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Mike Sexton 2009 inductee for Poker Hall of Fame
Friday, October 16th, 2009 | Miscellaneous | No Comments
Harrah’s and the World Series of Poker announced on October 15th that Mike Sexton had been selected to become the 38th member of the Poker Hall of Fame.
Mike Sexton’s poker résumé is a long one. He won a WSOP bracelet in seven-card stud in 1989, and took down the televised WSOP Tournament of Champions in 2006. He has made $3.18 million in tournament winnings and has accumulated 47 WSOP cashes.
However, Mike Sexton is better known as the “ambassador of poker”. He is the main host of the World Poker Tour and spokesman for PartyPoker.
He has written for Card Player Magazine and founded also the Tournament of Champions of Poker, which let compete tournament winners from the previous year only.
Mike Sexton will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 7th at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino during the final table of the WSOP main event.
Congratulations to Mike Sexton!
Race for the Bracelets
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | Miscellaneous | No Comments
The WSOP 2009 is over and the “November Nine” are found. In November, we will see the following players back in Las Vegas to finish the main event:
| Name | Land | Chip count |
|---|---|---|
| Darvin Moon | USA | 58.930.000 |
| Eric Buchman | USA | 34.800.000 |
| Steven Begleiter | USA | 29.885.000 |
| Jeff Shulman | USA | 19.580.000 |
| Joe Cada | USA | 13.215.000 |
| Kevin Schaffel | USA | 12.390.000 |
| Phil Ivey | USA | 9.765.000 |
| Antoine Saout | France | 9.500.000 |
| James Akenhead | England | 6.800.000 |
This is the time to look at the all-time list of multiple bracelet winners. Who has won more than one bracelet, will Phil Ivey win his eighth bracelet at the WSOP 2009 and has Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth won his twelfth bracelet?
Here is the current list of the WSOP multiple bracelet winners
| Bracelets | Player | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Phil Hellmuth | 1989, 1992, 1993 (3), 1997, 2001, 2003 (2), 2006, 2007 |
| 10 | Doyle Brunson | 1976 (2), 1977 (2), 1978, 1979, 1991, 1998, 2003, 2005 |
| 10 | Johnny Chan | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003 (2), 2005 |
| 9 | Johnny Moss | 1970, 1971 (2), 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1988 |
| 8 | Erik Seidel | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 |
| 7 | Billy Baxter | 1975, 1978, 1982 (2), 1987, 1993, 2002 |
| 7 | Phil Ivey | 2000, 2002 (3), 2005, 2009 (2) |
| 6 | T.J. Cloutier | 1987, 1994 (2), 1998, 2004, 2005 |
| 6 | Layne Flack | 1999, 2002 (2), 2003 (2), 2008 |
| 6 | Jay Heimowitz | 1975, 1986, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001 |
| 6 | Men Nguyen | 1992, 1995 (2), 1996, 2003 (2) |
| 5 | Gary “Bones” Berland | 1977, 1978 (2), 1979 (2) |
| 5 | Allen Cunningham | 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| 5 | Chris Ferguson | 2000 (2), 2001, 2003 (2) |
| 5 | Ted Forrest | 1993 (3), 2004 (2) |
| 5 | Berry Johnston | 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2001 |
| 5 | Scotty Nguyen | 1997, 1998, 2001 (2), 2008 |
