3,289 poker players entered event #24 of the 2010 World Series of Poker , a $1,000 buy-in No limit Hold'em tournament. 342 players would be ITM winners, but the one who outlasted them all to win the first place prize of $503,389 and a WSOP gold bracelet was none other than Jeff Tebben of Kansas City. 39-year old Jeff Tebben has a home game in Kansas City where his good friend Grant Hinkle plays. In 2008, G rant Hinkle won a WSOP gold bracelet, and encouraged Jeff Tebben to try it out. Eventually, two tries in 2009 didn't make it, and this third time was the charm for Jeff Tebben , who now owns a WSOP gold bracelet and half a million in cash for the win, which he says he'll use to pay off the house and buy his wife a new car. The runner up was J.D. McNamara , from Mississauga, Canada, who cashed for the first time at the WSOP for $310,248. The third-place finisher was Kiet Tuan from Rosemead, California, who cashed $223,665, for his third cash in the WSOP. The ...

Full Tilt Poker runs a Fantasy Poker League for the current 2010 World Series of Poker . As a participant, all I have to do is to check out the many events happening throughout the 2010 WSOP, and then pick among the many professional poker pros and poker superstars on whom I think could win, and then get points if the players I pick make it in the money. For Event #10 of the 2010 World Series of Poker , which was the $10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Championship, I picked out the likes of John Juanda, Doyle Brunson, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Ted Forrest, Eli Elezra, Andy Bloch and Johnny Chan . However, none of these picks made it to the money. The only pick I had among the 15 that made ITM was Men "The Master" Nguyen . Not only did Men "The Master" Nguyen make it in the money, but he also won the entire tournament, winning his seventh WSOP gold bracelet, and celebrating his 65th WSOP cash (as of that time). And because of Men "The Master" Nguyen...

The buy-in for the Omaha High-Low Split Championship in the 2010 World Series of Poker was $10,000 and 212 players made the buy-in to come up with a total prize pool of $1,992,800. 27 top finishers would cash in with the first place prize going up to as much as $488,241 plus a much coveted WSOP gold bracelet. The winner was eventually, high-stakes poker pro Sammy Farha , who burst into the poker scene when he won his first gold bracelet at the 1996 World Series of Poker, and has since then been a staple in the poker scene. Sammy Farha eventually became a household name when he was the runner-up in the 2003 WSOP Main Event, losing out to champion Chris Moneymaker . For the 2010 WSOP Omaha High-Low Split Championship , the 212 players may have been the toughest field ever assembled despite its seemingly low attendance. The final table that came out after two days of play was some of the best in the competition, including WSOP gold bracelet winners James Dempsey, Michael Chow and Abe...

Poker Pro Russ “Dutch” Boyd outlasted 384 poker hopefuls to emerge as the winner of Event #23, a $2,500 buy-in Six-Handed Limit Hold’em tournament in the 2010 World Series of Poker . It was the second career gold bracelet victory for Russ "Dutch" Boyd , who also won the the top cash prize of $234,065. Russ "Dutch" Boyd also won his first bracelet in a similar Six-Handed No Limit event in 2006, where he defeated then-reigning WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem in heads-up play. Russ "Dutch" Boyd has now more than $1.2 million in career WSOP winnings, and 15 ITM finishes in the WSOP. Russ "Dutch" Boyd overcame the 4-to-1 chip lead of Brian Meinders in heads-up play to eventually bag the win and his second WSOP gold bracelet. Poker pro Brian Meinders from Jackson, New Jersey, cashed out $144,650 for his second place finish - the second time he's cashed in the WSOP. The third-place finisher was Albert Minnullin , from Moscow, Russi...

1,054 ladies each paid $1,000 to enter Event #22 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, a No Limit Hold'em freezeout tournament. Eventually, it was Vanessa Hellebuyck of Paris, France, who was the last woman standing, and the winner of the a WSOP gold bracelet and $192,132 in cash. It was the first event for Vanessa Hellebuyck in the WSOP, and it marks also her first bracelet and first win. Not bad at all for a first-timer. The runner-up was Sidsel Boesen from Copenhagen, Denmark, who won $118,897 for her second place finish. Sidsel Boesen looked like a favorite to win it as she started the final table as chip leader, but she lost the edge late and was not able to overcome the huge advantage of Vanessa Hellebuyck in heads-up play. The third-place finisher was Timmi DeRosa from Los Angeles, California, who won $74,389. Timmi DeRosa was a winner in the California State Women’s Poker Championship in 2006, and is engaged to poker pro and WSOP gold bracelet winner Lee Watkinson ...

Richard Ashby becomes the third Englishman to win a WSOP gold bracelet in the 2010 World Series of Poker, following in the footsteps of Praz Bansi and James Dempsey . Richard Ashby made the accomplishment after outlasting 408 players at Event #21 of the 2010 World Series of Poker , a $1,500 buy-in Seven-Card Stud tournament. It marked his first ever gold bracelet victory, topped with a cash prize of $140,467, making his ninth ITM finish in the WSOP. The second-place finisher was Christine Pietsch from Orange County, California, who barely missed becoming the 16th woman in history to win an open WSOP event. She had a big chip lead late when heads up play began, but Richard Ashby came back strong to make her a runner up. Christine Pietsch won $86,756. The third-place finisher was Darren Shebell from Las Vegas, Nevada, who got paid $55,955, also marking his second cash so far this WSOP . The fourth-place finisher was former WSOP gold bracelet winner Dan Heimiller , who won a...

