Sam Trickett has been making some big moves on and off the felt this past week.
Just a few days ago it was announced that the British pro’s sponsorship deal with Matchbook.com had been “mutually concluded”.
Trickett hit Twitter saying:
Finished my Temporary Deal with Matchbook today.What a ride that was! #goodtimes
— Sam Trickett (@Samtrickett1) September 11, 2012
On Sept. 13 he was sure to make note of his success at the virtual tables, tweeting:
Best ever day online today! #keepthatfireburning #peakingyo
And then:
The heater continues… Was losing until @chrissly10 bought a % #luckycharm #Keepthatfireburning
In other news the World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) continues and players are battling it out for bracelets and bragging rights. There was a flurry of tweets concerning event no. 37. Vanessa Selbst popped up on Twitter highlighting the good players surrounding her. She said:
FT of #wcoop2012 event 37 (Omaha 8 or better),
<a href="https://twitter.com/elkypoker">elkypoker</a> and some other great players here but they stand no chance!</p>elkypoker) September 15, 2012
<p>Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier then joined in the conversation:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Finally made my first FT of the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23WCOOP2012">#WCOOP2012</a> in event 37. Fighting for the title with @<a href="https://twitter.com/vanessaselbst">vanessaselbst</a> Let’s do this ! ! !</p><p>— Bertrand Grospellier (He later wrote:
disappointing 8th place, might have made some mistakes 🙁 Oh well win is soon ! go @vanessaselbst ! #TeamProFTW
Selbst couldn’t quite make it all the way however:
5th for $12k, not bad for a big bet specialist 😉 GL to everyone still in.
— Vanessa Selbst (
VanessaSelbst) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanessaSelbst/status/246833544272424960" data-datetime="2012-09-15T04:51:17+00:00">September 15, 2012</a></blockquote></p>Roothlus) September 15, 2012
<p><img src="https://media.cardplayer.com/assets/000/008/451/medium_Adam_Levy-148x223.JPG" style="width:148px;height:223px;margin:3px 10px;border:3px solid;" class="right" alt="" />While Adam Levy got even closer to a bracelet in another event. He wrote:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Just like that down to 6, guaranteed 32k but more importantly, 10/18 in the $215 <span class="caps">PNL</span> Holdem 2nd chance!</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>GG. 4th place for $56k. Considering I had 7 bbs a little into the money, I’m ecstatic. Back on the grind tomorrow. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23howshehaveaces">#howshehaveaces</a></p><p>— Adam Levy (Irish pro Andrew Grimason received many congratulations after he took down the WCOOP $500 shootout. He tweeted:
Ship WCOOP 31!! nice to run the best you’ve ever run at a WCOOP FT, thanks for the support #thirsty? #verythirsty!
— Andrew Grimason (
Declan_Moffet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Declan_Moffet/status/246318438337896448" data-datetime="2012-09-13T18:44:26+00:00">September 13, 2012</a></blockquote></p>Liv_Boeree) September 14, 2012
<p>Finally, more poker action kicks off next week and players have a lot of choice on their hands. "Liv Boeree":/poker-players/85302-liv-boeree made note of this in one of her recent tweets:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Was torn between the English Poker Open or <span class="caps">WPT</span> Malta next week – decided to keep it local. Came 12th last time so time to go 11 better..</p><p>— Liv Boeree (
