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John Dolan was just eliminated in sixth place ($1,772,959).
That leaves only two more Full Tilt patch guys remaining (Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Joseph “Subiime” Cheong).
Speaking of the aforementioned Subiime and Grinder, they are the two chip leaders right now, with 61M and 56M, respectively.
Only five remain but still a ways to go…the big question now, will Subiime’s chip lead go up in smoke?
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Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, who many simply call "The Grinder," at the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
In SEO related news, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, known by the nickname “The Grinder” to the poker community, has taken over the chip lead at the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table.
As the most experienced player at the final table, and inarguably one of the better NLH tournament closers in the game, The Grinder, born Michael Mizrachi but known by many to be “The Grinder” in poker, will hopefully be searched for by the name “The Grinder” or potentially “The Grinder poker” if he were to hold on and win the WSOP Main Event.
The Grinder is stacked at just over 52M. He’s followed by Jonathan Duhamel with 45M.
Get full chip counts here.
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The November Nine is finally ready to play down to one.
The 2010 WSOP Main Event final table takes place on Saturday. Cards fly shortly after noon.
We were there live when they played down to nine. We’ve seen the broadcasts. Time to name our picks. However, we’re not going to be stupid enough to just pick one guy. As witnessed last year, the guy who plays the best isn’t necessarily always the guy who wins. So here’s a look at our favorites, our dark horse, and the players who will need a lot of luck on their side.
The Favorites
:: John Dolan (starting stack: 2nd overall 46,250,000) – Dolan seems to have the respect of people we respect. He seems pretty level-headed and doesn’t make big blow-up type mistakes. With the mountain of chips he has in front of him, he’ll have room to play, speculate, and maybe get lucky.
:: John Racener (starting stack: 4th overall 19,050,000) - Racener has been grinding on the circuit since he was legal drinking age. He rarely made a misstep during his Main Event run and, while it may sound ridiculous, he really wants to win it all.
:: Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi (starting stack: 7th overall 14,450,000) – Speaking of wanting to win it all, nobody fought harder to make the final table than Grinder. More than anyone else, Grinder knows how to close out big events. The stage won’t scare him. He usually performs his best when the pressure is on. If anyone can chip up a short-stack to a title, it’s Grinder.
The Dark Horse
:: Jason Senti (starting stack: 9th overall 7,625,000) – Many consider him the most intelligent player at the final table. While he needs to get lucky early on with a double up, if he gets some chips, he could be dangerous.
The Gonna Need Joe Cada’s Horseshoe
:: Jonathan Duhamel (starting stack : 1st overall 65,975,000) - Can he keep a horseshoe up his butt for four months in between play? Probably not. Yes, he has more than enough chips to endure hits, but the chip leader going in rarely is the one coming out, and Duhamel used up all of his lottery tickets getting here.
:: Joe “Subiime” Cheong (starting stack: 3rd overall 23,525,000): Nothing against him or his game. But just a gut. He said he doesn’t want to win, he wants to come in second. While we think that opinion will change once play starts, maybe he lacks the killer instinct to win the big one.
:: Matthew Jarvis (starting stack: 5th overall 16,700,000) – Who? What? He’s this year’s Tuan Lam.
:: Fillipo Candio (starting stack: 6th overall 16,400,000) – Lucky to be here. Other than Senti (due to his stack), he’s most likely to go out first.
:: Soi Nguyen (starting stack: 8th overall 9,650,000) – He’s this year’s Dan Nassif. Unless he goes all Jerry Yang and out of nowhere suddenly pwns the final table. But doubtful.
That’s it for now. We’ll be at the Rio making podcasts, RawVegas.tv videos, and getting dirt if there’s any to be had.
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Deliverance Poker probably wasn't expecting that they'd be the ones getting screwed on the river.
Another day, another lawsuit for Tilt.
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi wore Deliverance Poker patches for the entirety of the 2010 WSOP (including his $50k Players Championship win). He wore Deliverance patches during the entirety of his Main Event run. Then, nearing the last day, he switched. Suddenly, he was donning Full Tilt caps and patches.
In most cases the switch wouldn’t haven’t have garnered much attention. But members of the so-called poker “media” had been rumbling about Deliverance from the get-go. Word was the company belonged to a Mizrachi relative (“cousin” was the most common conclusion). And rumors that Grinder had received a huge cash upfront payment and stake in the company were prevalent.
Turns out, the rumors were mostly true.
Deliverance Poker has sued The Grinder and Tiltware for breach of contract. According to the complaint, Deliverance paid Grinder $150,000, promised to cover expenses for poker tournaments, and gave him 1.75% equity in the company.
More from the Cake Poker blog:
Deliverance claims that the deal with Tiltware constitutes breach of contract, because Mizrachi had agreed when signing with them that he would “exclusively wear site logoed shirts and caps during all Tournaments and Public Appearances” and that he would grant Deliverance exclusive right to his name, voice and likeness. It seeks to recover its lost earnings, profits and earning capacity, as well as any other damages the court might award it.
Read more on the lawsuit here. Mizrachi bros on Deliverance Poker’s website here. Grinder sporting the Deliverance patch here. And the Tilt one here.
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Around the 14-min mark, FOWCP Laura Lane and Bernard Lee, as well as Dennis Phillips, discuss the 2010 WSOP final table rule that limits each online site to only three logo’d players.
Due to some shenanigans that we’ll kindly call a “bending of the rules,” Full Tilt patched a ton of folks at one of the mid-day breaks, and ran good enough to get 7 of them to the November NineTM.
However, now they’ll have to pick just three of the seven players, leaving PokerStars with the remaining two (Jason Senti and Jonathan Duhamel).
So who does Tilt pick, and what happens to the others?
As Bernard Lee discusses above, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi is a lock to keep his Tilt patch (after ditching his Deliverance one). John Dolan, who enters final table play second in chips, should be a lock too. The sites want to pick whoever they think has the best shot at winning, and Dolan’s stack, if nothing else, almost assures he’ll be around long enough to get good TV time.
After that, it probably comes down to Joe “Subiime” Cheong and John Racener. Given Racener has a longer track record of success and isn’t that far behind Subiime in chips, we’d guess he’ll get the patch come November. But like that song from Asia, only time will tell.
So what would happen to the other Tilters? Can they switch to another online site?
Probably not.
In order for them to do so, Tilt would need to release them from their contracts. That’s not likely going to happen. We bumped into our friends at Victory Poker once play hit 10 people, and they were on their way to the set in hopes of locking up whoever Tilt dropped, but no luck there then, and probably no luck there for anyone over the next couple of months.
And scene.
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Just getting Part II of our podcast up. No poker here. 100% discussing and debating The Walking Dead. We’re joined by an esteemed panel, including Jason Newitt, Dave “F-Train” Behr, Jeff Holsey, and Entities Chops and Colin. If you were a fan of the show, you’ll like the debate. We discuss problems with the show, [...]
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We recorded a two-parter podcast yesterday. Part I is now live and discusses The Rise and Fall of Ray Bitar WCi feature with its author, Dave “F-Train” Behr. In it, F-Train details the interview process for the feature, as well some conclusions that could be drawn about the man who helped make Full Tilt Poker the [...]
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