Donkey Bomber at WSOP-Caesar’s Indiana Final Table: 45,000 chips and a chair
by Dan Michalski, Nov 1, 2007 | 7:59 pm
Meanwhile, Tom is currently playing in the main event of the WSOP-Circuit event at Caesar’s Indiana, where he has made yet another final table. He enters into tomorrow’s action as a short stack, so he’s got some of work to do and might need a little luck early on. (With blinds at 2000/4000 +500, he’s got 45,000 chips.) Click here to follow the action, which gets underway Friday at 2 pm.
Beyond competing for the $223,000 first-prize payout, Tom is trying to stay alive in the overall Player of the Year race as the 2007 poker “season” comes into the homestretch. His placement in the CardPlayer rankings certainly stands out, and in fact looks similar to his situation at tomorrow’s final table, which will be Tom’s fifth of the year:
| RANK | PLAYER | LOCATION | PTS | F. TBLS | GROSS WINNINGS |
| 1 | David “the Dragon” Pham | Redondo Beach, CA | 5,410 | 10 | $1,528,480 |
| 2 | William “Bill” Edler | Las Vegas, NV | 4,696 | 6 | $2,690,704 |
| 3 | J.C. Tran | Sacramento, CA | 4,458 | 5 | $2,359,257 |
| 4 | Tom Schneider | Phoenix, AZ | 3,792 | 4 | $656,274 |
| 5 | Jonathan Little | Pensacola, FL | 3,672 | 8 | $1,788,240 |
| 6 | Jared Hamby | Las Vegas, NV | 3,573 | 5 | $1,252,311 |
| 7 | James Van Alstyne | Las Vegas, NV | 3,480 | 6 | $713,217 |
| 8 | Ted Lawson | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 3,335 | 8 | $1,083,407 |
| 9 | Scott “BigRiskyy” Clements | Mount Vernon, WA | 3,218 | 5 | $750,396 |
| 10 | Danny Wong | Los Angeles, CA | 3,022 | 6 | $792,920 |
| 11 | Robert Mizrachi | Sunny Isles Beach, FL | 2,984 | 4 | $1,331,042 |
| 12 | Jerry Yang | Temecula, CA | 2,880 | 1 | $8,250,000 |
| 13 | Randy Holland | Winnetka, CA | 2,854 | 14 | $453,903 |
| 14 | David Fox | Coram, NY | 2,828 | 7 | $385,788 |
| 15 | Gavin Griffin | Darien, IL | 2,760 | 3 | $2,605,706 |
| 16 | Will “The Thrill” Failla | Smithtown, NY | 2,700 | 6 | $610,643 |
| 17 | Mike Matusow | Las Vegas, NV | 2,688 | 4 | $1,196,804 |
| 18 | Cory Carroll | Dartmouth, CAN | 2,664 | 3 | $1,146,992 |
| 19 | Kirk Morrison | Wichita, KS | 2,615 | 4 | $2,368,938 |
| 20 | Alexander Kravchenko | Moscow, RUS | 2,579 | 3 | $2,159,483 |
| 21 | Paul Lee | Los Angeles, CA | 2,578 | 6 | $1,327,862 |
| 22 | Juan Carlos Alvarado | McAllen, TX | 2,551 | 5 | $643,140 |
| 23 | Gioi Luong | Westminster, CA | 2,517 | 6 | $547,061 |
| 24 | Juan Carlos Mortensen | Madrid, ESP | 2,496 | 1 | $4,058,741 |
| 25 | Chris Bjorin | London, GBR | 2,474 | 4 | $347,310 |
Kevin Mathers says:
November 1st, 2007 at 9:31pm
The problem is that Clements and Little made the final 6 at the WPT event in Niagra Falls. Unless Tom goes on a run at the final table, they’re going right by him. Tom could win the event and still move down in the standings.
Kevin…
California Jen says:
November 1st, 2007 at 9:59pm
Go Tom!
DanM says:
November 1st, 2007 at 10:04pm
I see the same thing you do, KevMath. I’m sure Tom does, too.
Short-Stacked Shamus says:
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:20am
Got ’em right where you want ’em, Tom. GL
Ben Matlock says:
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:35pm
Dan,
what happened to the story you left about the latest Dallas poker room getting a visit last night? I linked it to a friend, and they told me it had been removed? you and the po-po got some kind of agreement on this one?
DanM says:
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:41pm
Ben, I was hoping you didn’t notice. We almost never take down a post at Pokerati. But this specific one had more than one key fact wrong, and gave up too much revealing information about a room that is operating as usual today.
(Part of the problem is with the name of the room itself, as it just so happens to match a description of the general area it is in.)
But as you have called me out on the editorial bait and switch, I will get something up later to let readers know that the po-po came a-knockin’ on the doors of one of the last/best remaining poker environs in town.
Ben Matlock says:
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:10pm
post? what post? i never saw nuthin. consider me stevie wonder.
California Jen says:
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:56pm
According to http://www.PokerListings.com:
“Tom Schneider eliminated in 8th place ($20,652)
Our last well-known player is no longer with us. Tom Schneider pushed all-in for his last $17,000 from late position and both Vito Calluso and Chris Moore call.
The flop comes Ac-Qc-7c and Calluso bets out $20,000 which causes Moore to fold. Calluso shows Ad-10c for a pair of aces and a flush draw while Schneider is in bad shape with 8s-8d. The turn comes 3d and the river comes 3s and the Donkey Bomber has been grounded, at least for today.”
John says:
November 4th, 2007 at 8:30pm
For us in Texas, This week USA TODAY featured an article on Charles Nesson, a Harvard Law professor and poker player. He has formed the Global Poker Thinking Socity. Nesson wants goverments to relax restrictions on poker players by redefing it as a game of skill not chance. Wish Autin would listen.