WSOP One Stop Shop

[smashedagain]

What's the starting stack for the players championship. Is it a typo.... Lost 4 players and everyone's got 200k

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What's the starting stack for the players championship. Is it a typo.... Lost 4 players and everyone's got 200k

150k

[smashedagain]

Cool. Can't believe how hard you graft at this job. Just done Dtd and you are on it str8 away with your answers

[titaniumbean]

Gowan epstein!

[Solaris]

Gowan epstein!

Bustooooo in 9th.

[titaniumbean]

Gowan epstein!

Bustooooo in 9th.

If what i've read so far is right, it sounds like some fking disgusting tournament directorship which is a surprise considering how well run most other stuff has been.

TD's insulting a player and calling a clock on them is fking disgraceful, when they have 'the right' (don't try and claim whether it's morally right etc, they cant stop him playing and he's paid rake) so he should get the same respect as other participants.


The fact that woman are a lesser class of thinker and need their own lower league tournament is fine, but if they cant legally do shit because of retarded rules in a retarded country then they should do their job and not act so out of line. Where are the mens only tournaments?

[bhoywonder]

Gowan epstein!

Bustooooo in 9th.

If what i've read so far is right, it sounds like some fking disgusting tournament directorship which is a surprise considering how well run most other stuff has been.

TD's insulting a player and calling a clock on them is fking disgraceful, when they have 'the right' (don't try and claim whether it's morally right etc, they cant stop him playing and he's paid rake) so he should get the same respect as other participants.


The fact that woman are a lesser class of thinker and need their own lower league tournament is fine, but if they cant legally do shit because of retarded rules in a retarded country then they should do their job and not act so out of line. Where are the mens only tournaments?

Cliffs n links....plz

[Solaris]

Gowan epstein!

Bustooooo in 9th.

If what i've read so far is right, it sounds like some fking disgusting tournament directorship which is a surprise considering how well run most other stuff has been.

TD's insulting a player and calling a clock on them is fking disgraceful, when they have 'the right' (don't try and claim whether it's morally right etc, they cant stop him playing and he's paid rake) so he should get the same respect as other participants.


The fact that woman are a lesser class of thinker and need their own lower league tournament is fine, but if they cant legally do shit because of retarded rules in a retarded country then they should do their job and not act so out of line. Where are the mens only tournaments?

Cliffs n links....plz

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/61/mtt-community/you-rooting-jonathan-epstein-9-20-1k-ladies-1061846/index12.html

That covers most of it.

I agree Beaneh, it sounds absolutely disgusting. I would never play that tournament out of principle. If women want to enjoy a women's only tournament, then let them. However, behaving as some of the TDs have done is only going to make it worse. People went from calling Epstein a douche to openly supporting him because of it.
 
The Rio owe Epstein a huge apology. He has done absolutely nothing wrong and does not deserve the abuse he got.

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Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day 3 completed
Congratulations Marsha Wolak ($192,344); Event #53 Champion!

The crowd is still stunned after what they've witnessed, but we’re now wrapping Event #53 of the 2011 World Series of Poker up less than six hours after we started, as Arizona real estate investor Marsh Wolak sits proudly at the head of the final table posing for her winner’s photos, defeating a field of 1,055 entrants for the coveted gold bracelet and $192,344 in prize money!

In fact, the 14 remaining players didn’t mess around from the get-go, with Laura Desantis, Mafalda Lopes, Karen Fisher and Amanda Baker eliminated within the space of half an hour. Once the preliminary final table was reached, Amanda Sizemore was eliminated in 10th place after she lost the flip for her tournament life with {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} against Carol Tomlinson’s {A-Spades}{J-Spades}.

Jonathan Epstein, the last male in the field, was then busted in ninth place after he called all-in with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}, but was unable to improve against Wolak who shoved before him with {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}. With the bracelet now assured a female victor, Epstein was given a rousing send-off by everybody on the rail – one which will be ringing in his ears for years to come.

A short time later, Genevieve Gloutnez was sent packing in eighth place when she got her money in with {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}, but ran into Tomlinson’s {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}. Even so, Katherine Stahl, who had been crippled by Wolak in a previous hand, was able to triple up with her {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} after flopping a set of fives, with Tomlinson picking up the rest of Gloutnez’s chips in the sidepot.

From there, it was carnage. Jennifer Cowan was the next to go in seventh place after she moved all-in after a flop of {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs} with {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}, but Tomlinson’s clairvoyant powers had brought forth the nut straight for her {7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}. Tomlinson also took out Stahl in sixth place when her {K-Spades}{K-Clubs} held up against Stahl’s {A-Diamonds}{6-Spades}.

Valerie McColligan then sent Peg Ledman to the exits in fifth place after Ledman moved the last of her chips in with {K-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, but was unable to find any help against McColligan’s {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. However, it was McColligan that fell in fourth place at the hands of Karina Jett; despite getting her money in with {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} against Jett’s {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}, McColligan had her soul crushed when Jett spiked a king on the river.

Wolak then doubled through Tomlinson to take the chip lead during the three-handed battle, with Jett also applying the aggression. Left with only 575,000 in chips in the last hand before the dinner break, she moved all in with {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, but despite both players pairing up on the board of {J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades}{Q-Spades}, Tomlinson was sent to the rail in third place, leaving Jett and Wolak heads-up.