| 5 | Stu Ungar | 1980, 1981 (2), 1983, 1997 |
| 4 | Mickey Appleman | 1980, 1992, 1995, 2003 |
| 4 | Bobby Baldwin | 1977 (2), 1978, 1979 |
| 4 | Bill Boyd | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 |
| 4 | David Chiu | 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005 |
| 4 | Artie Cobb | 1983, 1987, 1991, 1998 |
| 4 | Mike Hart / Harthcock | 1984, 1990, 1991, 1994 |
| 4 | John Juanda | 2002, 2003 (2) 2008 [Europe] |
| 4 | Jeff Lisandro | 2007, 2009 (3) |
| 4 | Lakewood Louie | 1978, 1979 (2), 1980 |
| 4 | Tom McEvoy | 1983 (2), 1986, 1992 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008 |
| 4 | Walter “Puggy” Pearson | 1971, 1973 (3) |
| 4 | Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston | 1972, 1974, 1985, 1990 |
| 4 | Huck Seed | 1994, 1996, 2000, 2003 |
| 3 | Eli Balas | 1992, 1999, 2004 |
| 3 | Lyle Berman | 1989, 1992, 1994 |
| 3 | John Bonetti | 1990, 1993, 1995 |
| 3 | Farzad Bonyadi | 1998, 2004, 2005 |
| 3 | Jimmy Casella | 1971 1974 (2) |
| 3 | John Cernuto | 1996, 1997, 2002 |
| 3 | Paul “Eskimo” Clark | 1992, 1999, 2002 |
| 3 | Hamid Dastmalchi | 1986, 1992, 1993 |
| 3 | Nani Dollison | 2000, 2001 (2) |
| 3 | Barbara Enright | 1986, 1994, 1996 |
| 3 | Chau Giang | 1993, 1998, 2004 |
| 3 | Perry Green | 1976, 1977, 1979 |
| 3 | Barry Greenstein | 2004, 2005, 2008 |
| 3 | Jack Keller | 1984 (2), 1993 |
| 3 | O’Neil Longson | 1994, 2003, 2005 |
| 3 | Mike Matusow | 1999, 2002, 2008 |
| 3 | David “Chip” Reese | 1978, 1982, 2006 |
| 3 | Hilbert Shirey | 1987, 1995 (2) |
| 3 | David Sklansky | 1982 (2), 1983 |
| 3 | Max Stern | 1995, 1997 (2) |
| 3 | Dewey Tomko | 1979, 1984 (2) |
| 3 | Don Williams | 1982, 1985, 1988 |
| 2 | Daniel Alaei | 2006, 2009 |
| 2 | Rafi Amit | 2005, 2007 |
| 2 | Howard Andrew | 1976 (2) |
| 2 | Sam Angel | 1973, 1975 |
| 2 | Josh Arieh | 1999, 2005 |
| 2 | David Baxter | 1983, 1986 |
| 2 | Chris Björin | 1997, 2000 |
| 2 | Buddy Bonnecaze | 1992, 1993 |
| 2 | Burt Boutin | 2001, 2007 |
| 2 | Humberto Brenes | 1993 (2) |
| 2 | Starla Brodie | 1979, 1995 |
| 2 | Brandon Cantu | 2006, 2009 |
| 2 | Brent Carter | 1991, 1994 |
| 2 | William Chen | 2006 (2) |
| 2 | Thomas Chung | 1989, 1991 |
| 2 | Scott Clements | 2006, 2007 |
| 2 | Hoyt Corkins | 1992, 2007 |
| 2 | Aubrey Day | 1973, 1978 |
| 2 | Freddy Deeb | 1996, 2007 |
| 2 | Jim Doman | 1982, 1983 |
| 2 | Sam Farha | 1996, 2006 |
| 2 | Tommy Fischer | 1985, 1986 |
| 2 | Scott Fischman | 2004 (2) |
| 2 | Gene Fisher | 1980, 1993 |
| 2 | Eric Froehlich | 2005, 2006 |
| 2 | Matt Graham | 2008, 2009 |
| 2 | David Grey | 1999, 2005 |
| 2 | Thor Hansen | 1988, 2002 |
| 2 | Jennifer Harman | 2000, 2002 |
| 2 | Dan Harrington | 1995 (2) |
| 2 | John Hennigan | 2002, 2004 |
| 2 | Randy Holland | 1996, 2000 |
| 2 | Jesper Hougaard | 2008 (2) |
| 2 | Ryan Hughes | 2007, 2008 |
| 2 | Susie Isaacs | 1996, 1997 |
| 2 | Mel Judah | 1989, 1997 |
| 2 | Vasilis Lazarou | 1990, 1997 |
| 2 | Howard Lederer | 2000, 2001 |
| 2 | John Lucas | 1983, 1984 |
| 2 | Hans “Tuna” Lund | 1978, 1996 |
| 2 | Vitaly Lunkin | 2008, 2009 |
| 2 | Thang Luu | 2008, 2009 |
| 2 | Tony Ma | 1996, 2000 |
| 2 | Jeff Madsen | 2006 (2) |
| 2 | Sam Mastrogiannis | 1979, 1986 |
| 2 | Juan Carlos Mortensen | 2001, 2003 |
