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2010 World Series of Poker Returns July 27 on ESPN – All New Season

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

World Series of Poker Returns July 27 on ESPN — All New Season

An all new season of Poker’s premiere event kicks off Tuesday, July 27, at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Lon McEachern and Norman Chad return to call the 2010 World Series of Poker, presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky.

Opening night kicks off with two hours dedicated to the $50,000 buy-in Poker Player’s Championship. One hundred and sixteen of the most decorated players in the game generated a prize pool of $5.6 million in a mixed game event which tests players in eight different disciplines.

Each player hoped to walk away with the $1.5 million dollar first prize, a coveted WSOP bracelet, and the title “best all around poker player.”

After four days of grueling play, the historic final table was set and it included, for only the second time in World Series of Poker history, brothers – Robert and Michael “the Grinder” Mizrachi. For either to prevail they’ll have to get past 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Champion, John Juanda, two-time bracelet winner Daniel Alaei and high-stakes cash game specialist David Oppenheim.

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World Series of Poker Season Preview Show Tuesday, July 20 on ESPN

Friday, July 16th, 2010

ESPN presents a special one-hour season preview show with memorable moments from last season and a look ahead to the 41st year of the World Series of Poker, presented by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky, Tuesday, July 20, at 8 p.m. ET.

Lon McEachern and Norman Chad return as co-hosts for the record 28 hours of Main Event coverage, and Chad goes in depth with 2009 winner Joe Cada, who at 21 became the youngest world champion, cashing in more than $8.5 million.

Other features in the preview show include:

•McEachern will moderate four different roundtable discussions with the game’s best players, featuring a “Bracelet Race” analysis with 11-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth and 10-time bracelet winner Doyle Brunson. Past champions Dan Harrington, Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson and Chris Moneymaker will also weigh in on how play has changed throughout the years.

•The remarkable year of the Shulman family is reviewed, including Final table appearances by father and son, Barry in the World Series of Poker Europe and Jeff in the November Nine WSOP in Las Vegas.

•Some of poker’s most impressive up-and-comers, Tom Dwan, Scott Seiver and Isaac Haxton, give their thoughts on age in poker and live versus online play.

•Past bracelet winners Jennifer Harman, Daniel Negreanu and Erick Lindgren forecast the 2010 series.

Fans will also get a taste of the tournaments to watch beginning with the season-opening $50k Poker Players Championship on July 27, the Tournament of Champions on Aug. 3, and the Main Event Aug. 10-Nov. 9.

Some fun facts about World Series of Poker, by the numbers:

219,570,000­ – Number of chips in play during the Main Event

28,000 – Number of pounds of TV equipment used to produce the WSOP

7,319 – Number of entrants in the 2010 WSOP Main Event (second-largest live tournament ever)

117 – Number of different nations represented by participants in the 2010 WSOP

41 – Number of years the Main Event of the World Series of Poker has existed

40 – Number of HD cameras used by ESPN to televise the WSOP

28 – Number of Main Event hours that will air on ESPN in 2010 (a record)

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Below is this year’s telecast schedule on ESPN:

Date Time (ET) Event Episode #

Jul 20 8 p.m. 2010 World Series of Poker Preview SPECIAL

Jul 27 8 p.m. $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship 1

Jul 27 9 p.m. $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship Final Table 2

