Phil Hellmuth has another 2nd place finish in the 2011 WSOP, this time it’s not John Juanda preventing Hellmuth from winning his 12th WSOP bracelet. In Event #33: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship, Hellmuth managed to survive a tough playing field of 168 players and was eventually defeated Heads-up against Eric Rodawig.

Phil Hellmuth misses his 2nd attempt at winning a bracelet at this years World Series of Poker, although we have only reached the half way mark of the 58 events in the series. So far Hellmuth has cashed more than half a million dollars for his two 2nd place finishes, not bad even though he hasn’t won Gold yet.

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PokerStars Bertrand Grospellier ElkY has won his first WSOP bracelet in event #21 Seven-Card Stud World Championship, this was the first time Elky had ever played in a 7 Card Stud tournament. The PokerStars French Pro has already won an EPT and WPT title and more than $7 million in tournament earnings in his career but the WSOP bracelet is one of the biggest accomplishments in poker.

Elky was also a pro gamer on the StarCraft Team who then focused his attention to online poker and then live poker and become a member of Team PokerStars Pros.

The first place prize was $331,639 although winning a WSOP bracelet is worth far more to ElkY than the prize money.

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UB Poker formerly known as UltimateBet Poker may soon declare bankruptcy, the Cereus Network online poker room has suffered a 76% loss in traffic since Black Friday. Ultimate Bet Poker have reportedly laid off more than 95% of their employees as a result.

Emails were sent out to shareholders of Blanca Gaming, the operator of the Cereus Network stating that the company had no funds or income to support their current debts and no future payments can be made.

Ultimate Bet Poker, the popular online poker room for more than a decade, may soon declare bankruptcy or is this just a rumor?

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Phil Ivey is considered to be one of the best poker players in the world, although he is currently ranking 3rd in the poker all time money list with more than $13 Million in total Career Tournament Earnings.

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Full Tilt Poker Pro Erik Seidel has been on the top of his game in 2011 living up to his poker ambassador reputation. This year alone he has achieved so much including the top spot in the poker all time money list after winning the 2011 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship this weekend.

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