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The big Full Tilt Poker high limit mixed games went off again on Tuesday. The first of the two big tables going off saw David Oppenheim take on Brian Townsend screen name ’sbrugby.’ The first hand we saw saw Oppenheim lay a Stud hand down on the river to Townsend’s $3000 bet.

The next hand saw a massive pot get all of Oppenheim’s money in the middle. Although he flopped top pair, he was way behind Townsend’s flopped top set. He didn’t get there, and Townsend won the pot for more than $50,000.

David Oppenheim re-bought, and the games continued. This hand saw Townsend make a min-raise of an additional $1800, forcing Oppenheim to lay his hand down and leave himself with yet another short stack.

In the Limit Hold’Em game, all the money went in on the flop. Oppenheim had a bleak king high and didn’t get there, once again losing his stack to Townsend.

Oppenheim finally got some back in this hand. Flopping top pair top kicker, Oppenheim faced a big bet on the river. He made the call, picking off Townsend’s missed flush draw bluff for a pot of $60,000.

This was enough for Oppenheim. Only being down around $20,000 at this point in the game, he opted out and left the table. Townsend also left, but it didn’t take long for both seats to fill. High limit pro Gus Hansen took one seat. As is expected at these limits, it didn’t take long for Hansen to find an opponent, as Brian Hastings joined him at the table. The first big hand played by the two came in this pot of PLO. Hansen made a pot sized bet on the turn, which was good enough to force Hastings out.

Hastings got the better of Hansen in this hand with a raise on the river.

Hastings won another big pot, this time in the Stud H/L round. Three kings were good enough for the scoop and most of Hansen’s chips.

Hansen bought back with a big stack and won another big hand on seventh street of the Stud Hi round.

On the sessions, the two winners were both Brian Hastings and Brian Townsend, taking home a little more than $50,000 and $20,000 each.

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Matt Glantz leads Event #43 2010 WSOP 10k H.O.R.S.E. Championship

Matt Glantz leads impressive final table in the 10k H.o.r.s.e.. Marco Johnson have over a million in live tourny winnings but mostly in Holdem limit and NL. Eugene Katchalov has close to 4 million in tourny winnings and is adept at all forms of poker. Carlos was honorable mention on our top ten poker accomplishments of all time back in 2009. Richard Ashby won a bracelet in 7 card stud this year. Nick Schulman also has over 4 million in tourny winnings making this one of the most fierce final table in the 2010 WSOP.

Current chip counts:
1 Matt Glantz 1,803,000
2 Marco Johnson 1,292,000
3 Ian Gordon 1,250,000
4 Eugene Katchalov 1,030,000
5 Carlos Mortensen 737,000
6 Richard Ashby 546,000
7 Nick Schulman 520,000
8 Marco Traniello 290,000

Pay structure:
1st $611,666
2nd $378,027
3rd $248,831
4th $181,503
5th $135,040
6th $102,237
7th $78,654
8th $61,414

Matt Glantz was featured in our 20 greatest cash game players of all time.

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Phil Ivey wins his eighth bracelet! Phil rose to the top in a field of 478 players in the Event #37: H.O.R.S.E. of the 2010 WSOP. The final table would include Chad Brown, Bill Chen, John Juanda, and also Jeffrey Lisandro. Phil Ivey would get heads up with Bell Chen in the end and would be up against a huge stack. Phil steam rolled Bill Chen heads up winning pot after pot to take down the bracelet.

Phil Ivey wins Eighth Bracelet photo WSOP

Phil most likely has won some side bets on top of the 325k first place prize. He is half way to winning his $5 million dollar prop bet with Howard Lederer. If Phil Ivey wins just one more bracelet in this years or 2011 World Series of Poker or WSOPE, he will take a $5 million dollar bite out of Howard Lederer’s wallet. Actually if he doesn’t win another US WSOP but wins a WSOPE it’s a push.

Here are the results from the final table:
1. Phil Ivey – $329,840
2. Bill Chen – $203,802
3. John Juanda – $129,553
4. Kenneth Aldridge – $93,418
5. Jeffrey Lisandro – $68,417
6. Dave Baker – $50,871
7. Albert Hahn – $38,391
8. Chad Brown – $29,406

H.O.R.S.E. poker is a mixed game of limit Holdem, Omaha hi lo, Razz, Stud, and Stud eight or better. Most people believe that H.O.R.S.E. is the true test for best player because you can’t lose your huge stack just a hand or two like pot limit or no limit. This year they changed the player’s championship to 8 game, which included pot limit omaha and no limit holdem. I’m from the side that believes in limit games to test true skill in poker.

Phil does not even own a bracelet in Holdem, he has two in PLO and two in mixed limit games.
2000 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha $195,000
2002 $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $118,440
2002 $2,000 S.H.O.E. $107,540
2002 $1,500 7 Card Stud $132,000
2005 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha $635,603
2009 $2,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball $96,367
2009 $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo / 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $220,538
2010 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. $329,840

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Vladimir Schmelev is a former chess prodigy from St. Petersburg Russia. Vladimir built up his huge poker bankroll in the Golden Ring Club in Moscow which is the biggest game in Moscow or perhaps that side of the globe. Right now, Vladimir
is attempting to take down the 50k Player’s Championship and is in 2nd place. To win the 50k 8 game, he’s going to have to oust David Oppenheim who has double the chips at over 8 million. David Oppenheim is a mixed game beast and high roller. Both players have stud backgrounds, Vladimir plays pot limit stud at the Golden Ring, David plays mixed games in Bobby’s room and plays stud at the Hustler Casino with Larry Flynt in Larry’s big game. And let’s not forget Michael Mizrachi and John Juanda are still in this epic tourny.

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