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July 03, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 34 Updates

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 $

Posted by fatbill at 08:43 AM | Comments (0)

July 02, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 33 Updates

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.

Posted by fatbill at 07:40 AM | Comments (0)

July 01, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 33 Updates

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.

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

June 30, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 32 Updates

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.

Posted by fatbill at 08:34 AM | Comments (0)

June 29, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 31 Updates

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!

Posted by fatbill at 08:56 AM | Comments (0)

June 28, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 30 Updates

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!!

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

June 27, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 29 Updates

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.

Posted by fatbill at 08:48 AM | Comments (0)

June 26, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 28 Updates

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

Posted by fatbill at 05:36 AM | Comments (0)

June 24, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 26 Updates

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.

Posted by fatbill at 06:27 AM | Comments (0)

June 22, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 24 Updates

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.

Posted by fatbill at 07:21 AM | Comments (0)

June 21, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 23 Updates

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.

Posted by fatbill at 08:15 AM | Comments (0)

June 19, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 21 Updates

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.

Posted by fatbill at 07:36 AM | Comments (0)

June 18, 2008

WSOP 2008 DAY 20 Updates

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.

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June 17, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 19 Updates

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.

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June 16, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 18 Updates

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.

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June 15, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 17 Updates

Event #23, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Blair Hinkle, who took home $507,563 and the bracelet. Mark Brockington took second worth $326,552. Hinkles older brother ALSO won a bracelet at this years WSOP, making them the only brothers to do so in the same WSOP!

Event #24, a $2500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem/Omaha event was won by Max Pescatori, who took home $246,471 and his second bracelet. Second place went to Kyle Kloeckner.

Event #25, a $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Texas Holdem event is still undecided. There is still a heads up match ongoing as of this writing to determine the final four. Today's matches will be:
Kenny Tran vs. Jonathan Jaffe
Vanessa Selbst vs. *Winner of Lyle Berman vs. Alec Torrelli

Event #26, a $1500 Seven Card Razz event is down to the final table! The players and chip counts going into todays final are:
Christopher Viox: 350,000
Barry Greenstein: 220,000
Brandon Leeds: 195,000
Joseph Michael: 140,000
Archie Karas: 130,000
Mark Tenner: 120,000
Chris Klondnicki: 115,000
Michael Wattel: 75,000

Event #27, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event drew 2706 entrants, and at the end of day one, only 224 remained. Play will resume today to determine the final table.

Event #28, a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys started with 152, and played down to 56 heading into todays play. The leaders are stacked with to pros:
Emmanuel Sebag: 450,000
David Benyamine: 357,000
Adam Houran: 240,000
John Juanda: 225,000
Phil Hellmuth: 205,000
Josh Arieh: 190,000
Alexander Kostritsyn: 180,000
Rafi Amit: 180,000
Erick Lindgren: 172,200
Gavin Smith: 150,000

Events starting today are:

Event #29, a $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem Event, which begins at Noon.

Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Texas Holdem begins at 5PM

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June 14, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 16 Updates

Event #21, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Scott Seiver, who earned $755,891 and the bracelet. Taking second place was Dave Seidman, worth $482,372.

Event #22, a $3000 H.O.R.S.E. event was won by Jens Voertmann, taking home $298,253 and the bracelet. Taking down second was Doug Granger, worth $182,822. Marcel Luske was eliminated in 3rd place, worth $110,264.

Event #23, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final nine players, that will play today. The final table is:
Andrew Jeffreys: 1,051,000
Blair Hinkle: 1,030,000
Dustin Dirksen: 867,000
David Steicke: 611,000
Mark Brockington: 552,000
Daniel O'Brien: 465,000
Stepane Tayer: 323,000
Chris Bjorin: 247,000
Dominik Kulicki: 241,000

Event #24, a $2500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem/Omaha event started with 457, and as of this writing, are down to 10. Howard Lederer was eliminated 11th. Allen Cunningham is the chip leader.

Event #25, a $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Texas Holdem event had 256 entries, and played down to 32 by the end of the day. Play will resume today at 2PM. Here are the matches for day 2:
Daniel "Ansky" Stern vs. David Williams
Kenny Tran vs. Erick Lindgren
Jean-Claude Moussa vs. Robert Mizrachi
Matt Giannetti vs. Michael Mizrachi
Emil Patel vs. Michael Banducci
Jason Rosenkrantz vs. Brandon Adams
Andy Black vs. Michael McNeil
Scott Montgomery vs. Isaac Haxton
Alex Jacob vs. Jonathan Jaffe
Roman Paradiso vs. Sam Farha
Cliff Cantor vs. Vanessa Selbst
Thomas Lutz vs. John Patgorski
Gavin Griffin vs. Alexander Kostritsyn
Brian Roberts vs. Alec Torelli
Jonas Entin vs. Evan Sofer
Lyle Berman vs. David Podgurski

Event #26, a $1500 Seven Card Razz event drew 453 players, and when play ended on day one, 106 were still vieing for the title. Play will resume today at 3PM.

Today's new events are:

Event #27, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event which begins at noon.

Event #28, a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys, which gets underway at 5PM.

Today marks the halfway point in this years WSOP!

Posted by fatbill at 07:36 AM | Comments (0)

June 13, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 15 Updates

Event #19, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event

Event #20, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Daniel Negreanu, who took down $204,434 and his 4th Bracelet. Taking second place, worth $126,671, was Ugar Marangoz.

Event #21, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final nine, with play set to resume later today to determine the winner.

Event #22, a $3000 H.O.R.S.E. event drew 414, and only 16 remain heading into today's play. There are a BUNCH of 'names' contending for this one, with the top stacks as follows:
Marcel Luske: 325,000
Jared Davis: 322,000
Jennifer Harman-Traniello: 215,000
Doug Ganger: 201,500
J.J. Hazan: 165,000
Blair Rodman: 165,000
Jens Voertmann: 156,000
Ross Tsodikov: 106,000
Todd Brunson 105,000
Hoyt Corkins: 93,00

Event #23, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event drew 1,344, and play ended with 136 still in the hunt. Notables Barry Greenstein, and Phil Hellmuth are still in the hunt, with play getting back to action later today.

Event #24, a $2500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem/Omaha event ended day one of play with 85 remaining out of the starting 457 players. Play is set to resume today at 2PM to determine the final table.

Event #25, a $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Texas Holdem event is set to kick off today at Noon.

Event #26, a $1500 Seven Card Razz event is scheduled to begin today at 5PM.

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

June 12, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 14 Updates

Event #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship was won by Svetlana Gromenkova, who took home $244,702 and the gold bracelet.

Event #18, a $5000 No LImit 2-7 Draw Loball w/rebuys event was won by Mike Matusow!! Matusow took home $537,862 with his thrid bracelet. Jeffrey Lisandro took second place, worth $347,704, and Barry Greenstein took third!

Event #19, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event is down to the final table of 9, with play resuming today at 2PM to determine the champion. The final table, with chip count, looks like this:
Vanessa Selbst: 940,000
Stanley Statkiewicz Jr.: 331,000
Jamie Pickering: 290,000
Eugene Todd: 155,000
Craig Natte: 121,000
Mel Randolph 119,000
Thom Schultz: 84,000
Jamie Robbins: 68,000
Ken Lairson: 20,000

Event #20, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem event is down to 10, with play still going on as of this writing, to determine the final table. Those remaining are:
David Baker: 388,000
Ugur Marangoz: 300,000
Richard Li: 240,000
Daniel Negreanu: 190,000
Greg Woheltz: 175,000
Derek Lerner: 150,000
Fu Wong: 140,000
Daniel Makowsky: 125,000
Jeremy Kotler: 110,000
Hien Tran: 50,000

Event #21, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event ended the day with 122 of the starting 731 still in the hunt. Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table!

Event #22, a $3000 H.O.R.S.E. event drew 441 players, of which 144 are still in the hunt heading into day two. Play will resume today at 3pm to determine the final table.

Event #23, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event will get underway at Noon today.

Event #24, a $2500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem/Omaha event will get undway today at 5PM.

