It is one for you one for me. After two hours we have just lost our second player. Whereas the NLHE is down from 242 to 90. Only one lady playing in either and that is Ha “cindy” Pham.
Omaha8 final :
9) Raul Garcia
8) Paul Darden
Still playing : Robert Gray, Luis Sanchez, Asher Derai, Peter Levine, [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Omaha8 final like basketball
Friday, May 8th, 2009Paris au printemps: Congrats Kristy + Andrew
Thursday, May 7th, 2009My favourite media gal, by a country mile, Kristy Arnett is engaged. Her long time boyfriend Andrew proposed to her on their French vacation. I thought she was going to cover the Monte Carlo tournament. Congrats to both of you. We still love you!
It runs in the Baxter blood
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Billy Baxter was probably the original poker backer, known to put Stu Unger in the WSOP, so it should not be a big surprise to see his son at a final table in a tournament. I don’t know if he was backed by his father but Billy did show up to support Nathan today at [...]
Sam finds silence is the answer
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009After losing his hair Asst TD ,at the Commerce, Sam Quinto, has craved solitude. The girls, Ivory + Marinett have asked for leave of absence until his hair regrows. So we scoured Craigslist and found the perfect solution. (PS Come back soon ladies. I miss you!)
Monday Gallery
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009The tournament finishes at 7:30pm. Matt + Sam go to dinner.They then go to sleep at 10pm so they can play a comped round of golf before work starts again at 1:59pm tomorrow. So here are the results the way I recall them. :)
9) Steve Simmons
8)Cristian Avendano
7) Ryan McKnight
6) Joe Schulman
5) William Daniels
4) Pierre Asadi
3) [...]
LHE gallery
Monday, May 4th, 2009Final results: 1) Eric Chhor $31k 2) Liech Phan 3)Dale Burner 4) Justin Frank 5) Mark Fluss 6) Joe Hoffman 7) Kyong Kim 8) Tracy Phan 9)John Mottram
Sam gets shaved
Monday, May 4th, 2009Assistant tournament director SamQuinto was so sure Matt’s guarantee of $100k for todays LHE,with a buy in of $330, would not be reached he said he would let them shave his head if it was. Well, the players turned out in huge numbers, including a few hotties. The result is Sam will not be attracting [...]
No Limit to Commerce popularity
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009The astonishing start to the Cal State tournie at the Commerce continues. The 1898 ntries into Event#1 is now 27. The LHE event is over 400 and stil accepting alternates. Latest eliminations from the NLHE:
34) Jaywill Sands, 33) Jacky Lee, 32) Tiffany Michelle 31) Timothy Pong.30) Rob MacDonald,29)Caesar Chavez,28)Prince Cassell 27) Joe Lerman,26) R Bell, [...]
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