We are now down to just 112, and the top 10 chips counts are as follows:
1 Dag Mikkelsen
3,350,000
2
Richard Harris
2,700,000
3
Avi Cohen
2,450,000
4
Stefan Mattson
2,350,000
5
Josh Evans
2,300,000
5
Hevad Khan
2,300,000
5
Paul Spitzberg
2,300,000
8
Alexander Kravchenko
2,250,000
9
Jon Kalmar
2,170,000
10
Hoa Nguyen
2,150,000
Also, here are the chipcounts from the official WSOP page; if you can understand it though:
2 1 Charis Anastasiou 2,672,000 2 2 Avi Cohen 2,392,000 2 3 Richard Murnick 1,092,000 2 5 Jeff Tunkel 2,323,000 2 6 David Wells 684,000 2 7 John Spadavecchia 1,428,000 2 8 Markus Gonsalves 1,596,000 2 9 John Kalmer 1,536,000 3 1 Paul Spitzberg 1,963,000 3 2 Paulo Loureiro 1,761,000 3 3 Philip Hilm 1,183,000 3 4 Hyon Kim 768,000 3 5 William Spadea 827,000 3 6 Travis Belles 274,000 3 7 Josh Evans 1,792,000 3 8 Christian Togsverd 978,000 3 9 Thierry van den Berg 955,000 4 1 Joe Shield 586,000 4 2 Jeff Weiss 1,253,000 4 3 Bjorn-Erik Glenne 526,000 4 4 Julian Gardner 1,777,000 4 5 Jared Hamby 645,000 4 6 Peter Darvill 441,000 4 7 Lee Watkinson 1,860,000 4 8 Roy Winston 1,420,000 4 9 Billy Willis 816,000 5 1 Dag Martin Mikkelsen 3,740,000 5 2 Chris Lovelace 389,000 5 3 David Tran 1,187,000 5 4 Hevad Khan 2,200,000 5 5 Adam White 1,820,000 5 6 Leonard Pruzansky 304,000 5 7 Rep Porter 1,426,000 5 8 Michael Zinna 1,024,000 5 9 Humberto Brenes 1,140,000 6 1 Warren Karp 1,068,000 6 2 Steven Garfinkle 730,000 6 3 Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart 1,600,000 6 4 Mickey Seagle 242,000 6 5 Kevin Farry 1,800,000 6 6 Kelly Jo McGlothlin 871,000 6 7 Senovio Ramirez III 682,000 6 8 Cody Slaubaugh 1,139,000 6 9 Bob Slezak 889,000 7 1 Thomas Koo 362,000 7 2 John Armbrust 892,000 7 3 Gus Hansen 1,604,000 7 4 Jason Koshi 682,000 7 5 Tuan Lam 1,900,000 7 6 Francois Safieddine 882,000 7 7 Diego Cordovez 712,000 7 8 Brandon Adams 498,000 8 1 Philip Yeh 1,775,000 8 2 Tommy Le 850,000 8 3 Alex Kravchenko 2,274,000 8 4 Maria Ho 885,000 8 5 Zhuang Han 820,000 8 6 Alan Keating 396,000 8 7 Floyd Clark 1,146,000 8 8 Jerry Yang 1,150,000 8 9 Ryan Lawrence 1,046,000 9 1 Willie Tann 912,000 9 2 David Names 330,000 9 3 Reagan Silber 1,232,000 9 4 Paul Kershaw 654,000 9 5 Kevin Kim 1,000,000 9 6 Richard Harris 2,662,000 9 7 Sven Niklas Heinecker 1,908,000 9 8 Huck Seed 1,546,000 9 9 Dario Minieri 1,400,000 10 1 Kirk Morrison 1,393,000 10 2 Robin Bergren 725,000 10 3 Brian Tracy 399,000 10 4 Andreas Krause 95,000 10 5 Lee Childs 1,657,000 10 6 John Bird 1,018,000 10 7 Pete de Best 360,000 10 8 Ray Henson 1,111,000 11 1 Andrew Gunderson 326,000 11 2 Daniel Alaei 1,219,000 11 3 Jeff Bryan 1,152,000 11 4 Raymond Rahme 1,763,000 11 5 Kenny Tran 958,000 11 6 Tom Peterson 1,200,000 11 7 Nicolas Atlan 1,837,000 11 8 Alan Levin 377,000 12 1 Chad Brown 860,000 12 2 Francis Cagney 1,318,000 12 3 Richard Crowell 306,000 12 4 Matt Keikoan 1,556,000 12 5 Ayaz Mahmood 538,000 12 6 Hoa Nguyen 