29 June 2009
Greg ‘FBT’ Mueller wins Event #50 $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout
After waiting years to win his first WSOP bracelet Greg Mueller has made it two in a fortnight after winning the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout event. The former ice hockey star opened his bracelet account in the $10,000 Limit Hold’em World Championship and took that spectacular form into event #50.
Bracelet number two for Brandon Cantu
Brandon ‘The Bounty Hunter’ Cantu outlasted a field of 762 runners to win the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Split 8 or Better. The 28-year-old, who was runner up in last week’s $1,500 buy-in No Limit Hold Em event, saw off a final table that included England’s Steve Jelinek and Tommy Vedes before beating 2006 WSOP PLO champion Lee Watkinson heads up.
26 June 2009
Derek Raymond Wins Event #46 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better
452 players bought in for the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better event and in the end it was Derek Raymond who picked up the bracelet.
John Kabbaj wins Event #45 $10,000 Pot Limit Hold Em
What better hand could you be holding when you want to seal the win than a pair of aces, especially when your heads up opponent is holding a pair of kings? That was the exact situation that fell to England’s John Kabbaj against Russian Kirill Gerasimov while heads up in the Pot Limit Hold Em Event.
25 June 2009
Jeff Lisandro Makes It Three Stud Bracelets
Jeff Lisandro has, without a doubt, made the greatest accomplishment of any Stud player in the history of poker. One bracelet in Stud Hi; one bracelet in Stud 8 and one bracelet in Razz makes him the first player since Phil Ivey in 2002 to win three bracelets in one year.
Michael Davis Wins Event #43 - $1,000 Seniors’ Event
Michael Davis has won $437,358 and his first WSOP bracelet for his victory in Event #43, the $1,000 Seniors’ Championship event. He defeated Scott Buller heads-up, who had held the chip lead for much of the tournament.