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2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 6: Barbero, Deeb, ElkY Each Make Final Tables

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2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 6: Barbero, Deeb, ElkY Each Make Final Tables
May 12 2012, Mickey Doft Related Articles 2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 5: Close Call For Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom 2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 4: Second Career SCOOP Victory for Shaun Deeb 2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 3: Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom Wins Again; Negreanu, ElkY Come Close Share It Tags PokerStars, Online Poker, Online tournament results, SCOOP Print Day 6 of the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) at PokerStars was a busy one with 15 tournaments on the docket. Twelve crowned champions and among them was Tim “TurnRiva” Marsters. Several notables came close with Jose “nachobarbero” Barbero, Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb, William “Altrum Altus” Reynolds, and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier all making final table appearances. Meanwhile, Igor “lechuckpoker” Kurganov is looking to add to a SCOOP title to go along with his PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final High Roller title. PokerStars SCOOP 12-H: $2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up Two-Day ($200K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $2,000+$100 236 $472,000 Four players punched their tickets to Day 2 with undefeated Day 1s and here were their paths to the final four: Semifinalist Players Defeated “Shizzleness” “mahtipeluri,” “j4kerstar,” “akia86,” “Miltos14,” “mr.jonny89,” Calvin “cal42688″ Anderson Paul “paulgees81″ Volpe Alexey “LuckyGump” Makarov, Issac “philivey2694″ Haxton, “Grezi,” GVOZDIKA55,” “ButchTimothy,” “L0ve2playU” kmpk90 Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb, Ben “milkybarkid” Grundy, “dev209,” Ami UhhMee Barer, “Sasuke234,” “fcaler185″ BriDge2PaiN “VM47,” “mikki696,” “bestishngry,” “Sc0ttyy,” “Volanthn,” Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom “Shizzleness” was the first to punch a ticket through to the championship match, defeating Paul “paulgees81″ Volpe. With a 3:2 lead, “Shizzleness” min-raised to 120 on the button. Volpe potted to 360, “Shizzleness” called, and an flop fell. Volpe put out a continuation bet of 420, quickly receiving a call from “Shizzleness.” When the hit the turn, Volpe check-called 840. The river brought more of the same as Volpe check-called again, this time for his entire stack. “Shizzleness” tabled for a flush, besting Volpe’s for a smaller flush. Not long after, “kmpk90″ defeated “BriDge2PaiN.” The chips went in after a series of raises after the flop. “BriDge2PaiN” tabled for top pair and flush draw while “kmpk90″ showed for a smaller flush draw, but also multiple straight draws. The turn filled one of those draws, as did the river to set the championship match. A deal was briefly discussed, but no agreement was reached. Slightly trailing, “Shizzleness” won a key hand en route to winning the match. On the button, “Shizzleness” raised. A call from “kmpk90″ landed a flop which “kmpk90″ check-raised. A bet-call from “Shizzleness” resulted in the turn which “kmpk 90 bet at. “Shizzleness” called and upon seeing “kmpk90″ check the river, “Shizzleness” shoved. A call from “kmpk90″ revealed for a set, but that was beat by the of “Shizzleness.” The match ended 23 hands later when on a board of , “Shizzleness’” river bet led to an all-in call from “kmpk90″ with for three kings. “Shizzleness” turned over for jacks full of kings, winning the match and earning the SCOOP victory. Place Player Prize 1 Shizzleness $103,840 2 kmpk90 $66,080 3 BriDge2PaiN $33,040 4 Paul “paulgees81″ Volpe $33,040 5 Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom $18,408 6 fcaler185 $18,408 7 L0ve2playU $18,408 8 Calvin “cal42688″ Anderson $18,408 PokerStars SCOOP 12-M: $200 Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up ($100K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+$15 939 $187,800 From a starting field of 939, eight players went undefeated on Day 1 to reserve the chance on Day 2 of earning the SCOOP victory. Only one of the eight would remain undefeated and that was “Krumpir.” It was no easy task, but “Krumpir” defeated the 2011 WCOOP Main Event Champion Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen to start, online beast Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman in the middle, and Carter “devinr12″ Gill to earn the triumph. Place Player Prize *1 Krumpir $25,573.18 *2 Carter “devinr12″ Gill $20,900 3 Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman $9,035.05 4 Julian “hartwith” Adamson $9,035.05 5 Thomas “Kallllle” Pedersen $5,033.04 6 J0KERrrr28 $5,033.04 7 Chris “NigDawG” Brammer $5,033.04 8 rSMig $5,033.04 *denotes heads-up deal PokerStars SCOOP 12-L: $25 Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up ($50K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $25+$2 3,313 $82,825 Sixteen players emerged from the starting field of 3,313 with reservations for Day 2. Four wins separated each from a place in the SCOOP victory row and “kmoh20″ was the one to get it done, earning $7,639.80 for the win following a deal. Place Player Prize *1 kmoh20 $7,639.80 *2 idkPsPro $6,639.80 3 Ahhh Is It? $2,777.12 4 tanmasiter $2,777.12 5 Kurt “kurt23x” Fitzgerald $1,514.51 6 bigtower11 $1,514.51 7 superslide $1,514.51 8 relayerr $1,514.51 *denotes heads-up deal PokerStars SCOOP 13-H: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout Two-Day ($400K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool Bounty Pool $2,000+$500+$100 501 $1,002,000 $250,500 