The World Series of every year is defined by people who not only do well and win a bracelet in one event, but those who cash in many events. Brock Parker is off to a good start, he has now won his second bracelet in less than four days.
His latest bracelet came on the tables at the $2,500 Six Man No-Limit Hold'em event. He was up against Joe Serock, and there was not much Serock could do to slow down Parker. He won the event, and walked away from the tournament with his second bracelet and $552,745.
The World Championship Omaha HL/8 or Better tournament was also heavily contested. It had some of the biggest names in poker at the final table in Daniel Negreanu and Annie Duke. They both fell short, however, and Daniel Alaei won the top prize. Negreanu finished fourth and Duke came in eighth.
Eric Seidel was making his first strong run in the Pot-Limit Hold'em tournament, Event 20. The event had a $1,500 buy-in, and 633 players entered. Seidel's efforts landed him just short of the win, and the tournament now has only five players remaining. John-Paul Kelly is the current chip leader.
Event 21 has also reached the final table. The H.O.R.S.E. tournament with a $3,000 buy-in had Gavin Smith just miss out on the final table. He finished in tenth. James Van Alstyne is the chip leader with 720,000 chips.
On Thursday, two more tournaments began, and it will be the same way all the way through the weekend. On Saturday, a World Championship Heads Up No-Limit tournament will begin. It carries a $10,000 buy-in.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Dennis Philips, Charity and the WSOP
Last year’s final table at the World Series of Poker’s main event was commanded by a man in a red hat and a white shirt, Dennis Philips.
He very nearly won it all, but eventually busted out in third place. This year he is back to try it again, and along the way has made a commitment to charity, like a lot of poker players. He is donating a percentage of his winnings to Prevent Cancer Foundation's "Bad Beat on Cancer", and participated in the "Shuffle Up For Poker Gives" charity tournament that was hosted by Linda Johnson and Mike Sexton.
He very nearly won it all, but eventually busted out in third place. This year he is back to try it again, and along the way has made a commitment to charity, like a lot of poker players. He is donating a percentage of his winnings to Prevent Cancer Foundation's "Bad Beat on Cancer", and participated in the "Shuffle Up For Poker Gives" charity tournament that was hosted by Linda Johnson and Mike Sexton.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
WSOP Poker Tom Koral: Living the Dream
While many players spend their time trying to be noticed, Koral tends to fly under the radar. He has over a half a million in tournament winnings but his story is a little different than most.
Koral started playing poker, like many people, by depositing a small amount of money in an poker room.
Koral did so well playing online that the site that he was playing on offered him a sponsorship and that's where the fun started for him.
Though he now makes his living at the tables, poker is more than just a profession, it's a passion as well.
"I get to do something I love," he said. "I get to travel all over the world. I feel pretty blessed to be able to be a professional poker player.
Koral is living his dream and is obviously quite good at it. He told PokerListings he's never had a losing year playing poker, which isn't something many players can say with a straight face.
The Skokie, IL native has already cashed once earlier in this WSOP taking in a $1,500 donkament.
Now he's amongst the final eight in the Omaha 8 World Championship.
Koral has been at a WSOP final table before so he knows what he's getting into. He told PL he feels good but it looks like he might need a little luck.
Koral started playing poker, like many people, by depositing a small amount of money in an poker room.
Koral did so well playing online that the site that he was playing on offered him a sponsorship and that's where the fun started for him.
Though he now makes his living at the tables, poker is more than just a profession, it's a passion as well.
"I get to do something I love," he said. "I get to travel all over the world. I feel pretty blessed to be able to be a professional poker player.
Koral is living his dream and is obviously quite good at it. He told PokerListings he's never had a losing year playing poker, which isn't something many players can say with a straight face.
The Skokie, IL native has already cashed once earlier in this WSOP taking in a $1,500 donkament.
Now he's amongst the final eight in the Omaha 8 World Championship.
Koral has been at a WSOP final table before so he knows what he's getting into. He told PL he feels good but it looks like he might need a little luck.
Monday, June 8, 2009
2009 WSOP Poker: Phil Hellmuth Looking For Twelfth Bracelet… In Omaha?
One of the over-arching storylines at the 2009 WSOP is whether or not Online poker pro Phil Hellmuth can pull off another record-breaking WSOP bracelet win and collect number 12. Well, Hellmuth is now one of 129 left in the $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better and is sitting pretty at eighth in chips but not that far off the lead.
