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Bluff Online Poker Challenge To Begin March 1; Sharks To Lay Waste to Lock Poker Fish

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.26.2009 in Online Poker,Poker News | 4 comments

So we're not too into gimmicky shit but this is pretty cool.

BLUFF Magazine is ready to kick off the Bluff Online Poker Challenge (BOPC). The gist is they've assembled 20+ of the best online poker players in the world, give them a $200 starting bankroll on Lock Poker, and see who can it up the most playing MTT's and SnG's during the month. If you go bust, no reloading, you're out.

The winner gets a Bluff cover (and of course, their winnings).

Participants include 2008 BLUFF Magazine Online Poker Player of the Year David "The Maven" Chicotsky, Shaun "shaundeeb" Deeb, Kevin "BeLOWaBOVe" Saul, Gank, Brandon Cantu, Maria Hooooooo!!!!!!!! and more.

Get the full details here. Check back on WCP (or Bluff) over the month of March to see who is doing how.

In unrelated news, below is a video of a hot asian chick getting ready for work on a subway.

Tagged as: Bluff Magazine, Online Poker

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Kofi Farkye Crushes LAPC Day 3

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.24.2009 in Online Poker | no comments

Wpt-logo Every single cab driver we've ever had Kofi Farkye just went on one of those runs today at the LAPC. He hit every big hand and made every right call, running his stack up to 837,500 by day's end for the chip lead.

He's followed by Mike Sowers (741,500), who is known by most of the general poker public as the kid who made the 9-4o "hero play" on Mike Sexton at the 2008 WSOP  $10k Pot Limit Hold'em event.

Play concluded after the money bubble burst, as 63 remain for Day 4. Among other big stacks is Chris Karagulleyan, who awkwardly ticked his way to fifth overall with 543,000. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (468,500), Nick Schulman (321,000), Nordberg (302,500), and Hoyt Corkins (233,500) are all above the average stack.

Get full chip counts here.

Tagged as: Poker News, World Poker Tour

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Antonio Esfandiari Working His Magic at LAPC

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.23.2009 in Online Poker | 1 comment

Wpt-logo Just kidding about that headline.

Antonio Esfandiari burst onto the poker scene 19 years ago when he won the LAPC and a WSOP bracelet just a few months apart.

He's poised for another deep LAPC run this year, as he takes the big stack into Day 3 play with 405,000.

Esfandiari is followed by every cab driver we've ever had Kofi Farkye with 395,000.

In all, 170 remain. Among those are Bertrand Grospellier (190,000), Haralabos Voulgaris (188,000), Jeffrey Garza (172,600), Phil Ivey (150,900), Greg "FBT" Mueller (145,000), Toto Leonidas (140,000), where the fuck you been Chris Karagulleyan (129,400), Paul Wasicka (129,000), Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (128,000), Peter "Nordberg" Feldman (125,700), and John Phan (125,000).

Get full chip counts here.

Tagged as: Antonio Esfandiari, LAPC, Poker News, World Poker Tour

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Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge Begins: Round 1 Goes to Durrrr

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.18.2009 in Online Poker,Poker News | 2 comments

The much hyped Tom "durrrr" Dwan Million Dollar Challenge kicked off against Patrik Antonius on Full Tilt Poker today.

The two played 1,541 of the required 50,000 hands, with durrrr ending the session up $134,911.50.

In completed unrelated news involving the word penis being said repeatedly, this.

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Hey, Sign Up for a FTP Account and Watch the Million Dollar Challenge

 

Tagged as: Durrrr, Full Tilt Poker, patrik antonius, Poker News, Tom Dwan

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Russ Hamilton Exclusive Video – The Fallout

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.6.2009 in Online Poker,Poker News,Poker Tournaments,Ultimate Bet | 1 comment

Some interesting feedback and fallout from various forums and blogs on the exclusive Russ Hamilton video footage posted yesterday:

:: Layne Flack is taking his lumps, getting about as much venom as Russ is. Great post on Pocket 5's detailing some of Russ and Layne's ties (remember, Layne was once a UB sponsored player). [link]

:: Whoever signed up a "Russ Hamilton" account on 2+2 and posted on this thread, way to bring the funny.  [link]

:: You know the Neverwin Poker Forum will do a good job capturing the general ID and rage most in the online poker community feel towards Russ. [link]

:: Just really like the "GoHabsGo" pic on Full Contact Poker. Oh yeah, for those asking, Daniel didn't provide the "tip" that Russ was golfing that day. Info came the old-fashioned way: some good sleuthing. [link]

:: Some awesome commentary over at Pokerati. Wish we had 10% as much interest in continuing commentary on stories as they do. Nice work. [link]

:: And for the 1% of people out there that don't view getting the one and only individual specifically implicated in the biggest online poker cheating scandal in history on camera for the first time since he was singularly named in the KGC report as newsworthy, there's always the Poker Road forum. [link]

We're working on a pretty amazing follow-up to this video that we hope to have completed by the first of next week. Stay tuned…

Tagged as: Layne Flack, Online Poker, Poker News, Russ Hamilton, UltimateBet Scandal

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