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July 27, 2005

Off to Vegas....

We are off to Las Vegas in a couple of hours, so we wont be making any entries for a couple of days...

We plan on playing a few Texas Holdem Tournaments while we are there, and I'm sure Wilcone will be playing in some No Limit Texas Holdem ring games....

With luck, we will have some success stories to report on when we return!

See ya Sunday!

Posted by fatbill at 08:59 AM | Comments (0)

July 26, 2005

Noble Poker added

I've added Noble Poker to my recommended listing of Poker Rooms. You can read the review in the ONLINE POKER SITES REVIEWED link here or on the right.

One of the reasons, was this interesting idea for players that like Sit-N-Go type tournaments. ( SNG's are single table tournaments )

Noble poker will pay 1 MILLION DOLLARS to any player that can win seven consecutive low stakes SNG tournaments! 1 MILLION DOLLARS!!

6 in a row will net you $75K... and 5 in a row will net you $25K

That aint a bad deal at all!

CLICK HERE if you want to get in on this, or want more information....

Posted by fatbill at 09:18 AM | Comments (0)

July 25, 2005

Texas Holdem game last night

I played in a small Texas Holdem tournament last night for cash. There were only a little more than 20 players, and there was to be an optional add-on after the end of the thrid round. We started with 3000 in chips, and the add-on was for 1500 more.

Things went pretty well for me most of the night, although I did not see that many decent hands. Early on, all the connectors that I tried to play never hit, and I went down about 1K by the end of the second level.
Finally got some luck, when I got dealt 78o in the big blind, and there were no raises. On the turn I made the nut straight, and got back all those chips I lost trying to make something happen early.

After the add-on, cards were still pretty cold, but I managed to make what I did get pay well, and when we finally got down to the final 9, I was sitting pretty well at just over 6000.

I never had a hand to play at the final table. NOT ONE... I watched my 6K dwindle down to 1600, when I pushed with QTd... 4 diamonds on the turn, but the river offered me no help, and I was out 8th....

That is the nature of the game. I'm not really dissapointed, as I made NO mistakes and lost NO big hands. Some encouragement heading into Vegas in two days! ;-)

Posted by fatbill at 08:54 AM | Comments (0)

July 23, 2005

Vegas Tournaments

There are a couple tournaments going on in Vegas right now, that seem to be getting lost in the aftermath of the WSOP coverage.

The Ultimate Poker Challange is going on at the Plaza. The final/main event goes off next week. The finals will be on Wednesday, which incidentally is the day we arrive in Vegas for our little 'family' adventure. I'm hoping at least to see some of the final table play when I get into town....

The Orleans has a tournament going on right now also. This tournament has much lower buy-in fees than most tournaments, which makes it attractive. It also has 'second chance' events each night for a $125 buy-in. I'm probably going to play at least one of these when I am in town, either Thrusday or Friday evening. It looks like they are drawing over 100 players to these events.

Posted by fatbill at 08:38 AM | Comments (0)

July 22, 2005

Played well pre-Vegas!

I played in the same Cash game last night as Wilcone, fortunately I had a little better results! ;-)

I was short and down to $1025 when I was the Big Blind for $400. I had nothing, 57off.... the flop came 226.... I moved all in, as I was only up against two other players, one being the small blind. I took a chance that they would think I hit a Big Blind special.... they did, and folded, so I was able to double up.

Next hand I get KK with one player ahead of me moving all in. I call! He has QQ.... we both hit a set on the flop, so I double up again! Now I'm over 4K, and we merge into the final 9.

I was doing well, and at one point got the stack up over 6K, but took a huge hit when my AQ did not hit and I had to fold after calling a pre-flop raise....

All in moves with AKs, and JJ both went uncalled....

I was down to just over $3K when the player before me made it $1600 to go ( $800 big blind )... I had Pocket 9's... I either fold, or push, as calling would leave me only $1500... I decide to push...

Unfortunately he had Jacks! I dont catch, and am out 6th...

Posted by fatbill at 09:40 AM | Comments (0)

Rather upsetting night

I played in a low end cash game with some good players, but I let myself get down to the felt and thats not good. I sure hope my vegas experience is gonna come through for me, lady luck left me and she doesnt seem to wanna come back.

Posted by wilcone at 12:19 AM | Comments (0)

July 21, 2005

Phil Laak beats poker bot...

There was a 'competition' held at Binions Horseshow recently, pitting several 'poker robots' against each other in Texas Holdem. The winning poker bot, named Poker Probot, came out victorious.

This bot then went on to challange Phil Lack in a Limit Texas Holdem game.

Laak beat the computer in a three hour contest, by adjusting his style to what he saw the computer doing: Playing too aggressively.

'Humans do it better'

Posted by fatbill at 10:12 AM | Comments (0)

July 20, 2005

INteresting article...

I read an interesting article at ESPN, that I thought I would share. You can read the entire article Here

One of the most interesting parts:

"Much has been written about the huge amounts of money many players are raking in, week after week, especially on the Web. But the fact is, in real life, such people are few and far between.

Since there are very few, if any, reliable studies available that demonstrate the percentage of winners -- and big winners -- from among the tens of millions who play the game, you are probably wondering how I "know" this. Well, as it turns out, there is one group that can -- and does -- track this kind of stat, though they are not about to publicize the results. That group consists of online poker site management, two members of which revealed to me at the WSOP that what intuition suggests must be true -- only 8 and 7 percent, respectively, of all players on their sites finish the year in the black. And I'm not talking about deep in the black, either. The vast majority of those winners are not about to give up their day jobs."

Posted by fatbill at 09:15 AM | Comments (0)

July 18, 2005

Getting called by questionable hands...

I played in a live Texas Holdem tournament this past weekend that was a satellite into a bigger event for the upcoming Aruba Classic on the WPT. I played pretty well, all things considered. I really did not have that much in the way of cards, but got lucky playing several 'junk' hands in the blinds, so I was able to keep my chip count up. When I did get the 'big hands' I was able to capitalize on them, and make some modest gains in the chip stack....

Play got down to the final 7, and the table was being pretty tight. Only three would get the automatic buy-in to the next event.

With a stack of 2700 Chips, and under the gun, I was dealt AQ, which was the best pre-flop hand I had had since we combined into the final table. Since the blinds were 800, there was little point in calling. I would have to push or fold. I decided to push it. I had not played a hand in a long time, and figured people would recognize that fact. I had previously pushed from this position and shown Pocket Rockets, and was counting on people to remember that, as I made it a point of commenting on it at the time.

Frankly, I was just figuring to pick up the blinds and antes, which would have been a nice boost to my stack, figuring to cover my next big and small blinds....

Everyone folded to the Big Blind. He had me covered, but to make this call, EVEN with his big blind, would mean committing more than half his stack. After a few minutes of pondering, he says, "You probably have me dominated.... but I call"!

HOW the hell can you make a call with the thought in your head that you would be dominated??

He had pocket 5's.... unfortunately, the board turned up 5 complete rags, and his 5's held.

