The attorney who filed the suit, David Chesnoff, is kinda a big deal. He’s the former law partner of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, has been an ABC Legal News analyst, and recently secured walks for Bruno Mars and Paris Hilton on cocaine charges. Other celebrity clients have included Vince Neil, Jamie Foxx, Mike Tyson, the Jackson family, Leonardo DiCaprio, Shaquille O’neal, Andre Agassi, Martha Stewart, Suge Knight, Nate Dogg … the list goes on and on — mostly criminal cases, some civil. But beyond having an A-list media component to his practice, Chesnoff is also a semi-regular high stakes poker player in Las Vegas — no stranger to the banter in Bobby’s Room and thus the inner workings of the poker world — with a remarkably successful record, legally, against the Feds.

Chesnoff is the guy who helped Doyle Brunson beat the SEC on a $700 million WPT pump-and-dump rap … which may or may not have had anything to do with his getting an invite to the ’06 NBC National Heads-up Championship, where he finished 9th. He also helped Shawn Shiekhan avoid deportation in the face of charges from the Department of Homeland Security. His other big wins against state and federal prosecutors include an acquittal for a “Scarfo” mobster facing the death penalty; an acquittal for a dude busted with 15 tons of hashish in California on grounds of entrapment; and a hung jury in case against kingpins snared in a $6.9 billion cocaine seizure — the biggest drug bust in US history.

He also scored a huge win for Terence Watanabe, one of the biggest whales in Vegas history, who faced severe civil and criminal penalties for welching on nearly $15 million in casino markers, by getting Caesars (then Harrah’s) to drop their claims on the grounds that management at Caesars Palace and the Rio shouldn’t have gotten him so drunk.

Chesnoff’s success runs the gamut — in courtrooms from Clark County to the DOJ’s Southern District of New York — all in all the kinda guy you’d think a Full Tilt exec might wanna hire. But that, of course, is no longer an option with the Ivey suit.

Other Chesnoff poker clients have included Mike Matusow, Kenna James, Johnny Chan, Crispin Leyser, and Russ Hamilton.

We’ll see where the Ivey case goes, obv … and what other criminal and/or civil actions may or may not get wrapped up in it. But beyond seeking $150 million, Ivey vs. Full Tilt marks a huge rift in Full Tilt ranks and fits curiously with statements of intent from Chesnoff’s firm’s own web bio:

Chesnoff & Schonfeld have taken the most difficult of cases, developed new law and have set precedents in the fields of constitutional, criminal and forfeiture law.

“A major distinction between our firm and other law firms is we take cases with the understanding that we’re taking it to trial.”

The chip leader is John Racener with 6,260,000 in chips. Other notables:

Michael Mizrachi 5,654,000
Alexander Kostritsyn 4,834,000
Bryn Kenney 4,300,000
Matt Affleck 3,750,000
Scott Clements 2,200,000
Adam “Roothlus” Levy 1,600,000

Notable eliminations:

Johnny Chan
Phil Galfond
Breeze Zuckerman
JP Kelly
Robert Mizrachi
Matt Keikoan

Full results so far here, chip counts and other updates at wsop.com.

Jesper Hougaard – 2,700,000
Alexander Kostritsyn – 1,990,000
Jean-Robert Bellande – 1,520,000
Phil Galfond – 1,345,000
Johnny Chan – 1,115,000
Michael Mizrachi – 735,000
Robert Mizrachi – 675,000

Notables eliminated during the day:

Hoyt Corkins
Danny Mizrachi
Adam Schoenfeld
Jason Mercier
Dwyte Pilgrim
Evelyn Ng
Mori Eskandani
Eric Morris

Full results so far can be found here and follow the updates over at wsop.com.

Gavin Smith and Jason Somerville discuss the decision with Wicked Chops Poker.

Notables who were eliminated earlier today: Matt Savage, Annie Duke, JJ Liu, Hank Azaria, Robert Varkonyi, Dan Harrington, Erica Schoenberg and Barry Greenstein. Team Pokerati’s only remaining hope (?), The Big Randy, was eliminated in early action.
Follow the action on the money bubble with play resuming at 8:30pm at wsop.com.

The reported leader is Sweden’s Paul Kristoffersson with 617,600 in chips. Notables with healthy stacks include Robert Mizrachi (420,000), Scott Clements (415,000), Johnny Chan (400,000), Eric Baldwin (380,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (315,000), Kido Pham (292,000), Phil Galfond (280,000), Barry Shulman (260,000), Robert Varkonyi (220,000) and Vince Van Patten (187,000). More chip counts and updates can be found at wsop.com.

Day 2a eliminations

Day 2a of the Main Event saw the return of over 2,400 players filling the Amazon and Pavilion rooms at the Rio in Las Vegas, with the field playing four full levels. As can be expected during the Main Event, the eliminations happened at an accelerated pace. Among the notables who won’t return to the Rio with chips on Monday: Mike Sexton, John Hennigan, Tiffany Michelle, Antonio Esfandiari, Eli Elezra, Liz Lieu, Dennis Phillips, Greg Mueller, Sara Underwood, Dutch Boyd, Daniel Alaei, Ted Forrest, Carlos Mortensen and “Miami John” Cernuto, who didn’t return Friday afternoon due to illness and was blinded off.

Day 2a survivors

With play concluding halfway through level nine, a field of 1,200 will enjoy their weekend before returning to join the day 2b survivors as the field will be in the same tournament area for the first time on day 3 at 12pm Monday. The day 2a leader is Boulos Estafanous of Darien, Florida with 340,100 in chips. Other notables with a healthy chip stack include Johnny Chan (281,600), Tony Korfman (275,100), Patrik Antonius (258,600), Sammy Farha (226,500), Annie Duke (176,600), Padraig Parkinson (153,100), Joe Cada (122,400), Chris Moneymaker (104,000), Kathy Liebert (87,000), Scotty Nguyen (67,800), and Matt Savage (54,400). The full list of chip counts can be found at wsop.com, a partial table draw will also be linked here and on my Twitter account.

Saturday at 12pm, over 2,700 players make their way to the Rio for day 2b of the Main Event with half the field expected to be out the door by the time play concludes. Follow the action over at WSOP.com.

WPT Press Conference Saturday

Matt Savage takes advantage of his days off to hold a press conference at 11am at the Bellagio regarding the upcoming season of the WPT. The press conference will also be streamed over the Internet at Ustream.TV here. The first US event of WPT Season IX is the Bellagio Cup VI Main Event, starting Sunday.

