Monthly Archives: July 2012

As more than 6,000 players converged on the tables of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event on July 7th, many of them being veteran poker pros with years of experience beneath their belts, the last thing anyone expected was for a complete unknown to be sitting in the best seat in the house when July’s action was all said and done. That’s exactly where Jesse Sylvia has landed himself, destined for seat 6 in the conclusion of the WSOP Main Event as the dominant chip leader going into the final table. The question most poker fans are asking themselves is simply: Who is Jesse Sylvia? Jesse Sylvia is a 24 year old poker player with only four major live tournament results under his belt, a grand total of $23k combined since 2008. He has a lot more experience playing online poker, however; his largest cash being a staggering… Read More »

For the last few years, the online poker community has been following the infamous Durrrr Challenge, a ferocious heads-up contest with nosebleed stakes that saw Tom Dwan face off with some of the most prolific poker pros of our time. Dwan’s most notable foe, Patrik Antonius, is now taking on a new challenge against members of iGame Poker. Like many of its devout followers, Antonius has likely grown bored with the excessively long-winded hiatus from the Durrrr Challenge at Full Tilt Poker, finally making the decision to move on. Patrik has left Full Tilt Poker, signing a new sponsorship deal with European based online poker room iGame. The details of his contract give members of the poker site a chance to compete heads-up against the Finnish poker pro for a shot at €20,000. The exclusive event is termed the Patrik Antonius Final. All real money players at iGame Poker are… Read More »

The 43rd Annual World Series of Poker hosted a phenomenal poker tournament that began Sunday, July 1, 2012 – the largest ever buy-in and first-place prize amount in the history of the WSOP – The Big One for One Drop. This monumental event, a charity tournament benefiting professional poker player Guy Laliberte’s non-profit organization, One Drop, featured a whopping $1,000,000 buy-in and an eventual prize pool if $42,666,672. Respectable nose-bleed stakes if ever there were any, Tom “durrrr” Dwan made a point not to miss the action on this one. Dwan has not made appearances in any of the 2012 WSOP events leading up to the Big One, but none were surprised to see his fastidious entry, the seventh on the list, when registration opened. Other big names to enter the event include (in order of registration): Bobby Baldwin, Roland Dewolfe, Jonathan Duhamel, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Galfond, Bertrand Grospellier, Gus… Read More »