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These are the top gambling news stories here at Gambling911.com for Tuesday afternoon June 11, 2013. Follow us on Twitter here.
*Phil Ivey Looking to Win 10th WSOP Bracelet - Poker pro Phil Ivey was in the hunt for his 10th World Series of Poker bracelet at Event #18 No Limit Hold’em.
Heading into Tuesday, Ivey had the 9th largest number of chips with 14 players remaining.
The record for most WSOP bracelets ever won belongs to Phil Hellmuth at 13. At this year’s World Series of Poker, Hellmuth has thus far managed a 5th place finish at Event #16 – Head’s Up, No Limit Hold’em.
Seat Assignment Final Day
|
Table |
Seat |
Player |
Chips |
|
447 |
2 |
Alexander Barlow |
792,000 |
|
|
3 |
Nick Colbrese |
260,000 |
|
|
4 |
Tai Nguyen |
359,000 |
|
|
5 |
James Epner |
201,000 |
|
|
6 |
Douglas Mackinnon |
557,000 |
|
|
7 |
Robert Deppe |
371,000 |
|
|
8 |
Phillip Hui |
419,000 |
|
452 |
2 |
Roy Weiss |
189,000 |
|
|
3 |
Phil Ivey |
285,000 |
|
|
4 |
Ryan Austin |
233,000 |
|
|
5 |
Adam Sanders |
605,000 |
|
|
6 |
Kyle Cartwright |
267,000 |
|
|
7 |
Daniel Idema |
400,000 |
|
|
9 |
Taylor Paur |
1,318,000 |
*Athanasios Polychronopoulos Wins Second WSOP Bracelet - Two years after capturing his first WSOP Bracelet, Greek poker pro Athanasios Polychronopoulos struck gold once again late Monday night after winning Event 17, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.
Here are the final table results for the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Event 17:
1st: Athanasios Polychronopoulos - $518,755
2nd: Manuel Mutke - $322,908
3rd: Everett Carlton - $224,455
4th: Joe Cada - $161,652
5th: Samuel Taylor - $118,145
6th: Michael Kurth - $87,398
7th: Joseph Ward - $65,502
8th: David “Bakes” Baker - $49,716
9th: Thomas Nicotera - $38,178
*New Maine Casino $65 Mil in Revenues – (Associated Press) - Maine's newest casino generated more than $65 million in net revenues in its first year of operation.
Maine Gambling Control Board records show that Oxford Casino had about $53 million in revenues — the amount lost by gamblers — from slot machines between June 2012 and May, and another $12 million from table games such as blackjack and roulette.
- Payton O'Brien, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