And although they agreed to take an early dinner break and refuel in preparation for the battle, the war was over in just one hand. After Jett raised from the button and Wolak called to see a flop of {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, Wolak checked to Jett who moved all-in with {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds}.

Wolak snap-called, showing down {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and she then improved to a straight with the {10-Clubs} on the turn. The {3-Diamonds} blanked out on the river and with that, Jett fell oh-so-short in second place, but it was a stellar effort, considering she’s final tabled this event twice in previous years and came runner-up this year with a baby on board!

That’s not to take anything away from Wolak, as she is certainly a worthy winner. As she celebrated with her friends, she described it as “great justice” – she was knocked out by Shaun Deeb in the 2010 edition of the Ladies Event, so to have taken out Epstein this year on the way to the title could be considered "karma" – well, as The Micros would have you believe.

[TightEnd]

Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1b completed
End of Day 1b of Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Play has now wrapped up for Day 1b of the last $1,000 event of this WSOP series and it's turned out to be the second biggest in history just behind the inaugural "Stimulus" event at the start of the 2009 series which was won by Steve Sung.

At the end of today's proceedings, it looks to us as though Eric Afriat will be the Day 1b chip leader with 100,200 with about 380 players remaining from the second start day for event #54 joining our 275 survivors from Day 1a tomorrow in the Amazon room.

We had a whopping 2,644 players start today including numerous well-known players such as Jonathan Duhamel, Galen Hall, Liv Boeree, David Williams and Michael Mizrachi but all of them fell by the wayside early on in this rapid fire event. Fortunately this is a four day event so there is lots of time yet to whittle this field down to it's conclusion.

[TightEnd]

2011 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship

Lamb Tops the Field After Day 2


Day 2 of the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship is in the books. Leading the way after another five levels of play is Ben Lamb. Lamb won his first-ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet in Event #42: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship during this WSOP and also ran deep in Event #46: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed Championship. He currently leads the WSOP Player of the Year race and sits on top of this field going into Day 3 with 704,000 in chips.

This event returned with 124 players from the starting field of 128. Only four player hit the rail yesterday, but today a lot more vanished. Some of those that were eliminated on the day included Daniel Negreanu, Jean-Robert Bellande, Jason Mercier, Allen Bari, Dan O'Brien, Mike Matusow, Justin Bonomo and Tom Dwan. Defending champion Michael Mizrachi also hit the rail. At the end of the day, 74 players remained.

Under the gun, Mizrachi went all in for 7,900 and next to act, David Benyamine called. The rest of the table folded.

Mizrachi: {K-Spades}{8-Spades}
Benyamine: {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}

Mizrachi took the lead on the flop as it rolled out {K-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades}. Benyamine picked up a few more outs on the {9-Spades} turn and scored the elimination when the {9-Clubs} hit the river, ending Mizrachi's title defense.

Besides Lamb, Gus Hansen, David "OBD" Baker, Rami Boukai, Matt Glantz and Scott Seiver also has very solid days on the felt. They each built nice stacks and will head into Day 3 well above average. Other notables remaining include Barry Greenstein, Robert Mizrachi, Nick Schulman, Phil Hellmuth and 2009 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. champion David Bach.

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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em


78 of 4580 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Stanislav Alekhin    710,000
2    Terrance Eischens    700,000
3    Max Lykov    385,000
4    Anibol Andres    333,000
5    Matt LaGarde    310,000
6    Sebastien Roy    245,000
7    Pierre Neuville    220,000
8    Imre Leibold    200,000
9    Daniel Alspach    180,000

Warren Wooldridge of BBP still in, amongst the few chip counts shown


Rick Trigg, Ross Boatman cashed

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2011 World Series of Poker
Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship


29 of 128 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Josh Arieh    1,819,000
2    Brian Rast    1,633,000
3    George Lind    1,304,000
4    Vladimir Shchemelev    1,181,000
5    Phil Hellmuth    1,174,000
6    Scott Seiver    1,137,000
7    Jason Lester    948,000
8    Jon Turner    948,000
9    Yan Chen    887,000
10    Shaun Deeb    876,000


Event #55: $50,000 Poker Player's Championship

    * Live Reporting
    * Chip Counts
    * Photo Gallery
    * Payouts

Place    Winner    Sponsor    Prize (USD)
1          1,720,328
2          1,063,034
3          665,763
4          482,085
5          376,750
6          300,441
7          243,978
8          201,338
9          168,529
10          168,529
11          143,400
12          143,400
13          124,723
14          124,723
15          108,503
16          108,503

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Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 3 completed


Final table line up tomorrow

Top Chip Counts
1    Maxim Lykov    3,875,000
2    Dror Michaelo    1,980,000
3    Joshua Evans    1,670,000
4    Sebastien Roy    1,400,000
5    Douglas Mackinnon    1,160,000
6    Warren Wooldridge    1,030,000
7    Harald Olsen    1,025,000
8    Stanislav Alekhin    820,000
9    Ren Ho Zhang    785,000

1          648,880
2          401,296
3          288,946
4          213,539
5          159,134
6          119,598
7          90,604
8          69,230
9          53,333





Warren is/was(?) one of the Poker Verdict owners and is BlackBeltPoker's CEO

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=540


Good luck in the final

[TightEnd]

According to the man in the know

"We have it on good authority that Peep Show star David Mitchell was cheering Warren on from the side-lines, though presumably not as boisterously as some of the other British rails".

Someone hand that man a shoe full of creme de menthe