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On Friday, the fifth annual World Series of Poker National Championship concluded at Harrah's Cherokee. The event attracted a field of 122 players — a mix of $10,000 buy-in at-large qualifiers and those who earned their way in via the WSOP Circuit — and created a $1.22 million prize pool.
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In the end, Loni Harwood defeated the WSOP Circuit's most accomplished player, Alex Masek, in heads-up play to capture the title, the $341,599 first-place prize, and her second WSOP gold bracelet.
The poker room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Here’s the list of poker-related articles here on Gamboool.com including tips for beginners, the best poker room in Las Vegas (in our view), and profiles of some famous (and infamous) poker players. The opening day of the $1,500 Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em Event drew a field of 143 players. With the tournament dedicated to those who have already been decorated at the World Series of Poker, the lineup was guaranteed to feature some of the sharpest players across decades and game varieties.
In 2013, the two-time Circuit ring winner had a career year at the WSOP. She cashed six times for $874,698, made three final tables, and won a bracelet in a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event. In 2014, she missed WSOP action so she could be near her ailing mother, who ultimately passed away.
Appropriately, Harwood dedicated the win to her mother with the hashtag #ForMom, and was also quick to thank a specific member of her family.
'I wanna shout out to my brother, Scott Harwood,' Harwood said after her win. 'He's one of my best friends. He's always there for me. He wanted to be here today, but he works and he couldn't get the day off. He's been on the virtual rail and I'm sure he's waiting for a phone call right now.'
Among those to take a shot in the event were Phil Hellmuth, Jeff Madsen, John Monnette, Scott Clements, and defending champ Dominik Nitsche. The German was actually the only player in that group to make the money, finishing in 15th place for $20,594.
Here are the full results from the 2015 WSOP National Championship:
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loni Harwood | $341,599 |
| 2 | Alex Masek | $211,599 |
| 3 | Darryll Fish | $152,402 |
| 4 | Brad St. Vincent | $111,984 |
| 5 | Vincent Moscati | $83,716 |
| 6 | Daniel Negreanu | $63,647 |
| 7 | Paul Mattioda | $49,203 |
| 8 | Seth Berger | $38,650 |
| 9 | Jonathan Abla | $30,854 |
| 10 | Robert Hankins | $25,010 |
| 11 | Gevork Kasabyan | $25,010 |
| 12 | Brian McDaniel | $25,010 |
| 13 | Ari Engel | $20,594 |
| 14 | Michael Sanders | $20,594 |
| 15 | Dominik Nitsche | $20,594 |
According to updates from the event, Harwood began the third and final day with a hefty chip lead among the final seven; in fact, she had more than double her closest competitor. She got off to a hot start too when she eliminated Paul Mattioda on Hand #47 of the final table.
It happened when a short-stacked Mattioda, who qualified by finishing 19th in points on the National Championship leaderboard, shoved all in for 99,000 from the small blind and Harwood called from the big.
Harwood:
Mattioda:
The board ran out a clean , and that was all she wrote for Mattioda, who took home $49,203 for his seventh-place finish.
In Level 21 (8,000/16,000/2,000), on Hand #57 of the final table, the most popular player at the final table, Daniel Negreanu, moved all in under the gun and Masek looked him up from the cutoff.
Negreanu:
Masek:
It was a flip, and all Negreanu had to do was hold to double. Things looked good on the flop, and the turn didn't appear harmful; however, that proved inaccurate as it was followed by the on the river. Negreanu tripped up, but it was no good as Masek rivered Broadway. Negreanu, who along with Harwood was the only finalist to have bought in for $10,000, had to settle for sixth place and $63,647 in prize money.
Masek, who began the day as the short stack, managed to build his stack and actually took the chip lead into heads-up play against Harwood, albeit a slim one. Within a few hands Harwood would seize the lead before setting about whittling down her opponent. In what would be the final hand of the tournament, which happened in Level 25 (20,000/40,000/5,000) on Hand #156 of the final table, Harwood moved all in from the button and Masek called off his last 650,000 or so.
Harwood:
Masek:
It was a flip, but not after the flop came down to give Harwood a set. The turn made things interesting as Masek, a record eight-time WSOP Circuit ring winner, picked up a flush draw, but it failed to materialize as the blanked on the river. With that, Masek was out in second place for $211,133 while Harwood was awarded the $341,599 first-place prize — the second-biggest score of her career — and brought her lifetime earnings up to $1,627,485.
