Wrapping up yesterday\’s action, with a preview of today\’s tournament (with a moment of silence for John Bonetti):
The $5,000 NL Holdem 6-handed event finally reached their final table at around 5:30am, now they have to attempt to get some rest before returning in front of the watchful eye of the ESPN360 cameras at 2pm with this sextet:
Seat 4: Richard Lyndaker 2,345,000
Seat 3: Joe Commisso 1,961,000
Seat 5: Tom Lutz 1,493,000
Seat 1: Samuel Trickett 1,045,000
Seat 6: Edward Ochana 928,000
Seat 2: Davidi Kitai 298,000
The $1,500 Stud Eight or Better stopped play with 13 players remaining as they play down to a winner starting at 3pm. Here\’s the approximate chip counts of the baker\’s dozen (chip counts and seats to be rearranged later):
(Table 14)
Seat 1: Ryan Hughes 73,000
Seat 4: Margaret Macre 173,000
Seat 5: James Richburg 274,000
Seat 6: Ron Long 33,000
Seat 7: David Brooker 45,000
Seat 8: Daniel Nicewander 41,000
(Table 15)
Seat 1: Mike Hefer 71,000
Seat 2: Tim D’Alessandro 82,000
Seat 3: David Sklansky 110,000
Seat 4: Thomas Hunt III 101,000
Seat 6: Alessio Isaia 172,000
Seat 7: Joshua Feldman 121,000
Seat 8: Jonas Klausen 346,000
Other tournament action (plus the final 24 in the $50k HORSE) on page 2:
The $50,000 HORSE event is down to their final 24, of which only 16 get paid. They\’re also playing down to their final table to be taped in front of the real ESPN cameras. Here\’s how the final 3 tables will start play today:
(Table 1)
James Mackey — 151,000
Farzad Bonyadi — 365,000
Ralph Perry — 1,043,000
Joseph Michael — 647,000
Lyle Berman — 939,000
Barry Greenstein — 1,311,000
Mike Wattel — 474,000
Phil Ivey — 145,000
(Table 2)
Michael DeMichele — 1,351,000
Andy Bloch — 421,000
Brandon Adams — 290,000
Huck Seed — 190,000
Chad Brown — 81,000
Patrick Bueno — 806,000
Gabe Kaplan — 360,000
Scotty Nguyen — 1,033,000
(Table 3)
Matt Glantz — 521,000
Raymond Davis — 438,000
Erick Lindgren — 485,000
Edwin Ting — 261,000
Daniel Negreanu — 1,226,000
David Bach — 801,000
Michael Mizrachi — 701,000
Doyle Brunson — 777,000
The $2,000 NL Holdem event ended play last night when the bubble burst, so the 198 who return for day 2 will be in the money. Eric Crain appears to be chip leader with around 210,000 in chips, other notables include Blair Rodman, Lou Esposito, Sarah Bilney, Bryan Devonshire, David Pham, Fu Wong, Kirill Gerasimov and Jason Lester.
The noon tournament today is the next to last version of the $1,500 NL donkament, won last year by some guy with a long name in a field of 3,151. This year\’s field will again be down from last year, as another sellout at 2,720 is to be expected.
To make a long post even longer, here\’s the winners from last week and other stats so far in the Series:
Number of entrants:
Number of bracelets awarded: 45
Multiple bracelet winners: John Phan (2)
Most cashes: Nikolay Evdakov – 8
Most final tables: Jacobo Fernandez, Alex Bolotin, David Benyamine – 3
Milwaukee\’s Best WSOP POY: Fernandez – 227 points
Leading money earner: David Benyamine – $941,651
$1,500 NL Holdem – Jesper Hougaard
$10,000 Omaha Eight or Better World Championship – David Benyamine
$2,000 Pot Limit Holdem – Davidi Katai
$1,500 NL Holdem – David Woo
$2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball – John Phan
$1,500 Mixed Holdem – David Gary
$1,000 Seniors NL Holdem World Championship – Dan Lacourse
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better – Martin Klaser
$1,000 NL Holdem with Rebuys – Max Greenwood