WSOP.com has reported that 68-year-old Ken Lind won Event #26, $1000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship Monday morning. In addition to his first WSOP gold bracelet and The Golden Eagle trophy, Lind cashed for $634,809.
The Seniors Event surpassed the previous year’s record-breaking field by setting a new record of 4,407 players. This marks the tenth straight year in which the event has set a new record for attendance.
Action at the 44th annual WSOP continues today with updates available on WSOP.com.
Canadian Jason Duval bested a field of 2115 players to win his first WSOP bracelet in Event #28, $1500 No Limit Hold’em for $521,202.
Duval became the latest Canadian to win gold at the 2013 WSOP. Since Daniel Negreanu captured the Main Event bracelet at WSOP Asia-Pacific in Australia earlier this year, the total victories for Canada has risen to a record-setting mark of seven.
Action at the 44th annual WSOP continues today with updates available on WSOP.com.
Throughout his illustrious career, Doyle Brunson has won 10 WSOP bracelets including 2 Main Events, his first coming in 1976 and his last in 2005 at the $5k NL Shorthanded Texas Hold’em event for $367,800. Since then, Brunson has cashed a further 10 times at the WSOP, including a 10th place finish at the $10k World Championship PLO event for $123,967, but at the age of 79, Brunson has slowly been calling time on his WSOP career and recently announced:
“Afraid I am finally gonna give in to Father Time and pass on tournament play at WSOP. #toomanyhours”.
At the same time, Brunson announced he would be concentrating on playing lucrative cash games, instead, (see recent photo opposite) but after enduring some marathon sessions, Texas Dolly seems like he may be ready to give WSOP 2013 a go after all. As Brunson tweeted this week:
“Played cash games for 11 hours today. Maybe I could sit the long tournament hours.”
Before following up on Monday with: “I possibly could play the 2-7 event and the 50k Horse in this years WSOP. I haven’t set foot in the Rio yet.#cashgamestoogood.”
For the moment, however, it seems like Doyle Brunson is happy to mull over only the possibilty of making an apperance, and fans will now have to wait until at least Sunday to find out whether he will be entering the $10,000 2-7 event, or Sunday June 30th, for the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.
In the meantime, Doyle’s fans on twitter have reacted to the WSOP legends comments with great enthusiasm, with one tweet suggesting; “@TexDolly $111,111 one drop tournament for you Doyle?” and another stating; “@TexDolly Even if it’s just those 2 events. Do it for us 😁 ”
Born in 1933, Doyle Brunson is a living legend of the game, with his early poker exploits stretching back to dangerous time when illegal games were run by criminals and the chances of having a gun pulled on you and being robbed was all just part of the course.
The Poker Hall of Fame inductee also pioneered attempts to demystify poker after publishing his book ‘Super/System’ which gave ordinary players an insight into the way experts played, whilst also helping to drag poker away from iniquitous dens to the professionals standing it enjoys today.
The 2013 World Series of Poker is is full swing at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, with poker pros from all around the globe turning out and putting in long hours in their quest to capture a prestigious gold bracelet. Here are a selection of some of the latest tweets coming from the pros over the past few days:
Jason Mercier
“Late regged the 3k plo. Really wanted to get in this event on time, but just couldn’t make it. Been playing poker for 34 hrs str8.”
Justin Bonomo
“Gentleman next to me refers to our table as the Killer ‘B’ table – “Baxter, Bloch, Bach”. He does not mention me. #Burned”
Annette Obrestad
“Really feelin’ it today from @WoodsFit #itburns” thats when u know u did it right 😄 ..Im sure nobody cares, but running on no carbs sucks balls. /rant.”
Jonathan Little
“I’m starting to think heads up sng players are the best in the world. There is one at every major final table it seems. I’m jealous.”
Daniel Negreanu
“$5k limit Holdem tonight. I have played more hours of this game than any other in my life by a wide margin. Might as well win.”
