Congratuations to John O Shea on a great showing in the WPT Championship

1st - David Williams $1,530,537
2nd - Eric Baldwin $1,034,715
3rd - Shawn Buchanan $587,906
4th - David Benyamine $329,228
5th - Bill Baxter $246,921
6th - John O'Shea $199,888

Fair play to John who was the first to bust out on the final table, he did however enter as the short stack and push-bluffed to steal with 36, but Billy Baxter woke up with AT in the big blind.

My SCOOP plans...

The $16.50 buy-in Heads up event seems to be my one event this year... I'm hoping for a weak field and a strong attempt from myself should mean I make the money at least with $100k guarinteed a late night would realy be a great bankroll booster. Then with the joys of being in college and doing exams at the time I'll hopefully be able to get some time for poker over the next few weeks

Pokerstars SCOOP Schedule

1	May 2	13:00	NL Hold’em [6-max]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $250,000 Med: $1,000,000 High: $1,000,000
2	May 2	17:00	NL Hold’em [2-day]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $500,000 Med: $2,000,000 High: $2,000,000
3	May 3	14:00	NL Hold’em -6-Max, Rebuys	Low: $5.50 Med: $55 High: $530	Low: $250,000 Med: $500,000 High: $1,000,000
4	May 3	17:00	FL Badugi	Low: $16.50 Med: $162 High: $1,575	Low: $25,000 Med: $50,000 High: $75,000
5	May 3	20:00	PL Omaha [Turbo, 1R1A]	Low: $11 Med: $109 High: $1,050	Low: $50,000 Med: $100,000 High: $150,000
6	May 4	14:00	PL 5-Card Draw	Low: $11 Med: $109 High: $1,050	Low: $25,000 Med: $50,000 High: $75,000
7	May 4	17:00	NL Hold’em [Heads-Up Match Play]	Low: $16.50 Med: $162 High: $1,575	Low: $100,000 Med: $250,000 High: $500,000
8	May 4	20:00	NL Hold’em	Low: $11 Med: $109 High: $1,050	Low: $100,000 Med: $200,000 High: $500,000
9	May 5	14:00	Mixed Hold’em [6-Max]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $100,000 Med: $200,000 High: $400,000
10	May 5	17:00	7-Card Stud High	Low: $33 Med: $320 High: $3,150	Low: $25,000 Med: $50,000 High: $100,000
11	May 6	14:00	PL Omaha [Heads-Up Match Play]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $25,000 Med: $100,000 High: $200,000
12	May 6	17:00	NL Hold’em	Low: TBC Med: TBC High: $TBC	Low: $100,000 Med: $200,000 High: $300,000
13	May 7	14:00	NL Hold’em [Ante Up!]	Low: $16.50 Med: $162 High: $1,575	Low: $50,000 Med: $100,000 High: $200,000
14	May 7	17:00	FL Omaha Hi-Lo	Low: $55 Med: $530 High: $5,200	Low: $50,000 Med: $150,000 High: $250,000
15	May 7	20:00	NL Hold’em [2X Chance, Turbo]	Low: $16.50 Med: $162 High: $1,575	Low: $250,000 Med: $500,000 High: $750,000
16	May 8	14:00	NL Hold’em - Quadruple Shootout NL Hold’em - Triple Shootout NL Hold’em - Double Shootout	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $150,000 Med: $150,000 High: $200,000
17	May 8	17:00	PL Omaha [6-Max, Rebuys]	Low: $16.50 Med: $162 High: $1,575	Low: $100,000 Med: $250,000 High: $500,000
18	May 8	20:00	FL Hold’em [Turbo]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $25,000 Med: $100,000 High: $150,000
19	May 9	13:00	NL Hold’em [Big Antes]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $250,000 Med: $750,000 High: $750,000
20	May 9	17:00	NL Hold’em [2 day]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $500,000 Med: $2,000,000 High: $2,000,000
21	May 10	14:00	PL Hold’em/PL Omaha	Low: $16.50 Med: $162 High: $1,575	Low: $75,000 Med: $200,000 High: $300,000
22	May 10	17:00	NL Hold’em [4-Max]	Low: $33 Med: $320 High: $3,150	Low: $150,000 Med: $300,000 High: $500,000
23	May 10	20:00	NL Hold’em [Turbo, Rebuys]	Low: $11 Med: $109 High: $1,050	Low: $150,000 Med: $300,000 High: $500,000
24	May 11	14:00	2-7 Triple Draw	Low: $11 Med: $109 High: $1,050	Low: $25,000 Med: $50,000 High: $75,000
25	May 11	17:00	7-Card Stud Hi-Lo	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $50,000 Med: $100,000 High: $150,000
26	May 11	20:00	NL Hold’em	Low: $11 Med: $109 High: $1,050	Low: $100,000 Med: $200,000 High: $500,000
27	May 12	14:00	Razz	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $50,000 Med: $100,000 High: $150,000
28	May 12	17:00	NL Hold’em [Rebuys]	Low: $11 Med: $109 High: $1,050	Low: $200,000 Med: $400,000 High: $600,000
29	May 13	14:00	8-Game	Low: $33 Med: $320 High: $3,150	Low: $75,000 Med: $150,000 High: $250,000
30	May 13	17:00	PL Omaha Hi-Lo	Low: $11 Med: $109 High: $1,050	Low: $75,000 Med: $150,000 High: $300,000
31	May 14	14:00	NL Hold’em [1R1A]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $250,000 Med: $500,000 High: $1,000,000
32	May 14	17:00	FL Hold’em [6-Max]	Low: $55 Med: $530 High: $5,200	Low: $100,000 Med: $200,000 High: $300,000
33	May 14	20:00	NL Omaha Hi-Lo [10m levels]	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $50,000 Med: $100,000 High: $200,000
34	May 15	14:00	PL Omaha [6-Max]	Low: $55 Med: $530 High: $5,200	Low: $100,000 Med: $250,000 High: $500,000
35	May 15	15:30	NL Hold’em [Heads-Up Match Play, 2-Day]	Low: $270 Med: $2,600 High: $25,500	Low: $250,000 Med: $500,000 High: $750,000
36	May 15	17:00	HORSE	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $50,000 Med: $100,000 High: $150,000
37	May 16	13:00	NL Hold’em	Low: $22 Med: $215 High: $2,100	Low: $200,000 Med: $750,000 High: $750,000
38	May 16	17:00	NL Hold’em Main Event [2-Day]	Low: $109 Med: $1,050 High: $10,300	Low: $1,000,000 Med: $3,000,000 High: $5,000,000 ($1,000,000 to 1st!)