Posted by fatbill at 08:24 AM | Comments (0)

July 17, 2005

WSOP Update - Final Standings

Well, the big event is over, and all the winners have been listed, so here is the final World Series of Poker Overall Standings:

Rank, Name/residence, Points, Final Tables, Winnings

1 Todd Witteles Las Vegas, NV 2,080 2 $463,195
2 Joseph Hachem Melbourne, Australia 1,920 1 $7,525,850
2 Mark Seif Incline Village, NV 1,920 2 $799,950
4 Allen Cunningham Ventura, CA 1,902 4 $1,006,935
5 Todd Brunson El Paso, TX 1,808 3 $401,415
6 Quinn Do Seattle, WA 1,732 2 $300,440
7 Steven Dannenmann Severn, MD 1,600 1 $4,250,000
8 Charidimos 'Harry' Demetriou London, United Kingdom 1,520 2 $287,765
9 Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV 1,479 4 $752,235
10 Farzad Bonyadi Aliso Viejo, CA 1,440 1 $834,580
10 Andre Boyer Las Vegas, NV 1,440 1 $682,810
10 T.J. Cloutier Richardson, TX 1,440 1 $660,080
10 Jon Heneghan Safety Harbor, FL 1,440 1 $611,015
10 Maciek "Michael" Gracz Raleigh, NC 1,440 1 $602,685
10 Isaac Galazan Miami, FL 1,440 1 $315,125
10 Johnny Chan Cerritos, CA 1,440 1 $303,025
17 Cyndy Violette Absecon, NJ 1,376 3 $400,905
18 Layne Flack Las Vegas, NV 1,340 2 $328,190
19 John Barch McKinney, TX 1,280 1 $2,500,000
20 Matthew Glantz Lafayette Hill, PA 1,200 1 $375,005
20 Steven Zoine Merrick, NY 1,200 1 $352,620
20 Cheung Tai Law Middlesbrook, United Kingdom 1,200 1 $325,530
20 Paul Deng United States 1,200 1 $324,305
20 Lars Bonding Aarhas, Netherlands 1,200 1 $317,625
20 Daryl Mixan Omaha, NE 1,200 1 $184,170
20 Phil Laak San Jose, CA 1,200 1 $163,985

They are only showing 326 Point earners in the listings, but there were many more in the cash, especially in the Main Event, where they paid 560 places there alone. Becasue of his win in the Main Event, Joseph Hachem moved into Second in the standings.

Allen Cunningham and Eric Sidel BOTH made 4 final tables.
Those that made three final tables include: Todd Brunson, Cyndy Violette, and Minh Nguyen

Several players made 2 final tables, including Point Winner Todd Witteles

A few fellow Michiganders fared well this year, including:
Thom Werthman, $369,535 - Event #3 Pot Limit Holdem Champion
Jeff Rine $160,665
Ernest Patrick $29,560
Larry Prugh $145,875
Tom Shaneberger $54,965
Michael Cribb $54,965
Josef Monro $33,225
Bob Ciaffone $24,365
Scotty Brown $24,310
Mark Galasso $18,335

Posted by fatbill at 07:01 AM | Comments (0)

July 16, 2005

WSOP Main Event Update - Final Table

Joseph Hachem has just become the 2005 World Series of Poker champion, winning $7,500.000!

It ended at approximately 6:40AM PST today!

Here are the final table results, with earnings and POY points

1 Joseph Hachem $7,500,000 1920
2 Steven Dannenmann $4,250,000 1600
3 John Barch $2,500,000 1280
4 Aaron Kanter $2,000,000 960
5 Andrew Black $1,750,000 800
6 Scott Lazar $1,500,000 640
7 Daniel Bergsdorf $1,300,000 480
8 Brad Kondracki $1,150,000 320
9 Mike Matusow $1,000,000 160

The final numbers....
$10,000 Buy In No Limit Texas Holdem Main event championship drew 5619 Players and had a total prize pool of $52,818,610!!

Posted by fatbill at 09:44 AM | Comments (0)

July 15, 2005

Wsop Main Event Update #8

Well, the Final Table at the WSOP $10,000 Buy In No Limit Texas Holdem MAIN event is all set! Here is the table with the chip counts:
1. Aaron Kanter - $10,700,000 (seat 6)
2. Tex Barch - $9,330,000 (seat 3)
3. Andrew Black - $8,140,000 (seat 2)
4. Mike Matusow - $7,410,000 (seat 5)
5. Steve Dannenmann - $5,460,000 (seat 8)
6. Joseph Hachem - $5,420,000 (seat 1)
7. Daniel Bergsdorf - $5,270,000 (seat 4)
8. Scott Lazar - $3,370,000 (seat 9)
9. Brad Kondracki - $1,180,000 (seat 7)


Play will get underway today at 4PM with EVERY player guaranteed at LEAST ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

Interesting fact.... 11 of the final 27 players were online qualifiers, which guaranteed them at LEAST $350K.

Cardplayer will be broadcasting LIVE audio of the Final Table later today, with commentators Danial Negraneau, Eric lingren, Phil Helmuth, and Jeniffer Harmon... should be interesting....

Posted by fatbill at 06:58 AM | Comments (0)

July 14, 2005

Some Side drama's at the WSOP

These side drama's are doubtful to make TV coverage, but are amoung the things that transpired during the last day's play. These are reported by CardPlayer.com ( whos coverage of the WSOP has been terrific! ) in their logs...

"Some of the details are unclear, but about fifteen minutes ago at the Featured Table, one of the female dealers was quietly crying as she was replaced by the next dealer. Upon further investigation, one of the players at the final table was apparently being very critical of every mistake. According to Greg Raymer, it wasn't the content of what he was saying, but how he was saying it -- every criticism sounded like a spit in the face. If you took a transcript of what he said, it wouldn't appear to be very bad. But if you had to listen to it ...
It's a touchy situation, and the crowd applauded her in support as she left the table. Soon after, Tournament Director Johnny Grooms approaches the table to address the situation. Before he gets a chance to speak, the player leaves the table and goes over to say something to the dealer. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but their body language and everything else implies that he apologized to her. "

"Bing Wang was apparently confused following the last level of play. The break was scheduled to be 30 minutes, but Wang thought that it was a longer break for dinner. An easy mistake to make, considering a dinner break was announced, but for a different event also going on in the Amazon room. Wang has not returned to his seat and the tournament directors have made the decision to blind him off until he returns. The player sitting two spots to his right, Andy Black doesn't think that is fair. As a result, Black has asked the tournament directors to stop play until he returns. The ruling stands and Wang's chips are being blinded off. In an effort to help Wang out, Black is stalling and taking a very long time to do anything. Andy Black is visibly upset with what is taking place, and it appears that he is shedding a few tears."

You knew there had to be some little drama's going on in the background!

