Men the Master had six bracelets? Jesus. I knew he had a few, but six? And now seven? Allen Cunningham and Daniel Negreanu have some catching up to do with their buddies huh? What do they have, like five bracelets each? Psh, they’re small time now.
Durrr is the final seven of Event 11, 1500 No Limit Hold’m. He is in 2nd place but trivially behind the chip leader. In fact the top 4 all have between ~2.1 and 2.6 million chips.
He has 2 million in bets, or he stands to win 2 million?
Durrr came in 2nd in the 1500 NL Hold’em Event #11, losing to some guy named Simon Watt. He looks like he is about 16 yrs old.
Durrr’s side bets, not exactly sure what they are but here is a quote from the linked article:
Mike Matusow goes on to say:
I would guess that Durrr has something like $2 Million on the line, with some odds. I really do not know what the odds would be prop bet on a bracelet. 8/1? 10/1? Those odds seem kind of short to me.
I’m actually not sure what sort of odds you’d get on a bracelet if you were playing every event. I’m pretty sure Ivey booked significant action on himself at 1000-1 or 2000-1 to win the ME last year, but that was one event. Durr could cram 25 events in to try to win a bracelet, some with a field of only a few hundred. I think it would have to be better than 10-1 for Durr to think he has the best of it (he’s easily one of the best two or three players there, but the way tournaments work that by no means guarantees a win).
That’s why I asked if Durr had a potential 2 million coming in or if he put up 2 million. If he has 2 million in action at, as your guess, 10-1, that means he stands to win 20 million for a bracelet. If that’s the case, then Durr lost $20 million as a 4:1 favorite (he trapped a guy with KK vs TT and lost, I think), which might just stack up to be the worst beat every in terms of cost.
I suspect it’s the other way, though - that Durr has 200k booked on himself at 10-1 and hence stands to win $2m. Putting up $2m of his own on a relatively long shot prop bet seems like too much, especially after his rocky year. I’ll see if I can find out.
Ignore that part. Apparently that was related to him busting in another tournament, not this one.
Seeing mentions that Durr stands to win something like 8-9m if he gets a bracelet, but unconfirmed.
I have a feeling that Durrr has wagered a significant amount on himself to win a bracelet:
Some Tweets from the Poker World:
Daniel Negreanu:
Annie Duke:
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This is a fun read. (Daniel Negreanu’s tweets.)
The WSoP Ladies Champion is Vanessa Hellebuyck. Never heard of her, or anyone at the final table.
Actually, Evelyn Ng (#27) is the only player I had heard that finished in the top 30.
And if you been reading Annie Duke tweets, you would know that there is quite a hornets nest about a “Women’s” Only WSoP event.
Here is a link to her blog.
Technically it was not a womens open event because one guy (Shaun Deeb) did play in the event, initially dressed in drag. But it was a known fact that he was a dude.
Ladies events, people talking about the “best woman player” like that means anything, etc. are all bullshit. This isn’t boxing or football or something where women have obvious physical disadvantages, so why should we be impressed when some woman manages to play half-decent poker occasionally?
There were at least twelve males playing in the Ladies Event, according to what I read from PokerNews.
I looked to see how high any of the men finished in the event, but I’m thwarted by a lineup of ambiguous names. “Timmi”? Maybe? Sidsel… Weirdest bunch of names…
From a post on 2+2
I should’ve played the event, probably the softest field at the series I’d imagine. You don’t have to dress up in drag as far as I know - it’s not like they were fooling anyone - you probably can’t legally discriminate against men.
Yeah, I never understood why there was a ladies events. Now, a children’s event, I might be interested in. 
Uh, I mean that kids are dumber than adults and would need there event. Women aren’t dumber/weaker than men in poker and don’t need their own event. Just want to clarify that.
God bless those brave warriors of equality!
Sammy Farha on the O8 $10k FT.
Oh Sammy.
Sam Farha wins his 3rd bracelet in the 10K Omaha Hi/Lo event. All three bracelets are in Omaha.
IIRC, Farha has not been on the last couple of seasons of High Stakes Poker, and I haven’t seen him on Poker After Dark.
Woops, guess he won yesterday. I didn’t check the post time of where I read it.
He wasn’t broke (as far as I know), but rather he said the info he was giving away on TV on those games was hurting too much in his everyday games.
Well, Ivey’s done it again.
Baller.
Wonder how much he had on general non-ME bracelet bets.
Did someone mention Phil Ivey?
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