| 2 | Ralph Morton | 1982, 1987 |
| 2 | Greg Mueller | 2009 (2) |
| 2 | A.J. Myers | 1980, 1981 |
| 2 | Minh Nguyen | 2003, 2004 |
| 2 | Phi Nguyen | 2003, 2004 |
| 2 | Frankie O’Dell | 2003, 2007 |
| 2 | Rodney H. Pardey | 1991, 1994 |
| 2 | Brock Parker | 2009 (2) |
| 2 | Max Pescatori | 2006, 2008 |
| 2 | David Pham | 2001, 2004 |
| 2 | John Phan | 2008 (2) |
| 2 | Pat Poels | 2005, 2006 |
| 2 | James Richburg | 2006, 2007 |
| 2 | Dody Roach | 1981, 1996 |
| 2 | Brian “Sailor” Roberts | 1974, 1975 |
| 2 | Ray Rumler | 1990, 1992 |
| 2 | Eddy Scharf | 2001, 2003 |
| 2 | Tom Schneider | 2007 (2) |
| 2 | Mark Seif | 2005 (2) |
| 2 | Marty Sigel | 1993, 1996 |
| 2 | Jan Vang Sørensen | 2002, 2005 |
| 2 | Jack Straus | 1973, 1982 |
| 2 | J.C. Tran | 2008, 2009 |
| 2 | Peter Vilandos | 1995, 2009 |
| 2 | Steve Zolotow | 1995, 2001 |
Puh, what a list! This shows that there are frequently the same players winning big tournaments and that poker is not just a game of luck, but a game of skills.
Iron Man Challenge between Sorel Mizzi and Bertrand Grospellier
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 | Miscellaneous | No Comments
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, a sponsored player of the online poker room Betfair, announced an Iron Man Challenge against Team PokerStars Pro member Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier. They will compete against each other in 17 events. In sixteen events, the winner will take home $10.000 and in the “Main Event”, which will be kick boxing, the winner gets $20.000.
But there’s more to it than that: whoever wins the most individual events will receive a cut of 15% of the other player’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) winnings up to a maximum of $300.000. And if either Sorel Mizzi or Bertrand Grospellier can emerge victorious in 80% or more of the events, they’ll receive an extra $50.000 from the other player.
The following events are planned:
Day 1
- bench press
- bicep curl
- shoulder press
- triceps pull down
- chin-ups
Day 2
- angled leg press
- leg extension
- squats
- TBA
The winner of all weight lifting exercises is determined by whoever can lift the most for three repetitions.
Day 3
- a tennis match best of three
Day 4
- a jump roping challenge: whoever can jump the most number of times without missing will win this event.
- arm wrestling
Day 5
The kick boxing main event: The two poker pros will square off for nine rounds in the ring.
Day 6
In a special swimming challenge they will answer the question who can stay at the center of a pool the longest without touching the sides or bottom.
Day 7
A rowing event: The winner of the rowing event is determined by whoever of the two guys can row the furthest in 15 minutes.
We will post the result of this great challenge here. So stay tuned!
Doyle Brunson bets against his death prediction
Sunday, February 8th, 2009 | Miscellaneous | No Comments
Mack Rawden wrote a macabre article in CinemaBlend named “100 Most Likely People to Die in 2009″ and listed Doyle Brunson in 16th place with a 10% chance to die from obesity in 2009. In my opinion, this statement is really ridiculous. Doyle Brunson lost about 130 pounds in the past five years.