Posted by fatbill at 07:37 AM | Comments (0)

WSOP Main Event Update #7

They are down to the Final 27, and play will resume today at the Horseshoe. Those that remain, and their chip counts are:
Mike Matusow $5,104,000
Phil Ivey $4,600,000
Steve Dannenmann $4,150,000
Tex Barch $3,900,000
Greg Raymer $3,500,000
Scott Lazar $2,900,000
Joe Hachem $2,700,000
Michael Kessler $2,700,000
Daniel Bergsdorf $2,500,000
Andrew Black $2,350,000
Aaron Kanter $2,200,000
Tim Phan $2,200,000
Tommy Vu $2,000,000
Minh Ly $1,800,000
Brad Kondracki $1,500,000
Bryant King $1,500,000
Connor Tate $1,300,000
Oskar Silow $1,300,000
Joe Connor $1,000,000
Tiffany Williamson $1,000,000
Bernard Lee $950,000
Tom Sartori $950,000
Johnny Howard $800,000
John McGrane $600,000
Per Hildebrand $550,0002
Shawn Sheikhan $400,000
Ayhan Alsancak $250,000

Notables that went out today include, Dutch Boyd, Lee Watkinson, Howard Lederer, and John Juanda....
The next nine eliminated earn $304K....

A couple other small events that have gone on over the past couple days.....
1 Ron Kirk $321,520, $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem, $1,191,380 Total Prize Pook, 863 entries - July 11th

1 John Pires $220,935, $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem, $882,505 Total Prize Pool, 971 Players - July 12th

1 Willie Tann $188,335m $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem, $697,360 Total Prize Pool, 758 Players - July 13th.

It's easy to miss these smaller events in all the hype over the main event, and these are over-shadowed by the enormous prize pool for that Main Event. Still, these events had some impressive payouts!

Posted by fatbill at 07:16 AM | Comments (0)

July 13, 2005

WSOP Main Event Update #6

Play ended last night with 58 players remaining. Play will begin again today at Noon and continue until there are 27 players left. Those 27 players will move downtown to the Horseshoe for the final three tables and the eventual champion.

Here are those remaining, and their chip counts:
1. Tim Phan - $3,244,000
2. Mike Matusow - $2,561,000
3. Farzad Bonyadi - $2,402,000
4. Steve Danaman - $2,143,000
5. Phil Ivey - $2,027,000
6. Tex Barch - $2,025,000
7. Tiffany Williamson - $1,992,000
8. Johnny Howard - $1,806,000
9. Scott Lazar - $1,629,000
10. Tuan Vu - $1,571,000
11. Gregory Rice - $1,414,000
12. Raymi Sanchesz Thorn - $1,288,000
13. Lee Watkinson - $1,221,000
14. Tom Sartori - $1,208,000
15. Daniel Bergsdorf - $1,144,000
16. Brad Koundracki - $1,136,000
17. Minh Ly - $1,102,000
18. Terry Burt - $1,080,000
19. Steve Marx - $1,042,000
20. Per Hildebrand - $1,017,000
21. Michael Kessler - $986,000
22. Shahram - $983,000
23. Patrick Hayden - $972,000


AVERAGE STACK SIZE - $968,793


24. Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf - $968,000
25. John Juanda - $841,000
26. Joseph Hachem - $814,000
27. Nick Givson - $811,000
28. John McGrane - $780,880
29. Aaron Kanter - $778,000
30. Ayhan Alsancak - $775,000
31. Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer - $766,000
32. Radu Butan - $762,000
33. Bing Wang - $739,000
34. Oskar Silow - $720,000
35. Adam Friedman - $719,000
36. James Butt - $716,000
37. Russell "The Muscle" Salzer - $710,000
38. Bryant King - $702,000
39. Frankling Caldwell - $690,000
40. Yakov Hirsch - $658,000
41. Joe Connor - $641,000
42. Mark Forrester - $628,000
43. Karlo Lopez - $607,000
44. Joe Stillman - $584,000
45. Kevin Kaikko - $571,000
46. Tony Abesamis - $513,000
47. Kenna James - $510,000
48. Hung La - $505,000
49. David Richardson - $501,000
50. Roland Israelashvici - $469,000
51. Francis W O'Brien - $423,000
52. Bernard Lee - $379,000
53. Andrew Black - $371,000
54. Conor Tate - $368,000
55. Derek Dix - $202,000
56. Rod Pardey Jr. - $187,000
57. Larry Prugh - $166,000
58. Jarl Lindholt - $101,000

Only a handful of 'name' pros remain, among them,
Mike Matusow
Phil Ivey
Lee Watkinson
John Juanda
Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer
Kenna James

The next 4 out will recieve $145,875 and then it jumps up to $173,880 until 46 are left. At that point the money jumps to $235,390

Once down to 27, players are assured at least $300,000+, but they have to make the final 9 to win a MILLION!

Posted by fatbill at 07:52 AM | Comments (0)

July 12, 2005

Play Free Texas Holdem

So you have heard and see all the hype about Texas Holdem Poker, and you want to look into playing online, right? There are a few things to consider when you start your online play, lets see if we can address them!

Playing for money or playing free?
Everyone wants to win money. RE READ THAT! EVERYONE WANTS TO WIN MONEY, especially poker players.

The fact of the matter, is that if you win money 20% of the time you play, you are ahead of the curve!

There are those out there that win consistantly, and earn a very good living out of JUST playing online texas holdem! These players are normally referred to as the 'Sharks'

Now, are you capable of being one of them?
Just because you know the rules of the game, does not make you a shark! There are a LOT of sharks playing Online Texas Holdem, in most EVERY poker room on the net. Sharks prey on OTHER fish!

If you are a beginner, you definately should NOT play for real money, until you get the experience and skills necessary to compete with the 'sharks' out there! So, how do we get those skills, and gain that experience? You start by playing FREE TEXAS HOLDEM, thats how!

Every major poker room on the internet offers you the opportunity to play texas holdem free! EVERY ONE OF THEM. You are able to play not only free texas holdem in ring games, but there are free texas holdem tournaments that you can enter and get a feel for the game. Realize, however, that when you play free texas holdem, the players are VERY loose and carefree with their play, UNLIKE playing for real money. It's very easy to risk 'PLAY MONEY', but when its YOUR money, its a totally different story.

There is absolutely NO reason for you to risk your hard earned cash, until you have sufficient skills to compete in the money games. Even if you have money to burn, its senseless to just throw it away... you will do enought of that EVEN when you have the necessary skills and understanding of the game! ;-)

Every game costs money to learn, and Texas Holdem is definately no different. Realize this, and accept the fact that it will cost you to learn to compete at higher and higher levels.

Choosing the Right Poker room for Free Texas Holdem.

As I mentioned, EVERY poker room that we recommend on this site offers free texas holdem play. We recommend these poker rooms because they are HONEST, FAIR, and run a good game. You can read more of our thoughts on each by looking at the Online Poker Sites Reviewed link on the main page. While I like playing at each of these poker rooms, I would suggest one of the bigger ones to start out. You will find more action, as they have more players. Look at PartyPoker.com, PokerRoom.com, or

PacificPoker.com for starters. There are links to each poker site on the main page under ONLINE POKER ROOMS WE ENDORSE.

When you have selected the poker room that appeals to you, you simply have to download their free software. NOTE: The DOWNLOAD IS TOTALLY FREE! There is ABSOLUTELY no risk in this download! It is NOT in the interest of the poker room to mess around with your computer and risk losing you as a player. Besides, We would not endorse any poker room that would play games with spyware or virus'.... that would hurt OUR credibility also!

Once you have downloaded the free software, you will be asked to create a USERNAME, and PASSWORD for access to your account when you play. CHOOSE YOUR USERNAME WISELY! Once it is created, it is what you will be playing under, and getting known at the poker room by. Creating cute names that paint a target on your back may not be the best idea! ;-)

Once you have the Username selected, and entered the appropriate information, you can start play.
MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT PLAY MONEY GAMES!
Look for games that have reasonable limits. I dont suggest you start playing No Limit Texas Holdem on your first attempt! Play a nice limit game, so that you can get used to the interface, and the betting style of the site. Once you are comfortable with that, you can start playing other versions of the game.

To supplement your play, take advantage of the free texas holdem articles and strategy guides that we have put together on this site. They will give you some insights into the rules of the game, as well as tips for playing. These can be found on the main page under POKER ARTILES/INFORMATION - Texas Holdem Poker Articles.

Posted by fatbill at 01:22 PM | Comments (0)

WSOP Main Event Update #5

Day Three ended with 185 players remaining in the field. Play will resume today at Noon
Here are the chip counts at the end of day three:
1 Greg Raymer $ 1,064,000
2 Rodney Pardey Jr. $ 1,041,000
3 Brad Kondracki $ 962,500
4 Johnny Howard $ 910,500
5 Bob Larsen $ 796,500
6 Tim Phan $ 746,000
7 Phil Ivey $ 722,500
8 Steve Marx $ 679,500
9 S Bartholomew $ 659,000
10 Gabe Wells $ 655,500
11 Bryan Stelbuger $ 648,500
12 Oskar Silow $ 638,000
13 Bob Hotchandani $ 627,500
14 Raymi Sanchez Thorn $ 595,500
15 Manelic Minaya $ 594,500
16 Tex Barch $ 590,000
17 Jon Lane $ 585,000
18 James Ocson $ 583,000
19 David Bergsdorf $ 579,500
20 Tom Sartori $ 574,500
21 James Pollack $ 557,500
22 Karlo Lopez $ 556,500
23 Terry Burt $ 550,500
24 Joe Berry $ 542,500
25 James Butt $ 542,500
26 Minh Ly $ 530,250
27 Casper Christensen $ 525,500
28 Thomas A Roupe $ 525,000
29 Gregory Rice $ 523,000
30 Aaron Kanter $ 503,500
31 Howard Lederer $ 496,500
32 Matt Fitzpatrick $ 490,500
33 Randal Brooks $ 490,000
34 Jon Kalmar $ 469,500
35 Hung La $ 467,000
36 Nick Gibson $ 466,000
37 Nani Awad $ 460,500
38 Hunter Pappas $ 455,500
39 Mike Matusow $ 454,000
40 Sean Daulat $ 452,500
41 John McGrane $ 452,500
42 Nani Dollison $ 448,500
43 Tiffany Williamson $ 441,000
44 Mark Forrester $ 440,000
45 Yomtov Shabot $ 427,000
46 Samir Shakhtoor $ 414,000
47 Russell Salzer $ 412,500
48 Chris Short $ 411,500
49 Can Kim Hua $ 404,000
50 Krystal Nelson $ 395,000
51 Espen Saltnes $ 388,000
52 Marcello Del Grosso $ 386,500
53 Kevin Kim $ 384,500
54 George Kelly Dickson $ 377,000
55 Scott Numoto $ 376,500
56 Larry Prugh $ 372,500
57 Carmen Menechella $ 370,000
58 Russ Hamilton $ 365,000
59 John Juanda $ 354,000
60 Jose M Rodriguez $ 352,500
61 Nick Camarts $ 348,500
62 Ron Ware $ 345,000
63 David Plastik $ 342,500
64 Franklin Caldwell $ 339,000
65 Alex Morales $ 337,500
66 Sarah Bilney $ 332,500
67 Bobby Law $ 325,500
68 Jarl Lindholt Joergensen $ 320,500
69 Yakov Hirsch $ 316,500
70 Tuan Vu $ 316,500
71 Chris Drozdowski $ 315,000
72 Tom Shaneberger $ 309,000
73 Michael Kessler $ 297,500
74 Roland Israelashvizi $ 289,000
75 Kenna James $ 287,500
76 Michael Cribb $ 282,500
77 Rafael $ 282,000
78 Daniel Shak $ 280,500
79 Jason Lester $ 280,000
80 Jason Kaplan $ 274,500
81 Bing Wang $ 272,500
82 Gen Watamabe $ 271,000
83 David Richardson $ 269,500
84 Terry Myers $ 269,000
85 Bjorn Lindenberg $ 265,500
86 Tony Pirone $ 265,500
87 Patrick Madden $ 265,000
88 Paul Vicary $ 265,000
89 Scott Lazar $ 264,500
90 Niklas Flisberg $ 260,000
91 Robert Turner $ 260,000
92 Darryl Tennefos $ 259,500
93 JC Tran $ 259,500
94 Andrew Black $ 257,000
95 Bryant King $ 253,500
96 Kevin McCarthy $ 251,000
97 Joe Stillman $ 249,500
98 Joe Simmons $ 245,000
99 Shahram Sheikhan $ 243,000
100 Paul Mannetta $ 240,000
101 Tony Abesamis $ 237,500
102 Francis W O'Brien $ 234,000
103 Patrick Hayden $ 233,000
104 Joseph Hachem $ 231,000
105 Erick Richardson $ 227,000
106 Josh Prager $ 225,000
107 Mark Cole $ 224,500
108 Joe Connor $ 224,000
109 Mitchell Klein $ 219,500
110 Daniel Alaei $ 219,000
111 Alan Singer $ 217,000
112 Jack Ward $ 207,500
113 Webber Kang $ 206,300
114 Kevin Wright $ 202,000
115 Richard Lapwood $ 202,000
116 Richard Kirsch $ 200,500
117 Conor Tate $ 200,000
118 Dennis Savelkoul $ 197,500
119 Anthony Laughing, Jr $ 192,500
120 Kelly Zoudo $ 192,500
121 Dmitriy Eidelman $ 189,500
122 David Steirman $ 181,500
123 Lee Watkinson $ 181,000
124 Joe Toth $ 180,500
125 Stephen Deetz $ 180,000
126 Derek Dix $ 178,500
127 Joseph Chiosie $ 178,000
128 Anthony Hill $ 173,000
129 Joe Beevers $ 173,000
130 Louie Calvo $ 170,500
131 Vadim Shlez $ 170,500
132 Louis Lo $ 169,500
133 Michaey Leahy $ 169,000
134 Adam Friedman $ 166,000
135 Dietrich Alex $ 159,500
136 Cliff Cantor $ 159,000
137 Radu Butan $ 158,500
138 Mark Graves $ 154,000
139 Mike May $ 153,500
140 Kit Phaphon $ 150,500
141 Jake Minter $ 146,500
142 Glyn Banks $ 144,500
143 Bernard Lee $ 143,000
144 Peter Hedlund $ 141,500
145 Mehrdad Yousefzadeh $ 136,500
146 Kevin O'Brien $ 136,500
147 Tom Koral $ 132,000
148 Steven Dannenmann, CPA $ 131,000
149 Per Hildebrand $ 131,000
150 Farzad Bonyadi $ 129,500
151 Dustin Woolf $ 127,000
152 Tom Pniak $ 126,500
153 Alejandro Pachero $ 126,500
154 Chris Podlewski $ 126,000
155 Babak Rozi $ 123,000
156 Kevin Kaikko $ 122,000
157 Mark Tenner $ 112,000
158 Paul Fisher $ 110,000
159 Ayhan Alsancak $ 109,500
160 Mark Bryan $ 109,000
161 Amit Sander $ 109,000
162 Michael P Mollay $ 104,500
163 Kjetil Praesttun $ 102,000
164 Tom Clark $ 94,500
165 Dutch Boyd $ 92,000
166 Joe Leibman $ 88,000
167 Sean Blanton $ 87,000
168 Adam Brosius $ 86,500
169 John R $ 85,500
170 Joseph Vannata $ 84,500
171 Matt Fitzgerald $ 81,500
172 Michael Capener $ 80,000
173 George Thomas Huber $ 73,000
174 Doug Gehring $ 73,000
175 Martin Cedercrantz $ 71,500
176 Frank Hernandez $ 67,000
177 Jon Hoellein $ 63,500
178 Mike Wattel $ 62,500
179 Paul L Darden, Jr. $ 60,000
180 Jeffrey Geiger $ 48,000
181 Tom Drotleff $ 41,500
182 Brett Wiesner $ 36,000
183 Ed Pellegrini $ 23,500
184 John McLaughlin $ 16,500
185 Imad Samouna $ 7,400

