Chan Misses 11th Bracelet

Event #23, $1,500 PLO
Chan Misses 11th; Clements Goes Wire to Wire

23 players returned on Friday to decide
the winner of Event #23, $1500 Pot Limit Omaha,
the last of 576 players who began play on Thursday.

Scott Clements held a healthy overnight lead,
though attention was on Johnny Chan in
fourth place, to see if he could win his 11th
WSOP bracelet and tie Phil Hellmuth for
the overall lead.

2007 bracelet winner Burt Boutin was
dismissed at the outset (22nd), and
Chan's hopes ended early as well.

After a slow start, Chan moved his
entire stack in after a flop of 8-2-2
and was called by Martin Davis.

Chan could only show Q-J-9-5
against Davis's J-J-6-6 and, once the
board blanked out, Chan exited in 20th.

Davis soon followed, despite knocking out
Chan, departing in 18th.

250 WSOP ME Seat 2b Won Sunday

Sunday:
250 WSOP Main Event
Seats up for Grabs


Both PokerStars and Full Tilt Replace
Major Sunday Events With Massive
World Series Main Event Qualifiers.



If you haven’t yet secured your seat
in the 2007 World Series of Poker
main event, this Sunday is likely to be
your biggest chance. POKERSTARS
and FULL TILT are offering a combined
250 guaranteed seats to the main event
from just two tournaments, along with
the plethora of other main event
satellites that are continuously running.


Both sites are forgoing their normally
scheduled major Sunday tournaments
in favor of the huge qualifiers.


The PokerStars Sunday Million is being
replaced this week by a tournament
guaranteeing 150 seats in the WSOP
main event while the Full Tilt $400,000
guaranteed tournament will be replaced
by a 100-seat-guaranteed tournament.

The sites undoubtedly chose to replace
the Sunday majors, rather than run both
them and the massive qualifiers at once,
because the qualifiers alone are
guaranteeing more in prizes than the
sites’ major events guarantee.

In PokerStars’ case, the site is
guaranteeing $1.8 million in prizes
(150 main event prize packages worth
$12,000 apiece: $10,000 for the buy-in
and $2,000 for travel and spending $)
compared to the Sunday Million’s
$1 million-guaranteed prize pool.

Full Tilt is taking an even bigger leap,
proportionately, by guaranteeing
$1.2 million worth of prize packages
(its packages are also $12,000 apiece)
compared to its regularly scheduled
$400,000 guarantee. Full Tilt also adds
extra incentives for its main event
seat winners. Full Tilt will give any
player who qualifies through the site
$10 million if the player wins the
main event, $100,000 for finishing
in second or third place, and $50,000
for making the final table (only if the
player wears a Full Tilt logo when
doing it, of course).

The 150-seat-guaranteed tournament
on PokerStars will be held on
Sunday, June 17 at 4:30 p.m. ET
(the same time as the Sunday Million
is usually held) and will have a
$370 buy-in. Satellites for the event
are currently being held for as low as
$2.20 (for a sixhanded triple-shootout
tournament) or 500 FPP Points (for a
rebuy tournament available exclusively
to PokerStars members with SilverStar
VIP status or higher).

The 100-seat-guaranteed tournament
on Full Tilt is at 6 p.m. ET on
Sunday, June 17 (the same time that
its $400,000-guaranteed tournament
normally runs). The tournament has a
$535 buy-in and players can satellite
into the event for as little as $5.50
(for a turbo, rebuy sit-and-go tournament)
or 2,500 Full Tilt Points (for a normal
freezeout tournament).

The sites’ regularly scheduled
tournaments will return the following
week, on June 24. Full Tilt will be
offering its upped guarantee,
$500,000, for the first time that Sunday.

CHAN going for bracelet # 11

Johnny Chan Goes for WSOP Win No. 11


Phil Hellmuth broke a three-way tie
and took the top spot as the guy with the
most World Series of Poker bracelets in
history when he won the $1,500 NL
event Monday.

Today, Johnny Chan has a
chance to re-tie Hellmuth & win his 11th bracelet.
Chan, who is tied with Doyle Brunson on the most
bracelets won list with 10, is currently third in chips
in the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event.

New WSOP Bracelet Design

2007 H.O.R.S.E. Event Bracelet


2007 Main Event Bracelet


Luxury Swiss watchmaker CORUM
introduced the most elegant and
expensive bracelets in World Series
of Poker history at the opening of the
38th edition of poker’s longest-running,
richest and most prestigious event.

The winner of the $50,000 buy-in HORSE
Championship will walk off with a bracelet
boasting 91 black diamonds and two rubies.
CORUM drew from its heritage of
watch-making expertise and craftsmanship
in designing the World Championship $10k
Main Event bracelet, using a tonneau
(barrel) shaped case featuring 136 grams
of 18-carat white gold set with 120 diamonds.

“The World Series of Poker bracelet is the
most coveted prize in gaming and the
ultimate expression of excellence in poker,”
said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the WSOP.

“These spectacular bracelets are the finest
in the history of the WSOP, and will be
cherished by those skilled enough to win them."

More WSOP News - HELLMUTH !!!

June 12th

Hellmuth Makes WSOP History with his
11th Bracelet Win.


Phil Hellmuth's star shone bright on
Monday evening, as he emerged from the
sequestering of the private filming tent
in the Amazon Room with his 11th
WSOP bracelet, a new career mark.

Hellmuth, who broke his year-old tie
with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan
at ten bracelets each, captured the title
in Event #15, $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em.

Hellmuth's victory meant $637,254
in addition to the coveted 11th bracelet.

Hellmuth Breaks WSOP Record

Phil Hellmuth grew his legend by making
his second cash at the the '07 WSOP in
Event #15, $1500 No Limit Hold'em.
He extend extended his own record for
career WSOP cashes to 59.

Earlier, Hellmuth's 104th place finish
(for $3901) in event # 8, the $2,000
No Limit Hold Em tournament,
broke the record for most carear
cashes at the WSOP.