Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Las Vegas, NV--The 2009 World Series of Poker $5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split champion is Roland de Wolfe, from London, England. De Wolfe is a 29-year-old professional poker player. Prior to turning pro, De Wolfe was a writer and journalist for "Inside Poker," a magazine published in England (Note:  The magazine started out as "Inside Edge").

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Las Vegas, NV--The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em champion is Tomas Alenius, from Stockholm, Sweden. Alenius was born in Stockholm, as well. He is a 33-year-old professional poker player and worked as a blackjack dealer before pursing a poker career.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

By Isaac Kuhlman

  Phil Ivey is widely known in the poker world for his quiet demeanor, his exacting precision, and his outlandish prop bets. He is, in every sense of the phrase, a silent assassin when it comes to playing poker. It doesn't even matter what format or style he plays in. He is so good at them all, that he is always a threat to win huge pots and earn the respect (or in some cases fear) of his opponents. At this year's World Series of Poker, Ivey can now say he is getting his way with a second gold bracelet so far this year.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Las Vegas, NV--The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em champion is Pete Vilandos, from Houston, TX. Vilandos is known as "Pete the Greek" because of his proud Greek heritage. His real full name is Panayote Vilandos.