Day 1c of the Main Event drew the biggest field as 2,314 players as defending champion Joe Cada handled the “shuffle up and deal” to get today’s activities underway. Cada finished the day with a respectable 55,000 in chips. Among the notables who don’t get to return for day 2b on Saturday: Tom Dwan, Howard Lederer, Huck Seed, Isabelle Mercier, Chad Brown, Men Nguyen, Faraz Jaka, Dario Minieri, Chau Giang, 2009 November Niner Steve Begleiter, and after making his usual dramatic entrance, Phil Hellmuth exited quietly.

At the end of 9 hours of play, 1,642 players will join the 762 day 1a survivors Friday afternoon at 12pm at the start of day 2a. The reported leader at this time is Mathiu Sauriol with 169,900 in chips. Johnny Chan finished the day 2nd in chips with 163,700, other notables back for day 2a include Lauren Kling (149,650), Barny Boatman (144,050), Hoyt Corkins (129,150), David Williams (112,225), Todd Terry (96,175), Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh (85,425), Brock Parker (71,125), Liz Lieu (70,050), Annie Duke (62,000), Yevgeniy Timoshenko (48,150), and Antonio Esfandiari (44,150). The full list of chip counts is now available at wsop.com. The full table draw for day 2a will be linked here and at my Twitter for those interested when it becomes available.

Day 1d of the Main Event gets underway at 12pm, with football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith handling the “shuffle up and deal” duties, with some poker site sure to put a patch on him if he decides to play. The Main Event field is already the second-largest in history with over 7,000 players registered with a chance it breaks 8,000 over the next 8 hours. Catch the action over at wsop.com, Pauly’s blog and Twitter to see if anyone gets shut out, who gets knocked out, and how this afternoon’s action is played out.

Not exactly … but like Michael Phelps, she did get a special invite — as the pop singer will be playing a show at the Galaxy StarWorld Casino at the same time. Personally, I’m gettin’ a little tired of being bluffed by muffins, but that’s neither here nor there when you’ve got a chance to make a cameo appearance in Johnny Chan’s forthcoming Chinese-language “Poker King” movie, right?

From EarthTimes:

Dear Lady Gaga,

“I wanna hold them like they do in texas please, fold’em let em hit me raise it baby stay with me.” We certainly hope so and cannot believe the coincidence that you are playing live in Macau on Saturday 15th August while the Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival is in full swing at the Galaxy Starworld.

Your ‘Fame Ball’ Tour has been a huge hit and we are sure the plaudits in Macau will be the same as in Osaka, Tokyo, Seoul and Manila but imagine the reaction if you showed your poker face at the Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival! Not only will the venue be full of the world’s best poker players, the tournament is also the backdrop to the first ever Chinese language poker movie ‘Poker King,’ which people would go ‘gaga’ for if you took on a cameo role. Forget the wigs, keep the bleached blonde hair and think about the exposure to a huge audience!

You are well known for your dazzling array of outfits and admired for your mix of music and independent attitude. You have gone acoustic and proved you have real talent but the bottom line is nobody has actually seen your poker face! We see you with cards and the glamour in the ‘Poker Face’ video but in fairness we don’t know if you can hold’em.

We undoubtedly are trying to spread the word about poker in Asia, and, despite what some poker purists might argue, you have brought the great game to the attention to millions of new people through your worldwide best selling hit. You have a new tattoo that is the big news at the moment but we finally see your poker face… now that is different, that is serious news! ‘Poker Face’ is not about poker and you cannot play cards? Don’t worry, we have got plenty of people that could teach you!

You are in Macau while the premier poker event in the region is on! The festival runs from the 12th – 23rd with the Main Event getting underway on the 20th. We have a special Celebrity event featuring Hong Kong and Chinese language stars on Tuesday the 18th which you would be more than welcome to attend. We have also openly invited Michael Phelps to come along and are waiting to hear back but in fairness you are in the same city while the event is on so come on, all expenses are on us, just dance!

Congratulations on your nine MTV Video Award nominations but do us and the world a favour, come and see us in Macau and show us your poker face! We would be honored.

Best wishes,

The Asian Poker Tour

The Asian Poker Tour Macau Festival will run from August 12-23, 2009 at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau. The Main Event in 2008 was won by 20-year-old US hotshot Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who scooped US$500,000 after emerging triumphant from the star-studded field that featured players from over 40 countries. The Asian Poker Tour Macau hosts over 20 events with 15 official side events – the first four taking place between the 12th – 16th August featuring guaranteed prize pools. Day 1A of the Main Event kicks off on the 20th August. Full details can be found at http://www.asianpt.com/.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/08/11/lady-gaga-to-play-apt-macau/feed/ 0 http://pokerati.com/2009/07/07/way-outside-the-wsop-day-2a-evening-update-2/ http://pokerati.com/2009/07/07/way-outside-the-wsop-day-2a-evening-update-2/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:47:49 +0000 Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/?p=10252 The day 2a field has returned from dinner break with less than 900 players remaining from the starting field of 1,476. Notable eliminations include: Gus Hansen, Johnny Chan, Mike Caro, Tony G, Jennifer Tilly, Shaun Deeb, Todd Brunson, Barry Greenstein and Mel Judah.

The current chip leader is Samer Rahman with 325,000 in chips. Other notables: Greg Mueller (223,000), Andy Black (164,000), Tom Schneider (140,000), Vitaly Lunkin (120,500), Jimmy Fricke (105,000), Joe Sebok (94,000), Sam Farha (70,000) and Amarillo Slim (48,000). More chip counts and updates can be found at www.wsop.com here.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/07/07/way-outside-the-wsop-day-2a-evening-update-2/feed/ 0 http://pokerati.com/2009/07/06/all-in-all-out-no-love-between-johnny-chan-the-wsop/ http://pokerati.com/2009/07/06/all-in-all-out-no-love-between-johnny-chan-the-wsop/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:40:05 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/?p=10154 As a few people have noticed, the water in the Amazon room has changed. No longer is it All In … Johnny Chan’s “energy water” … it’s just the generic Rio bottled stuff. Clearly something has gone awry between All In and the WSOP. Back in November, the excited word was that All In would be the official energy drink for at least two years. But then, much to our surprise, we saw Red Bull being served this summer, and no All In banners … just All In water.

