Chocolate and Poker finally

The good folks at Harrah’s has joined with Hershey for a new promotion. Cardplayer has reported that Hershey’s will be joining with the World Series of Poker (WSOP) brand. Chocolate bars with a chance to win a seat in the WSOP Main Event are to be released. The promotion will run from April – June in the US, so look on the aisle for your chance at the WSOP ME.
Nothing like adding people with even LESS experience to the ME. At least the online qualifiers usually win a tournament and aren’t just feed a craving. Either way, a person playing in the ME will be licking their lips when they see the Hershey’s logo on a player.

Peter “Nordberg” Feldman Wins 2007 WSOP Circuit Event at Harrah’s Rincon

Poker blogger Peter Feldman notched another win in a major tournament, taking home first place and $280,859. He cruised through a tough final table that included Gavin Smith, Erik Cajelais, Davidson Matthew, Danny Wong, Yoon Kim, and Gavin Griffin.

Big slick held up for Feldman in his heads up battle with Davidson Matthew, who held A4 and got it all in on a A K 10 flop.

The 29 year old Feldman has made quite a name for himself in recent years, with 5 cashes in major tournaments in 2006-2007 and a cool $916,741 in winnings.

Harrah’s Revises WSOP Advertising Policy

As reported by Amy Calistri at PokerNews, Harrah’s has revised their advertising policies for the 2007 WSOP. Some notable changes include:

• The 2007 World Series of Poker venue will not contain advertising from dot.com sites that allow access to US residents, nor ads from dot.net sites affiliated with those entities.
• Unlike in 2006, Harrah’s is going to allow players to wear promotional t-shirts, hats, and accessories for any dot.net site they wish. More details were promised b Harrah’s shortly as far as the exact logo details.

The scuttlebutt making the rounds is that the changes were in response to a nixed deal with Full Tilt Poker, which had sought to be the primary sponsor for the 2007 WSOP but ultimately lost on the river due to their policy of continuing to take business from US players.

All Time WSOP Cashes

With his victory in Event #34, Phil Hellmuth not only tied the record for most WSOP bracelets won (10) but he also moved atop the list of most cashes all-time at the WSOP, with his record-breaking 55th money finish. Below are the standings for the top money cashes of all time at the WSOP:

Phil Hellmuth – 55
Men Nguyen – 54
T.J. Cloutier – 51
Berry Johnston – 50
Chris Ferguson – 45
Erik Seidel – 43
Humberto Brenes – 42
Brent Carter – 40
John Cernuto – 39
Mike Sexton – 39

2006 WSOP Leading Money Winners

Below are the leading money winners at the 2006 WSOP, as of July 28th:

David Reese – $1,784,640
Jeff Madsen – $1,467,852
Phil Hellmuth – $1,130,559
Andrew Bloch – $1,117,680
Phil Ivey – $846,444
Justin Scott – $842,262
Jeff Cabanillas – $818,546
William Chen – $810,740
Mark Vos – $803,274
James Gorham – $765,226

Phil Hellmuth Wins 10th WSOP Bracelet

Phil Hellmuth won his coveted 10th WSOP bracelet on July 26th, tying Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan for the most WSOP braclets all-time. Hellmuth entered the final table of the Event #3 $1000 NL (with rebuys) tournament.

Hellmuth entered the final table as the chip lead and managed to power his way to victory, overcoming Juha Helppi when it was heads-up to win his record-tying 10th bracelet. The win capped a successful run for Hellmuth in the 2006 WSOP, in which he’d made numerous final tables but hadn’t yet managed to secure the tenth bracelet that had eluded him thusfar.