IPPA announces $250.000 buy-in tournement

De International Poker Players Association (IPPA) just announced a $250.000 buy-in tournement played between November 29th and December 2nd in Monte Carlo. Only 48 players can play this tournement which has a total prizepool of $12,000,000 and a first prize of $5,000,000.

Yosh Nakano of IPPA:
“We wanted to produce a high-end poker tournament that offered a big buy-in event with quality play. We felt that we could do a good job at putting an event together that would provide the best all-around player in the world.”

Players that are interested to play this tournement so far: Johnny Chan, Freddy Deeb, Tony G, Bruno Fitoussi, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius,Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen, John Hennigan, Phil Ivey, Huck Seed, Robert Mizrachi and 2010 November Niner Michael Mizrachi.

Poker Hall of Fame 2010 nominees announced

Over the last 2 months people could vote at their nominee for the Poker Hall of Fame 2010. They could choose between 104 players and these are the top 10 (alphabetical) players:

- Chris Ferguson
- Barry Greenstein
- Jennifer Harman-Traniello
- Dan Harrington
- Phil Ivey
- Linda Johnson
- Tom McEvoy
- Daniel Negreanu
- Scotty Nguyen
- Erik Seidel

The become a nominee for this title you match the floowing criteria:
- A player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition
- Played for high stakes
- Played consistently well, gaining the respect of peers
- Stood the test of time
- Or, for non-players, contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker, with indelible positive and lasting results.

Poker Hall of Fame:
Johnny Moss - (1979)
Nicholas Dandolos - (1979)
Felton McCorquodale - (1979)
Red Winn - (1979)
Sid Wyman - (1979)
Wild Bill Hickok - (1979)
Edmond Hoyle - (1979)
Blondie Forbes - (1980)
Bill Boyd - (1981)
Tom Abdo - (1982)
Joe Bernstein - (1983)
Murph Harrold - (1984)
Red Hodges - (1985)
Henry Green - (1986)
Puggy Pearson - (1987)
Doyle Brunson - (1988)
Jack Straus - (1988)
Fred Ferris - (1989)
Benny Binion - (1990)
Chip Reese - (1991)
Amarillo Slim - (1992)
Jack Keller - (1993)
Julius Oral Popwell - (1996)
Roger Moore - (1997)
Stu Ungar - (2001)
Lyle Berman - (2002)
Johnny Chan - (2002)
Bobby Baldwin - (2003)
Berry Johnston - (2004)
Jack Binion - (2005)
Crandell Addington - (2005)
T.J. Cloutier - (2006)
Billy Baxter - (2006)
Barbara Enright - (2007)
Phil Hellmuth - (2007)
Dewey Tomko - (2008)
Henry Orenstein - (2008)
Mike Sexton - (2009)

WSOP in the money infosheet

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The WSOP 2010 Main Event November Nine is set

After 78 hours of poker played over 8 days starting with 7319 players, 9 players remain: the WSOP 2010 Main Event november nine. The unfortunate “bubble” finisher was Brandon Steven, from Wichita winning a price of $635,011.

The november nine:

SEAT 1: Jason Senti
Hometown: St. Louis Park, MN (USA)
Age: 28
Profession: Poker Pro
Note: This is Senti’s first time to ever cash in a WSOP event. He picked the right tournament and the right year to achieve a poker breakout, since he’s now guaranteed more than $800,000 in prize money.
Chip Count: 7,625,000

SEAT 2: Joseph Cheong
Hometown: La Mirada, CA (USA)
Age: 24
Profession: Poker Pro
Note: Cheong earned a degree in psychology from UC-San Diego last year. He also won a WSOP Circuit gold ring at Harrah’s Rincon four months ago. When Cheong won his victory, he promised himself he would play in the Main Event. Here he is now, competing on poker’s grandest stage.
Chip Count: 23,525,000

SEAT 3: John Dolan
Hometown: Bonita Springs, FL (USA)
Age: 24
Profession: Poker Pro
Note: Dolan has six WSOP cashes, including three in-the-money finishes at this year’s series. He has been one of the more consistent performers on this tournament, hanging around the leader board much of the way.
Chip Count: 46,250,000

SEAT 4: Jonathan Duhamel
Hometown: Boucherville, Quebec (Canada)
Age: 22
Profession: Poker Pro
Note: This is Duhamel’s third time to cash at this year’s WSOP. This has been a huge year for Canadian players so far, with five gold bracelet winners. Duhamel hopes to become number six.
Chip Count: 65,975,000

SEAT 5: Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi
Hometown: Miami, FL (USA)
Age: 29
Profession: Poker Pro
Note: “The Grinder” is among the most successful tournament performers since the poker boom began. He won his first WSOP gold bracelet and $1,559,046 in this year’s Poker Players Championship, which took place during the opening week of the series.
Chip Count: 14,450,000

SEAT 6: Matthew Jarvis
Hometown: Surrey, BC (Canada)
Age: 25
Profession: Poker Pro/Student
Note: Jarvis is primarily an online player. This marks his first time to cash in a WSOP tournament. Jarvis would become the first Canadian world champion in history should he win the Main Event.
Chip Count: 16,700,000

SEAT 7: John Racener Hometown: Port Richey, FL (USA)
Age: 24
Profession: Poker Pro
Note: Racener is one of the stars of the national WSOP Circuit, with more than $500,000 in earnings, including the 2007 Main Event championship victory at Harrah’s Atlantic City.
Chip Count: 19,050,000

SEAT 8: Filippo Candio
Hometown: Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy)
Age: 26
Profession: Poker Pro
Note: Candio is the first Italian player ever to make it to the Main Event final table. He has a number of cashes at major tournaments held in Europe.
Chip Count: 16,400,000

SEAT 9: Cuong “Soi” Nguyen
Hometown: Santa Ana, CA (USA)
Age: 38
Profession: Sales (Medical Supplies)
Note: Nguyen is the senior player at this final table, at the advanced age of 36. He’s also the only two amateur sitting among the final nine. Nguyen has been near the chip lead during the past three days of competition. He cashed in the 2008 Main Event (614th place).
Chip Count: 9,650,000

The championship final table will be played starting on November 6th 2010 and teh nine players will battle for a 1st price of $8,944,138!

The prize money payouts:

1st place – $8,944,138
2nd place – $5,545,855
3rd place – $4,129,979
4th place – $3,092,497
5th place – $2,442,960
6th place – $1,772,939
7th place – $1,356,708
8th place – $1,045,738
9th place – $811,823

Moritz Kranich wins the WPT Bellagio Cup

Moritz Kranich just won the WPT Bellagio Cup by eliminating Justin “BoostedJ” Smith heads up in 186 hands. Last hand K10os vs JJ with a AQ2K9 deck. Moritz wins a 1st prize of $875,150, runnerup Justin wins $594,755.

Results final table:
1. Moritz Kranich - $875,150
2. Justin Smith - $594,755
3. Phil Ivey - $363,650
4. John Caridad - $237,902
5. Rob Akery - $169,930
6. Eric Afriat - $118,950

Our man Ivey breaks another record with this event: he has reached the most final tables in the WPT ever: nine in total now!