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26 Juin 2012, Donnie Peters

Dans cette édition de la PokerNews ce que To Watch For de la World Series of Poker de 2012, un événement a fait jusqu'à son dernier jour prévu de jouer. Cet événement est 44 de l'événement: 1 000 $ sans limite Hold'em. Avec 16 joueurs restants, Thomas Conway ouvre la voie.

Stammen dans la chasse aux deuxième Bracelet

Peu de gens connaissent Keven Stammen, bien qu'il soit régulièrement sur le circuit de tournoi et également lauréat d'or bracelet WSOP. En 2009, Stammen a remporté l'événement Hold'em de l'aucun-limite de 2 500 $ pour plus de 500 000 $ et a gravé son nom dans les livres d'histoire WSOP. Il cherche à sculpter c'est un peu plus profond en remportant son deuxième bracelet en or dans l'événement 44.

Entrer dans le troisième jour de jeu, Stammen est septième sur la finale 16 avec au-dessus de copeaux de moyennes. Il est l'un de ces jeunes joueurs dans le jeu qui est tranquillement mis à beaucoup de résultats, surtout à la WSOP lorsqu'il a 16 encaisse et plus de 660 000 $ de gains. Il allons chercher pour survive les autres 15 concurrents en route pour remporter son second titre WSOP.

Berner le faire pour les dames

Il semble que chaque autre table finale lors du WSOP 2012 il a une femme. Anke Berner est jusqu'à les finales deux tables de cet événement et seule une poignée d'éliminations loin d'atteindre la table finale. Elle deviendrait encore une autre femme de le faire, qui témoigne de la croissance de la popularité de femelle dans le jeu.

Berner est de l'Allemagne et n'a aucun WSOP encaisse sur dossier, ce qui en fait une impressionnante première pour elle. Plus tôt dans l'événement lorsqu'elle était courte, Berner, a déclaré, « je suis venu ici pour jouer qu'une seule main... et maintenant je suis toujours là, » dit-elle. « Même si je sors maintenant, c'est normal. J'ai eu beaucoup de plaisir. » Elle pénètre dans le dernier jour sixième dans les copeaux.

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June 25 2012, Donnie Peters

On the original 2012 World Series of Poker schedule, Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em was the only tournament slated to play down to a winner on Monday. However, with the extension of Event #41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em, there are now two events scheduled to wrap up. Those events will be the focus of this edition of the PokerNews What To Watch For.

Glazier Looks To Be First Woman To Win Open Event Since 2008

In 2008, Vanessa Selbst won her first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Since then, no woman has won a bracelet in an open event.

Jackie Glazier made it all the way to heads-up play in Event No. 41 where she holds a 3-to-1 margin over Greg Ostrander. Glazier has already reached a few milestones in this event, which would only make it fitting that she claim the bracelet as well. Prior to this event, Glazier had never had a score over $100,000 or made a WSOP final table. She can check both of those off her list, and she'll look to add a bracelet on Monday.

Clark Aims for Gold

Zachary Clark has never made a WSOP final table or even finished better than 20th. He holds the chip lead going into Day 3 of Event No. 43 with 20 players left, making it a virtual lock that he bests his previous best mark.

Clark is the nephew of the late David "Chip" Reese, who has three WSOP gold bracelets. Clark would like nothing more than to earn his first and follow in those great footsteps.

Lew Looks for the Biggest Success Live

PokerStars Team Online Randy Lew is known for his amazing skills on the virtual felt. He earned the largest live score of his career in November 2011 when he won the APPT Macau Main Event for nearly $485,000, but a WSOP title would only further prove he's able to do it on the live felt, as well as online.

Lew will enter the final day 12th in chips out of the final 20 and will be looking to lay claim to his first gold bracelet and $654,380.

As always, you can find PokerNews' coverage of the 2012 WSOP on our Live Reporting Pages. We look forward to having you follow along and stay tuned for plenty more from our What To Watch For series.

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Mai 30 2012, Donnie Peters, Lee Davy

Dans la deuxième édition de notre série de nouveau Ce que To Watch For , PokerNews a ses yeux événement 2:1 500 $ sans limite Hold. Entrer dans les 3 jours, le domaine a été réduit à 15 joueurs de la 2 101 original. Avec plus $500 000 à gagner pour le vainqueur et beaucoup de puissance de feu gauche, choses sont à la recherche prometteuses pour un tableau final passionnant.

