Ville Wahlbeck becomes Team Pokerstars Pro

Finish pro Ville Wahlbeck recently signed a sponsorcontract with PokerStars. In 2009 (WSOP) he won the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event, became 2nd in the $10,000 World Championship 2-7 lowballand 6th in the $50.000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E..

“PokerStars has always taken good care of its players and has made an effort to ensure that all the players are treated equally and honestly. Due to these things, PokerStars has been the avant-garde of the whole game and it’s both trusted and appreciated, a reputation which is well-deserved. I am really proud to be part of Team PokerStars Pro.”

Tom Dwan comes second in WSOP event 11

Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan almost won his 1st bracelet and with that all sidebets he made just before the start of the 41th edition of the World Series. In event 11 ($1500 No Limit Hold’em and a total of 2563 players) Durrrr started as chipleader @ the final table.

After playing HU against Simon Watt and loosing a big pot he went allin with Q6 and got a quick call from Watt with his 99. Unlucky Durrrr, happy sidebetters like Daniel Negreanu:

“RealKidPoker: Congrats to Tom Dwan! We were all rooting for you… To come second! Wow I escaped. What a sweat that was.”

Simon Watt took $614,248, Durrrr $381,885..

Livestream endurace challenge Phil Laak

Right this moment Phil Laak is playing cards at the Bellagio trying to beat the worldrecord. He has to play 78 hours at once with a 5 minute break every hour. He is currently playing $10-$20 No Limit Hold’em cashgame.

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Michael Mizrachi wins WSOP event 2 ($50.000 PPC)

Michael Mizrachi became first in the $50.000 Poker Player Championship (8-game) WSOP event 2. A total of 116 players joined this event and after 236 hands HU against Vladimir Schmelev Michael took down the first prize of $1,5 mln and the “David ‘Chip’ Reese Memorial Trophy”.

1 Michael Mizrachi $1.559.046
2 Vladimir Schmelev $963.375
3 David Oppenheim $603.348
4 John Juanda $436.865
5 Robert Mizrachi $341.429
6 David Baker $272.275
7 Daniel Alaei $221.105
8 Mikael Thuritz $182.463

Lifetime ban cheating player at WSOP event 3

During WSOP event 3 ($1.000 No Limit Hold’em) a hand was dealt before the break. All players that weren’t in the hand allready left the table where this guy wins the pot and takes the chips the dealer shoved hiw way. It looked like he was leaning on the table with his other arm but meanwhile, when the dealer wasn’t watching him, he shoves a big stack of his neighbour to his winning pot.

A few minutes later he got himself escorted out of the Rio and Director Jack Effel told the press “He’ll be banned from the World Series forever.”