Texas Holdem Poker Blog

April 27, 2006

SNG Results of late...

I have played in 8 SNG's in the past three days, and I have not had the best of luck. These are of course, No Limit Texas Holdem Poker SNG's, ranging from 27 to 180 people.

In 5 of these, I was sucked out on hard, making the right call, and having the best hand going in, only to get hit on the river in every case. One particularly nasty one was an idiot calling me with 94 off and hitting a straight on the river. UGH... There have been times lately where I have hated this fucking game!

In Two of the SNG's I was short and did not go in with the best hand, and got snapped. These two I can live with, it was simply a matter of bad cards leading to a decision that had to be made.

In ONE SNG did I cash, and that was a 5th place cash, and even then I went in with AKs against a small pair, and had not ONE face card hit the board......

Posted by fatbill at 12:10 AM | Comments (0)

April 25, 2006

2006 WPT Champion Crowned!

Well, the 2006 WPT No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Championship has been decided, and Joe Bartholdi has been crowned the champion!

Here is a listing of the the top cash places!

1 Joe Bartholdi $3,760,165 1920
2 David Matthew $1,903,950 1600
3 Roland De Wolfe $1,025,205 1280
4 Claus Nielson $659,120 960
5 James Van Alstyne $439,375 800
6 Men Nguyen $292,915 640
7 Vanessa Rousso $263,625 480
8 Espen Saltnes $234,330 320
9 Chad Brown $205,040 160
10 Carlos Zambrano $175,750 96
11 Annand "Victor" Ramdin $146,460 96
12 Cliff Josephy $146,460 96
13 Valentino Morella $146,460 96
14 Gary Maresh $146,460 96
15 Paul Wasicka $146,460 96
16 Erica Schoenberg $117,165 96
17 Patrik Antonius $117,165 96
18 Simon Moussa $117,165 96
19 Surinder Sunar $117,165 48

Posted by fatbill at 09:41 AM | Comments (0)

April 24, 2006

On David Williams and porn.....

Much todo has been made recently on a number of the more popular poker blogs about David Williams and the video's that 'supposedly' show him and an older woman in a couple of sex acts.

Personally, I dont care!

I thought the 'older woman' ( I say that because she is NOT older than me ) was a rather good looking lady, and I would have obliged her in much the same way David did, given half the chance. Actually, MOST of the male audiuence that is making such a fuss, when push came to shove ( pun not intended ) would have done the lady without hesitation, REGARDLESS of what they said in chat rooms!

Let us remember that David Willims is a young man full of raging hormones, as many of us were at that age, and let him be!

;-)

Posted by fatbill at 09:14 AM | Comments (0)

2006 WPT Championship Day 5

Well, they narrowed the field down to the final 6, in the WPT No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Championship. Here is a list of the Television table and their chip counts:

1 James Van Alstyne 8,070,000 Chips 0 1 5
2 Joe Bartholdi 7,135,000 Chips 0 1 1
3 Claus Nielson 5,875,000 Chips 0 1 4
3 David Matthew 5,765,000 Chips 0 1 6
5 Roland De Wolfe 1,860,000 Chips 0 1 2
6 Men Nguyen 1,490,000 Chips 0 1 3

Ole Men 'the Master' Nguyen is in the hunt, something we have not seen in quite a while!

Unfortunately the lovely Vanessa Rousso was knocked on the bubble when here AK was knocked by Van Alstyne's AJ when a J came on the turn...

Play will go today at 4PM PST.

Posted by fatbill at 09:08 AM | Comments (0)

April 23, 2006

2006 WPT Championship Day 4

Well, they played it down to 19 with play resuming today, in the No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Championship. There were a LOT of TOP Pros sent to the rail yesterday, including: Brad Booth, Amir Vahedi, David Williams, Gabe Thaler, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, David Grey, Evelyn Ng, Chip Jett, Johnny Chan and Freddy Deeb.

James Van Alstyne sits atop the chip lead!

