Posted in Pro Circuit, Tournaments, WPT on Mar 16th, 2008
Brandon Cantu now has a WPT title to go along with his WSOP bracelet on his poker resume. Cantu breezed through an impressive final table consisting of poker pros John Phan (6th), Jennifer Harman (3rd), and Steve Sung (2nd) to capture the title and the $1,000,000 first prize.
Posted in Pro Circuit, Tournaments, WPT on Mar 14th, 2008
2006 WSOP bracelet winner Brandon Cantu will enter tonight’s WPT Bay 101 Final Table with a big chip lead after dominating Day 3 of the play. The day started off well for Cantu getting very lucky in a big hand against Joe Hachem.
After a flop of 9c-6d-5d, Hachem bet 20k from the small blind and [...]
Posted in Heads Up, Pro Circuit, TV, Tournaments on Mar 3rd, 2008
In the four year history of the NBC National Heads-Up Championship Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson has made the final two a remarkable three times. The final two play a best of 3 contest and in Jesus’ first two final table appearances he lost in the 3rd and deciding match. First to Phil Hellmuth and then [...]
Posted in Heads Up, Pro Circuit, TV, Tournaments on Mar 1st, 2008
The 2008 NBC Heads-Up Championship event featuring 64 of the best poker stars and celebrities started on Friday and has reached the Elite 8. Tomorrow’s matchups and my predictions for the rest of the tournament look like this:
Jonathan Little vs Chris Ferguson
Little has been tearing up the WPT lately winning the Mirage Poker Showdown last [...]