Hmm, now call it a coincidence, but that All In water disappeared from the Amazon room the day after this article ran on the front page of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, in which the least championed 10-bracelet winner says:

Not everyone is as happy about the World Series as Harrah’s Entertainment, which bought the series in 2004. One of poker’s legendary players and a two-time main event winner lashed out at how the gaming company has run the event and treats the players.

“In the old days, when Jack Binion owned it, he never took a penny out, but we always tipped the dealers good anyway,” Johnny Chan said, complaining about how the gaming company has increased its cut of the players’ pool. “Now Harrah’s takes out 4 to 10 percent.”

The company also has cut back on its comps to players, Chan said. Harrah’s gave him only a $100 food coupon when he entered the $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event last week, he said.

Chan has not been much of a presence this year at the WSOP. He has shown up for a few big events (4?), but hardly sticks around once he busts. In fact, he sneaks out a back door, whereas last year he was constantly in the hallways at his company booth, or in the VIP lounge, which was also heavily labeled with All In signage. And that was before he became a supposedly official sponsor. Might someone have made a deal and forgotten to pay the water bill?

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/07/06/all-in-all-out-no-love-between-johnny-chan-the-wsop/feed/ 3 http://pokerati.com/2009/06/15/way-outside-the-wsop-day-20-evening-update-2/ http://pokerati.com/2009/06/15/way-outside-the-wsop-day-20-evening-update-2/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:01:55 +0000 Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/?p=9148 Johnny F’ing Chan Falls Well Short of Bracelet #11

Johnny Chan lost to Jamin Stokes in the quarterfinal round of the $10,000 NL Holdem Heads-Up World Championship. Currently, the semifinals are ongoing with Stokes playing Leo Wolpert and John Duthie taking on Nathan Doudney.

Rico, Suave

Rico Ramirez is the current chip leader with 6 players left in the $1,500 NL holdem donkament. Mike Eise, Jason Potter, Zack Fritz, Jeff Chang and Barry Berger round out the sextet.

Chad in the Fast Layne in $2,500 PLO

Chad Layne, JC Tran and Steve Sung are the top 3 players with 19 remaining in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event as they play down to a final table tonight. Phil Ivey scraped his way into the money, finishing in 44th.

HORSE is Rodney’s Pardey, and He’ll Cash if He Wants To

Rodney Pardey is the current chip leader in the $1,500 HORSE event with 87 players remaining, 72 of which will be paid. The chances of them getting to their final table appear extremely remote unless the money gets reached shortly.

Monday’s Tournaments in Very Brief

The $2,000 NL Holdem event has 600 players remaining from a starting field of 1,534. The $10,000 Limit Holdem World Championship started with a field of 185, 182 of which remain.

Apologies for the briefness of the update, check out www.wsop.com for further updates.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/06/15/way-outside-the-wsop-day-20-evening-update-2/feed/ 1 http://pokerati.com/2009/06/15/way-outside-the-wsop-day-20-2/ http://pokerati.com/2009/06/15/way-outside-the-wsop-day-20-2/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:45:43 +0000 Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/?p=9129 Johnny F’ing Chan Going for Bracelet #11

The $10,000 NL Holdem Heads-Up World Championship has 8 players remaining who return at 2pm Monday to determine the winner. Here’s the matchups for the quarterfinals, which will also air on ESPN360 and wsop.pkr.com for those outside the US:

Leo Wolpert v Dustin Woolf
Jamin Stokes v Johnny Chan

Nathan Doudney v Bryan Pellegrino
John Duthie v Stephen O’Dwyer

Simmons Looking to be the Poker Guy

Joe Simmons starts day 3 of the $1,500 NL Holdem event as the chip leader (1,100,000) with 27 players playing down to a winner. You can take a look at who else is left at this link.

Tran Riding the PLO Train

J.C. Tran (176,900) is the chip leader at the start of Day 2 of the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event, with 61 players remaining, only 45 get paid. Chad Layne (106,000), John Juanda (85,300), Ross Boatman (75,000) and Phil Ivey (56,600) are among the notables who return at 2pm today.

Sebastien Rings the Belle for Day 2 HORSE

Sabic Sebastien leads the field of 220 who return at 2pm today of the $1,500 HORSE event with 72,700 in chips. Marco Traniello (55,000) Andy Black (54,300), Jean Gaspard, (40,300), Ming Lee (32,500) Fabrice Soulier (32,200), and Vanessa Rousso (30,900) make up some of the notables returning to the baize.

Monday’s Tournaments and Projections

The noon tournament today is the $2,000 NL Holdem event which was won last year by Blair Hinkle in a field of 1,344 for just over $500,000. The 5pm tournament is another World Championship event, this time it’s $10,000 Limit Holdem, which was won last year by Rob Hollink in a field of 218 for almost $500,000.

The WSOP Staff Guide projects 1,344 for the $2,000 NL event (take the under for 1,275), while the $10,000 Limit Holdem event is projected for 229 (take the slightly under for 210).

Check back at Pokerati frequently for more updates during the day.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/06/15/way-outside-the-wsop-day-20-2/feed/ 0 http://pokerati.com/2009/06/14/way-outside-the-wsop-day-19-evening-update-2/ http://pokerati.com/2009/06/14/way-outside-the-wsop-day-19-evening-update-2/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:28:57 +0000 Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/?p=9105 Covering the afternoon coverage of Sunday afternoon at the WSOP:

de Wolfe wins de Triple Crown

Roland de Wolfe became the second player (after Gavin Griffin) to win poker’s Triple Crown (Winning a WSOP bracelet, WPT main event and EPT main event) with his triumph in the $5,000 PLO 8 or Better event, defeating Brett Richey in heads-up play. Dual Omaha bracelet winner Scott Clemens finished in 3rd.

Obligatory Limit Holdem Winner Mention

Sweden’sTomas Alenius defeated Jason Tam heads-up in the $1,500 Limit Holdem event. Day 3 chip leader Al “Sugar Bear” Barbieri finished 3rd. Fortunately for the WSOP staff, they have Sweden’s national anthem already downloaded.

Heads-Up Down to Sweet 16

Round 5 of the $10,000 NL Holdem Heads Up World Championship is down to its final 16 competitors, with one more round of play before the winners return on Monday. Among the survivors: Jason Mercier, Mike Caro, Leo Wolpert, Roberto Romanello, Bryan Pellegrino, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Dustin “Neverwin” Woolf, Johnny Chan and WSOP runner-up in 2008, Alec Torelli.