Pokerstars Sunday Tournament Briefing

PokerStars Sunday Million
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $1,755,200
Entrants: 8,776

1. 147_star - $258,194.60
2. Benjamin89 - $188,684
3. the_blues57 - $131,640
4. lumpicat - $87,760
5. DrEskilstuna - $70,208
6. deglingue - $52,656
7. Parky 32 - $35,104
8. ze_caiçara - $19,307.20
9. Hohojirozame - $13,602.80

PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up
Buy-in: $200 + $15
Prize Pool: $900,000
Entrants: 4,500

1. Timvd19 - $141,192
2. z 0 0 t s - $104,850
3. ReadElek - $74,250
4. CesarSPA - $50,850
5. Radioheads - $38,250
6. soihoang - $29,250
7. Chris "cdbr3799" Dombrowski - $20,250
8. Drew M Scott - $11,250
9. Vinkyy - $7,200

PokerStars Sunday 500
Buy-in: $500 + $30
Prize Pool: $513,500
Entrants: 1,027

*1. Andrew "bigpimpin777" Malott - $80,000
*2. Antonio7 - $72,817.60
3. Jan-Christoph "50outs" von Halle - $48,782.50
4. ahmadi15 - $35,739.60
5. Jason "JP OSU" Potter - $25,418.25
6. maxxmeister - $20,283.25
7. TK420 US - $15,148.25
8. DiverKRD - $10,013.25
9. Geoff "GeoffRas22" Rasmussen - $5,648.50

*denotes heads-up deal

Running Hot

So were almost finished April heres two top earners from tournaments according to OPR:

ambiguosity (FTP) Rated 100% on OPR
Biggest Cash This Year:$101,853 in The Sunday Brawl
squee451 (Stars)
Biggest Cash This Year $89.4k

Makes me feel inadiquate with my $711 total cashes this year…

Phil 'OMG Clay Aiken' Galfond enters the High Stakes Poker Game

The one man barred from entering the Durrr chalenge has entered High Stakes Poker. Heres me expecting ridiculous agression and crazy prop betting from himself and Durrr.
Heres a $437k pot involving the two and the mystery man Isldur1

Seriously, the prop bets on that game are SICK
some prop bets included the red and black flop prop bet (tongue twister isn’t it!!!) between Durrrr and Zigmund

WSOP Tournament of Champions Update

As an idea the TOC great but its become more a popularity contest rather than a tournament based on merit. The Top 20 was released recently and some are lets be honest there because they are a name rather than being deserving winners.

Doyle Brunson
Johnny Chan
T.J. Cloutier
Allen Cunningham
Antonio Esfandiari
Sam Farha
Chris Ferguson
Barry Greenstein
Joe Hachem
Jennifer Harman
Dan Harrington
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Ivey
John Juanda
Howard Lederer
Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
Greg Raymer
Huck Seed
Erik Seidel

T.J. Cloutier serious sympathy votes must have came in for the pro who recently flogged his 2005 $5,000 No Limit Hold’em bracelet because he went broke.

Howard Lederer’s name being in the top 20 is stupid. I dont rate him as a NLH player and he’s done little in poker (bar the business side) since the turn of the century. He has no bracelets since 2001 and that was a PLO event and his other bracelet came in 2-7 draw. Honestly it shows the amount of FTP Fanboys around. Fucking railbirds are ruining the idea of the TOC.
The same can be said of Barry Greenstein as much as I love Ace on the River (great read) does not deserve to be in this list.

Phil Hellmuth, will the brat do anything probably not… he’ll probably have aces cracked and we’ll all have to listen to him ranting again… it is entertaining though.

The same can be said for Chris Ferguson. The man even with divine power can’t win a game and plays far too tight/weak to keep up in modern poker.

Heres me hoping for Sammy Farha for the win… or Phil Ivey the man is SICK