Doyle Brunson
“Rough couple of days in the cash games. The Hat 3 bet me all night long and showed me the nuts hand after hand.#gobackallyouEastCoastjerks”
Phil Hellmuth
“Played what I consider to be perfect poker today and DESERVED so much better than 26th place. Lost 2 brutal pots and another 50/50 pot.”
Justin “Boosted” Smith
“Pretty sure the Rio poker tournament rooms would be a much happier place if it were warmer. Attendance would probably go up too.”
Barry Greenstein
“Aggro player told me it’s the worst thing for me that he’s on my left.” I replied, “it would be much worse if you were at another table.”
A pair of online legends rose to the top of the live scene yesterday as two more World Series of Poker events came to a conclusion and two new pieces of hardware were awarded.
Professional poker player and prolific PocketFives poster, Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby, struck gold in Event #40, $1500 No-Limit Hold-em, by wielding his Final Table short stack all the way to victory for his first WSOP bracelet and a massive first place prize of over $525,000.
The elated Hamby took to Twitter to thank his supporters: “We did it! Feels like a dream come true, because it is. Send the WSOP bracelet + 525k my way. Thanks so much for all the sweats and congrats.”
Over on the secondary table, another well-known online beast was in the hunt for a win. With over 6 million in lifetime online cashes, Steve “Gboro780” Gross, had been looking for that definitive WSOP victory and the 27-year old got it in Event #41, $5000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six Handed. Gross toppled 400 runners on his way to his first gold bracelet and a career best $488,817 first place prize.
According to WSOP-com, both Hamby and Gross wield outstanding WSOP resumes, with Hamby having 19 previous WSOP cashes and three final tables to his credit and Gross cashing 14 other times throughout the years and appearing at four final tables.
Action at the 44th annual WSOP continues today with updates available on WSOP-com
Online Legends Win WSOP Gold | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
They already showed their talent for online poker games and now Jared "TheWacoKid" Hamby and Steve "gboro780" Gross have proved their skills at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Hamby earned his first ever gold bracelet in event 40, $1,500 (£973) buy-in No Limit Hold'em. Then in the next event, the $5,000 buy-in Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha, Gross gained his.
Both players are well known in online poker but have also moved to playing in live tournaments. At WSOP alone, Hamby has cashed in at 19 events within the tournament while Gross managed this at 14.
Gross is widely regarded as one of the best online poker players, having made it into the top five of the World Wide Rankings of PocketFives in August 2010. Similarly, Hamby has become somewhat of a poster boy for PocketFives and online poker having amassed six-figure winnings during the early days of internet gambling.
Wed, 06/26/2013 - 09:59 - Online poker players win gold at WSOP | 777-com
Expectations were exceeded as 166 runners put up the $111,111 buy-in yesterday to take part in event #47, One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em.
According to WSOP-com, the tournament generated a massive prizepool of $17.8 million, granting the top 5 finishers over $1 million in earnings and the overall winner a haul of $4.8 million.
The field did not disappoint either. Many of the biggest names in the industry took their seat to compete including Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Bertrand Grospellier, Gus Hansen, Phil Laak, Jason Somerville, Vanessa Selbst and, of course, last year’s One Drop Champion Antonio Esfandiari, all of whom are still in action on Day 2. Notably absent was thirteen-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth who tweeted support for the charity, but “wasn’t feeling it” yesterday.
At the end of the day though it was professional Brandon Steven who sat atop the chip leader chart headed into Day 2, followed by the talented Tobias Reinkemeier and “amateur” high-stakes tournament player Dan Shak.
Of course, this isn’t merely a High Roller tournament, there’s a charity aspect to it as well. 3% of every entry goes to Guy Laliberté's One Drop Foundation, which aims to bring clean, drinkable water to people worldwide. From event #44 alone, the WSOP and it’s players have generated over $550,000 to be donated to the cause, with many players also pledging to donate an additional 1%, or more, of anything they cash in the event.
The WSOP is giving additional live stream coverage to this One Drop, though without hole cards or commentary, on a 5 minute delay. The stars and wealthy businessmen still alive in this event will return at 1PM PST to try and play down to a final table but, due to the overwhelming turnout, deep chip stacks and structure, the fun may be extended into a fourth day.
