David Sklansky victim of home invasion
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David Sklansky seen playing in Event #10 of the 2009 WSOP - Pot Limit Hold'Em/Pot Limit Omaha
Professional poker player, author, and celebrity David Sklansky had a home invasion early this morning.
Sklansky was asleep in bed at 3 a.m. when at least one robber broke into his house and bedroom. And he seemed to have a gun.
Sklansky is okay now, according to a message he posted on his popular poker site 2+2. "They knew their job and I never saw their faces," he wrote. Then he added, appearing to joke, "One of the PLO [pot-limit Omaha] 8/B players was almost certainly behind it."
Jeffrey Lisandro Triples at 2009 WSOP
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Jeffrey Lisandro Winner 2009 WSOP Event #44 $2,500 Seven Card Razz
Jeffrey Lisandro came to the 2009 WSOP with one gold WSOP bracelet he won in 2007 in the $2,000 Seven-Card Stud event. Even if he doesn't play another 2009 event (highly unlikely) Lisandro will be leaving with four bracelets. He pulled off the triple early Wednesday evening when he was the last player with chips in event #44 $2,500 Seven Card Razz. Jeffrey Lisandro becomes the first player to win three events in one year since Phil Ivey bagged a turkey in 2002.
Jeffrey collected $188,370 to go along with the third 2009 WSOP bracelet. Michael Craig takes home $116,405 for second place and Ryan Fisler picks up $76,261 for third. The event registered 315 players and paid out a $724,500 prize pool to the top 32 finishers.
Congratulations to Jeffrey Lisandro for adding an amazing poker feat to the WSOP history book.
Jeff Lisandro Wins Bracelet Number Two
Jeff Lisandro won his first bracelet of the year in Event 16 $1,500 Seven Card Stud, but his bracelet in Event 37 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Championship was well deserved. On Day 3 of Event 37, twelve players returned at their chance at a World Series bracelet. Of those returning, the field was tough with Doyle Brunson, Scotty Nguyen, Justin “Boosted J†Smith, and Perry Friedman still in.
Lyle Berman was the first to drop from Day 3, and one by one they continued to fall. Doyle Brunson finished the event in 7th place. He had lost a big pot to Abe Mosseri after check calling Mosseri all the way down to 7th street. Mosseri was able to made a flush, while Brunson only had a pair of jacks with no low to be seen.
Brunson was crippled and committed a few hands later when he was the bring in showing a deuce. Farzad Rouhani was eager to get his chips and raised to put Brunson all in. With not much of a choice, Brunson made the call. Rouhani was able to boat up, and Brunson missed his low draw on 7th street to knock him out.
The knockouts continued until the final table was left with only two. This is the order in which players were eliminated from Day 3:
12. Lyle Berman - $33,668
11. Scotty Nguyen- $33,668
10. Perry Friedman- $41,885
9. Anthony Rivera- $41,885
8. Justin Smith- $54,896
7. Doyle Brunson- $62,234
6. Abe Mosseri- $74,258
5. Yan Chen- $93,513
4. Frank Mariani- $124,684
3. Mike Wattel- $176,605
Then it was down to two. Farzad Rouhani and Jeff Lisandro started their heads up play around 12:45 am. Rouhani had a slight chip lead over Lisandro, but they started heads up at 80,000/160,000 limits which made it fairly even stacked. After an hour or so of heads up play, Rouhani had Lisandro four to one in chips. It looked as though the final table wouldn’t last as long as everyone expected.
A crowd of people began to gather at the final table, and Lisandro’s supporters were making more noise than Rouhani’s which must have boosted Lisandro’s confidence. The tides began to turn, and within a few hands Lisandro had fought his way back. Rouhani began to be over powered by Lisandro, and Rouhani was unable to regain his chip lead.
After more than three hours of heads up play, Rouhani became critically low on chips and was essentially all in on every hand. For several hands Rouhani was all in, and it looked like it was going to be over, but the two contenders kept splitting the pot. Finally, the moment came. Rouhani was all in and the hands ran out:
Rouhani: (As 5s) 2c 3c Ts 2h (Kd)
Lisandro: (2s 6d) 6s Tc Th Kh (5h)
With Rouhani unable to complete a low, and Lisandro taking the high, it was all over. This final table was athe longest match in the 2009 World Series so far. Both players played extremely well and fought hard, but ultimately it was Jeff Lisandro that would take home the gold. Rouhani took home $266,804 for his 2nd place finish. Jeff Lisandro takes home the bracelet and $431,656.
Michael Davis wins 2009 WSOP Seniors Event
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Michael Davis Winner winner 2009 WSOP Event #43 $1,000 Seniors World Championship
Michael Davis had to out think, outplay, and outlast a record field of 2,707 senior poker players vying for a piece of record prize pool totaling $2,463,370. The top 270 finishers received some of the money. Davis apparently had a game plan that he followed to play a steady game and make it into the money, then secure a seat at the final table, and finally push hard for the win. The plan worked and Davis now has a cherished WSOP World Champion bracelet plus $437,358 in walk around money.
Second place finisher, Scott Buller, relinquished the final table chip lead he enjoyed for most of the day on the first hand of heads-up when Davis doubled through. A few minutes later Buller was shaking the hand of the new champion. Scott Buller's second place finish fattened his play bank by $268,507. Barry Bounds left with $179,210 after being eliminated in the third spot.
Congratulations to all the seniors that participated in this historic event and especially those players making the money. A special congrats to the latest WSOP World Champion, Michael Davis.
Excalibur to remove PokerTek e-tables, reinstate old poker room and dealers
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Excalibur bids farewell to dealerless poker tables
The death rumors of the Excalibur poker room are greatly exaggerated.
Last August, we posted an RIP sendoff to the Castle because they'd exchanged its regular poker tables with PokerTek e-tables and had laid off all its dealers.
The field trial for the e-tables began March 19 by the Nevada Gaming Commission, and if it lasted longer than 4 months, the casino could terminate its agreement.
Which, on June 19, is exactly what Excalibur did. "MGM Mirage officials said they found that players prefer live dealers to automatic tables."
So... as of July 5, the 12 e-tables will be no more, and on July 10, the Excalibur will return to regular poker tables!
And not only that, but they're in the process of contacting all the dealers they laid off to offer their jobs back!
Now if the 1-3 and 2-6 spread limit games and the Wheel also come back (and maybe even the small free buffet), we will make a triumphant return to the Excal.
As for the e-tables, they will most likely move to another Strip casino.
Jerrod Ankenman Wins WSOP Event #42
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Jerrod Ankenman Winner 2009 WSOP Event #42 $2,500 Mixed Event
Jerrod Ankenman used his limit game skills to take the advantage and all of Sergey Altbregin chips during heads-up play Tuesday evening at the 2009 WSOP. Going into the one-on-one the two were about even in chips before Ankenman called on his limit "A" game to defeat Altbregin. Jerrod Ankenman has finished second in two previous WSOP limit championships and refused to be a bridesmaid for a third time. On this night he finally collected the golden bracelet and $241,637.
Sergey Altbregin collected $149,342 for second place while third place finisher, Chris Klodnicki, settled for $97,897. The event attracted a field of 412 players and paid the top 40 finishers.
Jerrod Ankenman and fellow poker player Bill Chen co-authored the how-to book, The Mathematics of Poker. Chen was in the stands when his friend won his first WSOP bracelet.
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Sergey Altbregin watches as his bracelet dreams and chip evaporate
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Sergey Altbregin and Jerrod Ankenman playing heads-up
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Jerrod Ankenman consults with his friend Greg Raymer
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Jerrod Ankenman with fellow poker player, friend, and author Bill Chen
Doyle Brunson Misses Out On 11th Bracelet
He may be the godfather of Texas Hold’em, but Doyle Brunson, at least for the time being, is going to remain just one bracelet under Phil Hellmuth’s record-setting 11 WSOP bracelets. The Texas Dolly made the final table (his 24th overall) at the $10,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better world championship event, but was quickly eliminated in seventh place. Brunson remains tied for second overall on the WSOP bracelet list with Johnny Chan.
Here is a recap of the ten bracelets Brunson has one thus far in his career.
1976: $5,000 deuce-to-seven draw

