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2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #1 Final Results

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event # 1
Buy In: $500
Casino Employees Event
Date: May 28-29, 2010
Game: No Limit Hold’em
Number of Entries: 721
Net Prize Pool: $324,450
First Place Prize: $71,424
Total Spots Paid Out: 72

The first event of the 2010 World Series of Poker has conlcuded. This was a $500 Buy-in Casino Employees No Limit Holdem event with a total of 721 entries which created a prize pool worth $324,450.

The winner of Event #1 is Hoai Pham of Mission Viejo, CA. Pham beat Arthur Vea heads-up to take home the $71,424 first place prize and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

For a complete listing of results as well as a tournament report for Event #1 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, click on the link below:

2010 World Series of Poker Casino Employees NLH Final Results

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2010 WSOP – Event #3 – $1,000 No Limit Holdem Set to Start at Noon

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

The 2010 World Series of Poker is rolling into it’s third event which is a $1,000 buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament. This event will attract a huge field of players, as will all of the $1K buy-in NLH events, and as of this moment there are over 3,500 players registered for Event #3.

Although it is a lower buy-in event, many of the top poker pros from around the world will be participating in this tournament. Amanda Musumeci of Team Bodog has confirmed on her Twitter account that she has registered for the $1K event as well as Vanessa Rousso among others.

Event #3 of the 2010 WSOP is scheduled to begin at 12:00 Noon Vegas Time.

For up to date coverage and results for the 2010 World Series of Poker, be sure to check out our WSOP blog, click on the link below:

2010 World Series of Poker Blog

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$50K Player’s Championship – 2010 WSOP Event 2 Update

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

The first day of the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship concluded. A total of 116 players registered for Event #2 of the 2010 WSOP.

Among the noteable names who busted on Day 1 include Tom Dwan, Greg Mueller, and Brian Townsend. The tournament will resume at 3 PM and will be at Level 6. The chip leader at the End of Day 1 is Erik Sagstrom with 329,100 in chips.

Below is a list of chip counts for end of Day 1 for Event #1 of the 2010 WSOP:

Chip Counts:

