Poker news tagged with 'brandon cantu'

Last week we reported that Brandon Cantu had a massive chip lead and was about to face Phil Hellmuth heads-up in Event #5: Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em. Cantu won the heads-up match against Hellmuth after some struggle, then he defeated Martin Jacobson from Sweden in the "quarter-finals" and Roger Hairabedian in the "semi-finals". In the final heads-up match he was up against Jonathan Aguiar, the man who bubbled in the very same event in 2011.

Read more » WSOP Europe: 7-Hour Heads-Up Between Brandon Cantu & Jonathan Aguiar

On Thursday, a total of 52 players returned to play Day 2 of Event #5: Mixed Max (No-Limit Hold'em). Jennifer Tilly had the lead when the day started and Faraz Jaka was the closest opponent.

After several hours of 6-handed action, just as planned, the second day of the tournament ended when 16 players had chips left, and both Jaka (3rd place with 258,100) and Tilly (9th place with 163,300) were among the survivors. Other notables to make it through the day were, for example, Phil Hellmuth, Marvin Rettenmaier, Bertrand Grospellier and Jason Mercier. However all the pros mentioned above were overshadowed by another player...

Read more » WSOPE Event #5: Mixed Max NLHE: Massive Chipleader Brandon Cantu To Face Phil Hellmuth

Day 3 of the Master Classics of Poker Main Event is running at the moment. 40 players have chips left and only 4 players need to hit the rail before the tournament has reached the money. The plan is to play the field of 40 players down to a final table, which will be played tomorrow, but of course anything can happen in the poker world.

In a quite big lead is the American Poker Pro Brandon Cantu, 30, with 666k chips. Cantu is a very experienced poker player who has, for example, two WSOP titles and a WPT title on his resume. But that doesn't mean that he can kick back and relax as there are quite a few good players with plenty of chips left.