Phil Ivey is well known for having the best poker face in the game, but when 2010 WSOP Event #37 was in the books it was nothing but grins and smiles from the 33 year old poker icon who finished off a tough final table to claim the $329,840 first place prize money and more importantly for him his eighth career WSOP bracelet. With his victory tonight Phil Ivey moved into a tie with Erik Seidel for fifth all time on the WSOP wins list.

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2010 WSOP Event #2 the $50,000 buy-in Player’s Championship is now in the books and in the end it was Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi victorious capturing his first career bracelet, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and $1,559,046 first place prize money. Read our 2010 WSOP Event 2 report for full details of his remarkable victory and his account of sending his own brother Robert Mizrachi to the rail in fifth place.

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Popular online poker site PokerStars.com announced today a special promotion that will allow players to save 15-50% on merchandise through their VIP store. The promotion will run from January 12-31 with a different product offered at a discount each day.

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The poker world experienced a great loss hour ago as one of its more colorful personalities, professional poker player Amir Vahedi, passed away in Las Vegas due to complications from diabetes. This news came as a shock to the poker community and has been the source of many poker tweets and posts on poker forums the past couple of hours. Poker-Prop.net extends our condolences to his friends and family in their time of loss.

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Event #56, $5,000 buy-in NLHE 6 max marked the last preliminary tournament of the 2009 World Series of Poker. On June 30, the event started with 928 entrants, returning yesterday (July 2) there were 16 players remaining all vying for a covered WSOP bracelet and the $1,003,128 top place prize. In the end it was online poker sensation Matt Hawrilenko, known also as Hoss_TBF who took down the first bracelet of his career.

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Event 55 was the only deuce-to-seven triple draw event on this year’s WSOP schedule. The event attracted 258 entrants who each anted up the $2,500 buy-in to create a total prize pool of $593,400 with $165,521 allocated to first place. After three long days of play 36 year-old professional poker player from New York NY Abe Mosseri walked away from the event with his first career WSOP bracelet to go with the top place prize money.

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Tony Veckey is a 30-year-old software engineer from Lake in the Hill, IL, who has worked for Motorala since graduating college. A few days ago he made his very first trip to the Rio in Las Vegas entering his first World Series of Poker Event. This decision paid off as last night he took home $673,276 top place prize money as well as a coveted WSOP bracelet by winning the final $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event of the 2009 WSOP.

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2009 WSOP Event #53, $2,500 Stud Hi/Lo had 14 players return for day three. When it was said and done the events champion was David J. Halpern, a 54-year-old attorney from New Orleans who captured his first career bracelet and the $159,048 top place prize money. In doing so he outlasted a tough field that included Chad Brown, Allie Prescott, Matt Savage, Vince Burgio, and three-time bracelet winner Dr. Max Stern.

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Jorg Peisert is $506,800 richer this morning as last night he picked up his first career WSOP bracelet, winning 2009 WSOP Event 52 – $3,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Triple Chance. His victory also gave Germany their second bracelet of the 2009 WSOP, the previous coming a night earlier. Last year there were three German Bracelet winners and prior to last year’s series there were only four total. This means Jorg Peisert the ninth German in history to win a WSOP bracelet.

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37-year old professional poker play David Bach claimed the second annual Chip Reese Trophy last night by winning 2009 WSOP Event 49, $50,000 buy-in HORSE. The final table lasted an astonishing 492 hands and commenced with a seven-hour long heads up battle between Bach and the runner up finisher John Hansen.

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