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2012 WSOP-E Main Event: Day 1A and 1B recaps

Posted on October 1, 2012 in World Series of Poker

Source: PokerNews

Day 1A

Day 1A of the 2012 World Series of Poker- Europe Main Event kicked off on Saturday with a field of 215. After six levels of 90 minutes each, the day came to a close with Michael Mizrachi emerging as chip leader. Mizrachi ended the day amassing a stack of 234,850 in chips.

Many players could not miss this opportunity to play, but were not as lucky as others as they fell to the rail before the end of the day. Some of them included Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Tobias Reinkemeier, Fabrice Soulier, Victor Ramdin, Will Failla, Chris Moorman and Vanessa Selbst.

On a brighter note, those who passed the day included Philipp Gruissem, Steve O´Dwyer, McLean Karr, Elio Fox, Alex Kravchenko, Phil Ivey, Salvatore Bonavena, Scott Seiver, Isaac Haxton, Jean-Robert Bellande, Kyle Julius, John Eames, Mike McDonald, Justin Bonomo and Faraz Jaka.

Day 1A Top 10 Chip Count

  1. Michael Mizrachi 234,850
  2. JC Alvarado 180,675
  3. Stephane Girault 172,850
  4. Sergii Baranov 152,000
  5. Martial Blangenwitsch 129,800
  6. Denis Biscaldi 122,150
  7. Michael Moise Kolkowicz 122,150
  8. Henry Tran 118,750
  9. Dan Smith 110,525
  10. Joao Barbosa 101,925

Day 1B

Day 1B started off with 205 players making it a total of player pool of 420 for the 2012 Main Event. After six levels, it was French PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier who ended the day as chip leader with 190,400. Following him closely are Roberto Romanello and fellow Team Pro Daniel Negreanu.

Brandon Cantu, Roman Romanovskyi, Scotty Nguyen, Arnaud Mattern, Ilan Boujenah, David Vamplew, Ana Márquez, Tony G, John Juanda, John Duthie, Fabian Quoss, Sandra Naujoks, Shannon Shorr, Davidi Kitai, Marvin Rettenmaier, Filippo Candio and Roger Hairabedian were a few of the ones who did not pass the day.

Day 1B Top 10 Chip Count

  1. Bertrand Grospellier 190,400
  2. Roberto Romanello 176,275
  3. Daniel Weinman 169,000
  4. Daniel Negreanu 137,500
  5. Timothy Adams 134,475
  6. Phil Hellmuth 116,150
  7. Vladislav Varlashin 112,550
  8. Chino Rheem 109,700
  9. Philippe Boucher 107,800
  10. Eugene Katchalov 103,500

Michael “TheGrinder” Mizrachi will start Day 2 as global chip leader followed by Grospellier and JC Alvarado.

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Summary of the WSOP-E: Events 4, 5 and 6

Posted on October 1, 2012 in World Series of Poker

Source: PokerNews

Event #4: No-Limit Hold´em Shootout

Event 4 kicked off with a field of 141 each paying €3,250 to generate a prizepool of €406,080. However, only one person could reach the top and that was French Giovanni Rosadoni. Rosadoni took home a WSOP gold bracelet and €107,614 for the first prize. Within the final table were notable players Oleksii Kovalchuk and Dan O´Brien.

Some players who managed to make the money included big shots PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Faraz Jaka, Mohsin Charania, John Duthie and Roman Romanovskyi.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Giovanni Rosadoni                  €107,614
  2. Dan O´Brien                              €66,503
  3. John Monnette                          €48,177
  4. Oleksii Kovalchuk                    €35,560
  5. Adrien Allain                             €26,724
  6. Paul Guichard                            €20,434
  7. Roman Romanovskyi              €15,890
  8. Trond Aanensen                       €12,564
  9. John Duthie                               €10,095
  10. Valentin Messina                     €8,239

Event #5: Mixed Max – No-Limit Hold´em

A total of 92 players were attracted by this tournament, but only two remain. Thanks to the high buy-in fee (€10,450), a prizepool of €921,600 was generated. Some of the players who played this tournament included Phil Hellmuth, Faraz Jaka, Bertrand Grospellier, Jason Mercier, Martin Jacobson, Mike Watson and recent WSOP-E bracelet winner, Roger Hairabedian. As Day 3 came to an end, the final four were set and they included four sets of heads-up: Roger Hairabedian vs. Kristijonas Andrulis, Martin Jacobson vs. Brandon Cantu, Faraz Jaka vs. Konstantin Puchkov and Marvin Rettenmaier vs. Jonathan Aguilar. Day 4 came and went. After six hours of heads-up play, the final two were left sitting in the room. Brandon Cantu and Jonathan Aguilar will be playing against eachother today.