1,645,000 12 7 Kenneth Smith 437,000 12 8 Mikkel Madsen 933,000 13 1 Justin Sadauskas 1,115,000 13 2 Jason Welch 618,000 13 3 Isaac Haxton 804,000 13 4 Stig Top-Rasmussen 1,080,000 13 5 Mark Ellerbe 952,000 13 6 Stefan Mattsson 1,704,000 13 7 Naseem Salem 411,000 13 8 Dennis Perry 464,000 13 9 Ronald Kluber 1,559,000 14 1 Lamar Wilkinson 521,000 14 2 Cory Carroll 1,415,000 14 3 Ed de Haas 1,045,000 14 4 Jimmy Blevins 835,000 14 5 Allan King 1,000,000 14 6 Scott Freeman 1,793,000 14 7 Ryan Elson 2,137,000 14 8 Scotty Nguyen 1,175,000 14 9 Bill Edler 490,000
Or, you can just go here: http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/updates_pn.asp?tourneyID=3482&groupid=309
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
The Current Chip Leader
He is famous for being very aggressive, and for being the first person to use his FPP on PokerStars to buy a Porsche!
WSOP Main Event: Day: 3
Today was the first day that the entire remaining field played together. It was a very exciting day as the bubble burst, and all of the remaining players made the money. At the end of the day there were 337 players left.
End of day top chip counts as follows:
1. Dario Minieri $2,398,000
2. Jeff Weiss $1,533,000
3. Jon Kalmar $1,410,000
4. Hevad Khan $1,319,000
5. Kenny Tran $1,175,000
6. Steven Jacobs $1,127,000
7. Brock Parker $1,089,000
8. Robert Neitrayan $1,058,000
9. Nicolas Atlan $1,057,000
10. William Spadea $1,057,000
11. Gus Hansen $1,044,000
12. Phillip Liou $975,000
13. Rep Porter $974,000
14. Senovio Ramirez, III $947,000
15. Clint Schafer $940,000
16. Andrew Barnes $932,000
17. Jimmy Blevins $855,000
18. Jon Moonves $854,000
19. Jim Lucas $836,000
There weren't too many big named eliminations, but the biggest ones were Ted Forrest, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, and Andy Philachack. Big named players to be eliminated inside the money included Robert Mizrachi, and Pamela Brunson (Doyle's Daughter).
Gus Hansen is also having a very good WSOP. He won the Aussie Millions earlies this year, and would love to finally add a WSOP bracelet to his name.
End of day top chip counts as follows:
1. Dario Minieri $2,398,000
2. Jeff Weiss $1,533,000
3. Jon Kalmar $1,410,000
4. Hevad Khan $1,319,000
5. Kenny Tran $1,175,000
6. Steven Jacobs $1,127,000
7. Brock Parker $1,089,000
8. Robert Neitrayan $1,058,000
9. Nicolas Atlan $1,057,000
10. William Spadea $1,057,000
11. Gus Hansen $1,044,000
12. Phillip Liou $975,000
13. Rep Porter $974,000
14. Senovio Ramirez, III $947,000
15. Clint Schafer $940,000
16. Andrew Barnes $932,000
17. Jimmy Blevins $855,000
18. Jon Moonves $854,000
19. Jim Lucas $836,000
There weren't too many big named eliminations, but the biggest ones were Ted Forrest, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, and Andy Philachack. Big named players to be eliminated inside the money included Robert Mizrachi, and Pamela Brunson (Doyle's Daughter).
