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WSOP 2008 Day 34 Updates

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:43:42 -0500

Event #52, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by David Daneshgar, who took the bracelet and $625,443. Taking second place, worth $385,974 was Scott Sitron.

Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout is down to 4 players as of this writing (8AM est), with Jean-Robert Bellande with a HUGE chip lead. They are playing it till the end!

Well, today starts the FIRST of FOUR day one sittings, for the Main Event. This is Event #54, the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas Holdem tournament.
For the next four days one quarter of the field will meet at Noon, to pair down what is expected to be 6,000+ players!

Here is a listing of the current 2008 WSOP POY listings ( just the top 20 showing) with just the Main Event still to play:
Erick Lindgren 245 pts 1 5 $1,348,528
Barry Greenstein 235 pts 1 6 $768,461
Jacobo Fernandez 232 pts 0 7 $658,100
David Benyamine 220 pts 1 4 $941,651
John "Razor" Phan 215 pts 2 4 $606,014
J.C. Tran 210 pts 1 6 $891,337
Farzad Rouhani 195 pts 1 4 $497,027
Daniel Negreanu 190 pts 1 5 $520,304
Chris (Jesus) Ferguson 165 pts 0 5 $677,905
David Singer 165 pts 1 5 $365,432
Vanessa Selbst 163 pts 1 3 $350,391
Michael Mizrachi 157 pts 0 5 $465,154
Andrew Bloch 155 pts 0 4 $709,940
Mike Matusow 155 pts 1 3 $678,883
Tam (Tommy) Hang 155 pts 0 3 $363,653
Davidi Kitai 150 pts 1 3 $368,785
Scotty Nguyen 140 pts 1 2 $2,039,628
Scott Seiver 135 pts 1 4 $785,393
Chris Bjorin 130 pts 0 5 $283,409
Theo Tran 130 pts 0 5 $553,138
Rob Hollink 130 pts 1 3 $535,942
You are seeing, Name, Points, Bracelets, Cashes, Total Prize $

WSOP 2008 Day 33 Updates

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:40:40 -0500

Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event was won by Marty Smyth, who took the bracelet and $859,532. Second place went to Peter Jetten, worth $528,257. Overnight chipleader Michael Mizrachi took down thrid.

Event #51, a $1500 H.O.R.S.E. event was won by James Schaaf, who took the bracelet and first place money worth $256,412. Taking second place, worth $158,933, was Tommy Hang. Phil Hellmuth ended up taking thrid!

Event #52, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final table, with play set to resume today at 2PM. The players are:
Corwin Cole - 1,625,000
Matthew Matros - 1,447,000
Jeffery Courtney - 1,430,000
David Daneshgar - 1,070,000
Voitto Rintala - 553,000
Daniel Heimiller - 545,000
Scott Sitron -503,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 495,000
Farzad Rouhani - 212,000

Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout drew 813 players, and they played down to 72 when play halted for the night. Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table. After an hour break, the play will begin to determine the champion.

Today, there is a $5000 Ante Up for Africa charity at 3PM, and a media event, as things are set to conclude prior to tomorrow's start of the main event.

The Main event begins day 1 tomorrow at Noon. The only other event scheduled , is the annual Casino Employee No Limit Texas Holdem event which will start Next Monday.

WSOP 2008 Day 33 Updates

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:36:58 -0500

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by JC Tran, who won his first bracelet, and $631,170. Taking second place was Rasmus Nielsen, worth $389,557.

Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event is down to the final 9, after a 15 hour session yesterday! The final players will resume today at 3, and are:
1. Kido Pham - 1,080,000
2. Brandon Moran - 1,286,000
3. Peter Jetten - 492,000
4. Michael Mizrachi - 1,767,000
5. Billy Argyros - 729,000
6. Greg Hurst - 637,000
7. Tom Hanlon - 192,000
8. Marty Smyth - 1,068,000
9. Richard Harroch - 372,000

Event #51, a $1500 H.O.R.S.E. event is down to 21, and will play today at 3PM to determine the champion. Phil Hellmuth is the chipleader, and seeking his 12th bracelet.

Event #52, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event drew 2693 entrants, and there were 227 left when play halted, once the money bubble was burst!
Play will resume today at 2PM to play down to the final table.

Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout will get underway today, and is the last event before the MAIN EVENT.

