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PEARL RIVER MAIN EVENT UPDATE:

HEAD OF THE CLASS:

Russ Head finished as the Chipleader after the final day 1 flights completed on Saturday. Head returns with an impressive 243k. Steve Bierman held the chipleader title on Friday when he bagged 191k but now is second biggest stack. Lyle Walker comes back with 152k. Jerry Giroir continues his hot year with a top five stack bagging 130k. Plenty of other notable names advanced to make Sunday a tough test with 53 players opening bags.

They included Jeremy Gaubert (100k), Cody Pack (117k), Jonathan Hart (84k), Chris Canan (83k), David Chocholes (83k), Jeter Brock (76k), BJ McBrayer (67k), Robbie Matthews (64k), Corey Harrison (59k).

Also returning with chips Chip Ervin (57k), Chris Davis (42k), Prissy Giroir (42k), Wild Bill Phillips (38k), Paul Hebert (35k), Shane Lewis (28k) and Randall Reese (18k).

Complete list available at Ante Up.

PEARL RIVER UPDATE:

A PAIR FOR HEBERT:

LSU might not have beat the Crimson tide but Superfan Paul Hebert (picture courtesey of Ante Up) still had a great week. The Pierre Part, LA native outlasted William Higginbotham of Meridian, MS to win $135 in Event 4. Randal Smith (Silver Creek, GA), Jerol Drane (Atlanta, GA) and Vernell Hokins (Jakcson, MS). In event 5, Hebert won 776 for his victory over Justin Sharpe of Memphis, TN. Jerol Drane of Atlanta finished third. Hebert also brought LSU branded tissue boxes to the tournament area for Alabama fans to use after the big football game Saturday. To his credit very gracious in defeat.

SENIOR DAYS:

Rhalf Reid of Meridian, MS bested a tough field to win the Senior Event. Several quality players in the money, including Jeter Brock.

Results:

Event #3 - Seniors No-Limit Hold'em
1. Rhalf Reid Meridian, MS $4,331
2. Dean Hoffman Algood, TN $2,514
3. James "Mousey" Davis Jackson, TN $1,676
4. Charles Kenny Warrenville, SC $1,257
5. William Brock Pelham, AL $1,117
6. Steve Humphries $978
7. Ronnie Pittman Calera, AL $838
8. Thomas Ballard Braswell, GA $698
9. David Cox Vaiden, MS $559

SHUMAKER MAKING MONEY, BEATING ROMANS:
Herman, Shumaker of Brandon MS, beat Larry Lemming of Rome GA, and Stephen Diprima also of Rome, GA to win over 2k in the Limit Omaha/8 event.

GOOLSBY MONSTER IN MONSTER STACK:
Talladega, AL native Doug Goolsby won 4.4k for first beating a loaded final table that featured Cody Pack and Russ Head.
Results:

Event #7 - No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack

1. Douglas Goolsby Talladega, AL $4,464
2. Cody Pack Cartersville, GA $2,592
3. Kenneth Jones Pelham, AL $1,728
4. Russ Head Lindale, GA $1,296
5. Vernell Hoskins Jackson, MS $1,152
6. Delsad Meraler Baton Rouge, LA $1,008
7. Renee Willis Philadelphia, MS $864
8. Clinton Carney Philadelphia, MS $720
9. Joshua Huie Rome, GA $576

Complete Pear River coverage at Ante Up.

