Archive for ◊ July, 2010 ◊

• Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Closing stages on Saturday was Event #33, $2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha. Full Tilt Poker Red Pro Jose-Luis Velador has only finished it to the final table of a WSOP tournament twice; both times, he’s came out as the champion. Velador outlived former WPT Championship winner David Chiu heads-up. In the pair’s final hand, Chiu called all-in with A-10 on a flop of 6-3-2 for ace-high with Velador showed 7-6 for top pair. A running 9-J locked the second bracelet win and $260,000 payday for Velador, while Chiu was deprived of his fifth WSOP title.

On his second piece of hardware, Velador informed tournament officials, “It means a lot to me. I mean, any bracelet is constantly going to mean a lot – particularly beating so many tough players. This was a very rough final table.” In fact, the finale had three gold bracelet winners: Rob Hollink, Veladorand Chiu. Hollink, who nabbed the 2005 European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final in Monaco, finished third on Saturday and banked $116,000.

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• Monday, July 05th, 2010

The PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau sounds victorious for Victorino Torres of Saipan as he was hailed as the winner for the event. Aside from the glorious title, he also takes home a total of $416,000. He overcomes a field of 342 players at the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino located in Macau.

He gave the credentials of his winnings with a little pour of luck and some “help from the Lord” that he was so grateful to come out positively in resembling the Northern Mariana Islands.

As he joined the final table he was almost drown from his opponents, with a set up of one player over the nine having less chips in hand. It feels like Torres is intentionally the winner of the event. Although he is underdog with his opponents, he still made it on top.

It only proves that winning does not depend on the number of chips that you have, in the end the power of your skill will make a way to your success. Playing poker is not gaining money all the time, it also shows determination of every player just to win the pride over the other.

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