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The Brits are Caning It!

Two bracelets and a ton of deep runs are showing the British contingent to be more than capable at the poker table.

Read on to hear how the Brits are caning it at the WSOP.

Elkymania Takes TOC by Storm

Elky Grospellier has a seat in the 2010 WSOP Tournament of Champions after taking down the WSOP Academy TOC SNG yesterday.

Click through to see photos and hear what ElkY had to say about it.

Dewitt Too Legit to Quit

Jason Dewitt took down his first bracelet after a runner-up and a third-place finish at last year’s WSOP. Check out the story right here.

durrrr’s Helicopter Prop Bet

Yesterday Tom Dwan booked a pretty sick bet with Chris Ferguson and John Juanda. The odds were 800 to 1 against both durrrr and Huck Seed winning the tournaments they were registered for at the time.

The bets were for $1k and $2k respectively. Dwan was heard to say that if he won he would use the money to buy a helicopter. Makes sense.

Click here for the Tom “durrrrr” Dwan helicopter prop bet story.

Scotty Nguyen Quits Drinking; Looking for Second Main Event Title

Scotty Nguyen is a true poker player. He’s already stuck well over $100k at this WSOP but he’s got big plans for the rest of the summer. He’s off the Michelob Ultras and we talked to him about it.

Bracelet Winner Interviews: Carter Phillips and Steven Gee

Two more bracelets were awarded and we have video interviews with both Carter Phillips and Steven Gee.

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Top-10 things Phil Laak should do to survive an 80-hour poker marathon – Casino City Times

Top-10 things Phil Laak should do to survive an 80-hour poker marathon Casino City Times Just ask Scotty Nguyen and Gavin Smith. But if you are planning on surviving 80 hours of ANYTHING without sleep, you don't want to have any alcohol in your …

World Team Poker Kicks Off – PokerStrategy.com (blog)

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World Team Poker Kicks Off PokerStrategy.com (blog) The World Team Poker announced its eight teams and is ready to start on Wednesday, the 19th of May. Players like Doyle Brunson, Scotty Nguyen, Jeff Lisandro … Cake Poker BlogCake Poker News (blog) World Team Poker $50000 Buy In Event TodayCardPlayer.com China smashes competition inaugural World Team Pokerbetting.betfair.com (blog) PokerNews.com -PokerNetwork -GamingTodaySlotsToday all 26 news articles »

ROUND OF 16 THIS SUNDAY AT THE NATIONAL HEADS-UP POKER CHAMPIONSHIP – SFCPressPoint (press release)

ROUND OF 16 THIS SUNDAY AT THE NATIONAL HEADS-UP POKER CHAMPIONSHIP SFCPressPoint (press release) Also in the line-up is 1998 WSOP champion Scotty Nguyen who faces off against Welcome Back Kotter's Gabe Kaplan and 2003 WSOP champion Chris Moneymaker …

Round Of 16 At The National Heads-Up Poker Championship 5/9 – Broadway World

Round Of 16 At The National Heads-Up Poker Championship 5/9 Broadway World Also in the line-up is 1998 WSOP champion Scotty Nguyen who faces off against Welcome Back Kotter's Gabe Kaplan and 2003 WSOP champion Chris Moneymaker … and more »

David Benyamine Leads WPT Championship Final Table – Poker News Daily

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David Benyamine Leads WPT Championship Final Table Poker News Daily Five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Scotty Nguyen landed in eighth place in the WPT Championship, earning $105000. … Eric Baldwin (basebaldy) Makes Final Table of WPT ChampionshipPocketFives (press release) David Benyamine Will Take Chip Lead Into WPT World Championship Final TablePoker King PTP Hit and Run: April 23rd, 2010PartTimePoker News PocketFives.com (blog) -PokerListings.com -Poker News Daily all 39 news articles »

Stout’s WPT $25k Championship Day 2 and 3 Recap

I was just glad that I’m getting a little more patient in my old age and was able to keep playing solid no matter how boring it got. Besides, I figured if I could just make it through to 4/20, I should run great all day.

And that’s EXACTLY how that shit went down! It actually started the night before, when I saw that I had drawn the softest table in the room, and the only soft table in the whole tournament, maybe even in $25k tournament history!

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FRANCIS
WITEK
148400
58
1

KAIED
BARKHO
81300
58
2

MAROUN
JAZZAR
224000
58
3

MIKAEL
THURITZ
83800
58
4

CLYDE
HINTON
182300
58
5

EMELINE
BOICH
45500
58
6

MATTHEW
STOUT
170900
58
7

JUSTIN
YOUNG
296000
58
8

HYON
KIM
187500
58
9

I managed to chip up from 171k to ~330k within the first level … without even going to showdown once. I was in a dreamland, but unfortunately we found out we were second in the table break order. =(

We broke shortly before the first break, much to my chagrin. I was moved to a much tougher table, including David Benyamine, Amit Makhija, Chris Moore, Andrew “luckychewy/RunThisTable” Lichtenberger, and Christian Harder.

Little did I know I was going to run so good at that table it didn’t matter how tough it was. Most importantly, after a ton of failed set mining, I flopped my first set of the tournament.

In a seven-way limped pot, I flopped top set against middle set on a 7♥ 5♣ 3♦. Peter Gould’s son and I turned that limped pot of ~25k into a 700k+ pot by the 9♥ turn, and I faded a single out for a near double up.

Then my rungoodsauce continued when I flopped quad Queens against Amit’s A-K on a K♦ Q♦ Q♠. I won a pretty big pot, but there’s a chance I could have gotten more if I’d played it faster. Either way, I was near a million and third in chips out of ~55 left.

I cruised through the rest of the day and finished 4th in chips with 919,500. We’ll be playing 4/8k with 35 players remaining to start day 4. The average stack is ~560k, 18 places pay, and first is just over $1.5 MIRRRRRRRRION. Check out the full chip counts right here and my table draw for tomorrow below.

1. Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 350,000
2. Matt Stout – 919,500
3. Cliff Josephy – 489,500
4. J.J. Liu – 495,000
5. Nikolay Evdakov – 668,500
6. Robert Rugiero – 453,000
7. Phil Hellmuth – 807,000
8. Billy Baxter – 887,500
9. Scotty Nguyen – 569,500

Happy 4/20 all!

Matt Stout

Check out Matt Stout’s WPT $25k Day 1 recap right here.

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Team USA Set for World Team Poker – Tight Poker

Team USA Set for World Team Poker Tight Poker Team Vietnam consists of Nguyen, Tim Phan, David “The Dragon” Pham, Karina Jett, Scotty Nguyen, John “The Razor” Phan, Kenny Tran, and Van Nguyen. …

World Team Poker Rosters Announced – Cake Poker News (blog)

World Team Poker Rosters Announced Cake Poker News (blog) Headed up by Men “The Master” Nguyen, the team's roster includes Scotty Nguyen, David "The Dragon" Pham, John Phan, Kenny Tran, Karina Jett, Tim Phan and … and more »

A Hand Matchup From 2010 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star – CardPlayer.com

A Hand Matchup From 2010 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star CardPlayer.com Seth earned $521200 for his runner-up finish, along with $20000 in bounties (JC Tran, Jerry Yang, Scotty Nguyen, and Phil Hellmuth). …

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