Today is finally the Big Money Day — where the remaining field is competing for the bankroll-relevant cash. (Save for maybe Phil Ivey, who needs to get pretty close to the final table for that.) Shamus has a good write-up of his day at work yesterday, and the relevance of the action today (particularly as it relates to the blinds).
Good explanation of why it\’s been kinda a bummer to see Tom Schneider, Joe Sebok, and Dennis Phillips go down early today, too. Media-friendly \”good guys\”.
So of course now we (as in everybody) still have Ivey — really, does anyone see him not making the final table at this point? — and Antonio Esfandiari (Go Iran!) … and a handful of non-American countries have their remaining players of choice to root for.
Kinda surprising kinda not that there seems to be no groundswell of support (from the media or online poker sites) for the 420-loving CardPlayer heir/editor Jeff \”Happy\” Shulman, who\’s currently 11th in chips.
But beyond that, we don\’t really know yet who\’s who, and who will be remembered for anything more than just \”going deep\” or maybe \”really deep\”. That, of course, is what tomorrow will be all about.
Currently 29 players left. Playing down to 27. All the action, chip counts, and prize payouts at WSOP.com.