Here are the chip counts of those that remain:

1 James Van Alstyne 4,235,000 Chips 0 63 1
2 Roland De Wolfe 3,325,000 Chips 0 64 1
3 Carlos Zambrano 2,985,000 Chips 0 63 5
4 Annand "Victor" Ramdin 2,685,000 Chips 0 64 4
5 Joe Bartholdi 2,350,000 Chips 0 63 4
6 Paul Wasicka 2,245,000 Chips 0 62 4
7 Erica Schoenberg 1,735,000 Chips 0 62 6
8 Simon Moussa 1,695,000 Chips 0 62 5
9 Vanessa Rousso 1,575,000 Chips 0 63 6
10 Cliff Josephy 1,255,000 Chips 0 64 3
11 David Matthew 1,200,000 Chips 0 63 3
12 Espen Saltnes 1,130,000 Chips 0 62 2
13 Claus Nielson 940,000 Chips 0 63 2
14 Gary Maresh 905,000 Chips 0 62 1
15 Valentino Morella 525,000 Chips 0 64 2
16 Chad Brown 485,000 Chips 0 64 5
17 Patrik Antonius 450,000 Chips 0 62 3
18 Men Nguyen 375,000 Chips 0 62 7
19 Surinder Sunar 120,000 Chips 0 64 6

Posted by fatbill at 09:50 AM | Comments (0)

April 22, 2006

2006 WPT Championship Day 3

Well, the field has been narrowed down to 72 in the No Limit Texas Holdem Poker championships! Several of the top names from the leaderboard from day two have been eliminated, including:
Barry Greenstein, T.J. Cloutier, Steve Dannenmann, Paul Darden and Dan Harrington.
Erick Lindgren, Jen Harman and Casey Kastle all cashed but were sent packing also!

Here are chip counts of the remaining players:

Place Poker Player Chip Count
1 Victor Ramdin $ 1,169,000
2 Gary Maresh $ 1,013,000
3 Freddy Deeb $ 1,005,000
4 Chad Brown $ 893,000
5 Roland De Wolfe $ 889,000
6 Evelyn Ng $ 873,000
7 Patrik Antonius $ 865,000
8 David Williams $ 865,000
9 Men 'The Master' Nguyen $ 847,000
10 Vanessa Rousso $ 795,000
11 Johnny Chan $ 782,000
12 James Van Alstyne $ 746,000
13 Davidson Matthew $ 720,000
14 Phil Hellmuth $ 604,000
15 Curtis Hirsch $ 560,000
16 Jeff Littlefield $ 553,000
17 Rehne Pedersen $ 523,000
18 Paul Wasicka $ 496,000
19 Carlos Zambrano $ 490,000
20 Kenny Tran $ 487,000
21 Brad 'Yukon' Booth $ 477,000
22 David Byer $ 477,000
23 Erica Schoenberg $ 468,000
24 Nadeem Ahmed $ 465,000
25 Simon Moussa $ 458,000
26 Chip Jett $ 436,000
27 Dapo Fadeyi $ 435,000
28 Gavin Simms $ 435,000
29 David Grey $ 430,000
30 Paul Kraus $ 417,000
31 Greg Fondacaro $ 402,000
32 Daniel Adelson $ 398,000
33 Luis Pires $ 398,000
34 Amir Vahedi $ 387,000
35 Shawn Buchanan $ 371,000
36 Joe Bartholdi $ 363,000
37 Bob Hoff $ 355,000
38 Mike Russo $ 350,000
39 Gabe Thaler $ 348,000
40 Claus Nielsen $ 343,000
41 'Captain' Tom Franklin $ 334,000
42 Ray Faltinsky $ 329,000
43 Doyle Brunson $ 322,000
44 Cliff 'Johnny Bax' Josephy $ 322,000
45 Raul Oliveira $ 320,000
46 Jay Wilchester, Jr. $ 302,000
47 Thomas Koral $ 283,000
48 Valentino Morella $ 281,000
49 Michael McNeil $ 276,000
50 Bill Edler $ 273,000
51 Don Odea $ 268,000
52 Espen Saltnes $ 257,000
53 Jody Newcomb $ 242,000
54 Michael Thuritz $ 241,000
55 William Lin $ 230,000
56 Thor Hansen $ 223,000
57 Vinny Vinh $ 210,000
58 Carl Olson $ 208,000
59 Ross Boatman $ 205,000
60 Surinder Sunar $ 204,000
61 Anthony Newman $ 194,000
62 Gary Starrett $ 186,000
63 Bill Baxter $ 184,000
64 Jeffrey Freedman $ 183,000
65 Meng La $ 179,000
66 Ingemar Backman $ 147,000
67 Steven Paul-Ambrose $ 141,000
68 Kory Moore $ 132,000
69 Mark Gregorich $ 124,000
70 Matt Lefkowitz $ 78,000
71 Johan Storakers $ 55,000

The top 15 are stacked with seasoned pros, so this should get interesting!

