2012 was full of amazing moments and become a memorable
experience for the poker industry. Outside of gaming tables real dramatic event
occurred. In February, a series of poker tournaments Epic Poker League
officially announced its bankruptcy and eventually was acquired by Pinnacle
Entertainment. In May World Series of Poker has announced its expansion with
the launch of a new series of World Series of Poker Asia Pacific, which was
held in April 2013 in the treasury "Crown" in Melbourne, where he has
been played five gold bracelets. In July, PokerStars reached an agreement with
the U.S. Department of Justice to purchase Full Tilt Poker, and in November
held restart the poker room. In September, Howard Lederer described his vision
of the collapse of Full Tilt and the agreement with the Ministry of Justice.
With regard to the political arena, there is individual
states began issuing licenses for online poker within its borders. A pioneer in
this respect was Nevada, which in August awarded the first license South Point
Poker.
Also poker world mourns the life of the legendary player “Amarillo
Slim” Preston (April), the professional poker player Ryan Young, Inspector /
dealer WSOP Casey Jones (August) and the author of books on poker Lou Krieger
(December).
Events that took place at the tables, become truly
memorable. Below is a list of the highlights of 2012.
John Dibella won the
Main Event, PCA, but all the attention went to Duhamel
Besting a field of 1,072 players, Dibella won the first
major title in 2012, while earning $ 2,000,000. However, his victory
overshadowed achievements Jonathan Damelya. Still reeling from the theft at his
home in December 2011 , the winner of the WSOP Main Event in 2010 four times
hit the final table of PCA: $ 100,000 super high roller no-limit hold 'em (
fourth place) , $ 5,000 no-limit hold 'em turbo ( fifth place ) , $ 5,000
no-limit hold' em ( first place) and $ 25,000 high roller no-limit hold 'em (
second place) . In total, Duhamel took home $ 1.2 million.
Ivey wins the
tournament Super High Roller
After voluntary interruption due to the scandal at Full
Tilt, Phil Ivey returned to the poker world with serious intentions. In 2012,
he won the tournament super high roller with a buy -in of $ 250,000 on the
Aussie Millions, for which he had to bypass a lot of outstanding players,
including last year's champion Erik Seidel. It was his first title since
returning to participate in the competition, which took place in November 2011.
He also tried to win the Main Event, but he really had not enough to win, and
he finished twelfth of 659 participants. Ivey continued to show excellent
results and with the beginning of WSOP, where in just two weeks, he managed to
get five times the final table. Unfortunately, not one of them brought him
another bracelet.
Mohsin Charania won
the Grand Final EPT, but it eclipsed Justin Bonomo
In April Mohsin Charania won the most prestigious title of
his career by winning the EPT Grand final in Monte Carlo. Chicago native
bypassed field of 665 players, which was awarded $ 1.7 million. However, its
result eclipsed Justin Bonomo , who last week scored in three tournaments . He
won the tournament with a buy -in of € 100 000, finished fourth in the
tournament with a buy-in of € 25 000 and 28 place - the Main Event buy-in of €
10 000. As a result of his winnings amounted to $ 2.5 million.
Trifecta Dan Smith at EPT Monte Carlo
Winning the tournament is never easy. Many professional
players can play the whole year without winning. But Dan Smith during a stop of
the European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo won neither one nor two, but three
tournaments in one week. Even more surprisingly, he won them one by one.
Playing against the best players, he managed to earn almost $ 70,000. Achievements
Smith did not end there. In August, he earned $ 1.1 million by winning the
super high roller in Barcelona as part of the EPT. In October, he won the
prestigious tournament PokerStars Sunday Million. This was followed by winning
turbo EPT in Prague. All these victories brought him winning more than $ 3.5
million for 2012.
Shaun Deeb won four
titles SCOOP for one series
During online series tournament Viktor Blom won two
consecutive tournaments: $ 215 no-limit hold 'em (8240 players) and tournament
$ 530 six-max no-limit hold' em (486 players), earning him win $ 407,000. Swedish
phenomenon has surpassed New York native Shaun Deeb, who won the last 10 days
four tournaments within the PokerStars SCOOP: Tournament $ 2,100 seven-card
stud, tournament $ 2100 triple stud, tournament $ 2100 stud eight-or-better
tournament and $ 2,000 HORSE. Despite the fact that these results were achieved
at the virtual tables with a relatively small field of players (less than 100),
such an achievement is considered to be jutting out into the world of poker.
Hellmuth won the 12th
bracelet in Razz poker tournament
Over the years, players experienced the thrill of the
quantity of bracelets Phil Hellmuth . However, many have criticized him for
what they were all won in No Limit Hold'em tournaments. «Poker Brat» several
times came close to winning the tournament for another discipline, finishing
second three times. Finally, in 2012 he had won his Razz poker tournament with
a buy -in of $ 2500, which earned him a 12th bracelet.
Esfandiari won the
tournament Big One for One Drop
In a charity tournament with the biggest buy-in ($ 1
million) and the biggest prize for the first place ($ 18.3 million) attended 48
professional players and wealthy businessmen. It was assumed that the
tournament will comment Lone MakIchern, Norman Chad and Antonio Esfandiari .
However, there were other punter problem as he made the final table. Esfandiari
dominated throughout the game and walked celebrities such as Phil Hellmuth (4th
place) and Sam Trickett (2nd place). Antonio dedicated his victory to his
father and presented him with a commemorative platinum bracelet.
Marvin Rettenmaier
was the only player to win two consecutive WPT tournament
In the poker world are all well aware of the abilities of
Marvin Rettenmaier , however, when a German punter won WPT Championship with a
buy -in of $ 25,000 , he was finally appreciated. Shows the average results for
the WSOP (six cashes with a total winnings $ 125,000), he arrived at the WPT,
where he won $ 287,784, beating 329 players. This was followed by winning the
High Roller tournament at the EPT in Prague. Magazine Bluff Marvin Rettenmaier
was voted "Best European Player of the Year”
Stanley Choi won the
biggest prize outside the WSOP
Although tournament in Hong Kong and not too covered the
U.S. press, it attracted a lot of attention around the world because of the
size of his buy-in - HK $ 2 million (about $ 250,000). Total registered 73 people,
many of whom were professional players and Asian businessmen. While 21 people rebuy.
The result was established prize pool of $ 23.5 million and in the first place
was supposed to $ 6.5 million. This prize was the tenth largest in the history
of poker, and the largest, if not counting tournaments WSOP. At the final table
were John Juanda (fifth place), Sam Trickett (seventh place) and Phil Ivey (ninth
place), and the winner was Stanley Choi.
Hellmuth captures
lucky 13 at WSOP Europe main event
None of the WSOP Champions to Phil Hellmuth has not won the
Main Event WSOP Europe. Hellmuth managed to do it in 2012, when he beat a field
of 420 players, which was awarded $ 1.3 million. Esfandiari as he had to
comment on this tournament, but then he still took part in it. In addition
Hellmuth final table gathered poker stars such as Joseph Chung and Jaycee Mercier.
After this victory, Hellmuth had every chance of winning the title of "
Player of the Year Award WSOP», and only victory Greg Merson Main Event did not
allow him to achieve this.
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