WSOP 2008 Day 32 Updates

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:34:39 -0500

Event #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event was won by former WSOP Main Event champ Scotty Nguyen! Scotty won $1,989,120 along with the prestigious bracelet. Michael DeMichele took second place, worth $1,243,200. Overnight chip leader Erick Lindgren took thrid place.

Event #48, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Alexandre Gomes, who took home $770,540 and the braclet. Second place went to Marco Johnson, worth $491,273.

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final nine, of the starting 2718. Play will resume today, with these players:
Rasmus Nielsen - 2,978,000
J.C. Tran - 1,438,000
Joe Pelton - 1,093,000
Peter Nguyen - 870,000
John Conroy - 501,000
Robert Kalb - 456,000
Jesper Hoog - 320,000
Christoph Kohnen - 293,000
Chad Siu - 185,000

Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event began play with 381, and they are down to 87 players. Josh Arieh leads the pack going into todays play.

Event #51, a $1500 H.O.R.S.E. event drew 803 entrants, and 184 remain going into todays play. Former WSOP Main event winners Phil Hellmuth and Joe Hachem are both in the hunt on this one.

There are only two events remaining prior to the start of the Main Event. They are:

Event #52, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event, that gets underway today at noon.

Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout, which begins tomorrow at Noon.

WSOP 2008 Day 31 Updates

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:56:52 -0500

Event #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event is down to the final 8, and it is JAM PACKED, as you would expect. The players going into today's final are:
Erick Lindgren: 3,680,000
Scotty Nguyen: 3,535,000
Barry Greenstein: 1,955,000
Matt Glantz: 1,445,000
Lyle Berman: 1,430,000
Huck Seed: 1,200,000
Michael DeMichele: 905,000
Patrick Bueno: 695,000
Phil Ivey went out 12Th, an Daniel Negreanu 13th.

Event #46, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event was won by Joe Commisso, who took home $911,855 ant the bracelet. Taking down second place was Richard Lyndaker, worth $570,551.

Event #47, a $1500 Seven Card Stud High-Low event was won by Ryan Hughes, who took home his SECOND Stud 8/b bracelt and $183,368. Second went to Ron Long, worth $113,240. Hughes becomes the ONLY player to win TWO stud 8/b bracelets!!

Event #48, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final table, with play set to resume today at 3PM. The finalists are:
Marco Johnson: 1,400,000
Gabe Costner: 1,380,000
Alexandre Gomes: 1,100,000
Ryan D'Angelo: 1,100,000
Kirill Gerasimov: 1,040,000
Robert Brewer: 970,000
Alan Cutler: 710,000
Daniel Rome: 660,000
Sverre Sundbo: 440,000

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event began play with 2718 entries, and played down to 215, which is the money bubble. Play is set to resume today to get to the final table.

Todays starting events are:

Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event, which gets underway at Noon.

Event #51, a $1500 H.O.R.S.E. event which begins play at 5PM.

The 'MAIN EVENT' is set to begin Thursday, July 3rd, and the schedule looks like this:

July 03, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 1a
July 04, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 1b
July 05, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 1c
July 06, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 1d
July 07, 2008 DAY OFF
July 08, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 2a
July 09, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 2b
July 10, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 3
July 11, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 4
July 12, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 5
July 13, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 6
July 14, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 7
November 09, 2008 10:00 AM PST Final 9
November 10, 2008 10:00 PM PST Final Day
Ya, you are reading that right... a FOUR MONTH break until the final table is played... huge gamble on the WSOP's part... I think it's stupid on MANY levels!

WSOP 2008 Day 30 Updates

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:20:37 -0500

Event #44, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem with Rebuys event was won by Max Greenwood, who took home $693,444 and the bracelet. Rene Mouritsen finished in second ( his THRID second ) and won $445, 523.

Event #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event has been narrowed down to 24, with play resuming today, to determine the final table of 8. Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Doyle Brunson, and Scotty Nguyen are still all in the hunt!

Event #46, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event Was down to the final 7, ALL playing at ONE table, to determine the final 6.

Event #47, a $1500 Seven Card Stud High-Low even played down to 13, when play was halted for the evening. Play will resume today at 3PM and continue down to the champion of this event. David Sklansky is the only 'name' still in the event, as Men 'The Master' Nguyen went out 17th.

