WSOP 2005

[sever]

sau river stars

[ProPoker]

Cam asta e starea de fapt la WSOP 2005 la ora asta...


Rank Player Location Points Final Tables Winnings
1 Maciek "Michael" Gracz Raleigh, NC 1,440 1 $594,460
1 Isaac Galazan Miami, FL 1,440 1 $315,125
3 Charidimos 'Harry' Demetriou London, United Kingdom 1,200 1 $163,850
3 C. T. Law United Kingdom 1,200 1 $311,555
5 Tommy Grimes Houston, TX 960 1 $85,705
5 Eric Froehlich Los Angeles, CA 960 1 $361,910
5 Allen Cunningham Ventura, CA 960 1 $725,405
5 Cliff Josephy Syosset, NY 960 1 $192,100
5 Patrick Poels Phoenix, AZ 960 1 $270,100
5 Thom Werthmann Bloomfield Hills, MI 960 1 $369,535
5 Chuck Thompson Santa Cruz, CA 960 1 $176,145
12 John Lukas Las Vegas, NV 800 1 $139,870
12 Jason Steinhorn Cupertino, CA 800 1 $182,040
12 Kirill Gerasimov Moscow, Russian Federation 800 1 $108,775
12 Scott Fischman Las Vegas, NV 800 1 $352,125
12 Layne Flack Las Vegas, NV 800 1 $185,855
17 David Singer Mamaroneck, NY 720 1 $75,625
17 David Pham Cerritos, CA 720 1 $154,125
19 Jeff Duvall London, United Kingdom 640 1 $77,170
19 Todd Witteles Las Vegas, NV 640 1 $115,810
19 Mark Burtman Columbus, MS 640 1 $63,180
19 Hieu Ngoc 'Tony' Ma El Monte, CA 640 1 $118,240
19 David 'Devil Fish' Ulliott Hull, United Kingdom 640 1 $232,205
24 Antonio Esfandiari San Francisco, CA 600 1 $63,020
24 Shane Schleger New York, NY 600 1 $132,110
26 Bahram Kianfar Palm Desert, CA 480 1 $67,525
26 Martin Green Brighton, United Kingdom 480 1 $103,460
26 Shae Drobushevich Moline, IL 480 1 $110,090
26 David Barnes London, United Kingdom 480 1 $50,415
26 Adam Hersh Agoura Hills, CA 480 1 $101,335
26 Greg Mascio Brea, CA 480 1 $48,200
26 Can Kim Hua Rosemead, CA 480 1 $200,395
33 Abe Almalhi Cincinnati, OH 400 1 $39,735
33 Liz Lieu Los Angeles, CA 400 1 $168,590
33 David Bach Athens, GA 400 1 $88,680
33 Dan Heimiller Las Vegas, NV 400 1 $57,875
33 Christian Van Hees Seattle, WA 400 1 $86,855
38 Pascal Perrault Paris, France 360 1 $88,070
39 Devin Armstrong Toronto, Canada 320 1 $72,380
39 Minh Nguyen Lake Elsinore, CA 320 2 $44,040
39 Ardell Willis Haines City, FL 320 1 $31,265
39 Mario Valenzuela Temecula, CA 320 1 $73,900
39 Charles Huff Geneva, OH 320 1 $136,780
39 'Minneapolis' Jim Meehan Las Vegas, NV 320 1 $48,230
45 Pierre Nasr Vancouver, Canada 240 1 $59,120
45 Phil Gordon South Lake Tahoe, CA 240 1 $66,055
45 Peter Costa Leicester, United Kingdom 240 1 $57,905
45 An Tran Las Vegas, NV 240 1 $104,970
45 Darrell ****en Waterloo, IA 240 1 $38,585
50 Murray Reinhart Los Angeles, CA 160 1 $17,585
50 Wing Wong Rowland Heights, CA 160 1 $43,430
50 Randy Edmonson Columbus, MS 160 1 $73,160
50 Arash Ghaneian Marina Del Rey, CA 160 1 $44,340
50 Boris Shats Los Angeles, CA 160 1 $28,940
55 Meng La Torrance, CA 120 1 $44,035
56 Brian Mogelefsky Huntington, NY 80 1 $28,950
56 Richard Heath Boutwell Duluth, GA 80 1 $54,075
56 Ernest Patrick Birmingham, MI 80 1 $29,560

[sever]

wow, am citit undeva ca negreanu a facut 27 de rebuys la un event WSOP anul trecut

[Pkrbt]

26 Martin Green Brighton, United Kingdom 480 1 $103,460

Am jucat de multe ori online la betfair Vs Martin, Keneth B. Plum la betfair , KBP and other nick names E un foarte bun jucator de multi tourneys, la 1500 PL de acum o saptamana a iesit pe locul 4, in urma unui bad beat. E un jucator f interesant, f prietenos, de la el si de la un alt jucator acolo, Dubai Millenium, am invatat f multe atunci cand am inceput sa joc poker. Adevarati teoreticieni ai jocului de poker.