I dont think ANYONE expected to see Greg Raymer on top at this point... he'd gunning for the record book, if he can pull off the repeat!

Three names stick out that CAN NOT be counted out:
Phil Ivey
Howard Lederer
John Juanda

All are in the hunt with good chip stacks.... should be interesting!

Posted by fatbill at 09:40 AM | Comments (0)

July 11, 2005

Online Gambling law 'untested'

There is an interesting article in The Daily Times, of Maryville, Tn ( you can read the full article HERE.

The part of the article that got me thinking was:

"``I would imagine the argument that it is not illegal would be based on the fact that the bet is actually placed in a jurisdiction where gambling is legal,'' Young said. ``Until it is tested in court, no one can say for certain that it's legal or that it's against the law.''"

Will they attempt to restrict resident's of states where Gambling is 'Not Legal' from going to states where is is?

Is that so different than a web browser visiting some place where Gambling IS legal?

interesting argument....

Posted by fatbill at 09:30 AM | Comments (0)

WSOP Main Event Update #4

Day 2 Ended with 569 Players remaining, and play resuming today at Noon PST. Play will resume on a hand-for-hand basis, to get down to the money. With only a few spots remaining to get into the money, expect play to be tight when they start, as its BUBBLE TIME!

Among those still playing, are these notables:

6 Lee Watkinson $ 336,800
9 Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer $ 318,700
14 Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi $ 294,800
41 'Minneapolis' Jim Meehan $ 211,900
63 Layne Flack $ 188,100
83 Sam Farha $ 173,600
122 Paul L. Darden Sr. $ 144,000
130 John Juanda $ 141,100
156 Howard Lederer $ 127,800
172 Mike Matusow $ 120,100
208 Dutch Boyd $ 103,800
259 Phil Ivey $ 89,600
338 Clonie Gowen $ 64,400
472 Bob Ciaffone $ 34,600

Play will move to the Horseshoe on Thursday....

Notable Players that Busted include:
Notable Bust Outs:
Gus Hansen
Chris Moneymaker
Marcel Luske
Shannon Elizabeth
Dan Harrington
David Sklansky
John Myung
John Gale
Chip Reese
Rocco Mediate
Toto Leonidas
Rafe Furst
Dan Heimiller
Liz Lieu
Cecilia Mortensen
Jeff & Barry Shulman
Amir Vahedi
Carmel Petresco
Huck Seed
Paul Wolfe

Posted by fatbill at 08:42 AM | Comments (0)

July 10, 2005

WSOP Main Event Update #3

Well, Day 1, Heat 3 is over, and the final 1868 players will continue play on 'day 2' later this afternoon. Heat 3 played down to 640.

Lots of big names will not be among those that continue play....

Those that DO remain to continue play, include:
Place, Name, Chip Count
1 Haakon Waerstad $ 169,200
2 Sam Farha $ 156,600
4 Lee Watkinson $ 145,800
16 Minneapolis Jim Meehan $ 103,775
23 Mads Andersen $ 94,700 the 'screaming swede'?
94 Layne Flack $ 69,775
98 J.C. Tran $ 68,150
102 Robert Mizrachi $ 67,625
208 Kenna James $ 55,600
211 Dutch Boyd $ 55,550
213 Howard Lederer $ 55,500
219 Paul Darden Jr. $ 55,100
378 Amir Vahedi $ 43,975
469 Greg "Fossilman" Raymer $ 39,525
480 Huck Seed $ 39,025
519 Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi $ 37,200
612 Rocco Mediate $ 33,825 Pro Golfer
692 Van "Vinny" Landrum $ 31,625
738 Chip Reese $ 30,200
787 Phil Ivey $ 28,600
820 Mike Matusow $ 27,850
1111 Dan Harrington $ 20,575
1120 Avery Cardoza $ 20,350
1167 Chris Karagolleyan $ 19,350
1209 Bob Ciaffohc $ 18,425
1245 Mimi Tran $ 17,700
1251 Chris Grigorian $ 17,575
1296 Allyn Jaffrey Shulman $ 16,525
1507 Toto Leonidas $ 12,500
1634 David Sklansky $ 9,850
1647 Jason Lester $ 9,675
1733 Chris Moneymaker $ 7,575
1738 John Myung $ 7,475
1747 Gus Hansen $ 7,300

This list may not be all inclusive... there are a lot of names to scan through! ;-)

They announced the payout schedule! It goes like this:
Total Entries: 5,619
Total Prize Pool: $52,818,600
560 places will get paid

1st: $7,500,000
2nd: $4,250,000
3rd: $2,500,000
4th: $2,000,000
5th: $1,750,000
6th: $1,500,000
7th: $1,300,000
8th: $1,150,000
9th: $1,000,000
10 $600,000
11 $600,000
12 $600,000
13 $400,000
14 $400,000
15 $400,000
16 $350,000
17 $350,000
18 $350,000
19-27 $304,680
28-36 $274,090
37-45 $235,390
46-54 $173,880
55-63 $145,875
64-72 $124,835
73-81 $107,950
82-90 $91,950
91-100 $77,710
101-110 $65,360
111-140 $54,965
141-170 $46,245
171-200 $39,075
201-230 $33,197
231-260 $28,375
261-300 $24,365
301-350 $21,070
351-400 $18,335
401-450 $16,055
451-500 $14,135
501-560 $12,500

Posted by fatbill at 08:45 AM | Comments (0)

July 09, 2005

WSOP Main Event update #2

The Second heat of Day One concluded, with 606 players remaining. Heat three is today, again playing down to 650 or less, before combining the field tomorrow.