PEARL RIVER UPDATE:

WILSON WINS:

Bryne Wilson (pictured, photo credit Ante Up) gets the win in Event One of Pearl River's Poker Open. The most recent stop on the Ante Up Poker Tour had an overlay in the reentry event that drew 265 players. We believe a chop involving the top 7 or 8 players ended the event with Wilson getting the largest share. All those who made the money are below:

Official Results:
PEARL RIVER POKER OPEN - Ante Up Poker Tour
Event #1 - No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-in: $340
Entries: 265
Prize Pool: $100,000
1. Bryne Wilson Tuscaloosa, AL $24,500
2. Susan Hazelgrove Cordova, TN $13,000
3. Corey Harrison Bessemer, AL $9,000
4. Randy Tackett AlaBaster, AL $7,600
5. Randall Hollis Helena, AL $6,500
6. Richard Tenhet Maben, MS $5,500
7. Dustin Stewart Diberville, MS $4,500
8. Lacey Coffey Biloxi, MS $3,500
9. Jeffery Mullins Hazel Green, AL $2,500
10. Samuel G Woodstock, GA $1,900
11. Randall Smith SilverCreek, GA $1,900
12. BJ McBrayer Tuscaloosa, AL $1,900
13. Chase Buxton Birmingham, AL $1,600
14. Robert Veazey Carencro, LA $1,600
15. Dexter Burns Pinson, AL $1,600
16. Freddie Gladney Oneida, AR $1,300
17. Wild Bill Phillips New Orleans, LA $1,300
18. Tosha Mullins Huntsville, AL $1,300
19. William Brock Birmingham, AL $1,000
20. Rhonda Hart Cabot, AR $1,000
21. Jacob Cukla N/A $1,000
22. Riley Sims Woodstock, AL $1,000
23. Adam Cotant Tuscaloosa, AL $1,000
24. Jacob Lons Philadelphia,MS $1,000
25. Thomas Ballard Rockmart, GA $1,000
26. JW Smith Dalton, GA $1,000
27t Lee Craft Eckmart AL $1,000
27t JD Iresk Kosciusko, MS $1,000

SIX SPLIT SPOILS:

In Event Two, a six way chop was reached with Rodney Jackson of Chattanooga, Chris Harrison of Cartersville, GA, Paul Hebert of Pierre Part, LA, Chris Nunnally of Anniston, AL, and GCP's Wild Bill Phillips.

Also in the money:
7th Matthew Higgins Rossville, GA $571
8th Lewis Blakeney Millport, AL $476
9th Bradford Grant Jonesboro, GA $381

MORE TO COME:

The Main Event is also a 100k guarantee with only $50 out of the $800 juiced. That too is a reentry event. Of course, if there is another overlay... zero juice, again. Also, more deep stack events and a two flight seniors event.

A COUPLE OF PEARLS--UPCOMING POKER EVENTS:

PEARL RIVER POKER OPEN:

The folks in Pearl River, led by tournament director Paul Dutsch, keep getting bigger and bolder. Lots to love about this fall event. Another multi-flight seniors event, a 100k guarantee re-entry event to kick start the series, and an $800 buyin Main Event with only $50 juice (!!!!!) also with a 100k guarantee. Talk about player friendly.

Book a trip now. Inexpensive and brand new rooms, the famous Dancing Rabbit golf course (pictured), and cash games that will be bumping again. Here's the complete schedule.

SCARLET PEARL:

Big Slicks Poker Room in Biloxi's Scarlet Pearl will host their first Big Slick 30k Poker Open October 7th through the 9th. Flight A is friday at 6pm, Flight B is Satruday at 11am, and Flight C is Saturday at 6pm. All will merge for day 2 on Sunday at 1pm.

Buyin is $255. We predict they will smash their guarantee and you'll love their charging ports in the table. See you there. Structure Sheet is here.

BILOXI CHOP CITY:

Three ways were the theme of the week in Biloxi. It's rumored that both the Main Event at the Beau Rivage and the Main Event at the IP were chopped three ways.

At the Beau, Chuck Carragher, Seville Halle, and Jared Ingles divvied up the money shortly after "The Chemist" Jeremy Gaubert busted 4th. Seville Hale got credit for the top spot. Also in the money, David Nicholson who had a strong week at both casinos, Tim Burt, Kyle Cartwright, Joe Hebert and GCP's "Wild" Bill Phillips.

