Daniel Negreanu barely made the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event but he battled throughout the day Thursday only to finish as runner-up. Barry Shulman, father of November Niner Jeff Shulman, outdueled Negreanu over the five-hours of heads-up play to win the Main Event, £801,603 prize money and his third WSOP [...]

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It’s almost as if the poker world wanted to give the middle finger to every judge or jury that has ever ruled poker isn’t a game of skill. Six of the nine players at the final table of the 2009 WSOP Europe Main Event are previous bracelet winners and two are members of this years [...]

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Earlier this summer Matt “Hoss_TBF” Hawrilenko won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold’em event. After Tuesday’s play at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event he’s in position to add a second to his collection.
Hawrilenko wrapped up play sitting atop the 27 remaining players with 701,500 chips. Steven [...]

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A  Day 2 shortened to allow players and fans alike to observe Yom Kippur turned out to be a real blessing for Ian Munns at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.
Munns finished the day with an astonishing 528,300 and he’s 229,300 ahead of his nearest competitor, Praz Bansi who bagged up 299,000. [...]

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Some 30 years ago Steve Zolotow made a name for himself by dominating the games at the Mayfair Club in New York City. Sunday he made strides towards making a name for himself on the other side of the Atlantic.
Of the 178 players who made up the Day 1b field in the World Series of [...]

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The last bracelet of 2009 is up for grabs now as Day 1a of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event wrapped up late Saturday with Brian Powell holding the chip lead after six levels of play.
The £10,000 buy-in event attracted 156 players to the Casino at the Empire including November Nine hopeful Phil [...]

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Jani Vilmunen has his very first World Series of Poker bracelet after winning the £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event in London late Friday. And to get it he had to battle, and beat, one of poker’s most respected players in Howard Lederer.
Making his second consecutive final table Lederer held a 3:2 chip lead over Vilmunen [...]

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Howard Lederer appears to be a man on a mission at the 2009 WSOP Europe. After busting out in ninth place of the £2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha event Lederer slept of that disappointment, woke up and sat down to play the £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament.
On Thursday he navigated through the second day [...]

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The £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament at the World Series of Poker Europe went through a bit of craziness Wednesday as Day 1 saw 154 players register and only 35 survive.
Leading the field after Day 1 is Jani Vilmunen with 300,000. Given the field that’s chasing him having twice as man y chips as the [...]

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It only took 2.5 hours Wednesday afternoon for Erik Cajelais to realize a lifelong dream. The Canadian poker pro doubled up early and rode that wave of momentum to victory, and the WSOP bracelet, in the £2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha event at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe.
Cajelais started the day with the [...]

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The second event of WSOP Europe 2009 is down to five players and play has wrapped up for the night. That’s right, five players.
The day actually started with 22 of the 158 players still alive after Day 1 action of the £2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha tourament. With so few players remaining there was [...]

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There’s another WSOP bracelet up for grabs in London on Tuesday and if Day 1 of Event #2 (£2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha) is any indication than it just might belong to Erik Cajelais.
The Canadian poker pro leads the event after the first day of play with 144,900 chips but there are 21 other players [...]

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For the second time in two years a player has managed to win a WSOP bracelet on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. J.P. Kelly captured the first event of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Monday in London to take home £136,803 and the gold bracelet. Kelly won his earlier bracelet in a $1,500 [...]

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The Casino at the Empire in London, England was rocking again on Saturday as the first event of the 2009 WSOP Europe concluded the second of two starting days with 313 players taking to the felt.
Despite the larger field on Day 1b none of the 313 players were able to surpass the Day 1a performance of [...]

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Day 1a of Event #1 (£1,000 No Limit Hold’em) is in the books at the Casino at the Empire in London as the 2009 WSOP Europe kicked off with 295 players showing up. By the end of the day however that field was reduced significantly and one name stood atop the leaderboard far from any [...]

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