World Series of Poker Gives Away Their Second Bracelet
June 2, 2009
With World Series of Poker bracelets giving you the highest respect as a poker player from all of your fellow players, many poker players try desperately to get their hands on one, with this years tournament schedule offering out more than 50 bracelets there is plenty of opportunity for players to get their hands on one of the gold bracelets.
It has become an unwritten law that should a player have won a gold World Series of Poker bracelet, playing against this player should be done with caution and respect as the prize is contested by more than your local poker player from the club around the way, professional players are also gunning to take the prize and the money that comes with it.
With the second World Series of Poker tournament opening as a $40,000 buy in no limit texas hold’em tournament, the expected turn out for the event was set to be a big one due to the increase in hold’em players all over the world.
The tournament boasted a 201 player pool and a total winnings pot of $7.72 million, with professionals and amatuer players locking horns in a bid to be crowned champion of the second event.
37-year-old Russian poker professional Vitaly Lunkin of Moscow managed to take the title and the bracelet after a long an tightly contested tournament which offered spectators a great show, offering over 3 hours of heads up play at the final table between Lunkin and 23-year-old poker professional Isaac Haxton.
Play was drawn to an end as Lunkin looked into this pocket cards to see that he was holding pocket aces, playing them to well as he eliminated Haxton to take the first place and the winnings that came with that title but not without a scare, seeing Haxton turn his cards after an all in call to see that he has a pair of eights but also a diamond flush draw available to him with 2 cards still to fall.
Lunkin was pleased as the cards ran dead, giving Lunkin the title and the first place.
Haxton, 23 from Las Vegas still offered a great show with his varied play from start to finish and with his second place finish finds himself taking home $1.17 million in prize winnings, not a bad return on his $40,000 buy in.
Lunkin thought showed strength throughout the tournament to take the $1.9 million in prize money as well as the much sort after WSOP gold bracelet.
Both players did well at the tables, managing to out play the well known Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, who this year could only place in third place after his 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event victory.
As Raymer moved all in and got the call he revealed his cards to see that he was facing over cards, joking as the flop fell “I kind of wish I had two big cards right now” after seeing 2 face cards and a ten placed onto the board, a turn and river of two red three’s sealed his fate in the tournament, knocking him out in third place, giving him a cash winning of $744,927.
Raymer than stood up from his seat and headed around the corner of the casino floor to take his seat at an invitational tournament that was offered to players who were pasted winners of the main event.
The tournament was the richest tournament that the World Series of Poker has held, with the $40,000 buy in been placed due to this year been the 4oth year that the brand has been offering poker tournaments to players all over the world.
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