Prof's Vegas Poker BlogPoker and Gaming News from Las Vegas NevadaThe Orleans Open begins July 5- June 30, 2008 If you didn't make it into the World Series, never fear. The Rio isn't the only place for big tournaments. The Orleans is offering their annual Orleans Open beginning July 5 and running through July 20. All 16 events take place one per day beginning at noon in the Mardi Gras room. Buy-ins range from $200 to $2000. Events are: 1 July 5 $200 No-Limit Hold'em 2 July 6 $200 Omaha Hi-Lo 3 July 7 $200 Limit Hold-em 4 July 8 $200 7-card Stud 5 July 9 ...http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006655.php Scotty Nguyen is the 2008 WSOP $50K H.O.R.S.E. Champion- June 30, 2008 photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Scotty Nguyen, 2008 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Champion Scotty Nguyen is the poker champion of the world! After more than twelve hours of play the 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion finally defeated the last remaining player between him and the championship. Demonstrating his fierce competitive nature the Viet Nam native showed his opponents the way to the door. With his handy long neck beer, sans label, and his distinctive laugh the former...http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006654.php Alexandre Gomes Wins 2008 WSOP Event 48- June 30, 2008 photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Alexandre Gomes, 2008 WSOP $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Champion Alexandre Gomes made history when he took the final all-in pot of WSOP event 48 to become the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em champion. It's the first WSOP gold bracelet won by a Brasillian. Second place finisher Marco Johnson couldn't contain the aggresive style of the Gomes and watched his chips and hopes march across the table in an orderly fashion until the final all-in. Holding Q,J of...http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006653.php Ryan Hughes Wins 2008 WSOP Event 47- June 29, 2008 photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Ryan Hughes, 2008 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud HiLow Champion Ryan Hughes should have been home two days ago, instead he's spending Saturday night at the 2008 WSOP collecting his second WSOP bracelet for Seven Card Stud HiLow. He won his first bracelet last year in another Seven Card Stud HiLow WSOP event. Ryan once again displayed his poker savvy with an aggressive, mistake-free game to overtake early chip leader Ron Long and cruise into the...http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006652.php Joe Commisso Wins 2008 WSOP Event 46- June 29, 2008 photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Joe Commisso, 2008 WSOP $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed Champion Joe Commisso and Richard Lyndaker played heads-up No-Limit Hold'em at the ESPN360 feature table of the 2008 WSOP on Saturday night for more than six hours. The six handed final table took needed only three hours to shed four of the six players and the marathon two way battle that followed required 209 hands to finally eliminate Richard Lyndaker in second place and crown Joe...http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006651.php Max Greenwood Wins 2008 WSOP Event 44- June 28, 2008 photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Max Greenwood, 2008 WSOP $1,000 No Limit Hold'em wRebuys Champion Without a doubt this was the loudest crowd of fans to date for a 2008 WSOP feature final table event. The cheering for the heads-up play for the bracelet was heard all the way to the Rio's Masquerade Village. Crazed fans wearing gold crowns and carry hatchets filled the stands behind their poker hero, Rene Mouritsen. On the other side of the stands was an equally fired up crowd..http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006650.php Bodog WSOP Qualifier VIP Days: The Helicopter Tour- June 27, 2008 photo courtesy BodogLife.com WSOP qualifiers will take to the skies in the Heli Tour option As we mentioned in previous posts Bodog will be adding some extra value to their WSOP qualifier's Las Vegas experienced with Team Bodog members getting to choose from one of three VIP Days. We covered Day 1 - The Racetrack and Day 2 - The Gun Range in previous posts. This time we'll be looking at the details of Day 3 - The Helicopter Tour. Day 2 takes place on July 5. Qualifiers who select this..http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006648.php Martin Klaser Wins 2008 WSOP Event 43- June 27, 2008 photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Martin Klaser, 2008 WSOP $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha HiLo Champion Eric Seidel was looking for his ninth WSOP bracelet Thursday evening but soon found himself out in fourth place in this quickly moving event. This was one of the shorter final table playing sessions at this year's WSOP, somewhat unusual for a pot-limit split game. Event 43 was taken down by first time bracelet winner Martin Klaser playing at his very first WSOP final table. Martin...http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006642.php Bodog WSOP Qualifier VIP Days: The Gun Range- June 26, 2008 photo courtesy BodogLife.com Bodog players will warm up at the gun range before turning on each other at the paintball range Bodog WSOP Qualifier VIP Days: The Gun Range As you might have read in our previous post about Bodog's WSOP VIP Days, Bodog has something special going on for the winners of their WSOP online satellites. In the last post we looked at what qualifiers who choose Day 1 could expect at the racetrack. This time we'll be looking at the details of Day 2 - Day of the..http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006641.php WSOP Stats Through Event 11- June 26, 2008 photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Michael Mizrachi has played in 30 events Just got these official numbers from the 2008 World Series of Poker through Event 41. Most Events Entered Through 41 1. Sirous Jamshidi 33 2. Michael Mizrachi 30 3. Anthony Cousineau 29 4. Thomas Mccormick 28 5. David Williams 28 6. Justin Bonomo 28 7. Amnon Filippi 27 8. Michael Binger 27 9. Jan Von Halle 26 11. Phillip Ivey 26 13. Roy Winston 26 10. Men Nguyen 25 12. Roland Isra 25 13. Nikolay...http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006638.php |