Official Final Day Chip Count

  • Brandon Cantu                          1,520,000
  • Jonathan Aguilar                     1,361,000

Event #6: Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha

There were 206 entries who paid €1,650 to play this Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha event in Cannes. However, as always, only one person could win it and that was Portuguese Francisco Da Costa Santos. Francisco managed to win his first WSOP gold bracelet, as well as take home a prize worth €82,275. In second place was Spanish PokerStars Team Pro Ana Márquez. However, at heads-up play she started with 187,000 in chips, while Santos began with a massive stack of 742,000. In fact heads-up play only lasted about 13 minutes. The final hand was this one:

Márquez: As-Ks-Td-5d

Santos: Ts-9c-7d-6h

Board: 8d-5h-7c-2d-4h

Santos, fell to the floor and went to hug his girlfriend who was in the rail.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Francisco Da Costa Santos    €83,275
  2. Ana Márquez                              €51,443
  3. Aku Joentausta                          €36,351
  4. Petteri Kalenius                         €25,831
  5. Andrew Lichtenberger             €18,463
  6. Nikolay Volper                           €13,273
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Summary of the WSOP-E: Events 1, 2 and 3

Posted on September 27, 2012 in World Series of Poker

Event #1: €2,700 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold´em

The first event of the World Series of Poker Europe attracted 227 players which generated a prize pool of €544,800, leaving €147,099 for the first prize. The first 24 players would enter the money and would all be taking home at least €4,887. However, all eyes were on the first prize. The man who made his country proud was Imed Ben Mahmoud. The Tunisian player became the first ever in his country to win a gold bracelet. Also making the final table was EPT Prague champion, Roberto Romanello.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Imed Ben Mahmoud                €147,099
  2. Yannick Bonnet                        €90,884
  3. Matan Krakow                          €63,671
  4. Senh Ung                                    €44,913
  5. Roberto Romanello                  €31,925
  6. Sylvain Ribes                             €22,876

Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold´em

The second event of the WSOP-E was formed by a player pool of 626. This time the winner was notable player Antonio Esfandiari. Esfandiari has picked up his third gold bracelet and a cheque worth €126,207. Esfandiari managed to start the Final Table as chip leader and battled it out with other players like McLean Karr and Salvatore Bonavena. Let us remind you that Esfandiari won the Big One for ONE DROP event during last summers´ 43rd Annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Esfandiari won $18,346,673 for his efforts and has over 23 million dollars in live tournament earnings.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Antonio Esfandiari                  €126,207
  2. Remi Bollengier                        €78,059
  3. Salvatore Bonavena                 €57,079
  4. Antonin Teisserie                    €42,356
  5. Valentin Detoc                         €31,869
  6. McLean Karr                            €24,309
  7. Ashly Butler                              €18,798
  8. Jamel Haddad                         €14,736
  9. Florian Ciuro                           €11,707

Event #3: €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha

Poker player Roger Hairabedian has just won the third event of the WSOP-E, as well as becoming the first one of his country, France, to be awarded with one. A part from receiving the gold bracelet, the notable player was awarded with €142,590 for his efforts. Within the finalists were Jason Mercier and Joe Hachem.

Final Table Payouts

  1. Roger Hairabedian                  €142,590
  2. Ville Mattila                               €88,130
  3. Michael Mizrachi                     €62,749
  4. Jussi Ryynanen                         €45,581
  5. Jussi Nevanlinna                     €33,490
  6. Joe Hachem                               €25,490
  7. Michel Abecassis                     €19,606
  8. Michael Schwartz                    €15,357
  9. Jason Mercier                           €12,245

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The 2012 World Series of Poker-Europe Cannes is underway

Posted on September 24, 2012 in World Series of Poker

Source: WSOP-E Official Page

On Friday 21st of September, the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP-E) kicked off with Event #1: Six-Handed No-Limit Hold´em which featured a buy-in of €2,700. As every year, this festival is not to be missed by the poker community. As we have already seen, many notable players such as PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier, Phil Hellmuth, Roberto Romanello, Govert Metaal, Ana Marquez and Bryn Kenney are either on their way or have arrived to the play in the event.

