The top stories of the first half of WSOP 2010

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel, Johnny Chan, Johnny Moss, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, Phil Hellmuth, Poker, Sammy Farha, Tom Dwan, WSOP, WSOP Articles, durrrr
• Date: Jun 21,2010

CardPlayer has ranked the highlights of this year’s WSOP. The tournament is now in halfway, and many interesting things have happened in Las Vegas. 

5. Sam Farha’s return

Sammy Farha did great in the WSOP 2003. After that, this regular High Stakes Poker face concentrated mainly on cash games. But this year he stepped back in the WSOP spotlight by winning the $10k Omaha Hi/Lo tournament.

4. Men Nguyen and the 7th bracelet

Men “The Master” Nguyen joined the tiny group of those players who have won seven bracelets during their career. Now Nguyen belongs to the same group with Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Johnny Moss and Erik Seidel.

3. Michael Mizrachi in $50k Players’ Championship

Just before this year’s WSOP Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi was in an awkward situation. According to a Florida newspaper Mizrachi was facing foreclosure due to his $340,000 dollars of unpaid taxes. Goes without saying that the $1,56 million-dollar victory in Players’ Championship eased his situation a lot.

2. Men attending the Ladies Event

About ten male players didn’t bother to care about the tournament organizers’ wishes to keep the Ladies Event solely for women. There is no lawful excuse to prevent men from attending this female tournament; rather it is more about an unwritten rule and gentleman’s agreement. Thus, among other things, we got to see a man wearing a skirt and a wig during the event.

1. Tom Dwan’s side bets

Mizrachi’s and Farha’s bracelets are still fresh in our memory, but the biggest attention was attracted by Tom “durrrr” Dwan who became second in the $1,500 NL event. As far as we know, Dwan had bet million dollars on winning the bracelet, which meant that many other top players were truly relieved after Simon Watt managed to beat him in heads-up.

You can read more about these stories from here.

Source: Cardplayer and TheHendonMob