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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 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.