Poker pros use twitter more than teenage girls. It’s just a fact. A lot of the time it’s the typical twitter fare: “Having a peanut butter sandwich. Then I might shower.” Enlightening. But some times, there are some gems out there on the twitterverse, and I’ve come across a few that deserve a look.

Scotty Nguyen: “Had fun baby! thanks baby!” Turns out Scotty writes how he talks baby!

Daniel Negreanu: “The name Barrack Hussein Obama evokes Saddam and Osama. This is like having a Democrat foe named Christian Gayhatey Meat …” I’m not quite sure what this was about, but he’s either engaged in a political debate with a twitter follower, or Daniel has decided to put his inner monologue onto his twitter feed.

Antonio Esfandiari: “Sitting in a park solo people watching thinking about life. Its an interesting thing this ‘life’. Does it really end one day? Lightsout?!” Could this be the beginning of The Magician’s next project: Dr. Esfandiari’s Steps to Enlightenment.

Devin Porter: There’s few people I’d punch in the face. Rex Ryan is 3 of them. This may be the funniest tweet ever. Rex Ryan, watch your back.

Ryan Smith is a contributing blog writer for GR88.com

Europe is the poker hotbed this month, and with the WSOPE season concluding yesterday, the EPT is now the centre of all the action. The European Poker Tour’s London Main Event has attracted a field of 848 players, bringing with them a prize pool of over £4 million. The £5,000 buy-in tournament will crown a winner on October 4th, and already the action has claimed several victims, as on Day 1b Dario Minieri, November Niner Dennis Philips, Viktor Blom and Roland de Wolfe were sent to the rail.

The Top Ten in Chips after Day 1A and 1B are:

1. Soheb Porbandarwala (USA) – 218,600
2. Konstantin Bucherl (Germany) – 187,900
3. Thomas Bichon (France) – 185,000
4. John O’Shea (Ireland) – 184,400
5. Joep van den Bijgaart (Netherlands) – 167,600
6. Dominique Franchi (France) – 152,800
7. Adrian Bussman (Sweden) – 152,700
8. Craig Stevens (UK) – 149,300
9. Steven Levy (USA) – 145,400
10. Daniel Da Silva Pacheco (Portugal) – 144,900

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His name is Bord. James Bord.

After 12 hours of play, Bord emerged victorious, claiming the WSOPE Main Event title and the accompanying prize of £830,401.  Bord was short stacked going into the dinner break, but when play commenced, he went on a tear, doubling up several times and involving himself aggressively in several huge pots.

Bord went heads up with Fabrizio Baldassari, who tired to end the contest early, and the cards did not fall his way as he was crippled by Bord’s Ace King.

Pair vs pair a few hands later gave Bord the win with tens over fives.

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The Final Nine competitors vying for the WSOPE Main Event crown have been determined after a fast and furious Day 4.

Day 3 chip leader Ronald Lee survived, as did Marc Inizan, Fabrizio Baldassari, Brian Powell, James Bord, Roland de Wolfe, Dan Fleyshman, Danny Steinberg and Nicolas Levi. Fan favorites Phil Ivey and Viktor Blom were not so lucky, along with Greg Mueller, Jani Sointula, Thomas Bichon, Anthony Newman, Bojan Gledovic, Hoyt Corkins, Clint Coffee and Barny Boatman.

Fleyshman is the chip leader heading into the final table, with Lee nipping at his heels and Steinberg, Bord and de Wolfe not far behind. Nicolas Levi will start the final table behind the 8 ball as the short stack.

The final table seating draw is:

1 Roland de Wolfe 1,377,000
2 Marc Inizan 349,000
3 Nicolas Levi 428,000
4 Fabrizio Baldassari 697,000
5 Brian Powell 842,000
6 Danny Steinberg 1,520,000
7 James Bord 1,331,000
8 Ronald Lee 1,899,000
9 Dan Fleyshman 1,946,000

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Gus Hansen removed a large monkey from his back, winning the WSOPE £10,350 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Heads-Up event, his first WSOP bracelet. Hansen bested Jim Collopy in the best-of-three final, winning the last game in under 4 hours. Both men had to get through 6 other competitors to reach the final, and Hansen had to go through Phil Ivey.

The win marks an upswing for Hansen who suffered several heavy losses on the felt over the summer.

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The man many suspect to be mysterious online poker icon “Isildur1”, Viktor Blom is the frontrunner of a live event, the WSOPE Main Event. Day 2 saw the field fall from 145 to 66, and Blom took the chip lead with 443,000, just ahead of second place Bojan Gledovic’s 442,300. Phil Ivey is in the hunt with 289,300, as are Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Huck Seed, Roland de Wolfe, and Daniel Negreanu, who is looking to make his third consecutive WSOPE Main Event final table. He finished second at last year’s Main Event.