Action at the 44th annual WSOP continues today with updates available on WSOP-com
High Turnout for One Drop Creates Massive Prizepool | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
Hungary has just picked-up its first gold bracelet of WSOP 2013, after 22 year-old Budapest professional Norbert Szecsi took down the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em (Event #42) for $345,037, having first overcome a field of 2,100 players over three days.
With his latest victory at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Norbert Szecsi takes his live career earnings to $482,244, whilst also becoming his country’s 4th ever bracelet winner, alongside Peter Traply (2009), Peter Gelenscer (2010) and Vlademar Kwaysser (2010).
A good sized field was attracted to the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament to create a prize pool worth $1,890,000. Amongst those notable pros cashing in at the event was Neil Channing in 177th ($1,927), Allen Kessler in 153rd ($2,116), Matt Matros in 51st ($5,707), Jacob Balsiger in 40th ($6,879), and David Chiu in 30th ($8,316).
By the time just six players remained in the tournament, Norbert Szecsi was the shortest stack at the final table but then doubled-up twice to get back in contention. Norbert Szecsi then proceeded to eliminate Kirby Martin in 4th ($107,512), and Chris DeMaci in 3rd ($149,281) before getting heads-up against US pro Denis Gnidash.
As the heads-up battle commenced Dennis Gnidash held a 3.8m to 2.5m chip advantage over his Hungarian opponent, but Szecsi was soon able to take the lead and end the match within six hands. In the defining hand, Szecsi was dealt A-10 to Gnidash’s A-Q, and after both players were all-in on a 9-10-A-3-6 board, Gnidash finished the runner-up for $214,760, while Norbert Szecsi was awarded the prestigious WSOP bracelet.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1st: Norbert Szecsi – $345,037
2nd: Dennis Gnidash – $214,760
3rd: Chris DeMaci – $149,281
4th: Kirby Martin – $107,512
5th: Rory Mathews – $78,576
6th: Bryce Landier – $58,126
7th: Ariel Celestino – $43,564
8th: Dana Buck – $33,065
9th: Jonathan Bennett – $25,392
Ben Volpe has won WSOP $1,500 NLHE – Ante Only (Event #45), after defeating a field of 678 players over two days to capture a gold bracelet, and collect the $201,399 first place prize. With his victory at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas the US pro, who cashed in at his first live tournament in 2009, now takes his career earnings to $403,339
WSOP Event #45 attracted a good mix of amateurs and pros alike to the tournament to create a prize pool worth $915,300. Amongst the notable names booking a cash for themselves was Neil Channing in 56th ($3,020), Barny Boatman in 46th ($3,569), Adam Levy in 22nd ($6,242), Allen Cunningham in 21st ($6,242), David Vamplew in 16th ($7,697), and Tommy Vedes in 10th ($12,054).
A short-stacked Samuel Panzica (A-J) was subsequently eliminated by Paul Lieu (A-Q) in 9th ($15,331), before Lieu was dealt pocket kings and did likewise to Horacio Cortes (A-Q) in 6th ($33,371). Paul Lieu continued his assault on the final table after dispatching Chris Moorman to the rail in 5th ($44,227), and his pocket queens was then good enough to bounce Blair Hinkle (A-3) from the tournament in 4th for $59,375.
Next, Ben Volpe joined the fray by taking care of Louis Bonnecaze in 3rd ($80,839) to take a slight chip lead into heads-up against Lieu. The defining hand then took place with both Volpe (6c-3c) and Lieu (A-4) all-in on a 2-8c-Ac flop, and after a Kc fell on the river, Ben Volpe was awarded the gold winner’s bracelet.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1st Ben Volpe – $201,399
2nd Paul Lieu – $124,352
3rd Louis Bonnecaze – $80,839
4th Blair Hinkle – $59,375
5th Chris Moorman – $44,227
6th Horacio Cortes – $33,371
7th Adam Stone – $25,472
8th Daniel Johnson – $19,660
9th Samuel Panzica – $15,331
WSOP 2013: Ben Volpe Wins $1,500 NLHE - Ante Only (Event #45)
The “best of the best” ponied up $50,000 to compete for the 2013 David “Chip” Reese Memorial Trophy and the title of Poker Players Champion as event #55, an 8-game mix, got underway yesterday.
