Posts Tagged ‘Theo Tran’

June 15, 2008

WSOP POY Standings at the Half

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Without having to calculate exact days or tournament numbers, let’s consider the WSOP to be at the halfway mark.

Taking a look at the WSOP Player of the Year overall points standings, Erick Lindgren is in a pretty solid first place spot right now. Jacobo Fernandez-Hernandez is in second place, followed by Scott Seiver, Daniel Negreanu, and Theo Tran. A certain Tom Schneider looks to be in 31st place, but the current standings do not include his 12th place razz finish last night; that addition might move him up 15-20 spots.

As far as the number of cashes, Tom just moved up to a three-way-tied first place with Nikolay Evdakov and Alex Jacob - all of them have five cashes thus far. The all-time record for cashes at the WSOP in a single year is eight, and with quite a few tournaments to go, the goal of beating that record is definitely attainable.

Posted by California Jen at 2:46 pm

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June 8, 2008

(Way) Outside the WSOP (Day 10 Evening Update)

Absolute Poker founder’s daddy wins bracelet

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Happenings this evening, while I make this part small so you can read all the good stuff below:

The $5k NL Shootout final table is down to headsup. The current chip leader winner is Phil “The Chairman” Tom. His son, Scott, was the founder of Absolute Poker, and we know how that turned out. (Readers may want to insert their own superuser jokes here). Greg “FBT” Mueller is in a close finished 2nd, while Leo Wolpert was recently eliminated in 3rd.

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Posted by Kevin Mathers at 8:55 pm

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February 27, 2008

LAPC - Fight for the Final 6

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The final 18 players are set to begin play at 12:30 today to compete for the six seats at the WPT final table. Oh, and a little $1.6 mil is up for grabs, too.

Today’s action is going to be exciting. Seriously. Phil Ivey is the chip leader right now, though Blair Hinkle (who?) is a close second. Phil Hellmuth is third in chips, with Nam Le not far behind. On the lower end of the chip counts are Jennifer Tilly, Theo Tran, Quinn Do, and my personal fav David Singer. Any of these players have the capability of chipping up or doubling up quickly to get back into contention.

Note to the poker gods: Please, please make this a great final table! One unrecognizable guy is acceptable, but please give us some seasoned and well-deserving pros! *End of plea.*

Here are the official chip counts and seating assignments, courtesy of WPT Live Updates:

TABLE 1
1. Nam Le - 1,254,000
2. Theo Tran - 410,000
3. Mike “SirWatts” Watson - 987,000
4. Charles Moore - 921,000
5. Quinn Do - 285,000
6. Wei Kai Chang - 751,000
7. Jennifer Tilly - 417,000
8. Brian Taylor - 228,000
9. Yury Parad - 214,000

TABLE 2
1. Phil Ivey - 1,543,000
2. Mike Carson - 1,049,000
3. Pete de Best - 291,000
4. Matt Brady - 497,000
5. Jeff Schwimmer - 413,000
6. David Singer - 285,000
7. Scott Montgomery - 386,000
8. Phil Hellmuth - 1,399,000
9. Blair Hinkle - 1,541,000

UPDATE: Singer was eliminated in 18th place. Boo!

UPDATE: Tilly finished in 12th place for $61,610, courtesy of Phil Hellmuth. (Sorry, Ed!)

Posted by California Jen at 9:54 am

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