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David Warga early yesterday got the second bracelet of his career by winning the Event # 27 WSOP, 7-Card Stud Hi-Low $ 1,500 dollars , pocketing $ 208,682 dollars to be imposed on 644 players who scored in the tournament.

Warga won his first bracelet in the Championship of the employees of Harrah’s in 2002, but this time beat a final table made up in part by three renowned players of the circuit: David Levi, Karina Jett and Allen Bari . Other professionals who spent per case were John D’Agostino, Phil Ivey, who left the blinds will eat your stack to play another event , Scott Clements and Brandon Cantu.

Eight players made up the final table and Warga began the day as one of the participants with fewer chips. However, as players were eliminated, Warga increased his chip stack until reached the heads-up against Troy Maxwell with an advantage in points over the game 5-1 and settlement in a few hands.

In the last hand, Troy put all his chips in play with 6 5 3 , Warga paid with J 7 9 and received 3 6 7 7 J . Troy, meanwhile, got 9 10 3 K 10 , enough to beat the hand of his rival at ending the tournament in second place.

“ This is the first time I play Stud Hi-Low in a casino . I had already played HORSE events in the past and is obviously one of the modes, but this is my first official tournament Stud. I am very happy have won, “Warga said in his interview after the win.

Results Event # 27 WSOP, $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low:

1. David Warga – $ 208,682
2. Maxwell Troy – $ 129,253
3. David Levi – $ 87,400
4. Karina Jett – $ 60,588
5. Christopher George – $ 42,913
6. Jonathan Bascom – $ 31,046
7. Chris Tryba – $ 22,926
8. Allen Bari – $ 17,274

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For the Spanish community of poker, the big story in event # 26 was Javier seventh position Etayo , who was eliminated at the gates of the final table. A few hours later ended the tournament with the victory of Will Haydon, a young man of 23, who took $ 630,031 dollars and his first WSOP bracelet.

Among the 1,245 players who signed up for the tournament were 126 who made safe, including many leading professionals. Etayo addition, they spent per case Erik Cajelais (15th place), Daniel Negreanu (16th place), David Benefield (20 th place), Dustin Schmidt ( 23 th place), Sorel Mizzi (25 th place), Alexia Portal (38 th place), Taylor Caby (46th place), Andrew Robl (47 ° place), Steve Billarakis (50th place), Jeff Shulman (84th place), Ryan Fee (95 th place) and Leo Margets (116 place).

This time the average age of the final table was not as low as the previous event shorthanded of the WSOP. The age range was from 23 years, the age of the winner, to 56.

Haydon began the final stage of the tournament with the least amount of chips of six players, but as the hours passed was increasing its stack until arrived at the Heads-Up against Jeffrey Papola with a lead of more than five million points .

The face to face did not last long. After receiving more all-ins by Papola, Haydon finally paid with A J , a hand that dominated the A 6 of its rival. The community cards K Q 4 9 10 did not bring any surprises, and after eight hours of play concluded the final table.

Results of the final table of event # 26, $ 2,500 NL 6-Max

1. William Haydon – $ 630,031
2. Jeffrey Papola – $ 391,068
3. Joe Baldwin – $ 248,265
4. Eddy Scharf – $ 163,649
5. Jarred Solomon – $ 110,903
6. Steve Cowley – $ 77,228

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For five days was played on event of the WSOP # 24 , the third tournament of the series with buy-in $ 1,000. On this occasion 3289 registered players, but the end was Jeff Teben who stayed with all the chips in play , winning his first bracelet and $ 503,389 dollars to his bankroll.

324 players spent per case in this tournament, including Chris Bjorin, Eric Froehlich, Veronica Dabul and George Lind . Already in the final table began as Teben short stack but in the first hands showed no fear of being eliminated by putting on several occasions all its chips in play.

On the way to heads-up, Teben eliminated three players and stood by a margin of nearly 3-1 in chips over rival JD McNamara, who led the tournament for much of the day before the table .

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The final hand began with a rise to 280,000 by McNamara, Teben paid and saw the flop K 10 8 . Both went to see the K the turn encouraged to bet Teben 350 000 points which were paid promptly McNamara. The river was 7 , Teben happened, bet 325 000 McNamara only to find a all-in of its rival. McNamara paid with J J and Jeff showed K 2s, enough to win the pot and the tournament.

