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June 30, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 32 UpdatesEvent #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event was won by former WSOP Main Event champ Scotty Nguyen! Scotty won $1,989,120 along with the prestigious bracelet. Michael DeMichele took second place, worth $1,243,200. Overnight chip leader Erick Lindgren took thrid place. Event #48, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Alexandre Gomes, who took home $770,540 and the braclet. Second place went to Marco Johnson, worth $491,273. Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final nine, of the starting 2718. Play will resume today, with these players: Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event began play with 381, and they are down to 87 players. Josh Arieh leads the pack going into todays play. Event #51, a $1500 H.O.R.S.E. event drew 803 entrants, and 184 remain going into todays play. Former WSOP Main event winners Phil Hellmuth and Joe Hachem are both in the hunt on this one. There are only two events remaining prior to the start of the Main Event. They are: Event #52, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event, that gets underway today at noon. Event #53, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem Shootout, which begins tomorrow at Noon.
Posted by fatbill at 08:34 AM | Comments (0) June 29, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 31 UpdatesEvent #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event is down to the final 8, and it is JAM PACKED, as you would expect. The players going into today's final are: Event #46, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event was won by Joe Commisso, who took home $911,855 ant the bracelet. Taking down second place was Richard Lyndaker, worth $570,551. Event #47, a $1500 Seven Card Stud High-Low event was won by Ryan Hughes, who took home his SECOND Stud 8/b bracelt and $183,368. Second went to Ron Long, worth $113,240. Hughes becomes the ONLY player to win TWO stud 8/b bracelets!! Event #48, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final table, with play set to resume today at 3PM. The finalists are: Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event began play with 2718 entries, and played down to 215, which is the money bubble. Play is set to resume today to get to the final table. Todays starting events are: Event #50, the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event, which gets underway at Noon. Event #51, a $1500 H.O.R.S.E. event which begins play at 5PM. The 'MAIN EVENT' is set to begin Thursday, July 3rd, and the schedule looks like this: July 03, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 1a Posted by fatbill at 08:56 AM | Comments (0) June 28, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 30 UpdatesEvent #44, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem with Rebuys event was won by Max Greenwood, who took home $693,444 and the bracelet. Rene Mouritsen finished in second ( his THRID second ) and won $445, 523. Event #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event has been narrowed down to 24, with play resuming today, to determine the final table of 8. Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Doyle Brunson, and Scotty Nguyen are still all in the hunt! Event #46, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event Was down to the final 7, ALL playing at ONE table, to determine the final 6. Event #47, a $1500 Seven Card Stud High-Low even played down to 13, when play was halted for the evening. Play will resume today at 3PM and continue down to the champion of this event. David Sklansky is the only 'name' still in the event, as Men 'The Master' Nguyen went out 17th. Event #48, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event began play with 2317 entries, and at the end of the day there were 198 remaining, ALL in the money! Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table. Event #49, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event begins play today at noon. We are edging closer to the 'MAIN EVENT', which is scheduled to get underway Thursday July 3rd at Noon!! Posted by fatbill at 08:20 AM | Comments (0) June 27, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 29 UpdatesEvent #42, the $1000 Seniors No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship was won by Dan LaCourse, who took down the bracelet and $368,832. Taking second was Dan Eberle worth $ 235,141. Event #43, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split 8 or better event was taken down by Martin Klaser worth $216,249. Taking second place was Casey Kastle earning $137,985. Event #44, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem with Rebuys event is down to the final table of 9, with play resuming today at 2pm. The Plyars are: Event #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event was narrowed down to 67 with the following chip leaders heading into todays 3PM start: Event #46, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event began with 806 players, and is down to 96. Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table. 