Event #48, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event began play with 2317 entries, and at the end of the day there were 198 remaining, ALL in the money! Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table.

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event begins play today at noon.

We are edging closer to the 'MAIN EVENT', which is scheduled to get underway Thursday July 3rd at Noon!!

WSOP 2008 Day 29 Updates

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:48:46 -0500

Event #42, the $1000 Seniors No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship was won by Dan LaCourse, who took down the bracelet and $368,832. Taking second was Dan Eberle worth $ 235,141.

Event #43, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split 8 or better event was taken down by Martin Klaser worth $216,249. Taking second place was Casey Kastle earning $137,985.

Event #44, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem with Rebuys event is down to the final table of 9, with play resuming today at 2pm. The Plyars are:
Jesse Chinni: 1,240,000
Rene Mouritsen: 1,135,000
Albert Iversen: 955,000
Phung Ngo: 780,000
Scott Freeman: 650,000
Max Greenwood: 390,000
Curtis Kohlberg: 245,000
Alex Bolotin: 235,000
Aliaksandr Dzianisau: 235,000

Event #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event was narrowed down to 67 with the following chip leaders heading into todays 3PM start:
Patrick Bueno: 445,000
Barry Greenstein: 415,000
Lyle Berman: 415,000
Joseph Michael: 410,000
Bill Chen: 380,000
Mike Wattel: 380,000
Steve Zolotow: 370,000
Chris Reslock: 360,000
Minh Ly: 345,000
Doyle Brunson: 340,000
Average Stack: 220,896

Event #46, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event began with 806 players, and is down to 96. Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table. 76 Players will make the money!

Event #47, a $1500 Seven Card Stud High-Low event began with 544 and is down to 117 going into todays play at 3PM. Notables remaining in this field include: Phil Hellmuth, Cyndy Violette, John Phan, David Singer, Men "The Master" Nguyen and David Sklansky.

Event #48, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event gets underway today at Noon.

WSOP 2008 Day 28 Updates

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:36:33 -0500

Event 40, a $2500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball event was won by John Phan who took home his second bracelet and $151,896. Second place went to Shun Uchida, who earned $95,795.

Event #41, a $1500 Mixed Texas Holdem event was won by Frank Gary, who took the bracelet, and first place monies worth $219,217. Taking down second place was Jonathan Tamayo, worth $140,093.

Event #42, the $1000 Seniors No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship is down to the final table. The remaining players are:
Dale Eberle -- 1,414,000
Dan Lacourse -- 1,364,000
Marc Fluss -- 873,000
Jerry Yamachika -- 558,000
Charles Wood -- 531,000
Fred Berger -- 518,000
Ed Clark -- 504,000
Martyn Wilson -- 454,000
Peter Silverstein -- 435,000

Event #43, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split 8 or better event began play with 720 entrants, and they are down to the final table that will play today. The remaining players are:
Martin Klaser: 345,000
Erik Seidel: 320,000
Michael Fetter: 290,000
Tom Chambers: 283,000
Jonathan Maren: 210,000
Casey Kastle: 170,000
Larry Wright: 150,000
Joseph Haddad: 135,000
Chad Burum: 120,000

Event #44, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem with Rebuys event began play with 879 entries, and they played down to 116. Play will resume today at 2PM.

Event #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event drew 148 players, with only 8 eliminations on the first day of play! Play will resume today at 3PM, with Holdem, and there are a TON of stars still in the hunt for this VERY prestigous event.

Event #46, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event is set to kick off today at Noon.

Event #46, a $1500 Seven Card Stud High-Low event will begin play today at 5PM

WSOP 2008 Day 26 Updates

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:27:39 -0500

Event #38, a $2000 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Davidi Kitai, who took home $244,546 and teh bracelet. Second place went to Chris Bell, worth $155,806.

Event #39, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by David Woo who took home $631,656 and the bracelet. Matthew Wood took second place worth $389,844.

