2008 World Series of Poker Kicks Off Today!
May 30, 2008
Event #1 $10k Pot Limit Hold Em, Event #2 $1,500 NLHE Highlights Day 1 of the World Series of Poker.
It’s finally here.
The World Series of Poker 2008 baby!
PokerOwnage.com will be following and recapping the events day to day, and posting the final results on the site.
Here is the 2008 WSOP Schedule in case you want to follow it closer.
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| Date | Days | Event | Tournament | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, May 30th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 1 | World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em | $10,000 |
| Saturday, May 31st 12:00 PM |
4-Day | 2 | No-Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Monday, Jun 2nd 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 3 | Pot-Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Monday, Jun 2nd 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 4 | Mixed Hold’em Limit/No-Limit | $5,000 |
| Tuesday, Jun 3rd 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 5 | No-Limit Hold’em w/ReBuys | $1,000 |
| Tuesday, Jun 3rd 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 6 | Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | $1,500 |
| Wednesday, Jun 4th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 7 | No-Limit Hold’em | $2,000 |
| Wednesday, Jun 4th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 8 | World Championship Mixed Event | $10,000 |
| Thursday, Jun 5th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 9 | No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed | $1,500 |
| Thursday, Jun 5th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 10 | Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better | $2,500 |
| Friday, Jun 6th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 11 | No-Limit Hold’em Shootout | $5,000 |
| Friday, Jun 6th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 12 | Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Saturday, Jun 7th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 13 | No-Limit Hold’em | $2,500 |
| Saturday, Jun 7th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 14 | World Championship Seven Card Stud | $10,000 |
| Sunday, Jun 8th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 15 | Ladies No-Limit Hold’em World Championship | $1,000 |
| Sunday, Jun 8th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 16 | Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | $2,000 |
| Monday, Jun 9th 12:00 PM |
2-Day | 17 | No-Limit Hold’em Shootout | $1,500 |
| Monday, Jun 9th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 18 | No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys | $5,000 |
| Tuesday, Jun 10th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 19 | Pot-Limit Omaha | $1,500 |
| Tuesday, Jun 10th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 20 | Limit Hold’em | $2,000 |
| Wednesday, Jun 11th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 21 | No-Limit Hold’em | $5,000 |
| Wednesday, Jun 11th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 22 | H.O.R.S.E. | $3,000 |
| Thursday, Jun 12th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 23 | No-Limit Hold’em | $2,000 |
| Thursday, Jun 12th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 24 | Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha | $2,500 |
| Friday, Jun 13th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 25 | World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em | $10,000 |
| Friday, Jun 13th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 26 | Seven Card Razz | $1,500 |
| Saturday, Jun 14th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 27 | No-Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Saturday, Jun 14th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 28 | Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys | $5,000 |
| Sunday, Jun 15th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 29 | No-Limit Hold’em | $3,000 |
| Sunday, Jun 15th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 30 | World Championship Limit Hold’em | $10,000 |
| Monday, Jun 16th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 31 | No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed | $2,500 |
| Tuesday, Jun 17th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 32 | No-Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Tuesday, Jun 17th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 33 | World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | $5,000 |
| Wednesday, Jun 18th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 34 | Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys | $1,500 |
| Wednesday, Jun 18th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 35 | Seven Card Stud | $1,500 |
| Thursday, Jun 19th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 36 | No-Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Thursday, Jun 19th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 37 | World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | $10,000 |
| Friday, Jun 20th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 38 | Pot-Limit Hold’em | $2,000 |
| Saturday, Jun 21st 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 39 | No-Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Sunday, Jun 22nd 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 40 | 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Limit | $2,500 |
| Sunday, Jun 22nd 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 41 | Mixed Hold’em limit/no-limit | $1,500 |
| Monday, Jun 23rd 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 42 | Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship | $1,000 |
| Tuesday, Jun 24th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 43 | Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better | $1,500 |
| Wednesday, Jun 25th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 44 | No-Limit Hold’em w/ReBuys | $1,000 |
| Wednesday, Jun 25th 5:00 PM |
5-Day | 45 | World Championship H.O.R.S.E. | $50,000 |
| Thursday, Jun 26th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 46 | No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed | $5,000 |
| Thursday, Jun 26th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 47 | Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better | $1,500 |
| Friday, Jun 27th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 48 | No-Limit Hold’em | $2,000 |
| Saturday, Jun 28th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 49 | No-Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Sunday, Jun 29th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 50 | World Championship Pot Limit Omaha | $10,000 |
| Sunday, Jun 29th 5:00 PM |
3-Day | 51 | H.O.R.S.E. | $1,500 |
| Monday, Jun 30th 12:00 PM |
3-Day | 52 | No-Limit Hold’em | $1,500 |
| Tuesday, Jul 1st 12:00 PM |
2-Day | 53 | Limit Hold’em Shootout | $1,500 |
| Wednesday, Jul 2nd 2:00 PM |
1-Day | - | Ante Up For Africa | $5,000 |
| Monday, Jul 7th 12:00 PM |
2-Day | 55 | Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em | $500 |
2008 LAPT San Jose Won By Valdemar Kwassyer.
May 25, 2008
LAPT Has Great Success in Costa Rican Stop.
