The playoffs of the Party Poker Premier League had to narrow down the four players to the two that would fill the final two spots at the final table. The playoffs would be decided by two best-of-5 heads-up matches, with Roland de Wolfe facing off against Eddy Scharf and Annie Duke facing off against Dave Ulliott.
Roland de Wolfe cruised to victory over Eddy Scharf, winning in three matches. The first match was [...]
Harrah’s Entertainment, who owns the rights to the World Series of Poker, recently announced they are making a slight change to the schedule of the 2008 World Series of Poker. The change is simply two events switching positions, the $50,000 World Championship HORSE event and the $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball event. The $50,000 HORSE event had been Event #40 but is now Event #45, beginning at 5:00 p.m. on June 25th [...]
On the last day of preliminary play at the Party Poker Premier League, Dave “The Devilfish” Ulliott needed a victory and a victory only to make it into the heads-up playoffs that determine the last two players to make the final table. Ulliott defeated Tony Guoga in heads-up play to earn the victory and a spot in the playoffs. Also at stake was the final table chip lead, as Andy Black and [...]
Going into Day 6 of the Party Poker Premier League, only Andy Black and Tony Guoga had sewn up their spots at the final table. Roland de Wolfe and Annie Duke were in good shape, but still needed points to find their way to the final table. Day 6 would decide who went on to the final table directly, who would leave with nothing to show, and who would battle in best-of-5 [...]
Last year, Men “The Master” Nguyen’s protégé David Pham won the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year Award for the second time. This year, The Master seems intent on winning his fifth Player of the Year Award, as evidenced by his recent performances at the LA Poker Classic.
Many poker players try to accrue POY points by doing well in the large buy-in tournaments, playing in a limited number while trying to [...]
For the second time in two days, points leaders Tony Guoga and Andy Black found themselves fighting each other in heads-up play. The first time Guoga was the victor, but on Day 5 Black emerged victorious, closing the gap between him and Tony Guoga to one point.
The second match of Day 5 had Andy Black, Tony Guoga, Annie Duke, Alex Kravchenko, Dave Ulliott, and Roland de Wolfe competing at the table. The [...]
Macel Lüske, “The Flying Dutchman,” came into Day 5 in desperate need of a win after capturing only seven points over the first four days. Marcel did indeed snag the victory, propelling him into the middle of the pack vying for a spot at the final table. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Phil Hellmuth suffered another agonizing defeat and is a certainty to miss the final table.
In the first match [...]
Bodog Poker has announced that they are forming a series of Texas Holdem tournaments known as the Bodog Poker Open and that the first event of the annual Poker Open will be held on March 3rd, with five more events to come, concluding in the Bodog Poker Open Main Event on March 9th. A total of six events will be played, one event each day except for March 8th, which will [...]
Tony Guoga and Andy Black have been two of the hottest players at the Party Poker Premier League. Tony won his first two matches before stumbling on Day 3 when he gained only one point, while Andy Black finished in last on Day 1 before winning his matches on Days 2 and 3. The two would meet for the first time at the Party Poker Premier League on Day 4, where the [...]
Roland de Wolfe had started out strong at the Party Poker Premier League, winning his Day 1 match, but then faltered over the next two days, picking up only two points. However, de Wolfe surged up the leaderboard by capping another win on Day 4.
The first match of Day 4 consisted of Roland de Wolfe, Annie Duke, Ian Frazer, Eddy Scharf, Alex Kravchenko, and Dave Ulliott. Annie Duke would be [...]
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