Entering the final table with the chip lead of Event 13-H was Aidan “whereisdonny” Tam thanks to this hand. A series of preflop raised led to “K_0_S_T_Y_A” being all in for about 32 big blinds with . Holding and about double the stack size, Tam scored the elimination when the board ran out to set up the final table. Here was how they stacked up: Seat Player Chips 1 Aidan “whereisdonny” Tam 572,460 2 Ami “UhhMee” Barer 437,228 3 Josh “JBT449″ Bergman 458,968 4 Fiskin1 70,628 5 ROSTBURK 302,314 6 WushuTM 296,396 7 Giuseppe Ansgar2000 Pantaleo 115,205 8 zugzwang16 99,594 9 Rory “Mafews” Mathews 152,207 The first to fall was “zugzwang16″ at the 3,500/7,000/875 level. Giuseppe Ansgar2000 Pantaleo shoved under the gun for 97,830 and “zugzwang16″ re-raised all-in for less than an ante more. The rest of the table ducked out and “zugzwang16″ tabled to Pantaleo’s . The board rolled out to give the pot to Pantaleo, leaving “zugzwang16″ with less than an ante before busting on the following hand. A short-stacked “Fiskin1″ was down to about four big blinds before shoving with from the cutoff. Giuseppe Ansgar2000 Pantaleo called with from the big blind and collected that pot as the board fell , eliminating “Fiskin1″ in eighth place. The next elimination came in the form of a double at 4,000/8,000/1,000. It started when Aidan “whereisdonny” Tam opened to 16,560 under the gun. Josh “JBT449″ Bergman called from the hijack, as did “ROSTBURK” from the cutoff. When action folded to Rory “Mafews” Mathews in the big blind, he jammed for 175,064. Tam folded over to Bergman who re-raised all in for 220,443. “ROSTBURK” called with a covering stack and revealed which was well ahead of Bergman’s and Mathews’ . The board brought no help to either, leaving only five players remaining. “ROSTBURK” scored the next knockout as well, sending Ami “UhhMee” Barer to the rail. Aidan Tam opened to 16,560 in the cutoff and was called by Barer on the button. “ROSTBURK” squeezed from the small blind to 51,500, which folded action back to Barer. He proceeded to jam for 340,203 with and “ROSTBURK” looked him up with . Nothing helpful came for Barer as the board ran out . Things didn’t slow down for “ROSTBURK” just yet. At 5,000/10,000/1,000, Giuseppe Ansgar2000 Pantaleo four-bet shoved for 216,412 after opening from the cutoff. “ROSTBURK,” who had three-bet from the small blind, called with and defeated when the board didn’t help Pantaleo. Three-handed play began with “ROSTBURK” holding 1,604,490 to “WushuTM’s” 502,452 and Aidan “whereisdonny” Tam’s 397,608. It lasted for about an hour and 20 minutes before “WushuTM” busted in third. At the 7,000/14,000/1,750 level, “ROSTBURK” opened to 30,800 from the small blind and “WushuTM” re-raised all in from the big blind for 269,478. “ROSTBURK” called with , racing against the of “WushuTM.” The board ran out a safe for “ROSTBURK,” giving the Swede five straight eliminations entering heads-up play with more than a 2:1 chip lead. The match went back and forth with Tam grabbing the lead, but in the end, “ROSTBURK” emerged victorious. On the final hand at 10,000/20,000/2,500, Tam opened to 41,500 on the button. “ROSTBURK” popped it to 102,500 from the big blind, Tam called, and an flop followed. A bet of 81,500 from “ROSTBURK” was called by Tam, leading to the turn. “ROSTBURK” slowed down and checked, calling when Tam bet 142,000 to see the river. Another check from “ROSTBURK” led to another bet from Tam. This one, though, was all-in for 880,830. There was no decision from “ROSTBURK” who called quickly and tabled the nuts, . Tam’s move with fell short, but he still earned an excellent pay day of $140,280. “ROSTBURK” owned the final table to the tune of $190,380. Place Player Prize 1 ROSTBURK $190,380 2 Aidan “whereisdonny” Tam $140,280 3 WushuTM $102,705 4 Giuseppe Ansgar2000 Pantaleo $78,156 5 Ami “UhhMee” Barer $55,110 6 Josh “JBT449″ Bergman $42,585 7 Rory “Mafews” Mathews $32,565 8 Fiskin1 $22,545 9 zugzwang16 $16,633.20 PokerStars SCOOP 13-M: $200 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout Two-Day ($300K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool Bounty Pool $200+$50+$15 3,329 $665,800 $166,450 Of the 3,329 player field, 26 lasted a grueling Day 1 and still had a chance to earn a SCOOP title on Day 2. Among those who came up of the final table on Day 2 was Christian “C.K.” Kruel. He began the day eighth in chips, but ultimately camp up short with a 13th-place finsh worth $3,162.55. Following a four-handed deal, “trujustrus” emerged with the lions share of the money and the win. Place Player Prize *1 trujustrus $82,379.28 *2 javiklet $73,421,48 *3 Mikaroc $58,132.65 *4 harif1988 $62,054.69 5 Christophe “chrisdm” De Meulder $28,629.40 6 BOOOOMMMMMMM $21,971.40 7 allucan3at $15,313.40 8 soandre $8,655.30 9 wasylekk $5,326.40 *denotes four-handed deal PokerStars SCOOP 13-L: $25 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout Two-Day ($200K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool Bounty Pool $20+$5+$2 17,806 $356,120 $89,030 Though they were the biggest names remaining, Owen “ocrowe” Crowe (second to start the day), Seth “SFisch4″ Fischer (7th), and Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger (12th) came up short of the final table in this one. Crowe exited early in 30th place ($605.40), Benger shortly thereafter in 28th ($605.40), and Fischer in 20th ($658.82). Not exiting early, or at all for that matter, was “agahlol” who took it down for nearly $42,000. Place Player Prize 1 agahlol $41,661.49 2 111malik111 $30,270.20 3 GRneau $23,147.80 4 persii $16,025.40 5 SwaggaBear $12,464.20 6 yvydendyvy $8,903 7 floodgates1 $6,054.04 8 black666 $3,205.08 9 TRootwalla $2,136.72 PokerStars SCOOP 14-H: $670 No-Limit Hold’em Ante Up Two-Day ($75K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $670+$30 372 $249,240 Looking to