WPT North American Poker Championship, Day 3 Recap
October 15, 2008
Vivek Rajkumar is coming off a big win at the Borgata Poker Open only twenty six days and now finds himself with the chip lead and a chance to make WPT poker history by becoming the first player to win back to back WPT titles.
This will not be an easy task with 27 players remaining and four of those players are accomplished professionals including Erik Seidel, Matt Matros, Kathy Liebert and Canadian Gavin Smith who is searching for his first major victory on Canadian soil.
Day three started with 99 players and eight of those players were Canadians and only 45 players finished in the money. Unfortunately for one of our Canadian players Mike “Timex” McDonald busted on the verge of the money bubble in 47th place. Read more
WPT North American Poker Championship Day 2
October 14, 2008
Thanksgiving Day action at the WPT North American Poker Championship and the Canadians fans have much to give thanks for after the performance from the Canadian pros in the field. Gavin Smith is leading the way with 405,900 in chips to start day three.
After three day one events the field ended up being a total of 454 players, bringing the total prize pool to $4,374,475 dollars, first place will recieve $1,224,853.
Gavin Smith - 405,900
Scott Wilson - 305,100
Sorel Mizzi - 209,200
Marc Karam - 206,400
Pat Pezzin - 125,500
Shawn Buchanan - 67,900
Mike “Timex” McDonald 67,700
Darus Suharto - 44,000
Only 99 players remain with the average chip count at 138,189, play resumes today at the beautiful Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort at 12:00 ET
The Million Dollar Men Freerolls at Poker Stars
October 10, 2008
The Million Dollar Men Freerolls at Poker Stars
Poker Stars is giving three very lucky people the chance to play against six of the WSOP Main Event final table players for 2008. All you have to do is the the The Million Dollar Men Freerolls at Poker Stars and make it to the final table.
You and two other lucky qualifiers will get to play against the Million Dollar Men, for a huge guaranteed prize pool, including $100,000 for first place!
Poker Stars is running daily Million Dollar Men Round 1 freerolls from September 27 - October 17th, at 11:10, 14:10, 17:10, 20:10 & 23:10 ET. Finish in the top 300 and you’ll be awarded with a seat at the Million Dollar Men Weekly Final!
To register for a Freeroll, open the PokerStars lobby, click “Tourney” and “Freeroll”.
Good luck and we will be keeping track of all our Canadian Poker Stars and bringing that news to you.
The November 9
October 6, 2008
For now all is quiet in the WSOP the final nine players have been determined and now we must wait for November 9th to see who will win the biggest prize in poker, not to mention over $9 million dollars.
The final table has been dubbed the November 9 due to Harrah’s new marketing strategy that has the final delayed until November 9th to give time to the media to get to know the players and provide more marketing support to the WSOP. This also gives time for the players to develop strategy’s and negotiate sponsorship deals.
Canada is well represented at this years World Series of Poker Main Event with two Canadian poker players, they are professional Scott Montgomery and amateur Darus Suharto.
Russian player Ivan Demidov already set a record by being the poker player to ever reach the final table at the main event in both the WSOP Europe and WSOP held in Las Vegas. Ivan managed to hold onto a third place finish in London and his confidence is riding high. Read more
World Series of Poker Europe 2008 Final Table
October 3, 2008
Twenty one hours of play and a unheard of eight hours of heads up action the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe has finally come to an end. This table was filled with with huge poker talent and epic battles but when the dust settled it was John Juanda collecting his fourth bracelet.
When The final table started here were the chip counts:
- Seat 1 — Robin Keston — 849,000
- Seat 2 — Daniel Negreanu — 1,002,000
- Seat 3 — Chris Elliott — 281,000
- Seat 4 — Bengt Sonnert — 385,000
- Seat 5 — John Juanda — 1,349,000
- Seat 6 — Ivan Demidov — 1,006,000
- Seat 7 — Toni Hiltunen — 386,000
- Seat 8 — Scott Fischman — 732,000
- Seat 9 — Stanislav Alekhin — $1,278,000
In the first hour of play Brit Chris Elliott who started the day the short stack with 281,000 in chips got all in with two pair and a flush draw with only the river to come in heads up play against Russian Stanislav Alekhin who was in there with a nut flush draw and when the river came the the king of clubs it gave the Russian the best hand and the Chris Elliott was out in ninth place and leaving only one home town player left in Robin Keston. Read more
Day Four Comes To An End At WSOP Europe
October 2, 2008
Day 4 has been completed in the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event and only nine remain.
