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5:55 PM
522 players remaining.
Break for dinner. Play to resume at 7:15 PM.
Hellmuth has moved back up to slightly over $20,000.
5:36 PM
531 players remaining.
Hellmuth has recovered to about $10,000.
5:05 PM
576 players remaining (2000 players defeated).
David Scharf $170,000
Tobias Persson $135,000
Doyle Brunson $120,000
Greg Raymer $103,000
Mike Laing $100,000
Teddy Tuil $100,000
Mike Matusow $93,000
Marcel Luske $90,000
Alex Brenes $80,000
Cary Jones $80,000
Lucy Rokach $80,000
John Dobbs $75,000
Gus Hansen $70,000
Barny Boatman $65,000
Robert Boyd $65,000
Julian Gardner $60,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson $55,000
Alex Papachatzakis $50,000
Erik Seidel $50,000
Fred Ruggles $45,000
Average $44,722
Annie Duke $43,000
John Davis $40,000
Randy Holland $33,000
Robert Varkonyi $33,000
Howard Lederer $31,000
Louis Asmo $30,000
David Chiu $30,000
Ali Sarkeshik $30,000
Dewey Tomko $30,000
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot $28,000
Robert Williamson $27,000
Ram Vaswani $26,000
Aiden Bennet $25,000
Derek Tomko $24,000
Tomer Benvenitsi $20,000
Phil Gordon $20,000... and "fully tilted"
Chris Tsiprailidis $17,000
Erik Lindgren $13,000
Brett Jungblut $10,000
Jack McClelland $10,000
Mattias Andersson $6,000
Phil Hellmuth $5,000
4:50 PM
At the feature table, Doyle Brunson just eliminated two players at once, including Scott Fischman. Doyle has built a commmanding stack, about $120,000. Howard Lederer has been brought in to replace Fischman.
Phil Hellmuth is down to about $4,000. Many cameramen and other media are hovering around him, vulture-like.
4:35 PM
630 players remaining.
4:15 PM
Blinds increase to $400-$800, $100 ante.
The green $25 chips have been colored up. There must have been a shortage of green chips, because there are a number of generic, cheap-looking greens in play, mixed in with the official Horseshoe tournament chips.
3:35 PM
690 players remaining.
Maike Laing $120,000
Tobias Persson $80,000
Brett "Gank" Jungblut $75,000
Dan Harrington $70,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson $60,000
Doyle Brunson $45,000
Average $37,333
Freddy Deeb $35,000
Howard Lederer $30,000
Robert Varkonyi $30,000
Phil Hellmuth $25,000
Scott Fischman $25,000
Gabe Thaler $23,000
Tomer Benvenitsi $20,000
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot $18,000
Tom McEvoy $11,000
2:38 PM
790 players remaining.
Barry Greenstein was just eliminated, all in preflop with A-9 against Q-Q. Another queen hit the flop.
2:25 PM
839 players remaining (the same number as last year's total entries). There will be six complete levels played today. Starting tomorrow, the tournament will revert to the original structure of five 2-hour levels.
Amarillo Slim and Johnny Chan have been eliminated.
There is an updated chip-count list for Day 3, organized by table, available in a seperate thread.
2:00 PM
870 players remaining.
Blinds increase to $300-$600, $75 antes.
The steeper blinds are causing a rapid decrease in players. Average chip count: $29,609.
Tobias Persson $70,000
John Hennigan $50,000
Gabe Thaler $32,000
1:20 PM
980 players remaining.
Average chip count is $26,285.
Mike Laing $135,000
Lucy Rokach $70,000
Tony Popejoy $65,000
Greg Raymer $60,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson $55,000
Gus Hansen $45,000
Paul Westley $40,000
Doyle Brunson $35,000
Chris Tsiprailidis $33,000
Scott Fischman $30,000
Brett Jungblut $30,000
Robert Varkonyi $30,000
Average $26,285
Erick Lindgren $25,000
Erik Seidel $25,000
Phil Hellmuth $24,000
Howard Lederer $24,000
Amarillo Slim Preston $23,000
Robert Williamson $22,000
Annie Duke $20,000
Ali Sarkeshik $20,000
Surindar Sunar $20,000
Casey Kastle $18,000
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot $15,000
Dewey Tomko $13,000
Johnny Chan $13,000
Barry Greenstein $12,000
Ron Stanley $12,000
Kathy Kolberg $11,000
Tomer Benvenitsi $8,000
"Miami" John Cernuto $5,000
Cyndy Violette $3,000
Ken Goldstein has been eliminated.