1976: $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event

1977: $1,000 seven-card stud split

1977: $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event

1978: $5,000 seven-card stud

1979: $600 mixed doubles

1991: $2,500 no-limit hold’em

1998: $1,500 seven-card razz

2003: $2,000 H.O.R.S.E.

2005: $5,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em
Matt Graham Latest WSOP World Champion
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Matt Graham Wins 2009 WSOP Event #40 $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
Matt Graham can now brag about being a World Champion poker player after a marathon heads-up match with Russian, Vitaly Lunkin. While both players continued their agfgressive style of play to the end it was Graham that finally walked away with the $679,379 for the winner plus the World Champion WSOP bracelet. Matt Graham was severly short stacked before logging three double-ups in a row to get back in contention and then divine the cards he needed to engineer the win.
Vitaly Lunkin collected $ 419,832 for second place that he can add to the $1,891,012 he collected for winning the $40,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'Em 40th Anniversary Event #2. Van Marcus was the third place finisher for a cash haul of $278,409. The $10,000 Buy-In World Championship event attracted 295 poker players.
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Vitaly Lunkin when he had most of the chips
Ray Foley Latest 2009 WSOP $1,500 NLHE Champion
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Ray Foley Wins 2009 WSOP Event #39 $1,500 No Limit Hold'Em
Ray Foley joins the club of poker players with a gold WSOP champion bracelet. He followed his game plan and pressed the advantage to hold off the other eight players at the final table of WSOP Event #39. $1,500 Buy-In No-Limit Hold'Em. Along with the jewelry Ray collected $657,969 in cash for his victory.
Brandon Cantu hung tough to beat all of the 2715 players entered in the event except one. Brandon received $403,951 in cash for second place. Wei Mu goes home with $269,609 in his pocket for third place. Congratulations to all the 270 players that made it into the money and especially Ray Foley for the big win.
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Ray Foley and Brandon Cantu play heads-up for the gold
Phil Ivey Wins Seventh WSOP Bracelet
Just a few days ago we reported that Phil Ivey had won his sixth WSOP bracelet when he took down the Event #8 $2,500 NL Deuce-to-Seven lowball tournament on June 4th, and now just over a week later he’s already done it again, winning a second 2009 WSOP event. Ivey took down the Event #25 $2,500 Omaha eight-or-better/seven-card stud eight-or-better, netting $220,538 and a seventh gold bracelet in the process.
With this win, Ivey now sits tied in sixth on the all-time bracelet list with Billy Baxter. He owns bracelets for wins in Omaha eight-or-better/seven-card stud eight-or-better, S.H.O.E., seven-card stud, pot-limit Omaha, no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball events and seven-card stud eight-or-better.
Here are the final table results from the Event #23 $2,500 Omaha eight-or-better/seven-card stud eight-or-better tournament:
1. Phil Ivey – $220,538
2. Ming Lee – $136,292
3. Carlos Mortensen – $89,342
4. Dutch Boyd – $69,919
5. Jon Turner – $45,237
6. Eric Buchman – $34,747
7. Tom Koral – $27,993
8. Peter Gelencser – $23,600
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