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PokerStars 2008 WCOOP Day 11 Summary Report: Five-way Deal in $1,000+50 NLHE

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:30:35 +0000

A very busy Monday at the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars saw three different winners crowned and bracelets awarded. The biggest story of all was the conclusion of Event #20, which saw 43 players on hand to decide the lion’s share of a $3,647,000 prize pool. The final five survivors eventually agreed on a deal that netted them an average of more than a quarter million dollars each. WCOOP Event #20, $1,000+50 NLHE, $3,000,000 Guaranteed, Day 2Day 2 of Event #20 of the 2008 WCOOP, $1000+50 No-Limit Hold’em, concluded Monday night. 43 players returned with hopes of winning the title. Among them were Team
PokerStars pros Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Humberto Brenes, but both fell short of the final table. (Read the full post about ‘PokerStars 2008 WCOOP Day 11 Summary Report: Five-way Deal in $1,000+50 NLHE’…)

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PokerStars 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP): Day 7 Summary Report

admin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:28:11 +0000

Day 7 of the World Championship of Online Poker saw the return of a tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million, along with a smaller stud event that still cruised past its pre-start guarantee by a wide margin. The $215-plus-rebuys Event #13 at PokerStars featured lots of star power late, with Josh Arieh and Kevin Saul the focal points of attention in the event before “lrdvoldemort” surged to the win. WCOOP Event #13: $200+15 No-Limit Hold’em w/ Rebuys, $1,000,000 GuaranteedThe $200+15 NLHE event with rebuys had 2,234 entrants, who collectively rebought 2,635 times and added on another 1,524 times. Put it all
together and it made a prize pool of $1,278,600. (Read the full post about ‘PokerStars 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP): Day 7 Summary Report’…)

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Montel Williams Joins US 2008 PartyPoker Nations Cup Roster

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:03:50 +0000

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Venetian Adds April Series to 2008 Deep Stack Extravaganza Offerings

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2008 World Series of Poker Europe Dates Announced

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Poker News Bytes, March 18, 2008

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Poker News Bytes, March 12, 2008

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2008 WSOP Pre-Registration Begins

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2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship: Round Two Highlights

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:03:07 +0000

to give the spade-less Hansen a higher pair and Nguyen, who held the (Read the full post about ’2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship: Round Two Highlights’…)

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2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship: Ferguson and Bloch Make Finals

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:03:22 +0000

flop gave both players the gutshot draw to a jack, but Ferguson’s would be the higher of the two potential straights. A on the river pushed the pot to Ferguson. Ferguson’s pocket nines held against Little’s pocket fours for the subsequent double-up. Finally, at a slight chip disadvantage, Little pushed with a suited T-7 only to run into Ferguson’s pocket nines, which held for the win. Phil Ivey had been chipping away at Gus Hansen for much of their match, gaining about a 2-to-1 chip lead. Hansen shoved all his chips in the middle on a on the turn left Hansen drawing dead and sent Ivey into the semis. SemifinalsOff to a slow start, Chris Ferguson was able to eek out a slight advantage against Phil Ivey. (Read the full post about ’2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship: Ferguson and Bloch Make Finals’…)

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