Gus Hansen is also having a very good WSOP. He won the Aussie Millions earlies this year, and would love to finally add a WSOP bracelet to his name.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Pop!
The bubble at the 2007 WSOP Main Event has burst. Just 621 players remaining. Details to follow.
Gavin concentrating as he made the money.
Gavin concentrating as he made the money.
5 Former WSOP Champs Left
Going into day 3 of the 2007 WSOP Main Event, there are only 5 former world champions left. They are Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, Carlos Mortensen, Robert Varkonyi, Huck Seed, and Berry Johnston.
This means that the current field has a bit less than 1% who are world champions. Statistically speaking, there is about 1 in 100 chance that we will have a previous champion win again. To win it again with a field this size will be a remarakable feat.
This means that the current field has a bit less than 1% who are world champions. Statistically speaking, there is about 1 in 100 chance that we will have a previous champion win again. To win it again with a field this size will be a remarakable feat.
WSOP Main Event: Day: 2b
Not as many big named eliminations today as there were yesterday, but still some of the huge names are out. Big eliminations include Daniel Negreanu; Prahlad Friedman; Michael Binger; Vinnie Vihn; Phil Gordon; Steve Dannenmann; John Phan; Allen Cunningham; 2003 champ Chris Moneymaker; and Mr Costanza himself, Jason Alexander.
A very good day for Gus Hansen who ended the day with 530,000 chips in 2nd place. Todays top chip counts are as follows:
1. Rain Khan $580,000
2. Gus Hansen $530,000
3. Brent Sheirbon $525,000
4. Robert Nehorayan $510,000
5. Bill Edler $510,000
6. Richard Weisman $510,000
7. Markus "Lurped" Gonsalves $500,000
8. Kevin Kim $470,000
9. Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi $410,000
10. Ryan Lawrence $400,000
11. Carl Olson $400,000
12. Travis Belles $380,000
13. Dario Minieri $370,000
14. Ayaz Mahmood $370,000
15. Patrick Hughes $370,000
16. Cyril Bensoussan $365,000
17. Tim Begley $365,000
18. Christian Toth $360,000
19. Kelly Jo McGlothlin $353,000
A very good day for Gus Hansen who ended the day with 530,000 chips in 2nd place. Todays top chip counts are as follows:
1. Rain Khan $580,000
2. Gus Hansen $530,000
3. Brent Sheirbon $525,000
4. Robert Nehorayan $510,000
5. Bill Edler $510,000
6. Richard Weisman $510,000
7. Markus "Lurped" Gonsalves $500,000
8. Kevin Kim $470,000
9. Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi $410,000
10. Ryan Lawrence $400,000
11. Carl Olson $400,000
12. Travis Belles $380,000
13. Dario Minieri $370,000
14. Ayaz Mahmood $370,000
15. Patrick Hughes $370,000
16. Cyril Bensoussan $365,000
17. Tim Begley $365,000
18. Christian Toth $360,000
19. Kelly Jo McGlothlin $353,000
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Seinfeld Star "Costanza" Still Shining
From the WSOP Live Updates:
A player in middle position raises to 3,000, another player calls, and Jason Alexander calls from the button. The flop comes {Ks}{Jd}{8d}, it's checked to Alexander who bets 15,000, the original raiser moves all in, the third player folds, and Alexander calls all in for 39,100. His opponent shows {Jc}{Js} for a set of jacks, but Alexander shows {Kc}{Kd} for a higher set of kings. His opponent has just one out, but misses as the last two cards come {3h}{9c}. Jason Alexander wins the pot, doubling up to 99,400 in chips. This hand was brought to you free from bad Seinfeld-related jokes; consider it Alexander's free pass this early in the day. Stay tuned for George Costanza references throughout the rest of our coverage.
Other notables so far today are Gus Hansen and Ted Forrest who have $340,000 (8th) and $280,000 (17th) respectively.
