The World Series of Poker is now nine days old and there’s been plenty of action at the world’s premier poker party. There was a real buzz around event WSOP number eight, the second $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament, as WSOP legend Phil Hellmuth sought to add a twelfth bracelet to his collection.
With 75 cashes at the World Series of Poker and an unparalleled eleven titles, Hellmuth is arguably the best tournament player in the world and a large crowd gathered in the hope of seeing a piece of poker history.
Starting the day fifth in chips with just 25 players remaining, things didn’t pan out well for the “Poker Brat” as he could only manager fifteenth place, but his 76th WSOP cash is still a record in its own right. The event was eventually won by Pascal LeFrancois, who landed $568,974 in prize money.
The $10,000 Seven Card Stud tournament kicked off with 85 players and played down to a final twelve, which featured WSOP heavyweight Men Nguyen, as well as WSOP Players Championship first and second place finishers Michael Mizrachi and Vladimir Schmelev.
The Stud event was completed the following day, with “The Master” coming out on top, to land his seventh WSOP bracelet and his first since winning two at the 2003 series. Nguyen beat Brandon Adams to the $394,800 first prize, with Steve Billirakis finishing third.
Also drawing to a close on day nine was the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em event, which was won by James “Flushy” Dempsey. The man from Brighton, England became the second British poker player to triumph at this year’s WSOP, following in the footsteps of Praz Bansi, who won the first $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event – an occurrence which prompted Liv Boeree to state that Vegas would be seeing “more and more” of the British players – how right she was!
Events eleven and twelve have also kicked off, the third $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament and the first Limit Hold’em event of WSOP 2010. The No Limit competition attracted 2,563 players, whilst the Limit event drew a star studded 625, with big names such as David Williams, Phil Ivey, John Juanda and Barry Greenstein all buying-in.
Away from the World Series of Poker, Phil Laak passed the halfway mark in his insane poker playing endurance test. The Unabomber intends to play more than 78 straight hours of poker, in order to break world record and is camped out at the Bellagio poker tables. The challenge was partially inspired by his recent appearance at the PartyPoker Big Game in London, a non-stop 48 hour event.
Stay tuned for more WSOP updates.
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