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2010 WSOP Update: Chance Kornuth Wins $5k PLO Bracelet

by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.1.2010 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

Jason Mercier (foreground) had his eyes set on the $5k PLO title but went out in 16th place.

Finally feels like some excitement and buzz is building as we get towards the 2010 WSOP Main Event. Plenty of big names are among the big stacks in the $25k Six-Handed event. Girls On the Rail are showing up. Good stuff. Here’s the latest.

Event #49 ($1,500 NLH) – Meh*. Here.

Event #50 ($5,000 PLO) – 24 year-old Chance Kornuth beat an impressive field to bank $508,090 and his first bracelet. He defeated Kevin Boudreau ($313,792) heads-up for the title. Jose Nacho Barbero finished ninth. Nacho. NACHO!!! Get full payouts here.

Event #51 ($3,000 Triple-Chance NLH) – With 12 remaining, Jon Eaton is chip leader, stacked at 1,678,000. Tommy Vedes is third overall at 984,000. Will Failla (960,000) and Tad Jurgens (292,000) also remain. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #52 ($25,000 NLH Six-Handed) – A total of 191 entered, creating a first place prize of $1,315,518. Day 1 ended with Germany’s Alexander Gruibem as the big stack with 548,000. He’s followed by Jason Somerville (516,600), Mclean Karr (472,800), and Sir Isaac Haxton (460,500). In fifth overall is Daniel Negreanu with 407,100. And then Daniel is followed by John Juanda with 401,300. So yeah, pretty solid field up at the top. A total of 78 remain. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #53 ($1,500 LH Shoot-Out) – The final event of the day brought in 548. Some table winners include Theo Tran, Jonathan Little, Nam Le, Barry Shulman, and finally making some sort of a showing at this year’s WSOP,Yevgeniy Timoshenko. Get the full winner’s list here.

* UPDATE: And by “Meh” we mean congrats to Joe Sebok‘s cousin Michael Linn.

Tagged as: 2010 WSOP, 2010 WSOP updates, Chance Kornuth, Girls on the Rail

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2010 WSOP Update: $25k Six-Handed Starts Today

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.30.2010 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

A pair of spectacular bracelets will be awarded today at the 2010 WSOP.

A lot of excitement today for the 2010 WSOP $25,000 six-handed event. Satellites were running for it all day at the Rio, and “many” expect a lot of Internet whizzes to show up for this one.

No bracelets were won yesterday, but plenty going on. Including some Brown Sugar on the Rail (below thumbs), which we rarely if ever see at the WSOP. Check out our full 2010 WSOP Girls on the Rail here.

On with the latest…

:: Event #47 ($1,500 NLH) – Down to a final table, with Allan Baekke and Owen Crowe remaining. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #49 ($1,500 NLH) - A total of 23 friends and familyTM remain. Meh. Chip counts here.

:: Event #50 ($5,000 PLO) - With 31 remaining, Robert Mizrachi has a big lead, stacked at 758,000. He’s followed by Kevin Boudreau with 504,000 and the guy we’d like to see win this, Jose Nacho Barbero, with 480,000. Can’t have too many guys named Nacho around. There is a serious shortage of Nachos. We need more Nachos. Nacho. Jason Mercier (221,000) also remains. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #51 ($3,000 Triple-Chance NLH) – A total of 965 entered creating a first place prize of $559,371. With 189 remaining, Tommy Vedes is the chip leader, stacked at 237,100. He’s followed by David Singer with 204,100. Also remaining is Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan with 59,800. Get full chip counts here.

Tagged as: 2010 WSOP, 2010 WSOP updates, Girls on the Rail

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2010 WSOP Update: Matusow Leads TOC, Eskeland Wins Mixed Bracelet

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.29.2010 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

David Sklansky shows up with a different chick at the WSOP just about every day, although this isn't one of them.

With the 2010 WSOP Main Event just a week away, things are really heating up at the Rio. More people, girls, action, and even etc. Big event today with the $25,000 NLH Six-Handed kicking off.

At the end of the post, we have a Girls of the Donkament gallery, since there are better girls on the felt than the rail this year.

Here’s the latest.