Kelly yeux troisième Bracelet des WSOP

JP Kelly est tombée retour en forme de la fin. Dans le récent PokerStars et Monte-Carlo ® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final, il a fait le tableau final des événements côté Hold sans limite à deux € 5 000, finissant quatrième et sixième, respectivement, pour un paiement combiné de 112 000 €. Il semble avoir tiré sur sa lancée et fait une descente dans le premier événement ouvert de la WSOP 2012.

L'année dernière, il semble que l'expérience des WSOP de Kelly allait être un lavage. Il n'avait qu'une seule caisse à son nom précédé du Main Event, mais ensuite il est allé sur un incroyable 26 exécution et finis pour 302 005 $.

Kelly est l'une des rares races de joueurs de poker qui a gagné les WSOP et les WSOP Europe bracelets d'or. En 2009, Kelly remporte le 1 500 $ Pot-Limit Hold à Las Vegas, puis plus tard qui année, a remporté l'événement Hold sans limite de 1 000 £ à Londres. Incroyablement, Kelly a fini deuxième dans le même événement WSOP-E un an plus tard, presque clouer un troisième WSOP or bracelet rupture Phil Ivey du dossier et le plus jeune de le faire. Kelly est une fois de plus sur la chasse pour nombre de bracelet trois et commence à la dernière journée quatrième dans les copeaux. Si il est capable d'atteindre la table finale, ce sera la cinquième table finale de WSOP de sa carrière.

Selbst circonscription le Rollercoaster

L'équipe PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst est sans doute le joueur de poker de tournoi féminin haut dans le monde dès maintenant. Selbst rangs en second lieu dans la liste d'argent record féminin et une première place 517 725 $ elle prendrait dans les 400 000 $ de Kathy Liebert. Selbst a 12 WSOP encaisse sur son curriculum vitae, y compris un bracelet WSOP en 2008 lorsqu'elle remporta le 1 500 $ Pot-Limit Omaha.

Selbst était en grande forme au cours de la journée et sera un des favoris pour remporter son bracelet WSOP deuxième quand elle commence 3 jours à la cinquième place. C'était un jour de montagnes russes pour Selbst sur 2 jours, mais elle joue un style très agressif qui mène vers les balançoires dans sa pile de puce. Elle n'a pas peur d'utiliser ses puces et constamment pression sur ses adversaires. Elle rendra son bracelet WSOP d'or second ? Vous devrez simplement suivre à découvrir.

Couleur de favori de Badecker pourrait être d'or

Andrew Badecker est l'un des joueurs restants de tenir un bracelet WSOP d'or et est à la tête d'un autre goût de la gloire. Badecker a remporté l'événement aux tirs aux buts sans limite de 1 500 $ l'an dernier pour un gain de 369 371 $ et a été très bonne performance sur le circuit de tournoi live depuis. Badecker porte des lunettes de soleil multicolores chaque fois qu'il joue et a un jeu dynamique. Jour 2 a été une journée verte pour les Badecker, mais verrons-nous un peu d'or couvrant les yeux du Badecker sous la forme d'un numéro de bracelet deux ?

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28 Mai 2012, Donnie Peters

Les World Series of Poker de 2012 a débuté le dimanche à midi. PokerNews n'est pas seulement fiers d'être une fois de plus l'équipe de déclaration live officiel de la WSOP, nous sommes fiers de vous présenter une nouvelle série : Ce que To Watch For. Cette série aura un coup d'oeil sur les lignes de l'histoire plus grandes de 2012 événements WSOP a tenu à l'intérieur des murs du Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Tout d'abord, nous avons 1 événement : 500 $ Casino employés sans limite Hold.

WSOP Stewart de directeur exécutif de faire des vagues

Ty Stewart, directeur exécutif pour les World Series of Poker et le vice président de Caesars Interactive Entertainment, est l'une des personnes plus influentes dans l'industrie, et encore moins au WSOP. Chaque année, Stewart entre cet événement et a une explosion de jouer avec des collègues de casino du monde entier. Cette année n'était pas différente, et Stewart a commencé les choses hors ayant un souffle. Il a été assez chanceux pour faire 2 jours de l'événement et entrera avec 69 900 dans les copeaux.