76 Players will make the money! Event #47, a $1500 Seven Card Stud High-Low event began with 544 and is down to 117 going into todays play at 3PM. Notables remaining in this field include: Phil Hellmuth, Cyndy Violette, John Phan, David Singer, Men "The Master" Nguyen and David Sklansky. Event #48, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event gets underway today at Noon. Posted by fatbill at 08:48 AM | Comments (0) June 26, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 28 UpdatesEvent 40, a $2500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball event was won by John Phan who took home his second bracelet and $151,896. Second place went to Shun Uchida, who earned $95,795. Event #41, a $1500 Mixed Texas Holdem event was won by Frank Gary, who took the bracelet, and first place monies worth $219,217. Taking down second place was Jonathan Tamayo, worth $140,093. Event #42, the $1000 Seniors No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship is down to the final table. The remaining players are: Event #43, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split 8 or better event began play with 720 entrants, and they are down to the final table that will play today. The remaining players are: Event #44, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem with Rebuys event began play with 879 entries, and they played down to 116. Play will resume today at 2PM. Event #45, the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E event drew 148 players, with only 8 eliminations on the first day of play! Play will resume today at 3PM, with Holdem, and there are a TON of stars still in the hunt for this VERY prestigous event. Event #46, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event is set to kick off today at Noon. Event #46, a $1500 Seven Card Stud High-Low event will begin play today at 5PM Posted by fatbill at 05:36 AM | Comments (0) June 24, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 26 UpdatesEvent #38, a $2000 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Davidi Kitai, who took home $244,546 and teh bracelet. Second place went to Chris Bell, worth $155,806. Event #39, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by David Woo who took home $631,656 and the bracelet. Matthew Wood took second place worth $389,844. Event 40, a $2500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball event began play with 238 and is down to the final table of 6, with play scheduled to resume today at 2PM. Three of the six are highly recognizable names! The final table is: Event #41, a $1500 Mixed Texas Holdem event began play Sunday with 731 entries, and they are down to the final nine. The players and their chips are: Event #42, the $1000 Seniors No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship began play with 2218 entries, and they are down to 220. They will play down to the final table, when play resumes today. Event #43, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha High-Low Split 8 or better event gets underway at Noon today. Posted by fatbill at 06:27 AM | Comments (0) June 22, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 24 UpdatesEvent #36, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Jesper Hougaard, taking home $610,304 and the bracelet. Cody Slaubaugh took second place worth $389,128. Event #37, the $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better event was won by David Benyamine, taking home $535,687 and his first Bracelet. Taking second place was Greg Jamison, worth $331,350. Event #38, a $2000 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event played down to the final table, and Lee Watkinson is among the chip leaders. Play will begin again today at 2PM to determine the winner. The remaining players are:
Event 40, a $2500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Low Ball event is the only new event scheduled for today. Posted by fatbill at 07:21 AM | Comments (0) June 21, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 23 UpdatesEvent #32, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Jose Velador, who took home $573,734 and the bracelet. Second place went to Anthony Signore, worth $366,387. Event #33, the $5000 World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low Split 8 or better event was won by Sebastian Ruthenberg, wo took home $328,756 and the bracelet. Ruthenberg took down Chris Ferguson ( who won $202,406 ) in the final heads up play. Event #34, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event was won by Layne Flack, who took home his 6th bracelt and $577,710. Second place went to Daniel Makowsky, worth $355,051. Event #35, a $1500 Seven Card Stud event was won by Michael Rocco, took home $135,753 with the bracelet. Second place went to Al Barbieri worth $83,210. Event #36, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event began with 2447 and they are down to the final 9, with play resuming today. The final table consists of: Event #37, the $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better event played down to the final two tables, with play set to begin again at 3PM today. Here are the chipleaders: Event #38, a $2000 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event began play with 605 players, and 63 remain going into todays play. They will determine the final table with they meet up today at 2PM. Event #39, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event, is the only new event scheduled for today. Posted by fatbill at 08:15 AM | Comments (0) June 19, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 21 UpdatesEvent #31, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event was won by Dario Minieri, who took home his first bracelet and $528,418. Second place went to Seth Fischer, worth $330,519. Event #32, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final table. Play will commence today to determine the winner. Finalist's are: Event #33, the $5000 World Championship Seven Card Stud High-Low Split 8 or better event is still playing ( as of this reporting ) to determine the final 8. Players voted to play down to 8, instead