The first event of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe is completed and we have crowned the first champion. He ended Day 1 as the chipleader and finished the tournament in the same vein, step forward Mr JP Kelly. […]
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The first three levels of the Main Event have seen over 900 players already hit the rail, leaving around 1,100 players returning from dinner break. The unofficial chip leaders are Brian Hanson and James Akenhead with 625,000 in chips. Other
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Day 2a concluded with 607 players remaining and Andrew Gaw the chip leader with 386,800 in chips. In an interesting story, Eric Cloutier, who was reported chip leader at the end of day 1a with 150,750 in chips, turned out
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It\’s something that wasn\’t written about in Super/System … yet everyone has to consider it. Barry Greenstein has a good vlog post up about what goes into making a decision about which day to start in the WSOP main event,
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The last week at the 2009 WSOP has seen some impressive performances from the European poker contingent. Europeans love to head over to Sin City when the World Series of Poker is running and this year they’ve enjoyed great success
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For those who missed it live … here\’s yesterday\’s Poker Beat podcast to get you through \”the grind\”, the hump, the \”dog days\”, whatever you wanna call the Series in mid-June. In this episode, we discuss what a bracelet really
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Recapping the early action from Thursday at the WSOP: De Wolfe Lying Low at Final Table As Dan mentioned below, Roland de Wolfe is trying to win his second bracelet at this year\’s WSOP at the $1,500 NL Holdem final
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Roland de Wolfe is at the final table in a $1,500 donkament, going for his second bracelet of 2009. Would be pretty cool to win one in a 198-player PLO-HL and a 2,095-player NLH. The fact that I had him
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Recapping the late Wednesday night WSOP activity… WSOP Bracelet Touched by Angel Angel Guillen picked up his first WSOP bracelet in the $2,000 NL Holdem event, defeating Mika Paasonen in a marathon heads up match to deny Finland a second
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Recapping the Tuesday night activities as we begin week four of the WSOP… Van Alstyne Back in the Saddle with HORSE Triumph James Van Alstyne, who finished second in the $3,000 HORSE event last week after holding the chip lead,
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