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Poker Legend Hellmuth Comes up Short in bid for 12th BraceletWed, Jul 2nd, 2008 @ 12:00am Not one, but three poker tables were up and running to start Day Three of Event 51, $1,500 HORSE. Day Two ended in the early morning hours with 20 players remaining, rather than the target of eight. After another full day at the tables, WSOP newbie James Schaaf was the last player standing. The story heading into the final table was the end of Day Two chip leader. Phil Hellmuth was in charge of the big stack to start the day.
Tommy Hang entered heads-up play with a 2-1 chip advantage over James Schaaf. After dragging a couple of nice Razz and Stud-Hi pots, Schaaf had pulled even. Schaaf then went on a big run, taking the chip lead all the way up to 5-1, before putting Hang away playing Stud-8. Hang picked up trip sevens on 6th street and got the rest of his chips in. Schaaf picked up trip eights on the same street and wasn't going anywhere. Hang couldn't squeeze a pair on the river and his day was over. This was Schaaf's first time even visiting the WSOP. At many points in the tournament, Schaaf found himself dangerously close to the felt. In the end, Phil may have stole the show, but Schaaf overcame the odds and a tough final table to earn his first bracelet and a nice chunk of change. Final table results: Click here to read the live blog.
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US Poker Championships Main Event Gets Down to Ten Day 2 of the United States Poker Championship's $10,000 Main Event began Monday afternoon at 1:15 p.m. EDT. By midnight, thirty players had reported to the rail, leaving just ten survivors.
Asia Pacific Poker Tour's Next Stop: Auckland New Zealand Oct 4-12 After its successful PokerStars.net APPT Seoul event, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has just announced the schedule for its third stop of Season Two at SKYCITY Casino in Auckland. The PokerStars.net APPT SKYCITY Auckland Festival of Poker will run from October 4-12 with both a NZD$3,000 Main Event (October 9-12) expected to have the largest prize pool ever for a poker tournament in New Zealand, and a NZD$10,000 High Rollers Event (October 11).
Study Reveals The Professions That UK Poker Players Most Fear A new study of over 1,000 UK poker players has revealed the professions poker players most fear facing in a tournament: actors, stockbrokers, politicians, and accountants.
Disappointing Turnout for US Poker Championship Main Event Day 1 of the United States Poker Championship's $10,000 Main Event began Sunday afternoon. Although this event attracted 164 players last year, only 52 turned out to play this year, creating a prize pool of $504,400. The lack of television coverage since ESPN discontinued their contract is the most frequently cited issue, but recent developments in the financial markets and high gas prices may have also contributed to the low turnout.
Duplicate Poker Closes October 5th Duplicate Poker closed this past Sunday, which is strange, since only two weeks ago they announced that they were thriving and celebrating player number 250,000 (see below). Apparently their idea to offer poker fashioned after duplicate bridge, where tables competed over how the same hands were played out, didn't catch the fancy of enough of the poker playing masses to weather their current financial storm. But they do say when the climate changes, they may reopen.
Summit to Discuss Online Poker Domain Seizure Oct. 6th in Frankfort Kentucky Today, Oct. 6th, the Bluegrass Institute, which is an independent, non-partisan association of writers and speakers who analyze state and local public policy in Kentucky, has teamed up with the Poker Player's Alliance (PPA) and several other state and national groups to host an 'Emergency Summit' in Frankfort Kentucky to discuss the dangerous and far-reaching implications of Kentucky Governor Beshear's attempt to seize 141 online poker and online gaming domains.
Matt Brady Captures Aruba Poker Classic Title Saturday marked the close of the 2008 Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic from the Radisson Casino and Hotel. Poker pro Matt Brady was able to outlast 550 other players, including Swedish pro Johan Storakers heads-up, on his way to a payday of $1 million.
Dramatic Comeback Earns Martin European Poker Tour London Win By Satuday, they were down to eight players in the 2008 European Poker Tour London Main Event. After one last day on the felt, American Michael Martin would put together one of the biggest comebacks in recent memory to capture the GBP 1 million first-place prize.
Dutch Professor Challenges Poker's Chance Classification with Formula This past Friday, Professor Ben van der Genugten, an expert in probability and mathematical statistics, challenged the Dutch Supreme Court's classification of poker as a game of chance, citing how a formula he co-developed and is used by the courts pegs poker at a higher skill level than most fantasy sports, which the court rules are a game of skill. Because of this inconsistency, the Professor is calling for the court to revoke the classification of poker as a game of chance.
Boss Media Launches Italian Poker Network, Skill Gaming Platform Taking advantage of online poker being allowed by Italy's gaming regulator, similar to Playtech's recent announcements, Boss Media announced the launch of an Italian poker network at the European iGaming congress and Expo in Barcelona. Boss, with sister company St Minver, will offer Italian players online poker through parent company GTech and GTech owners Lottomatica. |
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