:: Event #47 ($1,000 NLH) - The massive field of 3,128 is down to 33. Manuel Davidian is the chip leader, stacked at 889,000. Owen Crowe is math math math fourth overall with 607,000. Also remaining, albeit among the short-stacks, is previous 2010 WSOP donkamentTM winner Scott Montgomery with 151,000. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #48 ($2,500 Mixed) – Norwary’s Sigurd Eskeland takes this one, defeating Steve Sung heads-up for the title. For the win, Eskeland banks $260,497 and his first bracelet. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #49 ($1,500 NLH) – A total of 2,543 played down to 315. Get non-full chip counts here.

:: Event #50 ($5,000 PLO) – The last event of the day brought in 460 and played down to 207. November Niner Kevin Schaffel leads this one, stacked at 178,900. Of the holy triumvirate, Phil Ivey has 45,000 and Phil Hellmuth is stacked at 29,900. Get full chip counts here.

And in the Tournament of Champions, Mike Matusow ended play as chip leader, stacked at 85,500. He’s followed by Huck Seed with 73,000. There are still 17 remaining. Players come back on Saturday and at this rate will play down to 16. Get full chip counts here.

Tagged as: 2010 WSOP, 2010 WSOP updates, Girls on the Rail, Mike Matusow

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2010 WSOP Update: Chris Bell Wins First Bracelet

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.28.2010 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

Two close friends came up big this weekend.

Whatever the so-called poker “media” ends up calling it–Year of the ComebackTM, Year of the Hey It’s You AgainTM, Year of RedemptionTM–we finally, after four weeks, have some sort of defining theme shaping for the 2010 WSOP. Gavin Smith and Chris Bell, two close friends, backed by Erick Lindgren, claimed their first bracelets this weekend. Just don’t call it a comeback. They’ve been here for years. On with the updates…

:: Event #45 ($1,500 NLH) – Jesse Rockowitz outlasts a field of 3,097 to bank $721,373. Get full payouts here.

:: Event #46 ($5,000 PLO 8oB) – The aforementioned Chris Bell won his aforementioned first bracelet and an unaforementioned $327,040. Dan Shak came in second for $202,142. Dave “Devilfish” Ulliot finished third for $150,925. Get full payouts here.

:: Event #47 ($1,000 NLH) – A total of 3,128 entered the latest donkamentTM with 476 making it through to Day 2. First pays out $485,791. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #48 ($2,500 Mixed Event) – With 20 remaining, a U.S. American with a Russian name, Nikolai Yakovenko, leads, stacked at 310,000. Other notables remaining include Kirk Morrison (214,900), Scott Seiver (197,700), Dario Minieri (145,600), Bill Chen (135,360), and Todd Brunson (101,400). Get full chip counts here.

In other tournament news, the Tournament of Champions played down to 22 yesterday. Erik Seidel is the chip leader, followed by a first-time-seen-at-the-Rio-this-year Johnny Chan. Get full chip counts here.

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Gavin Smith Wins First WSOP Bracelet

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.27.2010 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

The second happiest moment in Gavin Smith's life.

The second happiest moment in Gavin Smith's life.

Ever since racking up a title along with 3 final tables and Player of the Year honors back in season 4 of the World Poker Tour, Gavin Smith has been one of the players most people put on their short list of Best Without a BraceletTM at the World Series of Poker. Since then though he’s only come close once, with a runner up finish at the 2007 WSOP in a $1500 PLH event. So yesterday when Smith, who’s undoubtedly one of the most liked guys on the circuit, entered the final table of the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em event as one of the chipleaders, players and fans alike were hoping this would finally be it, that he’d finally pull through.

But would he pull through?

The suspense is killing you isn’t it? That is, unless you already read the headline above and you heard about his win on Twitter 11 hours ago and have already read about it on every other poker news site by now.

And you actually watched his win live on ESPN3.com and saw his emotional interview afterwards when he got choked up before thanking E-Dog.

Or you’ve since watched the replay of it here.

But just in case you didn’t and for some reason this is the first sentence you’ve read in this post, Gavin Smith finally captured his first WSOP bracelet last night by taking down Event No. 44 ($2,500 Mixed Hold’em – Limit/No Limit).

Smith defeated Danny Hannawa heads up for the title, earning $268,238 along with the bracelet. Hannawa takes home $166,005 for his biggest tournament score to date. Notably, King of the WSOP Circuit events, Dwyte Pilgrim, finished 8th to pocket $27,438.

For a complete recap of Smith’s win, click here.

Tagged as: 2010 WSOP, 2010 WSOP updates, featured, gavin smith

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