WORLD SERIES OF POKER UPDATE
20 June 2008
Negreanu and Selbst show them how
Events 19 and 20 of the 39th World Series of Poker have
been decided, with convincing wins and the coveted
bracelets going to Vanessa Selbst and Daniel Negreanu
respectively.
For Negreanu aka Kid Poker winning the $2 000 Limit
Hold'em event gave him his fourth career WSOP bracelet
and the first-place prize money of $204 874. He
dominated the heads up action against second placed
finisher Ugur Marangoz, the poker room manager at the
Mirage in Las Vegas, who took home $126 671.
Six of the final table players were first-timers, and
Negreanu was able to make up a deficit in chips as the
game progressed.
Negreanu's bank balance will get a further boost,
however, thanks to a side bet he had with Phil Ivey
which involves either one of them paying the other $200
000 for each bracelet won this year.
In Event 19, the $1 500 Pot-Limit Omaha, Vanessa Selbst
not only survived a starting field of 758 players, but
dominated the tournament from start to finish to achieve
her first WSOP bracelet. By day two the field was down
to 46 players and Selbst still led the pack, although
when play had reached the three handed stage the chip
counts of surviving opponents Stanley Statkiewicz and
Jamie Pickering were pretty much even with Selbst's.
Selbst then eliminated Stakiewicz to set up the heads
up, holding an almost 4 to 1 chip advantage over
Australian player Jamie Pickering, then finished the
boisterous Aussie off in around an hour and a half. It
was an impressive display against a very entertaining
and skilled opponent - Pickering is both a pro and the
owner of a nightclub who has three WSOP and four Aussie
Millions cashes to his credit.
Selbst's first bracelet comes with the main prize for
the event of $227 933, whilst the Aussie collected a
well earned second place check for $145 459.
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