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Chick Wins Poker Tournament

by Wicked Chops Entity on 3.12.2013 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

No, seriously, WHO won the tournament?

No, seriously, WHO won the tournament?

Teresa Hemingway, a woman, won a poker tournament.

Hemingway captured HPT‘s largest annual event, the Golden Gates tournament in Black Hawk, Colorado. Golden Gates had over a $1M prize pool, and Hemingway, still a woman, banked $226,463 for the win.

Had Hemingway pulled this feat off last summer (or as we like to call it, the “Summer of Bath Salts! Zombies!”), we would’ve surely known the apocalypse was near.

As is custom when a woman wins a poker tournament, all males who entered had to go home with their pants at their ankles and their genitalia tucked between their legs.

Or at least that’s what they make you do in Afghanistan.

Speaking of Afghanistan, Osama Aweida finished 37th and Jassim Al-Ansari came in 38th, each earning $4,630.

Get full results here.

Or we can save you the trouble of clicking and just let you know that Stan Jablonski finished 62nd for a min-cash.

Tagged as: featured, Heartland Poker Tour, HPT, Poker News, Teresa Hemingway, Zombie Apocalypse

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Lily Kiletto Does Not Win WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.13.2013 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

Lily Kiletto rose from short-stack to second at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

How many times have we said this…so close…yet dare we say…so far?

Lily Kiletto, a woman, did not win the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open. But if she was playing horseshoes or hand-grenades so did fucking great, working her short-stack all the way up to second place.

For the second place finish, Kiletto earns $191,880. However, for women, Kiletto makes it 0-for-47,998 in WPT open events.

Kiletto was defeated by the less amply breasted Chris Porter Matt Giannetti. This makes two WPT titles for Giannetti, as he banked $323,804 for the win.

Weeds producer Matt Salsberg finished sixth for $50,968.

Get full TV final table results and payouts here.

Tagged as: featured, Lily Kiletto, Matt Giannetti, Poker News, World Poker Tour

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Lily Kiletto Is Hot, Exotic, Makes WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Final Table

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.12.2013 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

We picked a good week to come back.

As you may or may not be aware, no woman has ever won a regular World Poker Tour open event. In fact, women are 0-for-47,297 (approximately) in WPT open events.

That could all change today, as Lily Kiletto, a woman, attempts to make history by capturing the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Kiletto, who like the Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) of Australia and Indonesia could best be described as “exotic,” has been shot out of a poker cannon this year, cashing in three 2013 events to date for um $4,000. In case you’re wondering who owns the small CybergBug-B drone taking cleavage shots of Kiletto at the final table, well, that would belong to Barry Greenstein.

Kiletto enters the final table as short-stack but dammit full of hope, stacked at 860,000.

In less newsy news, ex-November Niner Chris Porter Matt Giannetti attempts to claim his second WPT title, entering final table play as the chip leader with 3,005,000. Als0 looking for his second title, and making back-to-back WPT final table appearances, is Matt Salsberg (yeah the Weeds producer). He’s fifth overall with 980,000.

Get full TV final table chip counts and follow the action here.

More Lily Kiletto pics below as well as here and vids here.

 

Tagged as: Lily Kiletto, Matt Giannetti, Poker News, World Poker Tour

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Mervin Chan Wins 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.3.2013 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

Mervin Chan: another all-timer Aussie Millions champ.

Entering the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event, Mervin Chan had all of one tournament cash on his resume (an earlier in the week cash during an Aussie Millions prelim event).

Did that stop him from winning the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event? Of course not. This is Mervin Fucking Chan we’re talking about.

Chan outlasted a final table that included one of the top high roller players in the world (Dan Shak) and recognized top 5 all-around player in the world (Patrik Antonius) to claim the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event title and bank $1.6M AUD (or roughly $1.66 USD).

Chan joins a legendary “who’s who” of past Aussie Millions champs like David Gorr, Tyron Krost, Stewart Scott, and Jamil Dia.

The aforementioned Shak had the chip lead entering final table play, but finished fourth for $400,000 AUD. The also aforementioned Antonius came in third for $600,000 AUD.

Get full results here.

* Image courtesy of Poker News.

Tagged as: 2013 Aussie Millions, aussie millions, featured, Mervin Chan, Poker News

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Sam Trickett Wins Aussie Millions Super High-Roller; Dan Shak Leads Main Event Final Table

by Wicked Chops Entity on 2.1.2013 in Poker Tournaments | 1 comment

Pictured: Not Sam Trickett.

Whatever high-stakes run-good Sam Trickett and Tobias Reinkemeier had in 2012 has spilled over into the new year.

Last year, Trickett banked over $10M in high roller events (albeit it was just one cash, at the $1M OneDrop WSOP event). Reinkemeier cashed in four events in ’12–all high-rollers–for just over $2M.

The first super high roller event of 2013 wrapped at the Aussie Millions, with Trickett and Reinkemeier battling it out. Trickett took it down, earning $2M AUD. Reinkemeier earned $1,250,000 AUD for second.

Get full results here.

In the 2013 Aussie Millions Main Event, Dan Shak leads the final table, sitting with 3,775,000. Close behind in third overall is Patrik Antonius with 3,345,000.

First will earn $1.6M AUD.

Follow the final table action and get full results here.

Tagged as: 2013 Aussie Millions, aussie millions, Dan Shak, Poker News, Sam Trickett

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