Posted by fatbill at 08:27 AM | Comments (0)

June 11, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 13 Updates

Event #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship is down to the final table of 9. The players and counts are:
Seat 1: Patty Till 312,000
Seat 2: Roslyn Quarto 73,000
Seat 3: Marla Crumpler 163,000
Seat 4: Svetlana Gromenkova 553,000
Seat 5: Sue Porter 211,000
Seat 6: Debbie Mitchell 224,000
Seat 7: Christine Priday 448,000
Seat 8: Vesenia Garcia 210,000
Seat 9: Anh Le 191,000

Event #16, a $2000 Omaha High-Low Split, 8 or Better event was won by Andrew Brown, who took down $226,448 with the bracelet. Brown eliminated Ted Forrest heads up. Forrest won $143,421 for second.

Event #17, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout was won by Jason Young, who won $329,872 and the bracelet. Runner up Mike Schwartz put up a valiant heads up effort, but ended up second, winning $209,528.

Event #18, a $5000 No LImit 2-7 Draw Loball w/rebuys event is down to the final 7 players. It's a big name final table, with the following players still in the hunt:
Erick Lindgren: 1,100,000
Mike Matusow: 540,000
Jeffrey Lisandro: 510,000
Tony 'G' Guoga: 440,000
Barry Greenstein: 440,000
David Benyamine: 350,000
Tom Schneider: 195,000

Event #19, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event drew 759 players, with 46 remaining when play ended for day one. Day two bill begin today at 2PM

Event #20, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem event drew 465 players, and 125 are remaining going into day two, which will play today at 3PM. Among the chip leaders are Daniel Negreanu, and J.C. Tran.

Event #21, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event will begin play today at Noon.

Event #22, a $3000 H.O.R.S.E. event begins today at 5PM.

Posted by fatbill at 07:40 AM | Comments (0)

June 10, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 12 Updates

Event #13, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Duncan Bell, who took home $666,697 and the bracelet. Steve Merrifield took second place worth $428,969.

Event #14, the $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud event was won by Eric Brooks, who took down $415,856 and the bracelet. Taking second place was Fu Wong, worth $259,910.
As a side note, Brooks is donating 100% of his winnings to Decision Education Foundation!!

Event #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship was down to 61 players after the first day of play. Kathy Leibert, and Evelyn Ng are still in the hunt.

Event #16, a $2000 Omaha High-Low Split, 8 or Better event ended with 18 players still in the hunt. Play will resume today at 3PM

Event #17, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout has three tables remaining to be decided, EACH with heads-up matches ongoing.

Event #18, a $5000 No LImit 2-7 Draw Loball w/rebuys event drew only 85 players but had 272 rebuys and add-ons!! This makes first place worth $537,862, which is pretty good for only 85 players! Only 14 will make the money though! Play ended with 39 players still in the hunt, with the chip leaders looking like this:
Tom Dwan: 230,000
Mike Matusow: 179,000
Michael Binger: 162,000
Tom Schneider: 149,000
Stephen Wolff: 145,000
Erick Lindgren: 135,000
Phil Ivey: 130,000
Michael Mizrachi: 125,000
Chad Brown: 120,000
Nick Schulman: 117,000

Event #19, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event begins play today at Noon.

Event #20, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem event begins today at 5PM.

Posted by fatbill at 09:51 AM | Comments (0)

June 09, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 11 Updates

Event #11, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout was won by Phil Tom, taking home $477,990 and the Bracelet. Greg Mueller took down second place worth $298.638.

Event #12, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Jimmy Shultz, taking $257,105 and the Bracelet down. Second place went to Zach Fellows worth $165,165.

Event #13, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final table of 9. Play will resume today to determine the winner....

Event #14, the $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud event is down to the final table of 8 with the elimination of Phil Ivey (9th) and Daniel Negreanu (11th). The remaining players are:
David Oppenheim: 504,000
Alexander Kostritsyn: 495,000
Fu Wong: 429,000
Minh Ly: 424,000
Jim Paluszek: 413,000
Eric Brooks: 359,000
Erik Seidel: 273,000
Vassilus Lazarou: 259,000

Event #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship got underway with 1190 Entrants. Evelyn Ng is among the early chipleaders... updates are on the way...

Event #16, a $2000 Omaha High-Low Split, 8 or Better event started with 553 players, and had 178 left at the end of the day. There are a BUNCH of 'names' in the hunt for this one, as action is slated to begin at 3PM today to determine the final table.

Event #17, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout is scheduled to begin today at Noon....

Event #18, a $5000 No LImit 2-7 Draw Loball w/rebuys event will begin today at 5PM.

Posted by fatbill at 08:44 AM | Comments (0)

June 08, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 10 Updates

Event #9, is the No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event was won by REp Porter, who took down $372,929 and the bracelet. Taking down second place, worth $231,981, was Nathan Templeton.

Event #10, a $2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better event was won by Farzad Rouhani who took down $232,911 and the bracelet. Second place went to Tom Chambers, worth $142,784.

Event #11, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout event is down to the final table of six. Those remaining are:
Sirous Jamshidi, Tim West, Phil Tom, Greg Mueller, Young Leo Walpert, and Tom Roupe.

Event #12, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem event is down to 18, with play still ongoing as of this writing. Among the chip leaders are Vinny Vihn, and Eric Lindgren.....

Event #13, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem event got down to 141 players when play was halted. Play will resume today at 2PM, with 99 making the money.

Event #14, the $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud event played down to 80 out of the starting 158 players. This event will resume today at 3PM and battle down to the final 8. There are a lot of heavyweights remaining in this field, including:
Chad Brown - 97,000
Daniel Negreanu - 82,000
Cyndy Violette - 65,000
Erik Seidel - 63,000
Alexander Kravchenko - 58,000
Greg Raymer - 54,600
Minh Ly - 54,000
Alan Boston - 53,000
David Williams - 52,500
David Benyamine - 52,000

Event #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship will begin play today at Noon.

Event #16, a $2000 Omaha High-Low Split, 8 or Better event also gets underway today at 5PM.

Posted by fatbill at 07:20 AM | Comments (0)

June 07, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 9 Updates

Event #7 a $2,000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Matt Keikoan, who earned $550,601 and the bracelet for taking down the event. Second place finisher Shannon Shorr took home $349,141.

Event #8 The $10,000 World Championship Mixed event was won by Anthony Riveria, who took home $483,688 with the Bracelet. Second place went to James Mackey worth $297,792. As a side note, Eli Ezra took 5th, and Sammy Farha 6th.

Event #9, is the No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event is down to the final 6, with play resuming today at 2PM to determine the winner. The players with their stacks are:
John Conkright - 1,100,000
Michiel Brummelhuis - 740,000
Ralph "Rep" Porter - 660,000
Nathan Templeton - 535,000
Anatoly Shilyuk - 350,000
Devin Porter - 375,000

Event #10, a $2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better event is down to the final 8, with play resuming today at 4PM. The players and their stacks look like this:
Farzad Rouhani - 513,000
Greg Pappas - 304,000
John Cernuto - 285,000
Tom Chambers - 235,000
Michael Mizrachi - 231,000
John Racener - 180,000
Daniel Mowczan - 122,000
Yueqi Zhu - 87,000

Event #11, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout event ended play with the final 36 ( of 360) set to resume play today. All remaining players are in the money, and guaranteed at least $16K+

Event #12, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem event drew to a close for the day with 181 players still in the hunt, out of a starting 880. Play resumes today.....

Event #13, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem event begins play today...

Event #14, the $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud event also gets underway today.

Posted by fatbill at 09:59 AM | Comments (0)

June 06, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 8 updates

Event #5, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem WITH Rebuys was won by Michael Banducci, taking home $636,736 with the Bracelet! Taking home second place was Jeff Willians worth $406,330.

Event #6 a $1500 Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better was won by Thang Luu, who took down $243,356 with the bracelet. Taking second place worth $156,343 was Spencer Lawrence!

Event #7 a $2,000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament drew 1592 players and play halted at the end of the second day with the final 9 determined. They will play for the bracelet later today! Among the notables at the final table are: Theo Tran, Shannon Shorr, and J.C. Tran.

Event #8 The $10,000 World Championship Mixed event is at 10 players trying to get to the final table. Among those remaining, are: Jeff Madsen, Sam Farha, Gus Hanson, and Eli Elezra.

Event #9, is the No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event began play with 1236 players, and is down to 72 heading into todays play towards the final table.

Event #10, a $2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better began with 388 players, and there were 120 left when play was halted. Play will resume today at 3PM, with notables, Michael Mizrachi, John Cernuto, and Todd Brunson still in the hunt!

