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World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event at LA Poker Classic - Dan Heimiller ...

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:52:53 +0100

Dan Heimiller moved all in from the small blind with Q5 and Kitai calls with K6.

The board comes KJ364, and Davidi Kitai wins the pot with two pair, kings and sixes, to eliminate Dan Heimiller in third place.

Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - Out in 3rd Place ($20,000)
Seat 5. Davidi Kitai - 2,920,000
Seat 6. Almira Skripchenko - 1,530,000

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event At LA Poker Classic - Dan Heimiller Doubles ...

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:31:37 +0100

Dan Heimiller Doubles Thru Davidi Kitai

Davidi Kitai raises from the button to 150,000, Almira Skripchenko calls from the small blind, and Dan Heimiller moves all in from the big blind for 530,000. Kitai thinks for a while before he calls, and Skripchenko folds.

Heimiller shows KJ, and he doubles up against Kitai's 98 with a heart flush.

Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - 1,120,000
Seat 5. Davidi Kitai - 2,000,000
Seat 6.&Read More...

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event At LA Poker Classic Update - Rechnitzer ...

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:22:04 +0100

Skripchenko raises on the button to 150,000 with a call from Heimiller in the small blind, creating a main pot of 100,000 and a side pot of 260,000. With just 30,000 left in chips, Rechnitzer is all in on the big blind.

Flop comes AK6 and Skripchenko moves all in. Heimiller folds 10 10 face up. Rechnitzer has 54, against Skripchenko's A9. Skripchenko fills up with an Ace on the turn and a 9 on the river, eliminating Rechnitzer in fRead More...

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event At LA Poker Classic

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:17:46 +0100

In hand #57, Almira Skripchenko ships it in the small blind with K6 and Rechnitzer calls from the big blind with AQ. Skripchenko pairs her king on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips -- crippling George Rechnitzer in the process.

Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 30,000
Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - 540,000
Seat 5. Davidi Kitai - 2,630,000
Seat 6. Almira Skripchenko - 1,250,000

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event At LA Poker Classic

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:08:46 +0100

At 7:24 players are on a break. They are at Level 27: 30,000-60,000, 10,000 ante

Here are the chip counts:

Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 740,000
Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - 710,000

Seat 5. Davidi Kitai - 2,230,000

Seat 6. Almira Skripchenko - 770,000

After the break Kitai plays big stack bully by shoving alRead More...

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event At LA Poker Classic

Administrator — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:19:01 +0100

Hand 36 chip counts (level 26: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante)

Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 570,000
Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - 2,140,000
Seat 5. Davidi Kitai - 695,000
Seat 6. Almira Skripchenko - 1,045,000

Kitai doubles through Heimiller in hand number 41:

Dan Heimiller raises utg to 120,000 with 77, and Kitai moves all in from the button with AQ for 915,000.
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World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event at LA Poker Classic

Administrator — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:09:53 +0100

Not much action going on the past dozen hands. Player who raises the pot has for the most part taken the hand down.

Here is where the standings are at after Hand # 29, Level 26: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 665,000 Read More...

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event at LA Poker Classic

Administrator — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:57:24 +0100

Hands 8, 9 and 10 see Team Germany Captain Dan Heimiller chipping up.

In hand 8, Dan raises from middle position to 100,000, Damon Schramm raises from the big blind to 200,000, and Heimiller moves all in. Heimiller dominates with AK against Schramm's A 10. Dan wins with two pair, kings and sixes, to double up in chips.

Seat 2. Damon Schramm - 105,000
Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 650,Read More...

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event at the LA Poker Classic

Administrator — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:52:51 +0100

Immediately after the first break, on hand number 7, Almira Skripchenko ships it in the small blind 1.2 million, and Dinara Khaziyeva calls with 10 2. Skripchenko turns over A 10, and eliminates Khaziyeva with a pair of aces.

Seat 1. Dinara Khaziyeva - Out in 6th Place ($5,000)
Seat 2. Damon Schramm - 770,000
Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 655,000
Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - 665,000
Seat 5.Read More...

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event Update At The LA Poker Classic

Administrator — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:45:25 +0100

In hand number six, Almira Shripchenko doubles through Dinara Khaziyeva. Dinara's KcTc dominated Almira's Td9D on a Ks Th 9h flop. The turn is a 9s giving Amira a boat and the river is a meaningless 7d.

