WSOP World Championship Limit Hold'em (Event 30) 06/15/08

World Championship Limit Hold'em (Event 30)
Sunday, June 15, 2008 to Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,049,200
Entries: 218

Place Player Prize
1. Rob Hollink $496,931
2. Jerrod Ankenman $307,380
3. Tommy Hang $194,674
4. Aaron Katz $158,813
5. J.C. Tran $128,075
6. Brock Parker $102,460
7. Andrew Bloch $81,968
8. Cy Jassinowsky $66,599
9. Christopher Vitch $51,230
10. Eric Buchman $35,861
11. Richard (Rick) Chase $35,861
12. Eric Froehlich $35,861
13. Shunjiro Uchida $30,738
14. Steve Sung $30,738
15. Michael Mizrachi $30,738
16. Matt Woodward $25,615
17. John (Tex) Barch $25,615
18. Kieu Duong $25,615
19. Todd Witteles $20,492
20. Thomas Johnston $20,492
21. Hoyt Corkins $20,492
22. Spencer Lawrence $20,492
23. Dewey Tomko $20,492
24. Greg Debora $20,492
25. Terrence Chan $20,492
26. Patrick Bueno $20,492
27. Alexander Kravchenko $20,492

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 29) 06/15/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 29)
Sunday, June 15, 2008 to Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Buy-in: $3,000
Prizepool: $1,976,160
Entries: 716

Place Player Prize
1. John (Razor) Phan $434,789
2. John Neckar $277,452
3. Matthew Vengrin $167,973
4. Alex Bolotin $137,343
5. David Singer $112,641
6. Stuart Newman $88,927
7. Thuyen Doan $69,165
8. George Dunst $54,344
9. Sebastian Segovia $39,523
10. Alexsander Zaslavsly $24,702
11. Linda Lee $24,702
12. Lee Childs $24,702
13. Matt "ALL IN AT 420" Stout $19,761
14. Dustin Pattinson $19,761
15. Vincent Peraino $19,761
16. Don Mullis $14,821
17. Ryan Young $14,821
18. Richard Tatalovich $14,821
19. Dale Pinchot $11,264
20. Carter King $11,264
21. Jon Traver $11,264
22. Douglas Miranda $11,264
23. Daniel Obrien $11,264
24. Hjalti Jacobsen $11,264
25. Leo Wolpert $11,264
26. Mclean Karr $11,264
27. Alex Melnikow $11,264

WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (Event 28) 06/14/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (Event 28)
Saturday, June 14, 2008 to Monday, June 16, 2008 Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $3,085,930
Entries: 152 Rebuys & Add-ons: 483

Place Player Prize
1. Philip Galfond $817,781
2. Adam Hourani $493,748
3. David Benyamine $316,307
4. Johnny Chan $246,874
5. Kirill Gerasimov $192,870
6. John Juanda $154,296
7. Daniel Negreanu $123,437
8. Phil Hellmuth $100,292
9. Brian Rast $84,863
10. Chris (Jesus) Ferguson $69,433
11. Alexander Kostritsyn $69,433
12. Evan Sofer $69,433
13. Jamieson Pickering $61,718
14. Nikolay Evdakov $61,718
15. Emmanuel Sebag $61,718
16. David Williams $54,003
17. Ted (Edward) Lawson $54,003
18. Eli Elezra $54,003

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 27) 06/14/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 27)
Saturday, June 14, 2008 to Monday, June 16, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,685,500
Entries: 2,706

Place Player Prize
1. Vitaly Lunkin $628,417
2. Brett Kimes $387,837
3. Robert Firestone $277,026
4. Kenneth 'drama llama' Terrell $232,702
5. Trevor Donaldson $190,225
6. Richard Alm $149,594
7. Barry Schultz $112,657
8. Robert Brown $84,954
9. Philip Yeh $57,990
10. Anthony Gargano $36,567
11. Jordan Smith $36,567
12. Bashar Ramahi $36,567
13. Carlton Jerome $29,180
14. Jeff Brown $29,180
15. Deb Blair $29,180
16. Frank Simpson $21,792
17. Deric Fitzgerald $21,792
18. Jason Duffy $21,793
19. Aleksandr Dzianisau $17,360
20. Jeffrey Henry $17,360
21. Brian Olsson $17,360
22. Salman Ali $17,360
23. Nikolay Malyshev $17,360
24. Harold Akiona $17,360
25. Terry Quinn $17,360
26. Jason Gray $17,360
27. Ang Ho $17,360

