World Series Of Poker Thread - Schedule etc.

[wilheim]

Event #19 Omaha Hi/Lo

Buy-In $2,000
Prize Pool $430,560
Entries 234

Winner Annie Duke (Portland, OR) $137,860.

Annie Duke topped a field of 234 players in the $2,000 Omaha High-Low event, held on Monday, May 11th in the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas. Duke, best known as the high-stakes poker pro and mother of four, reigned supreme on the final table, consisting of several well-known names. She won $137,860 and captured her first gold bracelet at the World Series. Annie is the sister of pro Howard Lederer.

 

[wilheim]

Event #20 Ladies Limit Hold 'Em.

Buy-In $1,000
Prize Pool $182,910
Entries 201

Winner Huong Doan (San Diego, CA) $58,530.

Huong “Crystal” Doan Triumphs in Ladies World Championship.


Not sure if anyone really cares about this thread but I will keep it going. wil.

 

[FunkSoulBrother]

been enjoying the thread myself, Wil. Keep it up!

 

[wilheim]

FSB - Thanks man, will do - it's a fun thread to keep going.

 

[wilheim]

Event #21 Pot Limit Hold'em

Buy-In $2,000
Prize Pool $596,160
Entries 324

ONE HAPPY POKER PLAYER

Winner Antonio Esfandiari (San Francisco CA) $184,860.

Antonio Esfandiari used to be a professional magician. He peformed magic tricks and wowed audiences of all ages. But his greatest performance might have been on this night, as Esfandiari, a.k.a. “The Magician,” reached deep into his bag of card tricks in the $2,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em event at this year’s World Series of Poker. He topped a world-class field of 324 players – the highest ever to enter this event in the 35-year history of the tournament. It wasn’t so amazing that Esfandiari won. What was amazing was how he earned his first gold bracelet and WSOP victory. To call it “magical” would be a gross understatement. Many eyes were focused on the two former world champions sitting at the final table – Chris “JESUS” Ferguson, the 2000 winner, and Phil Hellmuth, Jr., the 1989 champ. Lots of excitement was expected, and the players did not disappoint. Early at the final table, Esfandiari won with 2-2 versus 8-8, after a deuce came on the turn.
Esfandiari’s most critical hand came when he took Q-Q against Phil Hellmuth’s K-K and won.Both players got into a raising war before the flop. Esfandiari was “all in” and Hellmuth had just enough chips to cover his opponent’s stack. The flop helped neither player, but three clubs on board made Hellmuth’s kings an even stronger favorite – since he had the lone club in his hand. Then, disaster struck for the former world champion. The queen of clubs fell on the turn, which brought the audience to its feet. Esfandiari had hit his two-outer. But the fourth club had also made a flush for Hellmuth. Esfandiari now had extra outs – and could win the huge pot if the board paired. That’s exactly what happened on the river when a second nine rained down from the poker gods above, giving Esfandiari a full-house against Hellmuth’s club flush. It was a brutal beat.


A short time later, Esfandiari eliminated Hellmuth with K-9 versus A-8.
Esfandiari’s A-6 topped Phi Nguyen’s A-9 on the final hand of the tournament.

wil.

 

[Mr NJ Sports]

good thread . better than searching for the results. thanks for the effort.

 

[GreenDoberman]

I go down to the Mirage on Tuesday to play in a tournament, sit down and talk to the dealer I know waiting for it to start. Who sits down next to me, none other than Hasan Habib. Well, screw it there went my chances and to make matters worse there was a girl next to me who kept telling the dealer what to do.
Needless to say, I was short stacked, went all-in on 55. The board flops another 5 for a set, but Habib flops the flush. Goodbye, game over.

 

[wilheim]

Green "Dead Money" Doberman.

 

[vmax700sx]

Gabe Kaplan in the front with the jacket that says world series of poker?

 

[wilheim]

Vmax, you must be talking about the photo painting on page one of the thread. I think this might be a good time to re-post it. Thanks.

Who's who?

wil.

