Hello folks! After some off days we are back with some updates from the World Series of Poker. Some crazy things have been happening in the event, such as Phil Ivey winning his 2nd bracelet (7th in the career) and Daniel Negreanu coming close, again, of winning his first one. Great news is that, just like last year, poker pros are taking down some events, which is always great. Let’s make a small recap of what’s been up in Vegas to get up to date with things!
Event #13 ($2,500 No Limit Hold’em):
An online player took down this one. Keven "stammdog" Stammen outlasted a sweet field of over 1 thousand players to win his first WSOP bracelet. Stammdog got himself a sweet paycheck of $506,786.
Event #14 ($2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed)
The winner of this event is Brock "Tsoprano" Parker. Tsoprano is one of the guys who have a Magic: The gathering background, and is one of the great online poker players. The man beat no one else than Daniel Negreanu in the heads-up to win his first WSOP bracelet. Future would still smile to him in the (incredibly near) future though.
Event #15 ($5,000 No Limit Hold’em)
Despite of what his nickname indicates, Brian "Bubbleman" Lemke defeated strong players such as online poker powerhouse Isaac Baron on his way to the title of the event #15! Lemke is a part-time poker pro, and this is his first big result in poker.
Event #16 ($1,500 Seven Card Stud)
Jeff Lisandro solidifies his name as a great Stud player by winning his second WSOP bracelet from the game. Back in 2007 Lisandro won the $2,000 7-Card Stud event. Lisandro pocketed $124,975 for the win.
Event #17 ($1,000 Ladies NLHE World Championship)
… seriously? Lisa Hamilton is the winner.
Event #18 (World Championship Omaha HL/8 or better)
The World Championships are the $10,000 events and they definitely are some of the coolest things of the modern WSOP. Daniel "steamraise" Alaei defeated a really tough final table (Negreanu, Annie Duke, Scott Clements) to become the Omaha HiLo world champion. It’s the second WSOP bracelet of his career. Alaei earned $445,898 for his amazing run.
Event #19 ($2,000 No Limit Hold’em / Six handed)
Brock "Tsoprano" Parker did it again. Apparently one bracelet was not enough for him, because after just a few days the managed to win another WSOP event and added another bracelet to his collection. Now Parker is now on a personal competition against Phil Ivey, as they both own 2 bracelets in this WSOP edition.
Brock "Tsoprando" Parker
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Ok. We don't want this to be a big and boring post, so I'll stop here and post the rest of the recap tomorrow morning. Sweet dreams, mates! |
