Poker News Roundup for the Week Ending October 29 2010
by Bodog Poker | Oct 29 2010
Indiana
The World Series of Poker held its first-ever $10,000 Regional Championship tournament this week and former bartender turned poker pro Jim Anderson is going to be able to buy the good Halloween candy this weekend after coming out on top of a field of 226 players. The event, held at the Horseshoe Hammond casino, offered the winner more than cash ($525,000) in Anderson's case. He'll get a seat in the National Championship at the end of the season and has earned a coveted WSOP Circuit gold championship ring.
Anderson's appearance at the final table was surprising, as he's been an unknown quantity in the poker scene since he made the switch to playing as a pro. He came to the final sitting in sixth in chips and about an hour into play, he doubled his stack by beating out Shannon Shorr with a pair of aces. He doubled up again about an hour later, also through Shorr and saw his chip stack swell to a very nice 1.2 million. That gave him the leverage he needed to work his way through the rest of the competition until he faced down Gabe Patgorski.
A few skirmishes hit the felt and Patgorski won a few smaller pots, but he couldn't get the traction he needed against the newcomer, who bested him with pocket rockets. The final table breakdown at the event went as follows: Jim Anderson ($525,449); Gabe Patgorski ($324,770); Bernard Lee ($236,368); Curt Kohlberg ($174,807); Dave Sands ($131,299); Shannon Shorr ($100,151); Brandon Adams ($77,556); Tony Hartmann ($60,952) and Mark Owens ($48,615).
Vienna
Daniel Negreanu took time away from sniping at other players at the tables and focused on doing what he does best, upping the odds on his completing a Triple Crown victory after he finished Day 2 of the EPT Vienna as the clear chip leader. With four WSOP bracelets and two WPT titles to his name, the Canadian pro that's become more controversial of late would love to add an EPT title to his roster and join Gavin Griffin and Roland de Wolfe in the very elite group of players that have accomplished the three-peat feat.
In addition to the title victory, there's the prospect of a €700,000 ($972,677) payout for the Poker Kid, which would put him ahead of Phil Ivey on the All Time Money List. Negreanu told one online poker site: “Being chip leader is just sexy. It's been a while since I had some luck late in tourneys and I've been deep quite a bit. Well, I was certainly lucky in the late stages of EPT Vienna…So while I'd like to claim that I skilled my way to the chip lead I'd be lying… but hey, I'm not complaining and I'll take it anyway I can.”
EPT Vienna is down to its last 24 players today, meaning that we'll have a report on Monday that says whether or not Negreanu comes out on top or gets derailed.