A player in middle position raises to 3,000, another player calls, and Jason Alexander calls from the button. The flop comes {Ks}{Jd}{8d}, it's checked to Alexander who bets 15,000, the original raiser moves all in, the third player folds, and Alexander calls all in for 39,100. His opponent shows {Jc}{Js} for a set of jacks, but Alexander shows {Kc}{Kd} for a higher set of kings. His opponent has just one out, but misses as the last two cards come {3h}{9c}. Jason Alexander wins the pot, doubling up to 99,400 in chips. This hand was brought to you free from bad Seinfeld-related jokes; consider it Alexander's free pass this early in the day. Stay tuned for George Costanza references throughout the rest of our coverage.
Other notables so far today are Gus Hansen and Ted Forrest who have $340,000 (8th) and $280,000 (17th) respectively.
Bellagio Cup III: Day 1a
Big named chip counts:
Kevin Saul 262.075k
Koustautin Puchkov 180.5k
Ofer Stern 132.525k
Gino "RockFaith" Yonan 118.425k
Gioi Luong 91k
Eric Ramsower 81.250k
Mike Wattel 80.725k
Dewey Tomko 49.925k
Eric Weiner 46.375k
Victor Ramdin 40k
Joe Pelton 39.250k
Haralabos Voulgaris 33.7k
Brett Richey 32.575k
Curt Kohlberg 31.6k
Beth Shak 27.675k
Kristy Gazes 27.025k
Steve Dannenmann 26.3k
Barny Boatman 23.875k
Justin Bonomo 13.450k
Kevin Saul 262.075k
Koustautin Puchkov 180.5k
Ofer Stern 132.525k
Gino "RockFaith" Yonan 118.425k
Gioi Luong 91k
Eric Ramsower 81.250k
Mike Wattel 80.725k
Dewey Tomko 49.925k
Eric Weiner 46.375k
Victor Ramdin 40k
Joe Pelton 39.250k
Haralabos Voulgaris 33.7k
Brett Richey 32.575k
Curt Kohlberg 31.6k
Beth Shak 27.675k
Kristy Gazes 27.025k
Steve Dannenmann 26.3k
Barny Boatman 23.875k
Justin Bonomo 13.450k
WSOP Main Event: Day: 2a
A very interesting day where many top pros were eliminated. The day ended with only 350 left in this group. This means that tomorrow (day 2b), players will play down to exactly the same time as the players did today. This is to ensure a fair go for all.
Today's big-named eliminations include; 2005 champ, Joe Hachem; "Miami" John Cernuto; Jeff Madsen; 1983 champ Tom McEvoy; 2007 WSOP Player of the Year, Tom Schneider; Evelyn Ng; Barry Greenstein; Farzad Bonyadi; Paul Wasicka; Tony G; "Action Dan" Harrington; Mark Seif; Patrik Antonius; Actor, Brad Garrett; Rhet Butler (5th in last years main event); Jane Gold (Jamie's Mum - haha at Jamie, beaten by his own mother); Capt. Tom Franklin; Hoyt Corkins; Joe Sebok.
End of day top chip counts:
1. Jon Moonves $570,000
2. Jeff "The Rain" Banghart $551,000
3. Tuan Lam $515,000
4. Kenny Tran $495,000
5. Daniel Elizondo $470,000
6. Atlan Nicolas $460,000
7. Avi Cohen $430,500
8. Mikkel Madsen $425,000
9. Ken Smith $420,000
10. Jeff Weiss $401,000
11. Tony Dunst $400,000
12. Jerry Yang $390,000
13. John Duthie $381,500
14. Amanda Baker $380,000
15. Tom Peterson $380,000
16. Cyrus Farzad $335,000
17. Ryan Elson $328,000
18. Stephen Jacobs $315,000
19. Ken Evanowski $315,000
A special mention to actor Tobey Maguire (Spiderman), who played extremely well, and will head into day 3 with a stong amount of chips.
