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Day 1A of WPT World Poker Finals A WrapWed, Nov 5th, 2008 @ 12:00am The World Poker Tour was back at it on Wednesday, kicking off Day 1A of the World Poker Finals at the Foxwoods Resort Casino. The day began with 162 hopefuls, but by the end of five levels of play, just 97 would be bagging chips to bring with them to Day 2. The field of 162 is a bit small. Some 575 players coughed up the buy in last year, so barring a miraculous turnaround, the prize pool will be making a big drop off from 2007. Last year, former World Poker Finals winners Nick Schulman and Nenad Medic both found themselves an another WPF final table. Neither could come away with #2, as Mike Vela was crowned champion, earning $1.7 million. Poker Pages' blogger TJ Cloutier, Joe Sebok, Kathy Liebert and Vela each showed up for the first of two Day 1 flights, only to be sent to the rail before the close of play. Cloutier ran his nines right into pocket aces, while Sebok got it in with the higher kicking trips, only to see his opponent fill up on the river. Jason Potter found himself on the good side of a set-vs.-set confrontation, on his way to more than 180,000 and the Day 1A chip lead. Potter will have his work cut out for him when he returns to play on Friday, as former WPT winners Jonathan Little and Kevin Saul each bagged about 130,000 chip at the end of the night. The top ten: The second wave of Day 1'ers will be in on Thursday. Cards will be in the air at 12 p.m. EST.
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Keikoan Captures Harvey's Lake Tahoe WSOPC Championship This week marked the finale of the biggest annual tournament series in Northern Nevada, the WSOP Circuit championship at Harvey's Lake Tahoe. While the Main Event saw only a modest turnout, it did boast of a tough final table, and a WSOP bracelet owner as the eventual champion.
WSOP Main Event Champ Joe Cada to Appear on Letterman The poker world will receive some late night attention tonight as "The Kid" Joe Cada, the youngest champion in the four decade history of the World Series of Poker Main Event, takes a seat next to embattled talk show host David Letterman.
First Korean Champ of Asia Pacific Poker Tour Crowned in Cebu Another stop on the Asia Pacific Poker Tour is in the books, this time it's the APPT Cebu in the Philippines, and for the very first time a Korean player has come out on top.
Pollack Done as Commish of World Series of Poker Just three days after crowning Joe Cada as the 2009 Main Event champion, officially closing the special 40th anniversary run of the World Series of Poker, Jeffrey Pollack has resigned his post as Commissioner of the WSOP.
Durrrr Signs as Team Full Tilt's Youngest Member Tom "durrrr" Dwan is the newest member of Team Full Tilt, the online site's highest level of affiliation. At 23, Dwan is the youngest of the now 14-person team. The high stakes cash phenomenon was nominated for induction this year into the Poker Hall of Fame until the Hall of Fame Governing Council decided he was too young to meet the "has stood the test of time" qualification.
Joe Cada Becomes Youngest World Series of Poker Main Event Champ History was made early Tuesday morning in Las Vegas as 21-year-old Joe Cada outlasted Darvin Moon in heads-up play to claim the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet and more than $8.5 million.
Moon and Cada Heads-Up, Ivey 7th at WSOP Main Event Final Table After a marathon session at the most esteemed table in the poker world, a 21-year-old and a logger are set to go one-on-one for the World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet.
PokerStars Launches New UK and Ireland Poker Tour PokerStars.com has announced the start of a new poker tour with stops throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. The UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) will kick off in Galway, Ireland in mid-December, and the first event in the UK will be held in Manchester in February.
Peerless Media Agrees to Purchase World Poker Tour Enterprises According to a Monday press release, WPT Enterprises Inc., mothership of the World Poker Tour, is now the rightful property of Peerless Media, Ltd., subsidiary of online giant PartyGaming.
Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho Hit the Amazing Race Rail After surviving six legs of the Amazing Race by the skin of their teeth, poker pros Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho were finally eliminated in the CBS reality show's most recently aired episode. Michelle and Ho, the last women standing in the 2008 and 2007 World Series of Poker Main Events, gave reality television fans another chance to watch poker personalities compete away from the felt. Annie Duke garnered quite a following earlier in the year on another reality show competition, NBC's Celebrity Apprentice. |
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