Event #11, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout event begins at noon today.

Event #12, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem event begins today at 5PM.

Posted by fatbill at 08:00 AM | Comments (0)

June 05, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 7 updates

Event #2, the $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Grant Hinkle taking down $831,279 with the bracelet. Hinkle turned QUADS in the final hand to take down second place finisher James Mackey, who took home $520,219 for second place!

Event #3, the $1500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event was won by David Singer, taking home $214,131 with his bracelet. Second place finisher Jocobo Fernandez took home $136,643.

Event #4 the $5,000 Mixed Holdem event was won by well known pro Erick Lindgren, taking home $374,505 with his first bracelet! Taking second place, worth $239,159 was Justin Bonomo.

Event #5, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem WITH Rebuys is down to the final table of 9, with play resuming today to the conclusion.

Event #6 a $1500 Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better is down to 10 players, and still going to get to the final table...

Event #7 a $2,000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament played down to 152, wit h play resuming today to determine the final table.

Event #8 The $10,000 World Championship Mixed event drew 192 participants, and they played down to 94 heading into day two.

Event #9, is the No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event. It is scheduled to begin at noon today.

Event #10, a $2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better tournament is set to bein today at 5PM.

Posted by fatbill at 09:20 AM | Comments (0)

June 03, 2008

WSOP 2008 Updates

Event #2, the $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament played down to the final 18, with action scheduled to start today at 2PM PDT to determine the winner. Theo Tran is the chip leader with 1,557,000 chips! A player vote to see if they continue play to determine the final table ended up in a tie. As of this update, they are still playing!!

Event #3, the $1500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event has played down to 63, with play scheduled to resume at 2PM PDT. Robert Workman, Phil Yeh, and David Singer are the top chip leaders, all with over 100,000 Chips.

Event #4 the $5,000 Mixed Holdem event played down to 91 with play scheduled to reume today at 3PM. They expect to play down to the final table today. David Williams is among the chipleaders.

Event #5, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem WITH Rebuys, event will kick off today at noon. This one gets crazy due to the rebuy element!

Event 6 a $1500 Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better is also scheduled to begin today at 5PM PDT.

Posted by fatbill at 08:55 AM | Comments (0)

June 02, 2008

WSOP 2008 Event 1 Ends, Event 2 Begins

In Event #1, the $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem World Championship, Nanad Medic took down Andy Bloch to claim first prize worth $794,112. Bloch took home $488,048 for second place

Event #2, a $1500 No limit Texas Holdem tournament played the first days as day1a and day1b. There were 3929 entries for this event, 475 which will continue on with day two today! Some notables still in the hunt are David Pham, Mark Vos, Kenny Tran, and Chris Ferguson.

Event #3, is a $1500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event that is scheduled to begin today at 12PM PDT

Event #4 is a $5,000 Mixed Holdem event that will begin today at 5PDT.

Posted by fatbill at 02:47 PM | Comments (0)

May 31, 2008

2008 WSOP Event #1

Event #1, the $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Holdem, got underway yesterday with a field of 352. After 10 Rounds the field was whittled down to 70 players still in the hunt.

Eli Elezra is the chipleader with just over 300K in chips, but there are a couple of top pros still in the mix, including: Patrik Antonius, Phil Laak, and Tuan Le. Play will resume at 2PM PST today.

Also on tap today is the start of Event #2, the $1,500 No Limit Texas Holdem event.

Posted by fatbill at 07:40 AM | Comments (0)

May 30, 2008

WSOP 2008 Begins TODAY!

The 2008 World Series of Poker begins today!

There is obvious excitment in the Poker world about this series of events, but the Question mark is what effect will the economy have on the number of entrants??? The last couple of years have seen HUGE numbers or participants, with over 54,000 Entries last year.

It will be interesting to see if the economy has any affect on the number or particpants this year. Regardless, there will always be the 'name' pros involved, so the series will be exciting either way!

As we have done in years past, we will post daily updates on each event!

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

April 23, 2008

2008 World Series Schedule

The 2008 World Series is scheduled to begin next month ( May 30th )

I posted the entire schedule of the World Series under "POKER TOURNAMENT INFO" in the right hand sidebar.... check out the listing of events!

We will, of course, continue to post results of each event upon completion, as we have in years past!

If you are interested in winning your way into an event, ESPECIALLY the Main event, there are TONS of Satillite tournaments being held by the major poker rooms right now!! Check out the "
Online Poker Rooms We Endorse AND Play at!" and win your entry!

Posted by fatbill at 10:07 AM | Comments (2)

March 21, 2008

Poker Stars WSOP News

Poker Stars.com is gearing up to send a TON of folks to the 2008 WSOP this year! PokerNews.com is reporting that they play to send 1000 players this year, but I cant find substantitation on their site on exact numbers... here is what I CAN tell you FOR SURE!

"At Poker Stars.com, we pride ourselves on giving our players a World Series experience they will never forget. The prize package we have on offer for the 2008 Main Event is no exception. In fact, it’s our best yet! Players can qualify via our FPP, Cash and Steps Sit & Go satellites.

Our standard prize package is worth $12,500, made up of the following:

$10,000 Main Event buy-in
$2,500 for expenses
But that’s not all. We’re also giving each player the opportunity to be a part of The Poker Stars.com Experience. This includes the following additional features*:

Free hotel accommodation at the Palms, for 8 nights from July 2-9 (or a cash alternative of $1,000**). The qualifiers that chose to wear Poker Stars.com gear, who are still playing in the main event on July 10th will have their accommodation extended until July 15th.
Hotel suite upgrades for Supernova and Supernova Elite VIP members.
Shuttle bus service each day to the Rio.
Cash bonuses of up to $50,000 for qualifiers that make a TV table***.
Additional bonuses of up to $1,000,000 for players that make the final table***.
How to win your prize package
Not only are we giving our players the best World Series prize package around, we’re also providing the most chances to win one:

Buy-in directly to any of our cash qualifiers
Use your Frequent Player Points in our FPP qualifiers
Battle your way to the Main Event with Steps Sit & Go Satellites
With so many routes available to achieve your poker dreams, everyone has a real chance of making it to the Main Event! "

IF you are not a member there yet, I'd suggest CLICKING HERE and get in on your shot!

Posted by fatbill at 08:27 AM | Comments (0)

March 17, 2008

Why Online Poker is bad.....

Poker915.com's Top 12 Reasons The Online Poker Ban Is Good For America
If you love poker, or simply believe in liberty, please e-mail this to your state and US representatives, and everyone you know!

We need to protect the children.

If the government bans it kids won't do it. That is why kids don't smoke, drink, use drugs, sneak into rated R movies, etc. If mom and dad fail in their parenting, a good, solid government ban will always fix the problem. It takes a whole community to raise a child, so why should parents be responsible for monitoring their own children?

Playing poker leads to drug use, pornography addiction, prostitution, and all manner of criminal activity.

Much in the same way that gambling one's earnings by investing in the stock market leads to these same vices.

If I have an addiction problem, no one should be able to participate in any of the activities that I have a problem with.

That is why liquor stores, tobacco sales, caffeine, fatty foods, refined sugar, sexually explicit materials, and state lotteries are all illegal in the United States. Our constitution makes it clear that the rights of the many must be sacrificed in order to protect those who won't take responsibility for their own problems. Further, compulsive gambling never existed before the online gaming boom. If addicts were not allowed internet access they would be better partners, fathers, and mothers because they would never find anything else to gamble on.

Prohibition has always been the best way to protect addicts from themselves and their families from financial and emotional ruin.

This is why the United States of America has no crack, crank, crystal meth, Oxycontin, or heroin problems. It's why the Twelve Step organizations have no members, and methadone clinics are empty.

Playing poker for profit is too risky.

That's why Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Annie Duke, Jesus Ferguson, and countless other poker pros who met with financial demise must endorse poker web sites just to make ends meet. Since poker is not a skill game, and you cannot control your profits or losses over an extended period, it's simply not a good investment strategy.

Poker is not a legitimate form of entertainment.

Spending $5 or $10 on a tournament or cash game on the internet is a waste of time. You will have spent your time and money far more wisely if you spend $20 going to the movies, $50 on greens fees, or $60-$300 on a professional sporting event. These are all far more productive uses of your time, and therefore more moral.

