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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

Bay 101 Shooting Stars Poker Tournament – Live Updates

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The 14th Annual 2010 Bay 101 Shooting Stars Poker Tournament is underway in San Jose, California.

The WPT Shooting Star Championship No Limit Holdem event is a 5 day tournament with a $10,000 buy-in with $5,000 Bounties. First place receives over $1,000,000 and includes a $25,500 seat in the WPT Championship Event on April 17 at the Bellagio.

Currently there are 95 players left and blinds are at 300/600. Here are recent chip counts of some players:

Sorel “Imperium” Mizzi 105,000

Justin “BoostedJ” Smith 65,000

Phil Laak 61,500

Jerry Yang 59,800

James Mackey 57,000

Hasan Habib 56,225

Scotty Nguyen 53,150

Brandon Cantu 50,000

Nick Schulman 47,975

Shane “Shaniac” Schleger 47,625

Tuan Le 46,000

Phil Hellmuth 45,250

Howard Lederer 45,000

Chau Giang 35,075

Scott Seiver 31,500

Barry Greenstein 27,700

Raymond Doland 27,250

Steve Sung 26,600

Mark Newhouse 23,250

Tyler Reiman 23,025

Mike Sexton 18,500

Matt “AllInAt420″ Stout 15,350

JC Tran 11,300

Eli Elezra 7,450

Jeff Madsen 6,975

Some notable names who have been eliminated today are David Williams, Annie Duke, Erik Seidel, Nam Le, Joe Sebok, Carlos Mortensen, Joe Hachem, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Todd Brunson, John Juanda, Mark Newhouse and Allen Cunningham.

For live, up to the minute coverage and updates go to the Bay 101 Live site, click on the link below:

Bay 101 Live