My Money is on Phil Ivey

There is still some time to pass between now and November 11th and since betting is something that we enjoy very much I am going to start a bet on this year's WSOP winner. The betting is not on real money but on honor. You are all welcome to place you personal opinions and the winner will get his comment converted into a post and an option to add a picture, (if she or he would want to).

I am going to start with my personal bet – Phil Ivey. So here goes:


Five reasons why Phil Ivey has a good chance of taking this year's WSOP no limit hold'em:

• First of all, he is the youngest poker player to have won 7 WSOP bracelets.
• He's already won 2 bracelets this year.
• He never won a no limit Hold'em bracelets and the rumors are he is eager to make this year the first one to get it.
• He demonstrated a hell of gaming technique and coolness in the events so far.
• He has a lot of experience in high pressured events such as the final table in this WSOP.

WSOP 2009 Updates

The end is approaching and now we are left with the last 9 players in this years final WSOP event. ESPN are going to cover all of the last four sittings. The first is going to be this Tuesday, at 9pm, (New York City time). They will be playing no limit Hold'em. The next one will be next Tuesday, same hour, on the 4th of August. Next one after that is on the 11th of August. The final event will be held on the 10th of November.


The players still standing now are:
Darvin Moon with 58,930,000 chip counts
Eric Buchman with 34,800,000 chip counts
Steven Begleiter with 29,885,000 chip counts
Jeff Shulman with 19,580,000 chip counts
Joseph Cada with 13,215,000 chip counts
Kevin Schaffel with 12,390,000 chip counts
Phil Ivey with 9,765,000 chip counts
Antoine Saout with 9,500,000 chip counts
James Akenhead with 6,800,000 chip counts

Phil Ivey is still standing and the end of the WSOP is closing in

The world series of poker 2009 is getting close to the final run and it has been very entertaining so far. Not surprising but still worth mentioning is the finalists in this year's tournament: We have the great Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Dennis Philips and many other good and well known poker players. This year, like every year, I was keeping my eyes out for new talents and actually found a refreshing discovery – People please meet Leo Margets. She is the last woman still standing at this point and from the way she has been playing so far I can see how she is not going to make it easy on the other sharks competing against.