[sever]

si eu am fost la o masa unde era unu "nguyen" din vietnam

stiu ca sint cel putin 2 jucatori pro cu numele asta

e vorba de ultimate bet... nu sint sigur ca era el... a iesit pe 8 sau 9 intr-un sit and go de 5$... cind l-am intrebat a zis "??????"

[Pkrbt]

Lol, clar era el
Dc era la fulltilt, e posibil sa fi fost un pro, stiu ca sunt multi care joaca ocazional la small stakes, pentru a atrage noi jucatori.

[sever]

la anul sper sa fie roman de pe forum la wsop

[yariknight]

sau sa faci un freeroll cu premiu scaun la wsop

[sever]

da, sigur

oricum sper ca peste un an nu tot freerolls o sa joci :d

[yariknight]

o sa le joc doar pe astea de la forum ca sunt mai dure

[sever]

[biglebowski]

Originally posted by admin_holdem
la anul sper sa fie roman de pe forum la wsop

Wow, ambitioasa faza asta

[sever]

Tournament directors faced with a new situation

LAS VEGAS - Two black souvenir poker chips that are nearly indistinguishable when stacked with actual $100 chips being used in the World Series of Poker were discovered in play during an official event Tuesday, raising concerns among tournament organizers of a new form of cheating.

The souvenir chips, which could be purchased at the gift shop outside the Rio's poker hall, are emblazoned with the World Series of Poker logo in the center. The real tournament chips have a red "100" stamped in the middle. But from the side, both kinds of chips contain similar alternating black-and-white sections.

Jody Ivener, an assistant tournament supervisor, was alerted to the existence of one of the phony chips during the $2,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event Tuesday afternoon.

"My immediate response was to take the chip out of play and replace it with a regular chip," Ivener said. "I couldn't penalize the player. We don't know if he brought it in or if it was part of the set-up (when officials lay out the appropriate stack for each player at the start of an event). We don't know when it came in, so I couldn't take the chip out of play without giving him back $100 in equity somehow. So, I gave him back one of the correct chips.

"I guess I have to thank the Lord it's not a purple chip -- a $500 chip -- or a yellow chip -- a $1,000 chip. Thank God it's only a $100 chip."

Another phony $100 chip was discovered in play during the day, said Jack Effel, assistant tournament director. It also was replaced with an official tournament chip.

In an unfortunate collision of poker's modern-day marketing meeting its outlaw past, tournament officials voiced worry that players have a stash of the phony chips that they plan to use in future events, including the prestigious $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em championship that is expected to draw up to 6,600 participants.

To combat that, Effel said, players who hold phony chips will not have them replaced. Additionally, Effel said anyone caught purposely trying to slip them into play will be immediately disqualified.

"They're going to lose their buy-ins and be 86'd from the event," Effel said.

Effel said WSOP dealers and people manning security cameras lining the ceiling of the poker hall have been told to be aware of phony chips entering play.

"We're going to have surveillance take a look at them," Effel said. "We're going to watch those people.

"We've educated the dealers. We've told them to make sure the black chips are spread (to reveal the distinctive red '100' printed on the actual chips)."

Poker pro Andy Bloch believes there is a solution to the problem.

"One of my pet peeves is they should have computer chips in their chips so they could track them," Bloch said of an idea that has been kicked around, but apparently is too expensive for casinos that stock millions of chips.

Rio poker officials planned to make an announcement to players that phony chips have been discovered and that it will be the responsibility of the players, as well as dealers and WSOP organizers, to make sure they are using official chips, Effel said.

No announcement to players had been made as of Wednesday evening.

"We had four events today: A 12 o'clock event, a 2 o'clock event, a 3 o'clock restart and a 2 o'clock final table," Effel said of the head-spinning day for players and officials alike. "It just kind of slipped by us."

Meanwhile, a basket next to a register in the gift shop Wednesday afternoon was filled with black chips going for 49 cents apiece.

"I haven't addressed it with (gift shop managers)," Effel said. "I don't know if they want to take them off sale."

Players dismissed the advantage a participant would have from slipping phony $100 chips into play.

"Whoever tries that is stupid, because they'll never be able to play in any World Series events," poker pro Joe Awada said. "What are a couple of chips going to do for you? They're not going to take you to the final table. You have a lot to lose and nothing to gain."