$2,500 PLO Debut a Success

A larger than expected field of 436 started the $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha event, with 153 returning after the dinner break. The unofficial chip leader is Jesse Rios, with another four levels of play to finish the day.

Late Night HORSE

The $1,500 HORSE event started about three hours ago and a field of 770 left the starting gate. No established chip leaders at this time, but they have eight levels of play to leader going into the first turn. Check out www.wsop.com and give Pokerati a visit during the rest of your Sunday evening/early Monday morning.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/06/14/way-outside-the-wsop-day-19-evening-update-2/feed/ 0 http://pokerati.com/2009/06/01/wsopeople-thang-luu/ http://pokerati.com/2009/06/01/wsopeople-thang-luu/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:35:52 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/?p=8383 Thang Luu (pronounced “Tang”) just took down the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo … and while normally an Asian dude winning a smallish mixed game bracelet would hardly merit more than polite applause, this win is truly impressive because Luu won the same event in 2008, and took second place in its nearest equivalent — $2,000 OHL — in 2007.

The last player to do something similar — booking back-to-back same-event bracelets — was Johnny Chan, who won the WSOP main event in 1987 and 1988 … and then took 2nd place in 1989.

ALT HED: Luu, Thang Clan Ain’t Nothin’ Ta Fu-k Wit

UPDATE: I wasn’t entirely correct about Johnny Chan. Yes, he was the last one to get two 1sts and a 2nd in three years, but here’s the complete list of back-to-back WSOP champions:

Johnny Moss — $10,000 World Championship (1970-1971)
Lakewood Louie — $5000 Limit 5-Card Draw High (1978-1979)
Bones Berland — $500 7-Card Stud (1978-1979)
Doyle Brunson — $10,000 World Championship (1976-1977)
Stu Ungar — $10,000 World Championship (1980-1981)
Johnny Chan — $10,000 World Championship (1987-1988)
Susie Issacs — $1000 Women’s Seven-Card Stud (1996-1997)
Nani Dollison — $1,000 Women’s Mixed Stud/Hold’em (2000-2001)
Thang Luu — $1,500 Omaha High-Low Split (2008-2009)

NOTE: Be sure to read the comments for the “more complete” list of back-to-back champions.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/06/01/wsopeople-thang-luu/feed/ 5 http://pokerati.com/2009/03/06/nhupc-field-whittling-being-whittled/ http://pokerati.com/2009/03/06/nhupc-field-whittling-being-whittled/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:04:49 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/?p=5924 Crap, one of my final four picks is already out. Erik Seidel. I so almost went the other way with that one, too.

Otherwise, all is well in my bracket. Got the 4 3 other matches right — Farha d. Cunningham, Eastgate d. Bloch, Lindgren d. Lederer, Elezra d. Chan. Alas, we will not be seeing Gowen vs. Lederer deep, which Ali Nejad reminded us yesterday woulda been great for poker, because it probably woulda been followed on Court TV.

CORRECTION: I guess I changed my pick on Chan vs. Elezra / didn’t go with my gut. Of course Eli was gonna win.

If you wanna follow a little more play-by-play, take your pick:
CardPlayer.com
PokerNews.com
PokerListings.com

Flipchip for really good photos.
Audio stuff TK at PokerRoad.

And it’s still not too late to get in on the bracket-picking action … though points scored on matches already started won’t count in the end. We’re doing this with our forum friends at PokerRoad. Show who’s boss.

UPDATE: Yang defeats Gowen! Boo Jerry Yang! Makin’ us rankers eat it!

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/03/06/nhupc-field-whittling-being-whittled/feed/ 9 http://pokerati.com/2008/12/20/all-in-energy-drink-all-over-the-market/ http://pokerati.com/2008/12/20/all-in-energy-drink-all-over-the-market/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:51:28 +0000 California Jen http://pokerati.com/?p=4932 It seems that All In Energy Drink is getting recognized in non-poker markets. Who knew?

The Examiner recently took notice of the Johnny Chan-sponsored drink, and it’s getting good reviews. In the Caffeine Examiner column, Big Red Boots (the caffeine guru, evidently) reviewed the grape and citrus concoctions of All In Energy Drink with the following results on a scale where 10 is the highest score:

Tasty grape poker themed drink keeps your game face from sagging:
Taste: 7
Nutrition/Buzz: 8
Packaging: 8
Website: 9

Citrus poker energy drink puts fear in competition:
Packaging: 8
Nutrition/Buzz: 8
Taste: 8
(Assuming the same website gets the same rating, it would be a 9.)

]]> http://pokerati.com/2008/12/20/all-in-energy-drink-all-over-the-market/feed/ 1 http://pokerati.com/2008/11/16/more-from-the-final-table-banner-year/ http://pokerati.com/2008/11/16/more-from-the-final-table-banner-year/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:10:44 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/?p=4779

Mr. Peanut demanded too much money to call the opening cards in the air, so the WSOP got Michael Buffer instead.

As the 2008 WSOP was coming to a close a few days ago, Pauly and I couldn’t help but notice that there seemed to be no new sponsors that weren’t already around for in the summer. Disappointing, sure — but maybe it’s just the general economy?

I began to speculate that WSOP marketing honcho Tye Stewart must be in BIG trouble, dude! couldn’t have been too happy that the most celebrated deal inked between July and November was an extended contract with Johnny Chan’s All In Energy Drink. About 10 minutes later, though, Jeffrey Pollack was speaking to the crowd, giving specific thanks and extreme kudos to Stewart as the successful, hard-working architect of the The November Nine vision. And indeed, we now know the broadcast returned some admirable TV numbers; and even as players got eliminated, there were lines of people in the Rio hallways to fill the Penn & Teller Theater’s 1,200 seats. So maybe now, with something definitive to sell potential backers in the future, what looked a little disappointing while riding up and down the escalators is actually a sign of better things to come?

Below is a pictorial look at some added value for official WSOP banners (and inflatables) in action:

Milwaukee’s Best Light’s been good to poker (and presumably vice-versa) but their contract is about to expire (if it hasn’t already). Will they re-up? Overall the beer is supposedly the lowest performer for the newly merged MillerCoors (despite having Phil Hellmuth’s picture on cans) yet the WSOP might be all that’s keeping it alive.

All In Energy will be the official mock-amphetamine beverage of the WSOP for at least a few (two?) more years.

