Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Four players saw a flop after a 988 raise and action was checked to Shawn "Shades927" Strokes who fired out 2,229 from middle position. Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty raised to 6,558 and "Ibnyce4u" called directly to his left, as did Hagerty after the small blind folded.
Once the appeared on the turn, action was checked to "Ibnyce4u" who moved all in for 11,271 and only Hagerty called.
"Ibnyce4u":
Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty:
Hagerty was ahead with his kings but the river completed the flush for "Ibnyce4u" and secured their double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ibnyce4u
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46,268 | |
Shawn "Shades927" Strokes
|
24,852 | |
Ryan "Hagzzz021" Hagerty
|
23,587 |
Few poker players have captured the attention of the poker universe quite like Phil Ivey. There have been plenty of champions of the game who crushed it at the felt, but none who built up the mystique of Ivey, who remains to this day arguably the most magnetic player in poker despite results that no longer match his days of utmost dominance.
A day after the anniversary of Ivey's induction into the Poker Hall of Fame, PokerNews examines the legacy of his WSOP success. Prior to 2000, Ivey didn't have any recorded WSOP cashes.
The 23-year-old didn't waste any time establishing himself as one of the top up-and-coming players. That year, after already making one final table and finishing fifth, Ivey secured his first bracelet. He beat none other than fellow Hall of Famer Amarillo Slim Preston heads up to win Event #14: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, a rebuy event, for his first bracelet and $195,000. Three other Hall of Famers — Chris Bjorin, Phil Hellmuth and David "Devilfish" Ulliott — also competed at that final table, so shipping it was about more than just getting his first taste of gold. Ivey showed he could beat the best in the business.
Two years after that, though, would be when Ivey really showed he was the present and future of the game. In 2002, Ivey showcased his skills at limit poker in a big way.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
One WSOP Gold Bracelet. Three final tables. Fifteen cashes. That was the body of work of Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman in last year's WSOP.com Online Bracelet Series, one that would be the envy of nearly everyone who fired in last year's version. Steinman, who already has been seeking action on some bracelet bets for this year's series, will be looking to duplicate his many deep runs and massive success this year.
Steinman's heater began last year with two final tables early in the series, with a fifth-place performance in Event #7: $800 NLH Knockout Deepstack for $24,578, followed by a sixth-place finish two days later in Event #9: $1,000 NLH 6-Max for $30,995. Steinman's bracelet would be earned late in the series, when he took down Event #27: $400 NLH Freezeout for $110,557 after beating Japan's Satoshi Tanaka in heads-up play. Steinman used these performances to take down the $100,000 Leaderboard competition of the WSOP.com portion of the series, which sent an additional $18,000 his way.
Steinman doesn't appear to be resting on his laurels in preparing for a summer of poker, however, already getting in some prep work by winning the Benny Binion Summer Shoot-Out at the South Point Poker Room for $65,000 after a three-way deal. As much as winning his first bracelet meant to Steinman, the quest for another crusher of a summer is on for the hyper-talented Steinman.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ian "apokerjoker2" Steinman |
26,465
-7,472
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-7,472 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeannette "Netty10" Mendez
|
112,650 | |
Dylan "PokerNpizzA" Hortin |
101,630
41,025
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41,025 |
Sumeet "poker_guru" Wayachal | 97,168 | |
vkjasthi
|
93,263 | |
ib2nyce4u | 88,552 | |
Omar "om167" Mehmood |
88,002
4,127
|
4,127 |
entombexhume
|
87,866 | |
karma189 | 86,499 | |
Matthew "FleshGolem" Elsby |
84,109
25,254
|
25,254 |
|
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Marcus "mjl56" Laffen |
81,101
751
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751 |
This summer, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will hold 66 gold bracelet events online between WSOP.com and GG Poker.
The former client will cater to players in Nevada and New Jersey (players in Delaware are NOT able to participate), while the latter will serve the international base.
WSOP.com will hold 33 events – one each day for the month of July – while the other 33 will take place on GG Poker.
For players either in Nevada or New Jersey (remember, you must be 21+ to participate), or those planning to travel in, PokerNews put together all the information you need to know and also answered some lingering questions, which you can read here.
The first step in getting set up to play on WSOP.com is to download the client. You can do so for both mobile (Android and iOS) and desktop (Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.6.8).
Also, the WSOP.com client can only support playing one table at a time on mobile.
Finally, pot-limit Omaha (PLO) games and tournaments are not compatible on mobile and must be played via a computer.
Players are on a quick five-minute break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 125/250
Ante: 25
"jhaynes2433" opened under the gun for 655 and Russell "AntonChigurh" Powers defended hsi big blind to see a flop.
Powers check-called the 1,145 continuation bet from "jhaynes2433" and then did the same for 4,690 after the turn. Once the completed the board on the river, both players checked and reveled their hands.
Powers showed flop a pair of ducks but "jhaynes2433" held a pair to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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jhaynes2433
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46,785 | |
Russell "AntonChigurh" Powers | 31,740 |