UB.com’s Hellmuth Livid at Event 38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship

After Day 1 came the runaway train that was Tom Marchese took hold of a 150,000 lead in chips, the scenario on Day 2 would be whether or not any of the players in the field could get closer. The two closest competitors were Sirous Jamshidi and Nikolai Yakovenko, but Daniel Smith has played the best poker on Day 2 and now sits in front all except Marchese.

The first eliminations included David Peters, Alex Kravchenko, and Shaun Deeb: all of whom were short stacked coming into the second day of play.

Phil Hellmuth was totally livid after mixing it up in a big hand with David Benefield. After Benefield pushed all in, Hellmuth snapcalled, tabling bottom pair against Benefield’s pocket kings. The turn and river were totally blank, and Hellmuth’s tournament life was put on life support at the moment. “That’s just dull. I sense weakness for one minute and the dealer gives this guy pocket kings. Unbelievable,” Hellmuth cried out who was shortly afterward eliminated.

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Linda Johnson Reflects on Poker Friendships; The Emotional Side of Poker

Spending most of the time thinking about the luck of having awesome friends has been a matter to Linda Johnson. Realizing that poker is been the common factor in almost of the friendly thing.

After spending four amazing days together with her 14 friends all the way from Canada just t celebrates the 10th anniversary of MIF. This MIF stands for “Make It Fo(four) which was commonly expressed by poker players during $2-$4 Limit Hold’em game at the Palace Station many years ago.

The climax of MIF has put out limitless tournament that features United States against Canada. Pride is important rather than the cash to be obtain. Almost everyone approved that the very meaning of the moment is brought about by friendship and poker runs second to that.

Johnson also builds a strong bond to various ladies who belong to the family of online poker forums, to mention few of her affiliations were; LadyPokerSharks.com and PokerChix.com.

One of her most promising activity was the days spent in WPT Boot Camp. As she analyzed the whole poker thing, players are the one who take part in the spotlight. Johnson considered herself extremely lucky to have made a plethora of longtime friends.

“I count my blessings every day and realize how lucky I am to be able to share my passion for poker with so many wonderful friends. Poker makes my life a much happier place.” said Johnson.