The landscape is beautiful, the site a delightful choice; if only I spoke Spanish I would be in heaven! Well, I likely wouldn't lose with kings to queens on the river and be writing this story if I was in heaven......
Last week Nguyen took down the $300 No-Limit Hold'em event for $65,700 and then two days later added another first place finish in $500 Omaha Hi/Lo for $20,000. The No-Limit event drew 253 players while Nguyen had to get through 112 in Omaha Hi/Lo.
Nguyen is well know for his success playing poker in the City of Angels and If you look up his tournament results in L.A. you will see pages of final tables and over 39 first place finishes.
Nguyen's story is well known across the...
Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul is a legendary name in online poker. He was at the forefront of the wave of killer online tournament players when online poker players were starting to get a lot of attention. While some top players from online poker's "in the day" days have since......
Today is the last day of FTOPS IX and, barring something amazing from Yuval "yuvee04" Bronshtein, CapTinBisKuiT, ryanghall or Ben "bmf823" Fineman, Saul will finish atop the FTOPS IX board with 500 points.
It doesn't help for the players chasing that Saul keeps racking up more points. He finished 33rd in Event 23 $100+$9 Pot-Limit Omaha Rebuy on Saturday to add an extra 40 points to his already impressive standing.
ryanbluff did his best to catch Saul but eventually bowed out...