From casino dealer to poker pro, Lawrence Berg has won the 2016 Dealers Choice Six Max tournament at the WSOP. For his win, he pockets $125,466. It’s the largest prize of his poker career for the 38 year old. He worked at the Bellagio before turning pro as a dealer. The Dealers Choice Tournament is a combination of several games including lesser known poker games like Baduecey. The player on the button gets to choose the poker variant game to play.
Berg finished first among 389 players that included two previous gold bracelet winners Andrew Brown and Paul Volpe who finished third and fourth respectively. Chinese player, Yueqi Zhu, finished in second place for the $77,526 prize. Zhu has made 47 WSOP cashes to date. He learned how to play poker via the internet.
Some of the top finishers and their cashes were:
Lawrence Berg $125,466
Yueqi Zhu $77,466
Andrew Brown $50,250
Paul Volpe $33,393
Joey Couden $22,765
John Templeton $ 15,932
Daniel Habi $11,454
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Robert Mizrachi Wins $10,000 Seven Card Stud Tournament at the WSOP 2016
Robert Mizrachi has won the $10,000 Seven Card Stud event at the 2016 WSOP. In 2014 he won the Dealer’s Coice event and 2015 he won the Omaha Eight or Better event. For his win, he picks up a prize of $242,662 and gold bracelet. This is his fourth bracelet
He started the final day as chip leader and had quite few competitors. It’s not every day that a chip leader can hold that lead to first place but somehow he managed. Among his competitors were Ted Forrest and three time bracelet winner George Danzier.
The head to head tournament was comprised of Mizrachi and Matt Grapenthien, who previously won this event in 2014. Even though he lead going into the showdown, it took three hours of card playing till the final hand came.
The final hand was won by Mizrachi who had pocket aces against Grapenthien’s unsuited four and three. For second place Grapenthien picks up $149,976.
The top finishers were:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | |
| 1 | Robert Mizrachi | $242,662 | |
| 2 | Matt Grapenthien | $149,976 | |
| 3 | George Danzer | $103,230 | |
| 4 | Ted Forrest | $72,971 | |
| 5 | Steve Weiss | $53,012 | |
| 6 | David Benyamine | $39,611 | |
| 7 | Bill Chen | $30,466 | |
| 8 | Calvin Anderson | $24,142 |
Kyle Julius Wins Bracelet in WSOP Top Up Turbo No Limit Holdem Tournament
From a field of 667 entries to one winner, Kyle Julius has one the first bracelet of the WSOP 2016 in the Top Up Turbo No Limit Holdem event. This is the first bracelet of his professional poker career and he lands a first place prize of $142,972.
The Top Up Turbo No Limit Holdem structure was unusual in that players could double their chip stacks from sit n go tourneys at the Rio or online. They could also purchase additional chips for $1000. About half of the players elected for additional chips bringing the total pool to $681,000. Innovation has been key with use of online tournaments and entries. Most of the tournaments have online registration as well.
Ben Yu was knocked out for third place by Julius and this set the final heads up match between Julius and Belgium’s Bart Lybaert. It was a brief round though with Julius going all-in with a 4 pair against Lybaerts King of clubs, nine of hearts. Though the flop revealed a king, it also revealed a four of clubs, giving Julius a three of a kind and a victory. Lybaert won $88,328 for his runner up position.
The WSOP is off to an exciting start. The Colossus is set to resume today June 7 for the final matches.
CBS Sports Network to Air Super High Roller Bowl Poker Tournament
The tournament with a $300,000 buy-in sold out three months in advance. Top names from the world of poker are converging this month for the Super High Roller Bowl, The tournament with a top prize of $5,000,000. The Aria hotel is the background for this exciting event and it’s sponsored by them along with Poker Central.
Some of the most successful poker players of all time have signed up for this tournament including:Phil Hellmuth, Dan Colman, Phil Galfond and Scott Seiver and 46 of poker’s most successful players are going to be live, prime time later this month as the $300,000 buy-in Poker Central Super High Roller Bowl is being broadcast live on CBS Sports Network.
With top players from around the world and a $15,000,000 prize pool, this should be one of the most watched tournaments along with the WSOP. There are the cream de la crop of money winners and six former #1 ranked players. Most poker enthusiasts and amateurs will be watching for tips and tricks.
Twitch and Facebook will also be streaming the event with additional coverage around the tournament including a Road to the Final Table Show prior to the final table.
The event, which is being held at the ARIA Resort and Casino, is capped at 49 players and sold out in February – three months before the event. Other players who have secured their spot including Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Mercier .
Last year’s grand prize winner Brian Rast will be back to defend his title as well. Other top names in poker who will be in this tournament include: Ben Lamb, Ben Tollerene, Bill Perkins, Dan Colman, Dan Perper, Igor Kurganov, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Galfond and more.
