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Jan Vang Sørensen
Jan Vang SørensenJonas Hüttel, "Verdensmesteren", ''Ekstra Bladet article'' 19 January 2006, (born Jan Vang Hansen, ) is a retired Danish football player, turned professional poker player from Odense. He has won two bracelets at the World Series of Poker. He legally changed his name from Hansen (his father's surname) to Sørensen (his mother's maiden name) between 2002 and 2005. Football career Sørensen played for Odense BK among other clubs. Poker career Sørensen first cashed at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 1995 with a 16th place finish in a Seven-Card Stud tournament. He went on to win a limit seven-card stud tournament in Dortmund in 1998, winning DM125,000. At the 2002 WSOP, Sørensen won his first WSOP bracelet in the $2,500 pot limit omaha event, defeating Brent Carter in the final heads-up confrontation to take home the $185,000 first prize. At the 2004 WSOP, Sørensen made his first money finish in the $10,000 no limit hold'em main event, finishing 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 World Series Of Poker
The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winner. ESPN's broadcast began July 19th with coverage of WSOP Circuit Tournaments, and coverage of the Main Event began October 11th and ended November 15th. All events were held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino with the exception of the final 2 days of the Main Event which were held at Binion's Horseshoe. This marked the last time the Main Event final table was held at Binion's Horseshoe. Events There were 42 preliminary events that awarded bracelets in the 2005 WSOP. Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan both broke their tie with Johnny Moss and Phil Hellmuth to become the first players to win ten career bracelets. Main Event There were 5,619 entrants to the main event. Eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 World Series Of Poker
The 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January. Harrah's announced that future WSOP tournaments will be held in a moving circuit of member casinos. Events There were 32 preliminary bracelet events at the 2004 World Series of Poker. Main event There were 2,576 entrants to the main event – more than three times the number of the previous year. The rise in popularity among the 2004 Main Event and some preliminary 2004 WSOP events could be attributed to the coverage of Chris Moneymaker's victory from the prior year. Each entry paid $10,000 to enter, with the top 225 players finishing in the money. Many entrants, including the overall winner, won their seat in online poker tournaments. 1995 Main Event champion Dan Harrington made the final table for the second consecutive year. His bid for a second main-event title came up short once again as he finished in fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Odense
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Danish Poker Players
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Poker Nations Cup
The Poker Nations Cup is an international poker tournament, televised on Channel 4 from March 2006 onwards. The series is commentated by Jesse May and Barny Boatman. Padraig Parkinson covered for Boatman in preliminary match 2. The series was filmed in Cardiff, Wales. Thomas Kremser was the tournament director, and the dealers were Marina Kremser and Stevie Pollak. The event in 2006 was sponsored by 888.com. In 2007 888.com has been replaced by Partypoker as main sponsors. The event will also be televised on Channel 4. Format Six nations compete in the series, with six members to each team. Each team has a captain and an internet qualifier. The captain chooses one player from the six available to compete in each of the six preliminary tournaments (each player on the team plays once, and once only.) Points are awarded for the finishing position of each player in each preliminary event. These points are totalled and used to calculate chips in the Grand Final. Points are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Classics Of Poker
The Master Classics of Poker is one of the longest-standing poker festivals not only in Europe but around the world. The festival began with humble beginnings in 1992 with a small Seven-card stud event won by a local poker player Eng Angh for ƒ18,600 (€8,749). History The year was 1991, at that time poker was not so well known in Amsterdam or almost all of Europe, that was when Ron Pool working for the Headquarter asked Jan Rodrigo, at the time of Holland Casino, Amsterdam City centre, and Peter Voolstra, Duty Manager at Holland Casino and who later he would become Tournament Director of the Master Classics of Poker (MCOP), he wanted to know more about what this game was that they talked about so much. In the same year they went to Las Vegas (US) and got in touch with Doug Dalton, who at the time worked at The Mirage casino, to understand a little more about poker tournaments. Doug agreed to show what the tournaments were like and even traveled to Amsterdam with his wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Smith (poker Player)
Gavin Smith (September 4, 1968 – January 14, 2019) was a Canadian professional poker player who won the World Poker Tour's Season IV Mirage Poker Showdown Championship event and the WPT Season IV Player of the Year award in 2005, then at the 2010 World Series of Poker, won the $2,500 Mixed Hold 'em event along with his first bracelet. Smith learned how to play cards by playing cribbage and rummy with his father. He started playing poker at the age of 26, playing mixed games with co-workers. Smith became a poker dealer in 1996 and set up his own poker club in 1998 in Kitchener, Ontario. Before that, he worked as a taxicab driver and on a golf course in Guelph, Ontario. Poker career Smith first came to note by winning tournaments in no limit Texas hold 'em and seven card stud in the 1999 and 2000 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods. World Poker Tour In May 2005, he won the first prize of $1,128,278 in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas, defeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Harrington
Dan Harrington (born December 6, 1945) is a professional poker player, best known for winning the Main Event at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He has earned one World Poker Tour title, two WSOP bracelets, and over six million dollars in tournament cashes in his poker career. He is also a member of the Poker Hall of Fame. Harrington chose his own nickname "Action Dan" even though he is known for being a tight conservative player. He is a distant cousin to both professional golfer Pádraig Harrington and former NFL quarterback Joey Harrington. Early life and business career Harrington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Currently residing in Santa Monica, California, Harrington is a former champion backgammon player and U.S. chess master (he won the 1971 Massachusetts State Chess Championship). Before becoming a poker professional and businessman, Harrington worked for many years as a bankruptcy lawyer. He also played poker against Bill Gates while Gates was at Harvard. Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minh Ly
Minh Hoang Ly (born March 24, 1967, in Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player based in Temple City, California. He is a regular in " The Big Game" and is married to Lu Binh. Ly first cashed in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2001, finishing 3rd in the $3,000 limit Texas hold 'em event, and winning $55,870. He also cashed in the $2,000 pot limit hold'em event the same year. The following year, he finished 9th in the WSOP $10,000 no limit hold 'em Main Event, winning $85,000. In the 2005 WSOP he had four money finishes, including a second-place finish to Doyle Brunson in the $5,000 short-handed no limit hold 'em event, and 19th place in the $10,000 Main Event. Ly also won the second Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship in Las Vegas on October 18, 2005, when his outdrew Dan Harrington's on a board of in the heads-up confrontation to take home the $1,060,050 first prize and his first World Poker Tour (WPT) title. As of January 2015, his to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Poker Tour Season 4 Results
Below are the results of season 4 of the World Poker Tour television series (2005–2006). Results Mirage Poker Showdown * Casino: The Mirage, Paradise, Nevada * Buy-in: $10,000 * 4-Day Event: May 23, 2005 to May 26, 2005 * Number of Entries: 317 * Total Prize Pool: $3,074,900 * Number of Payouts: 27 * Winning Hand: Q-Q Grand Prix de Paris * Casino: Aviation Club de France, Paris * Buy-in: €10,000 * 5-Day Event: July 25, 2005 to July 29, 2005 * Number of Entries: 160 * Total Prize Pool: €1,520,000 * Number of Payouts: 18 Legends of Poker * Casino: Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles * Buy-in: $5,000 * 5-Day Event: August 27, 2005 to August 31, 2005 * Number of Entries: 839 * Total Prize Pool: $4,195,000 * Number of Payouts: 72 * Winning Hand: Borgata Poker Open * Casino: Borgata, Atlantic City * Buy-in: $10,000 * 4-Day Event: September 19, 2005 to September 22, 2005 * Number of Entries: 515 * Total Prize Pool: $4,995,500 * Number of Payouts: 45 * Winning Hand: Ult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |