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Doyle Brunson Says Phil Ivey Too Young For Poker Hall Of Fame

by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.30.2009 in Poker News | 16 comments

Tiger Woods isn't in the Golf Hall of Fame yet.

Poker blogger Doyle Brunson woke up from one of his naps this past Sunday to chime in on the inductees for the 2009 Poker Hall of Fame. Or more specifically Phil Ivey, who he thinks is too young to get the nod.

Said Doyle on his blog:

It’s almost time to vote for the 2009 inductees into the Poker Hall Of Fame and I’m unsure of who my choices will be. I’m leaning toward the older guys with my first choice being Mike Sexton. We have to pick two and I’m thinking hard about my other vote. Phil Ivey is the best player on the list, but he is only 33 years old. Chip Reese is the youngest player to be inducted at the age of 40. Phil is great, but he still isn’t Chip. Give Phil a few more years and he will certainly be elected.

We tend to agree with Doyle here and we’re guessing Phil Ivey probably does too. Or doesn’t care, unless he has a prop bet on it. Hall of Fames aren’t for players still at the height of their careers, like Ivey. They’re for players whose careers have more to look back at then look forward to.

What do you think? Should Ivey be inducted at the age of 33? Should they have an age requirement for players put on the ballot (see Dwan)? Let us know in the comments.

Requirements for the Poker Hall of Fame after the jump. [click to continue…]

Tagged as: Doyle Brunson, featured, Phil Ivey

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2009 WSOP Round-Up: Doyle Brunson Goes for Bracelet #11

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.20.2009 in Uncategorized | no comments

Will the Rio Amazon Room be celebrating a record-tying 11th WSOP bracelet for Doyle Brunson today?

A pretty crazy finale to Event #35 ($5,000 PLO) and a poker legend goes for a record-tying win. Here’s yesterday 2009 WSOP round-up:

:: Event #35 ($5,000 PLO): After playing small ball all tourney, Richard Austin got his chips all-in after the flop with gut-shot straight and flush draws against Sorel Mizzi and JohnnyBax “Cliff Josephy” in a huge three-way pot for the $5k PLO championship. Having both Mizzi and JohnnyBax covered, Austin rivered the flush for the win and $409,484. Mizzi takes second ($253,048) and JohnnyBax third ($166,771). Get full tourney recaps here.

:: Event #36 ($2,000 NLH): Blah. Here.

:: Event #37 ($10,000 7CS Hi/Lo): This is the tournament everyone will have their eyes on today. Doyle Brunson will be going for his record-tying 11th WSOP bracelet. It’s just like high school. He’ll enter the final two tables stacked third overall with 525,000. With a total of 12 remaining, the chip leader is high-stakes cash specialist Abe Mosseri with 950,000. Jeffrey Lisandro is second with 786,000. Scotty Nguyen (watch his latest Scotty Being Scotty here) is also alive with 298,000. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #38 ($2,000 Limit Hold’em): The starting field of 446 played down to 107. David Baker is at/near the chip lead with 72,100. Also alive include but are certainly not limited to Maria Hoooooooo! (22,100), guy-with-hot-girl-porn-star-name Shannon Shorr (16,900), Daniel Negreanu (14,700), and Phil Hellmuth (12,100). Go below for Daniel’s latest vlog. Get full chip counts here.

Finally, remember to read about and sign-up for our Dream Team Poker WSOP Giveaway here.

Watch Daniel Negreanu Wraps It Up with Erick Lindgren on RawVegas.tv

Tagged as: 2009 WSOP, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Poker News, Richard Austin

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2009 WSOP Round-Up: Hellmuth’s 70th Cash; Doyle Goes for 11

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.6.2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Peter Eastgate is one of many "name" pros who are leaving it all hanging out there but with little results at the 2009 WSOP.

While the final tables yesterday were of the friends and family variety, some potentially good storylines developing in other tournaments. Here’s the recap:

:: Event #9 ($1,500 NLH Six-Handed): Ken Aldridge won his first bracelet while banking $428,259. Unless you’re a close relative or possible childhood best-friend, you don’t really care about the rest of the final table. But for sheer morbid curiosity, view results here.