The field topped off at 120 with some of the most recognizable names in the game including 10-time bracelet winner Doyle Brunson who just this past May talked WSOP retirement.
Headed into Day 2, sitting atop the chip count is 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel followed closely behind by a marquee of top poker talent including Jason Mercier, Justin Smith, Brian Rast, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Greg “FBT” Mueller, all of whom currently sit in the top 10 with a long way to go.
This scheduled 5 day event resumes today at 2PM PST with 113 of the original field returning.
Canada’s Kristen Bicknell has won a 10th gold bracelet for her country after taking down the $1,000 World Series of Poker Ladies Championship for $173,922. A total of 954 players entered Event #51 to create a prize pool worth $858,600, and following three days of action the Ottawa resident emerged at the top of the field to claim her first ever bracelet.
Following her impressive victory at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, the 26 year-old poker pro commented: “I have worked really hard in poker the last couple of years. So although I do not think I played exceptional throughout the whole tournament, I ran really well, it still feels like all my hard work paid off. This was supposed to be just a fun little trip for me. I mostly play cash games online, but I figured I would play the ladies event, since it’s always fun.”
Amongst the notable ladies entering the tournament and booking a cash for themselves was Ting Ho (87th), Jackie Glazier (83rd), Sandra Wong (72nd), Esther Taylor (63rd), Liv Boeree (54th), Danielle Andersen (44th), and Barbara Enright (25th).
Kristen Bicknell would then overcome a tough final table, which included the likes of 2008 WSOP Ladies final tablist Chris Priday (8th), WSOP Circuit winner Mandy Baker (7th) and 2011 WSOPE Ladies Event runner-up Eleanor Gudger (6th), to claim this year’s Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship bracelet.
Unlike previous years, however, there were no men entering the Ladies competition as a $10,000 buy-in was levied on any male participant.
Dana Castaneda etched her name into the WSOP history books last night when she became the first woman since Vanessa Selbst, last year, to win a bracelet in an open event. Castaneda bested the massive field of over 2880 runners in event #54, $1000 No-Limit Hold’em to win her first bracelet and take home the healthy payday of $454,207.
She joins a prestigious list of ladies that have won open bracelet events since the Moneymaker boom that includes Cindy Violette, Kathy Liebert, Katja Thater, Annette Obrestad, Annie Duke and, of course, Selbst.
Castaneda entered the Final Table on an extremely short stack but hung tough and doubled through time after time until she found herself the overwhelming chipleader. Dana held on to defeat Canadian Jason Bigelow heads-up. Bigelow, who was hoping to bring an 11th bracelet to the Canadians this summer, had to settle for runner up and almost $282,000 2nd place prize.
Castaneda decided to play the event only after her 94th place cash in the Ladies’ Event. Now, with a fresh batch of cash and confidence, be on the lookout for Castaneda who plans to play the Main Event, which starts Saturday.
Dana Castaneda Joins Elite Company With Bracelet Win | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
Twenty-five year old professional poker player Matthew Ashton currently has it all. With his victory in event #55, $50,000 Poker Players Championship, the UK pro not only won the “Chip” Reese Memorial trophy, the $1.77MM first prize and his first WSOP gold bracelet, but with the help of his other previous final table appearances this summer, Ashton overtook WSOP-APAC Main Event Champ Daniel Negreanu in the WSOP Player of the Year race.
As one would expect at an event of this caliber, the final table was stacked with recognizable names and top tier talent. Ashton had to hang tough through the eliminations of 2010 WSOP Main Event Champ Jonathan Duhamel, bracelet winners Mike Wattel, John Hennigan and David Benyamine, WPT Champ Minh Ly and also, eventually, the dangerous Don Nguyen.
