PokerStars TCOOP: Three-way deal in Event #23

January 21st, 2012

A total of 2,995 players entered Event #23 ($153 NLHE 6-Max Hyper Turbo) and generated a prize pool of $449,250 – more than double the guarantee. The hyper turbo structure forced players to make quick decisions and the action was crazy to say the least. Only 46 minutes into the tournament the money bubble happened and all remaining 391 players were guaranteed $260 each.

Then it only took about 20 minutes before 7 tables remained, and at the 1.5-hour mark only 3 tables. It didn’t take long before the tournament was down to only 1 table. When 3 players remained, the tournament went on a break as deal was discussed.

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HR_Dub Wins PokerStars WCOOP Event 55

September 26th, 2011

As the 2011 PokerStars WCOOP drew to a close, player HR_DUB took down event #55, the $530+R. It featured 831 players for $440,430 in initial prize pool, but that was just the beginning. Rebuy tournament attract players with deep pockets, and this was no exception! By the time the rebuy period was over, there were 562 rebuys and 515 add ons! That beefed up the prized pool to $954,000, smashing the 600k guarantee! 108 players total finished in the money!

Each player started the day with 7,500 chips, with each add on of $500, giving an additional 7,500 in chips.

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Last Sixty-Five Players Battling It Out At WSOP Main Event

July 21st, 2011

The 2011 World Series of Poker main event has been one of the most successful in terms of overall entries in the history of the event. Over 6,800 players entered the tournament that began over a week ago, and as of Sunday night, only sixty-three remained.

The battle for the most coveted bracelet in sports began back on July 7th, and is continuing at the Rio in Las Vegas. Sin City has been packed with fans waiting to find out who will make the final table, and their answer may be coming soon.

Ben Lamb was an early chip leader in the main event, and in recent days he had dropped in terms of his chip count. By Sunday evening, Lamb had once again worked his way back up to the top, sitting currently in second place with 9,775,000 chips.

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Slow Start To Main Event At WSOP; Hellmuth Falls Short Of Bracelet

July 7th, 2011

The World Series of Pokers main event is now under way, and it started slowly. As has been the case in years past, the first day did not attract as large a field as is expected in the remaining three day ones.

Only 897 players chose to start their November Nine push on day one of the main event. Of those players, there were many notable names, including Doyle Brunson. The legendary poker figure started and ended his WSOP main event run on Thursday, as did several other high profile players.

Among those who have fared well in the early stages of the main event, Sammy Farha and Eli Elezra stood out. John Cernuto, TJ Cloutier, and Kenny Nguyen all have upped their starting stacks since play began, and hundreds of other players remain.

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K. Nguyen claims WSOP Circuit main event title

May 10th, 2011

The penultimate WSOP Circuit stop of the season at Harrah’s Chester offered nine “Ring Events” (meaning that the champion would earn a WSOP Circuit Championship Ring), but despite it being the first time the WSOPC had ever stopped in Pennsylvania, the low turnout across the board surprised many. The $1,580 main event even offered, but barely promoted, a $400,000 guaranteed prize pool and with 269 players, an overlay of $8,605 was paid out by the casino.

With the overlay in place, the main event offered great value to the players in attendance and Kenny “Super Tuan” Nguyen would emerge from the pack to earn the WSOPC title, a seat in the National Championship and $94,901.

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