The internet poker ban has already drastically reduced gambling in America.

Sites like Poker Stars, Full Tilt, Absolute Poker, and Ultimate Bet all went broke and don't even advertise in the United States anymore.

My God is the one true God, my faith the one true faith, and my morals are the correct morals. Therefore everyone should live by my moral code.

In a theocracy such as ours we know that government should always enforce the values of specific religions. That is why we are all required to attend church on Sunday, women must wear veils and walk behind our men, and our constitution gives the federal government vast, sweeping powers to determine what you should and should not read, listen to, view, or believe.

Playing poker is wrong because for a few to make a profit, many must spend money.

This is not the case with any other entertainment sector. The movie industry does not make a profit by providing entertainment to their paying customers, just as cable companies, satellite providers, rock stars, professional athletes, and other entertainers do not profit at the expense of paying customers. Therefore, it is immoral for good poker players to make a profit from their recreational poker playing counterparts who are willing to pay for the entertainment value.

Only social misfits and those from society's underbelly play poker.

That's why famous lawman Bill Hickok, Senator Alfonse D'Amato, President Richard Nixon, Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, and countless other prominent politicians would never dream of playing such a vile game. Poker is simply unAmerican.

Making poker illegal will make gambling go away because no one would ever dare subvert the law by supplying the populace with what they demand.

Ample evidence of this can be seen in the way organized crime withered and was completely eradicated in the 1920s when alcohol was banned in the United States.

Nobody will play poker if they can't do it online.

Poker would only exist in places like Las Vegas and Atlantic City where gambling is legal, and all the illegal home games would go away overnight. This is evidenced by the fact that there are no famous old-time poker players from Texas nor are there poker games that originated in Texas where Hold 'Em was illegal in the good ol' days before the internet corrupted us all.
_________________
Chadler E. Cowles
Utah PPA Representative
Poker915.com Administrator

Posted by fatbill at 09:13 AM | Comments (0)

March 10, 2008

Remember that UIGEA bill?

Remember back when lame duck republicans pushed the UIGEA legislation onto the PORT AUTHORITY ACT to placate the Religious Right?

You have to remember... thats when MOST Of the major Poker rooms STOPPED allowing US players... IE: Party Poker....

The UIGEA was supposed to impose restraints on the banking industry in an effort to stop US Citizens from funding their online poker (gaming) accounts.

Well... here is a small exerpt from a statement made by the American Banking Association (ABA) on that rediculous piece of legislation:

"ABA believes that the proposal, in large part due to the nature of the statute itself, will fail to create a practical process for intercepting prohibited conduct that maintains an efficiently functioning payments system." The above was shortly followed by a statement more damning: "(W)e believe that UIGEA will in the end catch more banks in a compliance trap and do greater damage to the competitiveness of the American payments system, than it will stop gambling enterprises from profiting on illegal wagering."

In another part of their statement they get even harsher in their criticizm:

"In other words, in the view of the drafters of the legislation, all the sophistication of the FBI, Secret Service, and other police computerized detection systems and investigative expertise devoted to fighting terrorism and financial crime are inadequate to the task of apprehending the unlawful gambling business or confiscating its revenues. ABA believes that punting this obligation to the participants in the U.S. payment system is an unprecedented delegation of governmental responsibility with no prospect of practical success in exchange for all the burden it imposes."

Isn't it about time that our (mostly) useless legislators get off their collective asses and just legalize online poker and quit trying to impose their sense of morality on law abiding citizens????

Posted by fatbill at 09:03 AM | Comments (0)

March 03, 2008

Furguson wins 2008 Heads Up Title

Well.... guess he was tired of being the bridsmade again ( '05 and '06 ) so this year Chris Ferguson took down Andy Block in a best two out of three match to win the NBC National Heads Up Championship!

Block was not originally scheduled to compete in this event, but was called on at the last minute with TV star Brad Garrett was called back to work after resolution of the writers strike!

Both Block and Ferguson represent Full Tilt Poker....

Posted by fatbill at 09:08 AM | Comments (0)

January 16, 2008

Poker in '08 Politics

I recieved an interesting update from the Poker Players Alliance, that I thought should be shared AND acted upon by all poker players!

Part of the letter reads:
"Frankly, there is very little specific information from most of the candidates on this issue, so we are also encouraging you to contact the campaigns of the candidates who interest you, and ask their position. Please let them know you are an undecided voter and a proud poker player when you contact the campaign, so we can illustrate the grassroots strength behind the great game of poker. It’s time to let the presidential primary candidates know that Poker Is Not a Crime!
"

We encourage everyone to contact the candidates of your party to find out their stance on this issue!!

REPUBLICANS:

Rudy Giuliani

Mike Huckabee has made HIS stance clear!
"Here is the question he was asked, complete with its bias and inaccuracies:

1) Last year, Congress voted overwhelming to criminalize most forms of Internet gambling. This year some members of Congress are promoting legislation to legalize Internet gambling. If such legislation passed, would you veto it? Huckabee answered "yes". That's about as clear as it gets. "

John McCain

Ron Paul, In keeping with his Libertarian philosophy, Congressman Paul is a proud supporter of our cause. Rep. Paul has supported and sponsored pro-poker legislation, and has also made time to visit with PPA grassroots members, poker celebrities, and citizens lobbyists every time we have asked. His credentials on allowing adults the freedom to play poker are unblemished.

Mitt Romney

Fred Thompson

DEMOCRATS:

Hillary Clinton

John Edwards

Barack Obama

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January 11, 2008

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December 05, 2007

Chip Reese dead....

This is a sad day for Poker Enthusiasts..... Prominate Poker player and legend Chip Reese dead at the age of 56....

Here is the entire story at Poker News

I loved watching Chip play... he had class, and was one of the most talented poker players of all time.....

Posted by fatbill at 09:45 AM | Comments (0)

November 24, 2007

Taxing Regulated Internet Gambling....

Now this TRUELY has to go under the 'DUH!' department! LOL

"WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A tax revenue analysis
announced by Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) estimates that regulating Internet gambling would generate between $3.1 billion to $15.2 billion in federal revenues over its first five years, and between $8.7 billion to $42.8 billion over its first ten years."

and this is the real heart of the matter...

"By prohibiting a popular, recreational activity that many millions
enjoy in the comfort of their own homes, the U.S. is forfeiting Billions of dollars in revenue needed for critical government programs," said Jeffrey Sandman, spokesman for the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative. "It is time for Congress to regulate and tax Internet gambling to ensure security controls are in place to protect consumers and capture billions in revenue. Moreover, regulating Internet gambling could resolve a dispute around Internet gambling in the World Trade Organization that could force the U.S. to pay billions in trade compensation"

You can read the entire article HERE!

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October 30, 2007

Online playing observations...

I've been playing a lot of texas holdem poker tournaments over the past few weeks online.... it is both frustrating, AND rewarding, if you can follow that twisted line of logic! ;-)

I should know better than to play the $5 tournaments, since the buffoonery there is over the top! Where else would you get called by someone for ALL their chips with bottom pair? Sadly, online poker seems to CONTINUSLY reward these idiots by giving them their set on the river!

I've probably made the money about 40% of the time, which serves to allow continued play, but the frustration level of making the right move, only to get rivered, gets REALLY OLD!

I'll probably continue to play until this current bankroll finally gives out, but boy, its damn frustrating!

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October 26, 2007

Recent play online...

I decided that if I was going to play online, I needed to deposit enought money so that I could last out a few tournaments, instead of the small amounts that I had been playing with. Normally, I only had $25 or so a month to diddle around with, and played mainly $5 tournaments and sit-n-gos.

As you can imagine, those are mainly fish fests, and even thought I was playing for fun, it got pretty frustrating playing like that. So I figured with a little extra bank to play with, I could step up and see if the $10 and $20 events were any better. They are not! LOL

Same ole playing styles that you see on TV.... mindless aggression with mediocre hands. Problem being... they tend to suck out on the river TIME after TIME. It's almost comical.... that is if I weren't on the recieving end of that so many times....

Case in point... I have Pocket A's under the gun. I bet out 4X, figuring I'd get some action, but not much with the way the table had been playing. Guy on the button goes over the top of me another 5X... I think for a minute, knowing this guy has been REALLY loose all game, and decide to push him. I move all in!

I get an unexpected call from him! MORE unexpected, is that he has KQo!

Flop comes K K K ..... unbelieveable how online play seems to reward these idiots.... ;-)

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October 23, 2007

Absolute Poker Official Statement

This is the most up to date statement that the Ownership of Absolute Poker has published. I post this so that readers can form their own opinion....

"Dear AP Player:

I am the former Grand Chief of the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake and the owner of Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, which holds a 100% interest in Absolute Poker.

As many of our players are aware, there has been a security breach in our system that allowed unlawful access to player information that resulted in unfair play. I am writing to you today to let you know what we know so far in order to set the record straight, and to assure you of AP’s commitment to player security. I am sure that this letter will not address all of the questions and concerns you may have, nor will it extinguish the heated discussion surrounding this issue. At this point, our intention is to let you know all we can disclose and to assure you of our continued efforts to keep you informed as best we can as the investigations continue.

We deeply regret this situation has occurred. A breach in security in online poker is serious and of great concern to players and the industry worldwide, and this particular situation has been the subject of debate within the poker player community and in the media, giving rise to the creation of several websites and hundreds and hundreds of comments, opinions, and theories of what occurred – some of which are accurate, and some that are not.

Like you, I have not been happy that during the initial stage of our investigation, AP has not been more forthcoming in providing a timely or comprehensive explanation on this matter, giving rise to anger, suspicion, and concern on the part of our valued customers. I hope that our customers can appreciate that this remains an incredibly complex and sensitive issue, and I want to give you my strongest possible assurance that we will be as forthcoming as possible on how this breach occurred and what we are doing to remedy the situation.

What We Know and Actions We Have Taken

AP was notified by a customer that a possible cheating incident occurred during a recent tournament, and in response forwarded players’ hand logs. This disclosure of the hand logs prompted our customers to determine that a more serious security breach had occurred. We immediately launched an internal investigation and also requested a formal audit by Gaming Associates, an acknowledged world-wide expert in audits, interactive gaming tests, and information security.

Based upon our preliminary findings, it appears that the integrity of our poker system was compromised by a high-ranking trusted consultant employed by AP whose position gave him extraordinary access to certain security systems. As has been speculated in several online forums, this consultant devised a sophisticated scheme to manipulate internal systems to access third-party computers and accounts to view hole cards of other customers during play without their knowledge. As this consultant was aware of the details of our fraud detection process, the likelihood that the scheme would be uncovered through our normal procedures was minimized. We consider this security breach to be a horrendous and inexcusable offense.

We will pay for all losses suffered by the affected players as soon as our audit is finished and the amounts are determined. Although we are in the process of attempting to recover all the winnings of this consultant, any unrecovered losses of affected players will be paid by Absolute Poker so that all affected persons will be made whole.

Next Steps

We are still investigating whether the consultant was acting alone or in concert with others, and it appears at this time that all account holders are innocent of collusion and were unaware of any wrong-doing by the consultant, who was immediately terminated. We continue to investigate this matter aggressively, and all of these preliminary findings are subject to the audits currently underway. We have recently uncovered additional accounts used by the consultant that have not been publicly reported. So as to not compromise the investigation, we are not releasing the names of these additional accounts at this time, and will contact these affected customers individually.

The specific allegations of unlawful activity are being investigated both by AP and by the authorized authorities, including the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. We will continue to actively cooperate with these authorities in full compliance with the Regulations Concerning Interactive Gaming. In addition to our own investigation and the audit by Gaming Associates, we have also submitted to an audit by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission.

Please be assured that we have corrected the problem that allowed the system to be unfairly manipulated. We are working furiously to increase the safeguards within our systems. While we are satisfied that our systems are secured, we realize that our security systems must be continuously monitored and enhanced.

Without question, this incident has been unfortunate for all concerned, and we will emerge as a stronger company. I realize it will take some time and much more information for AP to re-earn the trust and confidence of our customers who are in doubt of our commitment to the highest levels of security, privacy and integrity. As we move to address and correct this situation, our valued customers have played a vital role in uncovering this scheme through various online forums and have become an active part of the solution.

With my full sincerity, I thank you, and I promise to keep you updated as we bring this situation to a close.

Sincerely,

Joe Norton "

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October 20, 2007

Absolute Poker issues...

There has been a LOT of discussion on the many poker boards of late regarding some 'issues' that AP has/had. I can not pretend to know what is going on over there, NOR do I wish to speculate about who is at fault.

If you want a pretty consise summary of what is going on at AP, I recommend that you read this Blog Entry by Justin....

I AM concerned about promoting them in light of what is going on, and what I have read about the situation. In light of that, I have decided that it is in both MY AND my reader's best interest to reduce their exposure on my websites until the situation clears up some....

I have re-initiated my support for BODOG however, as they have re-emerged as BODOG LIFE, following their recent domain issues. They are once again stable and running well....

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October 03, 2007

Poker Stars Bloggers Event

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September 12, 2007

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September 10, 2007

Playin online again....

I had not played online poker for quite some time, due to summer, and the requirements of house, life, ect.... So I figured I would give it a go again, and see how things went!

I have played 4 SNG's at Full Tilt Poker in the past 3 days, and I have cashed in two of them! I'm very pleased with the results so far, as I'm in the PLUS column! I should have cashed in one of the other two, but my pocket K's ran into Pocket A's.... it's amazing how often that happens!

I'll be playing some in the next week or so, to see how this trent keeps up!

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September 04, 2007

World Cup of Poker Live

PokerStars is bringing you LIVE COVERAGE of the World Cup Of Poker. You can watch this event at WCP LIVE

Watch and cheer your favorite teem with the finals qualifers being: USA, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Iceland, Portugal, Romania and Mexico!

Here is the schedule:

Tuesday, 4th September
HEAT 1 16:00-21:00 CET (10:00-15:00 ET)
HEAT 2 22:00-03:00 CET (16:00-21:00 ET)

Wednesday, 5th September
HEAT 3 16:00-21:00 CET (10:00-15:00 ET)

Thursday, 6th September
HEAT 4 16:00-21:00 CET (10:00-15:00 ET)
HEAT 5 22:00-03:00 CET (16:00-21:00 ET)

Friday, 7th September
FINAL (featuring top four teams) 18:30-23:30 CET (12:30-17:30 ET)

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August 31, 2007

Suspended Bodog promotions....

I have temporarily suspended my endorsements of Bodog due to their recent legal issues over their domain, and the patent infringement case they are currently involved in.

I am sure that Bodog will resolve these issues, and once they are settled, I will once again happily endorse their products!

Posted by fatbill at 09:39 AM | Comments (0)

August 22, 2007

WSOP Main Event on TV

Just a reminder to everyone, that the Main event is now showing on ESPN. Last night there were hour long shows featuring 2 of the 4 'first' days.... more to come!

Posted by fatbill at 10:51 AM | Comments (0)

August 15, 2007

Played a H.O.R.S.E tourney...

I played a HORSE tournament the other day, mainly because I had never done it, and thought it would be interesting.

I really didnt do that poorly... except in the RAZZ section, where I was kinda at a loss on what was a good hand to stay in with... but I more than made up for it in both the Holdem sections, and in the Omaha HI section.

I ended up coming in 7th, which was pretty satisfing for me on my first attempt at HORSE!

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August 08, 2007

Played at Carbon Poker

I was sitting around, and somewhat bored, so I thought I'd go play a Tournament online. I decided to play at CarbonPoker, simply because I had not played there in the past.

I entered a $10 short-handed tournament that had 85 players.

It took me a while to get used to the interface there, as it's a bit different that I was used to. It is a pretty nice layout, just done differently than some of the other rooms.

Play was smoothe, and things were pretty well run. I even managed to come int 5th!

Give CarbonPoker a go if you get the chance!

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August 03, 2007

Played at the club last night...

I decided that it had been WAY too long since I had played any LIVE Texas Holdem poker, so I went to the club last night to play in their weekly game. The turnout was not bad, but there were only 21 players total.

I really didnt get much in the way of cards, but managed to take my initial stack of 3000 up to over 5000 when my big blind hand of 4 7 off hit on a flopped 4 7 2! Guy before me made a big raise, and I went over the top putting him all in. He had pocket 5's, and did not improve, whereas I hit the boat on the turn.

From there, things went downhill. I was moved to another table to balance things, and just NEVER saw any cards. I final got AKo, under the gun, and moved my remaining 3K in. I got called by pocket 5's ( again ) but never improved. Crippled, I had to push from my bb with my remaining 600, and ran into K's.

Can't complain about how I played... but cards sure help!

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July 26, 2007

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July 24, 2007

List of 2007 WSOP Winners

Event 2 - World Championship Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
Winner: Steve Billirakis Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $536,287

Event 3 - No-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Ciaran O'Leary Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $727,012

Event 4 - Pot-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Mike Spegal Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $251,957

Event 5 - Omaha/Seven Card Stud High/Low 8/OB
Winner: Thomas Schneider Buy-in: $2,500 | 1st Place Prize: $214,347

Event 6 - Limit Hold'em
Winner: Gary Styczynski Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $280,715

Event 7 - Pot-Limit Omaha
Winner: Burt Boutin Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $825,956

Event 8 - No-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Michael Chu Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $585,774

Event 9 - Omaha High-Low 8/OB
Winner: Alexander Kravchenko Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $228,446

Event 10 - No-Limit Hold'em
Winner: William Durkee Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $566,916

Event 11 - World Championship Seven Card Stud
Winner: Chris Reslock Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $258,453

Event 12 - No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Winner: Jason Warner Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $481,698

Event 13 - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em
Winner: Allen Cunningham Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $487,287

Event 14 - Seven Card Stud
Winner: Michael Keiner Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $146,987

Event 15 - No-Limit Hold'em
Phil Hellmuth Jr. Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $637,254

Event 16 - H.O.R.S.E.
James Richburg Buy-in: $2,500 | 1st Place Prize: $238,881

Event 17 - Ladies World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Sally Boyer Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $262,077

Event 18 - World Championship Limit Hold'em
Saro Getzoyan Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $333,379

Event 19 - No-Limit Hold'em
Francois Safieddine Buy-in: $2,500 | 1st Place Prize: $521,785

Event 20 - Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
Ryan Hughes Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $176,358

Event 21 - No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Don Baruch Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $264,107

Event 22 - No-Limit Hold'em
James Mackey Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $730,740

Event 23 - Pot-Limit Omaha
Scott Clements Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $194,206

Event 24 - World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
Eli Elezra Buy-in: $3,000 | 1st Place Prize: $198,984

Event 25 - No-Limit Hold'em
Ben Ponzio Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $599,109

Event 26 - H.O.R.S.E
Ralph Schwartz Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $275,683

Event 27 - No-Limit Hold'em
David Stucke Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $603,069

Event 28 - No-Limit Hold'em
Shankar Pillai Buy-in: $3,000 | 1st Place Prize: $527,829

Event 29 - Seven Card Razz
Katja Thater Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $132,653

Event 30 - No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed
Hoyt Corkins Buy-in: $2,500 | 1st Place Prize: $515,065

Event 31 - World Championship Heads-Up NLH
Daniel Schreiber Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $425,594

Event 32 - Seven Card Stud
Jeffrey Lisandro Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $118,426

Event 33 - Pot-Limit Omaha
Alan Smurfit Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $464,867

Event 34 - Limit Hold'em
Alex Borteh Buy-in: $3,000 | 1st Place Prize: $225,483

Event 35 - No-Limit Hold'em
Ryan Young Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $615,955

Event 36 - No-Limit Hold'em
John Guth Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $363,216

Event 37 - No-Limit Hold'em
Greg Hopkins Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $269,274

Event 38 - No-Limit Hold'em
Robert Cheung Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $673,628

Event 39 - World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
Freddy Deb Buy-in: $50,000 | 1st Place Prize: $2,276,832

Event 40 - Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit)
Fred Goldberg Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $204,935

Event 41 - World Championship Seniors NLH
Ernest Bennett Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $204,935

Event 42 - Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low 8/OB
Lukasz Dumanski Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $227,454

Event 43 - Limit Hold'em
Saif Ahmad Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $217,329

Event 45 - No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed
Bill Edler Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $904,672

Event 46 - 7 Card Stud High-Low 8/OB
Tom Schneider Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $147,713

Event 47 - No-Limit Hold'em
Blair Rodman Buy-in: $2,000 | 1st Place Prize: $707,898

Event 48 - 2 to 7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)
Rafi Amit Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $227,005

Event 49 - No-Limit Hold'em
Ghandrasekhar Billavara Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $722,914

Event 50 - World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha
Robert Mizrachi Buy-in: $10,000 | 1st Place Prize: $768,889

Event 51 - S.H.O.E.
Dao Bac Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $157,975

Event 52 - No-Limit Hold'em
Michael Graves Buy-in: $1,000 | 1st Place Prize: $742,121

Event 53 - Limit Hold'em Shootout
Ram Vaswani Buy-in: $1,500 | 1st Place Prize: $217,438

Event 54 - World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball
Erikl Seidel Buy-in: $5,000 | 1st Place Prize: $538,835

Event 55 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Jerry Yang Buy-in: $10,000 | 1st Place Prize: $8,250,000

Posted by fatbill at 12:15 PM | Comments (0)

July 18, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Champ Crowned

The new champion crowned for the 2007 Main Event No Limit Texas Holdem $10,000 buy-in event is Jerry Yang. Yang took home the coveted bracelet, and $8,250,000. Tuan Lam won second place worth $4,840,981.

The final table took 16 hours to play down!

Raymond Rahme took thrid worth $3,048,025
Alex Kravchenko tok Fourth Place worth $1,852,721

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July 16, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 6

They are down to the FINAL TABLE!

Raymond Rahme, Alex Kravchenko, Lee Childs, Jerry Yang, Lee Watkinson, Tuan Lam, Philip Hilm, Jon Kalmar, and Hevad "RainKhan" Khan.

Scotty Nguyen was eliminated 11th shortly after his AQ ran into a set of 5s, which crippled him.

Philip Hilm is the chip leader with just over 22Million in chips.

The final table will be played tomorrow July 17th.....

Posted by fatbill at 08:53 AM | Comments (0)

July 15, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 5

Day 5 ended with 36 players still in the hunt. Play will resume today to get down to the final table of 9.

Two top pros are still alive and well, Scotty Nguyen, and Lee Watkinson. Gus Hansen went out 61st, and Huck Seed went out 73rd. Scotty is the only former champion still left in the field.

Here are the top ten stacks:
1 David Tran 10,030,000
2 Philip Hilm 10,000,000
3 Raymond Henson 8,500,000
4 Hevad Khan 6,900,000
5 Lee Childs 6,675,000
6 Scott Freeman 6,300,000
7 William "Bill" Edler 6,000,000
8 Jerry Yang 5,800,000
9 Kenny Tran 5,045,000
10 William Spadea 4,575,000

Posted by fatbill at 11:29 AM | Comments (0)

July 14, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 4

Day Four is officially in the books, and they are down to 114 players left in the field. Play will resume today, pairing the field down to the final 27 players.

Some of the more notable players still in the hunt are: Huck Seed, Gus Hansen, Scotty Nguyen, and Humberto Brenes. The field is led by a number of online qualifier's.....

Posted by fatbill at 08:37 AM | Comments (0)

July 13, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event day 3

Day 3 was the first time all players were in the same room at the same time, in this Main Event. When play ended for the day, there were 337 players remaining, for day 4. Play began with 797, with the money 'bubble' set at 621 worth $20,320. Payouts now are at $39,445 when play begins today.

This is the second largest WSOP event held, with 6,358 players, behind only last years Main Event. This year, first prize is worth a whopping $8,250,000!

Starting the day, there were six former Main Event champions still in the field: Berry Johnston ('86), Huck Seed ('96), Scotty Nguyen ('98), Chris "Jesus" Ferguson ('00), Carlos Mortensen ('01) and Robert Varkonyi ('02).

There are still some notables among the leaders, among them are: Gus Hansen, Huck Seed, Lee Watkinson, Chad Brown, Robert Varkonyi, Carlos Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, and Humberto Brenes.

Posted by fatbill at 09:02 AM | Comments (0)

July 12, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 2b

Well, Day 2b is in the books, and there are a total of 449 players left in the field, which combines today for the first time, to play Day 3. There should be about 800 players when play starts today, with the money being 621st.

Posted by fatbill at 10:18 AM | Comments (0)

July 11, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 2a

Day two a played down to 350 when play was halted for the night. Day 2B will begin today, with Day 3 looming, for the combined field for the first time.

