Brickbats for Brunson

June 12, 2010 :: Posted by - admin :: Category - Online Poker, Uncategorized

All great persons have had detractors and Doyle Brunson’s greatness in the field of poker cannot be denied. In his long innings he has become used to be at the receiving end of brickbats. But of late Brunson has come up against a different kind of adversary, an Internet stalker.
A person using the alias “LeeTheStrikerChagra” [...]

Women to the Fore at WSOP

June 12, 2010 :: Posted by - admin :: Category - Online Poker, Uncategorized

Event #9 at WSOP 2010, the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em, was a measly affair. It had a starting field of only 650 players and a prize pool of only $877,500 and no big names. But it will be noteworthy for another reason. It was the first event in WSOP 2010 in which a group of [...]

Laak is Poker Endurance Champion

June 12, 2010 :: Posted by - admin :: Category - Online Poker, Uncategorized

Fuzion Poker had informed in a poker blog that Phil “The Unabomber” Laak would be trying for the endurance poker record. On Saturday June 5 at 12.06 PM Las Vegas time Phil Laak became the official poker endurance champion by breaking the record of 72 hours and 2 minutes. This had been set by Larry [...]

Phil Hellmuth Misses Again

June 12, 2010 :: Posted by - admin :: Category - Online Poker, Uncategorized

Phil Hellmuth was that close to getting his WSOP bracelet number 12, but he missed again. Had he got there his bragging rights would only have got bigger. At one time he was at number 5 and soon he was knocked out in the 15th place. The event was the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em. Events [...]

The Brothers Mizrachi

June 12, 2010 :: Posted by - admin :: Category - Online Poker, Uncategorized

The Poker Players Championship was the first major event in WSOP 2010 and the brothers Mizrachi passed the test with flying colors. Though both brothers acquitted themselves well it was Michael who came out tops defeating Vladimir Schmelev in the heads up and winning over $1.55 million and his first WSOP gold bracelet. The enormity [...]