Eight Chosen for Brunson 10 Pro Poker Team
July 22, 2010
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The Brunson 10 is rounding into shape as David “Doc” Sands finishes a top the Become a Legend Leaderboard to take the 8th spot on the team. After earning the most points at the 2010 World Series of Poker tournament, David joins seven other online poker phenom’s that already qualified for the team.
Sand’s cashed in five separate WSOP events this year winning a total of $88,000 and toping the leaderboard with 2,269.10 points. During this year’s WSOP he also found time to cash in three online poker tournaments as well bringing his career earnings to over $2.3 million.
If you recall, this year’s WSOP was a competition between David Sands, Daniel Kelly, Faraz Jaka and Michael Martin to earn a spot on the coveted Brunson Pro poker team. Points were awarded for every cash they earned in an event and tallied throughout the WSOP.
For those of you following the Brunson 10, you may notice that Daniel Kelly actually had the most points, but before the Become a Legend Leaderboard competition started, DoylesRoom.com announced that if any player won a bracelet they automatically made the team. Daniel Kelly won the World Series of Poker Event #52, a $25,000 buy-in tournament. That win netted him a WSOP bracelet, $1.3 million dollars and the seventh spot on the team.
8 of the 10 team members are set and they are: David Sands, Daniel Kelly, Zachary Clark, Amit Makhija, Dani Stern, Chris Moorman, Alex Kamberis and Steve Gross. That leaves two more online players to be handpicked for the team. Head over to DoylesRoom and find out how they will be chosen.
$8.94 million to 2010 WSOP Winner
July 9, 2010
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The winner of the 2010 World Series of Poker is…well, that has yet to be determined but we do know how much that winner will get, $8.94 million. Still not a bad paycheck for a few days of work.
This years no limit Texas Hold’em main event will field a total of 7,319 players. That is the second best field to only the 8,773 taking a seat in 2006, the year Jamie Gold won $12 million.
This year however is up over 12% from last years which equates to 825 more players in 2010. 2,391 players entered Thursday which was the last day to get into the $10,000 buy-in tournament.
The total prize pool for the tournament is $68.8 million. Thats $7.8 million more than last year. According to the main event tournament director, Jack Effel, 747 players will make the money in this years main event.
As the immortal words “Shuffle up and Deal” ring through the casino, the early favorite to win it all is Phil Ivey. Good luck to everyone competing this year!
Brunson 10 Hopeful Dan Kelly Wins Bracelet
July 5, 2010
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Some say playing 6 handed NL hold’em takes the most guts and skill than any other poker game. Maybe that’s why many poker pros couldn’t wait to start the $25,000 6 Handed WSOP tournament. 191 players including some of the biggest names in the game sat down to win this prestigious bracelet and a piece of the $4,536,250 price pool.
It was a rookie however; barely old enough to even get into the casino that took home the $1,338,609 first place price. 21 year old Dan Kelly, a senior at Villanova can now add a WSOP bracelet to his growing resume. Dan has already amassed a great reputation playing online at DoylesRoom and now according to ESPN, has locked down an endorsement deal with them.
Dan Kelly said of the win, “It’s a mixture of being shocked and excited. I definitely thought I could win, or I wouldn’t be playing. But you can’t expect to win a tournament, even if you play perfect. This definitely exceeds my expectations.” He says he will head back to Villanova and graduate then pursue his poker career afterwards.
Here is how the top 18 ended up in Event 52 at the WSOP:
1. Dan Kelly ($1,315,518)
2. Shawn Buchanan ($812,941)
3. Frank Kassela ($556,053)
4. Jason Somerville ($386,125)
5. Mikael Thuritz ($272,084)
6. Eugene Katchalov ($194,559)
7. Sam Trickett ($141,168)
8. Bryn Kenney ($141,168)
9. Isaac Haxton ($104,651)
10. Brian Hodhod ($104,651)
11. Daniel Negreanu ($77,569)
12. Abe Mosseri ($77,569)
13. Martins Adeniya ($58,699)
14. Billy Jordanou ($58,699)
15. Heather Sue Mercer ($58,699)
16. Vadim Trincher ($58,699)
17. Carlos Mortensen ($58,699)
18. Justin Bonomo ($58,699)