Erik Sagstrom 329100

David Oppenheim 313800

Doyle Brunson 269200

Edwin Ting 258900

Justin Bonomo 257300

Joseph Serock 253900

Steve Billirakis 251900

John Cernuto 251400

Vladimir Schmelev 243700

Barry Greenstein 240100

Michael Mizrachi 230100

Chau Giang 225700

Dario Minieri 222600

Josef Monro 222400

David Baker 221900

David Benyamine 221300

Tuan Le 214500

Jay Mizzi 213400

Philip Galfond 211100

Vitaly Lunkin 210400

Josh Arieh 207500

Cole South 206700

Huck Seed 204500

Dan Kelly 203800

Mike Gorodinsky 200200

Bill Chen 199600

Brett Richey 199500

Tom Chambers 199400

John Juanda 196200

Ilya Bulychev 192900

James Alstyne 192600

Nikolay Evdakov 190800

Brian Hastings 190800

George Lind 187600 0

Hasan Habib 181400

Isaac Blum Haxton 178700

Shawn Buchanan 176200

Eugene Katchalov 174600

Rafe Furst 172600

Scotty Nguyen 171300

Amnon Filippi 169100

Ted Lawson 169000

Steve Zolotow 168100

Lyle Berman 166500

Dario Alioto 166000

Carlos Mortensen 165900

Chad Brown 165000

Ted Forrest 164600

David Paul Steicke 163000

Steve Sung 162900

Joe Cassidy 162500

Jennifer Harman Traniello 161700

Arturo Diaz 160900

David Singer 154100

Phil Hellmuth 153900

Eli Elezra 152200

Nick Schulman 151600

Robert Williamson 148700

Daniel Negreanu 148100

Phil Ivey 146700

Mikael Thuritz 146500

Andrew Bloch 145600

John Monnette 145100

Hoyt Corkins 144800

Noah Boeken 144400

Erik Seidel 142000

Jason Mercier 141500

Scott Seiver 141400

Allen Bari 141400

Matt Glantz 133800

Michael Binger 133300

Abraham Mosseri 128400

Scott Clements 128200

Kirk Morrison 124800

Howard Lederer 124000

Tad Jurgens 123200

Justin Smith 115500

Todd Brunson 111000

Greg Raymer 109200

Jared Bleznick 109000

Ralph Perry 108200

Jeffrey Lisandro 107500

Alexander Kravchenko 104800

Mikhail Smirnov 100800

Chris Ferguson 100700

David Benefield 98300

Robert Mizrachi 95400

Daniel Harmetz 93500

Scott Dorin 91000

Patrik Antonius 90800

Freddy Deeb 89200

Pat Pezzin 89100

Thien Phan 86200

Jeet Shetty 86100

John Dagostino 79900

Yuval Bronshtein 78000

Marco Johnson 76900

Gus Hansen 72200

Michael Watson 71300

Erick Lindgren 65600

Tam Hang 56000

Ashton Griffin 52500

Tony Guoga 52000

David Bach 32900

David Chiu 15100

Mike Matusow Busted

Roman Yitzhaki Busted

Daniel Alaei Busted

John Hanson Busted

Alexander Kostritsyn Busted

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2010 WSOP Update: Event #1 – $500 Casino Employees NLH End of Day 1 Chip Counts

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Day 1 of Event #1 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, a $500 buy-in Casino Employees No Limit Holdem tournament, has concluded.

The chip leader for Event #1 at the End of Day 1 is Kent Washington with 168,300 in chips. This tournament started with a field of 722 players and we are down to 53 players at the end of Day 1. Day 2 will resume at 2:30 PM.

Here is a list of End of Day 1 Chip Counts for Event #1 of the 2010 WSOP:

Chip counts:

1 Kent Washington 168,300

2 Jonathan Kotula 108,700

3 Christopher Reider 107,500

4 Samuel Sperrazza 96,800

5 Arthur Vea 95,800

6 Yuta Motoyama 72,100

7 Matthew Hollinger 71,700

8 Vincent Vandall 68,200

9 Hoai Pham 65,800

10 Zhen Cai 65,000

11 Jeffrey Bennett 59000

12 Christopher Perez 58,900

13 Patrick Silvey 57,700

14 Brian Phillis 53,000

15 Justin Paris 50,300

16 Edward Martin 48,500

17 Derek Dillman 45,800

18 Javier Rincon 45,100

19 Brooks Blake 43,800

20 Vu Pham 42,000

21 Daniel Hecht 41,700

22 Barry Hulunian 40,300

23 David Fischer 39,900

24 Dean Saito 37,000

25 David Patent 34,100

26 Kenyon Mckellar 34000

27 Shaun Harris 32200

28 Jong Kim 32000

29 Christian Escano 29900

30 Kevin Brantner 28500

31 John Hoffman 27800

32 Arthur Dupraw 27600

33 David Villegas 27600

34 James Tarby 25500

35 Eric Zuerndorfer 23300

36 Jason Bardol 20400

37 Laurie Strantz 20100

38 Lance Tahata 20000

39 Vincent Mettlen 19700

40 Maureen Johansson 19500

41 Puangpaga Holmes 19300

42 Jack McClelland 17900

43 Orlando Reyes 17500

44 Kenneth Lee 16200

45 John Mcavoy 16200

46 Kevin Chiem 15600

47 Alain Angelil 15000

48 Michael Lopez 15000

49 Jacob Crawford 14300

50 Jon Nakatani 10100

51 Robert Burns 9400

52 Allen Rubel 8800

53 Todd Ohnmeiss 5000

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2010 WSOP – Event 2 – $50K Player’s Championship Update

Friday, May 28th, 2010

The $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship is underway and some of the biggest names in poker are participating in this event including Greg Raymer, Doyle Brunson, Jeffrey Lisandro and Scotty Nguyen as well as many others.

