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2011 WSOP: Arieh Leads, Hellmuth in Contention in $50k Players Championship

by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.5.2011 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

Josh Arieh (not pictured) climbed to the top of the $50k Players Championship with a strong performance on Sunday.

Hard to believe that the 2011 WSOP Main Event starts in just two days. This year’s WSOP seems to have flown by faster than any other we can remember. Here’s the quick recap.

:: Event #54 ($1,000 NLH) – A total of 45 will come back to compete for the $648,880 first place prize. Lots of friends and family^TM. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #55 ($50,000 Players Championship) – A total of 29 remain, with the top 16 making the money (and $1,720,328 for first). Josh Arieh holds the chip lead, stacked at 1,819,000. He’s followed by Brian Rast with 1,633,000. Last year’s runner-up in this event, Vladimir Shchemelev, is fourth with 1,181,000. Carrying on with his killer 2011 WSOP is Phil Hellmuth with 1,174,000. Gus Hansen (774,000), Ben Lambeer (582,000), and Barry Greenstein (440,000) also remain. Get full chip counts here.

Tagged as: 2011 WSOP, Girls on the Rail, Josh Arieh, Poker News

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2011 WSOP Update: Wolak Wins Womens; Lamb Leads Again

by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.4.2011 in Poker Tournaments | 1 comment

The $50k Players Championship always brings out some of the best talent in poker.

Well, there were boos dished out and some jabs delivered by the WSOP TD, but ultimately, Jonathan Epstein wasn’t ripped from limb to limb for final table’ing the 2011 WSOP Ladies Event. However, he didn’t last long, getting KO’d ninth overall. Find out who did win in the following write-up.

:: Event #53 ($1,000 Ladies Event) – The brewing shitstorm that would’ve been Jonathan Epstein winning the Ladies Event was quickly squashed at the final table with his early ouster (9th - $13,701). Heads-up play came down to a very pregnant Karina Jett and Marsha Wolak. In the end, after one single hand, Wolak pulled it out, banking $192,344. Jett took home $119,010 for second. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #54 ($1,000 NLH) – A massive field of 4,576 players turned out, with first place paying $648,880. Get a rundown of who is left here.

:: Event #55 ($50,000 Players Championship) – Still 74 of the starting 128 remain. Ben Lamb leads yet another event, ending Day 2 with 704,500. He’s followed by Gus Hansen with 688,700. Pretty much everyone remaining is notable, so get full chip counts here.

Tagged as: 2011 WSOP, 2011 WSOP Ladies Event, Girls on the Rail, Jonathan Epstein, Poker News

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2011 WSOP: Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan Doesn’t Slightly Less Decimate Poker Economy Again

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.24.2011 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

Everyone was watching to see if Tom 'durrrr' Dwan could capture his first WSOP bracelet. Except this girl.

Due to the 10-Level Rule^TM, no bracelets were awarded yesterday. Most eyes were on Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan as he challenged for another bracelet. Here’s the latest.

:: Event #36 ($2,500 NLH) – The man the myth the legend, Black Phil Ivey, Big Sldick, the one and only Dwyte Pilgrim went deep in another large field NLH event, but fell just short of the final table (and elusive first bracelet. Pilgrim bowed out in 15th ($33,294). Play was stopped with five remaining. Brit Thomas Middleton holds the chip lead. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #37 ($10,000 H.O.R.S.E.) – This one was stopped with just two remaining. When play resumes, Fabrice Soulier, a frog, will come back with a massive chip lead (6,290,000) over Shawn Buchanan (910,000). Most of the attention during the event was on Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, who made another run at his first bracelet. While durrrr still has meaningful bracelet bets, a lot of those bets from last year involved Tilt equity, sooooooo…not as big of a payoff / decimation of the poker economy anymore. Regardless, durrrr is one of the few individual players that gets the Amazon Room buzzing when he makes a deep run. He banked $134,480 for his fifth place finish. Get full results here.

:: Event #38 ($1,500 NLH) - A total of 23 remain from the starting 2,192. Perry Lin (1,000,000) leads. Melanie Weisner, a woman, is fifth overall with 549,000. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #39 ($2,500 PLH/PLO) – A total of 22 remain. David Lestock leads with 452,000. Also alive are The Intense Stare of Scott Clements (359,000) and Salty Joe Hachem (153,000). First pays $310,225. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #40 ($5,000 NLH Six-Handed) – The final event of the day played down from 732 to 175. Last year’s November Niner Matthew Jarvis ended play as big stack with 303,800. He’s followed by Randy Dorfman with 280,000. Some notables remaining include Daniel Negreanu (162,600), Tuan Le Memorial namesake Tuan Le (130,000), and Phil Hellmuth (89,800). First place pays out $808,538. Get full chip counts here.

Tagged as: 2011 WSOP, Girls on the Rail, Poker News, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan

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Tatjana Pasalic 2011 WSOP Photo Dump

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.18.2011 in Girls | 5 comments

That is one happy Bodog patch.

Tatjana Pasalic has been a target of our photographic admiration for a few years now, so it shouldn’t come as any surprise that she has provided us with the first HOF worthy Girls on the Rail pics from the 2011 WSOP.

We hope to add to this gallery as the WSOP trudges on. And really, we hope Tatjana’s presence inspires other Girls on the Rail to step up their game.

View some old TattyTats galleries here and here.