Event 40, a $2500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball event began play with 238 and is down to the final table of 6, with play scheduled to resume today at 2PM. Three of the six are highly recognizable names! The final table is:
John Phan: 294,000
Gioi Luong: 291,000
Robert Mizrachi: 215,000
Shunjiro Uchida: 200,000
Ben Ponzio: 113,000
David Sklansky: 78,000

Event #41, a $1500 Mixed Texas Holdem event began play Sunday with 731 entries, and they are down to the final nine. The players and their chips are:
Nick Binger: 300,000
Frank Gary: 300,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 270,000
Chris Rentes: 215,000
Mats Gavatin: 200,000
Michael Chu: 165,000
David Machowsky: 160,000
David Sorger: 150,000
Alex Jalali: 70,000

Event #42, the $1000 Seniors No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship began play with 2218 entries, and they are down to 220. They will play down to the final table, when play resumes today.

Event #43, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split 8 or better event gets underway at Noon today.

WSOP 2008 Day 24 Updates

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:21:55 -0500

Event #36, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Jesper Hougaard, taking home $610,304 and the bracelet. Cody Slaubaugh took second place worth $389,128.

Event #37, the $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better event was won by David Benyamine, taking home $535,687 and his first Bracelet. Taking second place was Greg Jamison, worth $331,350.

Event #38, a $2000 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event played down to the final table, and Lee Watkinson is among the chip leaders. Play will begin again today at 2PM to determine the winner. The remaining players are:
Jan Von Halle - 470,000
Lee Watkinson - 390,000
Ayaz Mahmood - 330,000
Robert Cheung - 315,000
Keith Greer - 280,000
Chris Bell - 265,000
Michael Greco - 125,000
Benjamin Roberts - 120,000
Davidi Kitai - 80,000

Event #39, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event began play with 2,720 entrants, and they played down to 218 when play halted for the night. Play will resume today to determine the final table.

Event 40, a $2500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball event is the only new event scheduled for today.

WSOP 2008 Day 23 Updates

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:15:10 -0500

Event #32, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Jose Velador, who took home $573,734 and the bracelet. Second place went to Anthony Signore, worth $366,387.

Event #33, the $5000 World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low Split 8 or better event was won by Sebastian Ruthenberg, wo took home $328,756 and the bracelet. Ruthenberg took down Chris Ferguson ( who won $202,406 ) in the final heads up play.

Event #34, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event was won by Layne Flack, who took home his 6th bracelt and $577,710. Second place went to Daniel Makowsky, worth $355,051.

Event #35, a $1500 Seven Card Stud event was won by Michael Rocco, took home $135,753 with the bracelet. Second place went to Al Barbieri worth $83,210.

Event #36, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event began with 2447 and they are down to the final 9, with play resuming today. The final table consists of:
Cody Slaubaugh - 1,590,000
Jesper Hougaard - 1,350,000
Danny Wong - 1,100,000
Owen Crowe - 675,000
Rick Solis - 640,000
Justin Wald - 640,000
Doug Middleton - 340,000
John Shipley - 280,000
Aaron Kanter - 200,000

Event #37, the $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better event played down to the final two tables, with play set to begin again at 3PM today. Here are the chipleaders:
Ram Vaswani - 450,000
Mike Matusow - 390,000
Chau Giang - 370,000
Greg Jamison - 315,000
Eugene Katchalov - 290,000
Toto Leonidas - 265,000
David Benyamine - 260,000
David Chiu - 260,000
Berry Johnston - 260,000
Hieu Ma - 230,000

Event #38, a $2000 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event began play with 605 players, and 63 remain going into todays play. They will determine the final table with they meet up today at 2PM.

Event #39, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event, is the only new event scheduled for today.

WSOP 2008 Day 21 Updates

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:36:43 -0500

Event #31, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event was won by Dario Minieri, who took home his first bracelet and $528,418. Second place went to Seth Fischer, worth $330,519.

Event #32, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final table. Play will commence today to determine the winner. Finalist's are:
Jose Velador - 1,898,000
Jospeh Georges - 1,202,000
Utsab Saha - 964,000
Jae Chung - 720,000
Anthony Signore - 701,000
Shane Stacey - 653,000
Osmin Dardon - 487,000
Dean Bui - 217,000
Justin Huffman - 150,000

Event #33, the $5000 World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low Split 8 or better event is still playing ( as of this reporting ) to determine the final 8. Players voted to play down to 8, instead of ending play for the night. Several heavyweights are still in the hunt, with these players still vieing for the title: Annie Duke, Marcel Luske, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, and Allen Cunningham. Barry Greenstein went out 14th.

Event #34, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event ended play with 49 of the starting 320 still in the hunt. Among those still contending are: Layne Flack, and Ted Forrest. Play resumes today at 2PM.