of ending play for the night. Several heavyweights are still in the hunt, with these players still vieing for the title: Annie Duke, Marcel Luske, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, and Allen Cunningham. Barry Greenstein went out 14th. Event #34, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event ended play with 49 of the starting 320 still in the hunt. Among those still contending are: Layne Flack, and Ted Forrest. Play resumes today at 2PM. Event #35, a $1500 Seven Card Stud event began play with 381, and there were 74 left when play ended for the day. Play will resume today at 3PM. Todays new events are: Event #36, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event. Event #37, the $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better event. Posted by fatbill at 07:36 AM | Comments (0) June 18, 2008WSOP 2008 DAY 20 UpdatesEvent #29, a $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem Event was son by John Phan who took home his first bracelet and $434,789. Second place went to Johnny Neckar, worth $277,452. Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Texas Holdem was won by Rob Hollink, who took home the bracelet and $496,931. Taking second place, worth $307,380, was Jerrod Ankeman. Event #31, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event is down to the final table. Scotty Nguyen just missed, going out 7th! The final table players are: Event #32, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event drew 2304 players, and 166 were left at the end of the day. Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table. Phil Hellmuth made the money, extending his record to 65 WSOP events he's cashed in! Event #33, the $5000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hith-Low Split 8 or better event drew 261 players, and 120 remain at the end of day one. Day two starts today at 3PM. There are a lot of 'names' left among the leaders, including: Todays events are: Event #34, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys event. Event #35, a $1500 Seven Card Stud event. Posted by fatbill at 08:45 AM | Comments (0) June 17, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 19 UpdatesEvent #27, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event was taken down by Vitaly Lunkin, who won $628,417 and the bracelet. Second place went to Brett Kimes, who won $387.837. Event #28, a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys was won by Phil Galfond, taking home $817,781 and the bracelet. Adam Hourani took second place worth $493,748. Johnny Chan went out forth... there were 483 rebuys in this event and only 152 players!! Event #29, a $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem Event is down to the final table, with play resuming today at 3PM. The remaining players are: John Phan, David Singer, Alex Bolotin, Thuyen Doan, Stewart Newman, Johnny Neckar, Tony Dunst, and Sebastian Segovia. Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Texas Holdem is down to the final nine, with play set to go today at 3PM to determine the winner. The final table looks like this: Event #31, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event begain the day with 1012 players, and 76 remain to go to todays play that starts at 2PM. They will play down to the final table today. The events kicking off today are: Event #32, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem event, beginning at Noon. Event #33, the $5000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hith-Low Split 8 or better going off at 5PM. Posted by fatbill at 07:26 AM | Comments (0) June 16, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 18 UpdatesEvent #25, a $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Texas Holdem event was taken down by Kenny Tran, who won $539,040 and the bracelet. Taking second was Alec Torelli, worth $336,896. Event #26, a $1500 Seven Card Razz event was won by Barry Greenstein, taking home his thrid bracelet, and first place money worth $158,659. Second place went to Chris Klodnicki worth $98,034. Event #27, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event is down to 17, with play resuming today at 2PM playing until the bracelet and $628,290 are claimed. Event #28, a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys is down to the final table, and it is power packed! Play will resume today at 3PM with the following player vieing for the title: Event #29, a $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem Event began with 716 players, with 70 remaining going into today's action. Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Texas Holdem started with 218 players, and 97 are still in the hunt with day two set to resume today at 3PM. Event #31, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event begins today at noon. Posted by fatbill at 05:49 PM | Comments (0) June 15, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 17 UpdatesEvent #23, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Blair Hinkle, who took home $507,563 and the bracelet. Mark Brockington took second worth $326,552. Hinkles older brother ALSO won a bracelet at this years WSOP, making them the only brothers to do so in the same WSOP! Event #24, a $2500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem/Omaha event was won by Max Pescatori, who took home $246,471 and his second bracelet. Second place went to Kyle Kloeckner. Event #25, a $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Texas Holdem event is still undecided. There is still a heads up match ongoing as of this writing to determine the final four. Today's matches will be: Event #26, a $1500 Seven