News Article Results
This Week in Poker -- Nov. 14-20
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Nov 20, '09
… will probably sleep a little easier if he can book another cash or two and grow his point total closer to the 6,704 points that John Phan accumulated last year to win the 2008 POY race. “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t notice when any of those guys go …
Poker Tournament Trail -- Eric Baldwin
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Nov 22, '09
… aren’t done yet; we have to keep going. RL: You were seated right next to reigning Card Player Player of the Year John Phan during the Caesars Palace Classic no-limit hold’em championship. Did he give you any advice on what it takes to close out a POY …
WSOP Circuit – Matt Keikoan Wins Lake Tahoe Main Event
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Nov 17, '09
… counts when the final table began: Seat 1: Tim Davey — 80,000 Seat 2: Roger Sippl — … kings held, and action continued eight-handed until Tim Davey moved all in preflop and Woo woke … ,066 7: David Woo — $13,174 8: Tim Davey — $9,581 9: John McNeilly — $ …
Kristoffer Thorsson Wins Master Classics Of Poker
by Brendan Murray | Published: Nov 14, '09
… 1: Kristoffer Thorsson — €636,120 2: Saydam Ozgür — €365,256 3: Nicklas Mattson — €211,356 4: Andras Nemeth — €135,432 5: Tim van de Riet — €108,756 6: Kenny Hallaert — €86,184 7: Thierry van den Berg (pictured) — €65,664 8: Ben Roberts — €45 …
Final Table of Amsterdam Master Classics of Poker Set
by Brendan Murray | Published: Nov 13, '09
… chasing the top prize of €636,120 are: 1: Andras Nemeth (Hungary) — 910,000 2: Kristoffer Thorsson (Sweden) — 804,000 3: Tim van de Riet (Holland) — 575,000 4: Nicklas Mattson Saarisilta (Sweden) — 429,000 5: Thierry van den Berg (Holland pictured) …
Magazine Article Results
Poker’s Ranking Systems – Part I
by Jennifer Mason | Published: Nov 01, '09
… makes the leader boards are mainly accounted for by variation in rules over what classifies as a ranking tournament. For example, John Phan won two PotY titles, including Card Player’s, in 2008 but scan down the list and there are more differences than …
Phil Ivey — A Hard Man to Bet Against
by Kristy Arnett | Published: Oct 01, '09
… Nguyen, Phil Hellmuth, Layne Flack, John Juanda, Johnny Chan 2004 Scott Fischman, Ted Forrest 2005 Mark Seif 2006 Jeff Madsen, Bill Chen 2007 Tom Schneider 2008 John Phan, Jesper Hougaard 2009 (thus far) Phil Ivey, Brock Parker, Jeffrey Lisandro
Player of the Year
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Sep 18, '09
… run Sept. 9-24. Next issue, we will know the identity of the Legends of Poker champion. If last year’s winner (John Phan) is any indication, this could be the tournament that plays a pivotal role in the POY race in the coming months. Be sure to check …
The paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open 2009
by Paul Burke | Published: Jun 02, '09
… Frazer, Nik Persuad, Karl Mahrenholz, Dave Colclough, Julian Thew, Jon Kalmar, Barney Boatman, Roland De Wolfe, Surindar Sunar, Tim Blake, and John Kabbaj were just a few of the professionals in attendance. However, the vast majority of the field was …
Final-Table Takedown -- Mike Watson
by Craig Tapscott | Published: Mar 20, '09
… being aware of implied odds Phan raises from the cutoff to … especially against a player like Phan, who typically doesn't like … what the situation is; instead, Phan seemed content to steal the … With a few seconds left, Phan turned his cards faceup - Q …