Oh, and if you didn't catch that, it's an Omaha event, which is weird for Hellmuth. All eleven of his previous bracelets have been in Holdem , so a bracelet in this event would be especially meaningful for him, being number 12 and his first non-Holdem win. Joining him at the top of the chip counts are Scott Clements, David Benyamine and Josh Arieh.
Elsewhere in the Amazon Room today, the $5,000 No Limit Holdem is down to 17 out of 655 starting players. Current chip leader is Isaac Baron with David "The Dragon" Pham and pro Mike "SowersUNCC" Sowers not far behind.
The $1,500 Seven Card Stud event is down to a final table that features Jeff Lisandro as the chip leader and John Juanda as not the chip leader. First place pays out $124,959.
In the $1,000 Ladies Event, the field narrowed from the 1,060 that ponied up their buy-in to the 146 who will return today to play out Day 2. Among the chip leaders are Svetlana Gromenkova and JJ Liu with notables Maridu Mayrinck, Susie Isaacs and Maria Ho also still in the running.
Aside from that the $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Holdem event gets underway today .
Oh, and if you didn't catch that, it's an Omaha event, which is weird for Hellmuth. All eleven of his previous bracelets have been in Holdem , so a bracelet in this event would be especially meaningful for him, being number 12 and his first non-Holdem win. Joining him at the top of the chip counts are Scott Clements, David Benyamine and Josh Arieh.
Elsewhere in the Amazon Room today, the $5,000 No Limit Holdem is down to 17 out of 655 starting players. Current chip leader is Isaac Baron with David "The Dragon" Pham and pro Mike "SowersUNCC" Sowers not far behind.
The $1,500 Seven Card Stud event is down to a final table that features Jeff Lisandro as the chip leader and John Juanda as not the chip leader. First place pays out $124,959.
In the $1,000 Ladies Event, the field narrowed from the 1,060 that ponied up their buy-in to the 146 who will return today to play out Day 2. Among the chip leaders are Svetlana Gromenkova and JJ Liu with notables Maridu Mayrinck, Susie Isaacs and Maria Ho also still in the running.
Aside from that the $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Holdem event gets underway today .
Justin Bonomo In Field for 2009 WSOP $5,000
The $5,000 No Limit Holdem event at the 2009 WSOP kicked off today and has drawn a stacked field of well-known players, promising to give us some great poker to watch, and one of those out in the crowd is Bodog pro Justin Bonomo.
All in all, 655 players registered for the event, generating a prize pool of $3,078,500 of which 63 players will receive their share with first place getting $692,658. The laundry list of pros playing in this event includes Andy Black, 2007 WSOP Main Event champ Jerry Yang, T.J. Cloutier, Phil Hellmuth, Allen Cunningham, John Juanda, Humberto Brenes, Ted Lawson, David "The Dragon" Pham, 2008 WSOP Main Event champ Peter Eastgate, Hevad Khan, Vanessa Rousso, Gavin Smith and a whole lot more.
There are a couple of big names left among the 12 left standing in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed event, Huck Seed, Todd Brunson, Mark Gregorich and a couple of super-talented players like Scott "dorinvandy" Dorin and Aurangzeb 'Ozzy 87′ Sheikh. Unfortunately, the $2,500 and $2,000 .
All in all, 655 players registered for the event, generating a prize pool of $3,078,500 of which 63 players will receive their share with first place getting $692,658. The laundry list of pros playing in this event includes Andy Black, 2007 WSOP Main Event champ Jerry Yang, T.J. Cloutier, Phil Hellmuth, Allen Cunningham, John Juanda, Humberto Brenes, Ted Lawson, David "The Dragon" Pham, 2008 WSOP Main Event champ Peter Eastgate, Hevad Khan, Vanessa Rousso, Gavin Smith and a whole lot more.
There are a couple of big names left among the 12 left standing in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed event, Huck Seed, Todd Brunson, Mark Gregorich and a couple of super-talented players like Scott "dorinvandy" Dorin and Aurangzeb 'Ozzy 87′ Sheikh. Unfortunately, the $2,500 and $2,000 .
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