Posted by fatbill at 08:21 AM | Comments (0)

April 21, 2006

2006 WPT Championship Day 2

Well, the play in the WPT Championship No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event heated up on the official day 2, and over 200 players were eliminated so it's down to just over 200 going into day three! Some of the notables eliminated were: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Nick “The Takeover” Schulman, Darrell “Gigabet” Dicken and John Gale. The likes of Alan Goehring, Daniel Negreanu, Amnon Filippi, Kenna James, Huck Seed, Mike Matusow, Alex Jacob, James Worth and Hoyt Corkins were all sent to the rail throughout the day.

There are a lot of name players in the thick of things, and today's play should be interesting to say the least. Here is a look at the top 25 in chips:
1 Patrik Antonius 554,500 Chips 0 54 2
2 Gregory Fondacaro 540,400 Chips 0 52 9
3 David Williams 497,500 Chips 0 55 8
4 Erick Lindgren 472,300 Chips 0 53 3
5 Shawn Bucahanan 462,100 Chips 0 43 6
6 Brad Booth 443,200 Chips 0 51 1
7 Abdul Fadeyi 398,000 Chips 0 50 7
8 Quoc Al "Vinnie" Vinh 391,800 Chips 0 58 6
9 Thithi "Mimi" Tran 367,300 Chips 0 45 5
10 Marc Durand 366,300 Chips 0 46 3
11 Paul Wasicka 364,400 Chips 0 52 5
12 Kassem "Freddy" Deeb 354,500 Chips 0 53 6
13 Chip Jett 350,600 Chips 0 59 2
14 David Byer 343,200 Chips 0 44 5
15 James Woods 341,700 Chips 0 56 8
16 James Van Alstyne 338,200 Chips 0 59 1
17 Ron Toledo 329,800 Chips 0 53 4
18 Jamie Ligator 314,800 Chips 0 61 4
19 Luke Neely 294,800 Chips 0 61 5
20 Carlos Zambrano 294,700 Chips 0 53 1
21 Meng La 293,200 Chips 0 49 2
22 Raul Oliveira 283,700 Chips 0 51 6
23 Kenny Tran 268,100 Chips 0 58 5
24 Jennifer Harman 261,500 Chips 0 55 4
25 Duc Nguyen 248,300 Chips 0 53 7

There are just a BUNCH of other notables left also.....

Posted by fatbill at 06:53 AM | Comments (0)

April 20, 2006

2006 5 Star Classic Main Event Day 2

Here are the stats on the Main No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event at the 2006 5 Star Classic:
Buy-in $25,000
Total Prize Pool $14,671,250
Number of Entries 605 Players

First place is going to pay $3,760,165!

Lots of names still in the hunt, and there are about 400 going into the 'official' day 2 start, at Noon today!

Posted by fatbill at 08:28 AM | Comments (0)

April 19, 2006

200 5 Star WPT Championship Main Event

The Main event for the 2006 4th Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic No-Limit Texas Holdem Poker Championship Day 1A is underway. About 300 players started the day off with $50K in chips. With the Blinds at 90 Minutes and starting at 50/100, not many players were sent packing on day one. In fact less than 40 were eliminated, but suprisingly, a LOT of players are short.

Play will start at Noon PT for day 1B, with combined play commencing on Thursday!

Posted by fatbill at 09:46 AM | Comments (0)

April 18, 2006

2006 5 Star Classic Senior Event

Well, 177 Seniors ponied up $2500 for the 2006 5 Star Classic's No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event this year, contesting for a prize pool of $429,225.