follow up his big win at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final in the SCOOP, Igor “lechuckpoker” Kurganov leads the remaining 11 players in the Ante Up High buy-in. Notable finishes in this one include Luke “lb6121″ Schwartz (12th – $3,738.60), George Danzer (14th – $3,115.50), Adrian “Adrian900123″ Marin (16th – $2,492.40), and Jon “PearlJammer” Turner (17th – $2,492.40). Here is who is left going into Day 2 on Saturday: Place Player Chips 1 Igor “lechuckpoker” Kurganov 436,904 2 Taylor “tRaMp$d0PrAy” Paur 285,485 3 John “kleath” Leathart 238,210 4 Taylor “tRaMp$d0PrAy” Paur 197,000 5 Bryan “theczar19″ Piccioli 175,127 6 Face333X 160,321 7 joacowalter 112,940 8 raizd 78,125 9 RB79s 68,486 10 TJ “1BigAceHole” Ulmer 68,147 11 Julian “julianherold” Herold 39,255 PokerStars SCOOP 14-M: $75 No-Limit Hold’em Ante Up Two-Day ($50K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $75+$7 1,997 $149,775 Event #14-M drew 1,997 entrants and following Day 1 action, only 22 players remain. Among those putting up deep showings failing short of Day 2 were Mayu “marroca5″ Roca (43rd – $404.39), Adam “Roothlus” Levy (53rd – $366.94), Matt “ADZ124″ Marafioti (62nd – $336.99), and Mark “eppy12588″ Epstein (67th – $307.03). Among those still in the hunt is Randal “RandALLin” Flowers, 11th in chips with 372,270. Here are top five chip counts entering Day 2: Place Player Chips 1 cathi18 1,263,084 2 w00tLOL 1,123,223 3 Zackattak13 892,172 4 hlamberg 683,570 5 Ole1904 543,874 PokerStars SCOOP 14-L: $7 No-Limit Hold’em Ante Up Two-Day ($25K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $7+$.50 13,223 $92,561 A starting field of 13,223 in Event #14-L is left with 49 plaers after Day 1. Here are the top five counts entering Day 2: Place Player Chips 1 OutschOo 5,791,406 2 KeryaFadeev 3,406,623 3 manue 3,171,942 4 J_Marcos 3,139,344 5 mumble200 2,913,452 PokerStars SCOOP 15-H: $2,000 Limit Omaha H/L ($50K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $2,000+$100 105 $210,000 An elite field of 105 took part in the $2,000 Limit Omaha H/L affair. Only 12 players were paid and among those that came close were Alex “joiso” Kostritsyn (13th), Jason Mercier (15th), and Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom (21st). Here is how the final table stacked up: Seat Player Chips 1 Vincent “Vingtcent” Van Der Fluit 42,647 2 Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier 44,689 3 Kristian “CharismA3″ Martin 75,601 4 rdmr 17,863 5 Paul “paulgees81″ Volpe 53,102 6 Lyndon360 65,183 7 Andrey “Kroko-dill” Zaichenko 117,731 8 Anders “Donald” Berg 53,342 9 Borys313 54,842 Eliminated from the final table in ninth place was Vincent “Vingtcent” Van Der Fluit. Short on chips, Van Der Fluit committed his stack following a flop with . He faced off with “rdmr” who tabled . The hit the turn, hurting Van Der Fluit’s chances of winning with a low and when the landed on the river, “rdmr” scooped the entire pot. Things can go south quickly in limit and that was the case for start-of-final-table chip leader Andrey “Kroko-dill” Zaichenko. The last of his chips got into the pot with against two other players. He wasn’t able to best “Lyndon360′s” as the board came down . Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier fell next in quite brutal fashion as both he and “Borys313″ had excellent hands on the board. A series of bets and raises on the turn revealed for “Borys313″ two pair with a flush draw. Grospellier tabled for a better two pair, better flush draw, and a low draw as well. However, “Borys313″ made a full house as the spiked on the river, ending Grospellier’s run. The next to go was “rdmr” after a battle with Paul “paulgees81″ Volpe. Much of “rdmr’s” stack was in preflop and the rest after the flop with . Volpe loved that flop with and his trips held through the turn and river. However, Volpe went on a dry spell in the aftermath of that hand and busted next. Betting and representing the entire way down on a board, his fell to “Lyndon360′s” when “Lyndon360″ made the nut low and a straight on the river. Kristian “CharismA3″ Martin departed in fourth place, surviving as the short stack for a little before getting chopped up. The board read and Anders “Donald” Berg took the high with for top set, while “Borys313″ took the low with . Berg, though, fell in third place. On his final hand, he got it in with . The board offered no help to Berg and he was beat by the of “Borys313.” “Lyndon360″ held a slight lead to begin heads-up play, but that didn’t stop “Borys313″ from putting up a fight and eventually taking it down. On the final hand, “Lyndon360″ had little choice but to get it in with against the of “Borys313.” The board rolled out , putting no qualifying low on the table and giving the pot to “Borys313″ with queens to secure the victory. Place Player Prize 1 Borys313 $57,750 2 Lyndon360 $38,850 3 Anders “Donald” Berg $29,400 4 Kristian “CharismA3″ Martin $19,950 5 Paul “paulgees81″ Volpe $14,700 6 rdmr $11,025 7 Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier $8,925 8 Andrey “Kroko-dill” Zaichenko $7,350 9 Vincent “Vingtcent” Van Der Fluit $6,300 PokerStars SCOOP 15-M: $200 Limit Omaha H/L ($25K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+$15 575 $115,000 Notable finishes in the medium Limit Omaha H/L event included Fabrice “fabsoul” Soulier (16th – $920), Alex “joiso” Kostritsyn (23rd – $690), Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver (26th – $690), Jason “TeamWispy” Helder (36th – $575), Ami “UhhMee” Barer (45th – $517.50), and Chad “ChadBrownPRO” Brown (55th – $402.50). Taking it down outright was Aussie Tim “TurnRiva” Marsters for $21,735. Place Player Prize 1 Tim “TurnRiva” Marsters $21,735 2 Jelurif $15,927.50 3 manicboy247 $11,730 4 andodo2526 $8,855 5 ohhahaha $6,210 6 culibrk1 $4,887.50 7 Dart Serg $3,737.50 8 alrik333 $2,587.50 