Some of the players we will NOT be seeing on day three include: Paul Wasicka, Dan Harrington, Tony G, Mark Sief, Patrik Antonius, Barry Greenstein, Tom McEvoy.......

Posted by fatbill at 06:39 AM | Comments (0)

July 10, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 1d

Well, finally they are done with all the 'day 1' rounds!

Day 1d had over 1700 players, and they played it down to around 650.

They offically had 6,358 total entries to this year's Main event, which is a couple thousand down from last year!

Today they start the first of two 'day 2's', with about 1300 in each day. The field will finally combine on Thursday, as they march towards the final table, which is scheduled to start on Tuesday July 17th!

Posted by fatbill at 08:10 AM | Comments (0)

July 09, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 1c

Play ended for the night with approximately 680 remaining from Day 1C. Play began for the day with 1706.

Today, the last of the 'first' days ( day 1D ) will be played, before going into the 2 day two's.

Posted by fatbill at 08:49 AM | Comments (0)

July 08, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event day 1b

They played day 1b down to around 610, with some notables surviving to go on to day two. Dan Harrington, Paul Wasicka, David Pham, and Rob Mizachi were among those surviving....

The chip leaders from yesterday ( day 1a ) are Tinten Olivier ($270,500), John Dutchak ($209,600) and Stephen Austin ($205,000).

Posted by fatbill at 10:59 AM | Comments (0)

July 07, 2007

2007 WSOP Main Event Day 1

Well, althought the numbers do not match last year, a VERY healthy 1590 anted up for the first day ( of 4 ) for the WSOP $10,000 No Limit Texas Holdem Main event. That would work out to just shy of 6500 once all four day ones are completed.

Four former Main event champs were in this field: Doyle Brunson, Amarillo Slim, Bobby Baldwin, and Huck Seed.

Posted by fatbill at 08:10 AM | Comments (0)

July 06, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #54 results

Event #54, a $5000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball tournament was won by Eric Sidel, taking home his 8th bracelet, and the first prize, worth $538,835. Chad Brown took second worth $324,777. This was a star studded final, with Shawn Sheikhan taking 3rd, Lamar Wilkingson 4th, Andrew Black 5th, Freddy Deeb 6th, Todd Brunson 7th, and Barry Greenstein 8th.

Today begins the oddesy that has become the WSOP Main Event! Once again they expect over 8 THOUSAND entrants, and here is the schedule:
July 06, 200712:00 PM Day 1A
July 07, 200712:00 PM Day 1B
July 08, 200712:00 PM Day 1C
July 09, 200712:00 PM Day 1D
July 10, 200712:00 PM Day 2A
July 11, 200712:00 PM Day 2B
July 12, 200712:00 PM Day 3
July 13, 200712:00 PM Day 4
July 14, 200712:00 PM Day 5
July 15, 200712:00 PM Day 6
July 17, 200712:00 PM Final Table

Posted by fatbill at 08:58 AM | Comments (0)

July 05, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #52 results

Event #52, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem W/Multiple Rebuys tournament was won by Michael Graves, taking down the bracelet and first prize money worth $742,121. Theo Tran took second worth $387,193.

Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout tournament was won by Ram Vaswani, taking home the bracelet and $217,438.

Event #54, a $5000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball tournament is down to 17 players, with some heavy names still vieing for this title, including Freddy Deeb, and Barry Greenstein.

The granddaddy of them all, the $10,000 No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship tournament begins it's first stage tomorrow!

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July 04, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #50 & #51 Results

Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament was won by Rob Mizrachi, taking home the bracelet and $768,889. Doyle Brunson went out 6th.

Event #51, a $1000 S.H.O.E tournament was taken down by Dao Bac, who won the bracelet and first price money of $157,975

Event #52, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem W/Multiple Rebuys tournament is down to the final table of 9. . The remaining players and their chip counts going into todays final table are:
Theo Tran-1,350,000
Michael Graves-780,000
Arnold Spee-750,000
Thierry Cazals-640,000
Shawn Luman-635,000
Isaac Haxton-600,000
Shawn Hattem-550,000
Chad Batista-480,000
Kris Tate-370,000

Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout tournament ended early, as it became apparent that they would not get down to the final table. They will resume today to get to that point.

Event #54, a $5000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball ournament gets underay today.

The main event begins it's first day on Friday July 6th. There are actually FOUR day one's, in tiers, then Two day 2's before the field is narrowed enought to put everyone in one room at the same time, which is scheduled to be on July 12th.

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July 03, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #49 Results

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Chandrasekhar Billavara taking home the bracelet and $722,914.

Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament is down to the final table of 9. Among those at the final table, is Doyle Brunson, looking to tie Hellmuth with his 11th Bracelet. The players remaining are:
1. Doyle Brunson
2. Patrik Antonius
3. Marco Traniello
4, Rene Mouritsen
5. Tommy Ly
6. Jonas Flug-Entin
7. Steve Sung
8. Steve Ladowsky
9. Robert Mizrachi

Event #51, a $1000 S.H.O.E tournament is down to the final table of 9. The remaining players are:
1 Adam Geyer 293,000
2 Dao Bac 266,000
3 Imre Leibold 250,000
4 Raymond Davis 235,000
5 Vladimir Shchemelov 168,000
6 Michael Craig 161,000
7 Patrick Poels 53,000
8 Chip Jett 40,000

Event #52, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem W/Multiple Rebuys tournament ended the day with 110 of the starting 1048 remaining. They have yet to reach the money bubble, but it is not far away, when play resumes today.

Today Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout tournament will get underay.

Only one other event is scheduled before Friday's World Championship Main Event gets started, and that is Tomorrows Event #54, a $5000 World Championship No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball tournament.

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July 02, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #47 & #48 Results

Event #47, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Blair Rodmen, taking home the bracelet and $707,898.

Event #48 a $1000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ( limit ) WITH rebuys tournament was won by Rafi Amit, who taks home the braclet and first prize of $227,005.

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament is down to the final table of 9 ( remember, they started this one with 3151 players ). The players and their chip counts are:
Seat 1: Lewis Titterton $552,000
Seat 2: Greg "FBT" Mueller $1,032,000
Seat 3: Chandrasekhar Billavara $456,000
Seat 4: Leandro Pimentel $1,134,000
Seat 5: Ray Spencer $1,128,000
Seat 6: Taylor Douglas $2,618,000
Seat 7: Duane Felix $996,000
Seat 8: John Hunt $833,000
Seat 9: Cort Kibler-Melby $694,000

Today, Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament started with 314 players, and they are down to 55. Some of the notables include: Andy Bloch, Annie Duke, Scotty Nguyen, Doyle Brunson, Roy Brindley, Robert Mizrachi, and Greg Raymer.

Event #51, a $1000 S.H.O.E tournament is down to 176, with play resuming today to the final table.

Today Event #52, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem W/Multiple Rebuys tournament will get underway....

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July 01, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #45 & #46 Results

Event #45, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed tournament was won by Bill Edler, for his first bracelet, and $904,672!

Event #46, a $1000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB tournament was won by Tom Schneider, defeating Hoyt Verner to win his second bracelet, and $147,713.

Event #47, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament is down to the final table of 9. The remaining players with their chip counts are:
Seat 1 - Mark McKibben - $643,000
Seat 2 - David Schnettler - $267,000
Seat 3 - Klein Kim Bach - $1,120,000
Seat 4 - Joe Pelton - $681,000
Seat 5 - Blair Rodman - $712,000
Seat 6 - Steve 'Stan' Crawford - $1,498,000
Seat 7 - Amato Galasso - $1,165,000
Seat 8 - Anna Wroblewski - $1,137,000
Seat 9 - Roland de Wolfe - $961,000

Event #48 a $1000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ( limit ) WITH rebuys tournament is down to the final table of 6. Andy Bloch went out 7th.... those remaining, and their stacks are:
Seat 1. Anthony Lellouche - $205,000
Seat 2. Lenny Martin - $133,000
Seat 3. Eugene Ji - $192,000
Seat 4. Mark Bartlog - $98,000
Seat 5. Rafi Amit - $374,000
Seat 6. Jon Shoreman - $518,000

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament drew HUGE numbers as expected! There were 3,151 entries, making this the third largest WSOP field to date. Firse will be worth $722,914, and 324th 2,667! Play was halted with 218 still in the field, and will resume today towards the final table.

Today, Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament will get underway, as will Event $51, a $1000 S.H.O.E tournament.

