2010 June 07 Poker News, Events and Happenings
Phil “The Unabomber” Laak set out to break the Guinness World Record for poker endurance because he always wanted to own a world record. Laak didn’t just end up breaking the world record, he crushed it by surpassing the old 78 hour milestone all the way to 115 straight hours of live poker. The record was set at a $10-$20 No Limit Hold’em cash game table at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and was webcast live during the entire duration of the event.
Nacho Barbero won the PokerStars LAPT Lima over the weekend and Poker After Dark is back with an exciting new cash-game series. Obviously, those two stories aren’t the only things going on in the world of poker, but you’ll have to read on to find…
Taking second place in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event would be slightly disappointing for any poker player, but $381,000 in cold hard cash might console most of them. For Tom “durrrr” Dwan, who finished second in Event #11: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em on Sunday, it was all about the bracelet. Dwan, one of the best nosebleed stakes cash game players in the world, regularly wins and loses pots bigger than his second place haul, so he may be excused for not being ecstatic. But this year, Dwan has a plethora of bracelet bets with various other high-stakes pros and should he actually win one, it would be “his biggest day ever.”
On today’s Daily Deal: strip poker at the WSOP and Men Nguyen shows why he’s The Master. Also, Annette Obrestad signs on to represent her country, and Phil Laak sets what could be an unbeatable poker record.
The weekend looked like it would be a calm one from poker players on Twitter… until Tom “durrrr” Dwan made his assault on Event #11, a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event, at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). With Dwan making the final table with the chip lead – and with anywhere from $5 to $15 million on the line in prop bets – even the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo tournament took a back seat as players sweated whether “durrrr” would cash in on a big payday.
Unabomber Poker pro Phil Laak endured 115 straight hours of poker, a new Guinness World Record. That’s nearly three traditional work weeks compacted into just under five days. Laak’s enduro challenge played out at a $10/$20 cash game at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Simon Watt not only won his first WSOP bracelet early Monday morning in Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em, but the Kiwi also saved poker pros an undisclosed massive amount of money when he kept Tom Dwan from winning a bracelet. Matt Matros joined…
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