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Two Stars Are Still Shining

Railbird — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:48:45 +0000

The World Series of Poker Main Event played down from 64 players to 27 players Tuesday, and two of its brightest stars are still alive.

Phil Ivey is on Main Event cruise control

Antonio has a few tricks up his sleeve

Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari survived nearly 8 grueling hours of play to advance and will play for a seat in the final table Wednesday. The current chip leaders are Darvin Moon (20.16 million) and Billy Kopp (15.97 million). Ivey has 11.35 million in chips while Esfandiari has 4.47 million.

All Eyes On Phil Ivey

Railbird — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:04:44 +0000

Going into yesterday’s WSOP Main Event Day 3 the biggest name in the world of poker is near the top of the leader board. Feared poker pro Phil Ivey is sitting with almost 350,000 chips going into today’s action.

Phil Ivey's got his eyes set on the 2009 Main Event bracelet

Already at the 2009 World Series of Poker Ivey has won a remarkable two events. He was reported to have won upwards of ten million dollars or more in side bets at this year’s world series with this two victories. The exact bets and amounts are not known but it is safe to say that Ivey has had a very profitable month of poker.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKeHslVCSbg

Miss World Hungary Busted/Kicked Out Of Rio

Railbird — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:27:01 +0000

Ms. World Hungary Szilvia Freire

Not only did Miss World Hungary Szilvia Freire bow out of the World Series of Poker tournament held in Las Vegas last week, but Rio Hotel & Casino pit boss Bill Bruce had her and an FHM crew evicted from the premises as well. According to Everestpoker.com, who sponsored Freire in the tournament, after Freire fell out, her and the crew began to take some fully-clothed shots on an empty poker table. The pit boss, claiming that it was disturbing the players, had Freire and the crew leave the floor, even as the players still in the tournament expressed their disappointment at his decision.

LOOOOOOOOOL

Phil Hellmuth- Emperor Of ALL Douches

Railbird — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:25:23 +0000

You got to hand it to Mr. Phil Hellmuth.. The guy just out douches himself EVERYTIME … That my friends is true GREATNESS/DOUCHBAGGERY.. . We should all be honored for being able to live in this Phil Hellmuth era…

Phil Hellmuth makes his way into the WSOP Main Event

Phil Hellmuth is Julius Caesar

photos by genebromberg.com

Watch Phil Hellmuth Caesar Entrance at the 2009 WSOP on RawVegas.tv

Main Event Day 1A Over – Yang Busted- Costanza Alive

Railbird — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:22:52 +0000

The World Series of Poker Main Event began with 1,116 players making their way to the Rio poker room for day 1A of play.

In the chip lead currently is Eric Cloutier with 150k. Some notables who fared well are the actor Jason “George Costanza” Alexander, Lex Veldhuis, Eli Elezra, WSOP Player of the Year 2007 Tom Schneider.

Some of the players who won’t be coming back for Day 2: John “Razor” Phan, Freddy Deeb, Allen Cunningham, Men “The Master” Nguyen, and the 2007 World Champion Jerry Yang.

2007 WSOP champ Jerry Yang BUSTED

Jason Alexander aka George Costanza with 89k after day 1

2009 Main Event Schedule

July 3,2009 12:00 PM         Day 1A
July 4,2009 12:00 PM        Day 1B
July 5,2009 12:00 PM        Day 1C
July 6,2009 12:00 PM        Day 1D
July 7,2009 12:00 PM        Day 2A (Days 1A+1B)
July 8,2009 12:00 PM        Day 2B (Days 1C+1D)
July 9,2009 12:00 PM        Break
July 10,2009 12:00 PM        Day 3
July 11,2009 12:00 PM        Day 4
July 12,2009 12:00 PM        Day 5
July 13,2009 12:00 PM        Day 6
July 14,2009 12:00 PM        Day 7
July 15,2009 12:00 PM        Day 8
November 7-10,2009 TBD        FINAL TABLE