'He was definitely the opponent I didn’t want to get heads up with,' Harwood complimented her opponent after the conclusion of play.
A look at all the WSOP National Championship winners:
| Year | Location | Entrants | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Harrah's Cherokee | 122 | Loni Harwood | $341,599 |
| 2013 | Atlantic City | 126 | Dominik Nitsche | $352,800 |
| 2012 | Harrah's New Orleans | 127 | Jonathan Hilton | $355,599 |
| 2011 | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Las Vegas | 157 | Ryan Eriquezzo | $416,051 |
| 2010 | Caesars Palace Las Vegas | 100 | Sam Barnhart | $300,000 |
The 2015 WSOP National Championship was filmed by ESPN and will be broadcast beginning on August 18. The 2015/2016 WSOP Circuit season is set to begin next week, with the first event being held at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut on August 6th. For more information, click here.
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Every scam that has hit the poker world has inevitably hurt someone, somewhere – most often the everyday player, in their pockets – and today we’re going to try to put a monetary value on the biggest scams the poker world has ever seen.
Without being glib about it, the poker phrase ‘Read ‘em and weep’ has never been more appropriate.
1. Full Tilt Poker ($440million)
It was the biggest site boasting the most glorious players in the game – the heyday of modern poker where there was enough money around to make almost everyone rich, none more so than the likes of Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson, Howard ‘The Professor’ Lederer and Ray Bitar – joint owners and founders of Full Tilt Poker.
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When Black Friday hit in April of 2011, however, the glory days turned to dust for almost everyone else – Full Tilt Poker’s bosses suddenly unable to meet player withdrawals as they had used player funds on their own lavish bonuses and lifestyles.
Check out my previous PokerTube article for the full story behind poker’s biggest scam – a $440million rip-off of ordinary players.
2. Ultimate Bet/Absolute Poker ($50million)
This pair of massive scams belong together, and although it’s hard to put an exact figure on how much players were taken for, a round $50million isn’t too far off the mark when all the bits and pieces are put together.
The phrase ‘God-mode’ entered into the darkest annals of poker history after amateur poker sleuths discovered that superuser accounts – allowing certain people at the top of the UB/AP food chain to see their opponents hole cards – were had been taking $millions from unsuspecting opponents.
Read about the involvement of 1994 WSOP Main Event winner Russ Hamilton and his fellow criminal Scott Tom in this detailed look at the second biggest scam in poker history.
3. Lock Poker Fraud ($15million)
This horrendous scam saw everything from financial mismanagement and profligate personal spending at the very top, to cheating on the site by their biggest-named pro Jose “Girah” Macedo, to ultimately stiffing their players for a minimum of $15million when the site finally closed.
It was, all said and done, a huge Ponzi scheme – portraying itself as the best site for US players while at the same time squirreling away and spending the money which wasn’t theirs, CEO Jen Larson the greediest pig at the trough by all accounts.
You can read more about Larson, Macedo and Lock Poker in this version of the ‘Top 5 most despised names in poker history’.
4. Epic Poker League ($5million+)
What could have become an amazing brand for the ages, the Epic Poker League became an epic failure – 100 creditors being owed over $5million between them after Epic’s parent company declared bankruptcy after only 3 events, aborting a promised $1million freeroll in the process.
“Epic should have done it on a beer budget and, instead, tried to do it on a Dom Perignon budget,” was how one unpaid investor described the debacle, which once again had the disgraced and disgraceful Annie Duke sitting centre stage when it all fell apart.
5. The MSN Messenger Poker Scam ($3million+)
Rounding out our top 5 biggest poker scams is one which took Scandinavian superstars of the game, Patrik Antonius and Johnny Lodden, for at least $3million using the MSN Messenger app.
The cunning scam involved a ‘new player’ to the big games taking on the duo at the tables, piqueing their curiosity and then planting a Trojan virus when they accepted an MSN messenger chat request.
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The result? A ‘superuser’ bug installed which meant that Antonius and Lodden’s cards were visible to the villain, and the expensive outcome is in the title – the pair finally realising what was going on but no-one ever being caught for the treachery.