WSOP Update: Mizrachi Again? The Grinder Leads $10k 7-Card-Stud

Hot on the heels of his $50,000 Players Championship victory, Michael Mizrachi is perfectly positioned to pick up his second bracelet of the 2010 WSOP in the $10,000 7 Card Stud event.

Mizrachi, known as “The Grinder”, is chip leading the tournament into Day 2. In his current form you wouldn’t bet against him claiming his second braceket within a week but in close pursuit is Players Championship runner up Vladimir Schmelev. Schmelev, interestingly, is second in the chip counts and should these two heavyweights make the heads up stages again we could be set for a fascinating tussle.

EPT Monte Carlo High Rollers – Tobias Reinkemeier Leads after Day 1

While the EPT Grand Final main event reached the final table yesterday, the players with even deeper pockets were settling down for some high rolling action over in the €25,000 buy in high rollers event.

Tobias Reinkemeier from Germany ended the day as the chip leader there with the likes of Sorel Mizzi, Bertrand Grospellier and Luke Schwartz all hot on his heels.

113 players bought into the event and, after several eliminations on Day 1 which saw the likes of Liv Boeree, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Jason Mercier, Vanessa Rousso and Dario Minieri head for the exits, we could be in for a quick days play today before Saturday’s final.

EPT Monte Carlo Day 1b – Viktor Blom out as Decano Leads

Day 1b of the EPT in Monte Carlo ended late last night with an unfamiliar name topping the chip counts. Brazilian poker pro’ Thiago Decano headed a field which was laden with household names.

Peter Eastgate, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier and Boris Becker all took their chances yesterday. All were eliminated along with Dario Minieri, Luca Pagano and Bertrand Grospellier.

Chasing Decano all the way were the likes of Joseph Cada and Vicky Coren. Both have above average stacks and look in good shape to go deep here in Monaco.

‘The Big Game’ from PokerStars

High Stakes Poker has been riding high at the top of the most watched poker TV shows for a while now. The big money and star names attract the viewers in their hundreds of thousands. Now PokerStars are set to get in on the big money TV cash game action with the launch of ‘The Big Game’.

The Big Game will be a $200/$400 no-limit hold’em cash game with a $100,000 buy-in. PokerStars promise that; “some of the top names in the poker world” will be appearing on the Fox show. So far, only Daniel Negreanu has been confirmed as one of the big money players.

High Stakes Poker Season 6 Raise the Viewing Figures

As any poker player; “what is the most popular poker tv show right now?” and the majority will respond with three words “High Stakes Poker”. GSN’s ever popular poker show, featuring some of the best cash game players in the world, is seemingly as popular as ever despire coming under some critism during season 6.

The revamped set, new look and feel of the show and the introducted of Kara Scott have all been cited as reasons for the increase in viewing for the popular show.

GSN reports that viewership has increased 27% among adults 18-49, up 25% among adults 25-54 and up 29% among men 25-54.

High Stakes Poker Season 6 Underway

Fans of High Stakes Poker are set for a treat every Sunday from now on as season 6 of the popular show has started on the Game Show Network.

The first episode started on Sunday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. EST and will now run each subsequent Sunday. The build up to the new season saw GSN airing an eight hour poker marathon. I Love Poker began at Noon and featured highlights of High Stakes Poker games from the past.

Gabe Kaplan has returned for season 6 with a new co-host in the form of Kara Scott.

Phil Laak Leads after Premier League Opening Heats

The PartyPoker Premier League is underway in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it’s Phil Laak who has been dominating the opening exchanges out in the ‘city of sin’.

Eleven of the world’s best players are at the M Casino in Vegas to fight it out for the Premier League IV title and the $1.5 million in prize money on offer.

Laak has had a great opening two heats. After winning both Heat 1 and Heat 2 he is sitting pretty at the top of the league with a maximum 32 points. David Benyamine leads the chasing pack on 24 points, whilst Tony G is struggling at this early stage with just 2 points.

David Benyamine Joins the Las Vegas Premier League Party

The big names just keep on coming in regards to the next Party Poker Premier League. Perhaps the lure of Las Vegas is attracting some but surely the $1.5 million prize pool is pricking up the ears of all the “big hitters”.

Today, David Benyamine and been revealed as the next player to join the Premier League IV. Benyamine Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, Phil Hellmuth, JC Tran, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Roland de Wolfe, Luke Schwartz and, as we announced last week, Tony G.

Each player (12 in total) is putting up $100,000 to buy in and Party Poker are adding $300,000 to the prize pool.

Phil Ivey Tops All Time Money List

It’s been an interesting start to 2010 for Phil Ivey. The “Tiger Woods of poker” had his own marital problems in late 2009 which resulted in a divorce from his wife but, if the the single life is anything to judge by, keep away ladies! because Ivey appears to be in better form than ever before.

Yesterday, Ivey claimed 2nd place in the $100,000 buy-in challenge event at the Aussie Millions, a result which was good enough to move him into top spot on the all time money list. Ivey sat just a few hundred thousand dollars behind Daniel Negreanu before the weekend started. His 2nd place in Melbourne earned him $544,219 – enough to move him ahead.