9 guntv $1,759.50 PokerStars SCOOP 15-L: $25 Limit Omaha H/L ($25K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $25+$2 2,972 $74,300 The low buy-in of Event #15 nearly tripled its guarantee and saw a heads-up deal go down before determining a winner. When it was all said and done, “naurits” was the sole survivor for more than $10,500. Place Player Prize *1 naurits $10,503.86 *2 Kid_Poker47 $10,003.85 3 GlassOfBeer $6,241.20 4 MondSpieler $4,345.80 5 Winnetou $3,232.05 6 andodo2526 $2,489.05 7 kuhns89 $1,746.05 8 Mitorun $1,077.35 9 nordan $631.55 *denotes heads-up deal PokerStars SCOOP 16-H: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em 2x Chance Turbo ($700K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $2,000+$100 474 $1,354,000 Putting up solid finishes in this high-stakes turbo affair but still winding up a bit short of the final table were Andrew “RunThisTable” Lichtenberger (14th – $14,894), Ben “delaney_kid” Delaney (17th – $12,186), and Paul “paulgees81″ Volpe (18th – $12,186. The final table was reached in just more than three hours of play and the average stack was about 24 big blinds. Here is how it looked at the start: Seat Player Chips 1 Dimadu 633,766 2 William “Altrum Altus” Reynolds 624,917 3 dirty.brasil 201,244 4 Frederik “Fred_Brink” Jensen 330,149 5 Dajvey 188,969 6 Ky3He4uKKK 193,387 7 B00mslang 635,891 8 Pascal “Pass_72″ LeFrancois 314,919 9 WushuTM 261,758 The first to depart was “dirty.brasil” after shoving nine big blinds with from early position. “Dajvey” gave him action from middle position with and collected the pot as the board came down . “Ky3He4uKKK” fell shortly thereafter, getting it in for five big blinds with against the of William “Altrum Altus” Reynolds. A board was all she wrote for “Ky3He4uKKK,” out in eighth place. Pascal “Pass_72″ LeFrancois became the seventh-place finisher, running his five-big-blind stack with from the hijack into the of “Dimadu” on the button. An board missed LeFrancois. “Dajvey” bid adieu a few hands later in a battle of the blinds. A 15-big-blind shove with from the small blind was met with a call from “B00mslang” in the big blind with . A board only helped “B00mslang” improve to end “Dajvey’s” run. “WushuTM,” simultaneously at the Event #13-H final table with three remaining, fell from both events in a two-minute span. Here, “B00mslang” jammed from the small blind with the bigger stack and “WushuTM” called all in for roughly seven big blinds holding . “B00mslang” tabled an inferior , but the board delivered help in the form of to eliminate “WushuTM” in fifth place. “Dimadu” felt “B00mslang’s” wrath just a few hands later, unable to win a race with against the of the latter. William “Altrum Altus” Reynolds fell in third place, also at the hands of “B00mslang.” From the small blind, “B00mslang” shoved with a covering stack and Reynolds called all in for about 14 big blinds with . “B00mslang” had him dominated with and put an end to his tournament when the board ran down . Holding about 3:1 chip lead, “B00mslang” agreed to look at numbers for a deal with Frederik “Fred_Brink” Jensen. They discussed for a few minutes, but ultimately could not come to terms. When the cards were back in the air, it took four hands for “B00mslang” to close it out. On the button, “B00mslang” opened with about a min-raise. Jensen shoved from the big blind for about 15 big blinds with and was met with a call from “B00mslang” holding . The chances for a chop diminished quickly as the flop came down giving “B00mslang” aces up. The turn and river ended it, notching the win for “B00mslang.” Place Player Prize 1 B00mslang $259,832.60 2 Frederik “Fred_Brink” Jensen $192,945 3 William “Altrum Altus” Reynolds $142,170 4 Dimadu $108,320 5 WushuTM $75,824 6 Dajvey $57,545 7 Pascal “Pass_72″ LeFrancois $44,005 8 Ky3He4uKKK $30,465 9 dirty.brasil $22,476.40 PokerStars SCOOP 16-M: $200 No-Limit Hold’em 2x Chance Turbo ($450K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $200+$15 2,710 $779,200 In just less than five hours of play, “gast117″ was the sole survivor of a 2,710 player field and earned $108,000. A four-handed deal had taken place which resulted in Nick “gbmantis” Niergarth finishing runner-up and Michael “WatchOutFish” Benvenuti taking third. Other to make deep runs were Bjorn “Bjoerni89″ Schneider (12th – $5,064.80), Adam “Roothlus” Levy (16th – $2,883.03), Brandon “oncommand” Meyers (17th – $2,883.04), Michael “Skmmes” Tureniec (26th – $2,415.52), Ariel “ArielBahia” Celestino (27th – $2,415.52), and Sorel “zangbezan24″ Mizzi (29th – $2,025.92). Place Player Prize *1 gast117 $108,000 *2 Nick “gbmantis” Niergarth $84,852.53 *3 Michael “WatchOutFish” Benvenuti $72,500.84 *4 BertusBul $62,043.13 5 wiper222 $34,674.40 6 goldpiggy $26,882.40 7 lehout $19,090.40 8 TocalaSam $11,298.40 9 bestofiraq $6,623.20 *denotes four-handed deal PokerStars SCOOP 16-L: $25 No-Limit Hold’em 2x Chance Turbo ($250K Guaranteed) Buy-in Entrants Prize Pool $25+$2 12,572 $456,025 A bit longer than five hours was all it took for 12,572 players to be whittled down to one. “PetjeXL” took top honors in this one, not only earning about $63,000, but topping a final table that included Jose “nachobarbero” Barbero and Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb. Notables who went deep include Martin Staszko (54th – $661.23), Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger (63rd – $592.83), and Ankush “pistons87″ Mandavia (70th – $547.23). Place Player Prize 1 PetjeXL $62,255.69 2 Jose “nachobarbero” Barbero $44,006.41 3 Highmach $31,921.75 4 Darryn83 $22,801.25 5 Shaun “shaundeeb” Deeb $18,241 6 -Homer_Jay-t $13,680.75 7 emoe119 $9,120.50 8 R0BtheT0P $4,560.25 9 vandir4rek $2,850.15 For news, updates, and more, follow PokerNews on Twitter and Facebook. 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Pius Heinz wins 2011 WSOP