Card Razz event is down to the final table! The players and chip counts going into todays final are: Event #27, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event drew 2706 entrants, and at the end of day one, only 224 remained. Play will resume today to determine the final table. Event #28, a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys started with 152, and played down to 56 heading into todays play. The leaders are stacked with to pros: Events starting today are: Event #29, a $3000 No Limit Texas Holdem Event, which begins at Noon. Event #30, the $10,000 World Championship of Limit Texas Holdem begins at 5PM Posted by fatbill at 07:34 AM | Comments (0) June 14, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 16 UpdatesEvent #21, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Scott Seiver, who earned $755,891 and the bracelet. Taking second place was Dave Seidman, worth $482,372. Event #22, a $3000 H.O.R.S.E. event was won by Jens Voertmann, taking home $298,253 and the bracelet. Taking down second was Doug Granger, worth $182,822. Marcel Luske was eliminated in 3rd place, worth $110,264. Event #23, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final nine players, that will play today. The final table is: Event #24, a $2500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem/Omaha event started with 457, and as of this writing, are down to 10. Howard Lederer was eliminated 11th. Allen Cunningham is the chip leader. Event #25, a $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Texas Holdem event had 256 entries, and played down to 32 by the end of the day. Play will resume today at 2PM. Here are the matches for day 2: Event #26, a $1500 Seven Card Razz event drew 453 players, and when play ended on day one, 106 were still vieing for the title. Play will resume today at 3PM. Today's new events are: Event #27, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Event which begins at noon. Event #28, a $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys, which gets underway at 5PM. Today marks the halfway point in this years WSOP! Posted by fatbill at 07:36 AM | Comments (0) June 13, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 15 UpdatesEvent #19, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event Event #20, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Daniel Negreanu, who took down $204,434 and his 4th Bracelet. Taking second place, worth $126,671, was Ugar Marangoz. Event #21, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final nine, with play set to resume later today to determine the winner. Event #22, a $3000 H.O.R.S.E. event drew 414, and only 16 remain heading into today's play. There are a BUNCH of 'names' contending for this one, with the top stacks as follows: Event #23, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event drew 1,344, and play ended with 136 still in the hunt. Notables Barry Greenstein, and Phil Hellmuth are still in the hunt, with play getting back to action later today. Event #24, a $2500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem/Omaha event ended day one of play with 85 remaining out of the starting 457 players. Play is set to resume today at 2PM to determine the final table. Event #25, a $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Texas Holdem event is set to kick off today at Noon. Event #26, a $1500 Seven Card Razz event is scheduled to begin today at 5PM. Posted by fatbill at 07:07 AM | Comments (0) June 12, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 14 UpdatesEvent #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship was won by Svetlana Gromenkova, who took home $244,702 and the gold bracelet. Event #18, a $5000 No LImit 2-7 Draw Loball w/rebuys event was won by Mike Matusow!! Matusow took home $537,862 with his thrid bracelet. Jeffrey Lisandro took second place, worth $347,704, and Barry Greenstein took third! Event #19, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event is down to the final table of 9, with play resuming today at 2PM to determine the champion. The final table, with chip count, looks like this: Event #20, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem event is down to 10, with play still going on as of this writing, to determine the final table. Those remaining are: Event #21, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event ended the day with 122 of the starting 731 still in the hunt. Play will resume today at 2PM to determine the final table! Event #22, a $3000 H.O.R.S.E. event drew 441 players, of which 144 are still in the hunt heading into day two. Play will resume today at 3pm to determine the final table. Event #23, a $2000 No Limit Texas Holdem event will get underway at Noon today. Event #24, a $2500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem/Omaha event will get undway today at 5PM. Posted by fatbill at 08:27 AM | Comments (0) June 11, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 13 UpdatesEvent #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship is down to the final table of 9. The players and counts are: Event #16, a $2000 Omaha High-Low Split, 8 or Better event was won by Andrew Brown, who took down $226,448 with the bracelet. Brown eliminated Ted Forrest heads up. Forrest won $143,421 for second. Event #17, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout was won by Jason Young, who won $329,872 and the bracelet. Runner up Mike Schwartz put up a valiant heads up effort, but ended up second, winning $209,528. Event #18, a $5000 No LImit 2-7 Draw Loball w/rebuys event is down to the final 7 players. It's a big name final table, with the following players