… at the World Poker Challenge at the Grand Sierra in Reno, finishing 28th out of 261. Ouch. But not all is lost for the Arizona Posse … Tom may have gone out early on Day 2, but the crew\’s other double-bracelet holder Pat Poels is still alive and well — with a slightly below average stack.
Where because of legally questionable exclusive media deals, you have no choice but to read coverage from a guy who clearly would rather write in a way that reveals he can\’t wait to go home (or to the tables, or the bar) as opposed to figuring out the names of fewer than 30 players left in a field?
(If it\’s fair to expect NFL television announcers to know every name on two rosters, is it really too much to ask that any \”reporters\” know every name once a tourney gets below four tables? There are breaks, after all, where you theoretically could go find out what you don\’t know by asking someone. But whatever … it\’s not Pokerati\’s job to bitch about crappy, uninspired coverage just because we happened to have a conversation with someone else about whether or not we have a right to post numbers and letters like the ones below and/or haven\’t had our coffee yet this morning.)
And click below to see the starting stacks going in:
1. Jason Potter – 351,700
2. Jordan Rich – 327,900
3. Ron Linden – 301,400
4. Zach Hyman – 298,000
5. Phil Ivey – 286,100
6. Michael \”The Grinder\” Mizrachi – 255,900
7. Chris Back – 244,300
8. David \”The Dragon\” Pham – 195,100
9. Lee Markholt – 183,700
10. Bryan Devonshire – 182,500
11. Chau Giang – 159,800
AVERAGE – 145,000
12. Erik Seidel – 138,600
13. Brian Green – 134,100
14. Don Dooley – 119,100
15. Pat Poels – 101,300
16. Tim West – 89,300
17. Jamie Robbins – 73,900
18. Steve Conigliaro – 71,800
19. Jonathan Westra – 69,300
20. Jeff DeWitt – 65,500
21. Marty Wong – 56,600
22. Keith Carter – 45,000
23. Jason Gray – 44,600
24. Boriz Zivotov – 34,000
25. Joe LePorre – 34,000
26. Becky Makar – 22,200
27. Stephen Ladowsky – 20,700