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Pius Heinz wins 2011 WSOP
The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event title has finally been claimed. Pius Heinz, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Cologne, Germany, took the title holding Ace-King against Martin Staszko’s Ten-Seven. Neither hand improved and Heinz took home $8.7 million with ace-high. Not only was Heinz the first German to win the Main, he was the first to sit at the final table. Over 6800 players from 85 different nations started the event over 13 days, with a prize pool of $64,540,858. The top 693 cashed and the tournament broke, as usual, over a period of five months between the body of the event and the final table, the “November Nine.” Notably, third-place finisher Ben Lamb was looking to culminate a sick, sick run at the WSOP. He place in five consecutive tournaments, making the final table of four of them, and winning one of them. This unheard-of streak locked him up solidly for the WSOP Player of the Year title. For the first time, the Main Event was broadcast (almost) live. There was a delay of several minutes to limit the ability of players to exploit the private pocket card cameras. Although this could potentially allow players to learn about very recent hands during breaks, creating a unique angle on the most important final table of the year. The continuing high turnout of the WSOP is taken as proof that the allure of poker continues throughout the world despite a federal crackdown against online poker. # Player Earnings Country 1 Pius Heinz $8,715,638 Germany 2 Martin Staszko $5,433,086 Czech Republic 3 Ben Lamb $4,021,138 United States 4 Matt Giannetti $3,012,700 United States 5 Phil Collins $2,269,599 United States 6 Eoghan O’Dea $1,720,831 Ireland 7 Bob Bounahra $1,314,097 Belize 8 Anton Makiieveskyi $1,010,015 Ukraine 9 Sam Holden $782,115 United Kingdom Copyright 2012 Ace Nine, LLC Legal | Contact Us | Site Map

