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2009 WSOP Update: Negreanu, Duke Make $10k Omaha 8B Final Table

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.9.2009 in Uncategorized | no comments

The Intense Stare of Scott Clements is intensely staring down a potential third bracelet.

The Intense Stare of Scott Clements is intensely staring down a potential third bracelet.

Daniel Negreanu is crushing the 2009 WSOP.

In an impressive response to Jeffrey Lisandro‘s Event #16 victory (and to his own crushing runner-up finish in Event #14), Negreanu has stepped up and final tabled yet another event. He is currently fourth in chips going into final table play in Event #18 ($10,000 Omaha 8B). A win here would put him and Erick Lindgren way out in front in their POY prop bets with Barry Greenstein and company. Negreanu trails the intense stare of Scott Clements (staring intensely above), who is chip leader with 1,445,000. Also alive are John Monnette (940,000), Daniel Alaei (540,000), and Annie Duke (225,000). We’ll have a Negreanu vlog from the break up soon.

Elsewhere, the Ladies Event is playing down its final table now. How do we know this? Because any time one of the ladies wins a hand, her cheering section screams like a sorority girl who hears the first few bars of “Come on Eileen” in a cheesy dance club.

Elsewhere elsewhere, less than 80 remain in Event #19 ($2,500 NLH Six-Handed). Among those remaining is aforementioned Erick Lindgren, racking up more POY points for the aforementioned prop bets. Layne Flack, Brock Parker, Men the Master (he’s still alive?), and Howard Lederer also remain.

Not alive in the Omaha 8B championship or any other event right now is Jean-Robert Bellande, who below discusses his now not-so-secret secret weapon which didn’t turn out to be much of a weapon at all.

Watch Jean-Robert Bellande Is Playing Omaha Hi/Lo with a Secret Weapon on RawVegas.tv

Tagged as: 2009 WSOP, Annie Duke, barry greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren., Jeffrey Lisandro, Scott Clements

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Jeffrey Lisandro Wins Event #16 ($1,500 Seven Card Stud)

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.9.2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Jeffrey Lisandro (not pictured) came up big yesterday by winning Event #16 ($1,500 7CS). Jeffrey Lisandro (not pictured) came up big yesterday by winning Event #16 ($1,500 7CS).

Jeffrey Lisandro (not pictured) came up big yesterday by winning Event #16 ($1,500 7CS).

We’ll post a more “robust” round-up  later, but one “name” pro pulled out a victory yesterday as Jeffrey Lisandro won Event #16 ($1,500 7CS).

Much like Phil Ivey‘s 2-7 NL Lowball win, the financial implications are much greater for Lisandro than the $124,959 he banks for first. Lisandro and Barry Greenstein have one of the big money POY wagers against Daniel Negreanu and Erick Lindgren. With Negreanu in the money again in the $10,000 Omaha 8B event, this win was huge for the Lisandro and Greenstein team.

Lisandro, who really just crushed the final table, defeated Rodney Pardey heads-up for the title. Get full results here.

Tagged as: 2009 WSOP, barry greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren., Girls on the Rail, Jeffrey Lisandro

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Erick Lindgren Takes 2008 WSOP Player of the Year Lead

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.30.2008 in Poker News | no comments

Erick Lindgren overtakes 2008 WSOP Player of the Year lead

With his third place finish in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, Full Tilt Poker pro Erick Lindgren overtook the lead for 2008 WSOP Player of the Year.

Lindgren now has 245 points, 10 ahead of Barry Greenstein, who moved into second place with math math math 235.

Previous leader, Jacobo Fernadez, has cashed again (making it seven for the year) but fell back to third with 232.

Get full standings here.

Tagged as: 2008 WSOP, barry greenstein, Erick Lindgren.

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2008 WSOP Update: Erick Lindgren Leads $50k H.O.R.S.E. Final Table; Ryan Hughes Wins Second Bracelet

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.29.2008 in Poker News,Tournaments | 2 comments

J.C. Tran will make yet another run at his first WSOP bracelet today

Right now, we’d say it’s a coin flip as to whether the 2008 WSOP will end up earning it’s The Year of the ProTM moniker that we trademarked when all is said and done.