At the IP, with a little bigger prize pool, the chop went to Baton Rouge's Chris Savage, Lytle Allen and Steve Bierman (pictured celebrating another payday above center). All made over 70k on the day. Caufman Talley III went out just before the money was split up winning 42k. Savage after another bathroom deal got credit for the ring and the seat in the Global Championship.

Tim Miles won just under 20k for 7th. Jeter Brock continued his fine year with an 11th place finish just under 10k. TJ Cloutier also won just under 10k. Brian Senie, Corey Harrison, and Josh Lowing made the final 18. Hank Sitton, Tim Burt (who pulled off the double Main Event cash), Danny Doucet, Frank Alpandinar, Marco Palacios, BJ McBrayer, David Chocheles, Gary Friedlander, Mike Sanders, Ben Thomas, and John Dollinger all cashed.

BEAU RESULTS:

PALMER PALMS THE LOOT IN MONSTER STACK:

Josh Palmer won almost 50k in the first reentry event besting almost 1100 plaeyrs. Seville Hale finished fourth for just under 20k (pictured: what a good week for the 986 grinder and former Monkey Minion). Well done to Baton Rouge's David Weinstein who earned a little over 10k for 7th.

Jerry Ard (15th), Frank Alpandinar (33rd), Chris Torres (35th), Randy Gordon (41st), Corey Harrison (46th), and David Nicholoson (49th) all made the top 50. Also cashing Paul Hebert, BJ McBrayer, John Durio, Jerry Griroir, Jeremy Gaubert, David Chocheles, John walters, Michael Benton, Brian Walsingham, Michael Horchoff and Chris Dupuy all cashed.

ALMOST OREMAN:

Easton Oreman finished second to Mark Fitzhenry in the second event a NLHE Turbo. Fitzhenry won 6k, Oreman 3.k and Jeremy Williams pocketed just about 2.1k for third.

DR. LAURA WINS SENIORS:

Turned out to be a pretty good week for past Monkey's Minions. Dr. Laura took down the seniors event for a healthy 15k.

LANSDON LIKES OMAHA:

Alabamian Matt Lansdon has four tournament wins lifetime. Three came in variations of Omaha. This time he won almost 4k for the Pot Limit Omaha event. His last score, also an Omaha event; 1st PLO 8 or Better at the Beau.

NO LIMIT WIN FOR LIM:

Hernando, MS's Brett Lim beat a loaded final table including Brandon Guillory (2nd, 4k), Jeff Sager (4th, just under 2k) and Herbert Tabscott (6th). This is Lim's first outright win.

Congrats to all that cashed and more importantly all that made money.

BEN ZAMANI FROM FLORIDA CONTINUES CRUSHING 2016 ON THE LIVE POKER TABLES:

The kid recently got 5th in the WPT in Maryland for $85k...on top of the Million plus he scooted with the rest of the year including two 2nd places in WPT events for $341k and $412k. Whatever this kid is doing...you may want to try it.

BEAU RIVAGE :

LITTLE MONSTER AT THE BEAU:

Matt Stroud sits on a commanding chip lead. The Lafayette, LA player is due for his first major cash. He's in great shape to make it happen today. Also advancing bigger stacks are Antony Vidmer, Joe Phelps, Josh Mancuso, and Bert Ladner.

Bob "Spider" Henderson, Charlie Gelvin, Michael Benton and GCP's Gene Dudek. Captain Tom Franklin, Barron Whipple, Morgan Sager, John Durio, Wild Bill Phillips and Squirt Pierce, also advanced.

IP UPDATE:

WSOPC

The WSOPC Main Event inched forward to Day two. Still needing to lose half the field to get to the money, the returnees include many of the Coast's best players. Atop the standings is Desmond Scot (pictured) with 318.5k. Michael Fontenot is a couple of spots behind at 241k. Tim Burt (200k), TK Miles (180k), Brian Senie (158k) and Steve Bierman (137k) are just behind in the top 15.