As mentioned above … Planters: They go great with Milwaukee’s Best Light!

Capriotti’s is still the official sandwich of the WSOP. It really is pretty good grub, but I wonder how much they spent on that clever marketing phrase.

I still don’t know what Gamma-O is, but they have hot girls pushing some sort of testosterone supplement.

For legal and political reasons, Everest Poker is the lone(ly) little online poker sponsor of the WSOP.

Go Corum! They made a pretty cool looking bracelet this year. Not sure how well their high-end brand of wristwear looks on a grubby paw opening an aluminum can of Milwaukee’s Best Light, however.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2008/11/16/more-from-the-final-table-banner-year/feed/ 1 http://pokerati.com/2008/11/09/chip-counts-anybodys-game/ http://pokerati.com/2008/11/09/chip-counts-anybodys-game/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:16:34 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/?p=4724 Players are off on dinner break … and the chip counts are nicely on display for all to see:

Ivan Demidov: 30,725,000
Peter Eastgate: 27,175,000
Dennis Phillips: 26,950,000
Ylon Schwartz: 20,475,000
Scott Montgomery: 20,300,000
Darus Suharto: 10,600,000

Damn, that’s tight poker. And I don’t mean tight tight … I mean close-tight.

Before dinner break, btw, Phil Hellmuth introduced Johnny Chan, and Hellmuth got more boos than Tiffany Michelle. He said, that’s OK, boo all you want … and the crowd that is at this point tired-drinky (think post-football game tailgate in college) obliged.

They were announcing a multi-year deal between the WSOP and ALL IN energy drink. Oy, I guess all I can say for now is that after going through my bajillion cases … I didn’t rebuy.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2008/11/09/chip-counts-anybodys-game/feed/ 1 http://pokerati.com/2008/08/21/its-over-johnny-chanpoker-is-closed-for-business/ http://pokerati.com/2008/08/21/its-over-johnny-chanpoker-is-closed-for-business/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:45:11 +0000 California Jen http://pokerati.com/?p=4283 Did anyone ever play at the site? ChanPoker did launch in the summer of 2006 with the inclusion of U.S. customers, but months later it went strictly overseas due to the passage of the UIGEA. Well, despite its cool Chinese lettering as the logo, it has closed up shop officially today. At least Johnny still has his All In Energy Drink biz…

Here is the message posted on the site:

We are sad to inform you that Chan Poker will be ceasing operation effective this Thursday, August 21, 2008. Effective immediately we will no longer be accepting deposits. On August 21 our poker clients will be disabled.

If you have a cash balance with us rest assured that all withdrawal requests will be honored and promptly processed. To facilitate timely withdrawals, limits for certain withdrawal methods have been increased. We will make every effort to accept withdrawal requests through our website for as long as necessary however we strongly advise submitting your request as soon as possible. To initiate a withdrawal now please follow this link to go to your account. Please note that once final withdrawals are processed your account will be automatically closed, no further action is necessary.

The final $50 daily freeroll will be held Tuesday, August 19, 2008. We will not be holding any additional weekly Red Orange Freerolls.

For those that wish to continue playing online poker, know that we are actively seeking a partner to provide a new home that will honor your player point balances. We will keep you informed of developments on this front.

As always, if you have questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@chanpoker.com.

Warm regards,

Chan Poker Customer Support

]]> http://pokerati.com/2008/08/21/its-over-johnny-chanpoker-is-closed-for-business/feed/ 6 http://pokerati.com/2008/07/11/way-outside-the-wsop-main-event-day-4/ http://pokerati.com/2008/07/11/way-outside-the-wsop-main-event-day-4/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:59:22 +0000 Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/?p=3977 474 players remain when play starts again at 1pm, some happy to have made the money, others hoping for a much bigger prize later this year. Brian Schaedlich, who started day 3 with over 800,000 in chips, ended up with a much smaller stack of 22,000. The leader at the start of play this afternoon appears to be Jeremy Joseph, who will have about 1,470,000 to start play today. Jeremiah Smith, the one time tournament reporter over at www.pokerwire.com, will be in 2nd with 1,300,000. Alan Jaffray, who tried to enter the ladies’ event earlier in the Series, is among the top 10. Other notables include 2008 Aussie Millions winner Alexander Kostritsyn, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Shawn Sheikhan, Phil Hellmuth, Hoyt Corkins, Mike Matusow, Raja Kattamuri, Johnny Chan and Chad Layne looking to keep their head above water in the killing fields that make up the Amazon Room. Another 5 two-hour levels are scheduled for today, will play start slowing down now, or does the carnage continue unfettered? We’ll know more for certain later this afternoon.

To see where your favorite remaining player is starting, head to page 2:

Here’s the day 4 starting seat assignments and chip counts:

Matt Matros 822,500 B01 1
Mitchell Smith 332,500 B01 2
Frank Chimienti 175,000 B01 3
Danny Lee 162,000 B01 4
Brian Hansen 634,500 B01 5
Helge Pedersen 517,000 B01 6
Eric Tom 218,500 B01 7
Alan Jaffray 908,500 B01 8
David Saab 321,500 B01 9

Jeff Kimber 632,500 B03 1
Petteri Pirinen 245,500 B03 2
Dale Hoy 322,500 B03 3
Ferdinand Quelle 518,500 B03 4
Virgil Beddingfield 347,000 B03 5
George Ramsey 113,500 B03 6
Leonardo Emperador 385,500 B03 7
Jimmy Nickens 150,500 B03 8
Ed Godfrey 84,000 B03 9

Hannu Korva 331,500 B05 1
Dylan Linde 217,500 B05 2
Mikael Johansson 181,000 B05 3
Reggie Lyons 200,000 B05 4
Paul Ridley 78,500 B05 5
Herbert Morici 189,000 B05 6
Hyon Kim 285,500 B05 7
Tony Basile 77,500 B05 8
Michael Carroll 204,000 B05 9

Matthew Jensen 625,000 B06 1
Magnus Petersson 352,000 B06 2
Andreas Berggren 612,500 B06 3
Robin Larsson 374,000 B06 4
Tiffany Michelle 249,000 B06 5
Craig Stein 230,500 B06 6
Evan Woodington 63,500 B06 7
Mads Andersen 98,500 B06 8
Greg Debora 319,000 B06 9