Top 5 Poker TV Shows

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:54:27 +0000

Top 5 Poker TV Shows
published on 03/04/11 at 9:00 am Looking to catch some great poker action on your television set this week? Then, this is the article that clues you in about where all the poker action is. So, read on to find out which TV channels you have to set your dial to for watching shows packed with poker glitz!! #1 Poker TV Show: GSNs High Stakes PokerThis show was launched in 2006 and was one-of-a-kind among all existing poker shows because one could sit alongside the top poker professionals from all corners of the globe, such as Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu of PokerStars, and Jen Harman as opposed to the tournament format of other shows. Thus, this show allowed viewers to watch the poker biggies gamble with their personal cash (tons of it, really considering each player had to buy-in using USD 100,000 with variations of deals one doesnt normally get to see anywhere else. #2 Poker TV show: ESPNs World Series of PokerThis show has got to be the biggest ever in televised poker event history since nowhere else can viewers tune in to such a tremendous variety of poker games. You have Texas Holdem, 7-card Stud andOmaha played high with the Main Event being the real crowd puller because it is here that the nail-biting finish table action has everyone betting on who will walk away with the No Limit Holdem tournaments multi-million dollar first prize! #3 Poker TV show: World Poker TourThis show definitely has all the poker nuts tuning in to the WPT and also dragging along family and friends to watch the action after it launched with much fanfare in 2003. It rapidly climbed up the TRP charts and became the Travel Channels top rated program because of great poker tournament coverage from across the countrys best casinos. Each hand that is relayed on the TV screen causes hearts of poker fans to beat faster with the pace of the action speeding up across all the different channels the show airs on: from Fox Sports to Travel Channel to GSN, which is sponsored by PokerStars.net, viewers have a choice of which channel they want to change the dial for in order to be part of the poker claim to fame just like the pros featured on this show! #4 Poker TV show: Bravos Celebrity Poker ShowdownThis show really built up the games popularity, much like the shows listed above because it brought in a niche audience to watch their favorite stars vying for great poker prize pools amid light-hearted bantering and some fabulous on-screen chemistry between the hosts: Phil Gordon of FullTilt and Dave Foley who came across as naturals when it came to informative commentary of the shows action. Lots of poker fun, cool prizes, celebrity flavors and the rumors of poker veteran Phil Hellmuth taking to the hosting keep this TV show on the hot list of many card game enthusiasts. #5 Poker TV show: GSNs Poker RoyaleThis TV show about poker is unique because it combines two opposing groups that come together to duke it out at the poker table, across different segments like Girls versus Boys or Celebrities versus Professionals. Three players from each group face each other at the No Limit Holdem tournament and compete for the host of prizes and of course, fan favor! Related posts: Online Poker Affiliate Shows Us How Its Done! The Most Undeserving Player Wins Twitter Poker Tour Europe Event

Pius Heinz wins 2011 WSOP

admin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:36:32 +0000

Game Tweaks For Online Poker.

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:36:17 +0000

Game Tweaks For Online Poker.
You might be to annoyed and too exhausted to read tips for winning poker. For all you know, they may not even be true. But these hints are just some of the tips that you certainly should follow as these are not just any kind of poker tip, but they are hints specifically tailored for online poker. You can go here for online poker reviews, if you are thinking about playing online poker. Be social As you play online poker from cyberspace you can be friendly. You can not do this in live poker as youll have to have your game face on. Since your opposers have no way of examining your face, you will be able to be chummy with them by chatting with them while playing poker. This might appear as though an insignificant act, but it can actually assist you deliver the goods in online poker. Whether or not you lose in a specified game, you acquire a friend. Your new friend may aid you with tips or what not as you play more poker. Poker Players you are nice to often become easier opponents and youll be able to beat them more often. Never mind how come you want to befriend them being kind is always helpful. Use free rolls. In Live poker you wont see many freerolls You can find many poker sites to play freerolls at. There are many great benefits to freerolls The first advantage is you get to practice playing poker for free. The second reason is the many poker players of many abilitys you will meet. Because free roll tournaments are practically free, many players good or bad commonly join free roll tournaments. You are able to measure your level of competence through these. Lastly, free roll tournaments will give you the chance to win a ample amount of money. In live poker you will usually have to risk money to gain money. Freeroll tournaments dont require an up front money investment. It is a win-win situation. Do not bet too much. You must be careful with how much you wager at online poker. Before even thinking about it, arrange some sort of limit for yourself. Before playing online poker, make sure that you know just how much you are willing to wager. Online poker has a lot of advantages for tracking your money. If you lose your money and you have used your predefined bankroll amount, you should stop playing. You are not likely to have success by just buying in for more money Take some time to read some about poker, and learn more about strategy before you play more.

