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2011 WSOP Player of the Year Update

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.19.2011 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

The 2011 WSOP started off badly for Juanda after almost getting beat up by James Bord, but he's since gotten over it and has dominated.

We’re either “at,” “around,” “or about” the halfway point, so let’s take a look at 2011 WSOP Player of the Year standings.

Coming into the weekend, John Juanda leads everyone with 336 points. Juanda has one win ($10k 2-7 Lowball) and another final table (sixth in the $2,500 8-Game Mix). He’s closely followed by Amir Lehavot with 330 points. Lehavot has a win in the $10k PLH event and a 21st in the $1,500 WSOP Shoot-Out.

Not far behind them are Sean Getzwiller (325), Steven Landfish (317.70), Viacheslav Zhukov (315.00), Jake Cody (313.13), Daniel Idema (309.50), and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier (299.25).

In all, there are 15 people within 100 points of the lead, so this is still up in the air. It feels like the clubhouse leader, Juanda, would have the edge given his ability to go deep in more than just hold’em events, but like Asia’s “Only Time Will Tell,” only time will tell.

Get full 2011 WSOP Player of the Year standings here.

Tagged as: 2011 WSOP, 2011 WSOP Player of the Year, John Juanda, Poker News

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Phil Hellmuth Does Not Win WSOP Bracelet #12

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.12.2011 in Poker Tournaments | 6 comments

This one is gonna leave a mark.


Dare we say…so close, yet…so far?

Phil Hellmuth almost ended his four year bracelet drought by capturing #12 in Event #16 ($10,000 2-7 NL). But alas, he fell short to stone-cold killer John Juanda.

Hellmuth held around a 3-to-1 chip advantage when heads-up play began, but Juanda chipped away, evening the stacks up, before running away with the win.

For the win, Juanda banked $367,170. He now has over $11.8M in career earnings. This was Juanda’s fourth WSOP bracelet.

Hellmuth earned $226,907 for second.

Get full final table results here.

Tagged as: 2011 WSOP, featured, John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth, Poker News

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2011 WSOP: Durrrr, Hansen, Juanda Advance and Lots of Drama

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.1.2011 in Poker Tournaments | 2 comments

David Benyamine is looking good in his first 2011 WSOP event.

The 2011 WSOP started with a bang. If every day has 1/10th as much drama as yesterday, this is going to be a fun World Series.

First, the tournament news.

:: Event #1 (Casino Employees Event) – A total of 850 casino employees entered, with 77 surviving. Jordan Dhooghe is chip leader. First gets paid $82,292. Get full chip counts here.

:: Event #2 ($25,000 NLH Heads-Up) – The field filled out at 128. Two rounds were played, leaving 32 remaining. First will bank a stout $851,192. Notable survivors include Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan, whose WSOP bracelet bet means a whole lot less if he wins it this year, David Benyamine, Daniel Alaei, Gus Hansen, Carlos Mortenson, Nick Schulman, and John Juanda. Get full remaining players and match-ups here.

And now, the crazy stuff.

:: Phil Ivey‘s statement and subsequent lawsuit against Tiltware/Full Tilt Poker is an industry game-changer. There are some ways that Ivey has handled his business, specifically his media inaccessibility, that’s we’ve been critical of in the past. But his statement was not just the ballsyest thing someone has done in the industry, but it was also among the most morally ethical. Full Tilt has been mismanaged by Ray Bitar and crew for years. Full Tilt is still being mismanaged by Bitar. Ivey had enough. Ivey took a stand. Ivey is the man.

:: First reported on Poker News, James Bord verbally eviscerated John Juanda after being KO’d in Event #2. Bord called Juanda a “thieving prick” and “disgusting human being.” While Bord has more intimate knowledge of the Full Tilt situation than most, this incident likely was more personal and specific to Juanda. Bord supposedly made some physical threats to Juanda, and Juanda told security that he “did not feel safe” at the event with Bord around.

:: Nick Rainey went on QuadJacks to talk about his Tilt situation, and went on the warpath. Discussed how Tilt wouldn’t pay him out $300k for a tournament win, how Full Tilt player rep Chris Porter (still) works out of his kitchen in the U.S., the selling of rakeback accounts, and how Bitar used player money for advertising and marketing spends. Read about it / listen here.

Tagged as: 2011 WSOP, Girls on the Rail, James Bord, John Juanda

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John Juanda Does Not Win EPT London; Still Only One-Third Of Way to Triple Crown(TM)

by Wicked Chops Entity on 10.4.2010 in Poker Tournaments | 1 comment

David Vamplew is 33.3% of the way to poker's Triple Crown.

John Juanda had it in his grasp: an EPT title, two-thirds of poker’s elusive Triple CrownTM, but in the end, it wasn’t meant to be.

Heads-up for the EPT London Main Event championship, Juanda was crushing David Vamplew. Eventually, Juanda had Vamplew all-in on the turn. Juanda was holding a broadway straight to Vamplew’s flush draw. The river produced the flush, and Juanda never really recovered, eventually going down to his we’ve-never-heard-of-him-before opponent.

For the win, Vamplew banks £900,000, his first EPT title, and a claim to one-third of poker’s Triple Crown. Juanda takes £545,000 for second, and moves past Scotty Nguyen for fifth on poker’s career tournament money list.

Get full final table results here and a recap of the tourney here.

* Photo from Poker Stars Blog.

Tagged as: David Vamplew, EPT London, John Juanda, Poker News

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John Juanda Goes For Fictitious “Triple Crown” at EPT London Final Table (Sort Of)

by Wicked Chops Entity on 10.3.2010 in Poker Tournaments | 2 comments

John Juanda is goes for poker's elusive Triple Crown...some day...

Somewhere along the way, someone in the so-called poker “media” decided that winning a WSOP bracelet, WPT title, and EPT crown signified a “triple crown” of sorts. Gavin Griffin was the first to accomplish this feat in 2008. Then Roland de Wolfe did it last year after taking his first WSOP event.

John Juanda is now in position* to match these legends of the game**, as he finds himself second in chips going into the EPT London Main Event final table.

Juanda is stacked at 7,075,000, just slightly behind overall leader Kyle Bowker (7,165,000). From there, it drops off to David Vamplew with 3,670,000.

Tom Marchese is fifth overall with 1,480,000 and Per Ummer (do you really care?) is among the short-stacks with 1,2450,000.

Follow Juanda’s gripping pursuit of the Triple CrownTM starting around noon London time here.

In related news, Juanda has never won a WPT title, so the whole Triple Crown point is moot anyway. This would actually only be the second leg of it for him. But he’s capable of winning a WPT title at anytime, so file this post in your memory banks if and when that day presents itself.

*He’s not.

* *Ok, Griffin and de Wolfe aren’t exactly legends. Let’s not get carried away. In fact, the fact that they are the only two Triple CrownTM winners kind of devalues the significance of the Triple CrownTM in general. Having said that, Griffin and de Wolfe are great players and their victories are absolutely nothing to shit on or not appreciate.

Tagged as: EPT London, John Juanda, Kyle Bowker, Poker News

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