The early part of the day was dominated by Ivey, but the afternoon belonged to Blom. The Swede made his moves at what was dubbed the Table of Death, as 11 players were felted at that table, most of them at the hands of Blom.

The Day offered a brief glimpse of Novembers’ WSOP Main Event, as November Niners Filippo Candio and John Dolan were seated at the same table. Candido was sent packing, while Dolan lived to see another day. Also falling to the rail on Day 2 were John Juanda, Barry Shulman, Carlos Mortensen, Praz Bansi, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, Kathy Liebert, and Antonio Esfandiari.

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Open Champion James Mitchell is comfortably in the lead of the WSOPE Main Event with 178,850 in chips following strong play on Day 1b. He has his work cut out for him, however, as the remaining field contains heavy hitters such as Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Viktor Blom, Phil Laak, Neil Channing, Patrik Antonius, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, Freddy Deeb, David Benyamine and Men Nguyen.

The WSOPE Main Event has attracted an all-star field looking to cash in on the final event of the season, and the number of players has increased from last year, making a juicy pot.

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Dwyte Pilgrim has finally won the big one. The pro, widely respected and having three WSOP Circuit rings and multiple WSOP Circuit cashes under his belt, solidified his career by winning the WPT Borgata Open yesterday. He takes home the title and the $733,000 grand prize. His victory was met with wild applause from those in attendance, even from heads-up rival Kia Mohajeri.

Pilgrim fell to the floor crying with joy, but not everyone was singing his praises. Lee Childs Tweeted: “Watching the WPT final table. The crowd is increasingly getting on Kia’s side as Dwight continues to be rude and insult him.” Some of Pilgrim’s taunts included, “Yo, if I can’t beat them standing up, I’m gonna take them to the floor” and “Gracie Jujitsu! Think I don’t know where I’m at? Think I don’t understand every facet of this game?” On the last hand he exclaimed, “I don’t care what happens. I showed these guys how to play from beginning to end.”

Here’s how the final table at the 2010 WPT Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City played out:

1. Dwyte Pilgrim – $733,802
2. Kia Mohajeri – $440,945
3. Ofir Mor – $266,835
4. Brandon Novena – $223,475
5. Daniel Makowsky – $183,449
6. Ben Klier – $148,427

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The Final 6 competitors in the WPT Borgata Open have been determined, with Ofir Mor in the chip lead with 7.3 Million. Dwyte Pilgrim joins the final table, having cashed at 20 WSOP Circuit events, but never having won a major live event.

The final 6 for the Borgata Open are:

1. Ofir Mor – 7,300,000 (37 big blinds)
2. Benjamin Klier – 6,125,000 (31 big blinds)
3. Brandon Novena – 5,125,000 (26 big blinds)
4. Dwyte Pilgrim – 4,800,000 (24 big blinds)
5. Kia Mohajeri – 4,225,000 (21 big blinds)
6. Daniel Makowsky – 3,300,000 (17 big blinds)

Those players will be fighting for this pay scale:

1st Place: $733,802
2nd Place: $440,945
3rd Place: $266,835
4th Place: $233,475
5th Place: $183,449
6th Place: $148,427

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The competition is fierce at the WPT Poker Open, and after two days of play tournament veteran John D’Agostino leads the field with a chip stack of $681,000. The fierceness boiled over at several tables yesterday, as some heated altercations took place on the felt.

Matt Stout and Allen Bari, obviously no love lost between the two, sparred at the table and online, with both tweeting disparaging comments about each other. Stout tweeted: “Left my headphones in the car and Al Bari is sitting on my right. Related story: finally told him what I (and most players) think of him.”

Stout later followed this with: “Dub’d KQ thru Al Bari’s AK. Then he berated me. Tried to explain to new guy that he was a POS. Al Bari called floor n got a 1 orbit penalty on me bc he’s an impetulent child and I’m not, so I don’t call floor when he curses @ me.” Bari ultimately had the last laugh, as he owns the 83rd largest stack at 170,600 while Stout was sent packing before the end of play.

Then, a near-riot occurred after Steve Buckner won a pot at the expense of Larry Wolf. Apparently a female spectator took offense to the altercation between the two and words got so heated that fisticuffs nearly broke out.

Seated nearby to the altercation, Christian “charder30” Harder gave his two cents on what went down on his twitter: “Dear god poker players are nuts. Almost a fist fight between a girl and dude at adjacent table. Damn Borgata.”

This Borgata Open now holds the record of the largest WPT field ever assembled, with 1,042 players.

Ryan Smith is a contributing blog writer for GR88.com