. “I feel like I am a deserving champion based on my record around the world, and I look forward to getting my WSOP bracelet soon.”
 
   Living in Korea since 2001, Frenchman Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier is still one of the top ranking players of the game ‘Starcraft’. After a friend introduced Bertrand to poker, he earned a name as a prolific online player but moved on to live play taking home $6,065,016 in lifetime earnings. He holds notable winning titles from the 2008 European Poker Tour and the 2008 World Poker Tour, and the 2008 PCA main event where he racked in a cool $2 million.
 
   The WSOP Tournament of Champions is the premier All-Star Event in all of poker. The freeroll poker invitational features 27 players; 20 selected by public voting, 5 automatic entries and 2 sponsor-exemption entries.  Entering the 2010 WSOP, there were 521 WSOP bracelet holders eligible for the vote, which began March 15 on www.WSOP.com/TOC and will remain open through June 15, 2010 at midnight ET.
 
   The five automatic entries into the tournament are the three previous WSOP TOC winners [Annie Duke, Mike Matusow & Mike Sexton], the reigning WSOP champion [Joe Cada] and the reigning WSOP Europe champion [Barry Shulman].
 
   “The public and player response to the WSOP Academy tournament was far greater than we originally expected and certainly shows that the Tournament of Champions is the All-Star Game of poker,” said Jeff Goldenberg, CEO of the WSOP Academy. “We saw some incredible poker which is going to produce amazing training experiences for our online students.”

   The sponsor’s exemption tournament was filmed for exclusive use by the WSOP Academy. Ali Nejad and Phil Hellmuth will provide hand-by-hand analysis and expert commentary of the tournament. The content will be available to WSOP Academy customers through its website and live events.

   As the exclusive education partner to the WSOP, the WSOP Academy is dedicated to bringing entertaining, dynamic and engaging learning experiences to poker players at the WSOP. The WSOP Academy will host the new Mind & Body Academy on July 4th with Mindset Guru Sam Chauhan and FBI Expert Joe Navarro. The 2-day Advanced Main Event Primer on July 2nd - 3rd has been revamped for 2010. Players will learn to think and analyze tournament situations like the pros, techniques to manage difficult situations and how to fine tune their poker game and fix their leaks.

   Every Saturday and Sunday at 11am and 4pm in the Bad Beat Bar and Lounge in the Brasilia Room at the Rio in Las Vegas, the WSOP Academy will host free seminars, poker IQ clinics, book signings and autograph sessions. Scheduled to appear this year are Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Doyle Brunson, Greg Raymer, Mark Seif, Joe Navarro, Sam Chauhan, Bernard Lee, Ali Nejad and more. Visit www.wsopacademy.com for more information.

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10 left at the end of the night in the Lowball

It's a 7 handed final table


Top Chip Counts
1    David Baker    500,000
2    George Danzer    400,000
3    Doug Booth    385,000
4    Eric Cloutier    350,000
5    Erik Seidel            295,000
6    John Monnette    240,000
7    John Juanda    216,000
8    Eric Kesselman    190,000
9    Daniel Negreanu    170,000
10    Andy Bloch    165,000

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Event 17 wrap up

1     Jason DeWitt          818,959
2    Sam Trickett       505,725
3    Jeff Williams       328,762
4    Peter Gilmore       241,472
5    Amit Makhija       179,866
6    David Benefield       135,718
7    James Carroll       103,594
8    Paul Foltyn               79,957
9    Manny Minaya       62,350
10    Perry Friedman       49,024
11    Jesse Chinni       49,024
12    Antonio Esfandiari    49,024
13    Nico Behling       39,159
14    Anthony Gargano    39,159
15    Joshua Cooper       39,159
16    Dragan Galic       31,305
17    Veronica Dunn       31,305
18    Joshua Macciello       31,305
19    Matthew Schwarmann   25,386
20    Eugene Todd       25,386
21    Matt Iles                25,386
22    Alexia Portal       25,386
23    David Miscikowski    25,386
24    Vivek Rajkumar       25,386
25    Kristof Harris       25,386
26    Josh Arieh               25,386
27    Lawrence Barbetta    25,386
28    Anton Nikaj       20,845
29    Amnon Filippi       20,845
30    Lennart Holz       20,845
31    Isaac Baron       20,845
32    Steven Goosen       20,845
33    Mohsin Charania       20,845
34    Andrew Frankenberger   20,845
35    Alex Bolotin       20,845
36    Steven Burkholder    20,845
37    Peter Jetten       17,309
38    Melvin Faw               17,309
39    Ted Lawson       17,309
40    Ryan Schmidt       17,309
41    Chau Giang       17,309
42    Bryn Kenney       17,309
43    Hieu Luu               17,309
44    Robert Hwang       17,309
45    Samuel Iola       17,309
46    Lisa Hamilton       14,517
47    Michael Leah       14,517
48    Frank Calo               14,517
49    Shawn Buchanan    14,517
50    Phil Hellmuth       14,517
51    Owen Crowe       14,517
52    Brian Smith       14,517
53    Magide Kerzazi       14,517
54    David Robinson       14,517
55    Alex Santiago       12,283
56    Thang Pham       12,283
57    David Machowsky    12,283
58    Marco Liesy       12,283
59    Takashi Ogura       12,283
60    John Racener       12,283
61    Stuart Rutter       12,283
62    Allen Bari               12,283
63    Jeffrey Forrest       12,283
64    Tom McCormick       10,497
65    Vitaly Lunkin       10,497
66    John Patgorski       10,497
67    Thorsten Schafer    10,497
68    Chino Rheem       10,497
69    James Dempsey       10,497
70    Sean Nolan       10,497
71    Craig Boyd                10,497
72    Annette Obrestad    10,497