The top 10 finisher's were:

1 Chris Bjorin $174,880 0
2 Stan Fulton $88,820 0
3 Jamie Ligator $44,410 0
4 David Kalish $24,225 0
5 Lascelle Barrow $18,170 0
6 Woodrow Bean $14,130 0
7 Gary Dolenga $10,095 0
8 Jay Vogel $8,075 0
9 Peter Moore $6,460 0
10 Carl McKelvey $4,845 0

417 Players Put up #$2500 yesterday in attempts to get seats for the Grand Daddy of them all... the $25,000 No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Championship event. 39 got seats.

Posted by fatbill at 07:41 AM | Comments (0)

April 17, 2006

More from the 2006 5 Star Classic

Well, the $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event has ended, and the top nine were:

1 Jack Amyx $589,035 1260
2 Mark Muchnik $348,065 1050
3 Hoa Nguyen $174,030 840
4 Mel Wiener $99,440 630
5 Nickolas Hanna $74,585 525
6 Don Zewin $58,010 420
7 John Unger $41,435 315
8 Frank Kassela $33,150 210
9 Peirce Shaad $26,520 105

The $2500 Senior No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event, these are near and dear to my heart cuz I'm qualified for em, got underway, and are down to 34 of the original 177. They are:
1 Carl McKelvey 59,325 Chips 0 64 4
2 Eddie Palmer 58,475 Chips 0 64 1
3 Peter Moore 55,550 Chips 0 62 6
4 Billy Duarte Jr. 48,675 Chips 0 63 6
5 Jay Vogel 42,775 Chips 0 62 4
6 William Coyle 38,950 Chips 0 61 1
7 Leonard Weissman 38,375 Chips 0 61 5
8 Robert Heller 36,875 Chips 0 61 4
9 Richard Besserman 35,525 Chips 0 62 3
10 Dan Alspach 33,350 Chips 0 64 3
11 Chris Bjorin 29,600 Chips 0 61 8
12 Mike Gambony 28,175 Chips 0 61 7
13 Bob Davenport 27,525 Chips 0 63 4
14 Paul Magriel 25,550 Chips 0 64 6
15 Tom Franklin 24,300 Chips 0 63 2
16 Lascelle Barrow 23,825 Chips 0 61 2
17 Jamie Ligator 22,850 Chips 0 61 9
18 Ron Levi 22,025 Chips 0 64 5
19 Bill Corrigan 21,025 Chips 0 62 2
20 Gary Dolenga 20,100 Chips 0 64 7
21 Joe Connor 19,500 Chips 0 63 3
22 Stan Fulton 18,175 Chips 0 64 9
23 David Remblance 17,775 Chips 0 64 8
24 David Kalish 15,525 Chips 0 63 5
25 Woodrow Bean 14,975 Chips 0 62 7
26 Gary Haubelt 14,225 Chips 0 62 8
27 Cy Kavoosi 13,400 Chips 0 61 3
28 Tom Pniak 13,350 Chips 0 62 5
29 Steve Kaufman 11,925 Chips 0 62 1
30 Michel Abecassis 11,725 Chips 0 63 8
31 David Gorman 11,050 Chips 0 63 7
32 Doyle Elwell 10,825 Chips 0 64 2
33 Jesse Jones 9,450 Chips 0 61 6
34 Milt Meyers 8,375 Chips 0 63 1

Posted by fatbill at 06:56 AM | Comments (0)

April 16, 2006

More on the 2006 5 Star World Poker Classic

Well, the $3000 buy in No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event is in the can, with well known pro Marcel Luske taking down the prize! The top ten place holders were:
1 Marcel Luske $315,630 1080
2 John Phan $179,195 900
3 Jeff Knight $89,600 720
4 Joseph Miceli $51,195 540
5 Jean Gaspard $38,400 450
6 Raymond Millard $29,865 360
7 Wayne Boich $21,335 270
8 Don Barton $17,065 180
9 Enrique Leigue $13,655 90
10 Stuart Paterson $10,240 0

The $5,000 Buy-in No Limit Texas Holdem event is underway, and here are the numbers:
Total Prize Pool $1,682,950
Number of Entries 347 Players