WSOP Seven Card Razz (Event 26) 06/13/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Seven Card Razz (Event 26)
Friday, June 13, 2008 to Sunday, June 15, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $622,440
Entries: 453

Place Player Prize
1. Barry Greenstein $157,643
2. Chris Klodnicki $97,389
3. Chris Viox $58,743
4. Mark Tenner $43,284
5. Brandon Leeds $33,081
6. Joseph (Joey) Michael $25,661
7. Archie Karas $19,478
8. Mike Wattel $16,386
9. Frank Kassela $13,294
10. Phillip Luong $13,294
11. Stephen Ladowsky $10,203
12. Tom Schneider $10,203
13. Roland Isra $7,111
14. David Levi $7,111

WSOP World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (Event 25) 06/13/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (Event 25)
Friday, June 13, 2008 to Sunday, June 15, 2008 Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $2,406,400
Entries: 256

Place Player Prize
1. Kenny Tran $539,056
2. Alec Torelli $336,896
3. Vanessa Selbst $108,288
4. Jonathan Jaffe $108,288
5. Lyle Berman $54,144
6. Brandon Adams $54,144
7. Gavin Griffin $54,144
8. Robert Mizrachi $54,144
9. David Williams $36,096
10. Michael McNeil $36,096
11. Roman Paradiso $36,096
12. Michael Mizrachi $36,096
13. John Patgorski $36,096
14. Emil Patel $36,096
15. Jonas Entin $36,096
16. Scott Montgomery $36,096
17. Matt Giannetti $21,657
18. Erick Lindgren $21,657
19. David Podgurski $21,657
20. Evan Sofer $21,657
21. Jean-Claude Moussa $21,657
22. Isaac Haxton $21,657
23. Brian Roberts $21,657
24. Alex Jacob $21,657
25. Andrew Black $21,657
26. Alexander Kostritsyn $21,657
27. Thomas Lutz $21,657
28. Jason Rosenkrantz $21,657
29. Michael Banducci $21,657
30. Sammy Farha $21,657
31. Dani Stern $21,657
32. Cliff Cantor $21,657

WSOP Main Event Baby!!!

I played in my first WSOP Main Event in '06. I was fortunate to qualify through a series of four online tournaments on Martin's Poker that began with a 10 Euro buyin tourney and ended with a 400 Euro monthly final that guaranteed ten seats and ended up having a huge overlay. It was kinda weird as I was the only American to qualify through them. Everyone else was European. They chartered a 747 to transport everyone from Sweden to Vegas but unfortunately they wouldn't stop at RDU to pick me up so I just had to meet them there. They did cover twenty nights stay at the Tuscany though plus my buyin. Unfortunately, I fell just short of cashing getting knocked out late on Day 2 after getting my short stack all-in on the turn with 56 on a 5629 board against an UTG limper with a pretty well concealed nut straight! Yep, the old 78o UTG trick! The river bricked an I was done but it was a great experience for my first WSOP.



I really didn't try to qualify in '07. I'm mostly an online cash game player and was concentrating on making the switch-over from limit to no-limit cash games at the time. At first this year I hadn't planned on trying to qualify either but I decided this past week to give it a go. Yesterday was a big day as there was major qualifying action going on at Stars and Full Tilt. I played in four tournaments the $215 PokerStars Team Moneymaker 15 seat guarantee, $370 Poker Stars 200 seat guarantee, $535 Full Tilt 150 seat guarantee, and the $215 Cake Poker 8 seat guarantee. I satellited into the two PokerStars tourneys cheaply and bought into the other two. The day got off to a rather lousy start as I went 0-3 despite playing well in my opinion and getting my chips all-in with the best hand all three times. I am very pleased to say though the very first tourney I began yesterday and the last one I was left in was a success. The Team Moneymaker tourney ended up having 1211 entrants and paying out 19 seats. Despite being shortstacked pretty much all the way from about fifty people left to go on I managed to grind it out and qualify so I'm going to be a member of PokerStars team Moneymaker this year. The prize package is pretty sweet and includes the $10k buyin, $2,500 for travel and 8 nights stay at the Palms which they will extend if I'm still in the tourney on Day 3, and a bunch of swag. If I make a TV table I get $5-20K depending on what day it is and any PokerStars qualifier who makes the final table will get a $100k-$1 million bonus depending on where they finish.