The Latin American Poker Tour made its way to Costa Rica this past week, attracting 398 players for the £2,500 buy-in event.
The tournament was played in San Jose at the Cariari Country Club, and drew a record prizepool of just over $965,000.
The 3-day event saw some of the best international poker players in attendance, including 45 native Costa Ricans.
In the end though, it was PokerStars Qualifier Valdemar Kwassyer who would take down first place and nearly $275,000 USD, with Max Steinberg taking home a very-nice $144,773 for his runner-up performance.
“We were expecting a robust field of players full of enthusiasm, but having nearly 400 players turn up is truly overwhelming. Costa Rica is a recognized leader of poker in Central America . We have very skilled players with a great deal of experience, and that has certainly been demonstrated here in San José,” said LAPT President Glenn Cademartori.
LAPT San Jose Final Results:
1. Valdemar Kwaysser -$274,103
2. Max Steinberg - $144,773
3. Steven Silverman - $106,167
4. Alex Soderland - $77,212
5. Alec Torelli – 57,909
6. Pawel Sanojca -$38,606
7. Ashton Griffin - $28,955
8. Joe Ebanks - $19,303
9. Steven Thompson - $14,477
-Halfrek- Makes FTOPS History With 2 Milestone Wins.
May 19, 2008
Online Player “Halfrek” Wins Two FTOPS VIII Events.
Online poker player “Halfrek” has had a really great week. Not only did “Halfrek” win one FTOPS event last week - but he also managed to win another FTOPS event this past Sunday. It is believed that this is the first time that a player has won more than one event in the same FTOPS series. Both events were high buy-ins and will most definitely make a huge difference in “Halfrek’s” life, especially financially!
The first event “Halfrek” won was Event #11 which had 1,593 players and a buy-in of $1,000 + $60. The guaranteed prize pool was $1,500,000 but due to the amount of players that bought in the prize pool rose to $1,593,000. “Halfrek” took home $342,495.00 for his first place finish.
The second event “Halfrek” won was event #21 which took place on Sunday. 899 players entered the event with a buy-in of $2,500 + 120. The guaranteed prize pool was supposed to be $1.5 million but with the large amount of players entered the prize pool raised almost $1million to a whooping $2,247,500. “Halfrek” took home $516,925.00 for his first place finish which made his prize total for the week almost $900,000, an amazing payday for anyone, much less a lesser known online player.
I am sure we will be hearing more about “Halfrek” in the very near future, especially on the online poker tournament scene.
Quick Recap of FTOPS VIII Events #13 through #16.
May 15, 2008
Breakdown of Last 4 Events From Full Tilt Online Poker Series VIII.
Over the past couple of days Full Tilt Poker has been very busy with Events #13, #14, #15 and #16 coming to an end. Below is a quick summary of each event, along with the prizepool and the winners. Each FTOPS champion will receive a special gold Full Tilt avatar on the site, as well as a special custom-made gold jersey sent to their residence.
Tournament and Total Prizepool: FTOPS VIII Event #13 - $303,500
Buy-in and Game: $500 + $35 H.O.R.S.E.
Entrants: 607
Winner: the aviator1 - $70,381.65
Tournament and Total Prizepool: FTOPS VIII Event #14 - $428,000
Buy-in and Game: $200 + $16 No Limit Hold Em (Turbo)
Entrants: 2,140
Winner: dud711 - $87,290.60
Tournament and Total Prizepool: FTOPS VIII Event #15 - $186,400
Buy-in and Game: $200 + $16 HA Pot-Limit
Entrants: 932
Winner: Siggen - $42,872.00
Tournament and Total Prizepool: FTOPS VIII Event #16 - $1,132,800
Buy-in and Game: $300 + $22 No Limit Hold Em
Entrants: 1,072
Winner: stuckmyass - $236,188.80
PokerStars Sunday Million -Quick- Recap For May 11th, 2008.
May 12, 2008
PKerBL Wins Heads-Up Match Against AQUA RAIDER.
This Sunday’s PokerStars Sunday Million attracted 6,856 entrants, shattering the $1M prizepool by over $300,000!
The largest poker tournament on the planet also drew some of online poker’s best players, with all of them focusing on one thing: the $193K first place prize!
This week’s Sunday Million at PokerStars lasted a shade under 12 hours, with the final table being occupied by some top-ranked online players.
9-handed play soon turned into heads-up play, with ‘PKerBL‘ holding a huge 10-to-1 chip advantage over his opponent, ‘AQUA RAIDER.’ His lead would prove to be unsurmountable, and AQUA RAIDER would go out in a strong second place. Since I wasn’t watching first-hand towards the end, I’m not too sure a chop was arranged. If there wasn’t, PKerBL will have taken home a nice first-place prize of $193k!