Therefore Doyle Brunson wrote a blog post on his online poker site DoylesRoom, calling Rawden a “clown” and then remarking, “… he said it was a 10% chance I would die. I would like to lay 10-1 for any amount if anybody knows this joker.”
Marc Rawden accepted the bet for $1.000, which means Doyle Brunson would pay out $10.000 if he dies in 2009, with all the winnings going to the American Cancer Society.
One of Brunson’s poker colleagues will hold the bet. The possible list of trustees including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman and Mike Sexton.
Phil Hellmuth now has his own poker clothing line
Friday, November 28th, 2008 | Miscellaneous | No Comments
Phil Hellmuth launched the Poker Brat Co. apparel line. At PokerBrat.com you can find a big assortment of various clothing articles, like T-shirts or hats. The hats have a “PH” logo on them and the shirts have a poker tree in the front or “Poker Brat Clothing Co.” written across the middle. Some of the designs are pretty cool but i think, that he won’t sell much outside the poker world.
Nevertheless, after his deal with the Miller Brewing Company of Milwaukee, who print his face in front of their beer cans, this is another great deal from Phil Hellmuth. He really knows how to market his image as a poker brat.
It ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 | Miscellaneous | No Comments
It ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings is a very important guideline in a poker game and means that you shouldn’t assume the outcome of a hand until the river is dealt and the hand is actually finished.
If you are ahead and big favorite to win the hand and you lose instead, this is often called a bad beat. There is no consensus among poker players, which situation is a bad beat and which is not. In my opinion, there are no bad beats, its all math. With Pocket Rockets e.g., you have only a 80% winning chance preflop. That means, that you lose one time out of five when you are dealt pocket aces.
In the following hand, I had 7♥ 7♦ and my opponent held K♥ K♠. I was a 19% underdog preflop to win this hand.
As you can see, I won the hand with a straight. The most players would call such a hand a bad beat, but as I stated above, its all math. Preflop I had a 19% winning chance and therefore in one hand out of five, I will win the hand.
The question is, how do you handle such an outcome. Do you go on tilt like Phil Hellmuth or do you accept bad beats as an unpleasant but necessary drawback to a tactic, that works the majority of the time and let you win more money? Good players will never lose their pokerface and endure such situations.
Never lose your pokerface
Sunday, October 26th, 2008 | Miscellaneous | 1 Comment
I found three funny videos on youtube, which are showing, that, if you want to be a poker pro, you should never lose your pokerface. No matter how strange the situation is, you have to be cool and self-controlled. These videos are commercials from Full Tilt Poker. I’m not sure, if these commercials are shown on tv in the USA. Maybe someone could leave a litte comment with this information.
In the first video you can see Jon Juanda, winner of the WSOPE Main Event in 2008 and owner of four bracelets.
In the second video you see Eric Seidel, who won 8 bracelets till now. Eric Seidel was runner-up in his first major tournament, the 1988 WSOP main event, to Johnny Chan. The final hand of this match was featured in the movie Rounders with Matt Damon and Edward Norton.
In the third video you can see Phil Ivey, who won five WSOP bracelets till now and who is, in my opinion, the most talented player in the poker circus. Phil Ivey is a regular participant in the Big Game at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas (a $4,000-$8,000 mixed cash game with extreme big pots).
A different kind of congratulation: F*cking Erick Lindgren
Monday, September 1st, 2008 | Miscellaneous | No Comments
In July Erick Lindgren was named WSOP player of the year 2008. The other poker pros congratulate him on a special way. Daniel Negreanu, Forrest Griffin, Phil Hellmuth, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Jason Alexander, Annie Duke, Patrik Antonius, Gavin Smith, Barry Greenstein, Joe Sebok and TJ Cookie made a videofilm named “F*cking Erick Lindgren” to honor him.
Have fun with the video!!
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