The high stakes online tables were buzzing last night with some of the biggest sessions of the month.

Phil Ivey and Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies were the headliners as the pair played 302 hands of heads-up $500/$1,000 PLO and then another 201 hands of heads-up $500/$1,000 Cap PLO.

Prior to last night Ziigmund had been having a hard time getting anything going in August and was down nearly $500,000. He was eventhinking of quitting for the month.

It was a far different story for Ivey who was having one of his best months with over $1 million in profits.

The tables were turned last night as Ziigmund took his frustrations out on Ivey, raking multiple $100,000+ pots. A total of four pots broke the $200k mark and Ziigmund won three of them.

By the time the session finished Ivey ended up surrendering $633k to the resurgent Ziigmund before finally calling it quits for the night.

Fortunately due to some huge earlier winnings Ivey was almost even and is still up over $1 million for the month. Meanwhile Ziigmund is up for the first time this month by approximately $200k.

In other news Tom “durrrr” Dwan was a big winner as he continues to cement his status as the biggest winner online this year.

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Dan “The Man” Suied grinds it out to take the Trophy and 2nd Place Money of $72,072, while Marc Podell claims $74,919!

On Saturday, 320 players started play in an attempt to earn a piece of the $465,600 prize pool. There were 108 who returned at noon on Sunday to resume play, and when midnight came around, the night would leave us with 14 hopefuls. Play started at noon on Monday and in an hour and a half the Final Table was determined.

Play would continue for another eight hours before Dan Suied of Billerica, MA finished the thirty six hour marathon earning $72,072 and the $1,650 Mega Stack Championship Trophy for his efforts. Marc Podell of New York, NY would claim Top Prize money of $74,919 as a result of an agreement amongst the final four. Mike Dentale and Ross Santos of Brooklyn, NY and Carver, MA completed the Final Four with their 3rd and 4th place finishes for $58,533 and $43,572 respectively.

Congratulations to all the Winners!

MEGA STACK CHALLENGE – August 2010

Tournament Entries: 320 Prize Pool: $465,600

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A larger field with bigger names on the second of two Day 1 flights helped the 2010 WPT Legends of Poker almost double attendance from last year in Los Angles Saturday.

The 276 Day 1b players helped make the tournament total 462, dwarfing last year’s 279.

Former Legends champs John Phan and Prahlad Friedman were among the starters, but they were also among those hit the bricks early, joining a long list of big names busting that included Daniel Negreanu, Matt Stout, Lee Markholt, Scott Seiver, David Chui, Daniel Alaei, Eric Baldwin and Kathy Liebert – Who just happened to be playing her record 100^th WPT on the day.

Although it was the likely cause for the rise numbers, the fact the buy-in was dropped from $10k to $5k means there will be no WPT made millionaires walking out of the Bike this time around.

The 462 entrants helped create a $2,151,072 prize pool from which 45 places will be paid with $750k reserved for first.

151 players survived Day 1b including names like Justin Young, Phil Hellmuth, Joe Sebock, Allen Cunningham, Jeff Madsen, Jonathan Little, Shane Schleger and Adam Levy.

But while he might receive more notoriety for the vanishing act he pulled at the 2007 WSOP than his more than $2.5 million in career earnings, it was a suddenly resurgent Vinny Vinh who grabbed the end of Day 1b chip lead.

A total of 241 players will hit the felt for Day 2 at the Bike Sunday.

Source: Pokerlistings.com

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The World Poker Tour returned to The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles Friday for the 2010 WPT Legends of Poker main event.

A total of 186 players entered the $5k tournament on the first of two Day 1 flights, playing a total of six 90-minute levels.

WPT Player of the Year Faraz Jaka was among them, but was also among the first to be relieved of his 25k starting stack.

Joining him on the rail as play continued were names like Greg Mueller, Lauren Kling, 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Jerry Yang and WSOPC dominator Dwyte Pilgrim.

While L.A. local Prahlad Friedman won the title here last year, two 2009 WSOP Main Event finalists stole the headlines by making deep runs.

Steven Begleiter spent the majority of last year’s event in the chip lead before busting ninth while Kevin Schaffel made it all the way to heads up before falling to Friedman.

Friday, 2010 November Niner Soi Nguyen started a similar run, moving into the chip lead part way through the day and holding on to a spot among the leaders as play closed for the night.

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Brad Harper takes down the Trophy and Top Prize of $35,615!!!

On Thursday, 663 players started play in an attempt to earn a piece of the $321,555 prize pool. There were 107 who returned at noon on Friday and it took over eleven hours to get to the Final Table.

It took another three hours of play to eliminate five players; the five remaining play- ers agreed to a deal which gave the Championship Trophy and Top Prize Money of $35,615 to Brad Harper of Putney, VT. Khalid Riley, Norwood, MA, Jose Montes, Bronx, NY, David Felger, Lantana, FL, and Mike MacIntosh, Cranston, RI took 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively with each earning $31,500.

PRIZE POOL: $321,555

ENTRIES: 663

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Billy Davis captures the Championship Trophy and the Top Prize of $72,769!

A Mega Stack record total of 1,295 players started play on Tuesday vying for a piece of the $376,845 prize pool. One hundred and ten returned at noon on Wednesday with it taking just over seven hours to reach the final table. Play continued for five hours before the final two made it to the final hand. The flop came out AdJd10d and John Weiss bet 1mil, Billy moved all-in and John called. John showed As10h to Billy’s 2d3d. The 3h and Qs to complete the board left John of Stamford, CT with $45,787 for 2nd, and Billy Davis of Roslyn Heights, NY earned $72,769 and took the $340 Mega Stack Challenge Championship Trophy.

MEGA STACK CHALLENGE - August 2010

Tournament Entries: 1,295 Prize Pool: $376,845

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The World Poker Tour will be taking a little piece of Las Vegas with it when it descends upon London, England at the end of this month.

Two veteran Bellagio floor people will be running the show when theWPT London Poker Classic hits the Palm Beach Casino, Mayfair Aug. 30- Sept. 4.

Jack McClelland, Bellagio’s longtime tournament director, will be handling those duties in London, while Bellagio’s director of poker operations Doug Dalton will be in charge of the cash games at nearby Crockfords.

“There’s a real buzz about the WPT London Poker Classic and it fits that we have chosen to partner with two of the best in the business to oversee the action,” said Genting Casinos London poker manager Simon Tomsett.

“Jack and Doug bring experience and stature to the event and cash games. We may not have the water features of Bellagio but we’re expecting top tournament action at The Palm Beach Casino and some Bobby’s Room magic at Crockfords.

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A quick sweep of the Grand Pequot Ballroom has already produced an impressive list of players.

Included are the likes of 2009 WSOP Main Event Runner-Up Darvin Moon, 2002 WSOP Main Event Champion Robert Varkonyi, 2010 WSOP Main Event 24th place finisher Ronnie Bardah, Bernard Lee, James “Jcamby” Campbell, Kyle Loman, Spiro Mitrokostas and Eastern Poker Tour Co-Host Andrew Kaplan.

A total of 1,295 players in Event #1, the $340 NLHE, at the August Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge.

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Final payouts of $340 are listed below:

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