The festival will once again take place at the fabulous Hotel Majestic Barrière (Le Croisette Casino Barrière) in Cannes (South of France). The tournament will go on from the last Friday, 21st of September until the 4th of October.

Tourney details

  • 21st of Sept. – 3 Day Event – Event #1: Six-Handed No-Limit Hold´em – €2,700
  • 22nd of Sept. – 4 Day Event – Event #2A: No-Limit Hold´em (Day 2A players can re-enter on Day 2B) – €1,100
  • 24th of Sept. – 3 Day Event – Event #3: Pot-Limit Omaha – €5,300
  • 25th of Sept. – 3 Day Event – Event #4: No-Limit Hold´em Shootout – €3,250
  • 26th of Sept. – 4 Day Event – Event #5: Mixed Max – No-Limit Hold´em – €10,450
  • 27th of Sept. – 3 Day Event – Event #6: Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha – €1,650
  • 29th of Sept. – 6 Day Event – Event #7A: No-Limit Hold´em Main Event – €10,450
  • 30th of Sept. – 5 Day Event – Event #7B: No-Limit Hold´em Main Event – €10,450
  • 2nd of Oct. – 3 Day Event – Majestic Super High Roller with Re-buys – €51,000

According to the official WSOP-E page, “there will be seven different official WSOP gold bracelets up for grabs, along with 40+ additional tournament and side events, including cash games and high roller events”. Like every year, Cannes is a very popular destination and rooms are sure to sell out. This is undoubtably the ultimate poker holiday for many as there is good weather, restaurants and views to enjoy whilst here.

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Canada is set for the WSOP 2012-2013 Circuit Events Schedule

Posted on July 24, 2012 in World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker has just released its 2012-2013 Circuit Event Schedule and the novelty will be that it will feature it´s first ever stop outside the USA, in Vacouver (Canada). The ninth edition of this festival will start on the 9th of August at the IP Casino Resort & Spa in Biloxi (Mississippi).

The “number one poker tour in the USA” has scheduled 20 stops which includes it´s first ever stop outside of the USA, in Canada. The tour will come to a close in May of next year during the National Championship in New Orleans. The grand finale will enter the top 100 players into a freeroll which guarantees a $1m prize pool as well as a WSOP gold bracelet. On top of this bracelet, the WSOPC will award rings to the winners of each event.

The buy-ins vary between $365 to $1,675, depending on the tournament. Due to the sponsor with Southern Comfort, the Grand Finale will be televised. The tour will start in August and will go through all the way to December, but after a short Christmas break it will be back in action until May. Each stop will include a $1,675 Main Event Championship and will always be set to start on a Saturday.

2012-2013 WSOPC Schedule*:

              Tournament Dates                  Location

  • 9-20 Aug. 2012                         IP Casino Resort & Spa (Biloxi, Mississippi)
  • 13-24 Sept. 2012                       Horseshoe Bossier City (Louisiana)
  • 27 Sept.-8 Oct. 2012                Houseshoe Southern Indiana
  • 11-22 Oct. 2012                         Horseshoe Hammond (Chicago)
  • 27 Oct.-7 Nov. 2012                 River Rock (Vancouver, Canada)
  • 8-19 Nov. 2012                          Harveys Lake Tahoe
  • 29 Nov.-10 Dec. 2012              Harrah´s Atlantic City
  • 6-17 Dec. 2012                           Harrah´s Rincon (San Diego area)
  • 3-14 Jan. 2013                           The Bycicle Casino (Los Angeles)
  • 10-21 Jan. 2013                         Choctaw Durant (Dallas/Oklahoma)
  • 24 Jan.-4 Feb. 2013                  Harrah´s Tunica (Mississippi)
  • 7-18 Feb. 2013                            Caesars Palace (Las Vegas)
  • 14-25 Feb. 2013                          Palm Beach Kennel Club (Florida)
  • 28 Feb.-11 Mar. 2013                Caesars Atlantic City
  • 14-25 March 2013                      Horseshoe Cleveland
  • 27 Mar.-8 Apr. 2013                  Foxwoods (Conneticut)
  • 4-15 April 2013                           Harrah´s Cherokee (North Carolina)
  • 11-22 April 2013                         Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Iowa/Omaha)
  • 25 Apr.-6 May 2013                   Harrah´s Philadelphia
  • 9-20 May 2013                            Harrah´s New Orleans
  • 21-23 May 2013                          National Championship Harrah´s New Orleans

*Please note that the WSOPC is subject to change. For more information please visit the wsop website.