still in the hunt: Event #19, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event drew 759 players, with 46 remaining when play ended for day one. Day two bill begin today at 2PM Event #20, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem event drew 465 players, and 125 are remaining going into day two, which will play today at 3PM. Among the chip leaders are Daniel Negreanu, and J.C. Tran. Event #21, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem event will begin play today at Noon. Event #22, a $3000 H.O.R.S.E. event begins today at 5PM. Posted by fatbill at 07:40 AM | Comments (0) June 10, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 12 UpdatesEvent #13, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Duncan Bell, who took home $666,697 and the bracelet. Steve Merrifield took second place worth $428,969. Event #14, the $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud event was won by Eric Brooks, who took down $415,856 and the bracelet. Taking second place was Fu Wong, worth $259,910. Event #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship was down to 61 players after the first day of play. Kathy Leibert, and Evelyn Ng are still in the hunt. Event #16, a $2000 Omaha High-Low Split, 8 or Better event ended with 18 players still in the hunt. Play will resume today at 3PM Event #17, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout has three tables remaining to be decided, EACH with heads-up matches ongoing. Event #18, a $5000 No LImit 2-7 Draw Loball w/rebuys event drew only 85 players but had 272 rebuys and add-ons!! This makes first place worth $537,862, which is pretty good for only 85 players! Only 14 will make the money though! Play ended with 39 players still in the hunt, with the chip leaders looking like this: Event #19, a $1500 Pot Limit Omaha event begins play today at Noon. Event #20, a $2000 Limit Texas Holdem event begins today at 5PM. Posted by fatbill at 09:51 AM | Comments (0) June 09, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 11 UpdatesEvent #11, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout was won by Phil Tom, taking home $477,990 and the Bracelet. Greg Mueller took down second place worth $298.638. Event #12, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem event was won by Jimmy Shultz, taking $257,105 and the Bracelet down. Second place went to Zach Fellows worth $165,165. Event #13, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem event is down to the final table of 9. Play will resume today to determine the winner.... Event #14, the $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud event is down to the final table of 8 with the elimination of Phil Ivey (9th) and Daniel Negreanu (11th). The remaining players are: Event #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship got underway with 1190 Entrants. Evelyn Ng is among the early chipleaders... updates are on the way... Event #16, a $2000 Omaha High-Low Split, 8 or Better event started with 553 players, and had 178 left at the end of the day. There are a BUNCH of 'names' in the hunt for this one, as action is slated to begin at 3PM today to determine the final table. Event #17, a $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout is scheduled to begin today at Noon.... Event #18, a $5000 No LImit 2-7 Draw Loball w/rebuys event will begin today at 5PM.
Posted by fatbill at 08:44 AM | Comments (0) June 08, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 10 UpdatesEvent #9, is the No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event was won by REp Porter, who took down $372,929 and the bracelet. Taking down second place, worth $231,981, was Nathan Templeton. Event #10, a $2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better event was won by Farzad Rouhani who took down $232,911 and the bracelet. Second place went to Tom Chambers, worth $142,784. Event #11, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout event is down to the final table of six. Those remaining are: Event #12, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem event is down to 18, with play still ongoing as of this writing. Among the chip leaders are Vinny Vihn, and Eric Lindgren..... Event #13, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem event got down to 141 players when play was halted. Play will resume today at 2PM, with 99 making the money. Event #14, the $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud event played down to 80 out of the starting 158 players. This event will resume today at 3PM and battle down to the final 8. There are a lot of heavyweights remaining in this field, including: Event #15, the $1000 Ladies No Limit Texas Holdem World Championship will begin play today at Noon. Event #16, a $2000 Omaha High-Low Split, 8 or Better event also gets underway today at 5PM. Posted by fatbill at 07:20 AM | Comments (0) June 07, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 9 UpdatesEvent #7 a $2,000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Matt Keikoan, who earned $550,601 and the bracelet for taking down the event. Second place finisher Shannon Shorr took home $349,141. Event #8 The $10,000 World Championship Mixed event was won by Anthony Riveria, who took home $483,688 with the Bracelet. Second place went to James Mackey worth $297,792. As a side note, Eli Ezra took 5th, and Sammy Farha 6th. Event #9, is the No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event is down to the final 6, with play resuming today at 2PM to determine the winner. The players with their stacks are: Event #10, a $2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better