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Queenstown Snowfest: Westmorland walks

Jordan Westmorland has been a dominant force on this final table, responsible for the elimination of several opponents along the way, but it’s come unstuck in 3rd place after a big clash with Ken Demlakian.

It always proved tricky for Westmorland to h… Continue reading

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Queenstown Snowfest: And then there were three

It was over two and a half hours from the time we saw the bust out of Matthew Wakeman in 6th place, before the next player was eliminated, with the last five players entering into an epic battle of attrition. No one was prepared to give an inch.

Ken … Continue reading

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Queenstown Snowfest: Two down

It didn’t take long for us to lose our first player from the Queenstown Snowfest final table as the short-stacked David Evans has been dispatched in 9th place.

He was a little unlucky to go after three-betting the open raise from Matthew Wakeman. Chi… Continue reading

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MicroMillions II: SoyDelGlobo wins Main Event!

This was it. The culmination of ten days of micro-limit madness on the PokerStars tables. We’d already seen 99 players turn pocket change into significant chunks of money. Four and five-figure stacks of cash had been given away to players every day…. Continue reading

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MicroMillions II: valirar888 roars to victory in Event #84 ($8.80 NLHE)

Under one hour someone tonight went from being assured $616.59 to $8,612.40 after tonight’s MicroMillions II Event #84 $8.80 buy-in NLHE tournament got through the final nine before most cubical workers start glancing at the clock for quitting time. A… Continue reading

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MicroMillions II: valirar888 roars to victory in Event #84 ($8.80 NLHE)

Under one hour someone tonight went from being assured $616.59 to $8,612.40 after tonight’s MicroMillions II Event #84 $8.80 buy-in NLHE tournament got through the final nine before most cubical workers start glancing at the clock for quitting time. A… Continue reading

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MicroMillions II: Pextis takes the pot in event #81 ($5.50 PL Omaha 6-max)

There was no Greek tragedy in event #81 as Pextis took down this $5.50 PL Omaha 6-max tournament. The Greek took the lead with four players left and never relinquished it, holding on for victory and a $2,178.34 payday.

Double trouble:
Double the card… Continue reading

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MicroMillions II: Chalk up a victory for Chalkyman in event #65 ($4.40 NL Hold’em 6-Max)

The writing was on the wall from the very start of the final table as United Kingdom’s Chalkyman started with the chip lead and took just 27 minutes to become the latest player to be able to say: ‘I am a Micro Millions II champion.’

It was a supreme … Continue reading

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Controversial Hand in the WSOP Main Event

I have never been a poker tournament director, but I would imagine one of the most difficult aspects of the job is making rulings on hands in which there are both confusion and disagreement at the table. Especially in a situation where there are potentially millions of dollars at stake. Such was the case this [...] Continue reading

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MicroMillions II: spielverderb dominates to win Event #42 ($5.50 NLHE)

Already over forty events into the MicroMillions II schedule and the action just isn’t slowing as massive fields continue to join in the low-limit action and guarantees are being smashed left, right and centre!

Event #42 of the schedule was no excepti… Continue reading

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