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Antonio Esfandiari signs with 3bet Clothing and becomes part of the team

Posted on July 19, 2012 in World Series of Poker

Source: PokerNews

 

Antonio Esfandiari, recent winner of the largest tournament in poker history -The Big One for ONE DROP- has just joined poker pros Brian Rast, David Sands, Jonathan Little, Greg Mueller, John Phan and Scott Clemens after signing with 3Bet to join the team. Esfandiari also known to many as “The Magician”, has signed a sponsorship deal with the clothing line, 3Bet Clothing.

 

The company was set up by two poker playing fashion professionals with at least 25 of combined fashion industry experience. This company was aimed exclusively at poker players and has earned itself notable reputation after many players have worn their clothes.

 

“I had my eye on 3Bet for a few months, but when I saw their product in person at the start of the WSOP, I knew I had to get involved. Poker is in dire need of a clothing line that is both stylish and confortable, and I was such an instant fan of what 3Bet is doing as a company that I came on board as an owner even before the One Drop tournament started,” Esfandiari said.

 

The clothing line primarily consists of hoodies, T-shirts and hats, however there are different lines represented by different members of the 3Bet Team. For instance, Esfandiari´s line is the one he wore during the Final Table of the One Drop tournament and comes in three different colors.

 

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The World Series of Poker 2012 by the numbers

Posted on July 19, 2012 in World Series of Poker

Source: WSOP.com

 

So it feels as though the poker industry has a monumental hangover after the 43rd Annual World Series of Poker. However, it isn´t over as the next date, and cherry on top, is the 28th of October, when the final nine will play it out until we get the 2012 winner. But since the major part is over we have decided to show you the WSOP by the numbers, since they have been incredible.

 

Here we leave you with some interesting numbers from this past WSOP edition:

 

  • Number of bracelets: 61
  • Total sum of prize pool: $222,035,192
  • Total number of entries: 74,766
  • Total number of entries in the Main Event: 6,598
  • Largest prize pool (Main Event): $62,021,200
  • Largest first prize: $18,346,673 (Big One for ONE DROP)
  • Number of countries represented: 101
  • Bracelet winners by country:

-USA: 45

-Canada: 3

-Germany: 2

-Belgium: 1

-Bulgaria: 1

-Chec Republic: 1

-France: 1

-Great Britain: 1

-Italy: 1

-Japan: 1

-The Netherlands: 1

-Russia: 1

-Ucraine: 1

 

The next chapter is obviously in october when the nine finalists come back to Las Vegas (Nevada) and fight for the first prize of more than eight million dollars. Here we show you the Final Table payouts:

 

  1. $8,527,982
  2. $5,292,889
  3. $3,797,558
  4. $2,840,494
  5. $2,154,616
  6. $1,640,461
  7. $1,257,790
  8. $971,252
  9. $754,789

 

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Poker pro Adam Junglen announces an early retirement

Posted on July 18, 2012 in World Series of Poker

 

American born Adam Junglen has announced that he will be retiring as a poker pro after a “disapointing” World Series of Poker. Junglen announced that he would be leaving the poker industry after six years of sole dedication in order to find happiness again.

 

Junglen has decided to retire from poker after an awful World Series of Poker even though he has made three cashes which include the following events:

 

  • 90th place – Event #41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold´em for $7,840
  • 20th place – Event #34: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha – Six Handed for $16,464
  • 66th place – Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold´em – Six Handed for $4,720

 

That is ofcourse a terrible run if you compare it to last year, where Junglen won $234,725 after he cashed in four events but came in at 5th place in two of them.