Caufman Talley, Ben Thomas, Fred Sigur, Bj McBrayer, Jeter Brock, Corey Harrison, and Gary Fridelander all bagged more than 100k. Josh Palmer, Frank Alpandinar (also pictured), David Chocheles, Marco Palacios, Luther Tran, Chris Savage, Mo Moeini and Hank Sitton return with more than 60k. On the short stacks TJ Cloutier, Nesrin Can, Danny Doucet, John Dollinger, and Wild Bill Phillips.

Chip counts for Day two of Main Event. Here .

Seating assignments. Here .

BATTLE FOR BILOXI

The 200k reentry tournament at the Beau Rivage starts today. Ton of options for poker tournaments on the coast.Here's a link to the Beau Rivage schedule. All events will be upstairs again in the Ballroom. We'll see you there.

Last night Chris Canan (pictured above) won the first event at the Beau Rivage. Getting things started on the right foot. Great job Chris.

NUSRALLAH RALLIES TO CHIP LEAD DOWN THE STREET:

Flight A of the WSOP C event at the IP finished with Steve Nusrallah (picuted below) on top of the chip counts. A massive Aces vs. Kings pot gave him the momentum he needed to finish off the night sitting in the cat bird seat with 395k in chips.

Cory Pasano finished 8th in chips with 228k. Ronnie Hope also made it through the night with 126k in chips. Brandon Guillory and Todd Cowan both bagged close to 90k. Complete counts here.

BATTLE OF ONLINE CASH PROS:

Doug Polk v. Ben Tollene revealed their first world poker problems. An old dispute got aired on 2+2 where Polk alleges he gave Ben86 coaching in exchange for coaching in their respective specialties. Problem is after Polk (aka WCGRider) coached Ben86, Ben86 stiffed him and never gave him coaching in return.

Polk also is salty because Tollene then tried to sit with him in his field presumably using the insight he gave freely against him. 2+2 then unveiled some other shifty dealings and a drama thread spilled out. Got a couple of hours to kill and some popcorn? Go here.

NEW IN GAME BETTING APP:

We'll have more details VERY soon (like tomorrow), but we're excited to announce we'll be affiliates for a new APP which allow you to "Daily Fantasize" so to speak during games with great prizes. Seems pretty cool and will enhance your Sundays. Will be launching soon. If you are interested in becomming an affialiate let us know Email here.

BEAU RIVAGE GULF COAST POKER CHAMPIONSHIP:

With a 200k Guarantee in their 25k starting Monster Stack event, the Beau Rivage will get things rolling quickly in their tournament series this September. Lots of player friendly options this go round. Main Event is only $1200 buy-in and most of their satellites feature two added seats.

They offer a senior tournament with two flights. Pot Limit Omaha, Big O, Limit Omaha 8 or better and plenty of Holdem dot the schedule. Another fun one, the $200 Little Monster with 15k in the starting stack and three flights. Complete schedule here.

LA FLOOD RELIEF:

Seen a lot of our poker buddies social media pages and they featured water, water, and more water. Now its demo after demo. Our hearts have been heavy. Too many to count who visit this page are now cleaning up and putting their lives back together.

We have tried (and are still trying) to put together a charity poker tournament to raise funds for those affected. Thanks go out to Harrahs NOLA and the Beau Rivage. Both casinos loved the idea and were eager to get involved. So, to the floors and the tournament directors and the room managers we appreciate the effort. Unfortunately, both places ran into problems with gaming and putting on a charity event. Sometimes, that can sound a bit like a throwaway excuse, but based on their initial enthusiasm and then disapppointment to not be able to do it, we are confident they tried, their best.

We have reached out to a couple of other casinos and we will keep everybody in the loop if we are able to get one together. If somebody wants to lend a hand or can make it happen let us know. Perhaps, we'll try to put one on privately. We'll see.

Also, want to say thanks to the those of you who literally rescued people, made a donation, taken supplies to the areas impacted, or are still cleaning out homes. Seen a lot of good people stepping up and contibuting.