Finition meilleure de Stewart dans cet événement était auparavant en 2010 quand il prend la 61e place pour 1 070 $. A avec seulement 46 joueurs de retour pour 2 jour le lundi, il a déjà battu montrant que lui-même garanti un minimum de 1 281 $. Il serait absolument incroyable de voir Stewart faire la table finale, et encore moins aller pour gagner cette chose.

Routos dominant

Pour la meilleure partie du jour 1, le nom de Jamie Routos' a été au sommet des chefs d'accusation puce. Il a pris d'assaut de la porte et ne semble pas regarder en arrière, un exploit étonnant en soi compte tenu des tournois de poker comment volatils peut être dans une structure plus rapide. Routos victime d'intimidation et de busted adversaires tout au long de la journée tout en développant sa pile supérieur et plus élevé. À la fin de la journée, il termine sur 146 900 en copeaux et trouva à droite en haut une fois de plus à la deuxième place en 2 jours.

Souvent dans les tournois, vous voyez un joueur saute à l'extérieur d'une avance de puce mais semble alors avoir l'élan cône large comme un progrès de choses vers la fin. Si dynamique des Routos continue de pouvoir que lui est encore à voir et certainement quelque chose à surveiller lors de la journée 2 rouleaux autour.

Trois femmes à gauche

Lorsque la bulle argent rompt avec la chute de Joshua Bailey en 82e place, 81 joueurs restants étaient tous dans l'argent. Parmi ces joueurs enfermer une trésorerie étaient neuf femmes. Quand il était temps de sac et de la balise, trois des neuf espèces étaient encore en vie. Carisa Schweisberger fini avec les copeaux de la plupart de ces trois avec 76 400 alors que Trish Baker en sacs jusqu'à 36 400 et Amy Brady en sacs de 31 000. Tous avaient un 1 jour solide et cherchera à obtenir leurs mains sur un morceau très spécial de bijoux WSOP à venir 2 jours.

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The WSOP is just around the corner and, since PokerListings.com will be reporting on the whole thing, we needed a little guidance from the pros as to who we should keep an eye on.

We’ve spent the last few days speaking with pros of all shapes and sizes, getting their expert opinions on who’s poised to post big results this summer in Las Vegas.

These seven players are worth listening to. Between them they’ve won more than $20 million playing live poker tournaments. Read on for their picks for who to watch at the 2011 WSOP.

JC Tran is one of the toughest players in tournament poker and he’s won more than $8 million live in his career. He’s got two WSOP bracelets, a WPT title and a Hendon Mob page longer than Erik Seidel’s leg.

For this year’s World Series my top pick is Vivek Rajkumar. He’s already had a really good year and he had a great 2010 as well.

Poker’s a game of runs and right now he’s on his run. He’s playing well and he’s confident and he’s never really had an amazing World Series so I think this will be his year.

I don’t want to be biased but for my second pick I have to go with my buddy Nam Le. He’s just way overdue. Him and I in the last year and a half haven’t played that many tournaments, so we might be a bit rusty but I think Nam’s fresh and ready to go.

For my third pick I have to go with John Juanda. For some reason he just pops up here and there and wins like five tournaments in a row. But this year he hasn’t done too much so I think the WSOP is where he’s going to shine.

Nenad Medic knows a thing or two about what it takes to win tournaments.

Nenad Medic has had serious live results, $4.4 million worth to be exact. He’s the proud owner of a WSOP bracelet and a WPT title, along with a long list of other major cashes.

First of all I’ve got to pick Ivey. Every World Series he seems to step it up. Every tournament he puts his focus into he does well. If I had to bet on someone he’d be my top pick.

Erik Seidel’s my number two. He’s been doing so well this year I really think he’s going to bring a lot of focus this summer. He’s also on track for Player of the Year so I think that’s going to make him focus a lot.

My third pick is a bit of a surprise. It’s a buddy of mine named Joe Cassidy.

He plays big limit games. He hasn’t really done too well in tournaments but he’s really successful in the big cash games. There’s a lot of limit events at the Series and he’s going to be a dark horse in those.

Melanie Weisner is an up and coming player who commands the respect of some of the best young players in the game. She’s already racked up $200,000 in live earnings but that’s nothing compared to what people predict for her.

