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Chris Moorman was one of the United Kingdom's biggest winners this weekend thanks to a near-miss in one of the partypoker Caribbean Poker Party events on November 22.
Additionally, Moorman was invited to participate in the prestigious NBC National Heads Up Championship in 2013. In February 2016 Chris was drafted into the inaugural Global Poker League (GPL) by London Royals team manager Liv Boeree. The GPL is live-streamed on Twitch, with 1st season and post-season action playing out from Spring through to. British poker legend Chris Moorman got so close to a second WSOP bracelet but missed out at the last as he lost heads-up for Event #58, the $5,000-entry No Limit Hold'em event won by Ravid Garbi. Chris Moorman is one of the best online tournament players of all-time. He's a guy who has done and seen it all over his career. $16.6 million in total lifetime online earnings with another $6 million from live tournaments is an amazing record. It wasn't all plain sailing though.
Chris Moorman vs. Justin Liberto Main Tour WPT L.A. Poker Classic Season 2019-2020 3 4,000/2,000-4,000 Chris Moorman Takes One Out Main Tour WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Season 2019-2020 1 300/200-300 Chris Moorman Takes One Out Main Tour WPT Choctaw Season 2018-2019 2 5,000/3,000-5,000 Chris Moorman Hit with a Nasty River Main Tour WPT Choctaw Season 2018-2019 1a 1,200/600-1,200 Chris. Chris Moorman headlined Friday Night Poker Week 7 on Stadium's Facebook Watch page. Every Monday, we're going to get you all caught up with the last week's Friday Night Poker, and this week we're looking back on the Week 7 action where Chris Moorman and Randall Emmett clashed.
Moorman fell at the final hurdle of the CPP #07 The Warm Up, losing out on the title to Jan-Eric Schwippert. The popular pro saw a combined prize worth $55,171 made up of a $44,007 main prize pool prize and $11,164 worth of bounties.
Christopher Brammer finished 11th in the same tournament and secured an $8,321 payout.
Four players from the United Kingdom navigated their way to the final table of the $2,600 High Roller Big Game at partypoker. Only 20 of the 139-entrants received a slice of the $344,250 prize pool and Roberto Romanello was one of them, finishing in 12th for $7,745.
Steve Watts won the same amount when he busted in 11th place, leaving Sam Grafton and Luke Reeves to fly the Union Jack at the final table. Grafton fell in sixth for $16,351 with Reeves crashing out in third for a $40,731 addition to his bankroll.
Day 1B of the CPP Online Main Event saw the 547 entrants whittled to a more manageable 86. A handful of our players made it safely through to Day 2 including Gavin Cochrane (9,088,435), Jesse Wigan (6,145,076), Jonathan Proudfoot (6,053,937), Matthew Kirwan-Shannon (5,924,698), Martin Brinkmann (5,732,826), Scott Margereson (5,033,931), Brandon Sheils (4,890,273), Ludovic Geilich (3,431,076), and James Atkin (3,149,189).
Two British Winners at 888poker
Both of 888poker's biggest Sunday tournaments were won by players who call the UK home.
'Furzy123' came out on top in the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep, a $215 tournament that overlaid once again, for the ninth or tenth consecutive week, which makes this tournament superb value.
The champion got their hands on $18,350 wile 'TiltJuice101' also reached the final table but their time there was short-lived as they fell in ninth for $1,300.
Two Brits reached the nine-handed final of the $25,000 Sunday Challenge. 'oldskool555' fell in fourth for a combined prize worth $2,041 with bounties included. Jonathan 'jgjg3000' Gill was the last man standing and he banked $5,575 in total.
Plenty to Shout About at PokerStars For British Grinders
PokerStars proved to be a happy hunting ground for our players this weekend, especially in the $109 Sunday Kickoff where there were four Union Jacks at the nine-handed final table.
'MarcGregor89' and 'Cyberraver' fell in ninth and eighth-place for $1,270 and $1,751 respectively. 'Kakiers04' went a few places deeper before running out of steam in sixth for $3,325 which left 'GnaRiverU' as our last hope. They didn't disappoint as they triumphed over the rest of the pack and secured the $16,521 top prize.
There was another win for us in the $215 Fat Sunday, an 8-Max Turbo affair. 'tryckymartin' won all the chips in play and exchanged them for an impressive $14,447.