The next few weeks are going to be pretty hectic as my fiancee, myself, and another couple are leaving for the Riviera Maya, Mexico on the 20th and won't get back until the 1st. Then I'll have to turn around and leave the next day for Vegas as the Main Event begins on the 3rd. The 3rd-6th are all Day 1 though so hopefully I can register to begin on the 5th or 6th so I can get a little rest before beginning play. I remember it was about a 15 hour plus starting day in '06 by the time we played five 2-hour levels with a twenty minute break between each and a hour and a half dinner break plus having to wrap things up at the end of the day getting our chips bagged up and such for the next day. Hopefully I will need plenty of rest and will coast through Day 1 while accumulating a big mountain of chips! I'll definitely have my laptop with me so I'll try to get some updates posted. Especially if I'm doing well!--------Ben

HSP Biggest Hands #1 .....

WSOP Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha (Event 24) 06/12/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha (Event 24)
Thursday, June 12, 2008 to Saturday, June 14, 2008 Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $1,051,100
Entries: 457

Place Player Prize
1. Max Pescatori $246,471
2. Kyle Kloeckner $152,410
3. Greg Hurst $94,599
4. Allen Cunningham $76,205
5. Kyle Hegeman $62,015
6. Jonathan Depa $48,876
7. Lennart Holtkamp $38,365
8. Minh Ly $30,482
9. John-paul Kelly $22,599
10. David Penly $14,715
11. David Bergerson $14,715
12. Howard Lederer $14,715
13. Martel de la Chesnaye $12,087
14. Kory Mitchell $12,087
15. Dustin Sitar $12,087
16. George Rahme $9,459
17. Ryan Carey $9,459
18. Henning Granstad $9,459

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 23) 06/12/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 23)
Thursday, June 12, 2008 to Saturday, June 14, 2008 Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $2,446,000
Entries: 1,344

Place Player Prize
1. Blair Hinkle $507,563
2. Mark Brockington $326,552
3. Daniel O'Brien $198,132
4. David Paul Steicke $166,333
5. Dustin Dirksen $135,757
6. Chris Bjorin $106,404
7. Dominick Kulicki $81,944
8. Andrew Jeffreys $63,598
9. Stephane Tayar $45,252
10. Alessandro Dalbello $29,108
11. Nick Niergarth $29,108
12. Rick Lenoble $29,108
13. Yue Huang $22,993
14. Matthew LaGarde $22,993
15. Mike Ellis $22,993
16. Dean Schneider $16,877
17. Corwin Cole $16,877
18. Scott Preston $16,877
19. Matthew Ehrlich $13,208
20. Conor Tate $13,208
21. Ricky Tang $13,208
22. Graham Wheldon $13,208
23. Dylan Bircheff $13,208
24. Chris Dombrowski $13,208
25. Ken Justin $13,208
26. Eric Celeste $13,208
27. Eric Lucas $13,208

WSOP H.O.R.S.E (Event 22) 06/11/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
H.O.R.S.E. (Event 22)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 to Friday, June 13, 2008 Buy-in: $3,000
Prizepool: $1,142,640
Entries: 414

