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Event#36 of WSOP : Jordan Smith wins his first WSOP bracelet
In spite of financial crisis which presses hard on casinos and engenders the decrease of their turnover, the greatest tournament of this summer, the $2,000 No limit holdem tournament of the WSOP had gather 1,695 participants. It was a big event because apart from Jordan’s victory which didn’t have any limit, the two feminine representatives reaching the final table who are not unknown made this WSOP tournament an unforgettable moment in the poker history. We are talking about the champion of chess Almira Skripchenko and Laurence Grondin.
During this WSOP tournament, Jonathan Plens was the first eliminated, after a sur-relance of his entire stack of 400,000 and finished at the 9th position, winning so $61,081. The famous Smith unveils his talent and removed the player Almira Skripchenko who has to make to with the 6th position and the $78,664, after getting over with Andrew Seden (8th). Pat Atchison will be the next to leave the final table with $95,631, eliminated after having done stack pre-flop for 390,000, followed by the queen of poker Laurence Grondin. Anthony Roux and Joe Morneau won’t take time to be removed and finished in succession at the 5th and 4th positions. The professional woman poker player could have been the first woman winning the preliminary tournament after Katja Tahter and her victory in Razz but has to go with $237,537 with her 3rd position. The heads-up is then between Ken Lennaard and Jordan Smith but this latest resist till the end and won the $586,212 prize for the Event#36 of WSOP. Lennaard go back home with $360,439.
Source: Poker 777
Friday, 26 June 2009
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