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John Phan Takes Down Legends of Poker Tournament

August 29, 2008 - No Comments Unlike in most professional competitions, the favorite to win it all in a poker tournament rarely follows through. More times than not, there is no clear favorite anyway. At the Legends of Poker final six, John Phan was the clear favorite, and he did not disappoint. Of the six players competing for the grand prize of $1,091,428 , five had never made a World Poker Tour final table. The other player was John Phan — a man making back-to-back appearances....

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WPT Legends of Poker Day 3

August 27, 2008 - No Comments Day three of the WPT Legends of Poker Tournament at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles featured 79 remaining players battling it out to reach three final tables. Eliminations came fast and furious in the early portions of the day, as players bowed out consistently and the field narrowed towards the money bubble. Many top tier players fell during this portion of the tournament including November Nine finalist Kelly Kim, Kathy Liebert, Toto Leonidas,....

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WPT Legends of Poker Day 2

August 26, 2008 - No Comments After two days of preliminary competition, 248 players returned to the Legends of Poker Tournament at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles on Monday. After the final numbers were calculated, it was determined that the top 36 places will finish in the money with the grand prize totaling $1,116,428. The action was fast and loose to start the day, as players were busting out at an unexpected rate despite their large chip stacks in comparison to the 200-400....

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WPT Legends Of Poker Tournament Underway

August 25, 2008 - No Comments Day 1A of the Legends of Poker Tournament at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles started slowly on Saturday, as the Olympic games dominated the table talk and players took several breaks to check out the action. One-hundred sixty-one entrants registered on Saturday, combined with 212 that signed up on Sunday for day 1B. The combined 373 players will be vying for a prize pool of $1,091,428 for the first place finisher. Unfortunately, these numbers....

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Erik Seidel Wins 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic

April 10, 2008 - No Comments Erik Seidel is the 2008 World Poker Tour’s Foxwoods Poker Classic champion after outlasting a stacked field and dominating one of the longest final tables in the history of the WPT en route to almost $1,000,000. The entire final table took 11 hours, but Seidel finally toppled his opponent Robert Richardson heads up, his AJ besting Richardson’s 97 on an ace high flop. Seidel might be best known for losing to Johnny Chan heads up in the....

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Alexander Kostritsyn Wins Aussie Millions

January 20, 2008 - No Comments The new king of poker was crowned this evening when, Alexander Kostritsyn won the No-Limit Texas Holdem ˜Main Event’ at the 2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship held at Melbourne’s Crown Casino. He had to beat one of the toughest NL Hold’em tournament players in the world in Erik Seidel for the victory. Kostritsyn took home a cool AUD$1.65 Million, the largest prize ever awarded in a live poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere. 21-year-old....

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Day 3 Complete at Aussie Millions

January 18, 2008 - No Comments Day 3 has come and gone at the Aussie Millions, and Antonio Casale is atop the pack with 1.5 million in chips. Nico Behling is right behind him with 1.3 million. Big names left in the field include Erik Seidel and Max Pescatori. Most of the well-known pros have made early exits, and are currently involved in the high stakes side games that are running around the Crown Casino. Here are the chip counts going into Day 4: Antonio Casale - 1,513,000 Nico....

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