Player awareness and additional scrutiny on the part of tournament officials, dealers and security personnel should be enough to quash the issue, Effel believes.

"If somebody has the (guts) to try to do it and they want to take a shot at losing their money and they want to get disqualified from every event at the World Series and never be able to play again, well, let them take that chance," Effel said. "Everybody's going to be watching out for them now."

By Steve Rosenbloom
ESPN Poker Club

[ProPoker]

In sfirsit face si Negreanu 6000+ $ la eventul 36 3000 Limit Holdem...

Sa auzim de bine domnule Negreanu! ...si te asteptam ca membru de onoare pe www.holdem.ro!

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Doyle Brunson makes a perfect ten



Event # 31 of the 2005 WSOP was the $5,000 shorthanded No Limit Hold Em. This is one of my favorite events for several reasons. Number one, the fairly large buy in thins the field, and insures there will be some top players at the final table. Secondly, the six handed format insures there will be more gambling, and as such a more entertaining final table.

When ESPN made the late night decision to switch the televised event from event # 29 ($2,000 No Limit Hold Em) to event #31, they were betting that the final six from this event would be much more TV friendly than the nine handed final table of event #29, which was particularly light on "star" players. ESPN's late night gamble paid off, and this final table would be star studded. A total of 18 bracelets were represented among the six players here, making the average BWPP* (*Bracelets Won Per Player) 3.0, which has to be an all time record. The players making up this all time BWPP record were.

Layne Flack - 350,000 in chips
Doyle Brunson - 309,000
Minh Ly - 305,000
Scotty Nguyen - 254,000
Ayaz Mahmood - 169,000
Jason Lester - 119,000

With the blinds only at 3,000/6,000, no one was super short, and you would have figured there would be some play, and no one would go out super quickly. So much for that idea, as we lost two players within the first 30 minutes, and lost both of them on consecutive hands.

First to go was Jason Lester. Lester is probably best remembered for finishing 4th in the main event of the WSOP in 2003, which was run over, and over on ESPN. His second ESPN appearance would not be nearly as long, as he moved over the top of Scotty's raise all in. Scotty thought for a minute, and called with two sevens. Jason showed A K, and although the flop brought a lot of outs with the J, Q, & 8 of spades all appearing, none of the outs came, and Jason Lester can look forward to seeing his brief ESPN appearance in the fall. Jason Lester - 6th place - $67,905.

On the very next hand, Layne Flack opened with a raise, and Ayaz Mahmood moved over the top for all his chips. When it came back around to Layne, he called right away with pocket Aces. Mahmood flipped over two queens, and when Layne made quad Aces, Mahmood left in a bad mood. Ayaz Mahmood - 5th place - $82,055.

Now down to four, the chip counts had been moving up and down faster than the stock market in 1999. One particular moment in time had the four players with the following stacks.

Minh Ly - 496,000 in chips
Doyle Brunson - 478,000
Scotty Nguyen - 326,000
Layne Flack - 208,000

For some reason, the action slowed pretty significantly, and we played about three hours four handed. Layne Flack had come back from the brink of disaster several times, doubling up on several occasions. When Layne had the bet of it against Doyle, he chose to put all his money in. On a board of 10 9 3, Layne moved in, and Doyle called. Layne showed K 10 for top pair, and Doyle showed K 9 for second pair. The turn card turned Layne's stomach, as Doyle hit a two outer 9 and ended Layne's night. Layne Flack - 4th place - $99,070.

At this point, Doyle began to lean on the shorter stacks, and use and ever increasing chip stack to wear his opponents down, and it was getting to them. One hand after spiking his cards down in frustration aftr Doyle came over the top of him, Scotty Nguyen moved in with QJ, and Minh Ly called with pocket fives. The board was brick after brick, and Scotty had come close to his fifth bracelet, but not close enough. Scotty Nguyen - 3rd place - $106,105.

Now down to heads up, Doyle was very close to winning his historic tenth bracelet, and catch Johnny Chan, who had pulled ahead just days earlier. Even thought it was approaching 4 am, the excitement in the air was palpable, and you got the sense that there weren't too many people rooting for Minh Ly. The chip counts when heads up play began were.

Doyle Brunson - 1,138,000 in chips
Minh Ly - 372,000

Once again, Doyle kept the pressure up, and ground Minh down very effectively. On the final hand of the night, Doyle must have misread his hand, because he moved in with 10 3...not 10 2. Minh Ly called with KQ, and you just got the feeling the poker gods were watching. The Poker Gods were watching, and Doyle paired his 3, and made history....again.

It was a pleasure to be in the room to watch Doyle make history, and I am proud to say....

Champion - Doyle Brunson - $367,800

2nd place - Minh Ly - $203,715