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WSOP rematch: Johnny Chan got his revenge
In this 2011 edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the event that surely please the public is the opportunity to relive the ultimate historic confrontation between top stars of poker in the "Grudge Matches" catgory. This is an inaugural tournament of the event. Thus, the famous duel between Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth in 1988 has therefore been played once again. At that time, the young Hellmuth as the hero of the show by beating Johnny Chan. However, during this new meeting, Johnny Chan got his revenge because he effectively defeated after a hectic great duel Hellmuth. The next rematch will face Chris Moneymaker and Sam Farha.
In the No-Limit Hold'em tournament for casino employees, Sean Drake is currently leading the pack and is well positioned to win the trophy. During the Heads'up of $ 25,000 buy-in, it remains only 8 players in the race and the quarter-final will take place this Friday and the public of the Rio poker room will see on tables the duels between Matt Marafioto and Gus Hansen, Jake Cody and Anthony Guetta, David Paredes and Yevgenjy Timoshenko and Nikolay Evdakov and Eric Froehlich. Gus Hansen is on the way to a new bracelet while David Benyamine, Carlos Mortensen, John Juanda, Tom Dwan, John Duthie, Maxim Lykov and Olivier Busquet didn't survive. The $ 1,500 limit Omaha Hi/Lo has also begun. This tournament registered a record field of 925 participants. And after the first day of competition, Guillaume Rivet picked up the chip lead.
Source: Oliver JOHNSON
Monday, 06 June 2011
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