Here is a quick breakdown of the final 9 and payout structure:
1) PKerBL - $193,339.20
2) AQUA RAIDER - $ 97,355.20
3) Snitch24 - $68,560
4) FeFranco - $54,848
5) OllowainTim - $41,136
6) jp4est - $30,166.40
7) roniirani - $21,253.60
Talgamer13 - $12,340.80
9) HelmetSky - $8,090.08
-GoToChurch- Wins FTOPS VIII Event #8 and $51,000.
May 11, 2008
Event #8 NLHE Shootout Event Yields $256,000 Prizepool.
Event #8 of the FTOPS VIII series over at Full Tilt Poker attracted some of online poker’s best players to battle it out for the $50k+ first place prize. In all, the $535 buy-in event brought in 512 entrants, all vying for the title of FTOPS champion for this No Limit Hold Em Shootout tournament.
Play would last for over 9 hours before a champion was crowned. That particular champion would be a player by the name of “GoToChurch,” who clawed and battled his way to heads-up action against “Boondy.” In the end, ‘GoToChurch’ would beat his opponent for the FTOPS Event #8 championship, winning $51,200 for his efforts and a special FTOPS gold avatar and jersey!
Special shout-outs to “apestyles,” who made a deep run at the final table, finishing in 13th place.
Click on the image below to see the final table and the top 3 payouts.
-Jornx- Wins $109 Rebuy For FTOPS Event #7 Title.
May 11, 2008
$102k Payday For Jornx; Erick Lindgren Goes Deep.
The 7th event of this season’s FTOPS has been run and won. The event provided great value for the players with over 550k in the prize pool for only a $109 buy-in. The rebuy + add-on event initially had a guaranteed prize pool of 500k, but this figure was well and truly exceeded with 2675 rebuys and 1041 add-ons.
Player “jornx” from the Netherlands won the event and pocketed over 102k for his efforts. The final hand of the day was a great end to the tournament. Jornx was all in against his opponent pre-flop with AJ vs A3 suited. Both players flopped a pair of aces with player “sebop” also flopping a flush draw. Jornx’s hand held up and he took the event down. Jornx was too strong for his opponent during the heads up play and continually outplayed his opponent, definitely earning his well-deserved win.
Erick Lindgren was the best of the Full Tilt pros finishing in 13th place for $4532.14. Lindgren is continuing his good form in FTOPS after also cashing in the event #4 shootout.
Click on the image below to see the full final table list and top 3 payouts.
-mmmadd- Wins FTOPS Pot-Limit Omaha Event #6 and $68k.
May 11, 2008
Scott Fischman, Nordberg, and SamENole Make Deep Runs.
FTOPS VIII Event #6 is in the books tonight. The $500+$35 PLO event drew 637 people and an impressive prizepool of $318,500. 84 places would end up being paid out in all, and some very threatening online poker players made some VERY deep runs in this tournament.
Among those included Scott Fischman and ‘Nordberg’ - both Full Tilt Pros - who went out in 12th and 13th, respectively. Online pro ‘SamENole’ made the final table, but would unfortunately make a quick exit in 8th place.
The eventual winner would be ‘mmmadd,’ who beat out ’scatterbrain123′ heads up for the title and the $68k+ first place prize.
Click on the below image to get a breakdown of the final table finishers:
-Voguepergola- Takes Down Event #5 of FTOPS VIII.
May 10, 2008
THAY3R Bubbles 2 FTOPS Events In One Night!
As previously mentioned, online poker whiz ‘THAY3R‘ bubbled Event #4 in 13th - then proceeded to bubble Event #5 in 11th - OUCH! His finish didn’t mean much to the final 8 players that made up the final table of Event #5 of the FTOPS VIII series. The $200+$16 Stud H/L MTT drew a solid crowd of 645 entrants, with 80 people making the money.
Full Tilt Poker Pro Berry Johnston would end up going out in 4th place in this event, and it would be the first FTOPS that would feature a Full Tilt Pro at the final table this week. 3-handed play was long-winded, and when it finally got heads-up, ‘voguepergola’ would end up taking down the title and $27,735 for his efforts!
-EMSBas- Wins FTOPS VIII Event #4 and $48k!
May 10, 2008
$215,200 Prizepool in FTOPS VIII Event #4 PLHE.
Full Tilt Poker pro Marco Traniello was the final table host at Event #4 this past evening, commentating during the entire final table of the Pot Limit Hold Em FTOPS tourney.
The guaranteed prizepool was surpassed by $15k+, and in all 1,076 players would enter. Only 108 places were paid, and the final table bubble included famed online poker player ‘THAY3R‘ - who unfortunately went out in 13th on an unfortunate beat.
In the end, it would be ‘EMSBas‘ winning the MTT, beating his opponent ‘StellarCards‘ heads up for $48,420 and of course the title of FTOPS Champion!
