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This Week in Poker -- Poker Tournament News Sept. 27-Oct. 3

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by Kristy Arnett  |   Published: Oct 03, 2008  |  

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This Week in Tournament Poker


World Series of Poker Europe

John JuandaThe second-annual World Series of Poker Europe £ 10,000 buy-in main event concluded yesterday with John Juanda the winner. After the longest final table in WSOP history at 21 hours, Juanda took home his fourth WSOP bracelet and the equivalent of nearly $1.6 million U.S. dollars. The second-place finisher, 23-year-old Stanislav Alekhin of Moscow, Russia, won $738,000, and Ivan Demidov of the November Nine came in third. Making the WSOPE main event final table and snagging $463,000 is a good precursor for Demidov to do well in the WSOP finale coming up on Nov. 10. The following are the final-table results:

  1. John Juanda — $1,544,575
  2. Stanislav Alekhin — $949,270
  3. Ivan Demidov — $595,305
  4. Bengt Sonnert — $482,680
  5. Daniel Negreanu — $386,144
  6. Scott Fischman — $305,761
  7. Robin Keston — $241,390
  8. Toni Hiltunen — $193,112
  9. Christopher Elliott — $144,871


PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour

The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Seoul event attracted 165 entrants who all bought in for $2,870. The tournament took place at the Paradise Walker-Hill Casino in Seoul, South Korea. Sixteen players made the money, but it came down to heads up between two Japanese players. Yoshihiro Tasaka defeated Hidenari Shiono when his 9-2 offsuit paired the board on the flop to win him the top prize worth more than $128,000. Here is a look at the final-table results:

  1. Yoshihiro Tasaka — $128,250
  2. Hidenari Shiono — $80,156
  3. Brian Kang — $44,085
  4. Fam Kai Yat — $32,062
  5. Yuji Masaki — $26,050
  6. Daniel Schreiber — $20,038
  7. David Horvath — $16,031
  8. Daniel Williams — $12,023
  9. Sam Faqiryar — $8,015

 The next stop on the APPT will take place in Auckland, New Zealand, Oct. 9-12.


UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic
Rajiv Motwani
The UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic kicked off on Monday, and day 4 played out today. There is now a final table of nine left out of the 551 players who started. First place in this $5,500 buy-in event will receive $1 million. Here are the chip counts of the final-table players:

  1. Matt Brady — 1,650,000
  2. Brandon Terry — 1,560,000
  3. Johan Storakers — 1,280,000
  4. Allie Prescott — 910,000
  5. Rajiv Motwani — 760,000
  6. Jeffrey Papola — 730,000
  7. Chris Morrison — 510,000
  8. Jason Pohl — 420,000
  9. Brian Malczewski — 325,000


European Poker Tour London

Big BenThe European Poker Tour London event started Wednesday, just days after the WSOPE. Today, both day 1s combined and at the end day 2, there are only 32 players remaining of the nearly 600-player field. The following are the chip counts for the top 10 players:

  1. Philippe Dauteuil — 450,000
  2. Anthony Lellouche — 446,000
  3. Johannes Strassmann — 310,000
  4. David Benyamine — 275,000
  5. Erik Sjodin — 225,000
  6. Marcin Horecki — 175,000
  7. Joseph Elpayaa —160,000
  8. Eric Liu — 138,000
  9. Huseyin Yilmaz — 125,000
  10. Peter Eastgate — 125,000

Also still competing are Beth Shak, Sorel Mizzi, Max Pescatori, and Scotty Nguyen. The Card Player team is reporting from this event, so make sure to check out the live updates.
 
Card Player Player of the Year (POY) UpdateJohn Phan

POY Standings:

  1. John Phan — 6,677
  2. Erik Seidel — 4,634
  3. David Benyamine — 4,148
  4. Michael Binger — 3,720
  5. Sebastian Ruthenberg — 3,648
  6. David Pham — 3,582
  7. Erick Lindgren — 3,459
  8. Vinny Pahuja — 3,450
  9. Shannon Shorr — 3,388
  10. Men Nguyen — 3,230

 

Looking Ahead

Festa al Lago Classic

Saturday, Oct. 4, 12 p.m. — Event 4 — $3,000 no-limit hold'em
Monday, Oct. 6, 12 p.m. — Event 5 — $5,000 no-limit hold'em
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 12 p.m. — Event 6 — $2,000 no-limit hold'em
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 12 p.m. — Event 7 — $2,500 no-limit hold'em
Thursday, Oct. 9, 12 p.m. — Event 8 — $3,000 no-limit hold'em

World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana

Saturday, Oct. 4, 12 p.m. — Event 3 — $1,000 no-limit hold'em
Sunday, Oct. 5, 12 p.m. — Event 4 — $200 ladies no-limit hold'em
Monday, Oct. 6, 12 p.m. — Event 5 — $300 turbo no-limit hold'em
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 12 p.m. — Event 6 — $500 pot-limit Omaha
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 12 p.m. — Event 7 — $300 no-limit hold'em
Thursday, Oct. 9, 12 p.m. — Event 8 — $500 no-limit hold'em