New: DeepStack Open Cannes Satellites

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:18:06 +0000

New: DeepStack Open Cannes Satellites
Posted by Steven, February 2, 2012 In just over a months time, poker players will descend upon the French Riviera and hit the red carpets of Cannes. This wont be due to a desire to participate in a film festival or in anticipation of seeing beautiful starlets from around the world, but rather because of interest in an exciting deepstack poker tournament. The DeepStack Open (DSO) Cannes Main Event will be staged from March 15th – 18th, 2012 at the Casino Cannes Croisette in Cannes and will feature a field composed of some of the best players in Europe. Players at Titan Poker can win their DSO seats at a newly launched satellite tournament series. A weekly Super Satellite tournament is staged on Thursday nights with a 80+8 buy-in, and with re-buys and an add-on available. Winning players at the Super Satellites will each receive a 1,250 prize package that includes the 500 + 50 buy-in to the Main Event; 480 for 4 nights accommodation in a double room at the Gray d’Albion, March 15th March 19th, 2012; 15 for handling fees; and 205 for flights and spending. Players will start their game play in Cannes on Day 1B, March 16th, 2012. The starting stack will be 50,000 chips, as is appropriate to deepstack poker tournaments. Many Titan Poker players know how to employ the special strategies needed to do well in deepstack poker events. The opportunity to win a DeepStack Open Cannes seat is not one to be missed.

Reflections on the Full Tilt Poker Smear Campaign

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:54:34 +0000

Reflections on the Full Tilt Poker Smear Campaign
published on 09/21/11 at 4:18 pm With all the news coming out about Full Tilt Poker and a so-called Ponzi scheme, I felt the need to say something. First, let me start by saying that Full Tilt Poker is a class organization that has treated this organization and overseas bank accounts fairly throughout the years. Howard Lederer and Jesus Ferguson are honest, trust worthy individuals. Not to mention, Rafe Furst, although he did move to Mexico, I can only say his work with charities and the Bad Beat on Cancer have garnered the utmost respect from me. Second, it is a shame to see the U.S. government stick their noses into something that was good for the poker industry, the nations economy, and an individuals self esteem. The majority of players online are terrible and just give money to the lucky few. But these players kept depositing funds into their accounts, helping my lifestyle with a variety of extravagant needs. So what a player did not know about the inner processes of Full Tilt, did not hurt them. They would never have withdrawn funds in the first place. Third, all these dopes posting about a 400 million dollar hole in Full Tilt Pokers finances, do not know one thing about international finance. 99% of their money is in overseas accounts. To get their money into U.S. accredited bank accounts takes several months, due to the Patriot Act. I believe Mr. Lederer and Mr. Ferguson are just waiting for the funds to go through the proper channels and everyone will be promptly paid. So let us stop slinging the proverbial mud at Full Tilt Poker. We need to let this show trial run its course and in the end, you shall all see that they are innocent of all charges. About PokerPlasm, Inc.PokerPlasm, Inc., is privately held so no financial statements are made public. Forward-looking statements in no way relate to, among other things, expectations of the business environment in which the Company operates, projections of future performance, potential future performance, perceived opportunities in the market, and statements regarding the Companys mission and vision. The Companys actual results, performance, and achievements differ materially from the results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to a wide range of factors. Mr. Sonny Partrude is Acting CEO until the board elects one to a full-term. Related posts: PokerPlasm Executives Discuss Options for Increasing Profits Cracking the Full Tilt Poker Code Full Tilt Magazine Press Release Are Online Players Cheating at Full Tilt Poker? Full Tilt Poker Pro, Cuzzinlaw, Spends Quality Time With Street3

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Olivier Busquet Discusses Tough Spots