Place Player Prize
1. Jens Voertmann $298,253
2. Douglas Ganger $182,822
3. Marcel Luske $110,264
4. Hoyt Corkins $81,698
5. Jared Davis $61,702
6. Steve Zolotow $47,990
7. Rostislav Tsodikov $36,564
8. Jennifer Harman-Traniello $30,851
9. Paul Zimbler $25,138
10. Blair Rodman $25,138
11. Todd Brunson $19,424
12. Eric Froehlich $19,424
13. Mickey Appleman $13,711
14. Mallory Smith $13,711
15. David Levi $10,283
16. JJ Hazan $10,283
17. Farzad Rouhani $7,998
18. Tad Jurgens $7,998
19. Alexander Jung $7,998
20. Tom Schneider $7,998
21. Kevin Saul $7,998
22. Loi Tran $7,998
23. Marcus Golser $7,998
24. Phil Ivey $7,998

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em (Event 21) 06/11/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em (Event 21)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 to Friday, June 13, 2008 Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $3,435,700
Entries: 731

Place Player Prize
1. Scott Seiver $755,891
2. Dave Seidman $482,372
3. Ben Sprengers $292,034
4. Jacobo Fernandez-Hernandez $238,781
5. Rajegh Vohra $195,834
6. Chuck Sklar $154,606
7. Anders Henriksson $120,249
8.Adam Geyer $94,481
9. Scott Freeman $68,714
10. Jorge Arias $42,946
11. Michael Mizrachi $42,946
12. Jonathan Vanfleet $42,946
13. Rayan Nathan $34,357
14. Humberto Brenes $34,357
15. Josef (Joe) Monro $34,357
16. Eric Baldwin $25,767
17. Jared Okun $25,767
18. Kathy Woo $25,767

WSOP Limit Hold'em (Event 20) 06/10/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Limit Hold'em (Event 20)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 to Thursday, June 12, 2008 Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $871,780
Entries: 479

Place Player Prize
1. Daniel Negreanu $204,874
2. Ugur Marangoz $126,671
3. David Baker $78,624
4. Richard Li $63,335
5. Fu Wong $51,542
6. Jeremy Kottler $51,542
7. Greg Wohletz $31,886
8. Derek Lerner $25,334
9. Hien Tran $18,782
11. Babak Razi $12,230
12. Henning Granstad $12,230
13. Tam (Tommy) Hang $10,046
14. Noelle Quevido $10,046
15. Ylon Schwartz $10,046
16. Doug Rosen $7,862
17. Tom McCormick $7,862
18. Christine Smith $7,862
19. Danny Qutami $6,115
20. Serena Liu $6,115
21. Gregory Alston $6,115
22. Casey McCarrel $6,115
23. Jody Garaventa $6,115
24. Mojtaba (Moji) Seyedin $6,115
25. Jon Seaman $6,115
26. Paul Damany $6,115
27. Matthew Matros $6,115

WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 19) 06/10/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 19)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 to Thursday, June 12, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $1,036,035
Entries: 759

Place Player Prize
1. Vanessa Selbst $227,965
2. Jamieson Pickering $145,459
3. Stanley Statkiewicz $88,062
4. Thomas Schultz $72,004
5. Eugene Todd $59,053
6. Mel Randolph $46,621
7. Craig Natte $36,261
8. Jamie Robbins $28,490
9. Ken Lairson $20,720
10. Antony Phillips $12,950
11. Calen McNeil $12,950
12. Chris Bjorin $12,950
13. Kyle Hegeman $10,360
14. Greg Cox $10,360
15. Rob Hollink $10,360
16. Trai Dang $7,770
17. Todd Barlow $7,770
18. Colin York $7,770

WTP Annouces Schedule of Tournaments for Mike & Ben's Road Trip!

The Schedule

Please note that changes to this schedule are possible, so keep checking back for the latest details.

Wed June 18 - Mike Only
6:30pm - Main Street Grill & Bar (we may be a few min late)
315 Garrisonville Rd.
Stafford Virginia 22554

10:00pm - Seaside Marina
19311 Wilmott Dr
Benedict Maryland 20612

Thur June 19 - Mike Only
7:00pm - The Charred Rib
12 West Ridgely Road
Timonium Maryland 21093

10:00pm - Mr T's Roadhouse
7127 Lincoln Hwy
Thomasville PA 17364

Fri June 20 - Mike & Ben
7:00pm - Bubba Dean's
237 South Black Horse Pike
Mt. Ephraim New Jersey 08059