 

[wilheim]

Event #22 Omaha Hi-Lo Split World Championship


Buy-In $5,000
Prize Pool $568,700
Entries 121

Winner Brett Jungblut (Los Angeles, CA)$187,720 .

Jungblut beat three-time gold bracelet winner “Miami John” Cernuto to win his first bracelet.

 

[wilheim]

Event #23 No Limit Hold'em

Buy-In $1,500
Prize Pool $1,150,920
Entries 834

Winner Ted Forrest (Las Vegas, NV) $300,300.

Forrest won his second (1st was 7 card stud event) gold bracelet of the tournament, and 5th overall lifetime. Five WSOP wins puts into the same class with Bones Berland, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Layne Flack, Berry Johnston, and Stu Ungar. But one could say that Ted Forrest is really in a class all his own. He’s certainly won as much money as anyone in the game over the past decade -- most of the profits concentrated in high-limit cash games out of the public eye.

wil.

 

[wilheim]

Event #24 Seven Card Stud World Championship

Buy-In $5,000
Prize Pool $676,800
Entries 144

Winner Joe Awata (Las Vegas, NV) $221,000.

The real story of Awata’s hard-earned victory dates back two weeks ago, to Event #9 in the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold’em championship. Awata came within a single card of winning the gold bracelet that day, only to see his poker dream shattered when his opponent caught two perfect “runner-runner” cards to loot the biggest pot of tournament.

 

[wilheim]

Event #25 Pot Limit Hold 'Em

Buy-In $3,000
Prize Pool $872,160
Entries 316

Winner Gavin Griffin (Darien, IL) $270,420.

 

[TheGeneral+]

When is the last day of the party?

 

[wilheim]

Event #26 Seven Card Razz

Buy-In $1,500
Prize Pool $269,100
Entries 195

Winner (The Legendary) TJ Cloutier (Richardson, TX) $90,500.

No tournament player has made more final tables and won more tournaments over the past twenty years than T.J. Cloutier. By his own estimate, he’s won over 60 majors and earned millions of dollars as one of the tournament circuit’s most steady performers. That success has translated into five World Series of Poker gold bracelets, dating back to 1987. Cloutier added to his jewelry collection tonight, winning the Razz World Championship, held at the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas.

Two-time WSOP winner Howard “The Professor” Lederer (wins in 2000 Omaha High-Low and 2001 Deuce-to-Seven Lowball) had the chip lead at one point. He seemed to be in position to close the night with a victory. But, it wasn’t to be. Lederer went out when he was drawing to a 6-4 (missed) and lost to Cloutier’s 6-5-4-2-A.
When heads-up play began, T.J. Cloutier enjoyed a chip lead over Dutch Boyd -- $172K to $121K. Cloutier won with a 9-6 low against Boyd, who failed in his attempt to join his “Crew-mates” Scott Fischman and Brett Jungblutt as gold bracelet winners. Boyd received $46,440 as the runner up.

wil.

PS. The Tournment runs through May 28th.

 

[wilheim]

Event #27 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw

Buy-In $1,000
Prize Pool $223,040
Entries 82 + 112 rebuys

Winner Farzad Bonyadi (Aliso Viejo, CA) $86,980.

Iranian-born Bonyadi who now lives in California, reigned supreme on the final table, consisting of two other former bracelet winners – Captain Tom Franklin and Scotty Nguyen.

 

[wilheim]

Event #28 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em.

Buy-In $1,000
Prize Pool $472,290
Entries 519

Winner Gary Gibbs (Hot Springs, AZ) $136,960.

Gary Gibbs topped a record field of 519 players in the $1,000 buy-in Senior’s World Championship. The number of participants was the largest ever for any senior’s event in history – proving that poker is not just a young man’s (or women’s) game.

 

[Illini]

Anybody else taking a small gamble on Sam Farha at 280-1 on Pinnacle? I like those odds.

 

[wilheim]

Event #29 Limit Hold 'Em

Buy-In $5,000
Prize Pool $1,001,100
Entries 213

Winner John Hennigan (Philadelphia, PA) $325,360 (This guy can play).