Today's big-named eliminations include; 2005 champ, Joe Hachem; "Miami" John Cernuto; Jeff Madsen; 1983 champ Tom McEvoy; 2007 WSOP Player of the Year, Tom Schneider; Evelyn Ng; Barry Greenstein; Farzad Bonyadi; Paul Wasicka; Tony G; "Action Dan" Harrington; Mark Seif; Patrik Antonius; Actor, Brad Garrett; Rhet Butler (5th in last years main event); Jane Gold (Jamie's Mum - haha at Jamie, beaten by his own mother); Capt. Tom Franklin; Hoyt Corkins; Joe Sebok.
End of day top chip counts:
1. Jon Moonves $570,000
2. Jeff "The Rain" Banghart $551,000
3. Tuan Lam $515,000
4. Kenny Tran $495,000
5. Daniel Elizondo $470,000
6. Atlan Nicolas $460,000
7. Avi Cohen $430,500
8. Mikkel Madsen $425,000
9. Ken Smith $420,000
10. Jeff Weiss $401,000
11. Tony Dunst $400,000
12. Jerry Yang $390,000
13. John Duthie $381,500
14. Amanda Baker $380,000
15. Tom Peterson $380,000
16. Cyrus Farzad $335,000
17. Ryan Elson $328,000
18. Stephen Jacobs $315,000
19. Ken Evanowski $315,000
A special mention to actor Tobey Maguire (Spiderman), who played extremely well, and will head into day 3 with a stong amount of chips.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
WSOP Main Event: Day: 1d
A day of big names, where two world champs were eliminated (Gold & Hellmuth), and others shined.
A shame though for Vinnie Vinh, who for the 3rd time at this years WSOP, has not arrived at his seat. In his two other disappearing acts he cashed, but this time, he is down to 3,300.
End of day top chip counts:
1. Josh Evans $240,000
2. Mickey "Mouse" Mills $180,000
3. Cindy Longoria $166,000
4. John "Kunkuwap" Tabatabai $161,500
5. Ben Lamb $160,000
6. Matt Keikoan $155,000
7. Dan Heimiller $153,000
8. Ted Forrest $150,000
9. Mike Laing $145,000
10. Anthony Reategui $140,000
11. Raymond Lau $140,000
12. Zak Alameddine $136,300
13. J.J Ware $135,000
14. Kyle Wilson $130,000
15. JT Fulton $125,000
16. Chip Jett $123,000
17. Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi $122,000
18. Goevry Gilles $120,000
19. Thor Hansen $114,000
A special mention for Ted Forrest, who managed to grind his way back from one of the short stacks, to be 8th at the end of the day.
Day 2a begins tomorrow with the survivors from day 1a and 1b.
A shame though for Vinnie Vinh, who for the 3rd time at this years WSOP, has not arrived at his seat. In his two other disappearing acts he cashed, but this time, he is down to 3,300.
End of day top chip counts:
1. Josh Evans $240,000
2. Mickey "Mouse" Mills $180,000
3. Cindy Longoria $166,000
4. John "Kunkuwap" Tabatabai $161,500
5. Ben Lamb $160,000
6. Matt Keikoan $155,000
7. Dan Heimiller $153,000
8. Ted Forrest $150,000
9. Mike Laing $145,000
10. Anthony Reategui $140,000
11. Raymond Lau $140,000
12. Zak Alameddine $136,300
13. J.J Ware $135,000
14. Kyle Wilson $130,000
15. JT Fulton $125,000
16. Chip Jett $123,000
17. Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi $122,000
18. Goevry Gilles $120,000
19. Thor Hansen $114,000
A special mention for Ted Forrest, who managed to grind his way back from one of the short stacks, to be 8th at the end of the day.
Day 2a begins tomorrow with the survivors from day 1a and 1b.
Gold & Hellmuth OUT
Two former world champs, Jamie Gold and Phil Hellmuth have both been eliminated on day 1d at the 2007 WSOP.
Phil Hellmuth, with only 400 chips left, moved all in with A Q. His opponent fittingly hit a runner, runner flush on the turn and river to knock out Hellmuth. As he left the room, the players and spectators clapped and cheered.
The details of Gold's elimination will be posted soon, but all in can say is YESSS!