Sat June 21 - Mike & Ben
1:00pm - Avellino's Rest
625 Boundbrook Road
Dunellen New Jersey 08812

5:00pm - AMF Bristol Pike Lanes
2501 Bristol Pike
Croydon Pennsylvania 19021

Sun June 22 - Mike & Ben
9:00pm - Cryans Ale House
1270 Route 28
North Branch New Jersey 08876

Mon June 23 - Mike & Ben
7:00pm - Mangia By The Green
3016 ocean heights ave.
Egg Harbor Township New Jersey 08234

10:00pm - Harper's Pub
1 Gibbsboro Road
Clementon New Jersey 08021

Tue June 24 - Mike & Ben
7:00pm - Destry
311 Florida Ave
Emporia Virginia 23847

10:00pm - Rumorz Cafe
1799 N. Mecklenburg Avenue
South Hill Virginia

For more information and to see if there are any schedule changes, visit www.worldtavernpoker.com

WSOP No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys (Event 18) 06/09/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys (Event 18)
Monday, June 09, 2008 to Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $1,735,020
Entries: 85 Rebuys & Add-ons: 272

Place Player Prize
1. Mike Matusow $537,862
2. Jeffrey Lisandro $347,004
3. Barry Greenstein $225,552
4. Erick Lindgren $156,151
5. Tom Schneider $104,101
6. Tony (Tony G) Guoga $78,075
7. David Benyamine $58,990
8. Tom Dwan $45,111
9. Dario (Ryu) Alioto $34,700
10. David Grey $34,700
11. Chad Brown $34,700
12. Nick Schulman $26,025
13. Nikolay Evdakov $26,025
14. Michael Binger $26,025

It was the strangest thing that I've ever seen....

Bart folded!

To Attend the AfFAIR?

Having been contacted by the Charge d'affaires to determine my plans for Saturday night's game, it seemed difficult for this fair-minded individual to submit myself to this fair-haired, fairylike host... the Juice. It would be just like him to represent that he will be there in some laissez faire manner and then jilt the participants by not even attending himself, and rather, take a fairy off to some fairyland... much like his poker room, a place where fairness and truth are not to be found. Ahhh... truth! Any fair-leader would not condone the dealers fairily handling the games as is often times the case in such a manner as to permit the players being dealt with in a deceitful and unfair manner.

Ah, but the juice, you see, lives in a fairish world that he believes himself to have created where the only trees found there are the ones that he has paid an unfair wage to someone else to plant for him.... for such is his way. In this fairyland of lies, broken promises and deceit, he in a very laissez faire manner has corrupted the very basic rules of the game in order to setup his fair-world to rape and pillage those who would frequent the games and try to be his friend.

It is truly unfair to use the word "fair" so many times in this blog to discuss this particular game, when this game... this game, is anything but fair.

WSOP No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event 17) 06/09/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event 17)
Monday, June 09, 2008 to Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $1,365,000
Entries: 1,000

Place Player Prize
1. Jason Young $335,565
2. Mike Schwartz $209,527
3. John Strzemp III $129,675
4. Rory Monahan $82,582
5. Matt Giannetti $40,267
6. Kyle Bowker $23,887
7. Sergey Rybachenko $15,697
8. Tom West $12,421
9. Alex Triner $9,828
10. Casey Coleman $7,507

WSOP Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 16) 06/08/08

2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (Event 16)
Sunday, June 08, 2008 to Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Buy-in: $2,000
Prizepool: $1,002,820
Entries: 551

Place Player Prize
1. Andrew Brown $226,483
2. Ted Forrest $143,420
3. Jim Pechac $88,065
4. Soheil Shamseddin $71,961
5. Kia Hooshmand $58,877
6. Ralph Perry $46,297
7. Scott Clements $36,232
8. Alan Enciso $28,684
9. James Fricke $21,135
10. Lee Grove $13,587
11. Ralph Rudd $13,587
12. Mallory Smith $13,587
13. Jose De Paz $11,071
14. Joe Aronesty $11,071
15. James Richburg $11,071
16. Michael Sohayegh $8,554
17. Pat Poels $8,554
18. Michael Reed $8,554