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Jason DeWitt was the winner of the $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2010 World Series of Poker.  This marked his first career WSOP gold bracelet victory.

DeWitt is from Granger, IN.  He is a poker pro with seven WSOP in-the-money finishes on his blossoming resume, including at least one cash in each of the last five years at the WSOP.
 
DeWitt, who came in second-place in the WSOP No-Limit Hold’em Triple Chance event last year, collected a whopping $818,959 for first place.  The huge payout was fitting given the heavy odds stacked against DeWitt when play began three days earlier.  DeWitt conquered a massive field size of 792 players en route to his biggest poker win ever.

The runner up was Samuel Trickett, from Great Britain.  Trickett barely missed becoming the third WSOP gold bracelet winner from the U.K. this year.

This was the largest $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament in WSOP history. Tournament attendance increased by 21 percent over last year.  In 2009, there were 655 entries.

The top 72 finishers collected prize money.  Former WSOP gold bracelet finishers who cashed in this event included – Perry Friedman (10th), Antonio “the Magician” Esfandiari (12th), Josh Arieh (26th, Ted Lawson (39th), Chau Giang (41st), Lisa Hamilton (46th), Phil Hellmuth (50th), Vitaly Lunkin (65th), and Annette Obrestad ((72nd).

A few other notables:

With his 41st-place finish in this tournament, Chau Giang cashed for the second time this year and moved one spot ahead of John Juanda into sole possession of eighth place on the all-time WSOP cashes list.

With his 50th-place finish in this tournament, Phil Hellmuth cashed for the second time this year and remains in first place as the all-time WSOP cashes leader – with 77.  He is currently ten cashes ahead of Men ‘the Master” Nguyen, who ranks second.

Annette Obrestad, who is the youngest WSOP gold bracelet winner in history, cashed for the first time on U.S. soil, finishing 72nd. Obrestad turned 21 (legal age to play) this year. Obrestad was 18-years-old when she won the inaugural championship at WSOP Europe in 2007.

[KarmaDope]

At a guess, I'm guessing this person will win Event 22 - the $1k Ladies Event:

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Oh hai der, Shaun Deeb.

[810ofclubs]

At a guess, I'm guessing this person will win Event 22 - the $1k Ladies Event:

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Oh hai der, Shaun Deeb.

hilar

[LeedsRhodesy]

Mike Matusow  has come out and said that if durrrr wins a bracelet the prop bet will win him $12.5  million 

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2010/06/2010-world-series-of-poker-bets-bigger-than-bracelets-8420.htm

[Girgy85]

At a guess, I'm guessing this person will win Event 22 - the $1k Ladies Event:

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Oh hai der, Shaun Deeb.

hilar

nice boobs

[LeedsRhodesy]

peter costa  2/23 in event 20  with $250k up top

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Event 18 $2,000 Limit result

1     Eric Buchman           203,607
2    Brent Courson       125,737
3    Steven Hustoft       90,928
4    Flavio Ferrari       66,446
5    Hansu Chu               49,068
6    William Jensen       36,619
7    Matt Grapenthien    27,609
8    Gary Bogdanski       21,025
9    Matthew Matros       16,174