World Series Of Poker Round Up: Embarassing Cancelation

Having to cancel events during a prestigious tournament is always embarrassing. The World Series of Poker found itself canceling the $250 No Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty online event after technical difficulties.

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Key Highlights
+ Embarrassing: WSOP had to cancel an online event due to technical difficulties, embarrassing tournament organizer GGPoker.
+ Negreanu Chase: Canadian player Daniel Negreanu continues to chase his eighth bracelet in yet another event.
+ Johns Defeats Isildur: Ian Johns denies Isildur's first WSOP bracelet at $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.

With over 7,500 entries in the tournament featuring a $1.7 million prize pool, the No-Limit event faced issues from the start as some participants couldn't log in and had problems with their stacks. Some had no issues logging in and continued to play.

Organizers had to pull the plug on the event, compensating all players who took part in the second day of the event with a $500 voucher for future WSOP bracelet events. Anyone who could log in was allowed to keep their accumulated prizes.

This is embarrassing for tournament organizer GGPoker, which has made a name for itself through its online poker brand. While this particular game was powered by client 888, it still reflects poorly on GGPoker.

Daniel Negreanu Chase's Glory

Canadian Daniel Negreanu wants that eighth bracelet badly. Currently sitting with seven bracelets, Negreanu needs one more to jump into sole-possession of seventh-overall on the bracelet list, and one back of sixth-overall, American Johnny Moss.

He's come close already, finishing runner-up to Ryan Bambrick at the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, a tournament he was leading heavily until the final day.

Now, Negreanu is going deep at the $400 PLOSSUS event. While this is an online event, when it comes to bracelets, they don't ask you how, but how many. If he can nab this eighth bracelet, the 50-year-old will be one step closer to greatness.

Ian Johns Upsets Isildur

By Day 2 of the $10,000 Limit Hold'em, eventual winner Ian Johns was nowhere near the top five for chips Championship, but that didn't faze a man who's already won this event in the past.

At the featured table with the field whittled down to Johns, Viktor "Isildur" Blom, and Anthony Zinno, Johns slowly built up his stack to take the lead and never looked back, taking $282,455 and denying Isildur a chance to win his first bracelet.

This Week's World Series of Poker Winners

We're closing in on the back half of the World Series of Poker with nearly 50 events concluded. Here's your weekly update with all the winners from each event over the past seven days:

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot: Xixiang Lou $290,500
$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship: Nick Guagenti $295,008
$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller: Chang Lee $1,949,044
$1,500 Big O: Igor Zektser $297,285
$600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack: Tyler Brown $178,126
$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em: Mark Darner $496,826
$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship: Nick Schulman $497,356
$800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack: Jonathan Stoeber $352,610
$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller: Jason Koon $1,968,927
$1,500 Limit Hold'em: Jason Duong $130,061
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty: John Racener $247,595
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout: Jonathan Little $90,663
$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout: Renat Bohdanov $451,600
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship: Philip Sternheimer $763,087
$100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller: Joao Vieira $2,649,158
$1,500 HORSE: Andrey Zhingaloc $197,923
$5,000 Seniors High Roller No-Limit Hold'em: David Baker $645,845
$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship: Ian Johns $282,455
$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha: Carlos Leiva $237,852
$1,500 Razz: Allan Lee $126,363