Yesterdays chip leader Justin “BoostedJ” Smith ran into some big trouble when Canadian poker superstar Daniel Negreanu flopped a straight and busted the former big stack. “Kid Poker” moves into the final table with the second largest chip stack behind his friend Full Tilt Poker Professional John Juanda. John is looking for his fourth bracelet to add to the collection.
Young Russian Ivan Demidov is stealing the headlines. Demidov is one of the famed “November Nine” from the WSOP Main Event final table has already made history, becoming the first player to double dip in WSOP Main Event final tables on both sides of the pond. The second Russian at the table is Stanislav Alekhin, the 23-year-old is the youngest at the table and his appearance marks the first time two Russians appeared at the same WSOP final table.
A number of Full Tilt players were sent home yesterday including Andy Bloch, Erik Seidel, Brian Townsend, Mike Matusow, and Brandon Adams, but all made the money.
Final table setup, courtesy of www.worldseriesofpoker.com:
# Seat 1 — Robin Keston — 849,000
# Seat 2 — Daniel Negreanu — 1,002,000
# Seat 3 — Chris Elliott — 281,000
# Seat 4 — Bengt Sonnert — 385,000
# Seat 5 — John Juanda — 1,349,000
# Seat 6 — Ivan Demidov — 1,006,000
# Seat 7 — Toni Hiltunen — 386,000
# Seat 8 — Scott Fischman — 732,000
# Seat 9 — Stanislav Alekhin — $1,278,000
After Day Three Only 24 Remain With Daniel Negreanu Sitting In Second
October 1, 2008
362 people started the World Series of Poker Main Event and only 24 remain after day three. The chip leader is internet phoneme Justin “BoostedJ” Smith with over 650 thousand in chips, the question remains if the internet player can hold his composure in a field of poker superstars and win this tournament?
Canadian Poker Superstar Daniel Negreanu is second in chips with 610 thousand and in the hunt for his second WSOP bracelet. If daniel wins this one he win get a $200,000 dollar bonus from Phil Ivey for a bracelet bet they have going to the end of the WSOP Europe.
Rounding out the top three is John Juanda with 580 thousand in chips. Always in contention John is a feared professional that other pro’s are not happy to see at the final table. This is a great group for the top three but there are many other notable players left in the filed including:
Brian “sbrugby” Townsned
Andy Bloch
Mike Matusow
Erik Seidel
Johnny Lodden
Brandon Adams
Scott Fischman
All the remaining players are guaranteed 29 thousand pounds for getting this far. Those who make it to the final table are guaranteed at least 81 thousand pounds. Third place will take home 335 thousand pounds, second gets 534 thousand pounds and the winner will take a massive 869 thousand pounds.
There is a huge amount of talent left in this tournament and the final two days should be filled with some great poker action.
Bloch Sits Atop World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Leaderboard
September 30, 2008
By the close of Day 1B, many World Series of Poker Europe Main Event participants turned their attention to Justin “BoostedJ” Smith and Daniel Negreanu, who occupied the top two spots in the chip counts after leading each of their respective Day 1’s. By the time Day 2 fired up, the announcment of the prize pool seemed to turn the focus to the task at hand.
After the second of two Day 1 flights had wrapped, just 179 players still had a place in the chip counts. When it was announced that the GBP 3,630,000 ($6,540,630 USD) prize pool would be only handed out to 36 players, players began to make their move.
Both “BoostedJ” and Negreanu bagged more chips than the night before. While they won’t be looking down at the rest of the field, they each managed to sit above the 200,000 chip mark, which is good for 8th and 9th-place, respectively.
Today was a big day for the Americans. To start day three, the four biggest stacks will sit in front of players from across the pond, while only two of the top ten chip stacks hail from outside the U.S. The biggest stack belongs to the overdue Andy Bloch. Nobody has appeared at as many WSOP final tables as Bloch without a win. He’ll enter Day 3 as the only player in the 300,000 club. Right behind bloch is online phenom Brian “sbrugby” Townsend. “sbrugby” accrued most of his chips after flopping a set of aces and taking a 250,000 pot away from a player married to his A-K.
