Around the WSOP: Revenge of the stars

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By Vin Narayanan After watching people nobody has ever heard of invade their neighborhood for a few years, it looks like the stars of the game have had enough. They're starting ready to defend their turf. And they're setting off fireworks at the World Series of Poker.

Last night, David Singer won a nearly five-hours heads up battle to capture Event #3, a $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em tournament. And Erick Lindgren stared down a final table that included Justin Bonomo, Roland de Wolfe, David Rheem, Howard Lederer, David Williams and Isaac Haxton to win the presitigous $5,000 Mixed Hold'em tournament (Event #4).

Another top po, Nenad Medic, won Event #1, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit tournament (Event #1). And he had to beat Andy Bloch, Kathy Liebert, Mike Sexton, Patrik Antonius and Phil Laak at the final table.

And moving forward, Michael Binger has reached the final table of Event #5 ($1,000 No- Limit Hold'em with rebuys) and Tom Schneider and Gus Hansen are the chipleaders in the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event (Event #8). Also in the top-30 at event are Johnny Chan, Jeff Madsen, Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, Mark Vos, Marcel Luske, Amnon Filippi, Mike Sexton, Michael Mizrachi, Gavin Griffin and Doyle Brunson. Wow.

In previous years, we were lucky if we could recognize even a few names among the leaders. Now, the top pros are everywhere, reminding fans fellow players alike that this is their game, and their Series.

Give that man a bracelet For Lindgren and Singer, two of poker's most accomplished players, last night's victories were their first at a WSOP event. But their first bracelets almost eluded them -- albeit for different reasons.

Singer's fiancé is pregnant with their first child, and the baby was due yesterday. And Singer had already decided that being there for the birth was more important than winning a bracelet. "The moment she goes into labor, I am quitting the tournament," Singer said before final-table action begain. "I don't care even if I am playing heads- up for the (gold bracelet)."

Lindgren almost didn't win for far more conventional reasons. According to Bluff Media, Lindgren had on 8,400 in chips at the start of Day 2. The average chip stack at that point was 35,400.

Even after reaching heads-up play against Bonomo, Lindgren wasn't sure he was going to win. "Until the final card turned, I was just panicked and worried that (Bonomo) might come back and I would blow another one," Lindgren said. "I was just so happy and so lucky that it finished early."

"I woke up my father at 1:30 am to tell him I had won," Lindgren added. "He had not been up at 1:30 in the morning in a long time. It was a good call to make. It was really special. I can't wait to send him the bracelet."

Rebuys In case you were wondering, Daniel Negreanu had nine rebuys in Event #5 ($1,000 No-Limit Hold'em with rebuys). He ended up cashing in the event and finished in 22nd place. Phil Ivey, who was the chip leader entering yesterday's play, failed to cash.

Über World Series of Poker (WSOP):

Die World Series of Poker, oder kurz WSOP, ist eine Reihe von Pokerturnieren, die jedes Jahr in Las Vegas ausgetragen werden.

Die World Series of Poker finden jährlich im Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas statt.

Die World Series of Poker ist die grösste und prestigeträchtigste Pokerveranstaltung der Welt. Mit einer umfassenden Liste von Turnieren in allen wichtigen Pokervarianten ist die WSOP das am längsten laufende Pokerturnier der Welt und geht auf das Jahr 1970 zurück.

Darüber hinaus hat die WSOP bahnbrechende Allianzen in den Bereichen Rundfunk, digitale Medien und Unternehmenssponsoring gebildet und die Marke mit der Einführung der WSOP Europe im Jahr 2007 und der WSOP Asia-Pacific im Jahr 2013 sowie der WSOP International Circuit Series im Jahr 2015 erfolgreich international ausgebaut.

Ursprünglich wurden die Tourniere in Las Vegas Downtown im Binion's Horseshoe Casino ausgetragen. Im Jahre 2005 kaufte Caesars den Brand WSOP. Seit diesem Datum werden die Pokermeisterschaften im Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino durchgeführt.

Gewinner der letzten Jahre des WSOP-Championship-Mainevent

2020: Damian Salas 2019: Hossein Ensan 2018: John Cynn 2017: Scott Blumstein 2016: Qui Nguyen 2015: Joe McKeehen 2014: Martin Jacobson 2013: Ryan Riess 2012: Greg Merson 2011: Pius Heinz 2010: Jonathan Duhamel 2009: Joe Cada 2008: Peter Eastgate 2007: Jerry Yang 2006: Jamie Gold 2005: Joe Hachem 2004: Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer 2003: Chris Moneymaker 2002: Robert Varkonyi 2001: Carlos Mortensen 2000: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson 1999: J.J. "Noel" Furlong 1998: Scotty Nguyen 1997: Stu Ungar 1996: Huck Seed 1995: Dan Harrington 1994: Russ Hamilton 1993: Jim Bechtel 1992: Hamid Dastmalchi 1991: Brad Daugherty 1990: Mansour Matloubi 1989: Phil Hellmuth Jr. 1988: Johnny Chan 1987: Johnny Chan 1986: Berry Johnston 1985: Bill Smith 1984: Jack Keller 1983: Tom McEvoy 1982: Jack Strauss 1981: Stu Ungar 1980: Stu Ungar 1979: Hal Fowler 1978: Bobby Baldwin 1977: Doyle Brunson 1976: Doyle Brunson 1975: Sailor Roberts 1974: Johnny Moss 1973: Puggy Pearson 1972: Amarillo Slim Preston 1971: Johnny Moss 1970: Johnny Moss

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