Tue, 04/12/2011 – 01:20 – PokerPages Staff

Team PokerStars Pros Jonathan Duhamel and Jason Mercier featured in the latest episode of High Stakes Poker which aired on GSN on Saturday.

Duhamel, who booked a $100,000 profit during the first session, was involved in the first notable hand of the evening after meeting Phil Laak’s $4,200 raise with pocket queens. Bill Perkins also came along for the ride.

Perkins’ 6-5 hole cards had post flop potential and he hit a gut-shot straight draw on the 2-3-9 board.

Duhamel fired a $7,000 bullet with his overpair only for Perkins to make it $27,000 to go. Laak managed to lay down pocket rockets and Duhamel also surrendered as Perkins dragged down the pot.

Perkins was becoming increasingly active during the early exchanges and he met a check-raise all-in call from Julian Movsesian post flop.

Perkins (A-Q) was in bad shape with top pair to Movsesian’s (A-7) top two pair and the turn and river failed to help him as the $180,000 pot went Movsesian’s way.

Perkins would go on to lose $353,000 after Haralabos Voulgaris shipped a $253,000 pot with an overpair of aces.

2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Duhamel then finally locked horns with Mercier.

Mercier three bet Duhamel pre flop with J-9 and led out for $14,800 on a 10-8-2 board.

Duhamel (T-9) called with top pair before Mercier fired another $36,300 bullet when a 3 hit the felt on the turn.

Duhamel obliged for the second time but was forced to muck his hand after another $71,000 bet from Mercier on the river.

Tue, 04/12/2011 – 01:34 – PokerPages Staff

It is hard to be a poker fan and not have those that you consider legends.  Modern day legends of poker would include Daniel Negreanu and Chris Moneymaker.  This is a presentation of legends of poker from the past.

#5 Gabe Kaplan is from Los Angeles California and anyone familiar with 1970s TV sitcoms will remember him as Gabe Kotter from Welcome Back Kotter.  He has no WSOP bracelets, but has had impressive earnings with $1,100,000 so far. He can also be found on many of poker’s top TV shows analyzing play or mixing it up.

#4 Johnny Moss was born in Odessa, Texas in 1907, his first WSOP win was in 1970, where a vote from the players decided that he should be the overall series winner.  He has acquired eight WSOP wins in his lifetime and had earnings of $825,097.

#3 Doyle Brunson, another Texan, is a great poker player.  If this list were based on winnings alone he would have been number 1. He holds an astounding ten WSOP bracelets and substantial lifetime earnings of $5,556,481.

#2  Thomas ‘Amarillo Slim’ Preston  was also born in Texas.  He was a contemporary of Doyle Brunson.  He is probably best known for his appearances on network TV after winning the WSOP $10,000 World Championship in 1972.  He has four WSOP bracelets.

#1 Benny Binion was born in Texas and an independent soul from the start, Benny grew up around cowboy campfires.  Binion is probably more remembered for his gaming innovations than for his skill as a player.  He established Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas.  He also founded the WSOP.

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