Updated chip count:

Seat 1. Dinara Khaziyeva - 90,000
Seat 2. Damon Schramm - 775,000
Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 660,000
Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - 670,000
Seat 5. Read More...

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitation Event Update At The LA Poker Classic

Administrator — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:42:59 +0100

After 4 hands at the final table Davidi Kitai is the chip leader. Here are the chip counts:

Seat 1. Dinara Khaziyeva - 760,000
Seat 2. Damon Schramm - 785,000
Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 670,000
Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - 560,000
Seat 5. Davidi Kitai - 1,005,000
Seat 6. Almira Skripchenko - 670,000

World Poker Tour 2011 Celebrity Invitational Event At The LA Poker Classic

Administrator — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:26:08 +0100

Final table play of the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational event got started this afternoon shortly before 5:00 p.m. at the Commerce Casino.

Here are the seat assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1. Dinara Khaziyeva - 670,000 Seat 2. Damon Schramm - 865,000 Seat 3. George Rechnitzer - 660,000 Seat 4. Dan Heimiller - 700,000 Seat 5. Davidi Kitai - 845,000 Seat 6. Almira Skripchenko - 710,000

The opening blinds are 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante.

Phil hellmuth on Fold for Your Country

MarieLizette Acoba — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:20:31 +0100

In a blog publshed by RecentPoker.com and provided by Phil Hellmuth and UBPoker.com, Phil Hellmuth discussed his World Team Poker experience:

I was asked to captain Team USA in the recently held World Team Poker Championships but I declined because I knew there was a better man for the job. The legendary Doyle Brunson deserved the Read More...

Entrevista Com o Time Brasileiro da WTP

World Team Poker — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 10:38:52 +0100

As feras que conquistaram o vice-campeonato do World Team Poker

Entrevista enviada em 1/6/2010

Entrevistamos as cinco feras (Time Brasileiro), Juliano Maesano (capitão), Felipe Mojave, Rodrigo Zidane, Christian Kruel e Leandro Brasa, começando com duas perguntas para o capitão. Leia mais>>>

WTP In the News: Noticias Bolivar's Poker

MarieLizette Acoba — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:01:19 +0100

China gana el World Team Poker Event

Posted by Jesús Alexander Bermúdez Ríos

A pesar de tener una ventaja de chips de casi 3 a 1 sobre su oponente, el equipo de Brasil se encontraron perdiendo terreno frente a Johnny Chan, el cual finalmente, vio la mano final cuando Brasil se fue aRead More...

World Team Poker by Nikki Artale

MarieLizette Acoba — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:39:07 +0100

Nikki Artale's article is well written with lots and lots of photos and her video of Team USA's entrance on to the set. Read more>>>

Fox Sports Picks Up World Team Poker

MarieLizette Acoba — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:40:40 +0100

May 27, 2010 by Dave Swinson for PokerRoomReview.com

Exciting poker action like the recent World Team Poker event should be available for fans to see; thanks to an agreement between the WTP and Fox Sports Net, viewers will get a chance to enjoy this battle for poker supremacy and national pride.

World Team Poker Underdog China Proud of Win

MarieLizette Acoba — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:34:12 +0100

May 27, 2010 by Dave Swinson for PokerRoomReview.com

China entered the final showdown with Brazil holding a 3:1 advantage on chips, and eager to show the country’s growing prowess in the game. “Chinese people like to gamble and…a lot of them are very good at math, so that helps as well,” said Yu, who manages the PokerRead More...

La Chine gagne le World Team Poker Inaugural Event

MarieLizette Acoba — Mon, 31 May 2010 08:22:14 +0100

Par admin + 24 mai 2010

C’est la Chine qui a tiré son épingle du jeu en finale face au Brésil, à la Grèce, aux USA, à Israel, à l’Australie et au Vietnam.Fait amusant, 4 des Chinois de l’équipe ont la nationalité… américaine! L’équipe de la Chine se composait de Johnny Chan, David Chiu, Derek Cheung, Chau Giang, Yu WRead More...

World Team Poker Media Coverage

MarieLizette Acoba — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:34:04 +0100

Stacey Lynn Nutini of LasVegasPokerSource.com blogged about her experience at the World Team Poker Inaugural Event on May 19, 2010 held at The Grand in the Golden Nugget, Las Vegas.

Read Stacey Lynn's blog entry on LasVegasPokerSource.com