We have a WINNER folks!!! David Bach has finally won Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.!!! Play has JUST ended at the epic final table. The final table action had played for more than 20 HOURS! 7 hours of that was Heads-Up between David Bach and John Hanson. 492 hands were played at the final table, which surpasses all previous records for final table battles, including last year's WSOPE which went for 484 hands. Both of these gentlemen are to be commended if for nothing other than their staying power. Bach takes home $1,276,802 for the effort. Hanson, comes in second but does take home $789,199. Bach of course takes the WSOP gold bracelet and the Chip Reese Memorial Tournament Trophy. Congratulations indeed!
Also, lest you forget. change100 and TassieDevil of the PokerNews.com crew are to be commended for the continued commentary of the 20+ hour battle in this event. You have our sincere admiration, thanks, and maybe even a little... pity!
Go get some sleep...
Regards,
cheer_dad
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
WSOP 2009 Event 51 winner, updates for 49, 52-56
Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. will enter its 5th day at 2:00pm today, having narrowed the field of 95 players down to the final table of 8. All are guaranteed a payout at this point, minimum of $162,382, while the top prize hangs high above at $1,276,802. The current chipleader by more than 1 million in chips is Erik Sagstrom, in second is Vitaly Lunkin (already a bracelet winner in this series), then David Bach, John Hanson, Huck Seed, Chau Giang, Erik Seidel, and the current shortstack Ville Wahlbeck (who also has a bracelet for the year.) This should be an exciting final table! Sadly, my boy Gus Hansen was the final table bubble, and had to settle for $123,895. Defending champion Freddy Deeb had to settle for 14th place and an $83,630 payday. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the best.
Event 51 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em crowned its champion about 2 hours ago, when Carsten Joh finally took it down, after besting a 2,781 player field. He takes home $664,426 and WSOP gold for the effort. Congratulations.
16 of 854 players will return for Day 3 of Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em today at 1:00pm. Jason DeWitt is the current chipleader.
Event 53 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better will reconvene today for Day 3 at 2:00pm, where the final 14 of 467 will play it down to the bitter end. The current chipleader is Chad Brown.
After one day of play Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em narrowed its field down from 2,818 to 384. Cards get back in the air at 2:00pm. The top spot will payout $673,276 but there's still a lot of poker to be played.
78 of 257 return tomorrow for Day 2 of Event 55 - $2,500 Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw. $165,521 will go to the top spot, only a total of 24 spots paid.
On tap to begin today is Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em at high noon.
THEN... the there is a lull in official events as we all get ready for the grandaddy of 'em all THE MAIN EVENT (#57) - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em! Day 1A will get underway on FRIDAY at noon. By the way there is also a 1B, 1C, and 1D, so don't go getting in a big rush. Wednesday and Thursday of this week will be Satellite Days for folks to get that last minute shot at a ticket for the big show on Friday. As well the 1-day event "Ante Up For Africa Charity Event."
The Main Event will continue on through July 15th, until they reach the FINAL 9 players. At which time they'll bag and tag all the chips and we all play the waiting game until November 7th, when the "November Nine" will return to play for all the marbles and try to claim their piece of WSOP history.
Thanks again to all the fine coverage from the PokerNews.com Live Reporting Team. You guys are top notch! Not only am I jealous of the writing gig, but your tremendous talents as well!!!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Event 51 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em crowned its champion about 2 hours ago, when Carsten Joh finally took it down, after besting a 2,781 player field. He takes home $664,426 and WSOP gold for the effort. Congratulations.
16 of 854 players will return for Day 3 of Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em today at 1:00pm. Jason DeWitt is the current chipleader.
Event 53 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better will reconvene today for Day 3 at 2:00pm, where the final 14 of 467 will play it down to the bitter end. The current chipleader is Chad Brown.
After one day of play Event 54 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em narrowed its field down from 2,818 to 384. Cards get back in the air at 2:00pm. The top spot will payout $673,276 but there's still a lot of poker to be played.
78 of 257 return tomorrow for Day 2 of Event 55 - $2,500 Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw. $165,521 will go to the top spot, only a total of 24 spots paid.
On tap to begin today is Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em at high noon.
THEN... the there is a lull in official events as we all get ready for the grandaddy of 'em all THE MAIN EVENT (#57) - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em! Day 1A will get underway on FRIDAY at noon. By the way there is also a 1B, 1C, and 1D, so don't go getting in a big rush. Wednesday and Thursday of this week will be Satellite Days for folks to get that last minute shot at a ticket for the big show on Friday. As well the 1-day event "Ante Up For Africa Charity Event."
