Denmark has given the world a Main Event winner already, when young Peter Eastgate won it in 2008; and a highly entertaining poker powerhouse in Gus Hansen, poker bad boy and favorite guest of televised poker shows. 2010 Main Event 25th place finisher Mads Wissing could turn out to be a bit of both: an… Read more »
The final player standing from the PartyPoker stable in 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Gianni DiRenzo is stepping into previously unknown territory in the world of poker. DiRenzo, who was one of two Italians remaining in the 2010 WSOP Main Event with 30 players to go – the other is Filippo Candio… Read more »
Slovakian Dag Palovic is a full-time poker player, impresario, and author. The Bratislava resident is the President of the Slovak Poker Sport Federation and one of the main organizers of World Poker Tour (WPT) stops in his hometown of Bratislava. Palovic, also known as “Lucky D,” started playing poker relatively recently – in 2007 –… Read more »
Matthew Jarvis of Surrey, British Columbia took eighth place in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event title. He earned $1,045,743. Prior to the WSOP Main Event, Jarvis was a regular in the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza tournament series, registering several cashes. Jarvis entered the 2010 WSOP November Nine fifth in chips with… Read more »
Young Filippo Candio is following the footsteps of his countryman Dario Minieri, and not just because he favors striped sweaters. The 25-year-old stems from Cagliari, Italy, and his main strength is in tournament play – both online and live – since it is the only form of poker that is legally accepted in the European… Read more »
Michiel Sijpkens, a Logistics student from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, won his seat to the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event via a $33 rebuy on PokerStars just six weeks after his 21st birthday. A victory for Sijpkens in the 2010 Main Event would have made him the tournament’s youngest champion, resetting the record… Read more »
Playing in only his fourth live poker tournament, Cuong “Soi” Nguyen of Santa Ana, California was determined to leave his mark on the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event with his aggressive style and strong reads. Throughout the tournament, Nguyen built his stack through a number of aggressive big-stack plays, putting pressure on… Read more »
Katy, Texas native David Baker, confused by many with online poker stud David “Bakes” Baker, was seated at the feature table on Day 7 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Despite squaring off against the menacing lineup that included John “$JMONEY$” Racener, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, bracelet winner Hasan Habib, Matt… Read more »
One of the players who can truly be called a “grinder,” Ronnie Bardah has been able to realize his poker playing dreams by driving deep in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. He took 24th in the high-stakes Las Vegas poker tournament, pocketing $317,000. The 26 year old Stoneham, Massachusetts professional traditionally… Read more »
A married father of one, Duy Le hails from San Jose, California. Prior to his monumental run in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, where he finished 13th, Le had scored just one in they money finish on WSOP felts. That cash came in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em tournament and was… Read more »
Home court advantage is everything in poker. Just ask Robert Pisano, the 23rd place finisher in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas. Pisano, who calls Sin City home, made a deep run in the 2010 installment of the prestigious poker tournament and will recorded his largest cash to date… Read more »
Jason “PBJaxx” Senti is an instructor at the popular poker training site BlueFire Poker. The former electrical engineer turned poker pro recorded a deep run in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and currently plays $5/$10 to $50/$100 No Limit Hold’em online. He took seventh in the WSOP Main Event for $1,356,720.… Read more »
One of the “x-factors” in this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is Wichita, Kansas native Brandon Steven. Steven has been able to keep a level head about his deep run in the WSOP Main Event and was the final table’s bubble boy. In a report from his hometown newspaper, the Wichita Eagle,… Read more »
Scott “BigRiskky” Clements took 18th in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and collected $396,000. Clements started his career as one of the most feared online players in the world before moving on to become just as respected in the live arena. While he is in contention for the most cherished prize… Read more »
Theo Jorgensen landed in 30th in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. After Day 6 of the $10,000 buy-in tournament, the Copenhagen, Denmark, poker professional – who has been playing the game since the early 1990s – held nearly a two million chip lead over the field. He boosted the GDP of… Read more »
While he may not be well known in the United States, Jorpeland, Norway’s Johnny Lodden has been a terror in the online world for several years and, most recently, in the European live poker arena. Lodden took 27th in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, falling one day short of the November… Read more »
Jonathan Duhamel chipped up during the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and made the most of his arsenal, playing big stack poker to the best of his ability. He became the first ever WSOP Main Event champ from Canada and earned $8.9 million. Duhamel took 15th in a $2,500 No Limit Hold’em… Read more »
On Day 7 of the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, Wisconsin native Benjamin Statz rumbled through the competition in the $10,000 buy-in feature tournament. After a 4bet pre-flop shove with Q-10 of spades, Statz was up against the A-K of UB.com qualifier Christopher Bolt. The flop came 7-6-2 with one spade, leaving… Read more »
In 2003, a little-known Tennessee accountant with a crafty last name – Chris Moneymaker – took down the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, igniting the modern poker boom. In 2010, Brentwood, Tennessee’s Matthew Bucaric was looking to recreate history. Bucaric made waves on Day 7 of the 2010 WSOP Main Event, sending Gary… Read more »
Canadian poker player Pascal LeFrancois finished 11th in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event and cashed for $635,000. He entered Day 1, when play brought the field of 78 down to 27, with a middle-of-the-road stack, but a tough table draw alongside Johnny Lodden, Matt “mcmatto” Affleck, and Hasan Habib didn’t faze… Read more »
A longtime online poker player, Jerry “sandler1860” Payne took 42nd in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $206,000. The Centerville, Ohio native will log his first Las Vegas WSOP cash as a result after turning in four in the money finishes in Circuit Events. Payne’s big break came in March 2010,… Read more »
Canadians have been a force in poker ever since the game exploded in North America in 2003. Players like Daniel Negreanu, Nenad Medic, and 2010 bracelet winner Gavin Smith have carried the banner for Canada, which is fresh off hosting the Winter Olympics. Calling Brampton, Ontario home is Mike Wywrot, who plays under the screen… Read more »
Long Beach, New York’s Bryn Kenney, who goes by the moniker “BrynKenney” on PokerStars, took 28th in the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event for $255,000. He turned in an impressive WSOP performance prior to his run in the Main Event, bubbling the final table of the inaugural $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed… Read more »
Moritz Kranich joins us after winning the World Poker Tour’s Bellagio Cup. He came into the final table with an impressive resume, having already won $1.2 million at the EPT Deauvile event as well as a 3rd place finish at a PokerStars WCOOP event. This might have been the most difficult final table in recent… Read more »
In one of the most impressive feats we’ve seen from a poker player in recent years, Matt “mcmatto” Affleck scored big in back-to-back runs in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. In 2009, Affleck (no relation to actor Ben Affleck) went busto on Day 6 of the Main Event and cashed in 80th… Read more »