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June 30, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #44 Results

Event #44, a $2000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB tournament was won by Franike O-Dell, taking home his second bracelet and $240,057, Marcel Luske went out fourth.

Event #45, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed tournament is down to the final table of 6, with play resuming today. The final table looks like this:
Seat 1: Greg Pohler - $655,000
Seat 2: Alex Bolotin - $2,010,000
Seat 3: Gioi Luong - $570,00
Seat 4: Bill Edler - $535,000
Seat 5: Dutch Boyd - $705,000
Seat 6: Erik Friberg - $2,795,000

Event #46, a $1000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB tournament began with 668 entries, and they are downb to 9. They are still playing, trying to get down to the final 8. Scotty Nguyen is still among those in the hunt....

Event #47, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament ended play for the night with 142 reminaing, all of whom are in the money. There were 2038 entries for this event, making first place worth $707,898!

Event #48 a $1000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ( limit ) WITH rebuys event is winding down the field, as there are less than 150 still in the hunt. As expected in an event such as this, most are top named pros. Greg Reymer and Allen Cunningham are among the chip leaders...

Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament is set to go off today. This one will bring a LOT of players, I'm sure....

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June 29, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #43 Result & #39 Updated

Event #39, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E tournament was won by Freddy Deeb! He took home this coveted bracelet, and first prize money worth $2,276,832. Bruno Fitoussi took second worth $1,278,720.

Event #43, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Saif Ahmad worth $217,329 and the bracelet.

Event #44, a $2000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB tournament is down to the final table, after John Juanda went out 10th. Those remaining, and their chip counts are:
Seat 1- Martin Corpuz, Jr. $292,000
Seat 2- Ming Lee $373,000
Seat 3- Mitch Maples $70,000
Seat 4- Thang Luu $238,000
Seat 5- Jess Robinson $255,000
Seat 6- Frankie O'Dell $318,000
Seat 7- Marcel Luske $427,000
Seat 8- Marvin Ryan $104,000
Seat 9- Stuart Paterson $58,000

Event #45, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed tournament ended for the night with 77 remaining out of a starting 728 players. All players remaining made the money, and there are a number of names still in the field, including Phil Hellmuth who is in the cash for his 62nd time, and Men ' The Master ' Nguyen, who will cash for the 50th cash at a WSOP event. Play will resume today down to the final table.

Event #46, a $1000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB tournament ended for the evening, with just less than 200 players still in the field. Among those remaining, is Doyle Brunson, and Scotty Nguyen...

Event #47, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament, and Event #48 a $1000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ( limit ) WITH rebuys, both begin today....

We are one week away from the start of the $10,000 World CHampionship No Limit Texas Holdem event!

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June 28, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #39 update & #41, #42 Results

Event #39, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E tournament is down to the final table of 8. Gabe Kaplan went out 9th, Dewey Tomko 10th, and Greg Reymer #14. The remaining 8 players are:
Amnon Filippi: $4,015,000
Freddy Deeb: $3,500,000
Kenny Tran: $2,445,000
John Hanson: $1,995,000
David Singer: $1,330,000
Bruno Fitoussi: $895,000
Barry Greenstein: $750,000
Thor Hansen: $40,000

Event #41, a $1000 World Championship Seniors Texas Holdem tournament was won by Ernest Bennet, taking home the bracelet and first prize cash worth $348,423.

Event #42, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low 8/OB tournament was won by Lukasz Dumanski, taking home the bracelet and $227,454.

Event #43, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem tournament is down to the final table, and here are those remaining:
Seat-8 Tommy Rounds -- $406,000
Seat-2 Saif Ahmad -- $322,000
Seat-3 Joeseph Mandia -- $259,000
Seat-9 Micahel Graffeo -- $250,000
Seat-5 William Jensen -- $245,000
Seat-1 Justin Pechie -- $147,000
Seat-4 Gerald Kane -- $129,000
Seat- 7 Robert Pacleb -- $104,000
Seat-6 Hal Havlisch -- $30,000

Event #44, a $2000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB tournament ended for the night with 79 players still in the hunt. Only 54 will cash in this event, and play will resume today...

Today, Event #45, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed tournament, and Event #46, a $1000 Seven Card Stud High-Low 8/OB tournament get underway....

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June 27, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #39 Update & #40 Results

Event #39, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E tournament played down to 21 players when play was halted for the night. Here are some of the names, and chip counts still vieing for the title:
Amnon Filippi 2,343,000
Kenny Tran 1,959,000
Freddy Deeb 963,000
Tim Phan 889,000
Barry Greenstein 700,000
Mike Matusow 696,000
Gabe Kaplan 625,000
Greg Raymer 504,000
Dewey Tomko 248,000
Daniel Negreanu 149,000

Event #40, a $1500 Mixed Texas Holdem ( limit/No Limit ) tournament was won by Fred Goldberg, taking home the bracelet and first prize money worth $204,935.

Event #41, a $1000 World Championship Seniors Texas Holdem tournament is down to the final table of 9, with action resuming today. The remaining players and their chip counts are:
Seat-6 Ernest Bennett -- $1,062,000
Seat-2 Leon Lewis -- $841,000
Seat-4 Ed Smith -- $520,000
Seat-8 Tony Korfman -- $412,000
Seat-9 Thomas Catanzaro -- $278,000
Seat-7 Rod Clarida -- $174,000
Seat-5 Ray Abels -- $151,000
Seat-1 Jack Deutch -- $133,000
Seat-3 Charles Anderson -- $104,000

Event #42, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low 8/OB tournament is down to the final table, and play will resume today. Here are those players and their chip counts:
Seat-6 David bach -- $502,000
Seat-5 Chad Brown -- $390,000
Seat-3 Lukasz Dumanski -- $358,000
Seat-8 James Tolley -- $282,000
Seat-9 Gene Timberlake -- $143,000
Seat-3 George Danzer -- $116,000
Seat-4 Thomas Hunt -- $114,000
Seat-1 Mark Wilds -- $96,000

Event #43, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem tournament stopped for the night, with 61 players still in the field. Play will resume today to the final table.

Event #44, a $2000 Omaha High-Low 8/OB tournament starts off today...

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June 26, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #38 Results

Event #38, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was taken down by Robert Cheung. Cheung won both the bracelet and first prize money worth $673,6285. Richard Murnick took second place worth $417.117, and Erica Shoenberg took thrid worth $261,646.

Event #39, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E tournament is playing down to 48, with a star studded field ready for the title. You'd expect top pros to be leading the pack in this one, and they are, with the exception of an unknown, John Hanson, who is the chip leader. Among the pros still in the hunt are: Eric Lindgren, Cyndy Violette, Mike Matusow, Eli Elezra, Toto Leonidas, Allen Cunningham, Chip Reese, Andy Block and Huck Seed.

Event #40, a $1500 Mixed Texas Holdem ( limit/No Limit ) tournament played down to the final table. The final nine players are: Karlo Lopez, Christoph Niesert, Scott Bohlman, Rene Mouritsen, Fred Goldberg, Michael Craig, Reza Zand, Joe Brandenburg,and Kevin Marcott.

Event #41, a $1000 World Championship Seniors Texas Holdem tournament is down to the money, with 153 still in the hunt, including three former WSOP World Champs: Amarillo 'Slim' Preston, Tom McEvoy, and Brad Daugherty.

Event #42, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low 8/OB tournament halted for the night with 98 players still in the field. Play will resume today....

Event #43, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem tournament starts off today....

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June 25, 2007

2007 WSOP Event #37 Results

Event #37, a $2000 Pot Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Greg Hopkins, taking home the bracelet and $269,274. Jason Newburger took home second place and $165,797.

Event #38, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was down to ten players, playing down to the final 9 before play is halted.

Event #39, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E tournament started with 148 players, and play stopped for the night with 127 remaining. Eli Elezra is the chip leader after 18 levels of play.

Event #40, a $1500 Mixed Texas Holdem ( limit/No Limit ) tournament started play with 620 players, and play ended for the night with 125 remaining. Only 63 make the money, and play will resume today to determine the final table of 9.

Two events are set to begin today..... Event #41, a $1000 World Championship Seniors Texas Holdem tournament, and Event #42, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low 8/OB tournament....

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June 24, 2007

2007 WSOP Events # 35 & #36

Event #35, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tourna