There are a total of 5661 Entries for the Main event this year, FAR exceeding the 2004 event.

A listing of Day One Heat One survivors can be found at PokerPages
Lee Watkinson leads that group with $145,800....

This page at Poker Pages.com has really nice listings of information for the WSOP events in the past. Good stuff to read for those wanting to catch up on past history of the WSOP.

Posted by fatbill at 10:19 AM | Comments (0)

Questionable calls, and whos making them...

I played in a satelite tournament at the club this evening, with about 20 people who bought in... I played one of the best tournaments i have played in a long time, and got unlucky... With blinds at 2-400 with an ante i raised it to 2600 all in, and im not a loose player ( and people know that). I raised this with A-J unsuited, and everyone but one person stayed in the hand. "SHE" called me with a-9 suited in spades, now any good player who knows how tight I am woulda folded at that point...Thats over 3 times the blind.

This is one hand that will run through my head, i played this hand correctly..i put people to a decision, the fact of the matter is that she caught a 9, thats all a measely 9. I HATE ACE RAG, no reason for her to call that much money but I guess i'll have to sit and wonder about this one for a while. I can not beat on myself for playing this hand wrong, but i cant stop thinking about it....so in case your wondering I only like american cheese with this whine.

Posted by wilcone at 04:13 AM | Comments (0)

July 08, 2005

WSOP Main Event Update #1

Well, the Main Event kicked off yesterday, with the First of 3 Day One's scheduled. Yep.. 3 Day Ones!

Each day, they will have up to 2200 players, and play them down... then the three day survivors will play all together on Sunday. The people playing in the Saturday marathon will have the worst of it, having to return the next day, whereas yesterday and today's players will have some time to re-coop!

Yesterday, they played 15 hours and took it down to 650! A bunch of notables were eliminated today.... it's gonna be a long haul for these players to make it to the money!

Posted by fatbill at 08:20 AM | Comments (0)

July 07, 2005

WSOP Update 7-7

1 David Grey $365,135, $5000 No Limit Two to Seven Draw Lowball event, $989,860 Total Prize Pool, 65 Players ( 139 Rebuys ).

The satellite's are over.... the MAIN EVENT starts TODAY!

Here are the Top Listings for the Overall WSOP Point standings:
Rank Player Location Points Final Tables Winnings
1 Todd Witteles Las Vegas, NV 2,080 2 $463,195
2 Mark Seif Incline Village, NV 1,920 2 $799,950
3 Allen Cunningham Ventura, CA 1,902 4 $1,006,935
4 Todd Brunson El Paso, TX 1,808 3 $401,415
5 Quinn Do Seattle, WA 1,732 2 $300,440
6 Charidimos 'Harry' Demetriou London, United Kingdom 1,520 2 $287,765
7 Andre Boyer Las Vegas, NV 1,440 1 $682,810
7 T.J. Cloutier Richardson, TX 1,440 1 $660,080
7 Jon Heneghan Safety Harbor, FL 1,440 1 $611,015
7 Maciek "Michael" Gracz Raleigh, NC 1,440 1 $602,685
7 Farzad Bonyadi Aliso Viejo, CA 1,440 1 $599,190
7 Isaac Galazan Miami, FL 1,440 1 $315,125
7 Johnny Chan Cerritos, CA 1,440 1 $303,025
14 Cyndy Violette Absecon, NJ 1,376 3 $400,905
15 Layne Flack Las Vegas, NV 1,340 2 $289,115
16 Matthew Glantz Lafayette Hill, PA 1,200 1 $375,005
16 Steven Zoine Merrick, NY 1,200 1 $352,620
16 C.T. Law United Kingdom 1,200 1 $325,530
16 Paul Deng United States 1,200 1 $324,305
16 Lars Bonding Aarhas, Netherlands 1,200 1 $317,625
16 Daryl Mixan Omaha, NE 1,200 1 $179,290
16 Phil Laak San Jose, CA 1,200 1 $163,985
23 Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV 1,159 3 $692,690
24 Alfredo 'Toto' Leonidas Los Angeles, CA 1,148 2 $220,045
25 Minh Nguyen Lake Elsinore, CA 1,120 3 $378,320

The Overall WSOP Point champ will be decided at the Main Event!

Posted by fatbill at 10:14 AM | Comments (0)

July 06, 2005

WSOP Events on TV?

Dont expect to see the WSOP events on tv until the end of August. This is the Television schedule published for each event to be aired on ESPN:
Air Date Time (EST) Event Location Event Date
8/23/2005 8:00 PM NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($1,500) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/4/2005
8/23/2005 9:00 PM POT LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($1,500) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/5/2005
8/30/2005 8:00 PM NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM w/rebuys ($1,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/9/2005
8/30/2005 9:00 PM NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($2,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/11/2005
9/6/2005 8:00 PM POT LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($2,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/13/2005
9/6/2005 9:00 PM POT LIMIT OMAHA w/rebuys ($2,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/14/2005
9/13/2005 8:00 PM NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($5,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/15/2005
9/13/2005 9:00 PM POT LIMIT HOLD 'EM Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/21/2005
9/20/2005 9:00 PM NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($1,500) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/23/2005
9/20/2005 10:00 PM SEVEN CARD STUD ($5,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/24/2005
9/27/2005 9:00 PM NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($2,500) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/25/2005
9/27/2005 10:00 PM POT LIMIT OMAHA w/rebuys ($5,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/27/2005
10/4/2005 9:00 PM LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($5,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/28/2005
10/4/2005 10:00 PM NO LIMIT HOLD 'EM ($2,000) Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 6/29/2005
10/11/2005 9:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/7/2005
10/11/2005 10:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/8/2005
10/18/2005 9:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/9/2005
10/18/2005 10:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/10/2005
10/25/2005 9:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/11/2005
10/25/2005 10:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/12/2005
11/1/2005 9:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/13/2005
11/1/2005 10:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/14/2005
11/8/2005 9:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/14/2005
11/8/2005 10:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/15/2005
11/15/2005 9:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/15/2005
11/15/2005 10:00 PM MAIN EVENT Rio Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV 7/15/2005

Posted by fatbill at 08:20 AM | Comments (0)

WSOP Update 7-6

John Heneghan Wins the $1000 Texas Holdem No Limit ( w/rebuys ), $2,350,020 Total Prize Pool ( 1584 Rebuys ), 894 Players.

The $5000 No Liit Two to Seven Draw Lowball is still going on....

There is one $1000 Satellite scheduled for today, as well as a No Limit Texas Holdem Charity event.

Tomorrow the Main Event - $10000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament kicks off. It looks like the Overall WSOP standings will be decided by this event. Several players still have a real shot at it depending on points earned in the Main Event....

NOthing is announced about how many entries to the main event this year ( Last Year there were 2576 ), but to give you an idea of what they expect, here is the schedule they will use:

July 7, Thursday Day 1A, The first 1,000 - 2,200 play down to 500-650
July 8, Friday Day 1B, The second 1,000 - 2,200 play down to 500-650
July 9, Saturday Day 1C, The third 1,000 - 2,200 play down to 500-650
July 10, Sunday Day 2, Start with 1,500-1,950 play down to 500-1,000
July 11, Monday Day 3B, Start with 500-1,000 play down to 200-400

This would indicate they expect 6600 players!