Nguyen entered the final table with a healthy chip lead but, in the end, was forced home in 2nd place, marking his 2nd runner up finish in the 2013 WSOP, for a prize that still makes him a millionaire, if he wasn’t already—nearly $1.1MM.
It would be Daniel Alaei who would be victorious in the final preliminary WSOP event of the summer, earning his 4th career gold bracelet and over $852k by taking down event #61, $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.
Of course, with an event of this caliber, it wouldn’t be easy. There were 386 runners, including an large contingency of elite names from the poker world, who ponied up the 10k to take their final shot before the Main Event. In the end though, it would be Alaei and high-stakes online pro Jared “Harrington10” Bleznick who found themselves heads-up for the bracelet.
Bleznick, who has made a name for himself at the online tables, notched his largest live cash to date with the over $562k score and, according to WSOP-com, it also marked his first WSOP final table.
The win for Alaei marked his 2nd cash of the summer, the first being a 17th place finish in the $111,111 One Drop High Roller event.
With no more prelim events left, all eyes look to the WSOP Main Event, which starts Day 1C today at 12PM PST.
Daniel Alaei Wins Bracelet #4 | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
It’s a test of endurance, both mental and physical, when 12-hour days begin piling up at the poker table. Sarah Herzali was feeling it Friday night.
“It is some pressure,” the 25-year-old from Marseille, France, said as the World Series of Poker Main Event hit its fourth day at the Rio Convention Center.
A team of massage therapists tend to the backs, necks and shoulders of tiring players. But, as Herzali indicated, the high-pressure situations wear more on the players as the stakes get raised.
The $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold ’em World Championship field of 6,352 players was cut to 666 after the third day and to 283 by 11:30 p.m. Friday.
Max Steinberg was the front-runner with 1,795,000 in chips after the dinner break, holding off Jason Cohen (1,785,000) and Jonathan Lane (1,732,000). But the lead was changing hands almost by the minute, and Jason Mann and Grayson Ramage each topped 2 million in chips, with play scheduled to continue until 12:45 a.m. today. The tournament will resume at noon.
Defending champion Greg Merson, sitting behind 803,000 in chips, put himself in position to be a big story over the weekend.
Doyle Brunson, 79, did not make the cut. The inspiring tale of “Texas Dolly” ended at 6 p.m. under the bright lights of the ESPN stage.
“I know of him, but I had not played with him before,” said Sergei Stazhkov, who played the role of the bad guy by knocking out Brunson.
On his final hand, Brunson bet 86,000, Stazhkov briefly paused before re-raising all-in, and Brunson called all-in for 204,000 with K-10. Stazhkov showed a pair of 10s. The flop was no help to Brunson, and it was more of the same with the turn and river cards. Brunson exited to applause and sped off down the hallway on his motorized scooter.
He did a brief TV interview before posting a one-word goodbye on Twitter: “Busted.”
Herzali was one of eight females still in action late in the evening. She went to dinner with 300,000 in chips, after losing 137,000 on a hand before the break.
She raised 100,000 and faced an all-in call before folding with J-10. “I had nothing,” she said, calling her play “so-so.”
Nevertheless, her second trip to Las Vegas for the Main Event paid off. The final 648 players made the money.
Annette Obrestad, 24, a Norwegian player who won the 2007 World Series of Poker Europe, was the top female with about 1.2 million in chips. But Australian Jackie Glazier, who returned from dinner with 446,000, was making a strong run at being the leading lady.
Herzali was three seats to the right of Brunson when he bowed out, and she might have been witnessing history.
Brunson, who won the Main Event in 1976 and 1977, finished in 409th place and cashed out for $28,063.
There is a sense this World Series will be Brunson’s last. But, as for that question, he wasn’t tipping his hand.
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Day 6 of the 2013 WSOP Main Event saw 68 players from the original starting field of 6,352 return to the Rio, all aiming on moving a step closer to becoming one of this year’s celebrated November Nine.
