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Mike Sexton? Out early in sixth ($148,000).
Vivek Rajkumar? No second WPT title, as he went out in fourth ($295,800).
Mike Matusow? Denied his first WPT title, going out in third ($369,800).
Instead, satellite qualifier Alan Sternberg captures his first WPT title, banking $1,039,000. Sternberg has a handful of cashes over his career, but nothing remotely approaching this one.
Watch his winner’s interview above. Get a full event recap here.
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For the first time in nine seasons, Vince Van Patten won't have Mike Sexton with him in the broadcast booth.
Pretty interesting final table shaping up at the 2011 WPT Bay 101 with a few good storylines.
Let’s start with World Poker Tour commentator and poker HOF’er Mike Sexton going from the broadcast booth to trying to become a WPT millionaire. Sexton grinded out his short-stack to the final table, entering play sixth overall with 363,000.
Next up, Mike Matusow is going for his first ever WPT title, entering the final table stacked third overall with 2,173,000.
And making back-to-back WPT final tables is Vivek Rajkumar, who is fourth overall with 1,616,000. Vivek has one WPT title to his credit already.
The big stack is WSOP bracelet winner Steven Kelly with 4,169,000.
Follow the final table starting 4pm on Friday and get full recap and chip counts here.
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This week’s show included a lengthy interview with featured guest Mike Sexton, a cameo from Daniel Negreanu to discuss PokerVT, MAXIM Hometown Hottie finalist and WPT Royal Flush Girl Melanie Iglesias, and a discussion with Matt Parvis about Poker News and the role of poker media.
All that plus the Tina Fey of Poker Jess Welman delivers this week’s big poker headlines.
Show notes/time-stamps below:
0:00 – Cold intro
0:46 – 1:50 – Show starts/intro show and Mike Sexton.
1:51 – 6:32 - Word from our sponsor: PokerVT from special guest Daniel Negreanu.
6:32 – 7:02 - Word from our sponsor: Full Tilt Poker’s Doubles Poker Championship on GSN.
7:03 – 16:18 - Poker Headlines with Jess Welman: Scott Montgomery getting robbed; new poker comedy called Whales; WSOP Circuit in Indiana; real money Rush Poker on Droids and more.
16:19 – 38:00 – Interview with Mike Sexton starts. Discussions include the latest WPT season (including Dwyte Pilgrim’s recent win); how the WPT London event has the best final table (play-wise) they’ve ever had; Matt Savage’s comments on the value of WSOP Europe bracelets; his victory in the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions; if PartyPoker will get back in the U.S. market; if we’ll see him on Dancing with the Stars and more.
38:01 – 48:16 - Skype interview with Melanie Iglesias.
48:17 – 1:00:41 - Skype interview with Poker News editor-in-chief Matt Parvis on the role of poker media, the company’s recent layoffs, response to criticism regarding PN’s tournament reporting and more.
1:00:42 – Closing with PokerVT instructional clip.
“Thank you @FullTilt_WSOP Doubles Poker on @GSN for supporting @twi_poker #twipkr”
“Thank you @Poker_VT for supporting @twi_poker #twipkr”
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Vote for Melanie Iglesias as Maxim’s Hometown Hottie of the Year here.
We have a great show today on This Week In Poker with the “Ambassador of Poker” himself, Mike Sexton, joining us in the studio, Maxim Hometown Hottie Finalist and WPT Royal Flush Girl Melanie Iglesias skyping in from New York and we talk with PokerNews.com editor-in-chief Matt Parvis about the state of today’s so-called poker journalism.
All that plus Daniel Negreanu joins us to introduce our new sponsor, PokerVT, and Jess Welman with the Poker Headlines.
Watch/interact live today at 4pm PST/7pm EST here.
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Watch WSOP 09: Mike Sexton Hall of Fame Induction! on RawVegas.tv
As you know, Mike Sexton was the sole inductee into the Poker HOF this year. Great stories about Mike from Doyle Brunson, T.J. Cloutier, and Mike’s brother Tom. Really interesting on how Mike was involved with PartyPoker from the very beginning and how he even selected the domain name.
Oh yeah, and Mike was a champion gymnast and his brother Tom won Dance Fever. WTF.
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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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