Poker Digest

The 2010 World Series of Poker continues towards the Main Event with a handful of tournaments on July 2nd. There was one bracelet awarded today after the completion of event 53 ($1,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout.) Brendan Taylor was able to emerge victorious in this event winning his first WSOP bracelet and $185,000. Taylor was able to build a slight chip lead when the final table was down to four players which he then used to knock out the last three remaining players to take down the title.

While there was only one bracelet awarded today there was still a lot of other poker action. Day 1b of event 54 ($1,00 No Limit Hold’em) saw another 1500 players sign up for the event bringing the total field to just over 3500 players creating a $3.45 Million prize pool. Day 2 will be held July 3 with the final table on July 4. Event 55 ($10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship) saw a lot of high flying, crazy poker action. Well known poker pro Tom Dwan is the chip leader entering the final day of the tournament. Only 33 players remain with each player guaranteed a $19,000 payday. However, I am sure each one of them would love to win the $780,000 first place prize.

Only one event started on July 2, and that was event 56 ($2,500 No Limit Hold’em.) This is expected to be another large field No Limit event with a several million dollar prize pool. The final table for this event is set for July 4th.