Aug 3 8 p.m. WSOP 2010 Tournament of Champions 3

Aug 3 9 p.m. WSOP 2010 Tournament of Champions 4

Aug 10 8 p.m. Main Event 5

Aug 10 9 p.m. Main Event 6

Aug 17 8 p.m. Main Event 7

Aug 17 9 p.m. Main Event 8

Aug 24 8 p.m. Main Event 9

Aug 24 9 p.m. Main Event 10

Aug 31 9 p.m. Main Event 11

Aug 31 10 p.m. Main Event 12

Sep 7 9 p.m. Main Event 13

Sep 7 10 p.m. Main Event 14

Sep 14 9 p.m. Main Event 15

Sep 14 10 p.m. Main Event 16

Sep 21 9 p.m. Main Event 17

Sep 21 10 p.m. Main Event 18

Sep 28 9 p.m. Main Event 19

Sep 28 10 p.m. Main Event 20

Oct 5 9 p.m. Main Event 21

Oct 5 10 p.m. Main Event 22

Oct 12 9 p.m. Main Event 23

Oct 12 10 p.m. Main Event 24

Oct 19 9 p.m. Main Event 25

Oct 19 10 p.m. Main Event 26

Oct 26 9 p.m. Main Event 27

Oct 26 10 p.m. Main Event 28

Nov 2 9 p.m. Main Event 29

Nov 2 10 p.m. Main Event 30

Nov 9 9 p.m.-TBD Main Event Final Table 31

*TV Schedule Subject To Change

2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event – Less Than 100 Players Left

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Day 6 of the 2010 WSOP $10,000 Main Event is currently in session and there are currently 99 players left. There is a pay jump and 99th place will receive $67,422.

The most noteable player with lots of chips is Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi who currently is in 2nd place and has 5.85 million chips. Mizrachi won his first WSOP gold bracelet earlier in this year’s tournament series when he took down the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship. Here is a list of the top ten chip leaders as of level 24 on day 6:

1 John Racener 6,920,000
2 Michael Mizrachi 5,850,000
3 Alexander Kostritsyn 5,765,000
4 Matthew Jarvis 5,550,000
5 Joseph Cheong 5,230,000
6 Damien Luis 5,000,000
7 Michal Wywrot 4,900,000
8 Theo Jorgensen 4,800,000
9 Jonathan Driscoll 4,620,000
10 Matt Affleck 4,300,000

2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Updates

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

The 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 buy-in Main Event is well underway at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Day 1C has officially been completed and many of the best players in the world were out including Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, and Daniel Negreanu.

Some noteable names who were eliminated on Day 1C include Huck Seed, Jerry Yang, Howard Lederer, Dario Minieri, Jeff Madsen, and Farak Jaka. Phil Hellmuth was also eliminated before the dinner break after making a spectacle of himself dressed as an MMA fighter for his grand entrance. Check out the video of Phil Hellmuth as an MMA fighter at the 2010 WSOP.

After three starting days there have been a total of 4,928 entries into the Main Event.

Johnny Chan, Barny Boatman, David Williams and Lauren King will all begin day 2 with huge stacks.

Day 1D of the 2010 WSOP Main Event began today at 12:00 Noon Las Vegas time.

2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Mega Satellite at PokerStars

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event will begin on July 5, 2010.

PokerStars is running a WSOP Mega Satellite to the Main Event which will award 200 prize packages guaranteed.

2010 World Series of Poker Mega Satellite at PokerStars.com

The Mega Satellite will take place on June 20th at 16:30 ET – you can buy-in directly for just $370 or qualify through a satellite which are available now from just $1.10 or 100 FPP.

Each of the 200 guarantee 2010 WSOP Main Event prize packages are worth $12,000. This includes the Main Event buy-in, hotel accomodations at the Palms Resort, money towards travel and huge rewards for players who make the money.

Download PokerStars free software and win a seat into the 2010 WSOP Main Event

2010 World Series of Poker Updates: The Week In Review

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The 2010 WSOP is chugging along at the Rio in Las Vegas, and the past week consisted of 7 tournaments.

Here is a rundown of what is happening at the 2010 WSOP:

Event #17: This was a $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event which attracted a total of 792 entrants and had a prize pool worth $3,772,400. This tournament was one of the toughest fields so far in the 2010 WSOP. Many of the world’s top pros were out in force to play in this event. Jason DeWitt beat Sam Trickett heads-up to win the $818,959 first place prize as well as a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Here is how the final hand went down: DeWitt moved all-in on the button and Sam Trickett quickly called. DeWitt shows a 8h-10s. Trickett turns over As-7d. The flop comes 8d-6s-5c which gave DeWitt a pair and Trickett a straight draw. The turn was 6c. The river came a 5h which gave DeWitt two pair for the win.