 

Junglen has made over one million in tournament career winnings. Some of his most notable finishes is his 6th place at the EPT Barcelona in 2007 where he took home $268,622 and 6th at the 2008 Caesars Palace Classic for $147,818.

 

Junglen has also said that his good friend Daniel Negreanu agrees and that it´s the best option to take an extended break from poker. The most important thing is to find happiness, he adds.

 

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WSOP 2012: The October Nine is set

Posted on July 18, 2012 in World Series of Poker

Source: PokerNews

 

Day 6:

 

Marc Ladouceur has ended Day 6 as chip leader with 15,875,000 in chips. Following Ladoucer are Daniel Strelitz in second place with 12,790,000 and Robert Salaburu in third with 10,915,000 in chips. After five levels of play there are only 27 players left in search of the more than eight million dollars for the first place prize.

 

The day began with 97 players but as the levels went on many of them hit the rail. Some of those included Dung Nguyen, Erik Cajelais, Eric Buchanan, Vanessa Selbst, Jason Somerville, Dave D´Alessandro, Sam Holden and Taylor Paur.

 

Day 7:

 

The final was upon us as Day 7 of the Main Event of the WSOP 2012 started at about noon. A total of 6,598 players registered to play the most exciting tournament in the poker calendar. As the final day ended only nine of them remained.

 

At the start of the day it was Marc Ladouceur who was chip leader with 15,875,000 in chips, however he hit the rail in 13th place. When the 11th player hit the rail, the organization sat the ten players around the non official Final Table. At this point Gaelle Baumann was one of the ten players and everyone was hoping she would double up to be part of the final table as it has been about 17 years since the last female player had made the Final Table. But it couldn´t be this year as the last woman standing, Gaelle hit the rail in 10th place and the Final Table was set for October (28th till the 30th).

 

Final Table Seat Draw

 

  1. Russell Thomas               24,800,000
  2. Jacob Balsiger                  13,115,000
  3. Jeremy Ausmus                9,805,000
  4. Steven Gee                         16,860,000
  5. Greg Merson                     28,725,000
  6. Jesse Sylvia                       43,875,000
  7. Robert Salaburu               15,155,000
  8. Andras Koroknai             29,375,000
  9. Michael Esposito             16,260,000
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Summary of Days 3, 4 and 5 of the Main Event of the WSOP 2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 in World Series of Poker

Source: PokerNews

 

Day 3:

As the previous, Day 3 ended after five levels but a new chip leader was sitting at the top of the list. This time it was Dave D´Alessandro who finished the day as chip leader and bagged up 1,100,000 in chips. The day started with 1.738 players but once the final level ended, there were only 720 players still in contention for Day 4. On Day 4, we will probably see the bubble burst, as the top 666 players will enter the money taking at least $19,227.

As it was expected, many players went to the rail empty handed, but more importantly some Main Event champs also went. Dan Harrington, Jerry Yang and defending champion Pius Heinz were some of them.

 

Day 4:

Day 4 started with 720 players but only 666 of them would enter the money taking at least $19,227. When the four levels came to an end it was Paul Volpe who was leading the 282 players with 2,750,000 in chips. Day 3 chip leader Dave D´Alessandro was sitting third in chips with 2,093,000.

The day was supposed to have five levels, like the previous ones, however, the players were sent off on an extended break at the end of Level 17 in order for payouts to be verified. Once they came back, they were informed only four levels needed to be played. Some of the notable players who managed to survive the day were Jason Mercier, Liv Boeree, Huckleberry Seed, Mike McDonald, Chris Moorman and winner of the One Drop event Antonio Esfandiari.

 

Day 5:

When Day 5 started there were 282 players sitting at their tables ready to play one more day of poker at the most exciting poker tournament in the world, the World Series of Poker. However, when the five levels had come to an end, the field had been reduced to 97 survivors. The player who had the most chips was Kyle Keranen with 6,935,000 chips. Worth a mention is the player sitting at number eight, Gaelle Baunmann (chip leader of Day 2A/B) with 3,980,000 in chips.

PokerStars Team Pro Daniel Negreanu was one of the unfortunate players to hit the rail during the day. Negreanu was unable to survive when he moved his last 240,000 against Kevin Pollak who beat him with AQ of clubs. Negreanu went home with a 160th finish and $52,718 in prize money.

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