Posted by fatbill at 08:02 AM | Comments (0)

July 05, 2005

Dry spell? or is it?

So i played in a tournament with 3 tables of play at the club. I was starting out fairly well when i flopped an open ended straight flush, it drained me when the turn gave the other guy a full house, and my straight flush never came. So i was dwindling holding my own for most of the tournament when i caught k-j in the hole, so i went all in hoping i wouldnt run into an ace....well thats exactly what i did, and i cant say i was upset by the call but i was upset i called that straight flush draw. Well ill be going to vegas in a couple of weeks and im hoping that all goes well and i come home with many stories, until then...

Posted by wilcone at 12:36 PM | Comments (0)

WSOP Update 7-5

1 Rafi Amit $511,835, $10000 Pot Limit Omaha Event, $1,551,000 Total Prize Pool, 165 Entries.

1 Todd Witteles $347,385, $3000 Limit Texas Holdem Event, $1,120,560 Total Prize Pool, 406 Entries.

The $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to 54 players remaining. Show here are the top chip leaders:
Rob Hollink - $157,500
Terrence Chan - $87,100
Ayaz Mahmood - $85,700
Freddy Deeb - $84,600
Roland DeWolfe - $81,300
John Gordon - $80,600
Young Phan - $76,400
Howard Lederer - $73,500
Joseph Hachem - $72,100
Alex Balandin - $72,000
Patrick Bruel - $70,200
Barry Greenstein - $70,200
Robert Aran - $70,000
David Ulliot - $55,000
C.K. Hua - $44,300
Mike Gracz - $31,600
David Levi - $21,000

Today, Two events get underway:
$1000 No Limit Texas Holdem Satellite
$5000 No Limit Two to Seven Draw Lowball

The main event kickes off Thursday....

There have been changes in the Overall WSOP Point Standings:
1 Todd Witteles Las Vegas, NV 2,080 2 $463,195
2 Mark Seif Incline Village, NV 1,920 2 $799,950
3 Allen Cunningham Ventura, CA 1,902 4 $1,006,935
4 Todd Brunson El Paso, TX 1,808 3 $401,415
5 Quinn Do Seattle, WA 1,732 2 $300,440
6 Charidimos 'Harry' Demetriou London, United Kingdom 1,520 2 $287,765
7 Andre Boyer Las Vegas, NV 1,440 1 $682,810
7 T.J. Cloutier Richardson, TX 1,440 1 $660,080
7 Farzad Bonyadi Aliso Viejo, CA 1,440 1 $599,190
7 Maciek "Michael" Gracz Raleigh, NC 1,440 1 $594,460
7 Isaac Galazan Miami, FL 1,440 1 $315,125
7 Johnny Chan Cerritos, CA 1,440 1 $303,025
13 Cyndy Violette Absecon, NJ 1,376 3 $400,905
14 Layne Flack Las Vegas, NV 1,340 2 $289,115
15 Matthew Glantz Lafayette Hill, PA 1,200 1 $375,005
15 Steven Zoine Merrick, NY 1,200 1 $352,620
15 C.T. Law United Kingdom 1,200 1 $325,530
15 Lars Bonding Aarhas, Netherlands 1,200 1 $317,625
15 Daryl Mixan Omaha, NE 1,200 1 $179,290
15 Phil Laak San Jose, CA 1,200 1 $163,985
21 Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV 1,159 3 $692,690

Posted by fatbill at 08:19 AM | Comments (0)

July 04, 2005

WSOP Update 7-4

1 Andre Boyer $682,810, $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem, $2,767,600 Total Prize Pool, 1010 Entries!

1 Paul McKinney $202,725, $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem Seniors, $750,750 Total Prize Pool, 825 Entries.

The $10000 Pot Limit Omaha event is down to 16 players. Players and their chip counts are:
1 Rafi Amit 212,000 Chips
2 Erik Seidel 182,000 Chips
3 Quoc Al 'Vinnie' Vinh 176,000 Chips
4 Ferit Gabriellson 159,000 Chips
5 Max Pescatori 148,000 Chips
6 Julian Gardner 136,000 Chips
7 Peter Costa 97,000 Chips
8 Simon Trumper 91,000 Chips
9 John Gale 90,000 Chips
10 Jeff Rine 65,000 Chips
11 Derek Baxter 56,000 Chips
12 Tony Bloom 51,000 Chips
13 Larry Jonsson 49,000 Chips
14 Istvan Novak 45,000 Chips
15 Todd Brunson 43,000 Chips
16 Tony Cousineau 41,000 Chips

The $3000 Limit Texas Holdem event is down to 25 players. The top 34 made it into the money. Those remaining and their chip count are:
1. Ralph "Rafael" Perry - $114,000
2. Matt Matros - $104,000
3. Kieu Duong - $103,000
4. Mike Nargi - $74,000
5. Daryl Mixan - $73,000
6. Matt Hawrilenko - $57,000
T-7. Todd Witteles - $56,000
T-7. Carlo Citrone - $56,000
9. Anders Berg - $51,000
T-10. Benjamin Lin - $50,000
T-10. Craig Orivello - $50,000
12. Peter Hedlund - $48,000
13. Robert Perry - $46,000
T-14. Cyndy Violette - $42,000
T-14. Eddy Scharf - $42,000
T-14. Chris Gildone - $42,000
17. Holger Lindemann - $36,000
18. Glenn Latona - $35,000
19. Martin Cedercrantz - $33,000
20. Mark Gregorich - $27,000
21. Luis H. Santoni - $22,000
22. Arthur Loring - $18,000
23. Roy Thung - $17,000
24. Peter Chi - $15,000
25. Daniel Negreanu - $8,000
Negreanu is short, but finally made the money!

Today the $1000 No Limit Holdem ( Multi Rebuy ) event gets underway.

Only 3 Days until the main event!!

Posted by fatbill at 09:37 AM | Comments (0)

July 03, 2005

WSOP Update 7-3

David Chiu Wins Event #32 ($5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split), $1,052,800 Total Prize Pool, 224 Entries.

The $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final 9. Play will resume to day, with these players and their chip counts:
1) John Duthie - $186,000
2) Kenneth Blanton - $347,000
3) Michael Carroll - $421,000
4) Dennis Perry - $289,000
5) Matthew Glantz - $660,000
6) Richard Betts - $315,000
7) Andre Boyer - $323,000
8) Jerry Young - $264,000
9) Morten Jensen - $257,000

The $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem Seniors event is down to the final 21, shown here with their chip counts:
Marc Durand - $93,200
Paul McKinney - $83,800
Michael "Shoes" Gambony - $72,000
James Guiry - $67,600
Peter "The Greek" Vilandos - $50,700
Daniel Klein - $50,000
Randall Skaggs - $43,800
Louis Barkoutsis - $39,200
Carol Bollinger - $38,800
Bob Hume - $38,000
Ed Ross - $34,000
Paul "Catfish" Fischman - $32,800
Dewey Weim - $28,700
George Lavalley - $26,600
Robert Redman - $24,600
Jose Rosencrantz - $24,400
Daneil Higgins Bellany - $24,100
Charles Zeghibe - $23,100
Randall Barnes - $18,800
Antonio Barletta - $9,800
Tom McCormick - $9,200

The $10000 Pot Limit Omaha event is down to 63 players, with play resuming today.