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:36:08 +0000

Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Olivier Busquet Discusses Tough Spots
September 29 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 2 with Tommy Angelo Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 1 with Tommy Angelo Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 2 with Andrew Seidman Share It Tags Olivier Busquet, PokerNews Podcast, Poker Strategy, Cash Poker Print Olivier Busquet, also known as “livb” online, honed his poker skills by crushing online sit-n-gos. He’s also had impressive live tournament poker results, including a win in the 2009 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open. His live winnings exceed $2.4 million. For this edition of Strategy with Kristy, Busquet answers questions sent in by listeners, and also discusses his thought process in a few tough spots against good, loose-aggressive players. Here is a snippet from the interview: Let’s say you have queens and you raise in middle position. A loose-aggressive type of player flats you in position, and you’re 200 big blinds deep. The flop comes nine-eight-seven with a flush draw. You continuation bet [c-bet], and your opponent raises. In this spot, you’re out of position against a good player. It feels like you’re getting run over if you bet-fold an overpair. At the same time, he’s going to make the rest of the hand super difficult for you to play if you call. He will be able to play perfectly against you with hands that either have a lot of equity or a hand that has you beat. What’s your thought process here? What a lot of people have to understand is that the definition of tough spots is that there aren’t clear cut answers. So, you’re in a tough spot, and you’re not sure what to do, that’s good. That’s the right response to have. It shouldn’t be an easy answer where you just say, “Oh I have to call, I have queens.” Well, no you don’t. Folding isn’t the worst play in the world. What do you do if you have top set? Or when you flop a straight? Or when you have queen-ten with the flush draw in that spot? If he’s raising so much on that board, then when you do have big hands, you’re going to end up being able to make a lot of money. It’s fine, from a range point-of-view, to fold your marginal hands. To be honest, even though it’s an overpair, queens in that spot, on that board, is a marginal hand. It’s the type of board, depending on your opponent, that you should probably be catering your c-betting range to your opponent’s aggressiveness. You don’t want to be c-betting your entire range on that board if you think your opponent is going to raise light there. Now there are some good aggressive players who interpret that board as really scary, so they’re actually not raising your c-bet without hands that are either very strong or have a lot of equity. From that point of view, you might want to c-bet a lot on that flop. So again, it just depends on how your opponents play. If your opponent is trying to represent a number of hands because he knows he can represent tons of hands and he knows you can’t continue without a strong hand, then you might want to tighten up your c-betting range. But, I think folding in that spot is perfectly reasonable and probably the best play. If I had jacks, I’d be much more likely to call than if I had two queens. And that may be obvious, but just to be clear, you would have a gutter to a ten that would give you a straight that would beat other straights. Your opponent could have a six, so it’s not like he couldn’t have anything. It also makes it less likely that your opponent could have jack-ten. It’s just a much better hand in that spot because you can improve your hand and it takes away some of the cards from your opponent. Two queens on that board, is just not that strong. Folding is probably the best play. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every Thursday for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy and feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember, follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter @KristyArnett Comments Very good job by everyone!

CelebPoker $9 Free Poker Money

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:18:17 +0000

CelebPoker $9 Free Poker Money
There is a new site offering a free bonus at Celeb Poker. The bonus is an up front $9 in free cash with a further pending bonus of up to $190, which makes this potentially the largest free poker bankroll available online at this time. The original offer was for $19 up front, but that was changed at the beginning of March, 2010. This bonus deal is available from CelebPokerMoney. There are a lot of countries that are restricted from claiming this bonus. You can see the full list on the CelebPokerMoney site. As usual, American players can not avail of this offer. See if you qualify: CelebPokerMoney Related posts: Players from US No deposit bonus at Bodog Doyles Room Free Poker Bankroll Free Money at Betfair Poker New Free Bankroll at FullTilt Poker New rooms at PokerStrategy Written by admin Filed Under $19 Free, Celeb Poker, no deposit poker bonuses Tagged as , $9 free, $9 free money, big pending bonus, CelebPoker, CelebPokerMoney, country restrictions, free bonus at Celeb Poker, free poker money, no quiz needed, not available to Americans

Second Wave of Indictments

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:36:34 +0000

Second Wave of Indictments
by Adam Marshall | May 24th, 2011 The first wave of federal indictments that took PokerStars, FullTilt, and Absolute Poker out of the U.S. market was called Black Friday. This second wave targeting sites like Doyle’s Room and TruePoker is now being called Blue Monday. The indictments came from Maryland early yesterday targeting the following sites… DoylesRoom.com TruePoker.com BookMaker.com 2Betsdi.com Funtimebingo.com GoldenArchCasino.com BetMaker.com BetGrandeSports.com Betehorse.com Beted.com Doyle Brunson formally announced his separation from Doyle’s Room earlier this month due to the current legal turmoil surrounding online poker. Obviously, a hallmark of a great player is knowing exactly when to cash in your chips. The indictments were the result of undercover work done by the Department of Homeland Security. An undercover payment processing business was created called Linwood Payment Solutions, which connected agents with executives inside those gaming operations. The covert processor made around 300,000 transactions in the meantime while tracking financial data. Of note is the fact that some of these sites operated outside the legally murky arena of online poker and in the much-more-illegal field of sports betting. Charges included money laundering and conducting an illegal gambling business but not the previous accusations of bank fraud or violations of the UIGEA. Although this attack pales in comparison to the Black Friday indictments, to some they still represent a push against poker as a whole. Others believe these to be the initial parts of the staging phase that ultimately leads to the long overdue regulation of online poker. Copyright 2011 Ace Nine, LLC Legal | Contact Us | Site Map