If you haven't been able to help and still want too, here's some great info and options over at NOLA.com. Also, a blog by Will Souther detailing his efforts to help our friends in need.

SEMINOLE HARD ROCK POKER:

TIMMMMMMM BURT!

Four Handed in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event Tim Burt and the three remaining players decided to chop it up. The former soldier went out third having made a great deal. The chop secured a good bit more than the 300k+ third place prize money.

Burt, as you can scroll down and see, has been knocking on the door all summer. Congrats on the big cash, Tim! Complete results here . (Jason Koon gets the win and the trophy).

SEMINOLE HARD ROCK POKER OPEN:

PATRICK ESKANDAR IN THE POLE POSITION, TIM BURT JUST BEHIND:

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open guaranteed five Million in their championship event and a couple of Biloxi's finest are in South Florida chasing the one million first place prize. Eskandar will start the day with a hair under 2 million chips as 38 players get pared down to the final table.

Tim Burt also brings a massive stack back with 1.226 million. Zo Karim returns second in chips. Some other notables still in the field include Ted Lawson, Jason Koon, Chris Klodnocki, David Peters, Joe Serock, and Matt Affleck. Every player now is already guaranteed 22.5k. Everybody eighth or better wins 100k or more

THE ARI OF THE DEAL:

After besting GCP blogger Jonathan Little in the semi-finals, Ari Engel gets creative in chopping the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Heads Up Championship. Go here for more details.

POKER LINK DUMP:

It's been a while but several people have told us this is one of their favorite types of posts. So here's what you should be reading around the web (also fresh blogs from River Poker, Monkey, Nolan Dalla and more):

Doyle Brunson likely an intended victim of an armed robbery? Go here for the details.

Arizona cracks down on people playing poker. Start a business, run a poker game, get raided by police. Go here.

Jason Somerville speaks up for online poker on CNBC but forgets to dress up for appearence. Still speaks well, and represents poker well. Shifty eyed dunce gives shifty rebuttals. Go here for video and article.

Ed Miller talks about why limping (SOMETIMES) can be profitable on Card Player.

Bovada sells the keys to it's online poker room to Ignition Poker. Details here.

A bad chop for victims of Christian Lusardi's counterfeit chip scheme in 2014 as a judge ruled the strange payout structure chosen by regulators was somehow fair. Go here for the details. Don't remember this story? Dig around our archives for more info, but Lusardi flushed his extra chips down a toliet in his hotel to get caught. Yes, puns about Loo-sardi and poker flushes were popular two years ago.

DONALD TRUMP AND POKER:

Donald Tump is a poker fan and a poker advocate. His Taj Mahal once hosted the U.S. Poker Championship. He's also spoken positively publically about online poker. Though his running mate Mike Pence is on the other side of the fence and staucnchly anti-online poker. A couple of poker figures from Trump's publice life have recently popped up in the news in connection with the Don.

Annie

Duke once got slow-rolled by Donald Tump on TV. At the time, when pulling for her and for poker on Trump's show the Celebrity Apprentice the action felt harsh. Joan Rivers compared Duke to Hitler (see sloppy photo shop). Considering the scandals that have swirled around Duke since that day that series might become immensely re-watchable to see her get insulted again and again by her co-stars.

Lots of poker cameos in her fundraising events as Full Tilt execs (led by her brother Howard Lederer) who splashed around (your?)money for charitable causes. Believe there were some Ultimate Bet cameos too. Joan Rivers called them all scum. Maybe we should have listened.

Anyway, somehow Duke is transitioning to a career of bad wannabe TED talks and becomming an expert on something. It's not clear what but to here credit people still listen to her as evidenced by the fact Wired magazine devoted an article to her opinion on Trump. Go here for the piece.

A much better regarded figure from poker's hey days is Andy Beal. Beal joined Trump's financial team recently. The famous billionaire who is the subject of a great poker book, The Professor, The Banker and The Suicide King (seriously if you haven't read that book yet go out and get it), has been an ally to poker and funded some of the top levels of the eco-system during the boom. He's a genuis and a friend to the game. As the book details he tried to break the best high stakes players in the world.

