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Meanwhile, Eric Buchman was working to likewise impress the internet casino railbirds as he struggled to secure the title for event number 18, a $2000 buy-in Limit Hold’Em game. He was finally able to do so, claiming for himself the $203,607 main prize after beating out the entry list of 476 players, including a number of names that will be well-recognized by online gambling fans. His heads up against Brent Courson was exciting to say the least, with the runner-up forced to console himself with a second place prize of $125,737.

By the end of Day 3 for the event, only ten players remained, setting Buchman up against Daniel Quach, Steven Hustoft, William Jensen, Matt Grapenthien, Brent Courson, Matthew Matros, Gary Bogdanski, Flavio Ferrari and Hansu Chu, who followed closely in second at the time. The game continued well past 9pm by the time Buchman was able to turn his chip lead into a win, with the joy of it obvious on the New Yorker’s demeanor.

Event 19 was well under way by the time the update was released to online gambling presses, with only five players remaining at the $10,000 buy-in 2-7 Championship game’s final table. With such as high price to play, it should come as no surprise that the 101 entrants were very successful players, with star representing the live tournament circuit as well as the fast-growing online casino industry. George Danzer was in the lead, holding 825,000 in chips, followed closely by David Baker with 705,000. Doug Booth, John Juanda and Eric Cloutier made up the rest of the table.

Event 20 saw 885 players show up to play, a Pot Limit Omaha game with a price tag of just $1,500. Eliminations went quickly, with less than 90 players remaining by the end of the first day. Of those that remained, names such as Christian Harder, internet ace Nenad Medic and Peter Costa will guarantee a good game, but many will be watching for the rest of James Akenhead’s play, who blew away the competition the first day with his aggressive style, a characteristic for the Brit.
 

 

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