:: Event #10 ($2,500 PLH/PLO): Plenty of big names made the money in this 453 person field, but the final table was mostly blah. Cornel Cimpan just missed out on winning a WPT title and WSOP bracelet in the same year when he finished fourth. Eventually Rami Boukai took this one down, banking $244,862. View full results here.

:: Event #11 ($2,000 NLH): Only 25 remain from the starting field of 1,646. Phil Hellmuth was eliminated in 29th place, making this his redunkulous 70th WSOP cash. Yet again, another friends and family final table is shaping up. Chris Taylor is the overnight chip leader. UFC Octagon voice Bruce Buffer put the ladies aside long enough for his first ever WSOP cash ($3,894). He discusses the cash (and jetting off to Germany early next week) here. Get chip counts here.

:: Event #12 ($10,000 Mixed Championship): The money bubble burst towards the end of play and now 20 remain. Our old Official Pick to Win It^TM, Huck Seed, is the overnight chip leader, stacked at 645,500. Our current Official Pick to Win It, Howard Lederer, is nowhere in site. Huck is gunning for his fifth bracelet. Joe Serock, who is both NOT Joe Sebok nor the way Asian people would say Joe Sebok, is second in chips with 584,500. Todd Brunson, Doyle Brunson (going for a record-tying 11th bracelet), and Michael Binger are all still in contention as well. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #13 ($2,500 NLH): This one had 1,008 entrants with 180 advancing to Day 2. Phil Ivey is among those in contention, sitting well above the average stack with around 65,000. With all of his bracelet prop bets, if Ivey were able to pull this out, he’ll pretty much be the straw that stirs the entire poker economy. Money bubble pops at 117. Get updates here.

:: Event #14 ($2,500 LH Six-Handed): Aaaannnd finally, a field of 367 played down to 98 last night. Big names remaining include Daniel Negreanu, the spectacularly-breasted J.C. Tran, and Barry Greenstein. View updates here.

Tagged as: 2009 WSOP, Doyle Brunson, Girls on the Rail, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey

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Doyle Brunson vs. Amarillo Slim Scooter Race

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.1.2009 in Poker News | 5 comments

Is there a better way to pass the dinner break at the 2009 WSOP than getting head a scooter race prop bet for $2,000 between poker legends Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim?

Amarillo Slim won it, btw, which shouldn’t be a shocker given that Doyle has about a buck fifty on him.

Watch Doyle Brunson vs Amarillo Slim Scooter Race at the 2009 WSOP on RawVegas.tv

Tagged as: 2009 WSOP, amarillo slim, Doyle Brunson

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2009 WSOP Round-Up: Vitaly Lunkin Wins $40k; Thang Luu Repeats

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.1.2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

We'd rather be Lunkin than good...

:: Event #2 ($40,000 NLH): In what could bestbe described as a “ratings killer,” Vitaly Lunkin won the 2009 WSOP $40k NLH event. Lunkin, who hails from Russia, won a bracelet at last year’s WSOP in a $1,500 NLH tourney. He defeated Isaac Haxton heads-up for the title and banks over $1.8M for the win. Greg Raymer finished third and Justin Bonomo fifth. Get full results here.

:: Event #3 ($1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo): Thang Luu became the first person to defend a WSOP title since [BJ Nemeth or Gary Wise fill in the blank here] by capturing his second consecutive $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo bracelet. He finished second in the same event in 2007. He may have this Omaha Hi/Lo thing figured out. Luu outlasted a record field of 918 to bank $243,342. Get full results here.

:: Event #4 ($1,000 NLH): As you know, the Stimulus Event sold-out for a total of 6,012 entrants. A total of about 767 made it to Day 2. There still seems to be some sorting out of chip counts and leaders, but get a basic rundown here.

:: Champions Event: Bringing together 20 past WSOP Main Event winners, the 40th Anniversary Champions Event has gone about as expected. Jamie Gold, Chris Moneymaker, and Jerry Yang were the first three knocked out. Since eliminating Gold on the first orbit, Carlos Mortensen has held the chip lead for the entirety of play. Going into final table play today at 3pm, Mortensen is stacked at 42,375. He’s followed by Tom McEvoy with 31,000. Doyle Brunson, who like when Chip Reese captured the first $50k H.O.R.S.E. tourney would only be fitting if he won this, is fourth with 20,250. Phil Hellmuth is the uber-short-stack with just over 1,125. Get full chip counts here.