Gary Do 125,000 B08 1
Cort Kibler-Melby 439,000 B08 2
Darus Suharto 420,500 B08 3
Dennis Phillips 295,000 B08 4
Brad Johnson 424,000 B08 5
Ivan Demidov 573,500 B08 6
Kido Pham 228,500 B08 7
Scott Harris 68,500 B08 8
Michael Vanier 129,000 B08 9

David Dao 310,000 B10 1
Jeremy Gaubert 254,000 B10 2
Brian Lamanna 54,000 B10 3
Kai Chang 325,000 B10 4
Peter Ling 294,500 B10 5
Tino Lechich 211,500 B10 6
Cristian Dragomir 824,000 B10 7
Carmel Petresco 158,500 B10 8
David Benefield 399,000 B10 9

Terry Stewart 641,500 B11 1
Marc Podell 558,000 B11 2
Mike Souza 260,000 B11 3
Tomer Berda 69,500 B11 4
Eric Bamer 584,000 B11 5
Suresh Prabhu 310,500 B11 6
Derek Buonano 588,000 B11 7
Andrew Qiu 100,500 B11 8
Manuel Bevant 212,500 B11 9

Sarkis Akopyan 858,000 B13 1
Whitney Blanton 50,500 B13 2
Allen Kennedy 199,000 B13 3
Jean-Robert Bellande 124,500 B13 4
Phil Hellmuth 475,000 B13 5
Andy Schultz 193,000 B13 6
Adam Zinn 116,500 B13 7
Mark Crocker 96,000 B13 8
Adam Levy 473,500 B13 9

Bob Bright 324,000 B15 1
Jeremy Renz 297,500 B15 2
David Ritter 21,500 B15 3
Jason Young 51,500 B15 4
Jason Sagle 130,000 B15 5
Craig Marquis 147,000 B15 6
Markus Feurie 280,000 B15 7
Jesse McEven 356,000 B15 8
Chris Klodnicki 330,500 B15 9

Theodore Park 374,000 B16 1
James Washer 117,000 B16 2
Judet Cristian 315,000 B16 3
Van Nguyen 145,500 B16 4
Bayani Flores 150,500 B16 5
Ziv Bachar 210,000 B16 6
Chris Smith 187,500 B16 7
Scott Hale 94,500 B16 8
Owen Crowe 900,000 B16 9

Mike Spinasanta 249,500 B18 1
Scott Montgomery 162,500 B18 2
Edward Roger 477,000 B18 3
Robert Betts 277,500 B18 4
Garret Beckman 192,000 B18 5
Peter Christensen 124,500 B18 6
Jens Klaning 689,000 B18 7
Jeff Heyn 103,000 B18 8
Scott Landrem 82,000 B18 9

Tommy Le 731,000 B20 1
Kara Scott 171,000 B20 2
Kory Mitchell 195,000 B20 3
Jason Glass 503,500 B20 4
Shawn Farley 119,000 B20 5
Geert Jans 728,500 B20 6
Russ Silva 50,500 B20 7
Tyron Krost 212,000 B20 8
Dan Assor 658,500 B20 9

Alan Gould 464,500 B21 1
David Olson 219,500 B21 2
Paul Leckey 114,000 B21 3
Daniel Fechser 170,500 B21 4
Dominik Kulicki 134,500 B21 5
Adam York 240,500 B21 6
Joe Brandenburg 99,500 B21 7
Andrew Rosskamm 465,000 B21 8
Ryan Eber 231,500 B21 9

Vito Branciforte 564,500 B23 1
Chris Anziuno 267,500 B23 2
Bruce Hyde 200,000 B23 3
Ben Roberts 200,450 B23 4
Mark Wilds 152,500 B23 5
Kevin Schaffel 393,500 B23 6
Jeffery Anderson 462,000 B23 7
Brent Sheirbon 395,000 B23 8
Craig Goodling 80,000 B23 9

Andy Armstrong 113,000 B25 1
Patrick Fortin 227,500 B25 2
Eetu Vehilainen 105,000 B25 3
Aaron Gordon 371,500 B25 4
Gert Anderson 214,500 B25 5
Kellen Hunter 210,500 B25 6
Chan Do 160,000 B25 7
Jani Vilmunen 361,000 B25 8
Jerry Martin 111,000 B25 9

William Purle 367,000 B26 1
Alberto Fontrytzner 489,000 B26 2
Jason Schaedlich 555,000 B26 3
Andre Johnstone 443,500 B26 4
Matthew Calhoun 174,000 B26 5
Lou Esposito 302,000 B26 6
Peter Eastgate 253,500 B26 7
Clint Schafer 544,000 B26 8
Leo Wolpert 253,500 B26 9

Brent Roberts 182,000 B28 1
Joe Bolnick 258,000 B28 2
Jeffrey Papola 295,500 B28 3
Nghia Le 323,000 B28 4
Tim West 63,500 B28 5
Darren Grant 101,500 B28 6
Brian Schaedlich 22,000 B28 7
Robert Georato 747,000 B28 8
Michael Pedley 323,500 B28 9

Kirill Gerasimov 146,500 B30 1
Karen Manfrede 222,500 B30 2
Bernard Brady 288,500 B30 3
Denys Drobyna 34,600 B30 4
Gus Hansen 355,000 B30 5
Tom Hanlon 140,500 B30 6
Danny Mitnick 265,500 B30 7
Chris Overgard 276,500 B30 8
Larry Wright 452,000 B30 9

Jason McCarty 130,500 B31 1
Daniel Buzgon 86,000 B31 2
Jose Baeza 107,000 B31 3
Keoni Schwartz 286,500 B31 4
Zafar Aslam 143,500 B31 5
Mark Vos 468,000 B31 6
Iwan Jones 67,500 B31 7
Peter Hedlund 146,500 B31 8
Dwayne Stacey 144,000 B31 9

Geoffrey Herzog 216,500 B33 1
Michael Ortlieb 121,500 B33 2
Shawn Pilot 26,600 B33 3
Mark Velloney 163,500 B33 4
Paul Lieu 455,500 B33 5
Brian Tatum 224,500 B33 6
Thayer Rasmussen 394,000 B33 7
Christian Oman 209,000 B33 8
Diren Yildiz 236,000 B33 9

Neil Sweeting 277,000 B35 1
Steven Rosen 157,000 B35 2
Thomas Keller 294,000 B35 3
Regan Silber 355,500 B35 4
Mike Matusow 438,500 B35 5
Robert Hwang 253,000 B35 6
Cornel Pazai 515,500 B35 7
Keith Hawkins 148,500 B35 8
Jamie Rosen 576,000 B35 9