Monday, July 9, 2007
The Official Entrants & Prize Pool are in!
- 6,358 players put up 10k to enter.
- The prize pool is a tad under $60 mil ($59,784,954).
- 621 people will make the money.
- The winner will take home US$8.25 million.
WSOP Main Event: Day: 1c
A day of big names.
Big eliminations; Greg Raymer, Vanessa Rousso, T.J. Cloutier, Kenna James, Joe Cassidy, Phil Ivey (pictured), Tim Phan, Andy Bloch, Men Nguyen, Phil Laak, Clonie Gowen, Nick Schulman, Rafe Furst, Amir Vahedi, Shannon Shorr, David Sklansky, Chau Giang, Kristy Gazes, Ted Lawson, and Erik Cajelais.
Big survivors; Chad Brown, J.C. Tran, Warren Karp, Francois Safieddine, Hasan Habib, Rolf Slotboom, Lee Watkinson, Taylor “Green Plastic” Caby, Todd Brunson, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Allen Cunningham, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Bernard Lee, Brad Berman, Rene Angelil, Humberto Brenes, Matt “SamEnole” Smith, Michael DeMichelle, Phil Gordon, Amnon Filippi, Toto Leonidas, Mark Gregorich and Jon Friedberg.
End of day top chip stacks:
Big eliminations; Greg Raymer, Vanessa Rousso, T.J. Cloutier, Kenna James, Joe Cassidy, Phil Ivey (pictured), Tim Phan, Andy Bloch, Men Nguyen, Phil Laak, Clonie Gowen, Nick Schulman, Rafe Furst, Amir Vahedi, Shannon Shorr, David Sklansky, Chau Giang, Kristy Gazes, Ted Lawson, and Erik Cajelais.
Big survivors; Chad Brown, J.C. Tran, Warren Karp, Francois Safieddine, Hasan Habib, Rolf Slotboom, Lee Watkinson, Taylor “Green Plastic” Caby, Todd Brunson, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Allen Cunningham, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Bernard Lee, Brad Berman, Rene Angelil, Humberto Brenes, Matt “SamEnole” Smith, Michael DeMichelle, Phil Gordon, Amnon Filippi, Toto Leonidas, Mark Gregorich and Jon Friedberg.
End of day top chip stacks:
- Tom Bernard - $220,000
- Carl “Colson10” Olson - $205,000
- Philip Hilm - $195,000
- Daniel Alaei - $190,000
- Chuck Kelly - $170,000
- Frank Schram - $161,500
- James Sigerson - $160,000
- Darrell “Gigabet” Dicken - $150,000
- Kit Manoel - $146,500
- Rodney Knight - $146,000
WSOP Main Event: Day: 1b
End of day top chip stacks:
- Dag Mikkelsen: $253,000
- Gene Strickland: $180,000
- Sven Johnson: $176,000
- Chris Viox: $163,000
- Rep Porter: $150,000
- Bob Poole: $148,000
- Todd Phillips: $138,000
- Scotty Nguyen: $135,000
- John Duthie: $135,000
WSOP Main Event: Day: 1a
The main event has started. Some interesting events and notes:
- First player out was Matt Jansen, holding AA.
- Jeff Madsen lost a bet where he had to wear a jester suit.
- Doyle and Johnny Chan were both eliminated.
- Ray Romano and Brad Garrett had a 2k bet on who will last longer. Garrett won, and will be donating the money to charity.
- Tinten Olivier: $270,500
- John Dutchak: $209,600
- Stephen Austin: $205,000
- Michael Tureniec: $203,900
- Aurelio Arcano: $166,000
- Kitai Davidi: $164,700
- Scott Yeates: $163,200
- Dane Lomas: $161,800
- Andrius Tapinas: $159,100
- Alex Michaels: $155,500
Player of the Year & the $5k w/rebuys Lowball Event
The WSOP player of the year came down to an exciting end during event 54 last week. The battle was between Tom Schneider, and Jeffery Lisandro. The situation was simple. For Lisandro to win, he needed to cash (top 7) with Schneider not to. It became very exciting once Schneider was eliminated. Lisandro was in the top 5 at that point, but was unable to hold onto his chips, and didn't cash.