event is down to the final 8, with play resuming today at 4PM. The players and their stacks look like this: Event #11, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout event ended play with the final 36 ( of 360) set to resume play today. All remaining players are in the money, and guaranteed at least $16K+ Event #12, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem event drew to a close for the day with 181 players still in the hunt, out of a starting 880. Play resumes today..... Event #13, a $2500 No Limit Texas Holdem event begins play today... Event #14, the $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud event also gets underway today. Posted by fatbill at 09:59 AM | Comments (0) June 06, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 8 updatesEvent #5, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem WITH Rebuys was won by Michael Banducci, taking home $636,736 with the Bracelet! Taking home second place was Jeff Willians worth $406,330. Event #6 a $1500 Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better was won by Thang Luu, who took down $243,356 with the bracelet. Taking second place worth $156,343 was Spencer Lawrence! Event #7 a $2,000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament drew 1592 players and play halted at the end of the second day with the final 9 determined. They will play for the bracelet later today! Among the notables at the final table are: Theo Tran, Shannon Shorr, and J.C. Tran. Event #8 The $10,000 World Championship Mixed event is at 10 players trying to get to the final table. Among those remaining, are: Jeff Madsen, Sam Farha, Gus Hanson, and Eli Elezra. Event #9, is the No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event began play with 1236 players, and is down to 72 heading into todays play towards the final table. Event #10, a $2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better began with 388 players, and there were 120 left when play was halted. Play will resume today at 3PM, with notables, Michael Mizrachi, John Cernuto, and Todd Brunson still in the hunt! Event #11, a $5000 No Limit Texas Holdem Shootout event begins at noon today. Event #12, a $1500 Limit Texas Holdem event begins today at 5PM. Posted by fatbill at 08:00 AM | Comments (0) June 05, 2008WSOP 2008 Day 7 updatesEvent #2, the $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament was won by Grant Hinkle taking down $831,279 with the bracelet. Hinkle turned QUADS in the final hand to take down second place finisher James Mackey, who took home $520,219 for second place! Event #3, the $1500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event was won by David Singer, taking home $214,131 with his bracelet. Second place finisher Jocobo Fernandez took home $136,643. Event #4 the $5,000 Mixed Holdem event was won by well known pro Erick Lindgren, taking home $374,505 with his first bracelet! Taking second place, worth $239,159 was Justin Bonomo. Event #5, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem WITH Rebuys is down to the final table of 9, with play resuming today to the conclusion. Event #6 a $1500 Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better is down to 10 players, and still going to get to the final table... Event #7 a $2,000 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament played down to 152, wit h play resuming today to determine the final table. Event #8 The $10,000 World Championship Mixed event drew 192 participants, and they played down to 94 heading into day two. Event #9, is the No Limit Texas Holdem Six Handed event. It is scheduled to begin at noon today. Event #10, a $2,500 Omaha/seven-card stud eight-or-better tournament is set to bein today at 5PM. Posted by fatbill at 09:20 AM | Comments (0) June 03, 2008WSOP 2008 UpdatesEvent #2, the $1500 No Limit Texas Holdem tournament played down to the final 18, with action scheduled to start today at 2PM PDT to determine the winner. Theo Tran is the chip leader with 1,557,000 chips! A player vote to see if they continue play to determine the final table ended up in a tie. As of this update, they are still playing!! Event #3, the $1500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event has played down to 63, with play scheduled to resume at 2PM PDT. Robert Workman, Phil Yeh, and David Singer are the top chip leaders, all with over 100,000 Chips. Event #4 the $5,000 Mixed Holdem event played down to 91 with play scheduled to reume today at 3PM. They expect to play down to the final table today. David Williams is among the chipleaders. Event #5, a $1000 No Limit Texas Holdem WITH Rebuys, event will kick off today at noon. This one gets crazy due to the rebuy element! Event 6 a $1500 Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better is also scheduled to begin today at 5PM PDT. Posted by fatbill at 08:55 AM | Comments (0) June 02, 2008WSOP 2008 Event 1 Ends, Event 2 BeginsIn Event #1, the $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem World Championship, Nanad Medic took down Andy Bloch to claim first prize worth $794,112. Bloch took home $488,048 for second place Event #2, a $1500 No limit Texas Holdem tournament played the first days as day1a and day1b. There were 3929 entries for this event, 475 which will continue on with day two today! Some notables still in the hunt are David Pham, Mark Vos, Kenny Tran, and Chris Ferguson. Event #3, is a $1500 Pot Limit Texas Holdem event that is scheduled to begin today at 12PM PDT Event #4 is a $5,000 Mixed Holdem event that will begin today at 5PDT. Posted by fatbill at 02:47 PM | Comments (0) |
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