The Main Event will continue on through July 15th, until they reach the FINAL 9 players. At which time they'll bag and tag all the chips and we all play the waiting game until November 7th, when the "November Nine" will return to play for all the marbles and try to claim their piece of WSOP history.
Thanks again to all the fine coverage from the PokerNews.com Live Reporting Team. You guys are top notch! Not only am I jealous of the writing gig, but your tremendous talents as well!!!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Monday, June 30, 2008
A Nguyen Win!!!
Scotty Nguyen Wins Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship!!!
I'm on break from class and had to check in on the action, but according to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-45-50000-h-o-r-s-e-world-championship/ Scotty has finally taken down the top prize bracelet, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy, the $1,989,120 cash prize and the admiration and envy of the Poker World.
Congratulations Scotty!!!
Regards,
cheer_dad
The Monday Morning GRIND Continues
The battle wages on in Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. 3 players continue to play even at this hour. This is Day 5 of this grueling event which tests the stamina of even the most seasoned of pros. Within poker's upper echelon "this" event is considered to be the greater measure of "who is the best" as opposed to the Main Event. Currently, Scotty Nguyen enjoys a commanding lead with a 10,085,000 chip stack, then Michael DeMichele with 3,040,000 and finally Erick Lindgren with 1,675,000. I would like to say that we'll be crowning a winner soon, but I'm not that foolish to make such an assertion. None of these men will be going down quietly. Top prize is $1,989,120, with second at $1,243,200, and finally 3rd at $781,440. ALL substantial wins, but there's still the matter of the shiny little trinket and the extreme bragging rights that go along with this event. Also according to "loganmark" of PokerNews.com, Erick Lindgren will take the lead in the Milwaukee's Best Light WSOP Player of the Year standings, as he is currently assured of finishing at least in 3rd place in Event #45. According to his post, although there are still a few POY eligible events yet to be played, it will be very tough for anyone to take it away from Lindgren. Way-to-go "E-Dog!" I've been saying all along that my loyalties were definitely being challenged by this event, because of the fact that both Scotty and Erick were both still in it. I still think it is far from over... and we'll just have to wait and see. Follow along with all the action being reported over at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-45-50000-h-o-r-s-e-world-championship/day5/. ***EDIT*** No sooner did I hit "Publish Post" and head back over to check the standings at PokerNews.com and I read that Erick Lindgren has been eliminated by Scotty Nguyen. Scotty now has over 12 million in chips. Go SCOTTY!
Event 48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em came to a close over 7 hours ago, when Alexandre Gomes finally bested the field of 2,317. He takes home the WSOP bracelet and a whopping $770,540. Congratulations. And from the sound of it Gomes and his fellow Brasilians are probably still celebrating!
Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em continues on at this hour as well. The field has been narrowed from its 2,718 initial entrants to a final 10, but its going to require one more casualty before the players get to call it a night. It could still be a while, as there has been little action for the last several hands, in which there have been very few flops even seen. Hang in there players! For that matter hang in there Pojo and Shamus who continue to provide bleary-eyed coverage.
Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship Day 1 came to a close a little over 3 hours ago with the field narrowed down to 87 players, of the original 381 who began. Only the top 36 will get paid in this one. Currently Josh Arieh enjoys the chip lead at 368,000, which is 151,000 more than his closest competitor. Day 2 will begin later today.
Event 51 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. narrowed its huge field of 803 players down to just 192 in a single day. Top prize will be $256,412 for this event. A number of familiar faces still remain in this event. which will get back underway later today.
Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em is the only event on tap to begin today. Then, tomorrow only one event is slated Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. To be followed-up by the Grandaddy Event 54 which is the epic 39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event which will begin its 1st of 4 Day 1's on Thursday. Stay tuned!
Time to get some work done...
Regards,
cheer_dad
Event 48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em came to a close over 7 hours ago, when Alexandre Gomes finally bested the field of 2,317. He takes home the WSOP bracelet and a whopping $770,540. Congratulations. And from the sound of it Gomes and his fellow Brasilians are probably still celebrating!
Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em continues on at this hour as well. The field has been narrowed from its 2,718 initial entrants to a final 10, but its going to require one more casualty before the players get to call it a night. It could still be a while, as there has been little action for the last several hands, in which there have been very few flops even seen. Hang in there players! For that matter hang in there Pojo and Shamus who continue to provide bleary-eyed coverage.
Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship Day 1 came to a close a little over 3 hours ago with the field narrowed down to 87 players, of the original 381 who began. Only the top 36 will get paid in this one. Currently Josh Arieh enjoys the chip lead at 368,000, which is 151,000 more than his closest competitor. Day 2 will begin later today.