HPT VICKSBURG RESULTS:

JARFAFI FOURTH, DOUCET SEVENTH IN MAIN EVENT:

The Heartland Poker tour wrapped up in Vicksburg, MS with Jay Friedman earning the top prize in the Main Event. Friedman pulled in over 43k for the win. Thomas Creel of Monroe, LA won almost 18k for third. Sayed Jarfari of Baton Rouge made almost 13k for fourth.

John Lee of Madison, MS finished 6th for a fiver over 8k. Danny Doucet (pictured right) of Opelousas earned 6.7k for seventh. It's his third cash in HPTs in Vicksburg. Anthony Magee of Ridgeland won 5.7k for eighth.

Also, in the money Jack McBrayer, Linh Le, Jaremy Gaubert, Jason Gladden and Ryan Dunn. Congrats to all.

CHOP CITY IN MONSTER STACK EVENT:

It looks like three players chopped for 4.k each in event one. William Swink, Jesse Greer, and Dennis Self all earned the top amount. Five more players led by Jonathan Hart won 3,873 each. Kip Jones also cashed.

Eric Sturm took event two winning 2.8k for first and James Davis won 3.3k for first in Event 5.

BILOXI POKER BLOW-OUT COMING SEPTEMBER:

We are doubly excited about the tournaments hitting the coast in September. Most notably the Gulf Coast Poker Championship at the Beau Rivage which has two Monster Stack events. A 200k guarantee $345 Buy-in starting September 9th (with four flights) and 25k starting stack. Also a S190 buy-in with four flights starting September 15th with 15k starting stack.

Their Main Event is $1190. Plenty of "O"ptions too: a Big O Event (the first major Big O tournament on the coast), Variations of "O"maha, and a $235 "O"ld peoples event with multiple flights (Okay, we meant... seniors event). Also two main event seats ADDED to every six pm satellite.

At the same time the IP returns to the tournament poker scene with a WSOP-C event. Biloxi should be bumping. Here's the complete schedule for the Beau Rivage.

UPDATES MAIN EVENT:

CAUFMAN TALLEY 62ND:

The last of our local rooting interests bowed out in 62nd place. Lafayette's own Caufman Talley gave his supporters, friends and acquaintances a hell of a ride though. Many of us thought he had a great shot to win his first bracelet in poker's ultimate event. Great job, kid. You will be back

GOOCH GOOD FOR 115th:

Jason Gooch of Ruston, LA won almost 50k for finishing in 115th place. Two spots higher than Brandon Adams of Pensacola, FL. Houston's Melanie Weisner won the same amount for 127th. Tim Burt (did he cash every WSOP event he played?) won 42k for finishing in 165th. A few bragging spots higher than David Nicholson who finished 172nd. Hiep Doan earned 36k for his 239th place finish. Rogen Chabra of Madison MS also earned 36k finishing 262nd.

Michael Horchoff of River Ridge bowed out in 296th place winning 32k. Joe Hebert cashed for 20k in the 595th spot. Corrie Wunstel won 18k for 616th. Kwong Ip of Kenner won 17k for 757th. Jared Ingles cashed for 16k in 858th. Ryan Lenaghan of Mobile earned 15k for 923.

MINIONS CASHING:

Robert Harwell of Williamson, GA went the deepest of the Monkey's Minions winning a tick over 28k by finishing 414th. The second best finish by a Minion ever. Also cashing Christian Iacobellis. All but one of the Minions made day two.

WSOP UPDATES:

YOU CAN'T SPELL HIGHROLLER WITHOUT FEDOR HOLZ:

Okay, you can. But you shouldn't be able to. The kid from Germany won another highroller by winning the Big One for One Drop bringing his winnings for the year to a cent or two over 63 billion dollars. Okay, that's a slight exaggeration too. What's not an exaggeration is Fedor crushes. He plays the best players in the world and wins... again and again. This time almost 5 million. Brings him to almost 10 million for the year.