I don’t really have like a “Top 3” picks but there are a few players that I think are going to do really well at the World Series because they’ve just been killing it lately.

Blair Hinkle has been destroying lately and he plays really well. I played with him last year and I was really impressed with his play so I think he’s going to do very well this year.

Scott Seiver has been killing it too. I know him really well and I think he’ll definitely do really well. He made a couple final tables last year but didn’t get a bracelet so hopefully that changes for him this time.

Ben Wilinofsky, now that he’s finally broken his losing streak is playing really well. He killed it in Berlin and he’s doing really well here in Madrid, so I think he’s going to make a much bigger impression than last year.

And I’ve got to say myself. I’m really excited about the World Series and I think I’m going to do well. After this whole year, and the upward climb I think my play and my confidence has taken, I feel so much more comfortable playing these big events.

Karr gives King of Cards the nod.

McLean Karr has made himself a fixture on the live tournament circuit after winning the WPT Shooting Star last year. He went on to win the £10,000 EPT High Roller in London to take his total career earnings to over $1.7 million.

I got to go with Tom Marchese for my number one pick. I love his game.

I think he plays well against every different skill level of players in the game. He’s been posting a ton of live results over the last year. I think he’s still got a desire. He’s going to be a little more well rested because of the online poker thing in the US, and a well-rested Tom Marchese is definitely dangerous.

You have to put Ivey up there too. It’s not really as exciting a pick but he pretty much just owns everyone’s souls.

For my third pick I’ll say one of a collection of Swedes. I’ve been hanging out with a bunch of Swedish players for a while on the tour and I went to Stockholm in the break after the last event.

Guys like Michael Tureniec, Anton Wigg, Martin Jacobson. There’s a bunch of them and they’re really smart and really good so I think either one of them or a group of them are going to make some noise.

Will Reynolds exploded onto the poker scene when he took down the High Roller event at the PCA in 2010, winning almost $600k. Since then he’s been posting big results with startling regularity and has amassed a career total of $1.3 million.

I’m going to have to go with the obvious choice for my number one. He always comes to play. Phil Ivey.

For my number two choice I’m going to go with Jason Mercier. He’s been playing a lot of mixed games and he’s going to do really well.

My third choice is the live pro, Daniel Alaei.

These guys are all going to do work when they get a chance and they know how to close. I went with the closers for my picks. These guys know how to go deep and seal the deal. And a lot of these guys have bracelet bets so that’s just going to give them even more incentive.

Kelly's won WSOP bracelets on both sides of the pond.

JP Kelly is a sicko when it comes to winning tournaments. He won WSOP bracelets in both Vegas and London in the same year, and has a career total of $1.28 million.

Sam Trickett’s one of the best players in the world in my opinion and he’s my number one pick. He’s had a bit of a break. Last year’s WSOP was actually the beginning of his heater but you wouldn’t really know it because he didn’t win anything. He had a second and a lot of deep runs.

He’s going to have some bracelet bets on as well which will help.

Number two is Phil Ivey. Ivey’s the best poker player in the world so he’s good at all games so he’s going to be dangerous in all the stud and limit and mixed games. He’s going to be the favorite every time he sits down.

He’s also got bracelet bets too so he’ll be really hungry to win.

My third pick is myself. I’ve had success there before and I’ve been playing really well lately and I’ll be playing a lot of events so I think I have a good chance.

Shannon Shorr hails from Alabama and became a name in poker before he was even allowed to gamble legally in his own country. His results list is long and it totals more than $3.8 million!

I think momentum has a lot to do with success in tournament poker and that’s got a lot to do with how I made my picks.

Two guys who are doing really well right now are Greg Brooks, who won the LAPC, and William Reynolds. They’re both really good young players and I think they’re going to do really well.

My third pick is Nam Le. He’s so overdue. He’s probably the best tournament player in the world who hasn’t won a bracelet.

He doesn’t give anything away. He’s going to fight to the very end and I really think he’s going to get his bracelet this year.

PokerListings.com will be on the scene in Las Vegas for the entire summer so keep an eye on our WSOP 2011 Live Coverage section for all the action.

