Gus Hansen – Phil Ivey – Di Dang post wins in high stakes online poker

Category : Durrrr, High Stakes Poker, Online Poker, Phil Ivey, Poker Pros, Tom Dwan, poker

Wednesday evening saw another healthy influx of high stakes cash games on Full Tilt Poker. To the surprise of none, the game was again full of the biggest named pros to ever play online. Tom Dwan ‘durrrr’ was joined by Di Dang screen name ‘Urindanger’, David Benefield, Gus Hansen, and [...]

John Racener Biography

Category : Poker Pros, poker

John Racener Bio John Racener Photo John Racener is an American professional poker player born in 1985 in Dunedin Florida. Racener is one of the final nine in the 2010 World Series of Poker. The 24 year old Racener is well known for his polarizing spiky hair, making you wonder if he ever left the eighties at [...]

2010 World Series of Poker Main Event day 1

Category : Durrrr, Poker News, Poker Pros, WSOP, World series of Poker, poker, tournament results

The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off on Monday with the first of four Day 1 starts. Greg Raymer was on hand to give the customary “shuffle up and deal” command and play was underway. Unfortunately for Raymer, his Main Event run would be the shortest of his poker [...]

Tom Dwan chip leader in Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship

Category : Omaha Hi, Poker News, Poker Pros, Tom Dwan, WSOP, World series of Poker, poker, tournament results

Tom Dwan screen name durrrr has a nice little chip lead in the 2010 WSOP Event #55: Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship. Tom is going to have to “dodge some bullets” to remain atop these final 33 players. One of those bullets is Phil Hellmuth who is probably foaming at the mouth, trying to [...]

Michael Mizrachi Bio

Category : Poker Pros, World series of Poker, poker, poker blog

Michael Mizrachi is an American professional poker player, born in Miami Florida January 5th 1981. Poker blood runs right through the Mizrachi family his brother Robert has had some moderate success on the professional poker tour, and has a twin brother Eric who plays as well. Some people might say Michael’s game is magical, his [...]

Paul Kitsos Dies En Route to 2010 WSOP

Category : Poker News, Poker Pros, WSOP, poker

Atlantic City regular and Long Island, NY native Paul Kitsos passed away suddenly on Monday after suffering a heart attack on a flight heading to Las Vegas. Kitsos was on his way to play in several events at the 2010 World Series of Poker. Paul Kitsos, 55, was aboard UA Flight 863 that left [...]

Bracelet eludes Tom Dwan

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Tom Dwan finishes in second place in Event #11 in the 2010 WSOP. I don’t know what to say…. I stayed up until 6am with absolute faith that Tom Dwan would win the event #11 plus side bets of around $12 million. If I can point to a reason that Durrrr finished second. [...]

Michael Mizrachi leads 10k 2010 Seven Card Stud World Championship

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Michael Mizrachi leads 10k 2010 Seven Card Stud World Championship Photo of Michael Mizrachi in 10k stud Michael Mizrachi has already won a bracelet in Event 2 of the 2010 World Series of Poker . He’s at the same table as last years bracelet winner Freddie Ellis and Russian mixed game pro Alexander Kostritsyn. [...]

Phil Hellmuth looking for 12th bracelet – Doyle trying for 11th bracelet

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Phil Hellmuth is the all time leader in bracelets in the World Series of Poker. Right now, he is fifth in a field of 2,341 players in Event #8: No-Limit Hold’em. Doyle Brunson could win the 10k Stud and tie him with 11 if Doyle wins and Phil loses, except there [...]

2010 WSOP Event #10: Seven Card Stud World Championship chip counts

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50k Player’s Championship winner Michael Mizrachi leads the 10k Seven Card Stud Championship with 94k chips. Look out for East Coast Stud specialists Freddie Ellis and Nick Frangos. I also like Ylon Schwartz as my dark horse pick. 1 Michael Mizrachi 94,000 +45,000- - - 2 Daniel Negreanu 77,000 +29,500- - - 3 Chris Ferguson 76,000 +46,000- - - 4 Erik Seidel 71,000 +41,000- - - 5 Alexander Kostritsyn 68,000 +38,000- - - 6 Freddie Ellis 68,000 +38,000- - - 7 Men Nguyen [...]