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June 29, 2008

WSOP 2008 Day 31 Updates

Event #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:
Erick Lindgren: 3,680,000
Scotty Nguyen: 3,535,000
Barry Greenstein: 1,955,000
Matt Glantz: 1,445,000
Lyle Berman: 1,430,000
Huck Seed: 1,200,000
Michael DeMichele: 905,000
Patrick Bueno: 695,000
Phil Ivey went out 12Th, an Daniel Negreanu 13th.

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:
Marco Johnson: 1,400,000
Gabe Costner: 1,380,000
Alexandre Gomes: 1,100,000
Ryan D'Angelo: 1,100,000
Kirill Gerasimov: 1,040,000
Robert Brewer: 970,000
Alan Cutler: 710,000
Daniel Rome: 660,000
Sverre Sundbo: 440,000

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
July 04, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 1b
July 05, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 1c
July 06, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 1d
July 07, 2008 DAY OFF
July 08, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 2a
July 09, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 2b
July 10, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 3
July 11, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 4
July 12, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 5
July 13, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 6
July 14, 2008 12:00 PM PST Day 7
November 09, 2008 10:00 AM PST Final 9
November 10, 2008 10:00 PM PST Final Day
Ya, you are reading that right... a FOUR MONTH break until the final table is played... huge gamble on the WSOP's part... I think it's stupid on MANY levels!

Posted by fatbill at June 29, 2008 08:56 AM

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