Posted in Live Poker, Tournaments, WSOP on Jul 18th, 2007
It was certainly Jerry Yang’s night. He came out firing from the start of the final table and went on to eliminate all but two of the players himself to capture the most prestigious title in poker. Yang went heads up against Tuan Lam with a gigantic 117,425,000 to 10,050,000 chip lead. In the [...]
Posted in Live Poker, Tournaments, WSOP on Jul 17th, 2007
In a shocking turn of events the chip leader entering the final table Phillip Hilm was the first person eliminated from the final table. The action has been very quick thus far and Jerry Yang has been extremely aggressive knocking out 3 players already to take a commanding chip lead with 6 players remaining. Well-respected [...]
Posted in Live Poker, Tournaments, WSOP on Jul 16th, 2007
The 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event table is set and will begin action Tuesday at noon to crown poker’s new champion. Denmark native Philip Hilm will enter the final table as the chip leader with over 21 million in chips. Close behind him though are Tuan Lam and Jon Kalmar, both with over [...]
Posted in Live Poker, Tournaments, WSOP on Jul 13th, 2007
At the end of Day 3, the money bubble has burst and 337 players remain in contention for poker’s greatest prize. Atop the leader board is a familiar face to the online world, Italian sensation Dario Minieri with 2,398,000 in chips. Dario plays in the highest games on Pokerstars and recently purchased an Aston Martin [...]
Posted in TV, Tournaments, WSOP on Jul 10th, 2007
As the $10,000 WSOP Main Event is well underway, television coverage of the smaller events begins tonight on ESPN starting at 8pm. From 8pm to 9pm the final table of Event #1 the World Championship of Mix Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit) will be shown and from 9pm-10pm the final table of Event #3 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em will [...]
Posted in PLO, Pro Circuit, Tournaments, WSOP on Jul 4th, 2007
While all eyes were on Doyle Brunson and his chance at history, Robert Mizrachi stole the show capturing the $10,000 WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. Robert, the brother of former WPT champion Michael Mizrachi, outlasted the field of 314 to win his first bracelet and the $768,889 first prize.
Doyle Brunson fell short in his attempt to [...]
Posted in PLO, Pro Circuit, Tournaments, WSOP on Jul 3rd, 2007
74-Year old Doyle Brunson can still do it with the best of them. He has made the final table of the $10,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha championship event at the World Series, where he will be going for a record-tying 11th gold bracelet. Brunson enters the final table 5th in chips and will have to defeat [...]