There are a total of 107 players in this tourney and just before play began tributes began for the late Chip Reese. Doyle Brunson said that Reese was “the best player I’ve ever played with.”

Many of poker’s best players are in this tournament like Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, Freddy Deeb, Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Harman and many other top pros.

The Player’s Championship is currently at Level 2 and we will post updates as they become available.

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2010 WSOP Updates: Event #1 – $500 Casino Employees No Limit Holdem

Friday, May 28th, 2010

The 2010 World Series of Poker kicked off today with the start of Event #1 which began at noon Las Vegas time. This is a $500 buy-in Casino Employees No Limit Holdem tournament.

Last year’s defending champion Andrew Cohen got crippled while on the small blind when he got rivered by Cary Lucier who hit a straight.

Cohen then got knocked out with his A-K against Kristy Smith’s A-Q when the flop came Q-Q-Q and Cohen was drawing dead.

The first break for Event #1 has ended and the tourney is currently on Level 3 with blinds at 100/200.

Keep checking out our 2010 WSOP Blog for more updates and coverage from Las Vegas.

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Borgata Summer Poker Open 2010 Schedule Announced

Friday, May 28th, 2010

BORGATA ANNOUNCES SUMMER POKER OPEN – 46-Event Tournament Running June 11 – 30

Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa announced today details of its fifth annual Borgata Summer Poker Open to be held Friday, June 11 through Tuesday, June 30, 2010 in Borgata’s 85-table poker room. The 46-event poker tournament series offers a guaranteed $500,000 prize pool for the $2,200 No Limit Championship Event (June 25 – 29).

The Summer Open will give players a chance to participate in three guaranteed main events including a pair of $50,000 Guaranteed Re-Entry tournaments on Wednesday, June 16 ($170 Buy-In + $30 Entry) and Wednesday, June 23 ($170 Buy-In + $30 Entry), thus giving players that are eliminated within the first three levels of the tournament the opportunity to re-enter up to two additional times.

With 22 main events and a variety of games including Texas Hold’Em No Limit, Survivor Cash, H.O.S.E., Pot Limit Omaha, Ladies-only and Seniors-only tournaments, the Summer Open has a plethora of options for every type of poker participant. In addition, the 20-day event will fill the Borgata Poker Room with cash games, super satellite events and sit-and-go games. The four-day Championship Event includes two starting days (Day 1A on Friday, June 25 and Day 1B on Saturday, June 26) and concludes Tuesday, June 29. Players will start with 30,000 in tournament chips and play in one of the best structured tournaments around.

Last year’s Summer Open series drew over 9,800 entries into the events, paying out over $5 million in winnings.

Online reservations are available for the Borgata Summer Poker Open Main Events beginning Tuesday, June 1 through Wednesday, June 9. On-site registration for all Borgata Summer Poker Open events begins on Friday, June 11 in the poker room. To view the event schedule or for more information visit www.theborgata.com or twitter.com/BorgataPoker.

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High Heels Poker Tour (HHPT) is Sending 10 Women to the $1K Ladies Event During the World Series

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

HIGH HEELS POKER TOUR IS PROUD TO BE SENDING 10 WOMEN TO THE $1K LADIES EVENT AT THE RIO

Ft. Lauderdale (May 27, 2010) – The HighHeelsPokerTour (HHPT), the first all women’s poker tour launched on the East coast, is gearing up for the biggest yearly event in poker at the WSOP. This year HighHeelsPokerTour is sending 10 women to the $1,000 Ladies Event on June 11th @ The Rio. 5 of the women are coming from Jacksonville Kennel Club, 3 from Tampa Bay Downs, 1 from Turning Stone Resort Casino and one still left to be given away. HHPT is so proud to be able to bring these women to the World Series, many of whom it will be there first appearance at this prestigious event.

