Poker news tagged with 'wsop 2009'

Darvin Moon, the working class hero and second-place finisher in the WSOP 2009 Main Event, was a few days ago in a radio interview taking about his game and mistakes he had made on the final table. One of their main questions Dennis Phillips got, was the one about when he folded King-Queen to Steven Begleiter's Ace-Queen and then went to his wife to tell her that he had pocket queens. After doing this, most people were thinking, "What in the world is he doing?" He knew that people will see and hear what he's doing since the final table was being broadcasted. However, according to Moon, it was intentionally done and part of his big plan.

"No, that wasn't a mistake. I felt that the people backstage were listening on those mics and sending stuff out to the coaches. She'll tell you, before we come down there, that was the plan. Because I was miked when we went down to nine players and I felt that there was some stuff being sent around. I don't trust anybody when I'm playing cards."

Jack Ury is 96 years of age and the oldest participant in WSOP 2009. This is the third time he takes part in the World Series of Poker and he has been playing poker since 1953. Jack Ury was probably the most appriciated participant  the day he took part as he received standing ovations many times.

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In the lead of Event #49 - H.O.R.S.E we find no one less than the Swedish poker pro Erik "Erik123" Sagström with over three and a half million chips. There are now only 8 players left who will play tomorrow's televised final table, a final table which includes some of the best players in the world at H.O.R.S.E.

Read more » WSOP Event #49 H.O.R.S.E: Swedish poker pro Erik "Erik123" Sagström in the lead

The Englishmen, John Kabbaj, took home event #45 PL Hold'em with a buy-in of $10,000. When the tournament was down to heads-up, it took 28 hands before the final hand was played and John Kabbaj finally was the last man standing.

Read more » WSOP: John Kabbaj takes home the world champion title in PL Hold'em

WSOP 2009 started on the 26th of May and has now been going on for 30 days. Lots of tournaments and cash games have been played day as night during this time and hundreds/millions of dollars has been won by pros and non pros. But who's has been the most successful poker player so far in WSOP 2009? And who has won the most money?

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Wille "Isokala" Wahlbeck becomes the first Finnish poker player to win a WSOP bracelet as he defeated a 194 strong starting field and took down the mixed tournament in World Series of Poker. For the win he received almost half a million dollars!

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Jason Mercier was on 4th place when the final table started, but he was for sure the most respected player at the final table, and that with all right as he came to be the last man standing and took care of the first prize of $237,415.

Read more » WSOP Event #5: Nothing could stop Jason Mercier from taking down the tournament!

It came to be a tough battle when Steve Sung and Panayote Vilandos played heads-up on the final table. Steve had 10 million chips and Panayote 8 million chips. But everything came to a sudden end after that Steve picked up KK and got his money in against Panayote's pocket 8's.

Read more » WSOP Event #4: Steve Sung grabs the 1st prize of $771,106

One of the most notable players that have made it all the way to the final table in event #5 in WSOP is no one less than the American, Jason Mercier! He's on 4th place at the moment and will bring 384,000 chips with him to the final table.

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Scotty "The Prince of poker" Nguyen has earlier this year said that he will never play poker again if he doesn't manage to win more than $4 million in this year's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Now Scotty has revealed what he will do with the winnings if he reaches his $4 million US dollars goal in WSOP 2009.

Read more » WSOP: Scotty is putting up new goals