This left the current POY standings as they were, and Tom Schneider was the victor.
WSOP POY standings as follows:
Points Prize Money
Tom Schneider 255 $416,829
Jeffrey Lisandro 225 $462,149
Robert Mizrachi 210 $861,138
Scotty Nguyen 180 $201,573
Phil Hellmuth 170 $743,564
Scott Clements 167 $327,904
Chris Bjorin 165 $305,415
Rene Mouritsen 160 $612,874
Alexander Kravchenko 155 $268,184
William Durkee 155 $619,201
On another note, Erik Seidel won the event, his 8th WSOP Bracelet, and $538,835 in prize money. Well done!
Final results as follows:
1. Erik Seidel $538,835
2. Chad Brown $324,777
3. Shahram (Shawn) Sheikhan $206,676
4. Lamar Wilkinson $162,389
5. Andrew Black $118,101
6. Kassam (Freddy) Deeb $73,813
7. Todd Brunson $51,669
This left the current POY standings as they were, and Tom Schneider was the victor.
WSOP POY standings as follows:
Points Prize Money
Tom Schneider 255 $416,829
Jeffrey Lisandro 225 $462,149
Robert Mizrachi 210 $861,138
Scotty Nguyen 180 $201,573
Phil Hellmuth 170 $743,564
Scott Clements 167 $327,904
Chris Bjorin 165 $305,415
Rene Mouritsen 160 $612,874
Alexander Kravchenko 155 $268,184
William Durkee 155 $619,201
On another note, Erik Seidel won the event, his 8th WSOP Bracelet, and $538,835 in prize money. Well done!
Final results as follows:
1. Erik Seidel $538,835
2. Chad Brown $324,777
3. Shahram (Shawn) Sheikhan $206,676
4. Lamar Wilkinson $162,389
5. Andrew Black $118,101
6. Kassam (Freddy) Deeb $73,813
7. Todd Brunson $51,669
1,000,000 to 1: Can Jamie Gold win again?
This year's WSOP will most likely be only the second main event where the number of entrants will be less that the previous year's. This provides a glimpse of hope for last year's main event winner, Jamie Gold.
Me amongst many others believe that Gold cannot win it again. Last year, Gold demonstrated a strategy which frustrated his opponents, by talking them into incorrect decisions. It was made much easier due to his massive chip advantage. This year however, everyone has seen his tactics. This was made evident on the recent episodes of Poker After Dark, where Gold was 'demolished' by past world champions. His loose style of play could get him a few lucky pots, but in the end, he will be outplayed and will not repeat last years feat.
I also think that the glory of last years triumph is getting to his head. Some of you may of heard of the incident which hapened between Gold and security at the WSOP. For those of you who haven't, Gold waited in a lengthy line only to reach the front and realise he had left his I.D. card back in his hotel room. He was then refused entry into the room. He then took a quick look around the room to find a poster of himself. He pointed it out to security, who were also convinced by the other people in the line, and he was let in. Anyone think that maybe he did it on purpose.....?
Me amongst many others believe that Gold cannot win it again. Last year, Gold demonstrated a strategy which frustrated his opponents, by talking them into incorrect decisions. It was made much easier due to his massive chip advantage. This year however, everyone has seen his tactics. This was made evident on the recent episodes of Poker After Dark, where Gold was 'demolished' by past world champions. His loose style of play could get him a few lucky pots, but in the end, he will be outplayed and will not repeat last years feat.
I also think that the glory of last years triumph is getting to his head. Some of you may of heard of the incident which hapened between Gold and security at the WSOP. For those of you who haven't, Gold waited in a lengthy line only to reach the front and realise he had left his I.D. card back in his hotel room. He was then refused entry into the room. He then took a quick look around the room to find a poster of himself. He pointed it out to security, who were also convinced by the other people in the line, and he was let in. Anyone think that maybe he did it on purpose.....?
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