Event #18: 476 players entered this tournament which was a $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em event. The total prize pool was worth $866,320. The winner was Eric Buchman who beat Brent Courson heads-up to win the $203,607 first place prize as well as a WSOP gold bracelet. The final hand had Buchman on the button and he opened with a raise. Courson then re-raised and Buchman called. The flop came 2d-Qc-2s and Courson leads out and bets and gets a call from Buchman. The turn comes 7h. Courson moves all-in. Buchman calls and shows 10h-7d. Courson shows Ac-Kh. Buchman has two pair with one card to come. The river was 8c which sealed the win for Buchman.

Event #19: This was the $10,000 buy-in 2-7 Draw Lowball World Championship (No-Limit). A total of 101 players plunked down $10,000 cash to create a prize pool worth $949,400. The winner is David Baker who impressively knocked out five of his six opponents at the final table. He also busted Daniel Negreanu who finished in 8th place. David Baker went heads-up against Eric Cloutier. The final hand saw Baker raising all-in from the button and Cloutier thought for a bit before making the call. Cloutier drew two cards and Baker drew one. Cloutier tabled 6x-4x-2x. The first card he turned over was a 6x giving him a pair. The fifth was 7x. Baker had 10x-9x-8x-4x. He turned over a Jx and avoided pairing his ten, nine and eight to win. David Baker received $294,314 and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Cloutier earned $181,886 for his runner-up finish.

Event #20: The 20th event of the 2010 WSOP was a $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha event. This tourney attracted a total of 885 entrants and had a prize pool worth $1,194,750. John “Tex” Barch won the event and beat out Klinghammer Thibaut to recveive the $256,919 first place prize as well as a WSOP gold bracelet. Barch now has over $3,000,000 on earnings over his career. The final hand Thibaut called the big blind and Barch checked. The flop was Jc-Ah-7s. Barch bet and Thibaut called. The turn came 10c. Barch again bet. Thibaut then decided to move all-in and was very quickly called by Barch. At the showdown, Barch turns over Js-7s-8c-2d. Thibaut is holding 8h-10h-7c-2s. The river brought a Qs which gave Barch the win.

Event #21: This was a $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud event which had a total of 408 entries. The prize pool was worth $550,800. The winner of Event #21 was Richard Ashby who started at the final table being thrid in chips. Ashby beat Christine Pietsch to win the $140,467 first place prize as well as a WSOP gold bracelet. On the final hand Ashby got two pair which was better than his opponents pair of 10′s.

Event #22: This was the $1,000 buy-in Ladies No Limit Hol’dem Championship event which had a total of 1,054 players entered. The prize pool was worth $948,600. The winner is Vanessa Hellebuyck who received $192,132 for her first place finish and a WSOP gold bracelet. Hellebuyck beat Sidsel Boesen heads-up and Boesen took home $118,897 for her runner-up finish. On the final hand Boesen moved all-in from the button and Vanessa Hellebuyck quickly called. Hellebuyck showed 5s-5d. Boesen had 10d-9d. The flop came Qc-3s-Ks and Hellebuyck’s fives were still good. Boesen had an inside straight draw. The turn came a 4h. The river was a 6d and Hellebuyck wins with her pocket fives.

Event #23: This was a $2,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em tournament and there was 384 players entered. The prize pool was worth $883,200. Dutch Boyd won his second WSOP gold bracelet and added $234,065 to his career earnings after winning Event #23 of the 2010 WSOP. Boyd beat out Brian Meinders heads-up. Meinders received $144,650 for his runner-up finish.

There are currently four events running at the 2010 WSOP. Event #24 is a $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament which began on June 12th. Event #26 is a $2,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Six Handed tournament. Event #27 is a $1,500 buy-in Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or better tourney. Event #28 is a $2,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha tournament which began on June 15th.