Chip counts for the top 29 remaining are:
1 John Unger 364,000 Chips 0 62 3
2 Don Zewin 279,500 Chips 0 60 9
3 Nickolas Hanna 258,500 Chips 0 62 1
4 T.J. Cloutier 241,500 Chips 0 62 7
5 Frank Kassela 232,500 Chips 0 60 2
6 Mel Wiener 217,000 Chips 0 60 5
7 Peirce Shaad 156,000 Chips 0 60 3
8 Jordan Morgan 140,500 Chips 0 60 7
9 Allen Kessler 132,500 Chips 0 62 8
10 Richard Chase 115,000 Chips 0 61 5
11 Mark Muchnik 110,500 Chips 0 64 4
11 Hoa Nguyen 110,500 Chips 0 61 2
13 Barry Greenstein 102,500 Chips 0 64 3
13 Bruce Yamron 102,500 Chips 0 64 8
15 Jack Amyx 94,500 Chips 0 64 5
16 Alexander Stevic 89,000 Chips 0 64 2
17 Jenny Kang 88,500 Chips 0 61 1
18 Jim McManus 85,000 Chips 0 64 7
19 B Mohammed 76,500 Chips 0 64 6
20 Kellly Samson 74,000 Chips 0 61 7
21 Wendell Barnes 65,000 Chips 0 60 4
22 Max Pescatori 62,500 Chips 0 61 4
23 Joseph Russo 50,500 Chips 0 62 5
24 Lee Vaccaro 46,000 Chips 0 62 4
25 Birgitta Johansson 41,500 Chips 0 64 9
26 Tom Macey 39,500 Chips 0 62 2
27 Eric Firestone 37,500 Chips 0 60 6
28 Craig Crivello 31,000 Chips 0 61 6
29 James Courtney 25,500 Chips 0 61 9

Posted by fatbill at 08:18 AM | Comments (0)

April 15, 2006

Update on the 2006 5 Star Classic

Here are the last few events in the 2006 4th Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic from the Bellagio.

Buy-in $1,500
Total Prize Pool $717,315
Number of Entries 493 Players
1 Ricky Zilem $233,045 960
2 David Byer $124,525 800
3 John Roveto Sr. $65,720 640
4 Hoang Nguyen $38,065 480
5 Davood Mehrmand $27,675 400
6 Chuck Kelley $19,370 320
7 Michael Fitzpatrick $13,835 240
8 Brent Burns $11,070 160
9 Larry Watson $9,685 80
10 Al Ardebili $8,300 0

Buy-in $2,000
Total Prize Pool $655,720
Number of Entries 338 Players
1 Edward Forlani $239,775 816
2 Jeff Littlefield $132,345 680
3 Chris Hinchcliffe $66,175 544
4 Olga Spirova $37,825 408
5 Brad Guttilla $28,360 340
6 Ryan Larson $22,060 272
7 Woodrow Bean $15,755 204
8 Matt Giannetti $12,605 136
9 Terry Jacobs $10,085 68
10 Brian Ahern $7,565 0

Buy-in $2,500
Total Prize Pool $698,400
Number of Entries 288 Players
1 Todd Keikoan $254,285 1044
2 Bruno Fitoussi $141,310 870
3 David Baker $70,655 696
4 Al Ardebili $40,385 522
5 Tom Robison $30,280 435
6 Warren Karp $23,550 348
7 Bill Corrigan $16,825 261
8 Jess Yawitz $13,460 174
9 Tony Cousineau $10,765 87
10 Robert Durant Jr. $8,075 0

Buy-in $3,000
Total Prize Pool $878,820
Number of Entries 302 Players
1 Joe Miceli 273,000 Chips 0 64 3
2 Jeff Knight 251,000 Chips 0 64 2
3 Jean Gaspard 194,500 Chips 0 64 1
4 Raymond Millard 174,000 Chips 0 61 2
5 Marcel Luske 167,000 Chips 0 64 6
6 Stuart Paterson 124,500 Chips 0 61 9
7 Enrique Leigue 109,000 Chips 0 64 4
9 Juha Helppi 102,000 Chips 0 64 9
10 Don Barton 99,500 Chips 0 61 4
11 David Tran 80,000 Chips 0 64 7
12 Wayne Boich 63,500 Chips 0 61 7
13 Raja Kattamuri 59,500 Chips 0 61 1
13 John Phan 59,500 Chips 0 61 6
14 Lance Allred 58,500 Chips 0 61 8

Posted by fatbill at 08:49 AM | Comments (0)

I hate getting screwed....