Super High Roller Bowl Broadcast Schedule
Sunday, May 29 7:00 pm – 3:00 am ET
Monday, May 30 8:00 pm – 3:00 am ET
Tuesday, May 31 8:00 pm – 3:00 am ET
Wednesday, June 1 7:00 pm – 3:00 am ET
Million Dollar Contest
The tournament also contest for non tournament players where you can win one million dollars if you choose who will make the final table. Simply register at the site www.superhighroller.com with email, facebook or twitter and select the nine players you think will make it to the final table. There are bios on all the players so you can make an “educated guess”.
Americas Cardroom Signup Bonus Includes Tournament Bucks
Friday March 4th Americas Cardroom will add another signup bonus for new players, $50 in Tournament Bucks. These tourney bucks allow you to enter any tournament in that buy-in amount and there are tournaments from as low as .50 cents and up to $200. In addition, there are three guaranteed tournaments every day that cost just $1 to $2 to enter for newbies. A newbie is one new to Americas Cardroom. This is just one of the great incentives Americas Cardroom offers to sign up. In addition, there is the New Players $250 freeroll that happens on Saturdays. And new depositors can get up to $1000 in bonus money as well.
Starting Friday, March 4th, all new depositors at Americas Cardroom will receive up to $50 Free Poker Tournament Bucks. These can be used to play in three new daily $2,000 GTD tournaments that cost just $1 or $2 to enter. The Free Tournament Bucks works like this: After your deposit of $25 or more, you get 25 card worth between 1 and 6 tournament bucks. You can find this in the rewards section. You have 25 days since opening your new account to claim each daily bonus. If you’re a grinder and want some new action. This bonus is great.Join Americas Cardroom
The $50 Free Tournament Bucks will be the third piece in the new Americas Cardroom Welcome Package. It already includes a 100% First Deposit Bonus up to $1,000 and access to all $250 New Depositor Freerolls in the current month.
The $1000 bonus is a matching deposit bonus. This bonus works best for grinders and more experienced players. But like anything else you get money back as you play. The bonus takes into account all your bets. So the better poker player you are, the quicker you’ll get your bonus money. The longer you last in a tournament and make final tables increase the bet aspect of the betting bonus. Other aspects include tournament cost and amount of tournaments entered as well.
New signups also get a freeroll for $250. This is a great bonus especially for new poker players. If you want to test your poker skills, try Americas Cardroom for the first time or looking for a new place to play, this will work well too. On Saturdays, once a month, you can join the monthly new players freeroll. You don’t have to join right away. It’s available whenever you want to use it.
Americas Cardroom is becoming the next big thing in the American Poker market. There are nonstop tournaments 24/7. The payouts are great according to players you can expect two weeks to receive your cash out. The customer service is great with 24/7 availability. You can’t compare it to many cardrooms,
Americas Cardroom Running the Freebuy Super Series Poker Tournament
America’s Cardroom is featuring the Freebuy Superseries till March 6, 2016. This is a very challenging poker tournament. You get a free seat to any tournament but after that it’s up to you. Your free seat will give 1000 chips. The type of series is a rebuy/addon. If you’re lucky you can do well with little investment. If not beware of the all-ins that plague this type of tournament.
There are many people new to poker who jump at the chance to win for very little and there are alot of all-in rounds. You never know – you might get lucky. The Freebuy Super Series attracts alot of players so the tournaments last a long time 6-8 hours. But again it’s worth it if you’re lucky and swerve through all the curve balls.
There are all ranges of games from a low of .25 cents rebuy/addon for the $500 guaranteed to the Sunday Main event, a $20,000 guaranteed freebuy tournament with rebuy/addons of$20. And there’s also a leaderboard. This little incentive will give points for top finishers.
For the top finisher the prize is $500 in cash. The formula is factor of entrants, position finished with rebuys factor. And other prizes are from $350 to $10. If you love playing poker this is a great way to get in some good money with little cost. One example is the $3000 guaranteed March2, 2016 with rebuy/addon of $2.00 – if needed. Again, you may swerve through all the curve balls and come out winner.
America’s Cardroom is the up and coming US cardroom. With on demand sit’n go tournaments, a weekly $100,000 tournament, several daily tourneys up to $25,000 and lots of satellites and freerolls. It’s a great place because you can join a game anytime. The software is excellent.
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Americas Cardroom has High Five Poker Tournament Series Jan 20-24, 2016
Americas Cardroom is holding its first High Five tournament of the year. It’s a great way to get in with small buy-ins from satellites as low as .25 cents and up. Over $840,000 in prize pools are on the table for the taking. And there will be winners. It may as well be you. Bonuses for first timers are in effect, up to $1000. So you can get money back from that as well.
It’s extremely competitive and the tournaments have many players. Give yourself 8 to 10 hours and the amount of players is around 2000 per tourney. Some of the tournaments are going over their original prize pool. It’s a very exciting place to be. The tournament schedule is below and include Pot Luck Omaha, PLO, tourneys as well.