From that overall total 298 were women, representing 4.7% of the field, but by the start of Day 6 just six women still remained in contention, including Australia’s Jackie Glazier, Annette Obrestad, Beverly Lange, Kima Kimura, Estelle Denis, and Kristy Gazes. At the end of the day, however, all the ladies had been sent to the rail, the last of which was Jackie Glazier in 31st ($229,281), thus earning for herself the title of ‘Last Woman Standing’ at the 2013 WSOP Main Event.
At the beginning of play, when asked about what it would mean to outlast her female opponents, Jackie Glazier replied: “I don’t focus on last woman standing myself. But I do get that there is a focus around it because there are so few women that play poker, but at the end of the day it would be great to see more than one female make the final table. I think we’re owed one from last year.”
Glazier’s comment was a reference to Gaelle Baumann and Elisabeth Hille who narrowly missed out on a final table apperance at the 2012 Main Event after finishing in 10th and 11th place respectively. Unfortunately the Aussie’s wish was not to be and after becoming short-stacked, Glazier (A-Q) opted to three-bet shove for 1.9 million over the top of an initial raise of 200k by Sergio Castellucio. The Italian then made the call with pocket tens, and after lady luck failed to help Glazier on a 9-9-9-5-K board, the heart-broken Aussie found herself on the rail to a melee of sympathetic applause by the railing fans.
Following her departure, Barbara Enright still remains the only woman to have ever made a Main Event final table having finished 5th ($114,180) in 1995. Nevertheless, congratulations go out to Australia’s Jackie Glazier for her impressive run at this year’s Main Event, and for securing her biggest ever tournament score since 2012, when she finished runner-up in the WSOP $3k No Limit Hold’em event for $458,996. Jackie Glazier has now earned $1,188,451 playing tournament since her first cash in 2008.
WSOP 2013 Main Event: Last Woman Standing Jackie Glazier Exits In 31st ($229,281)
The 2013 World Series of Poker summer series has drawn to a close, and with it the November Nine has been set.
On Day 7 of the Main Event we saw the final 27 battle down to the final table of nine who will return, in nearly four months, to play for one of the richest and most coveted prizes in all of poker, the $8.3 million in cash and the title of WSOP Main Event Champion.
Leading the way is the two-time WSOP bracelet winner, World Poker Tour Champion and 2006 WCOOP Main Event winner, J.C. Tran. Tran, the most well-known of the final table participants is also one of the most dangerous, and he is fortunate enough to return with the chip lead. With 38 million in chips, Tran will have 95 big blinds to work with when play resumes.
Joining Tran in November will be WSOP bracelet winner Amir Lehavot, Marc McLaughlin, Jay Farber, Ryan Riess, Sylvain Loosli, Michiel Brummelhuis, WPT Winner Mark Newhouse and David “Raptor” Benefield, who started Day 7 as the short stack and will assume that same role at the final table, returning with just under 16 big blinds.
While the stories of these nine players have yet to be written, we saw the final chapter in the Main Event run of 2012 Octo-Niner Steve Gee, as he was looking to make back-to-back Main Event final tables. Nevertheless, Gee’s 24th place finish netted him over $285,000 and a massive amount of respect for his consecutive deep runs.
2001 WSOP Main Event Champion Carlos Mortensen’s amazing tournament ended as well, as his stack took some late hits and he finished in 10th place, bubbling the November Nine and settling for a $573,204 prize.
The 2013 World Series of Poker final table is set to resume on Monday November 4 where they will play down to a final 3 and again on Tuesday November 5 to play for the bracelet. The finale is held at the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio and will be shown live, on 15-minute delay, on ESPN starting at 8PM EST on November 4.
The 2013 WSOP November Nine Is Set | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
The World Poker Tour has announced the All New WPT Alpha8, a new series of high-buyin tournaments that will be televised on Fox Sports.
The exclusive series will stop at some of the “world’s most prestigious venues,” according to the press release, covering North America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa.