Other British and Irish stars who won decent sums at PokerStars this weekend included:
- Andrew 'Picasso 2' Hedley – second-place in the $215 Bounty Builder for $24,399*
- Dan 'NukeTheFish!' Wilson – second-place in the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $15,662
- Stampy-Vicius – second-place in the $55 Mini Bounty Hunter for $15,547*
- Sam 'SamSquid' Grafton – second-place in the $1,050 Sunday Cooldown for $15,437*
- Lewis 'blindforblind' Kershaw – third-place in the $55 Mini Bounty Hunter for $13,765*
- thenthead89 – fourth-place in the Sunda Storm half Price for $7,956
- Kakiers04 – fifth-place in the $215 Bounty builder for $7,635*
- Ben_Apart – first-place in the Bigger $109 for $7,615
- elnavas1 – third-place in the $55 Sunday Marathon for $5,319
- JESUS_,ROCKS – sixth-place in the Sunday Storm half Price for $4,042
- Owain 'sngwonder' Carey – fifth-place in the Hotter $109 for $2,791
- James 'deyrzuited' Noonan – seventh-place in the $215 Bounty Builder for $2,771*
- liammaccy – second-place in the $109 Sunday Wrap-Up for $2,270
- 'pinkiii7' – third-place in the $109 Saturday KO Late Edition for $1,873*
- Gareth 'missy_gazell' James – fifth-place in the $109 Sunday Starter for $1,657
Chidwick Banks Brace of Five-Figure Scores at GGPoker
Stephen Chidwick helped himself to two five-figure scores over at GGPoker. The first came in the $5,250 buy-in High Rollers Blade Mulligan where he finished fifth for $27,519.
The second came in another $5,250 buy-in tournament, the High Rollers Blade. Chidwick fell in seventh-place in this tournament for $19,067.
There was a five-figure prize for 'cristitmas' in the GGMasters High Roller. Their ninth-place finish yielded a $12,760 prize.
Some of the other highlights from GGPoker this weekend included:
- Promoking – sixth-place in the Bounty grand Master $315 for $10,057*
- FGJ80 – second-place in the PLO Crusaders Bounty Quest $525 for $9,982*
- JPC123 – eighth-place in the Battle of Malta #15: THE REVENGE for $7,555*
- Dripbayless – third-place in the PLO Crusaders $250 for $7,114
- Egyptianking – fifth-place in The $1,050 Last Stand for $7,109
- boksioras88 – sixth-place in the Bounty Hunters Main Event $210 for $6,416*
- IQGreek – second-place in the Sunday Six Shooter $105 for $4,293*
- Chris Moorman – fifth-place in The Last Stand for $3,836
- Chainsaw – eighth-place in The Last Stand for $1,466
*includes bounty payments
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Casino herbrechtingen. Chris Moorman did an unusual interview recently. Instead of talking about the poker scene now, the interview focused instead on who his favorite player was. Silver star casino philadelphia mississippi. And Moorman went old school. His answer was 'Doyle Brunson.'
For those who are unfamiliar with who Moorman is: he has $5 million in live cashes, a WSOP bracelet, and four other WSOP final tables, one of them this year.
But if you know his name its probably because he was one of the stars of online poker's heyday. Around the turn of the noughties, Moorman was crushing the burgeoning heads-up scene. He made well over $15 million in online winnings. That pile of gold dwarfed even his live cashes.
Can't believe it's been 6 years since I won my first @wpt title at the LAPC @commercecasino – excited to be back today to play and try to win it all once again. #lapc#wpt#worldpokertour#poker#livepoker#888poker… https://t.co/xqweIDjodj
— Chris Moorman (@Moorman1) February 29, 2020
Texas Dolly and the internet kid
If the question is: 'Who is your favorite player?' Then Texas Dolly is certainly a classic answer.
Admittedly, it's hardly imaginative. Until he 'retired' from poker in 2018 — playing in the 2-7 Single Draw championship the day after his announcement — he practically was poker.
Doyle won the first-ever WSOP Main Event in 1976, and barely missed a year after that. Along the way, he collected ten bracelets and a WPT title. All the while, he kept playing in The Big Game, the ongoing high stakes Vegas game that ran year-round — first at Binion's, then at the Bellagio.
Doyle's book Super System is how many people got into winning at poker. It might have not have aged well since the internet elevated poker strategy to new heights, but for decades it was required reading for any pro.
stiffed me for a lousy 500 bucks from the golf course. https://t.co/YdW46AUS0Y
— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) June 5, 2020
Mentor, mentee
Moorman's reason for naming him as a favorite was a little more personal. 'On the site that I learned to play on he was often seen at the highest stakes limit and NLH cash games bashing it up,' said Moorman. 'Plus, I'd read Super System cover to cover.'
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Just a few years later he'd be playing with Doyle on TV's High Stakes Poker, and eventually signed on as a sponsored pro at Doyle's eponymous poker site: Doyle's Room. ACR has long since bought up Doyle's Room.
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Doyle even provided Moorman with a reason to keep playing when times were dark. 'I actually called him asking for some advice when I was going through a tough period in the game,' Moorman told the interviewer. 'And he gave me some really good perspective on things and helped me to recognize that life wasn't so bad.'
We all need a Doyle in our lives. Though perhaps one with slightly less regressive politics.
Are you kidding me? Does anyone really think he could possibly beat Trump? Imagine if they sat down in an open debate. https://t.co/21rOXMwtIY
— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) May 27, 2020
