646 poker players qualified for the $1,000 Guaranteed Pot Limit Hold'em & Omaha event of Full Tilt Poker through the FTP Fantasy Poker League. I was able to earn my seat through the success of Andy Black, David Chiu and Steve Zolotow at this same kind of tournament in the 2010 World Series of Poker. David Chiu was the big points earner for me. The Pot Limit Hold'em & Omaha tournament basically means that different games will be interchanged once the level changes. First round saw Pot Limit Hold'em action while the second round saw Pot Limit Omaha action. I did well early in the Pot Limit Hold'em section to boost my chip stack up, but got hit at the Pot Limit Omaha section making loose calls, chasing for hands that weren't even the nuts. Like, for example, I would have a 17 outer for an open ended straight draw and flush draw, but when I spiked my flush, it would've been out-kicked by a better flush. In retrospect, although I do understand the ...

268 poker players signed up for Event 38 of the 2010 World Series of Poker , a $10,000 buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em tournament, to fight for a first place prize of over $600K and a much-coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Emerging victorious among all the players was 26 year old poker pro Valdermar "Luigi" Kwaysser of Budapest, Hungary. This was the fourth year that Luigi Kwaysser has played in the WSOP, but only the first time to win a huge victory, which includes a WSOP gold bracelet and over $600K in first place prize money. Luigi Kwaysser now has one win, one final table appearance, and seven in-the-money finishes at the WSOP. The runner up was Matt Marafioti from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who marked his third time to cash at the WSOP worth $381,507. He also finished in-the-money in last year's 40th Anniversary Special Championship. The third-place finisher was James Calderaro from Venice, Florida, who finished 13th in last year's WSOP, and this time won $28...

482 poker players joined Event 33 of the 2010 World Series of Poker , a mixed game that included the variants of Pot Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. The buy-in was $2,500 and total prize pool reached up to $1.1 Million, with 45 places getting to share a piece of that pie. The biggest piece, of course, went to 46 year old poker pro Jose-Luis Velador from Corona, California, who won his second career WSOP gold bracelet and $260,552 for first place. It was his second final table at the WSOP, and twice he has ended up as a WSOP gold bracelet winner and champion. Jose-Luis Velador now has nine career WSOP cashes, and over $900K in prize winnings. The runner up was four-time WSOP gold bracelet winner David Chiu , who collected $160,902 and now has $2.8 million in career WSOP earnings. The third-place finisher was another former WSOP gold bracelet winner Rob Hollink from Groningen, Holland, who marked his 23rd career cash in the WSOP, and received $116,358. It was the first time...

James Dempsey , one of England's top online poker pros from Brighton, UK, was the big winner of Event #9 $1,500 buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em tournament . James Dempsey outlasted 650 players to win a first place cash prize of $197K amd his first WSOP bracelet. James Dempsey became the second Englishman to win a WSOP bracelet, following the win by the Hendon Mob's Praz Bansi in an earlier No Limit Hold'em event. Several English supporters cheered on the win for James Dempsey throughout the eight hours of final table action, making the final table scene look more like a soccer match rather than a poker event. Things were so loud that ironically Mike "The Mouth" Matusow complained that the boisterous fans were too noisy. Well, you're loud that way too, Matusow! The runner-up was Steve Chanthabouasy of Portland, Oregon, who collected a $121K prize. Third place went to Joanne "JJ" Liu of Las Vegas, Nevada, who cashed $86K, making her 14th ITM ...