We will post updates for events currently running as soon as they become available.

ESPN Digital Media Kicks Off Coverage of the 2010 World Series of Poker

Monday, June 7th, 2010

ESPN.com has hit the ground running with seven weeks of intense coverage of the 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). ESPN.com’s WSOP Preview package features articles on the storylines we’ll be following, the players we’ll be watching and who pros like Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer and Dennis Phillips drafted on their fantasy poker teams. The ESPN Poker team made predictions on what to expect from the event and on ESPN Radio’s Poker Edge podcast, ESPN’s TV broadcast team of Norman Chad and Lon McEachern share their excitement and offer some thoughts on the event.

The next seven weeks will feature recaps of all bracelet events, daily blogs and columns highlighting the action in Las Vegas, as well as daily SportsNation chats with a variety of players and ESPN.com’s poker team. Fans can also check out The Nuts — ESPN.com’s poker rankings — exclusive footage from the World Series of Poker broadcasts and sign up for ESPN.com’s bi-weekly poker newsletter.

For the third straight year, poker player extraordinaire Phil Gordon and ESPN.com’s Andrew Feldman will offer weekly poker edge podcasts during the events and daily coverage right from the floor at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas beginning with the start of the WSOP Main Event. Additionally, ESPN Inside Deal presented by PokerStars.net also kicked off their second season on May 25. Fans can try to win seats into the Main Event by playing at the ESPN Poker Club (http://games.espn.go.com/poker/index).

Beginning on June 8, ESPN.com’s poker news, entertainment and strategy show will return to a weekly schedule and will run continuingly through November when a champion is crowned. Laura Lane, Bernard Lee and Feldman will bring the biggest names in poker straight to fans where they’ll answer questions, analyze the industry and provide an inside look at their lifestyles away from the table.

ESPN3.com’s live poker coverage includes:

Date Event
June 26, 2010 $2500 No-Limit Hold’em
June 27, 2010 $1500 No-Limit Hold’em
June 30, 2010 $1500 No-Limit Hold’em
July 1, 2010 $3000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em
July 3, 2010 $25K No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed

Additionally, ESPN is offering WSOP seasons 2005-2009 on iTunes and will also offer all 2010 WSOP episodes the day after its TV debut. Full episodes will also be available via ESPN Mobile VOD.

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2010 World Series of Poker Updates: Results and Chip Counts

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Unfortunately we are experiencing technical issues with updating our website at this time. However, this issue should be resolved shortly.

First, let’s get up to speed on what has gone down during the 2010 WSOP over the past few days.

Event #3 was a $1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em event which attracted a total of 4,345 entrants. The winner was Aadam Daya of Mississauga, Canada who beat Deepak Bhatti heads-up. Daya collected a total of $625,872 for his first place finish as well as winning his first WSOP gold bracelet. The runner up finisher received $385,106.

Event #5 was a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament which had a total of 2,092 players entered. The winner is Praz Bansi of London, United Kingdom who beat Vincent Jacques heads-up. Bansi received $515,501 for his first place finish and won his second WSOP gold bracelet. Other noteable in the money finishers include Dwyte Pilgrim who finished 21st, Chris Gregorian who finished 37th and Chad Brown who finished in 60th place.

Event #6 was a $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Shootout tournament which attracted a total of 358 players. The winner is Joshua Tieman of Lake Zurich, IL beat Neil Channing to win $441,692 for first place and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. This event was full of top notch pros including Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Dario Minieri, Tom Dwan, and Chino Rheem.

Event #7 was a $2,500 buy-in 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball tournament which had a total of 291 players. The winner is Peter Gelencser from Hungary who won $180,730 for first place and won his first WSOP Gold bracelet. Gelencser beat Raphael Zimmerman heads-up to take down the title.