“It’s amazing, surreal, a dream come true. Finish paying my house and buy a car to my wife,” were the words of Teben after his victory.

Results of the final table of the $ 1,000 NL Holdem:

1. Jeffrey Tebbe – $ 503,389
2. J.D. McNamara – $ 310,248
3. Kiet Tran – $ 223,665
4. Denis Murphy – $ 162,568
5. David Cai – $ 119,410
6. Blake Kelso – $ 88,654
7. David Tolbert – $ 66,513
8. Greg Pohler – $ 50,410
9. Michael Gross – $ 38,629

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Now that the World Poker Tour found a television network willing to broadcast their events and results of their recent international events have been favorable, we read in Pokerati the senior circuit announced the incoporación Matt Savage, one of the most renowned directors of tournaments in the world of poker, the WPT team .

Savage has been responsible for the structure and organization of more than 300 tournaments around the world, most of them televised on networks such as Fox Sports, GSN, ESPN and the Travel Channel. It is also known for his inclination to favor the game deep , which has earned him the favorite of many players.

Savage’s new role in the WPT will be the Executive Director of the Tour, that is not limited only to improve the structures of the WPT events. The work of Savage, as he told Forum February 2, will be more friendly to the circuit, not only for players but for the press and spectators.

“My goal is bring back the prestige of WPT and promote the great stars of poker today,” Savage said.

For its part, Steve Heller , Director General of the WPT, said in the press release: “Matt is an expert in managing poker tournaments. I’m sure experience and relationships with the poker community will help greatly improving the ninth season of the WPT “.

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The last news we had on the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) was not very encouraging and had to do with the eventual cancellation of their events in Las Vegas.

However, PokerStars has not issued any statement in this regard, on the contrary, through the official blog of the hall announced that already taking place and date for the fourth stop of the popular circuit. From 12 to November 17

The NAPT reach the famous Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles , California.

The only tournament on the schedule announced so far is the main event will cost $ 5,000 dollars, it is hoped, could be the biggest tournament to date in this town. It is hoped that parallel tournaments, but not yet officially defined.

Also, if we follow the example of previous stops NAPT,

is likely to be carried out also High-Roller Event $ 25,000 dollars. Some of the PokerStars team members who are confirmed to play in the tournament are Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, Barry Greenstein, Bertnard Grosspellier, Greg and Joe each . Reymer

The satellites are now available and give the package is worth $ 7,000 dollars and includes, in addition to the tournament entry, travel and lodging at the hotel during the days that the event .

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The Casino Gran Madrid will host the fifth stop on the V Poker Championship in Spain (CEP) of 18 to 20 June. A new opportunity to accumulate points for the general ranking of the CEP.

The tournament will begin on Saturday June 19th at 17:00 and the finals will be held on Sunday 20 June, at the same time. The registration fee is 660 euros.

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Surprise … surely we can qualify well to the news that we are at the website of the FEB with the announcement that PokerStars is an official sponsor of the Spanish basketball .

The president of the FEB, José Luis Sáez and Juanjo Marquez, director general of the agency representing PokerStars in Spain presented publicly agreement linking the Spanish basketball and online poker market leader for the next twelve months

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PokerStars will have a significant presence in the activities of the national team’s tour preparation and in the next World Cup to be held in Turkey in August.

The poker room is provided for the preparation of important communication and advocacy campaigns taking advantage of the pull media from the current world champions of basketball “

turn developing free online tournaments where the prizes shall assist and Tour World , for its users and customers can have the experience of basketball in a more close and attractive “as we read on the website of the FEB.

“We are very pleased to join a leading company in its sector decides to invest in our sport, a company known for its innovation and commitment to the sporting aspect of the practice of poker, and has demonstrated an ability to promote and disseminate impressive “said José Luis Sáez, president of the FEB.

Juanjo Marquez for his part that I say “PokerStars is proud to become a sponsor of the Spanish Basketball Federation. As a global brand, is a great opportunity to join a global benchmark of the sport. PokerStars sponsored numerous teams and international elite athletes, and

to working with the national team and world champions of Europe is an exciting project , through which pass the values of excellence, competitiveness and fair play. ”

PokerStars online activities that will develop with the Federation listed on page www.feb.es / pokerstars for the moment still remains inactive.

Also announced during the upcoming 2010-11 season PokerStars will “

an active presence in the development of the various competitions FEB with the aim of stimulating the influx of new fans through the network and get to contribute content the same “.

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