One of the best poker players never to win a WSOP bracelet found himself head-to-head against one of the best online poker players on the planet, in the 2008 WSOP Mixed Hold’em Event #4. Erick Lindgren, who had won over $5 million in tournament poker play and is a multiple WPT winner, had never managed to win a WSOP bracelet. And to win his first he had to beat one of the best young poker minds around, in internet sensation Justin Bonomo.
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Most Pinnacle Sports Poker players know that Phil Hellmuth made a serious run at the World Series of Poker main event tournament this year. He ended up going out in 45th place, but not before throwing a few tantrums at the Rio along the way. After having already served out penalties for verbal abuse to his opponents, Hellmuth found himself sitting in a hand one position off the button with Ac-2h. He raised the 30K blinds to 90K and got a call from the player on the button, Allen Kennedy.
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The WSOP November Nine certainly was a group of good players. Throughout the final table coverage there weren’t many mistakes made by the players, and some showed amazing poker strategy and instincts in pressure situations. One of these clutch hands occurred when there were four players left at the WSOP final table. With only Peter Eastgate, Ivan Demidov, Dennis Phillips and Ylon Schwartz remaining in the daddy of poker tournaments, Demidov showed why he’s been one of the hottest live poker players in the world over the last five months.
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One of today’s hottest online poker players is German ace Mario Puccini. Hailing from Hamburg, he’s better known online as TheRealPokerccini. Mario has been lighting it up in some major online poker tournaments this fall. He came out of nowhere earlier this month and has quickly made a name for himself on the online poker tournament scene. In fact, Puccini has recently jumped from No. 47 to No. 25 on the PocketFives.com online poker rankings list which is updated on a weekly basis.
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Thomas Koral has been cashing in major live poker tournaments consistently for three years now, but his biggest payday came last week at the Horseshoe Hammond WSOP Circuit Event. Koral finished second in the $5000 + $150 main event and took home over $126,000, mostly because of a great call he made at the final table with four players left in the poker tournament.
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