Four hours of coverage for each event will air on FS1, as part of a three year deal between the WPT and Fox. PokerNews’ Lynn Gilmartin will anchor the show. WPT tournament director Matt Savage will officiate the tournaments.
The first event will be in just over a month’s time, as part of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Florida. The show will air on Fox in 2014, though there will be live streams of the final table available on WPT-com.
The televised action on Fox will be sponsored by ClubWPT, the group’s free-play poker site. Ironically, ClubWPT withdrew from the Florida market earlier this year following the passage of a bill which banned internet cafes, but had language broad enough to include online sweepstakes sites.
Given its name, presumably there will be eight stops a season, though details on the future events have not yet been released.
WPT Announces Televised Super Highroller Series | Pokerfuse Online Poker News
David Peters has won the 2013 Bellagio Cup IX main event, after besting a field of 137 players on his way to claiming the title, and collecting the $355,093 first place prize.
At this year’s WSOP the 26 year-old cashed a total of eight times, including a final table apperance at the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event where he finished 6th for $48,130. Peters’ hot run then continued in full swing at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and with his latest victory the US pro has now earned $998,779 this year alone. In total, Peters now boasts $3,692,715 in live tournament winnings to go with the $3,238,777 he has won online playing under the screen name ‘Davidp18′.
Most of the top pros turned out at the prestigious $10k buy-in Bellagio Cup IX event to create a prize pool worth $1,328,900. Amongst those players cashing in at the event, but falling short of a final table apperance was Jonathan Aguiar in 14th ($18,605), Fabian Quoss in 13th ($18,605), and Lee Markholt in 10th ($21,927).
David Peters then overcame a tough final table, which included such pros as Tobias Reinkemeier and Daniel Stern, to eventually go heads-up against Jason Koon. Ahead of their heads-up battle, Peters tweeted:
“Heads up with @JasonKoon. I have 1.4M to his 4M going into 12k/24k. Gonna be a battle. Lets go.”
David Peters was then able to turn around his chip disadvantage to record the biggest score of his poker tournament career, which had previously been a runner-up position at the 2013 IPT San Remo €2,000 NL Main Event for €155,000 ($201,826).
The final table payouts were as follows:
1 David Peters $355,093
2 Jason Koon $316,000
3 Matt Parry $159,468
4 Michael Esposito $109,634
5 Daniel Stern $84,385
6 Connor Drinan $65,000
7 Alexander Condon $51,827
8 Tobias Reinkemeier $38,538
9 Alexander Uskov $26,578
Dan “jungleman12” Cates has quietly put together another huge year on the virtual felt.
Cates, who amassed nearly $7 million in profits before Full Tilt Poker shutdown in 2011, has returned to the software, after its reboot by PokerStars, by winning nearly $1 million.
He is now up just under $8 million lifetime on Full Tilt Poker, which makes him the fourth biggest winner of all-time there. He trails just Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and Phil Galfond.
According to HighstakesDB, Cates’ jungleman12 screen name has logged about 270,000 hands lifetime since the fall of 2009. So, he has won about $30 per hand he has played.
Over at PokerStars, where Cates plays under the screen name “w00ki3z,” he has won about $550,000 over the years, after debuting there in late 2010. Cates obviously isn’t the only player having a solid 2013.
Other big winners through today include cottonseed1 ($3.5 million), Viktor “Isildur1” Blom ($3 million), Alexander “PostFlopAction” Kostritsyn ($2.7 million), Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene ($1.9 million), Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius ($1.5 million), Tom “durrrr” Dwan ($1.5 million) and Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond ($1.4 million).
The big losers include samrostan ($3.5 million), Gus Hansen ($3.4 million), Phil “Polarizing” Ivey ($2.2 million), MalACEsia ($1.6 million), Scott “mastrblastr” Seiver ($1.2 million) and Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky ($1.2 million), who was last year’s biggest winner.
The Seniors Event surpassed the previous year’s record-breaking field by setting a new record of 4,407 players. This marks the tenth straight year in which the event has set a new record for attendance.
Action at the 44th annual WSOP continues today with updates available on WSOP.com.