Some of this argument simply hinges on this: when exactly do you qualify as a "pro?" We’re certainly not willing to play the role of God and make that assessment for people. But then again, how else will we know for sure? It’s so daunting.

:: Event #47 ($1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo) - Case in point. Ryan Hughes, who won a Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event last year, took down this one, earning his second WSOP bracelet. Even though only 7 people in the poker world have heard of Hughes before and only 3 would recognize him walking down the street, Hughes is a pro, right? We say an emphatic "yes" to that question, btw. For the win, Hughes banks $183,368. Get full results here.

:: Event #45 ($50,000 H.O.R.S.E.) - Here’s a chance for the pros to put a stake in the ground and say, "Dammit, this is the year of us!" Full Tilt Poker pro Erick Lindgren will bring the chip lead to the final table, stacked at 3,680,000. A win here would all but cement Lindgren as the 2008 WSOP POY. The same could be said for the man in third, Barry Greenstein, who is stacked at 1,955,000. Scotty Nguyen is second overall with 3,535,000. And our perennial pick to win it, Huck Seed, is sixth overall with 1,200,000. Get full final table chip counts here.

:: Event #48 ($2,000 No Limit Hold’em) - Lots of collective WSOP cashes in this group but no one that you’d really look at and say, "Yeah, he’s a pro." Get final table chip counts here.

:: Event #49 ($1,500 No Limit Hold’em) - This one had 2,718 entrants, playing down to 215 early this morning. First place pays $631,053. A surprising number of big named pros remain, although chip leader Micah Raskin (175,000), is not one of them. However, some big named big stacks do include Young Phan (128,000), Greg "FBT" Mueller (120,000), the spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran (above, 93,000), and David "The Dragon" Pham* (90,000). Get a more complete list of chip counts here.

Get J.C.’s full photo after the jump and check out the entire spread here.

* Not a real dragon.

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Tagged as: 2008 WSOP, barry greenstein, Erick Lindgren., j.c. tran, Scotty Nguyen, world series of poker

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2008 WSOP Update: The Year of the Pro(TM) Is In Jeopardy

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.28.2008 in Poker News,Tournaments | 1 comment


Lyle Berman and Robert Williamson III getting rail’d by Gus Hansen’s lap girl from Day 1 of the H.O.R.S.E. event.

Maybe we jumped the gun a bit in dubbing (and trademarking) the 2008 World Series of Poker as The Year of the ProTM.

We almost don’t want to recap yesterday’s action because of its general lack of proness. But we’re professionals. And it’s not our fault pros and making it less the year of them right now.

:: Event #44 ($1,000 No Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys) - Max Greenwood, not a pro, wins his first (and likely last) bracelet by capturing the $1,000 rebuy event. Greenwood banks $693,392 for the win. The one pro in the event, Alex Bolotin, was the first out at the final table. Nice work, Alex. Get full payouts here.

:: Event #45 ($50,000 H.O.R.S.E.) - Not sure what to make of this. On the surface, about 80% of the remaining field of 24 would qualify as "pro." But the chip leader, Mike DeMichele, is new on the scene and has a girly French sounding name. Two huge knocks against him. DeMichele does have three WSOP cashes, all in mixed games, which gives some credibility to him being a "pro." But not much. Luckily, after DeMichele is a laundry list of who’s who run the gamut the whole kit and kaboodle and the kitchen sink of big named pros. Following DeMichele are Barry Greenstein (who is such a pro he counts twice) with 1,311,000 and uber-pro Daniel Negreanu with 1,226,000. Some other names you’ve probably heard of include Scotty Nguyen (1,033,000), Doyle Brunson (777,000), Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (701,000), Erick Lindgren (485,000), likely second place finisher Andy Bloch (421,000), Gabe Kaplan (360,000), Brandon Adams (290,000), our pick to win it Huck Seed (190,000), Phil Ivey (145,000), and Lorenzo Lamas (81,000). And that’s just to name a few.

:: Event #46 ($5,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed) - A total non-pro final table. Only notable mention is the singular version of David Kita, Davidi Kitai, is short-stacked. Get full finaly table chip counts here.

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Tagged as: 2008 WSOP, barry greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, world series of poker

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