One of the reasons that I took a break from playing Texas Holdem Poker, is that I was just simply tired of getting screwed every time I played! I've heard all the arguments that 'you want people making those calls....', bla, bla, bla....

The fact of the matter, is that I'm getting sucked out on 95% of the time whtn those idiots '..make those calls...' and I just got tired of it!

It's pretty tiresome making the right call, at the right time, KNOWING you have the best hand.... only to have the asshole hit a two outer on the river to put you down. AND, it happens TIME after TIME, after TIME... ESPECIALLY Online....

So, What set me off this time?

I'm playing in a Deep Stacks tournament at PokerStars.... it's down to 100 players, with the top 40 paid.... Im not in great shape, having like 7K with the average being around 12K, but because of the blinds 100/200, I'm not really in trouble. I'm playing smart, being patient, and really not taking unnecessary risks with my chips....

FINALLY I get a hand!

KK UTG! I make it 800 to go! I get two callers.... the guy on the button, who has me outchipped 5/1, and the BB who is similar in chip count to the Button.

The flop comes K 8 9 rainbow! PERFECT! I bet 800 out... the button makes it 1400... the blind folds..... I push my remaining 4300 ALL IN!

The button IMMEDIATELY calls, and shows JT Off! He called my all in on an open ender!!

You know he hit the damn thing, not ONLY did he get the Q on the Turn, but he hit the 7 on the river....

Posted by fatbill at 08:36 AM | Comments (0)

April 12, 2006

2006 5 Star Classic

2006 4th Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic at the Bellagio.
Dates: April 5th, 2006 to April 24th, 2006

This event is now underway, and culminates with the $25,000 No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Championships on April 18th. This is the 'BIG DADDY' for the WPT and is considered their champioship event!

There are a number of larger buy-in events leading up to the big one... read on for that information...

The $1500 Buy In No limit texas holdem poker event stats were:
Total Prize Pool $654,750
Number of Entries 450 Players
The Top ten finishers were:

1 Anthony Reategui $214,275 960
2 Robert Mizrachi $113,265 800
3 Andy Miller $59,780 640
4 Michael Navarro $34,625 480
5 Lonnie Alexander $25,170 400
6 Danny Fernando $17,620 320
7 Gioi Luong $12,585 240
8 Matt Sterling $10,070 160
9 Dennis Waterman $8,810 80
10 Al Ciaglia $7,550 0

The $2000 Buy In No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event stats were:
Total Prize Pool $552,900
Number of Entries 285 Players
The top 10 finishers were:

1 Rob Hollink $204,815 696
2 Stan Fulton $110,755 580
3 Chris McCormack $55,375 464
4 David Daneshgar $31,625 348
5 David Plastik $23,735 290
6 Tony Cousineau $18,460 232
7 Edward Forlani $13,185 174
8 James English $10,550 116
9 Cy Kavoosi $8,440 58
10 Ken James $6,330 0

The $2500 Buy In No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event stats were:
Total Prize Pool $628,075
Number of Entries 259 Players
Top Ten finishers were:

1 Adam Smith $230,375 936
2 Joseph Pecoraro $126,540 780
3 Al Barbieri $63,270 624
4 Justin Gaines $36,170 468
5 Beverly Cheney $27,115 390
6 Chris Bjorin $21,090 312
7 Jimmy Ngoc Tran $15,065 234
8 Jeff Rine $12,050 156
9 Robert Spino $9,640 78
10 Raul Paez $7,230 0

The $3000 Buy In No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event stats were:
Total Prize Pool $663,480
Number of Entries 228 Players
The top ten finishers were:

1 Erick Lindgren $261,555 828
2 Ralph Eggebrecht $140,355 690
3 Bernard Ko $70,180 552
4 James Hoeppner $38,265 414
5 Mark Cole $28,710 345
6 Brett Jungblut $22,330 276
7 Thor Hansen $15,950 207
8 Vincent DeVita $12,760 138
9 John Phan $10,210 69
10 Rene Angelil $7,655 0

The $5K buy in No Limit Texas Holdem Poker event had 203 participants with these 18 paid:

1 Adeeb Harb $380,350 720
2 Barry Greenstein $210,990 600
3 Kent Washington $105,495 480
4 Magnus Gustavsson $57,545 360
5 Paul Alterman $43,155 300
6 John Roveto Sr. $33,565 240
7 Max Pescatori $23,975 180
8 Humberto Brenes $19,180 120
9 Nenad Medic $15,345 60
10 Orlando Maldonado Jr. $11,510 0
11 Chris Hinchcliffe $11,510 0
12 Frank Kassela $11,510 0
13 Kathy Liebert $10,550 0
14 Sigi Stockinger $10,550 0
15 Andy Miller $10,550 0
16 Men Nguyen $9,590 0
17 David Peters $9,590 0
18 Jason Lester $9,590 0

Posted by fatbill at 08:28 AM | Comments (0)

April 10, 2006

2006 Foxwoods Poker Classic Conclusion

Well the 2006 Foxwoods Poker Classic is in the books, with the conclusion of the No Limit Texas Holdem Poker Main Event! Here are the stats:

Buy-in $9,700
Total Prize Pool $4,175,200
Number of Entries 431 Players

Here is the listing of placements:

1 Annand "Victor" Ramdin $1,331,889 1920
2 Alex Jacob $655,507 1600
3 Edward Jordan $417,520 1280
4 Larry Klur $292,264 960
5 John Russell $208,760 800
6 Bruce Kater $167,008 640
7 Spyridon Mitrokostas $125,256 480
8 David Lewis $83,504 320
9 Brent Keller $75,153 160

Who are these guys??? The first 'name' I recoginzed was Juanda in 31st place!! Unknown players are coming out of the woodwork this year to take down major events..... interesting.....

Posted by fatbill at 08:36 AM | Comments (0)

April 08, 2006

2006 Foxwoods Poker Classic - 2

They are down to 22 players with play resuming at 11EST today to get down to the final 6!

Over 30 players of the 159 sitting down yesterday, were eliminated in the first HOUR, including Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy, Amnon Filippi, Erick Lindgren, Isabelle Mercier, Hoyt Corkins, Paul Darden and Eric Seidel.

Here is the list of who's left and still viing for the title:

Greg Monaldi $1,018,000 0 0
Alex Jacob $935,000 0 0
Spiro Mitrokostas $724,000 0 0
Victor Ramdin $632,000 0 0
Brent Keller $585,000 0 0
Van Nguyen $550,000 0 0
Ron Wilson $399,000 0 0
Ed Jordan $399,000 0 0
Aaron March $341,000 0 0
Randy Spain $337,000 0 0
Kenny Chantamala $329,000 0 0
Mike Farris $328,000 0 0
David Lewis $304,000 0 0
John Russell $287,000 0 0
Paul McCaffrey $260,000 0 0
Eric Sheets Haber $258,000 0 0
Senovio Ramirez $237,000 0 0
Avdo Djokovic $223,000 0 0
Phyrun Chhim $213,000 0 0
Larry Klur $184,000 0 0
Bruce Kater $174,000 0 0
Greg Breiner $70,000 0 0

Posted by fatbill at 08:39 AM | Comments (0)

April 07, 2006

2006 Foxwoods Poker Classic

Well, the Main event at the 2006 Foxwoods Poker Classic got underway yesterday, with the $9,700+$300 No-Limit Texas Holdem Poker Championship starting up!

A total of 431 player field turned out to try and claim the top prize of $1,331,889. There will be no repeat winner, as last years champ went down on day one.... There are approximately 158 players remaining going in to day two...

Posted by fatbill at 08:36 AM | Comments (0)

April 05, 2006

About Legal Online Poker....

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WHY do we continue to elect and tolerate idiots in our governing body that push for legislation that 85% of the people DONT WANT????

JOIN the Poker Players Alliance today, and help with those that are looking out for the game we all love!

Posted by fatbill at 11:21 AM | Comments (0)

April 03, 2006

General Poker news

The action at the 2006 Foxwoods Poker Classic is winding down, with the main event scheduled to take place the end of this week. Not that many events in this one though....

The 2006 4th Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic hosted by the Bellagio is scheduled to kick off this Thursday the 5th. This event generally draws names, as it's in Vegas, AND at the Bellagio!

Both of these events are WPT events!

The 2006 WSOP Tournament Circuit- Caesars is scheduled to start the 27th of this month.....

Posted by fatbill at 10:22 AM | Comments (0)