Pokerati » Brad-Booth http://pokerati.com Texas Hold'em and WSOP Poker Blog with Las Vegas PLO Sat, 26 May 2012 13:06:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Shark out of Water? http://pokerati.com/2009/11/shark-out-of-water/ http://pokerati.com/2009/11/shark-out-of-water/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:54:14 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/?p=13637 Did I just miss this movie, or is it due out soon? Gotta say, I’m kinda intrigued, despite Phil Hellmuth’s involvement:

Here’s the official movie website — I think maybe it was a straight-to-DVD thing? It did get nominated for Best Short Drama at the Leo Awards, whatever they may or may not be.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/11/shark-out-of-water/feed/ 4 (Way) Outside the WSOP – (Main Event Day 1D) http://pokerati.com/2008/07/way-outside-the-wsop-main-event-day-1d/ http://pokerati.com/2008/07/way-outside-the-wsop-main-event-day-1d/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:53:22 +0000 Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/?p=3814 What’s happening at the WSOP while waiting for the arrival of Phil Hellmuth and the UB Army at 2pm:

A little over half of the 1,928 that started play on Day 1c get to return on Wednesday to meet those who remained after five playing five levels on Sunday. Henning Granstad appears to be leader with about 228,000 in chips. Other notables near the top: David “Bakes” Baker, David Singer, Brad Booth, Evelyn Ng, Brian Townsend, Nenad Medic, and Jeff Madsen.

Today’s the final day for people to sign up for the Main Event, as registration closes at the end of Level 2, or at 2,700 entrants (whichever comes first). Over 2,000 have already signed up, and today’s attendance looks to be the highest for a Main Event in history (2,299 on day 1d in 2006 is the current record). At the moment, first place looks to take down about $9,000,000 when November rolls around, and about $850,000 would be given to each of the “November Nine”.

12:25 Update: Pauly is reporting almost 2,500 entered for today, pushing the total over 6,800 (2nd most in Main Event history). First place will pay over $9,600,000.

More updates during the day…

]]> http://pokerati.com/2008/07/way-outside-the-wsop-main-event-day-1d/feed/ 0 (Way) Outside the WSOP – (Day 22) http://pokerati.com/2008/06/way-outside-the-wsop-day-22/ http://pokerati.com/2008/06/way-outside-the-wsop-day-22/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:00:57 +0000 Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/?p=3513 Finishing the recap from last night’s activities with a preview of today’s lone tournament:

The $5,000 Seven Card Stud Eight or Better World Championship concluded shortly after 2am, with German Sebastian Ruthenberg outlasting Chris “Jesus” Ferguson to win his first bracelet, along with just over $328,000 in a grueling 3 hour heads-up battle. Ferguson and Ruthenberg would trade the lead several times, each having a huge chip advantage. While some may say the structure went too fast at the end, I have the feeling he wouldn’t be as vocal if the other player won.

Final tables for today and other action from last night after the leap:

The final table of the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/rebuys gets the ESPN360 treatment at 2pm, with the following:

Seat 1: Frank Vizza 78,000
Seat 2: Dario Alioto 659,000
Seat 3: Tim West 187,000
Seat 4: Daniel Makowsky 493,000
Seat 5: Kyle Kloeckner 845,000
Seat 6: Jacobo Fernandez 348,000 (his 3rd final table this Series)
Seat 7: Layne Flack 601,000
Seat 8: Michael Guzzardi 751,000
Seat 9: Ted Forrest 757,000

West, Kloeckner, and Forrest are making their 2nd final tables this Series.

The final table of the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event gets underway at 3pm with this lineup:

Seat 1: Levon Torosyan 114,500
Seat 2: Al Barbieri 252,500
Seat 3: Max Troy 88,500
Seat 4: Michael Rocco 255,000
Seat 5: Giacomo D’Agostino 123,000
Seat 6: Andre Boyer 06,000
Seat 7: Jeffrey Siegal 150,000
Seat 8: Danny Kalpakis (Ajax, Ontario, Canada) — 55,000

The $1,500 NL Event reached the money (as usual) towards the end of Day 1, with 187 returning at 2pm to play to their final table. Owen Crowe is the Day 1 chip leader, other notable names remaining include Freddy Deeb, Bryan Micon of Neverwin Poker, Can Kim Hua, and JC Tran. Follow along with the live updates here.

The $10,000 Omaha Eight or Better World Championship returns at 3pm with 123 remaining out of the 235 that started. Erick Lindgren is 3rd in chips, with Brad Booth, Bart Hanson, Roland de Wolfe, Robert Williamson and Chris Reslock towards the top of the leaderboard. Catch the exciting split pot action here.

Only one tournament starts today, with the $2,000 Pot Limit Holdem tournament at noon. Last year’s winner was Greg Hopkins in a field of 599. More posts from me a little later, expect great stuff from Dan/Jen later…

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But the real battle in this episode (which repeats tonight) seems to be taking place off the table — between the two announcers, Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza. If this is new shtick … well then good job, because it’s pretty entertaining. But even better, you get the sense they truly don’t like each other and are in the midst of a career catfight … especially when Kaplan calls out Benza for having his agent complain about Gabe to GSN.

Benza, is actually a pretty interesting sparring partner for Kaplan. For one, he’s a former blogger for the not-so-poker blog Oddjack. Before that, his broadcasting claims to fame included a studio brawl with Stuttering John (from Howard Stern) that eventually came to blows in the hallway.

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Ha ha.

Not sure what legs Benza has to stand on, nor why Gabe even has to fight back. (Or what they are even fighting about for that matter.) But if they keep it up I gotta think Benza stands to gain.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2007/03/kaplan-vs-benza/feed/ 10 Beyond The Table: Booth in ‘da Booth – instacast http://pokerati.com/2007/03/beyond-the-table-booth-in-da-booth-instacast/ http://pokerati.com/2007/03/beyond-the-table-booth-in-da-booth-instacast/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:46:48 +0000 Karridy http://pokerati.com/2007/03/08/beyond-the-table-booth-in-da-booth-instacast/ KarridyBooth.jpg“Yukon Brad” Booth makes an impromptu appearance on tonight’s live broadcast of Beyond The Table // Dan gets called out for not reading his own Blog // Brad tells us why he would have lost money on the HUC results // Brad gives acclamations and predictions for HUC Champion, Paul Wasicka.



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