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September 19 2011, Matthew Pitt

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The WSOP is just around the corner and, since PokerListings.com will be reporting on the whole thing, we needed a little guidance from the pros as to who we should keep an eye on.

We’ve spent the last few days speaking with pros of all shapes and sizes, getting their expert opinions on who’s poised to post big results this summer in Las Vegas.

These seven players are worth listening to. Between them they’ve won more than $20 million playing live poker tournaments. Read on for their picks for who to watch at the 2011 WSOP.

JC Tran is one of the toughest players in tournament poker and he’s won more than $8 million live in his career. He’s got two WSOP bracelets, a WPT title and a Hendon Mob page longer than Erik Seidel’s leg.

For this year’s World Series my top pick is Vivek Rajkumar. He’s already had a really good year and he had a great 2010 as well.

Poker’s a game of runs and right now he’s on his run. He’s playing well and he’s confident and he’s never really had an amazing World Series so I think this will be his year.

I don’t want to be biased but for my second pick I have to go with my buddy Nam Le. He’s just way overdue. Him and I in the last year and a half haven’t played that many tournaments, so we might be a bit rusty but I think Nam’s fresh and ready to go.

For my third pick I have to go with John Juanda. For some reason he just pops up here and there and wins like five tournaments in a row. But this year he hasn’t done too much so I think the WSOP is where he’s going to shine.

Nenad Medic knows a thing or two about what it takes to win tournaments.

Nenad Medic has had serious live results, $4.4 million worth to be exact. He’s the proud owner of a WSOP bracelet and a WPT title, along with a long list of other major cashes.

First of all I’ve got to pick Ivey. Every World Series he seems to step it up. Every tournament he puts his focus into he does well. If I had to bet on someone he’d be my top pick.

Erik Seidel’s my number two. He’s been doing so well this year I really think he’s going to bring a lot of focus this summer. He’s also on track for Player of the Year so I think that’s going to make him focus a lot.

My third pick is a bit of a surprise. It’s a buddy of mine named Joe Cassidy.

He plays big limit games. He hasn’t really done too well in tournaments but he’s really successful in the big cash games. There’s a lot of limit events at the Series and he’s going to be a dark horse in those.

Melanie Weisner is an up and coming player who commands the respect of some of the best young players in the game. She’s already racked up $200,000 in live earnings but that’s nothing compared to what people predict for her.

I don’t really have like a “Top 3” picks but there are a few players that I think are going to do really well at the World Series because they’ve just been killing it lately.

Blair Hinkle has been destroying lately and he plays really well. I played with him last year and I was really impressed with his play so I think he’s going to do very well this year.

Scott Seiver has been killing it too. I know him really well and I think he’ll definitely do really well. He made a couple final tables last year but didn’t get a bracelet so hopefully that changes for him this time.

Ben Wilinofsky, now that he’s finally broken his losing streak is playing really well. He killed it in Berlin and he’s doing really well here in Madrid, so I think he’s going to make a much bigger impression than last year.

And I’ve got to say myself. I’m really excited about the World Series and I think I’m going to do well. After this whole year, and the upward climb I think my play and my confidence has taken, I feel so much more comfortable playing these big events.

Karr gives King of Cards the nod.

McLean Karr has made himself a fixture on the live tournament circuit after winning the WPT Shooting Star last year. He went on to win the £10,000 EPT High Roller in London to take his total career earnings to over $1.7 million.

I got to go with Tom Marchese for my number one pick. I love his game.

I think he plays well against every different skill level of players in the game. He’s been posting a ton of live results over the last year. I think he’s still got a desire. He’s going to be a little more well rested because of the online poker thing in the US, and a well-rested Tom Marchese is definitely dangerous.

You have to put Ivey up there too. It’s not really as exciting a pick but he pretty much just owns everyone’s souls.

For my third pick I’ll say one of a collection of Swedes. I’ve been hanging out with a bunch of Swedish players for a while on the tour and I went to Stockholm in the break after the last event.

Guys like Michael Tureniec, Anton Wigg, Martin Jacobson. There’s a bunch of them and they’re really smart and really good so I think either one of them or a group of them are going to make some noise.

Will Reynolds exploded onto the poker scene when he took down the High Roller event at the PCA in 2010, winning almost $600k. Since then he’s been posting big results with startling regularity and has amassed a career total of $1.3 million.