Dan Smith won 3 million for second place. Reigning Main Event champion Joe McKeehen won over 800k for sixth.

LITTLE ONE FOR ONE DROP

Chris Canan of New Orleans, who cashed in this event, looked at his day two table draw and said, "Tureniec seems dangerous regarless of his stack size. I don't want him to run it up." Well said, as Sweden's Michael Tureniec ran it up all the way to first place winning 525k. Dr. Samer Al-Shurieki of Pensacola won 76k for 7th. Dr. Laura Crafton won 3.4k for her cash. Jeff Sager, Kevin Eyster and Jason Mercier all cashed as well.

WSOP UPDATES:

BOWERS SHOWERS IN 27TH WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP:

Congrats to our many rooting interests in the Ladies Championship. Special salute to the highest finisher of the bunch Harrahs New Orleans cash reg Morgan Bowers (we think it's now Sager despite how WSOP lists her) who had a great run to finish 27th in the Women's championship. She's also a great artist. The background is her work.

*We can put you in touch if you are interested in her art.

Also, cashing the accomplished Heather Reese from Gulf Breeze, FL, Ms. Joan Rhodes of New Orleans, Mindabeth Jacobs (formerly of New Orleans now of Atlanta), and Kristen Deardorff formerly of Gulfport.

We shared an elevator with the winner a poker dealer from Detroit; Courtney Kennedy who's infectious smile and upbeat attitude made it easy to pull for her. She won just under 150k for first place. Probably a lot more smiles after that too.

SAXTON WINS MEDIA FREEROLL:

Ben Saxton who has profiled many Gulf Coast players including one of us, and has been a reg for over a year now in our favorite haunts can play as well as write (his 2+2 blog here). So we definitely count him as one of our own now. While he didn't win a bracelet for this event we'll still count it as a victory for the Gulf Coast. By the way, WSOP where's our invite? We are quasi-media surely?

HEBERT, EYSTER ONLINE AND LIVE WSOP CASHERS: The WSOP held a 1k online tournament and Metairie's Joe Hebert added to his cashes at the WSOP this year (5). Also in the money Lafayette's Kevin Eyster who tallied 7 cashes for the series.

WSOP UPDATES:

LITTLE FAMILY TAG TEAMS FINAL TABLE

Larry Little (pictured), Rita Little, and son GCP blogger Jonathan Little finished 9th in the Tag Team Event. The Littles of Pensacola, Florida each took home 3500. Ryan Fee and Doug Polk won the first place bracelets and almost 77k each. .

Another Florida family, the Mizrachis finished 26th with Michael, Eric, Daniel and Robert all winning just over 1k. Former GCP blogger Benton Blakeman and teammate Joe Tehan each won just over 1k for finishing 55th.

Going through the payouts the strangest entrant(s?)... 85th place Andrei Kanapelka and teammate Andrei Konopelko both from Minsk. Hmmmmm... you say Kanapelka I say Konopelko, let's just call you the same guy.

Also cashing; Tim Burt (one of ten cashes for the series) and Jonathan Shaw (Tallahassee) but on separate teams.

RAST OUTLASTS ALL 50K FOR 2ND PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

When heads up play began with Briant Rast and Justin Bonomo there was an easy villain to pull against and a hero to pull for. Central casting gave us the pink haired Bonomo an admitted online cheater and now nuisance social justice warrior/polyamory advocate as the heel vs. Brian Rast a poker advocate, an instructor (hey, he helms one of our sponsors no wonder we are biased), and all around swell guy as the hero.

For those pulling for the good guy (Rast) this hand to win the tournament and Bonomo's face when the cards were shown had to give you a warm tingle all over.

After this cooler, Rast won just under 1.3 million for first place. Bonomo earned a shade over 800k for second.

