Brock Parker Wins Event #19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em ($552,745)

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Days after winning Event #14, Brock 'T soprano' Parker did it all again to win his second bracelet within a week beating 1,067 players during this 3-day tournament. He entered the final table in a distant second place behind monster chipleader Joe Serock. Serock and Parker got heads up and Parker managed to get the advantage early on. Serock did battle back but Parker won crucial pots and finally finished off his opponent for a famous victory. Brock Parker now leaps to the top of the POY standings being the first double bracelet winner of 2009.

1 Brock Parker
2 Joseph Serock
3 Russell Crane
4 Jesse Rios
5 Alexander Wilson
6 Clayton Newman


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70 Thang Luu (USA) WSOP (2 titles O8hi/lo)

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Back to Back winner of the Omaha Hi/Lo event at the WSOP. Great feat after making the final table 3 years in a row. He came 2nd the year he was not the winner losing out to Frankie O'Dell. So that is a 2nd , 1st and 1st in three consecutive years - very impressive indeed.

Started Playing Live:2004
Year Turned Pro: Omaha 8 Hi/Lo specialist
Favourite Games: NL Hold Em,Omaha Hi/lo.
Style: Rock
Biggest Win:Back to Back Bracelets 2008 , 2009 Omaha Hi/Lo.
PokerProfiler Notes:An ex casino employee - he came 3rd in 2005 at the casino employees event at the end of the WSOP. Has turned his talents from dealing to playing.
Winnings $700k USD+
Nickname:Not Known

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69 Isaac Haxton (USA)

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Haxton's big tournament breakthrough came back in 2007 at the WPT/PokerStars event in the Carribean. There he finished 2nd to Ryan Daut for a $861k USD payday.

Started Playing Live:2006
Year Turned Pro:2007
Favourite Games: NL Hold Em, HORSE ,
Style: LAG
Biggest Win:
PokerProfiler Notes:Looks like a character from Warcraft with his black locks and glasses. He plays an excellent game and has racked up some fantastic results in a short space of time. He just missed out on a bracelet in the 40th anniversary $40k buy in event losing out to Vitaly Linkin in heads up play.
Winnings $2.5m
Nickname:

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68 Ted Forrest (USA) WSOP (5 Bracelets) WPT (1 Title)

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Highly rated player from the USA who won 3 bracelets at the WSOP in 2003.(Razz , Stud , Omaha 8) Many of the top pros regard him as one of the best allround players. Recently finished 9th in the 40th anniversary special event 2 of the 2009 WSOP. Winning $230k USD for a 9th place finish.

Started Playing Live:1991
Year Turned Pro:1992 - 1993 was his big breakthrough year.
Favourite Games: NL Hold Em,Omaha 8 , Razz , 7 card stud.
Style: All round strong player - TAG.
Biggest Win:1st WPT Bay 101 $1.1m
PokerProfiler Notes: Top all round player who doesn't make a big deal about the way he goes about his business.
Winnings $5.7m USD
Nickname:

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53 Danny Ryan (USA) THE_D_RY , EPT , WSOP , WPT.

One of the top online and offline players. Danny Ryan has transferred his considerable sit and go skills to the world of tournament poker and is now well respected as one of the best (and most profitable) players now on the EPT tour. Back in 2008 he had some great finishes including winning the Sunday Million on stars.However it is on the EPT tour where Danny has made the biggest impact.
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Started Playing Live:2006
Year Turned Pro:2007
Favourite Games: NL Hold Em,
Style:TAG
Biggest Win:5th EPT Copenhagen Feb 2008
PokerProfiler Notes:Danny moved to Spain to get more experience playing live poker in Europe. He also played at the WSOP in 2008 cashing in 3 events.
Winnings $522k USD (not including online wins)
Nickname:THE_D_RY

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36 Doyle Brunson (USA) WSOP (10 Bracelets), WSOPE, WPT (1 Title).