I’m going to have to go with the obvious choice for my number one. He always comes to play. Phil Ivey.

For my number two choice I’m going to go with Jason Mercier. He’s been playing a lot of mixed games and he’s going to do really well.

My third choice is the live pro, Daniel Alaei.

These guys are all going to do work when they get a chance and they know how to close. I went with the closers for my picks. These guys know how to go deep and seal the deal. And a lot of these guys have bracelet bets so that’s just going to give them even more incentive.

Kelly's won WSOP bracelets on both sides of the pond.

JP Kelly is a sicko when it comes to winning tournaments. He won WSOP bracelets in both Vegas and London in the same year, and has a career total of $1.28 million.

Sam Trickett’s one of the best players in the world in my opinion and he’s my number one pick. He’s had a bit of a break. Last year’s WSOP was actually the beginning of his heater but you wouldn’t really know it because he didn’t win anything. He had a second and a lot of deep runs.

He’s going to have some bracelet bets on as well which will help.

Number two is Phil Ivey. Ivey’s the best poker player in the world so he’s good at all games so he’s going to be dangerous in all the stud and limit and mixed games. He’s going to be the favorite every time he sits down.

He’s also got bracelet bets too so he’ll be really hungry to win.

My third pick is myself. I’ve had success there before and I’ve been playing really well lately and I’ll be playing a lot of events so I think I have a good chance.

Shannon Shorr hails from Alabama and became a name in poker before he was even allowed to gamble legally in his own country. His results list is long and it totals more than $3.8 million!

I think momentum has a lot to do with success in tournament poker and that’s got a lot to do with how I made my picks.

Two guys who are doing really well right now are Greg Brooks, who won the LAPC, and William Reynolds. They’re both really good young players and I think they’re going to do really well.

My third pick is Nam Le. He’s so overdue. He’s probably the best tournament player in the world who hasn’t won a bracelet.

He doesn’t give anything away. He’s going to fight to the very end and I really think he’s going to get his bracelet this year.

PokerListings.com will be on the scene in Las Vegas for the entire summer so keep an eye on our WSOP 2011 Live Coverage section for all the action.

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The WSOP is just around the corner and, since PokerListings.com will be reporting on the whole thing, we needed a little guidance from the pros as to who we should keep an eye on.

We’ve spent the last few days speaking with pros of all shapes and sizes, getting their expert opinions on who’s poised to post big results this summer in Las Vegas.

These seven players are worth listening to. Between them they’ve won more than $20 million playing live poker tournaments. Read on for their picks for who to watch at the 2011 WSOP.

JC Tran is one of the toughest players in tournament poker and he’s won more than $8 million live in his career. He’s got two WSOP bracelets, a WPT title and a Hendon Mob page longer than Erik Seidel’s leg.

For this year’s World Series my top pick is Vivek Rajkumar. He’s already had a really good year and he had a great 2010 as well.

Poker’s a game of runs and right now he’s on his run. He’s playing well and he’s confident and he’s never really had an amazing World Series so I think this will be his year.

I don’t want to be biased but for my second pick I have to go with my buddy Nam Le. He’s just way overdue. Him and I in the last year and a half haven’t played that many tournaments, so we might be a bit rusty but I think Nam’s fresh and ready to go.

For my third pick I have to go with John Juanda. For some reason he just pops up here and there and wins like five tournaments in a row. But this year he hasn’t done too much so I think the WSOP is where he’s going to shine.

Nenad Medic knows a thing or two about what it takes to win tournaments.

Nenad Medic has had serious live results, $4.4 million worth to be exact. He’s the proud owner of a WSOP bracelet and a WPT title, along with a long list of other major cashes.

First of all I’ve got to pick Ivey. Every World Series he seems to step it up. Every tournament he puts his focus into he does well. If I had to bet on someone he’d be my top pick.

Erik Seidel’s my number two. He’s been doing so well this year I really think he’s going to bring a lot of focus this summer. He’s also on track for Player of the Year so I think that’s going to make him focus a lot.

My third pick is a bit of a surprise. It’s a buddy of mine named Joe Cassidy.

He plays big limit games. He hasn’t really done too well in tournaments but he’s really successful in the big cash games. There’s a lot of limit events at the Series and he’s going to be a dark horse in those.