You can choose from a variety of tournaments including satellites, rebuys addons, regular and super satellites. The concluding tourney is a $420,000 Super tournament on January 24th.
| Date | Time (ET) | Event # | Guarantee | Buy in | Type |
| Wednesday, January 20th | 3:00pm | #1 | $6,000 | $3+$0.30 | 5 HR LR |
| Wednesday, January 20th | 5:00pm | #2 | $7,000 | $15+$1.50 | Regular |
| Wednesday, January 20th | 7:00pm | #3 | $25,000 | $60+$6 | Regular |
| Wednesday, January 20th | 8:00pm | #4 | $10,000 | $8+$0.80 | 6 Max |
| Wednesday, January 20th | 9:30pm | #5 | $2,500 | $10+$1 | PLO8 Turbo |
| Thursday, January 21st | 3:00pm | #6 | $3,000 | $2+$0.20 | Rebuys/Addon |
| Thursday, January 21st | 5:00pm | #7 | $15,000 | $80+$8 | PLO |
| Thursday, January 21st | 7:00pm | #8 | $50,000 | $200+$15 | Regular |
| Thursday, January 21st | 8:00pm | #9 | $35,000 | $20+$2 | Rebuys/Addon |
| Thursday, January 21st | 9:30pm | #10 | $15,000 | $60+$3 | Mega Stack Hyper |
| Friday, January 22nd | 3:00pm | #11 | $15,000 | $15+$1.50 | 6-Max 5 HR LR |
| Friday, January 22nd | 5:00pm | #12 | $20,000 | $40+$4 | Regular |
| Friday, January 22nd | 7:00pm | #13 | $30,000 | $100+$9 | Regular |
| Friday, January 22nd | 8:30pm | #14 | $10,000 | $15+$1 | Mega Stack Turbo |
| Friday, January 22nd | 9:00pm | #15 | $3,500 | $7+$0.70 | 4 Max |
| Saturday, January 23rd | 3:00pm | #16 | $5,000 | $10+$0.50 | Hyper Mega Stack |
| Saturday, January 23rd | 5:00pm | #17 | $15,000 | $60+$6 | 6 Max PLO8 KO $50 Buyin, 10 bounty |
| Saturday, January 23rd | 7:00pm | #18 | $30,000 | $150+$10 | 6-Max KO $110 Buyin, 40 Bounty |
| Saturday, January 23rd | 8:00pm | #19 | $14,000 | $30+$3 | Regular |
| Saturday, January 23rd | 9:00pm | #20 | $4,000 | $10+$1 | Regular |
| Sunday, January 24th | 12:00pm | #21 | $10,000 | $5+$0.50 | 5 HR LR |
| Sunday, January 24th | 2:00pm | #22 | $50,000 | $50+$5 | 5 HR LR |
| Sunday, January 24th | 4:00pm | #23 | $420,000 | $420+$35 | Main |
| Sunday, January 24th | 5:00pm | #24 | $25,000 | $60+$6 | PLO |
| Sunday, January 24th | 9:00pm | #25 | $20,000 | $100+$9 | Megastack Turbo |
Satellite Schedule
DIRECT SATELLITES
| Date | Buy-in | Time (ET) | Name |
| Wednesday, January 20th | $30+$3 | 7:30 PM | 10-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| Thursday, January 21st | $30+$3 | 7:30 PM | 10-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| Friday, January 22nd | $60+$6 | 7:30 PM | 20-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| Saturday, January 23rd | $60+$6 | 7:30 PM | 40-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| Sunday, January 24th | $60+$6 | 1:30 PM | 50-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| On Going | $51+$4 | 9 Players | High Five #23 $420K GTD Satellite |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $3+0.30 | 12:30 AM | 3-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $6+0.60 | 1:25 PM | 3-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $6+0.60 | 4:20 PM | 3-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $4+0.40 | 6:00 PM | 3-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
MEGA SATELLITES
| Date | Buy-in | Time (ET) | Name |
| Wednesday, January 20th | $30+$3 | 7:30 PM | 10-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| Thursday, January 21st | $30+$3 | 7:30 PM | 10-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| Friday, January 22nd | $60+$6 | 7:30 PM | 20-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| Saturday, January 23rd | $60+$6 | 7:30 PM | 40-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
| Sunday, January 24th | $60+$6 | 1:30 PM | 50-Seat GTD High Five #23 $420K GTD Sat |
SUPER SATELLITES
| Date | Buy-in | Time (ET) | Name |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 12:05 AM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 5 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 10:05 AM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 3 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 11:05 AM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 3 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 12:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 3 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 1:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 3 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 2:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 3 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 3:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 3 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 4:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 5 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 5:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 5 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 9:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 5 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 10:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 5 Seats GTD |
| From January 13th to January 24th | $0.25+0.02 | 11:05 PM | High Five #23 Super Sat. 5 Seats GTD |