Mike Bertolini 157,000 B36 1
Patrick Zamarian 92,500 B36 2
Maya Geller-Antonius 245,000 B36 3
Peter Wesselius 101,500 B36 4
Lonnie Heimowitz 537,500 B36 5
Greg Peters 123,000 B36 6
Allen Carter 300,000 B36 7
Nathan Mullen 94,500 B36 8
Jamal Sawaqdeh 201,000 B36 9

Brad Hood 161,500 B38 1
Phongthep Thiptinnakon 333,000 B38 2
Tom Cope 377,000 B38 3
Thamir Akrawi 153,000 B38 4
Nick Voyatzis 263,000 B38 5
Nicholas Sliwinski 575,000 B38 6
Oliver Busquet 100,500 B38 7
Joshua Norris 141,000 B38 8
Israel Hodara 130,000 B38 9

Ronald Adams 348,500 B40 1
Jason Newburger 156,500 B40 2
Steve Davis 117,500 B40 3
Ryan Milisits 579,500 B40 4
Brandon Cantu 710,000 B40 5
Kevin Lang 143,000 B40 6
Pat P Callaghan 308,500 B40 7
Martin El-Kher 155,000 B40 8
Tai Nguyen 186,000 B40 9

Chris Crilly 369,000 B41 1
Phidias Georgiou 404,000 B41 2
Fredrik Halling 115,000 B41 3
Ken Holcombe 34,500 B41 4
Max Troy 76,000 B41 5
Steven Landfish 764,500 B41 6
Justin Sadauskas 401,000 B41 7
Raja Kattamuri 568,000 B41 8
Devin Porter 52,000 B41 9

Igor Ioffe 266,000 B43 1
Tony Clark 204,500 B43 2
Ylon Schwartz 554,000 B43 3
Pawel Andrzejewski 340,000 B43 4
Stephen Kenna 354,000 B43 5
Jeffery Bryan 52,000 B43 6
Edward Zane 399,000 B43 7
Tim Loecke 499,500 B43 8
Sean David 233,500 B43 9

Jamal Kunbuz 598,000 B45 1
Clifton Allen 178,500 B45 2
Aaron Lerner 155,500 B45 3
Fokke Beukers 142,500 B45 4
Mauro Lupo 423,500 B45 5
George Rahme 369,500 B45 6
Jeffery Frye 470,500 B45 7
Paul Kitsos 261,500 B45 8
Andrew Teng 486,500 B45 9

Garth Paul 456,500 B46 1
Trevor Reardon 75,000 B46 2
Frank Russo 145,500 B46 3
Allen Cunningham 386,500 B46 4
John Goesen 575,000 B46 5
Evan McNiff 109,500 B46 6
Melvin Lowe 55,000 B46 7
Theodore Harris 170,000 B46 8
Shane Pacheco 467,000 B46 9

Comuelo Navamo 43,000 B48 1
Justin Wald 187,500 B48 2
Neville Robbeson 85,000 B48 3
George McKeever 92,500 B48 4
Brandon Becker 347,000 B48 5
Hunter Frey 204,500 B48 6
Robert Ford 701,000 B48 7
Jerry Cusick 337,000 B48 8
Mike Blocksidge 456,000 B48 9

Robert Wood 242,500 B50 1
Dave Colclough 140,000 B50 2
Anthony Meeker 398,000 B50 3
Tim Taylor 358,000 B50 4
Rafael Caiaffa 428,500 B50 5
Marc Tschirch 150,500 B50 6
Mark Ketteringham 950,000 B50 7
Hevad Khan 338,500 B50 8

Noah Kawashige 76,000 G02 1
Alex Tinsley 43,500 G02 2
Bernie Koerner 155,000 G02 3
John Bowler 104,000 G02 4
Hasan Habib 326,000 G02 5
Morten Antonsen 48,000 G02 6
Barry Leventhal 600,000 G02 7
Rick Lowe 81,000 G02 8
Kelly Kim 376,000 G02 9

Mike Ngo 235,500 G03 1
Everett Carlton 144,000 G03 2
Matthew Beisner 155,000 G03 3
Jasper Lee 134,500 G03 4
Jose Martin 215,500 G03 5
Alex Outhred 326,000 G03 6
Darryl Ronconi 302,000 G03 7
Charles Dolan 87,000 G03 8
Peter Neff 626,500 G03 9

Nathan Hays 196,000 G04 1
Chino Rheem 707,500 G04 2
Eric Bremond 387,500 G04 3
Yde van Deutekom 462,000 G04 4
Marco Marcon 71,500 G04 5
Michelle Sainz 173,500 G04 6
Mark Radoja 362,000 G04 7
Peter Biebel 439,000 G04 8
Eric Thompkins 148,000 G04 9

Bob Whalen 366,500 G05 1
Chris Bjorin 40,500 G05 2
Bill Seber 328,000 G05 3
Matt Lessinger 268,000 G05 4
Nicholas Keegan 10,300 G05 5
Larry Bernstein 158,000 G05 6
Bob Coor 144,000 G05 7
Shahram Sheikhan 724,000 G05 8
Josh Chait 318,000 G05 9

Dale Andreas 135,000 G06 1
Hugo Navarrete 86,500 G06 2
Michael Schnabel 130,000 G06 3
Damien Creurer 281,000 G06 4
Jeremy Joseph 1,458,000 G06 5
Kenneth Lee 79,500 G06 6
Michael Graffeo 193,500 G06 7
Ed Aister 289,500 G06 8
Will Brewin 121,500 G06 9

Jeremiah Smith 1,079,500 G07 1
Chad Layne 382,000 G07 2
Tom Cummins 177,500 G07 3
Nick Rampone 148,500 G07 4
Albert Kim 422,000 G07 6
Lisa Parsons 230,000 G07 7
Justin Scott 541,500 G07 8
Felix Osterland 361,500 G07 9

Chase Madden 159,500 G08 1
Jon Friedberg 426,000 G08 2
Charalampos Tsaoussis 52,500 G08 3
Anthony Zinno 528,000 G08 4
Phi Nguyen 645,000 G08 5
William Burdick 249,000 G08 6
Bertrand Grospellier 181,500 G08 7
Doug Ashmore 358,000 G08 9

