Thursday, October 30, 2008

Poker Tournament News

The EPT in Budapest continued with day 1b showing a new leader by the end of the day's action. Mauro Corsetti took the lead with 135,000 in chips. Several of the rushing frenchmen were eliminated as well as some notable favorites. Hitting the rail were Noah Boeken, Max Pescatori and Julian Thew. Thew probably took one of the more impressive beats of the day having flopped a seemingly unbeatable set of threes only to be crushed by an even more impressive flopped set of tens.

It should make for an interesting coming together as the chip leaders from both starting days come together for the official day 2. I of course will wait for the results to come in because to be honest, this tournament is far away and I am busy with some other things. How about that for honesty.

I was also thoroughly impressed with Clonie Gowen's win of the World Poker Open Main Event. She managed to smash through the predominantly male dominated field to take the title. I should say I thought for the longest time that she wasn't as good as some believed but she has definitely shown her chops. Impressive, that only she and Phil Helmuth have won the Poker After Dark weekly three times. I will say that along with several other of her achievements, she is definitely a player worth watching. She will in all likelihood, continue to post some impressive victories. Go Clonie!

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