THE CHEMIST AND OTHER POKER KINGS

JEREMY “THECHEMIST83” GAUBERT CASHES IN USA COOP: Gaubert, an Online Texas Holdem savant
finished 6th and won 5.9k. The $50_$5 Buy-in over-reached the guarantee of 150k buy almost 50k. Not that there weren’t overlays in other USA COOP events on PokerStars. John Racener and Shaun Deeb were busy cashing again with Racener winning 3k for 19th and Deeb 2.6k for 32nd in the USA COOP $320 NLHE event. The guarantee wasn’t met in that prize pool, and Christina Lindley who came in first reaped the benefits.

Noah Schwartz and Matt Graham both cashed in the USA COOP $320 PL Omaha poker 1R1A. Graham pocketed 2.6k for 12th and Schwartz took home 9k for 5th.

WELCOME BACK TO SOME GCP BLOGGERS THAT HAVEN’T POSTED IN A WHILE: Fresh goodness from Shannon Shorr, Bobby Toye, and Brandon Jarrett. Lots of interesting reads.

POKERNEWS DECLARES A NOREASTER OF POKER EVENTS: Likely with the Jersey Shore and up fragmented with the Harrahs WSOP Circuit Regional Championship, the Borgota December Mini-Series, and the Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge all overlapping, we won’t have too many visitors down from the frozen Northeast to our little Harrahs satellite event.

Go here for those tournament structures, but why when you should just go to the Harrahs New Orleans event (but don’t start comparing the “juice” because it’s a lot cheaper elsewhere). You won’t see Darvin Moon (pictured) despite his fondness for New Orleans as he is hosting one of the Norester’s event.

BTW, weigh in on your favorite dealer at Harrahs, or your least favorite as some have chosen, on our facebook page. One of our bloggers (former blogger? future blogger?) had some interesting (surely tongue-in-cheek) ideas about dealers. Maybe he’s just mad they banned whipped cream there. Wonder if he’s heard of this new alcoholic whipped cream–sounds perfect for Irish coffee.

OLD NEWS, YOUNG HARRISON GIMBEL TOOK DOWN HIS SECOND MAJOR TOURNAMENT: He’s not even 21 yet and can’t play the WSOP until 2012. Don’t you feel old and unaccomplished? Gimble adds another 500k to the 2.2 million he won at the PCA. No telling how much he wins when he sits down to play online poker too. This was the tournament that Shannon Shorr and Allie Prescott also went deep in at the Seminole Hard Rock (WPT Regional Series).

WANT A BRUSH UP ON ONLINE GAMING LAW? First step head to Pokerati, they consistently have the best updates about where the industry is headed. Recently they steered us to this Motley Fool article which was a worthwhile read.

DURRRR CHALLENGE REBOOTS: Durrrr made some headway on Daniel “jungleman12” Cates. Hand of the night was Durrrr cracking Cates’ pocket kings with 36. Must be fun to flop 366 with that. Go to Bet and Win Poker for more on the challenge.

DOLAN AND EYSTER JUST MISS SUNDAY MILLION GLORY: November Niner John “JRD312” Dolan was 10th in the PokerStars Sunday Million winning 9.1k. The $200 +$15 tournament (imagine that a 7.5% juice, if only live poker was anywhere close to that) had 8,653 entrants and a prize pool of 1.73 million. Kevin “1$ickDisea$E” Eyster finished 18th for 4.4k.

DEEB DEEP AGAIN: What a way to come out of young retirement. Shaun Deeb has lost none of the magic. Another top ten finish, this time in the PokerStars $215+R NL Hold’em event. Deeb finished seventh for 6.8k in a field of 231. Jason Mercier 25th for 1.7k.

RACENER WINNING MORE RACES: November Niner and Main Event runner-up John Racener cashed in the PokerStars Sunday 500 winning almost 1.9k for 32nd. 1,081 entrants created a prize pool of over half a million.

LOCKDOWNTEX CASHES IN UB $200K GTD: Justin Allen (pictured) finished 33rd out of 1,022 players to win about $900. Congrats to Justin, and all the Gulf Coasters making a splash online this past weekend.