Melanie Weisner is an up and coming player who commands the respect of some of the best young players in the game. She’s already racked up $200,000 in live earnings but that’s nothing compared to what people predict for her.

I don’t really have like a “Top 3” picks but there are a few players that I think are going to do really well at the World Series because they’ve just been killing it lately.

Blair Hinkle has been destroying lately and he plays really well. I played with him last year and I was really impressed with his play so I think he’s going to do very well this year.

Scott Seiver has been killing it too. I know him really well and I think he’ll definitely do really well. He made a couple final tables last year but didn’t get a bracelet so hopefully that changes for him this time.

Ben Wilinofsky, now that he’s finally broken his losing streak is playing really well. He killed it in Berlin and he’s doing really well here in Madrid, so I think he’s going to make a much bigger impression than last year.

And I’ve got to say myself. I’m really excited about the World Series and I think I’m going to do well. After this whole year, and the upward climb I think my play and my confidence has taken, I feel so much more comfortable playing these big events.

Karr gives King of Cards the nod.

McLean Karr has made himself a fixture on the live tournament circuit after winning the WPT Shooting Star last year. He went on to win the £10,000 EPT High Roller in London to take his total career earnings to over $1.7 million.

I got to go with Tom Marchese for my number one pick. I love his game.

I think he plays well against every different skill level of players in the game. He’s been posting a ton of live results over the last year. I think he’s still got a desire. He’s going to be a little more well rested because of the online poker thing in the US, and a well-rested Tom Marchese is definitely dangerous.

You have to put Ivey up there too. It’s not really as exciting a pick but he pretty much just owns everyone’s souls.

For my third pick I’ll say one of a collection of Swedes. I’ve been hanging out with a bunch of Swedish players for a while on the tour and I went to Stockholm in the break after the last event.

Guys like Michael Tureniec, Anton Wigg, Martin Jacobson. There’s a bunch of them and they’re really smart and really good so I think either one of them or a group of them are going to make some noise.

Will Reynolds exploded onto the poker scene when he took down the High Roller event at the PCA in 2010, winning almost $600k. Since then he’s been posting big results with startling regularity and has amassed a career total of $1.3 million.

I’m going to have to go with the obvious choice for my number one. He always comes to play. Phil Ivey.

For my number two choice I’m going to go with Jason Mercier. He’s been playing a lot of mixed games and he’s going to do really well.

My third choice is the live pro, Daniel Alaei.

These guys are all going to do work when they get a chance and they know how to close. I went with the closers for my picks. These guys know how to go deep and seal the deal. And a lot of these guys have bracelet bets so that’s just going to give them even more incentive.

Kelly's won WSOP bracelets on both sides of the pond.

JP Kelly is a sicko when it comes to winning tournaments. He won WSOP bracelets in both Vegas and London in the same year, and has a career total of $1.28 million.

Sam Trickett’s one of the best players in the world in my opinion and he’s my number one pick. He’s had a bit of a break. Last year’s WSOP was actually the beginning of his heater but you wouldn’t really know it because he didn’t win anything. He had a second and a lot of deep runs.

He’s going to have some bracelet bets on as well which will help.

Number two is Phil Ivey. Ivey’s the best poker player in the world so he’s good at all games so he’s going to be dangerous in all the stud and limit and mixed games. He’s going to be the favorite every time he sits down.

He’s also got bracelet bets too so he’ll be really hungry to win.

My third pick is myself. I’ve had success there before and I’ve been playing really well lately and I’ll be playing a lot of events so I think I have a good chance.

Shannon Shorr hails from Alabama and became a name in poker before he was even allowed to gamble legally in his own country. His results list is long and it totals more than $3.8 million!

I think momentum has a lot to do with success in tournament poker and that’s got a lot to do with how I made my picks.

Two guys who are doing really well right now are Greg Brooks, who won the LAPC, and William Reynolds. They’re both really good young players and I think they’re going to do really well.

My third pick is Nam Le. He’s so overdue. He’s probably the best tournament player in the world who hasn’t won a bracelet.

He doesn’t give anything away. He’s going to fight to the very end and I really think he’s going to get his bracelet this year.

PokerListings.com will be on the scene in Las Vegas for the entire summer so keep an eye on our WSOP 2011 Live Coverage section for all the action.

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