Gary Friedlander 136,500 G09 1
Travis Cook 110,500 G09 3
Evan Jarvis 366,500 G09 4
Paulo Loureiro 114,000 G09 5
Jim Dalessandro 208,500 G09 6
Ross Smith 196,500 G09 7
Chris Barrile 873,500 G09 8
Lanini Davor 635,000 G09 9

Cory Albertson 260,000 G10 1
Jose Barbero 272,500 G10 2
Aaron Keay 341,000 G10 3
Brian Eckstrom 156,000 G10 4
Deng Dong 480,000 G20 5
Paul Vicary 112,500 G10 6
Ray Henson 358,500 G10 7
Dragoslav Timarac 71,000 G10 8

Leo Fernandez 346,500 O01 1
David Naimark 66,500 O01 2
Chris Zapf 112,500 O01 3
Scott Carpenter 87,000 O01 4
Doron Malinasky 247,500 O01 5
Kristian Obbarius 309,500 O01 6
Karl Wilson 785,000 O01 7
Dean Hamrick 374,000 O01 8
Frankie O’Dell 339,000 O01 9

Evelyn Ng 414,500 O03 1
J.R. Reiss 207,000 O03 2
Kevin Mason 770,500 O03 3
Andres Alvarez 54,400 O03 4
Terry Lade 500,000 O03 5
David Baker 195,000 O03 6
Clayton Newman 168,000 O03 8
Adam Schwartz 133,000 O03 9

Niklas Flisberg 219,500 O04 1
Leonard Nicoletta 124,000 O04 2
Nikolay Losev 557,500 O04 3
Mirza Nagji 91,500 O04 4
Saide Raymond 134,500 O04 5
Veronica Dabul 223,500 O04 6
Banh Le 155,000 O04 7
Chip Jett 318,500 O04 8
Chad Freid 210,000 O04 9

Kyle Carlston 932,500 O06 1
Andy Goetsch 157,500 O06 2
Joanne Monteavaro 45,000 O06 3
Alfredo Fernandez 480,500 O06 5
Steve Pestal 271,500 O06 6
Peter Aiello 61,000 O06 7
Steven Goosen 298,500 O06 8
Nichlas Mattsson 103,000 O06 9

Marc Fineman 411,000 O07 1
Richie Owens 114,500 O07 2
Aditya Agarwal 222,000 O07 3
Joseph Ward 141,000 O07 4
Eric Kesselman 214,000 O07 5
Hoyt Corkins 439,500 O07 6
Paul Kristoffersson 347,500 O07 7
Tracy Scala 368,000 O07 8
Stefan Mattsson 169,500 O07 9

Dag Martin Mikkelsen 931,000 O09 1
Anton Nikaj 223,000 O09 3
Jeff Madsen 349,000 O09 4
Egerton Bullock 232,200 O09 5
Mike Wattel 89,000 O09 6
Glenn Cozen 112,500 O09 7
Steven de Vries 82,500 O09 8
Greg Byard 253,500 O09 9

James McManus 875,000 O10 1
Mark Owens 466,500 O10 2
Raul Paez 212,000 O10 3
Anthony Scherer 299,500 O10 4
Andreas Martens 104,500 O10 5
Shahram Rastegari 337,500 O10 6
Johnny Chan 252,000 O10 7
Tracey Nguyen 476,500 O10 8
Alana Morin 374,500 O10 9

Ed Fernandez 251,500 O12 1
Phillip Liou 185,500 O12 2
Sylvain Coeur 300,500 O12 3
Jason Riesenberg 141,000 O12 4
Paul Snead 506,000 O12 5
Gary Berbiglia 13,000 O12 6
Andy Witek 261,000 O12 7
Stephane Hornet 194,000 O12 9

Haysam Chiniara 79,500 O13 1
Sigurd Eskeland 399,500 O13 2
Dustin Holmes 734,000 O13 3
Joe Bishop 247,500 O13 4
Joe Turner 726,500 O13 5
J.P. Kelly 217,000 O13 6
Lawrence Jacobs 141,500 O13 7
Adam Schoenfeld 200,000 O13 8
David Angel 164,000 O13 9

Justin St. John 99,000 O15 1
Alexander Kostritsyn 887,000 O15 3
Tom Schaffer 49,500 O15 4
Moon Kim 127,000 O15 5
Santeri Valikoski 366,000 O15 6
Minna Ritakorpi 178,000 O15 7
Jonathan Plens 546,000 O15 8
Samir Shakhtoor 405,000 O15 9

Joel Fischbein 275,500 O16 1
Alexander Borteh 615,500 O16 2
Scott Zakheim 76,000 O16 3
Thierry van den Berg 170,500 O16 4
Keith Ferrera 578,000 O16 5
Stephen Giufre 168,500 O16 6
Mark Weil 119,000 O16 7
Art Tanimoto 127,000 O16 8
Jason Lester 100,000 O16 9

Huyen Vo 224,000 O22 1
Graddus Terwiss Cha Van 318,000 O22 2
Randy Benton 176,000 O22 3
Hai Bo Chu 453,500 O22 4
James Mills 757,000 O22 6
Aleksandar Rasic 35,000 O22 7
Cedric Kolstad 217,000 O22 8
Andrew Brooks 566,500 O22 9

Robert Mizrachi 138,000 O28 1
Danny Fuhs 320,000 O28 2
Jiri Hlavaty 235,000 O28 3
Marcelo Dabus 159,000 O28 4
Steve Billirakis 124,000 O28 5
Salomon Sutton 225,500 O28 6
Cliff Josephy 59,000 O28 7
William Soffin 294,500 O28 8
Tri Nguyen 370,000 O28 9

Greg Duros 182,500 O34 1
David Kronick 66,500 O34 2
Diogo Borges 500,000 O34 3
Joshua Freeman 93,500 O34 4
Soren Petersen 51,500 O34 5
Jolyne Thompson 84,500 O34 6
Pat Poels 257,500 O34 7
Mike Purdy 361,000 O34 8
Bill Blanda 347,000 O34 9

Billy Pilossoph 75,000 O40 1
Peter Traply 828,000 O40 2
Victor Ramdin 471,000 O40 3
Frank Browne 145,000 O40 4
Pontus Khosravi 225,000 O40 5
Thomas Cargill 139,000 O40 6
Greg Jamison 173,000 O40 7
Stuart Hosen 102,500 O40 8

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