Maheha's World Series Of Poker Update Thread

[maheha]

I just did a quick glance and realized no one has posted updates from the series, which started a few days ago. Along with the series, Daniel Negreanu and Barry Greenstein have started their marathon of heads up poker games, 9 different games, and the stakes are at $500,000 a game.


Heres some updates:

DN vs. BG

Negreanu loses the first heads up event. (7 card stud)(more info at www.fullcontactpoker.com)


WSOP updates


No Limit Hold'em $1500 Buy-in


Prize Pool= $3,180,900
Number of Entries= 2305 Players
This is the event Scott Fischman won last year, and this year he came in second, talk about a solid poker player. Heres the top finishers:

1 Allen Cunningham $725,405
2 Scott Fischman $352,125
3 David 'Devil Fish' Ulliott $232,205
4 Can Kim Hua $200,395
5 Liz Lieu $168,590
6 Charles Huff $136,780
7 An Tran $104,970
8 Randy Edmonson $73,160
9 Richard Heath Boutwell $54,075


Other Notable In the Money Finishers:

Phil Hellmuth Jr. 24th($15,905)

Mike Matusow 44th($9,225)



$1500 Buy-in Pot Limit Hold'em

Buy-in $1,500
Total Prize Pool $1,477,980
Number of Entries 1071 Players


1 Thom Werthmann $369,535
2 Layne Flack $185,855
3 Hieu Ngoc 'Tony' Ma $118,240
4 Martin Green $103,460
5 David Bach $88,680
6 Mario Valenzuela $73,900
7 Pierre Nasr $59,120
8 Arash Ghaneian $44,340
9 Ernest Patrick $29,560



Other Notable In The Money Finishers

Al Krux 13th ($13,300)

Jennifer Harman 28th ($7,390)

Marcel Luske 53rd ($3,475)

Joe Cassidy 55th ($2,955)

Todd Brunson 74th ($2,215)


$1500 buy-in Limit Hold'em

Buy-in $1,500
Total Prize Pool $1,447,620
Number of Entries 1049 Players


1 Eric Froehlich $361,910
2 Jason Steinhorn $182,040
3 Todd Witteles $115,810
4 Adam Hersh $101,335
5 Christian Van Hees $86,855
6 Devin Armstrong $72,380
7 Peter Costa $57,905
8 Wing Wong $43,430
9 Brian Mogelefsky $28,950



Other Notable In The Money Finishers:

Annie Duke 16th ($10,135)

David Chiu 25th ($7,240)

Joe Cassidy 37th ($4,200)

Phil Hellmuth Jr. 42nd ($4,200)

Robert Williamson III 54th ($3,400)



Omaha Hi/Lo 8s or better

Buy-in $1,500
Total Prize Pool $964,620
Number of Entries 699 Players


This is the one event still running with some notable pros left in it such as Toto Leonidas and Carlos Mortenson as well as Minh Nguyen. Here is the last 22 participants:

1 John Lukas 142,000 Chips
2 Pascal Perrault 107,000 Chips
3 Bahram Kianfar 83,000 Chips
4 Darrell Dicken 80,000 Chips
5 'Minneapolis' Jim Meehan 65,300 Chips
6 Patrick Poels 63,000 Chips
7 Barny Boatman 55,000 Chips
8 Alfredo 'Toto' Leonidas 53,000 Chips
9 Dan Heimiller 51,000 Chips
10 Juan Carlos Mortensen 46,000 Chips
11 Minh Nguyen 45,000 Chips
12 Jeff Devall 45,000 Chips
13 Boris Shats 38,000 Chips
14 Lonnie Heimowitz 33,000 Chips
15 Xiamei Zuo 26,000 Chips
16 Robert Chappie 22,000 Chips
17 Jason Brown 19,000 Chips
18 Jerry McCoy 18,000 Chips
19 Yueqi Zhu 18,000 Chips
20 Alan Bernstein 17,000 Chips
21 Justin Sadauskas 15,000 Chips
22 Shae Drobugevich 9,000 Chips

More Updates Soon

Source: www.cardplayer.com

 

[maheha]

Heres the finishers for the $1500 pot limit



1 Patrick Poels $270,100
2 John Lukas $139,870
3 Jeff Duvall $77,170
4 Bahram Kianfar $67,525
5 Dan Heimiller $57,875
6 'Minneapolis' Jim Meehan $48,230
7 Darrell Dicken $38,585
8 Boris Shats $28,940
9 Minh Nguyen $19,290

Notables:
Carlos Mortenson 13th ($8,680)
Toto Leonidas 16th ($6,750)
Berry Johnson 30th ($3,375)

With Berry Johnson finishing in the money he is now tied with Phil Hellmuth for most times in the money at the WSOP.

Michael The Grinder Mizrachi came in 35th.

Info on the No Limit $1000 rebuy event:

CHIP COUNTS

Info on the Top 3 chip leaders.

Andrew Black has had 2 money finishes in Europe, Both final apperances, totaling $17,824, the most recent in his home Country Ireland in the Irish Open. Andrew has had a break from poker for a while, but is back fresh.Although the outsider of the top 3, he will be putting in a serious bid for his first braclet

David Singer has had 13 money finishes, 8 of them final table apperances and overall prize money earnings of $290,463. David has never won a WSOP bracelet, despite coming very close and runner up on two other occasions. He will be looking to put that right and capture bracelet #1

Antonio Esfandiari The "Magician" as he is known as, has had 13 money finishers and an overall prize money of $2,207,996. 10 of those have been final tables, including his first WSOP bracelet in 2004 in Pot Limit Hold 'em. A Class act, and Antonio will be hoping he can add bracelet #2 to his already impressive portfolio


Day 2 13 Players remaining, in chip count order

Andrew Black Dublin, Ireland $197,500.00
David Singer Mamaroneck, NY $191,000.00
Antonio Esfandiari San Francisco, CA $173,300.00
Harry Demetriou London, England $160,400.00
Isaac Galazan Miami/Bangkok $154,000.00
Delmiro Toledo Tulare, CA $103,900.00
Tommy Grimes Houston, TX $85,600.00
Luis H. Santoni Aguada, Puerto Rico $74,200.00
Abe Almalhi Cincinnati, OH $72,800.00
David Barnes London, England $59,300.00
Randy Holland Los Angeles, CA $51,300.00
Mel Judah London, England $34,600.00
Alex Prendis Jr $16,700.00

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