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Jordan Smith Grabs Gold In World Series of Poker Event #36Sun, Jun 21st, 2009 @ 12:00am Final table railbirds for Event #36 of the World Series of Poker were going nuts on Saturday, pulling loudly for a pair of females trying to take the bracelet away the boys. But in the end, the ladies would fall short and Jordan Smith, a dude, walked away with the cash and the bracelet. Thursday saw 1,695 players fork over the $2,000 buy-in for a shot at No Limit Hold'em glory. Just over $3 million would divied up between the final 171 finishers, $586,212 of that going to the eventual champ. When the final day fired up Saturday afternoon at the Rio, only 17 still had a shot at the bracelet. Among the 17 were a couple females, Almira Skripchenko and Laurence Grondin, looking to become the first since Katja Thater in 2007 to score a bracelet for the girls in an open event. Sadly, Skripchenko, a pro chess player from Paris, would fall out in 7th, and Grondin, of Montreal, fell just one spot short of heads-up play. Heads-up saw Smith enter with a slight chip lead over Ken Lennaard of Stockhold, Sweden. Lennaard would wrestle away the lead at one point, but after a key double thru that saw Smith show a 10-high straight to Lennaards 9-high, the Swede suddenly had his back against the wall. In the final hand, Smith flopped a diamond flush and was able to dispatch Lennaard, who flopped top pair and a diamond re-draw, but still came up short. For Smith, this was his second cash of the 2009 WSOP, and his 11th in the last three years. Until Saturday, Smith's biggest live score had been $119,228 for taking down a WPT Southern Poker Championship $1K prelim event back in January. Lennaard tops $1 million in career earnings with the $360,439 score for 2nd-place. Lennaard also finished 20th in Event #32, the previous $2,000 No Limit tourney, which left him on the Day 3 bubble. Final table results: Click here to read live coverage from Day 3.
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UIGEA Delayed 6 Months in Temporary Victory for Online Poker Days before the December 1 deadline for implementing the UIGEA, the U.S. government announced a six-month postponement of the poorly defined anti-gambling regulations. The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board jointly released a statement moving the deadline for UIGEA compliance to June 1, 2010.
Fabrice Soulier Joins Everest Poker's Pro Roster To further strengthen its support for French poker in anticipation of the opening of that market, Everest Poker has signed renowned French poker pro Fabrice Soulier as its latest ambassador.
HHPT Co-Sponsors Bayou Poker Challenge Ladies Event Dec. 20 The HighHeelsPokerTour (HHPT), the first all women's poker tour launched on the East coast, will wrap up their 2009 schedule at Harrah's New Orleans on December 20th where they will co-sponsor the Ladies Event #14 no-limit Hold'em at 12 pm.
OPPAGA Reports on Florida's Online Poker Options Given that UIGEA permits individual states to regulate online poker, the Florida Legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) published a report this week presenting three options available to Florida State lawmakers in order to protect consumers from unlawful internet poker: regulate it, prohibit it, or carry on with the status quo pending federal legislation.
BC Poker Champion Arrested, Charged with Manslaughter Just two days after taking down the BC Poker Championships Main Event, Sophon Sek of Cloverdale, BC, was arrested in connection with one of the most storied crimes in the Province's history.
Local Businessman Bags European Poker Tour Vilamoura Bling The European Poker Tour rolled into the Casino Vilamoura last week, instantly generating the richest poker prize pool in the nation of Portugal's history.
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. |
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