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The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of high stakes global tournaments that
are televised on Fox Sports Net to enthusiasts across the planet, with the ultimate
face off taking place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. And the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is
an incredible battle of the best-of-the-best in Texas No Limit Hold'em at the RIO in Las Vegas, Nevada.
World Poker TourFor more WPT information, visit the World Poker Tour website.List of land based casinos hosting WPT satellite tournaments Season 7 World Poker Tour at Fox Sports Net (This is the link they currently have. Will post better link when they provide it.) See the weekly WSOP showtimes for ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Classic. December 15 -- Hearing Scheduled for Intrastate Online Poker in California December 5 -- Say Hello To Texas Dolly! December 5 -- ESPN Ranks Top Players; Phil Ivey Number One December 2 -- Wicked Thoughts: Ten Minutes With Steve "Chops" Preiss Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Day 1
For Day 2 some of the faces in the field were Hasan Habib, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, David "Devilfish" Ulliott, Jon Turner, Barry Greenstein, Scotty Nguyen, Howard Lederer, James Mackey, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Tom Dwan, Steve Brecher and Mike Matusow. And these were just a few that we knew of! We now have official results that 329 players participated in this event. The $15,400 buy in helped to create a prize pool of $4,786,950 that will go to the top 27 finishers. The champion will receive a $25,500 Seat to WPT Championship in April 2010 plus $1,453,930 for the bank account. Here is the payout schedule for the final table:
Some painful hands were dealt today to a lot of great players. Such as Doyle Brunson having to give up 85K in chips after receiving a quad 10 smack down from Alex Keating. Steve Zolotow moved in with pocket 5's and was called by another player holding pocket K's which held to the river, sending Zolotow to the rail. Eric Seidel went all-in with pocket A's and was called by a player with pocket 9's. But wouldn't ya know it that the other player got 4 more spades to make a flush! This sent Seidel to the rail too. John Phan thought it would be safe to go all-in with pocket 7's, but was called by Kenna James with pocket 9's that ended up 3 of a kind on the flop, ending Pham's chances to take down the championship. The end of this round leaves us with 36 players left. Some of the names are TOTO LEONIDAS 251,000, HASAN HABIB 295,500, ANTONIO ESFANDIARI 445,500, JOHN JUANDA 476,000, JOSEPH CASSIDY 689,500 and PETER GOULD with 531,000 chips left. Here are the top 6 with chip counts:
Players were leaving quickly on Day 4. In just a few minutes into play, Toto Leonidas pushed his chips to the center with pocket 10's and was met by the pocket K's of Lee Salem, sending Leonidas to the rail in 36th place. He was very soon followed by Russell Rosenblum, Conrad Granath and Brandon Terry. Peter Gould busted in 29th place, just out of the money when his all-in move met with pocket Q's that held to the river. Hasan Habib was the bubble boy in 28th, losing to the paired Kings of Jeremy Brown. Steve Brecher finished in 25th place courtesy of the pocket Queens belonging to Matt Stout. Antonio Esfandiari picked up the cash for a 23rd place finish, ($28,569), when the pocket Kings of John Juanda showed him the direction to walk in. At the end of the day, the player count is now down to 16. Among those who made the cut are Scotty Nguyen 339,000 chips, Eric Hershler 796,000, Josh Arieh 1,067,000, Shawn Buchanan 1,007,000 and Carter King with 805,000. Day 5 will determine who gets the 6 seats for the WPT televised final table. Action for Day 5 will continue at level 19 with blinds at $10,000/$20,000 and ante of $2,000. Here are the top 6 with chip counts:
About 12:30 PM the remaining players sat down and quickly went to the next level with action at $15,000/$30,000 blinds and a $4,000 ante. John Juanda took out Joe Elpayaa in 16th and Carter King in 14th. In a big hand for Scotty Nguyen, he busted John Juanda in 11th and took a huge portion of Chad Bautista's stack when his pocket A's held up to the river in that 3 way hand. Whatever bad feelings Bautista may have had for Nguyen, increased a few hand later when Bautista's all in with pocket 5's was called by Nguyen who had a set of Kings by the river, busting Bautista in 10th place. Curt Kohlberg was sent to the rail in 9th courtesy of Nguyen after the straight Scotty made by the river could not be overcome. Next to fall in8th is Eric Hershler who went to the sidelines after Josh Arieh paired his Jack card on the flop, defeating the paired 10's of Hershler. Seventh place belonged to Joe Cassidy after the two pair made by Shawn Buchanan would not be moved by anything Cassidy had. So with that, we have the WPT televised final table. Here are the players and their chip counts:
The last 6 players sat down to blinds of $30,000/$60,000 and antes of $5,000. First to go was Stephen O'Dwyer after the pocket J's Scotty Nguyen had turned into a set on the flop. In 5th place with blinds at $80,000/$160,000, Nguyen went all-in with 1.365 million holding pocket 9's and was called by Faraz Jaka brandshing pocket K's which held to the river. Shawn Buchanan ended up in 4th, losing to the Ace kicker of Daniel Alaei. Finishing in 3rd was Faraz Jaka after meeting the set of Kings belonging to Daniel Alaei. On the final hand of heads up, Arieh moved in with pocket 7's to the 10 8 of Alaei. By the river, Alaei received two more cards (10 and 8) giving him two pair and the title of champion.
2010 WSOP Circuit TournamentsHarrah's Atlantic CityEvent #3 -- No Limit Hold'Em 
There were 567 players who entered this event, paying $340 each for the right. A pool of $164,997
went to the top 54 finishers. What was amazing about this event was that the winner Mark "Pegasus"
Smith ties Men Nguyen's record with a fourth WSOP circuit win. Something else many do not know about
Smith is that he only began playing this game in 2004. "Five years ago, I never even heard of Texas Hold’em,"
said Smith of his late induction to the game.
When the final table was established, blinds were at 12,000/24,000 and ante was at 3,000. First to go in 9th was Tim Crawford after his pocket J's were outdone by the paired Aces of John Shimansky Jr. Next, Dylan Mich took home the cash for 8th place and Andrew Robertson grabbed the money for 7th when his opponent paired his Ace card, defeating Robertson. Paired Aces from Shaun Gonzales were also responsible for eliminating Andrew Badecker in 6th. Steve Wenpetren was gone in 5th after Shimansky made a gutshot straight draw on the turn. And a flush from Shimansky busted Jeffrey Vanchiro in 4th place. But an all-in with pocket 7's met with heavy resistance from the pocket A's held by Mark Smith, resulting in a 3rd place finish for Shimansky. When the heads up started, both players had already decided to make a deal to split the cash and play for the ring. Ring number 4 came for Smith when he made two pair (8's and 2's) by the river card, vaulting him into the WSOP Circuit history books.
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