WSOP UPDATES:

JASON (VORHEES) MERCIER TREATING WSOP LIKE CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE:

The of story of the summer is Mercier's bracelet bet with Vanessa Selbst. That and other wagers created a monster this year as Jason Mercier took a machete to 10k final tables. Selbst bet he couldn't win three bracelets. She'd win 10k he'd win 1.8 million. Two bracelets and a second place later had Selbst buy out of her bet.

Mercier who won 422k for first in the 10k horse event, 273k for first in the 2-7 lowball event, and 168k for second in the 10k razz event incredibly has already won more in his bracelets bets. He also finished 8th in a 10k Omaha Hi-Lo Split event, 11th in a smaller Omaha Hi-Lo Split , 26th in a mixed Triple Draw Event and 30th in 5k NLHE. Probably will be more to come, as it starts to feel like Friday the 13th everyday for everybody else in the poker world.

Unlike the other bloggers we link to, Jason is a little overdue for his blog-not like he's lacking for material. Fresh blogs almost everywhere else.

OTHERS IN THE MONEY:

Jason Gooch of Ruston cashed in the Colossus and a 1K No limit Holdem event. Kevin Eyster of La, LA finished 32nd in the 1k Top Up Turbo. Andrew Billiard also of Lafayette cashed in both the 565 PLO event and the Millionaire Maker.

WSOP UPDATES:

TOM FRANKLIN FINISHES 3RD IN 2-7 DRAW LOWBALL NL

Gulfport's favorite son won 38k in yet another deep run for Captain Tom. Seems every year he's good for at least one deep bracelet run. He also cashed in a 2500 Triple Draw Event.

GOOD LUCK CHUCK:

One of the good guys Charles Carragher of Pensacola, captured a little run good on his way to 105k and a fourth place finish in a 1k No Limit Hold'em Event. People were sweating all over the coasts. Great job!

FISH 8TH, 8TH:

Darryll Fish won 42k for his eighth place finish in the 2500 NLHE eventh. Sonny Franco of Biloix finished 17th for just under 16k. Second cash of the series for Sonny who also placed in the 565 PLO event. You know who else cashed that event?

Darryll Fish won 20k for his eighth place finish in the 565 PLO event. Also cashing, Ken Kemple and Leif Force of Tallahassee, and Will Benson of Mobile.

WSOP UPDATES:

MONSTER STACK:

Stephen Nussrallah who spends a lot of time at the Beau Rivage got his biggest score of his poker career by finishing third to win 513k. This was his third score of the summer at the WSOP. Mo Moeini won 25k by finishing 43rd. Also in the money Thu Tran who won 17k for his 56th place finish.

HEBERT ALMOST THERE:

Metairie's Joe Hebert finished 19th in the 1k NLHE event. Hebert won just under 10k . Also in the money (again) Kevin Eyster of Lafayette, LA who added almost 8k to his career earinngs.

PLO AND 2K NLHE WINNERS:

Three current and former Nola grinders Eric Vogel, Andrew Liporace and Ryan Lenaghan all made a little scratcch in Event 19. Nick Vita of Walls, MS, also cashed. LaDarren Banks of Tuscaloosa, AL and John Dolan both had five digit scores in Event 23.

OTHERS CASHING:

Don Wertz of New Olreans went deep in the Millionaire Maker. He finished higher than other local cashers Dan Weaver (Lake Charles), Caufman Tally (Lafayette) and Sean McElroy (Leesville, LA).

MONKEYS MINIONS :

The Investment group has finalized it's five players. Congrats to our own Wild Bill Phillips, Stephen Pique, Dr. Laura Langley-Crafton, Robert Harwell, and Christian Iacabellis who will be representing the minions this year at the Main Event.

A huge thanks to Will Souther who makes this happen and to all the investors. If you'd like to support the minions or wear a T-Shirt with this logo let us know and we'll put you in touch with the Monkey himself.. A few shares left and plenty of gear.