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Badugi Freeroll strategy is pretty simple, play tight & pay attention.. MANY of the entries have absolutely no idea of the rules so if you read any pages on this site you’ll be at a huge advantage 
Congrats to the well known poker personality Ray Davis on becoming the first Badugi WCOOP Champion at PokerStars
A total of 376 players took part in the $320 buy-in tournament with quite a few well known players including Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Gavin Griffin, Vanessa Rousso and many more high stakes regulars.
Ray Davis is a well known poker player on the circuit and is no stranger to big wins including a six-figure score in the $50k HORSE and the 2007 WPT Five Diamond at the Bellagio.
The final table was hosted by a good humoured Barry Greenstein who relentlessly needled his good friend Ray Davis at one point writing ”Normally I would congratulate all of you, but you’re behind Raymond Davis, which is quite embarrassing” and then later ”I have to root for you Raymond. No one else owes me money.” But Ray was not to be detered and eventually overcome a tough final table to claim his first WCOOP bracelet.
In the end, Ray played bobsmith166 heads-up for the title. The had two agreed to an even chop, but still played heads-up for 1 hour 30 mins before Davis managed to knock out his foe, taking both the WCOOP title and nearly $20k to go along with it.
Final Table Results:
1. Raymond “raydavis77″ Davis - $19,912
2. bobsmith166 - $17,312
3. goleafsgo41 - $11,844
4. Cordelia - $8,460
5. Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan - $5,640
6. JP OSU - $3,948
7. Billy “crocky” Argyros - $2,820
8. MadisonAce29 - $2,820
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Just a short Badugi video from pokerstars, features Chad Brown and Daniel N.
Just a quick heads-up to those not so regular on pokerstars that are looking for a higher stakes Badugi tournament.
The World Championship of Online Poker 2009 has been announced and for the first time ever Badugi is in the schedule with a $320 buy-in event and $100,000 is guaranteed!
They have opted for a fixed limit game this year so hopefully it’ll be a sucess and we’ll see pot limit added in the very near future. No signs of Badugi at the WSOP this year but the rumours are still flying for a 2010 event.
So just to round up, stick a post it note on your monitor, set a reminder on your phone or whatever you have to do. Just don’t miss this game.
Tuesday, September 8th
Pokerstars will be running satellites for this nearer the time. BadugiPlayer.com may also be having a Badugi freeroll for a ticket. If you are interested add a comment to this post, it won’t show up but I will keep your email to send out any news of the events when I get the news.