Event 51 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. narrowed its huge field of 803 players down to just 192 in a single day. Top prize will be $256,412 for this event. A number of familiar faces still remain in this event. which will get back underway later today.
Event 52 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em is the only event on tap to begin today. Then, tomorrow only one event is slated Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. To be followed-up by the Grandaddy Event 54 which is the epic 39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event which will begin its 1st of 4 Day 1's on Thursday. Stay tuned!
Time to get some work done...
Regards,
cheer_dad
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Two more WSOP bracelets awarded, and NDPT #9 follow up
Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship will head into Day 5 today with only the final 8 remaining. This event promises plenty of excitement, with its All-Star cast of characters. I'm not even really sure who to be rooting for! The top three includes Erick Lindgren, Scotty Nguyen, and Barry Greenstein! I'm hoping E-Dog picks up his 2nd bracelet but at the same time Scotty is one of my favorites as well. But this thing is far from over though, and only time will tell, and I'm sure it'll be in to the wee hours of the morning. Hope you're all getting some sleep now, and getting ready for the war to come.
Event 46 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed on the other hand has come to an end and there we find Joe Commisso claiming the bracelet and the thus far the top payout in this year's WSOP of $911,855! Congratulations. According to PokerNews.com his heads up matchup against 2nd place finisher Richard Lyndaker went on for a whopping 209 hands.
Event 47 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Low has ended and Ryan Hughes walks away with the bracelet having bested the initial 544 entrants. He pockets $183,368 for his efforts, and this makes his 2nd WSOP bracelet. Congratulations.
Event 48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em returns for its Day 3 where the final 9 of the starting 2,317 will battle it out for the bracelet and a top prize payout of $770,540.
Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em will head into Day 2 today, with 215 players remaining from the starting 2,718 who began yesterday.
Event 50 - $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship and Event 51 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. will get under way today.
Back East, you'll recall that NDPT #9 was held last night, here at the home of cheer_dad. Turnout was lower than is normal but in the Summer months many other conflicting obligations tend to get in the way. A number of the NDPT membership has the baseball All-Stars season to contend with. And not to mention the fact that I didn't even announce this tournament until the day before! All things considered 19 players was still a pretty good turnout, and was enough so that the game can be counted in the NDPT Points Race!
1st Steve "All-In" Allman, 2nd Mike "hide the Jack Daniels" Westbrook, 3rd Brian Murray (a.k.a. cheer_dad), 4th Teresa "Big Red" Murray
And with 9 NDPT tournaments on the books so far, here's how we're looking in the points race:
1st Teresa Murray 129
2nd Brian Murray and Steve Allman tied with 121
4th Vince Post 106
5th Julie Wolfe 102
6th JR Ruble 101
7th Dan Rempel 76
8th Del Minturn 73
9th Matt Jackson 72
10th Eric Shuman and Dennis Rempel tied with 70
For the entire breakdown head over to http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=ptNl6_cpXDHlDaBaHIU7NVA&hl=en for the master list.
Big Red and I hope everyone had a great time last night. Next months tournament duties fall to the Wolfe-pack. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll be able to make it to the games, while juggling baseball tournaments throughout the month. We have one scheduled for every weekend in July! See you all real soon.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Thursday, June 26, 2008
a H.O.R.S.E. with no name and Thumper too...
Event 42 - $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship has come to an end, and left at the top of the 2,218 player pile is Dan Lacourse, who takes home the WSOP bracelet and the 1st place cash out of $368,832. Congratulations.
Event 43 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo not long ago narrowed its field down to the final table of 9 and play will resume at 2:00pm PDT. Currently Erik Seidel is second in chipstacks to Jon Maren. Seidel will be going for his 9th WSOP bracelet, and a top prize of $216,249. Stay tuned.
Event 44 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys will enter Day 2 today with 115 of the initial 879 players remaining. Far too early to make any guesses on the outcome of this one.
Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship will resume today at 3:00pm PDT. A PRO heavy field will battle this one out. There remain 140 players in this event, and only the top 16 will payout. A top prize of $ 1,989,120 awaits a winner. This one will as always be exciting.
Event 46 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed and Event 47 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Low will both get underway today. Stay tuned to all the fine reporting over at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/. If you think the bloggers/reporters are doing a great job like I do, let 'em hear it!!! Praise is welcomed. As for other comments, follow the "Thumper" philosophy. "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all."
Regards,
cheer_dad
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