One of the true legends of poker. He made his way over to Europe to play in the WSOPE events in 2008 and I had the privelage of being on the next table to him in the HORSE event at the Casino at the Empire.He is one of the few pros who has his own site. (see link above). You can also play Todd Brunson, Mike Caro and other famous players. The poker site will likely boom in popularity if the UIGEA bill gets changed in the US and you will see thousands of players getting back to what they like doing particularly as the WSOP starts in a few months.
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Started Playing Live:Way back in the good 'ol days.
Year Turned Pro:Grinder from the 1960's.
Favourite Games: NL Hold Em, Every variant you can think of.
Style: Cash Game expert with a great tournament record. Doyle has his own style.
Biggest Win:10 Bracelets at the WSOP.1 WPT Title.
PokerProfiler Notes:Known for some great quotes over the years. "Some poker players drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle."
Winnings $5.5m USD (Live Tournaments only)
Nickname:Texas Dolly

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34 Gavin Griffin (USA) EPT (1 Title) , WSOP ( 1 bracelet) , WPT ( 1 Title) , EPT (1 Title)

First player to win Poker's Triple Crown ( WSOP, EPT and WPT Title's).His wins though have kept him well balanced and he became well known for dyeing his hair pink in support of breast cancer awareness (Due to his girlfriend fighting off breast cancer) and he is known to donate some of his winnings to charities. He is quite a regular now on the EPT. (I shared a table with him at the London EPT 2008 before busting out to Max Pescatori who woke up with a hand in the big blind)
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Started Playing Live:2003
Year Turned Pro:2004
Favourite Games: NL Hold Em, Pot Limit Hold Em , Heads Up.
Style: Gear Changes , LAG , TAG.
Biggest Win:2.4m USD EPT Monte Carlo March 2007
PokerProfiler Notes: An astounding record with titles in the WPT (2008 Borgata Winter Open winner in Atlantic City), EPT Main Event Winner - Monte Carlo , and his WSOP bracelet back in 2004 in the $3k Limit Hold Em event. Griffin was only 22 years old when he won his bracelet setting a new record as youngest player at that time.
Winnings $4.5m USD
Nickname:

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31 Phil Hellmuth (USA) WSOP (11 Bracelets) , WPT , WSOPE ,

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Most people with an interest in poker will know Phil Hellmuth. One of Poker's most well known names and still young enough to set an amazing amount of records at the WSOP (He is already number 1 for most Tournament cashes)and other tournaments. He is criticised by his fellow pros for being a 'one trick pony' but that is probably a bit unfair with some recent performances at the HORSE events at the WSOP.
Started Playing Live:1987
Year Turned Pro:1988
Favourite Games: NL Hold Em,
Style: TAG, but can shift gears when needed.
Biggest Win:$755k Main Event 1989.
PokerProfiler Notes:When Hellmuth won the Main Event at the WSOP (May,1989) there were only 178 entries and his payday of $755k USD would be the same as finishing in 9th place at the WSOP 2008 Main Event.
Note: "November Nine".(9th paid $900k USD)8th $1.2m, 7th $1.7m , 6th $2.4m , 5th $3m , 4th $3.7m , 3rd $4.5m , 2nd $5.8m , 1st 9.1m USD
Winnings $10.8m USD
Nickname:Poker Brat

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16 Scotty Nguyen ( USA & Vietnam) WSOP (5 bracelets) , WPT.

One of the characters of World poker. More likely to see him in Vegas than in Europe.
Winner of the main Event in 1998 and 'only' won $1m for his efforts.Scored his biggest win last year by winning the $50k HORSE event which was stacked full of top professionals.

Started Playing Live:1987
Year Turned Pro:1992
Favourite Games: NL Hold Em,HORSE, Solid at all variants.
Style: TIIIGHT but good.
Biggest Win:$1.9m USD WSOP $50k HORSE
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Winnings
Nickname:Prince of Poker, The Train

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