Event #35, a $1500 Seven Card Stud event began play with 381, and there were 74 left when play ended for the day. Play will resume today at 3PM.

Todays new events are:

Event #36, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event.

Event #37, the $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better event.

WSOP 2008 DAY 20 Updates

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:45:52 -0500

Event #29, a $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem Event was son by John Phan who took home his first bracelet and $434,789. Second place went to Johnny Neckar, worth $277,452.

Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Texas Holdem was won by Rob Hollink, who took home the bracelet and $496,931. Taking second place, worth $307,380, was Jerrod Ankeman.

Event #31, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event is down to the final table. Scotty Nguyen just missed, going out 7th! The final table players are:
Dario Minieri - 1,721,000
Kevin Song - 1,173,000
Justin Filtz - 891,000
John O'Shea - 589,000
Seth Fischer - 508,000
Stuart Marshak - 183,000

Event #32, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event drew 2304 players, and 166 were left at the end of the day. Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table. Phil Hellmuth made the money, extending his record to 65 WSOP events he's cashed in!

Event #33, the $5000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hith-Low Split 8 or better event drew 261 players, and 120 remain at the end of day one. Day two starts today at 3PM. There are a lot of 'names' left among the leaders, including:
Matt Grapenthien - 51,900
Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan - 47,000
Marco Traniello - 41,000
Barry Greenstein - 40,000
Robert Mizrachi - 39,000
Michael Mizrachi - 38,000
Marcel Luske - 38,000
Brett Richey - 38,000
John Barch - 36,000
David Levi - 35,000

Todays events are:

Event #34, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event.

Event #35, a $1500 Seven Card Stud event.

WSOP 2008 Day 19 Updates

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:26:34 -0500

Event #27, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event was taken down by Vitaly Lunkin, who won $628,417 and the bracelet. Second place went to Brett Kimes, who won $387.837.

Event #28, a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys was won by Phil Galfond, taking home $817,781 and the bracelet. Adam Hourani took second place worth $493,748. Johnny Chan went out forth... there were 483 rebuys in this event and only 152 players!!

Event #29, a $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem Event is down to the final table, with play resuming today at 3PM. The remaining players are: John Phan, David Singer, Alex Bolotin, Thuyen Doan, Stewart Newman, Johnny Neckar, Tony Dunst, and Sebastian Segovia.

Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Texas Holdem is down to the final nine, with play set to go today at 3PM to determine the winner. The final table looks like this:
Rob Hollink - 1,000,000
Rob Hollink Aaron Katz - 870,000
Tam "Tommy" Hang - 530,000
J.C. Tran - 480,000
Andy Bloch - 425,000
Chris Vitch - 200,000
Cy Jassinowsky - 180,000
Brock "t soprano" Parker - 144,000
Jerrod Ankenman - 44,000

Event #31, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event begain the day with 1012 players, and 76 remain to go to todays play that starts at 2PM. They will play down to the final table today.

The events kicking off today are:

Event #32, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event, beginning at Noon.

Event #33, the $5000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hith-Low Split 8 or better going off at 5PM.

WSOP 2008 Day 18 Updates

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:49:04 -0500

Event #25, a $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Texas Holdem event was taken down by Kenny Tran, who won $539,040 and the bracelet. Taking second was Alec Torelli, worth $336,896.

Event #26, a $1500 Seven Card Razz event was won by Barry Greenstein, taking home his thrid bracelet, and first place money worth $158,659. Second place went to Chris Klodnicki worth $98,034.

Event #27, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event is down to 17, with play resuming today at 2PM playing until the bracelet and $628,290 are claimed.

Event #28, a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys is down to the final table, and it is power packed! Play will resume today at 3PM with the following player vieing for the title:
Phil Galfond - 1,393,000
Brian Rast - 1,176,000
David Benyamine - 1,041,000
John Juanda - 694,000
Johnny Chan - 624,000
Kirill Gerasimov - 558,000
Daniel Negreanu - 460,000
Adam Hourani - 300,000
Phil Hellmuth - 119,000

Event #29, a $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem Event began with 716 players, with 70 remaining going into today's action.

Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Texas Holdem started with 218 players, and 97 are still in the hunt with day two set to resume today at 3PM.

Event #31, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event begins today at noon.