by Alex Villegas With great power comes great responsibility. With the WSOP main event bracelet comes 9.1 million dollars and the title of ambassador of poker. Aside from fame, glory, parties and public relation events, the World Champion is expected to do one thing: play poker. Today Peter Eastgate proved once again, that, yes, he can play poker. … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Level 25 updates
January 10, 2009 By
Real-time updates from Level 25 of the 2009 PCA are brought to you by Howard Swains, Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire, and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates. Levels are 75 minutes long and blinds are 40,000-80,000 (5,000). 1:36am--Jan Fernandez Eliminated in 9th Place; Final Table Set Poorya Nazari raised to 205,000 and Jan Fernandez … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Level 24 updates
January 9, 2009 By
Real-time updates from Level 24 of the 2009 PCA are brought to you by Howard Swains, Paul 'Dr. Pauly' McGuire, and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates. Levels are 75 minutes long and blinds are 30,000-60,000 (5,000). Post last updated at 12:00am 12:00am--Players on break After 12 hours of play, the remaining 11 players are on a … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Level 23 updates
January 9, 2009 By
Real-time updates from Level 23 of the 2009 PCA are brought to you by Howard Swains, Paul McGuire, and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates. Levels are 75 minutes long and blinds are 20,000-40,000 (4,000). Post last updated at 9:27pm 9.27pm--Gregg gunning at the table captain Tony Gregg and Kevin Saul get to a flop for 95,000 apiece. … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Level 22 updates
January 9, 2009 By
Real-time updates from Level 22 of the 2009 PCA are brought to you by Howard Swains, Paul McGuire, and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates. Levels are 75 minutes long and blinds are 15,000-30,000 (2,000). Post last updated at 8.31pm 8:31pm--Gomes Likes 9-8 Suited An interesting hand developed on the outer table just before the … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Bahbak “bigredAK” Oboodi Wins 2009 World Championship of Battleship Poker
January 9, 2009 By
64 players began the The World Championship of Battleship Poker on Thursday. They bought in for $2,000 a piece and were battling it out for the $44,800 first place prize and the prestige and honor that accompanies the World Championship of Battleship Poker. The top 8 places would make the money. Among the notables in the field were Team PokerStars … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Hevad Khan wins $200,000
January 9, 2009 By
by Alex Villegas The new year is always a time for change, resolution and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Being only nine days into the year, plenty of people have already given up on their new year's resolution (I know I have), but not Team PokerStars Pro Hevad Khan. After having a great 2008, including winning $1 million dollars at Ceaser's in … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Level 21 updates
January 9, 2009 By
Real-time updates from Level 21 of the 2009 PCA are brought to you by Howard Swains, Paul McGuire, and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates. Levels are 75 minutes long and blinds are 12,000-24,000 (2,000). 5:43pm--Dinner break Players take a one-hour dinner break. Alex Gomes, below, is going to enjoy his. 5.40pm--Gomes goes to … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Battleship Final Four Results; Championship Match Set
January 9, 2009 By
And we're down to two players in the 2009 World Championship of Battleship Poker. The Final Four was a best-of-three series. Former champion Sorel Mizzi (Clubs Bracket Winner) took on Jared Bleznick (Diamonds Bracket Winner), while Bahbak Oboodi (Hearts Bracket Winner) played Richard Gryko (Spades Bracket Winner). Semi-Finals Results: Jared Bleznick … [Read more...]
2009 PCA: Level 20 updates
January 9, 2009 By
Real-time updates from Level 20 of the 2009 PCA are brought to you by Howard Swains and Brad Willis. Click refresh to see the latest updates. Levels are 75 minutes long and blinds are 10,000-20,000 (2,000). Post last updated at 4.00pm 4:00pm--Break time...again Although we are just 20 minutes away from the last break, we're on a regularly scheduled … [Read more...]