Euro Poker Year Review -- June 2010Brits In Ascendancy As Flushy Follows Through But Farha Gets The Money |
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Player of the Month: James “Flushy” Dempsey won event no. 9 at the World Series of Poker and followed it up with a second place finish to Sammy Farha in the world championship Omaha eight or better event.
Quote of the Month: Sammy Farha after his bracelet victory – “I am not competing for bracelets,” he said. “If I did, I would play every single event. I pick the events that I like. I am not trying to compete to get 10 bracelets or 11 bracelets. I don’t like tournaments too much.”
Story of the Month: Brits run riot at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Hand of the Month: WSOP event no. 25 final table – “James Dempsey’s hand got him heads up with Sammy Farha for a shot at a second bracelet in one week. Yueqi Zhu was all in preflop against James Dempsey. Dempsey exposed the A K
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, while Zhu tabled the 4
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. The board ran out 8
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, giving Dempsey the wheel and ending Zhu’s tournament.
Blog of the Month: It’s the middle of summer but Padraig Parkinson recalls a hilarious story about a stolen Santa Claus and a big betting coup.
Picture of the Month: Champion Sammy Farha (above).