There is Still Hope For England….At The 2010 WSOP

In our Cake Poker Break installment, Gambling911.com looks at England, a country in mourning following its unraveling at the 2010 World Cup and how success may ultimately be found at another major international tournament, The 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP)

England needs something to cling onto for hope after they were obliviated by the Germans at the World Cup Sunday.  Look no further than the 2010 World Series of Poker.

Cake Poker has offered its analysis of how well the Brits will perform when all is said and done.

Richard Ashby and his fellow British poker players are lighting up the WSOP in 2010, Cake reports.

"Last night Steve Jellinek took down the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo event at the World Series of Poker, defeating a final table lineup that included Phil Hellmuth and outlasting John Gottlieb in the heads-up match to grab $245,871 and his first career gold bracelet. With Jellinek's win, the United Kingdom now has a total of five bracelets at this year's WSOP, the most of any nation outside of the United States. In chronological order, the other four British bracelet winners are Praz Bansi, James Dempsey, Richard Ashby and Mike Ellis.

"How many more bracelets could British poker players win before the end of the 2010 WSOP? There's at least one strong possibility at the moment, with Richard Ashby still holding a sizable stack with 17 players remaining in the $10,000 HORSE tournament. But putting aside for the moment the possibility of Ashby or one of the others who have already won a bracelet repeating that feat, there are a number of players who have it in them to win a WSOP event.

"'Sensei' Neil Channing has managed four cashes, including a second-place finish in Event #6, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout."

No Limit Hold Em and Pot Limit Omaha have been some of the strengths of British poker players at the WSOP both this year and in the past, with a few more events still upcoming. Cake Poker suggests that the odds are good of another Brit taking home a bracelet before all is said and done.

"If it does (happen), it will be one more piece of evidence for the argument that the UK is one of the world's most consistent producers of top-level poker players."

Unlike their footballers. 

Ace King, Gambling911.com