885 poker players paid the $1,500 buy-in to comprise the largest Pot-Limit Omaha tournament in WSOP history. Eventually, the one who topped them all in this historic event was none other than John "Tex" Barch , a resident of McKinney, Texas, who won his first ever WSOP gold bracelet and a first place cash prize of $256, 919. Prior to winning this WSOP event, John "Tex" Barch was known for his final table appearance in the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event won by Joe Hachem . In that tournament, John "Tex" Barch finished third, and won over $2M in cash. This win of John "Tex" Barch marks his third final table appearance and sixth time to cash at a WSOP event, making his WSOP career winnings to over $2.8 Million. The runner up was Klinghammer Thibaut from Lampertheim, France, who cashed for the first time at the WSOP with $158,698 for his efforts. The third-place finisher was Trai “Danny” Dang , from Whittier, California, who has been...

Deuce-to-Seven Lowball made its tournament debut at the 1973 World Series of Poker. The game is rarely played anywhere except at the very highest levels, and is rarely played public card rooms -- either as cash games or tournaments. In fact, the World Series of Poker is one of the few places where this poker game is offered. The game was tacked onto the 20WSOP schedule because it was the preferred game of many high-stakes cash game players. Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball means the worst, or lowest-ranked, hand wins the pot. The very best possible 2-7 lowball hand is 2-3-4-5-7 of mixed suits. An ace counts as a high card. Flushes and straights count against the player. While a wheel (A-2-3-4-5) is the perfect hand in standard lowball, in Deuce-to-Seven it is usually a losing hand since the ace counts as a high card against the player. So, K-2-3-4-5 is better than A-2-3-4-5. In the “Triple-Draw” variant of this game, players may draw up to three times to make their hand. Event #19 of the ...

I just received my affiliate commission from BetUS - a sportsbetting and poker site. Long story short, I had $140 to play with. A few ring games moved my bankroll up to $158, and with some extra cash, I decided to spend $11+$1 to buy-in to the $6,000 Guaranteed 6-Max Semi-Final. 28 players registered for an opportunity to grab 4 seats (one seat for every $77 in the pot) to the $6,000 Guaranteed 6-Max Final. I played a good tournament, and was aggressive and trapping all throughout. According to my tournament stats, I won 15 out of 22 showdowns, which was also probably the reason how I came out on top of the chip count just at level 4. And with the huge stack, it was easy to play a lot of mediocre hands I would normally fold if I didn't have the ammo. And some of these mediocre hands like 8-9 and 9-10 suited connectors, or anything K-x suited won me some handsome pots with nut flushes and nut straights against cards like AK, AJ, QQ, 10-10. One would flop a set of 10s, and I would ...

Eric Buchman won his first WSOP bracelet and $203,607 for topping a field of 476 players in Event #18 of the 2010 World Series of Poker , a $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em tournament. Eric Buchman was best known for finishing fourth in last year's World Series of Poker Main Event championship, and although that win netted a bigger cash prize of $2.5 Million, it's his first place finish in this recent Limit Hold'em event that brings him his first WSOP bracelet. The other results of the final table are as follows: 2nd: Brent Courson (USA) - $125,737 3rd: Steven Hustoft (USA) -$90,928 4th: Flavio Ferrari (Italy) -$66,446 5th: Hanson Chu (USA) -$49,068 6th: William Jensen (USA) -$36,619 7th: Matt Grapenthein (USA) -$27,609 8th: Gary Bogdanski (USA) -$21,028 9th: Matt Matros (USA)- $16,174 Incidentally, Matt Matros made his second final table appearance in this 2010 WSOP. Four days earlier, he won his first WSOP bracelet in another Limit Hold'em competition (E...

Out of 792 entries in the $5,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Event #17 of the 2010 World Series of Poker , it was Jason Dewitt who eventually emerged as the winner of his first WSOP bracelet and a first place cash prize of $818,959. 26 year old poker pro Jason Dewitt finished third and second in previous WSOP events last year, and finally now he comes out on top in a tournament he felt he played to perfection. "When I came into the fnal table, I was fourth or fifth in chips. I lost two flips, and then from that point forward I really played perfect. I feel like I didn't make any mistakes at the final table. There is not one move that I regret, " explained Jason Dewitt . The results for the final table are as follows: 2nd: Sam Trickett (UK) -$505,725 3rd: Jeff Williams (USA) -$328,762 4th: Peter Gilmore (USA) -$241,472 5th: Amit Makhija (USA) -$179,866 6th: David "The Raptor" Benefield (USA) -$135,718 7th: James Carroll (USA) -$103,594 8th: Paul Fo...