Event #8 is currently still in play and is at Level 24 with blinds at 15,000/30,000 and 4,000 ante. There are currently 10 players left at the dinner break. Here is a list of up to date chip counts:

Pascal LeFrancois – 4,000,000
Kevin Howe – 1,780,000
David Aue – 1,300,000
Max Steinberg – 900,000
Saar Wilf – 855,000
James Andersen – 665,000
Kurt Disessa – 651,000
Jose Gatmaitan – 640,000
Joshua Brikis – 375,000
Daniel Wjuniski – 350,000

Play for Event #8 will resume in approximately 30 minutes.

Event #9 is a $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em tournament which had 650 players entered. First place will pay $197,470. This tournament is currently into Day 2 at Level 15 and blinds are at 2,000/4,000. Twenty-four players remain. Here is a list of current chip counts:

James Dempsey 320,000
JJ Liu 295,000 140,000
Brandon Holmes 275,000
Joe Gotlieb 190,000
Joseph Williams 190,000
Julie Farkas 140,000
Joe Serock 140,000
James Lewis 115,000
Kenneth Krouner 112,000
Scott Haraden 103,000
Mark Babekov 100,000
Steve Chanthabouasy 100,000
Melissa Hayden 95,000
Clark Hamagami 75,000
Christian Harder 70,000
Armen Kara 70,000
John Kranyak 67,000
Chan Pelton 62,000
Stephen Simm 60,000
Stephen O’Dwyer 56,000
Edward Brogdon 55,000
Jason Alvarez 52,000
Daniel Burke 34,000
Gregg Wilkerson 31,000
Steve O’Dwyer 22,000
Bob Oxenberg 17,000

Event #10 is the $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud World Championship tournament. There was a total of 150 players entered and first place will pay $394,800. There are currently 48 players remaining on Day 2. Here is a list of current chip counts:

Ray Dehkharghani 275,000
Vladimir Schmelev 230,000
Eric Buchman 220,000
Max Pescatori 220,000
Yuval Bronshtein 175,000
John DAgostino 171,000
Michael Mizrachi 165,000
Edouard Mignot Bonnefous 160,000
Men Nguyen 155,000
Todd Barlow 130,000
Brandon Adams 120,000
Dario Alioto 115,000
Doyle Brunson 110,000
Nikolay Evdakov 105,000
Farshad Ben Cohen 105,000
Pat Pezzin 97,000
Joe Cassidy 95,000
Scott Seiver 93,000
Matt Glantz 90,000
Greg Mueller 90,000
Alexander Kostritsyn 90,000
Jean Gaspard 90,000
Andrew Black 72,000
Oleg Shamardin 71,000
Sirious Jamshidi 70,400
Robert Mizrachi 60,000
Brian Goddard 56,000
Dan Heimiller 55,800
Craig Neilan 51,000
Alfred Decarolis 50,000
Shane Douglas 45,100
Alan Dvorkis 44,000
Keith Sexton 42,000
Joseph Bunevith 41,100
Karen Mengden 40,600
John Racener 40,000
Steve Landfish 37,000
David Grey 37,000
Freddie Ellis 35,000
Hasan Habib 34,400
Marco Liesy 34,000
Aurangzeb Sheikh 33,000
Kevin Tang 30,100
Brett Richey 30,000
Joel Fischbein 29,100
John Monnette 29,000
Steve Billirakis 28,000
Pawel Andrzejwski 24,000
Refugio Quintero 21,800
Cory Zeidman 20,700
Daniel Negreanu 18,000
Kirill Gerasimov 18,000
Dan Kelly 12,000
Alessio Isaia 9,000
Dan Robison 8,300

Event #12 is a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament with a total of 625 entries. This event is currently at Day 1 and the blinds are at 75/150. There are 560 players remaining. Here is a list of the top ten in chips:

1 Vanessa Rousso 10,800
2 Chad Brown 10,100
3 Jimmy Fricke 8,500
4 Marco Traniello 8,000
5 Bill Chen 7,300
6 Maria Ho 7,300
7 Victor Ramdin 7,100
8 Rob Hollink 7,000
9 Justin Bonomo 6,800
10 Jeff Madsen 6,250

This event will pay $189,870 for first place.

