Sunday, June 13, 2010
With 21 events complete in this year’s WSOP…..we are looking for trends to develop.
Before the start, this was suggested to be the Year of the Woman due to some great success recently by women in other events. While the ladies have yet to garner their first bracelet…..some have gone deep in several events and made final tables. Jen Harman was third in one event an JJ Liu is poised to make her second final table. Also, Christine Pietsch placed second to Tex Barch in yesterday’s Stud Event and Liv Bouree has an impressive 4 cashes to date.
One great story is the success of the Brits so far……..they have 3 bracelets and multiple cashes. Their fans have been vocal while railing their fellow countrymen at the final tables…….those guys always come for a good time. These were impressive wins by Praz Bansi, James Dempsey, and Richard Ashby.
Also, a great trend for success so far in the series this year seems to be the Gingers……Joshua Tieman, and Peter Gelencser (the pic looks very gingerish), and Dan Heimiller cashing 3 times with two final tables. Also impressive are Jamison “Pumpkin” Painter with two final tables, and Leonard Martin also final tabling. Not to be left out we have Jon Turner and Bryan Micon with 2 cashes each. Also cashing is Melissa Hayden who is a female and a ginger….way to girl.
Keep the momentum gingers……..let’s see if the trend continues. By this time last year, Ivey had won one of his bracelets and Jeff Lisandro had two under his belt. There is plenty of time left for a big name to take control of the POY race but we have not seen a repeat performance from Ivey, Lisandro, Parker, and Mueller who all won multiple events last year. The Hag had also expected to hear from Mercier, Annette, and maybe Dwan but that has not materialized so far.
For right now will take comfort in the success of the gingers…..our family is riddled with them and so near and dear to my heart….
Posted by pokerhag.com at 11:48 AM