HHPT is hosting a Hospitality Suite during the World Series at The Rio in Braisila 5. This is the first time there will be a Hospitality Suite dedicated to the Female Poker Player and the companies that support them. The suite will be open June 9th -11th from 10am-10pm daily. Also on June 10th the High Heels Poker Tour Academy will be having their annual Ladies Academy with 6 Poker Pros. The Academy is being held at Planet Hollywood @ 9am; tuition $495. To register go to www.shop.highheelspokertour.com.

The summer schedule is jam packed with events all over the United States. On June 10th @ Hard Rock Las Vegas HHPT will be sponsoring a sit-n-go extravaganza for seats to the $1k Ladies Event held @ The RIO on June 11th. Then on June 12th HHPT heads back to the Hard Rock Las Vegas to close out Ladies Week with a Ladies Event co-sponsored by HHPT and Pink Ladies Poker Tour. In July, HHPT is headed to Gold Strike in Tunica, MS on July 24th. August will take HHPT to Orange Park Kennel Club in Jacksonville, FL on the 21st, Turning Stone Resort Casino and the Beau Rivage Resort Casino in Biloxi, MS on Aug, 28th.

For additional information, including dates, times and buy-in’s go to www.highheelspokertour.com.

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2010 World Series of Poker Kicks Off at Rio Las Vegas

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

The 2010 World Series of Poker begins on May 28th and the first event is a $500 buy-in Casino Employees No Limit Holdem tournament. This event is scheduled to take place over 2 days.

The first open event at the 2010 WSOP will be Event #2 on May 28th which is the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship tournament and will be a 5 day event. This tournament will feature an 8-Game format which will most likely be restricted to top poker pros from around the world due to the huge buy-in amount.

8-Game is played six-handed and features 8 different variations of poker including 2-7 Triple Draw, Limit Holdem, Omaha 8, Razz, Seven Card Stud, Stud 8, No Limit Holdem and Pot-Limit Omaha.

UltimatePokerForum.com will be providing complete coverage of the entire 2010 World Series of Poker from start to finish. Visit our site often to follow all the WSOP action as it happens.

To view the complete schedule for the 2010 World Series of Poker, click on the link below:

2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Schedule and Results

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World Team Poker Will Broadcast on Fox Sports Network

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

WORLD TEAM POKER WILL BROADCAST ON FOX SPORTS NET

World Team Poker and Fox Sports Net reached an agreement for broadcast of the new international competition between world’s top professional players playing for their countries’ national pride, which includes Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Johnny Chan, David Chiu, Jeff Lisandro, Tony Guoga, Eli Elezra, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Ben Roberts, Juliano Maesano, George Kapalas and George Theofanopoulos.

World Team Poker is an international poker sports league with some of the best players from around the world acting as team captains for their respective countries. Each team captain handpicks professional players who will represent their national poker team. They play in a series of poker competitions for the distinction of being crowned World Team Poker Champion.

Kicking off the new television series is the $50,000 Inaugural Event, which was held at The Golden Nugget on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. A teaser episode is scheduled to be broadcast on July 14, 2010.* Then, viewers will see the drama unfold over one-hour episodes, broadcast nationally on Sunday nights, beginning September 2010.

Each episode will feature the action as the Team Captains make player substitutions, coach their players and even decide plays while team members are in a live hand. Television audiences will be able to watch a level of team strategy previously unseen in poker as the captains attempt to find perfect matchups and place experts in different games on the felt for their respective specialties. Cameras will be there to capture the excitement as pots are won and lost and personalities collide.

Co-costs Matt Corboy and Kenna James will call the action from beginning to end as 40 of the world’s top poker pros battle it out in the shootout tournament consisting of rounds of Limit Hold’Em, Pot Limit Omaha and No Limit Hold’Em.

Each of five tables will play down until there are just two players left at each table however, even if a team member gets knocked off a table, that player is NOT out of the game!

*Regional and repeat airings will show on FSN throughout the week; check your local listings times and channels.

To find out more about in World Team Poker, visit www.worldteampoker.com.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Times and channels may vary per region. To find WTP show times and channels in your area, check your local listings.

Visit World Team Poker’s website for more information

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