Event #11 is a $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament. There are 2,563 players entered and 808 players remain. This event is currently into Level 7 with blinds at 200/400 and a 50 ante. Here is a list of the top ten chip leaders:

1 Tom Dwan 56,000
2 Blair Hinkle 43,000
3 Brett Jungblut 38,000
4 Shaun Deeb 36,000
5 Nicholas Phillips 31,600
6 Jason Hammerman 31,000
7 Darryll Fish 30,000
8 Annette Obrestad 25,000
9 Joe Sebok 24,000
10 Michael Watson 23,400

2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #4 Final Results

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event #4
Buy In: $1,500
Date: May 30 – June 1, 2010
Game: Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
Number of Entries: 818
Net Prize Pool: $1,104,300
First Place Prize: $237,140
Total Spots Paid Out: 81

Event #4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker is complete. There were a total of 818 players entered which created a prize pool worth $1,104,300.

Michael Crow of Honolulu, Hawaii beat Dan Heimiller heads-up and won the first place prize worth $237,140 as well as a coveted WSOP gold bracelet.

The final table for this event featured one former WSOP gold bracelet winner which was runner-up finisher Dan Heimiller. Third place went to Ylon Schwartz who is best known for his 4th place finish in the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

For a complete list of results as well as a detailed tournament report for Event #4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, click on the link below:

2010 World Series of Poker Event #4 Final Results

2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #2 Player’s Championship Final Results

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event # 2
Buy In: $50,000
Player’s Championship
Date: May 28 – June 1, 2010
Number of Entries: 116
Net Prize Pool: $5,568,000
First Place Prize: $1,559,046
Total Spots Paid Out: 16

Event #2 of the 2010 World Series of Poker concluded on June 1st after 5 days of play. This was the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship event which featured a mixed game format.

The final table consisted of three former WSOP gold bracelet winners with John Juanda (4 wins), Daniel Alaei (2 wins), and Robert Mizrachi (1 win). Final table play began eight-handed due to the mix of games played the previous four days.

The winner of Event #2 is Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi of Miramar, Florida who beat Vladimir Schmelev heads-up to win the $1,559,046 first place prize. Michael Mizrachi also received his first WSOP gold bracelet as well as the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.

Michael was at the final table along with his older brother, WSOP gold bracelet winner Roert Mizrachi. The two of them became involved in a hand and Michael ended up busting his older brother who finished in fifth place. It should be noted that this marked the highest finish by two family members is WSOP history.

To see a complete list of results as well as a detailed tournament report for Event #2 of the 2010 WSOP, click on the link below:

2010 World Series of Poker Event #2 Player’s Championship Final Results

Get Live Updates from Poker Professionals from the 2010 WSOP

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

The 2010 World Series of Poker is in full swing and many of the world’s top pros are giving live updates via Twitter.

We have compiled a list of professional poker players for you to follow along while they play in the 2010 WSOP.

Check out the link below for our Twitter Poker Pro list:

Professional Poker Players on Twitter

2010 WSOP Updates: Event 4 – $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Event #4 of the 2010 World Series of Poker is a $1,500 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better tournament which had a total of 818 players entered.

There are 26 players remaining who will resume play with 3 tables remaining and will play down until a winner is declared. First place will pay $237,140.

A number of noteable players still remain including Ylon Schwartz, Huck Seed, David Bach, Dan Heimiller, Jeff Madsen and Anthony Reategui. The chip leader at the end of Day 2 is Sasha Rosewood with 399,000 chips.