Today the $3000 Limit Texas Holdem event gets underway.

Allen Cunningham became the first person to Crack the $1 Million dollar mark in winnings. Of course, that feat will be more than matched once the main event is concluded. Expect 10 or more Million Dollar winners from the Main Event alone this year!

Posted by fatbill at 08:17 AM | Comments (0)

July 02, 2005

World Series of Poker Overall Standings

The Overall standings for the World Series of poker are pretty tight going into the final events. Mark Seif is still at the top, but other top pros are definately within striking distance!

Here are the top 25:
Rank, Name, Residence, Points, Final Tables, Total Earnings
1 Mark Seif Incline Village, NV 1,920 2 $799,950
2 Quinn Do Seattle, WA 1,732 2 $300,440
3 Allen Cunningham Ventura, CA 1,626 3 $964,825
4 Todd Brunson El Paso, TX 1,536 2 $323,865
5 Charidimos 'Harry' Demetriou London, United Kingdom 1,520 2 $287,765
6 T.J. Cloutier Richardson, TX 1,440 1 $660,080
6 Farzad Bonyadi Aliso Viejo, CA 1,440 1 $594,960
6 Maciek "Michael" Gracz Raleigh, NC 1,440 1 $594,460
6 Isaac Galazan Miami, FL 1,440 1 $315,125
6 Johnny Chan Cerritos, CA 1,440 1 $303,025
11 Layne Flack Las Vegas, NV 1,340 2 $284,885
12 Steven Zoine Merrick, NY 1,200 1 $352,620
12 C.T. Law United Kingdom 1,200 1 $325,530
12 Lars Bonding Aarhas, Netherlands 1,200 1 $317,625
12 Phil Laak San Jose, CA 1,200 1 $163,985
16 Alfredo 'Toto' Leonidas Los Angeles, CA 1,148 2 $220,045
17 Minh Nguyen Lake Elsinore, CA 1,120 3 $378,320
18 Chi Chang Los Angeles, CA 1,110 1 $137,265
19 Mike Wattel Phoenix, AZ 1,090 2 $121,495
20 Doyle Brunson Las Vegas, NV 1,080 1 $367,800
20 Allen Kessler Huntingtdon Valley, PA 1,080 1 $136,395
22 Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV 1,023 2 $646,160
23 Cyndy Violette Absecon, NJ 1,016 2 $356,085
24 Dan Schmiech Houston, TX 972 1 $429,070
25 Lawrence Gosney Leeds, United Kingdom 960 1 $483,195
25 Thom Werthmann Bloomfield Hills, MI 960 1 $369,535
25 Eric Froehlich Los Angeles, CA 960 1 $361,910
25 Reza Payvar Tarzana, CA 960 1 $314,560
25 Edward Moncada Oakland, CA 960 1 $314,330
25 Patrick Poels Phoenix, AZ 960 1 $270,100
25 Anthony Reategui Chandler, AZ 960 1 $269,100
25 Glynn Beebe Austin, TX 960 1 $194,305
25 Cliff Josephy Syosset, NY 960 1 $192,100
25 John Bonetti Houston, TX 960 1 $187,765
25 Chuck Thompson Santa Cruz, CA 960 1 $176,145
25 Steve Hohn Overland Park, KS 960 1 $161,810
25 Tommy Grimes Houston, TX 960 1 $85,705
25 Richard Osborne Martinez, CA 960 1 $78,200

No one has topped $1 Million yet, althought Allen Cunningham is on the verge. Only a couple people have made more than two final tables.

Posted by fatbill at 09:36 AM | Comments (0)

WSOP Update 7-2

1 O'Neil Longson $125,690, $1500 Seven Card Razz, $401,580 Total Prize Pool, 291 Entries.

The $5000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB event is down to the final table, shown here with chip counts:
1. Russell Salzer - $223,000
2. David Chiu - $135,000
3. Haim Kakoun - $139,000
4. Hiroshi Shimamura - $113,000
5. Stephen Ladowsky - $109,000
6. Daniel Shak - $95,000
7. Patrick Bueno - $62,000
8. Allen Cunningham - $76,000
9. Daniel Horowitz - $196,000

Those in the top 18 made the money.. they are:
10 Chad Brown $14,740
11 Ted Lawson $14,740
12 James Van Alstyne $14,740
13 Emmanual Sebag $12,635
14 Anders Berg $12,635
15 Fred Koubi $12,635
16 Lonnie Heimowitz $10,530
17 Marcel Luske $10,530
18 Cuong Do $10,530

The $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to 51. Top 100 made it to the money. The top 10 players remaining by chip count are:
1. Alex Uskov $194,500
2. Kenneth Blanton $170,000
3. Jerry Young $131,200
4. John Duffy $126,000
5. Anders Henrikson $119,000
6. Eugene Todd $113,100
7. Richard Freire $96,700
8. Mohammed Hamid $93,600
9. Robert Betts $90,100
10. Denis Kharitonov $81,700

Other notable chip counts:

Billy Baxter $72,600
Dewey Tomko $54,900

Two Events go off today:
$1000 No Limit Texas Holdem Seniors
$10000 Pot Limit Omaha

Only 5 days remain until the kick off of this year's MAIN EVENT!

Posted by fatbill at 09:27 AM | Comments (0)

July 01, 2005

WSOP Update 7-1

1 Lawrence Gosney $483,195, $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem, $1,972,480 Total Prize Pool, 1072 Entries

The $1500 Seven Card Razz event is down to the final 3 as of this writing with play continuing... as of 4:40AM Vegas Time here they are and their chip counts:
Bruno Fitoussi - $140,000
Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri - $30,000
O'Neil Longson - $250,000

Doyle Brunson Wins Event #29 $367,800, $5,000 Short-Handed No-Limit Texas Hold'em, $1,414,700 Total Prize Pool, 301 Entries
Doyal wins his tenth World Series of Poker bracelet. Brunson is now tied for the career record with Johnny Chan!

The $5000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB event is down to 49 (top 18 make the money) with play resuming today. The top ten and their chip count are:
1. Jeff Lisandro $47,500
2. Russel Salzer $46,500
3. Chad Brown $43,500
4. Sam Grizzle $42,000
5. Mallory Smith $42,000
6. David Chiu $41,000
7. Al Ardebili $39,800
8. Davin Anderson $39,000
9. Marcel Luske $38,500
10. Emmanuel Sebag $37,000
Other notables:
Phil Ivey $21,000
Jennifer Harman $5,000
Erik Seidel $5,500
Maureen Feduniak $18,000
Mike Matusow $17,500
T.J. Cloutier $14,000
Lonnie Heimowitz $30,500
Peter Costa $33,000
Ted Lawson $10,000
Paul Darden $2,000

Today the $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem event gets underway....

Posted by fatbill at 07:48 AM | Comments (0)



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