Below is a list of the remaining players with their end of Day 2 chip counts:

1 Sasha Rosewood 399,000
2 Anthony Reategui 317,000
3 Michael Cipolla 275,000
4 Fred Koubi 272,000
5 Dan Heimiller 211,000
6 Robert Ferdinand 198,000
7 Shawn Buchanan 181,000
8 Ylon Schwartz 166,000
9 Scott Epstein 157,000
10 Jeff Madsen 148,000
11 Joe Leibman 143,000
12 Todd Barlow 139,000
13 Hamid Salari 123,000
14 Jesse Hollander 122,000
15 Chris Viox 113,000
16 David Bach 107,000
17 James Mcwhorter 102,000
18 Stephen Su 97,000
19 Michael Chow 92,000
20 Steve Cowley 90,000
21 Brian Lives 69,000
22 Huck Seed 57,000
23 Daniel Klein 43,000
24 Ward Crane 40,000
25 Mike Puskarich 35,000
26 Andreas Krause 8000

2010 World Series of Poker: Event #3 – $1,000 NLH End of Day 2

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Event #3 of the 2010 World Series of Poker is a $1,000 buy-in No Limit Holdem tournament which attracted a total of 4,345 entries. The first place prize payout will be $625,872.

The chip leader heading into Day 3 is Drew Crawford with 800,000 in chips.

Here is a list of remaining players with their chip counts at the end of Day 2:

1 Drew Crawford 800000
2 William Davis 775000
3 Dash Dudley 745000
4 Nicholas Mitchell 681000
5 Robert Scott 644000
6 Dana Kellstrom 507000
7 Terry Fleischer 489000
8 Eric Baldwin 479000
9 Cory Brown 476000
10 Aadam Daya 476000
11 Samuel Paolini 447000
12 Jae Hwang 406000
13 Michael Michnik 388000
14 Irving Rice 385000
15 Champie Douglas 344000
16 Dmitry Gromov 341000
17 Gabe Costner 326000
18 Jerod Florez 325000
19 Alex Baher 308000
20 Thomas McCann 285000
21 Tai Tan Nguyen 264000
22 Matthew Wilkins 251000
23 Sanjay Pandya 236000
24 Rich Rice 215000
25 Horst Eilers 215000
26 Paul Hegyi 209000
27 Deepak Bhatti 205000
28 Anthony Gargano 204000
29 Brian Green 197000
30 Thomas Joanides 184000
31 Nikunj Gandhi 177000
32 Timothy Fierro 176000
33 Isaac Settle 175000
34 Joshua Roberts 149000
35 Jeremiah Degreef 132000
36 Derek Taylor 112000
37 Ashira Lavine 110000
38 James Erickson 97000
39 Michael Diclemente 89000
40 Nancy Todd Tyner 79000
41 Jonathan Walker 29000

Event #3 will resume at 3 PM and will play down to the final table.

2010 WSOP Updates: Event 2 – $50,000 Player’s Championship Final Table Set

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Day 4 of the $50K Player’s Championship event concluded and the final table is set. The field was reuced from 21 players down to 8.

The remaining 8 players will return today to determine the winner who will walk away with $1.55 million in prize money as well as the coveted Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.

The final table features two brothers who know their way around a final table in a major tournament. Robert and Michael Mizrachi are among the eight final players left in the $50k Player’s Championship event.

Michael is looking to win his first WSOP gold bracelet while Robert is hoping to get his second bracelet.

Here is a list of the remaining players as well as end of Day 4 chip counts:

Seat 1: David Baker – 3,095,000
Seat 2: Mikael Thuritz – 2,300,000
Seat 3: Vladimir Schmelev – 1,925,000
Seat 4: John Juanda – 2,620,000
Seat 5: Daniel Alaei – 1,705,000
Seat 6: Michael Mizrachi – 2,620,000
Seat 7: David Oppenheim – 460,000
Seat 8: Robert Mizrachi – 3,125,000

Event #2 of the 2010 World Series of Poker will resume at 3 PM Las Vegas time.

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

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

$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

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

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

Win a 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Seat – WSOP Qualifiers and Satellites

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

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