Mike Laing is still in similar chip position around $125,000, and slowly drinking beer.
1:00 PM
999 players remaining.
Dutch Boyd has just been eliminated.
The "feature table" includes Doyle Brunson and Scott Fischman.
12:00 PM
Play begins.
110 tables remaining.
Blinds start at $250-$500, $500 ante.
1090 players remain at the beginning of Day 3. Complete starting chip counts can be found in this forum, and on the WSOP results page.
5:55 PM
522 players remaining.
Break for dinner. Play to resume at 7:15 PM.
Hellmuth has moved back up to slightly over $20,000.
5:36 PM
531 players remaining.
Hellmuth has recovered to about $10,000.
5:05 PM
576 players remaining (2000 players defeated).
David Scharf $170,000
Tobias Persson $135,000
Doyle Brunson $120,000
Greg Raymer $103,000
Mike Laing $100,000
Teddy Tuil $100,000
Mike Matusow $93,000
Marcel Luske $90,000
Alex Brenes $80,000
Cary Jones $80,000
Lucy Rokach $80,000
John Dobbs $75,000
Gus Hansen $70,000
Barny Boatman $65,000
Robert Boyd $65,000
Julian Gardner $60,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson $55,000
Alex Papachatzakis $50,000
Erik Seidel $50,000
Fred Ruggles $45,000
Average $44,722
Annie Duke $43,000
John Davis $40,000
Randy Holland $33,000
Robert Varkonyi $33,000
Howard Lederer $31,000
Louis Asmo $30,000
David Chiu $30,000
Ali Sarkeshik $30,000
Dewey Tomko $30,000
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot $28,000
Robert Williamson $27,000
Ram Vaswani $26,000
Aiden Bennet $25,000
Derek Tomko $24,000
Tomer Benvenitsi $20,000
Phil Gordon $20,000... and "fully tilted"
Chris Tsiprailidis $17,000
Erik Lindgren $13,000
Brett Jungblut $10,000
Jack McClelland $10,000
Mattias Andersson $6,000
Phil Hellmuth $5,000
4:50 PM
At the feature table, Doyle Brunson just eliminated two players at once, including Scott Fischman. Doyle has built a commmanding stack, about $120,000. Howard Lederer has been brought in to replace Fischman.
Phil Hellmuth is down to about $4,000. Many cameramen and other media are hovering around him, vulture-like.
4:35 PM
630 players remaining.
4:15 PM
Blinds increase to $400-$800, $100 ante.
The green $25 chips have been colored up. There must have been a shortage of green chips, because there are a number of generic, cheap-looking greens in play, mixed in with the official Horseshoe tournament chips.
3:35 PM
690 players remaining.
Maike Laing $120,000
Tobias Persson $80,000
Brett "Gank" Jungblut $75,000
Dan Harrington $70,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson $60,000
Doyle Brunson $45,000
Average $37,333
Freddy Deeb $35,000
Howard Lederer $30,000
Robert Varkonyi $30,000
Phil Hellmuth $25,000
Scott Fischman $25,000
Gabe Thaler $23,000
Tomer Benvenitsi $20,000
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot $18,000
Tom McEvoy $11,000
2:38 PM
790 players remaining.
Barry Greenstein was just eliminated, all in preflop with A-9 against Q-Q. Another queen hit the flop.
2:25 PM
839 players remaining (the same number as last year's total entries). There will be six complete levels played today. Starting tomorrow, the tournament will revert to the original structure of five 2-hour levels.
Amarillo Slim and Johnny Chan have been eliminated.
There is an updated chip-count list for Day 3, organized by table, available in a seperate thread.
2:00 PM
870 players remaining.
Blinds increase to $300-$600, $75 antes.
The steeper blinds are causing a rapid decrease in players. Average chip count: $29,609.
Tobias Persson $70,000
John Hennigan $50,000
Gabe Thaler $32,000
1:20 PM
980 players remaining.
Average chip count is $26,285.
Mike Laing $135,000
Lucy Rokach $70,000
Tony Popejoy $65,000
Greg Raymer $60,000
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson $55,000
Gus Hansen $45,000
Paul Westley $40,000
Doyle Brunson $35,000
Chris Tsiprailidis $33,000
Scott Fischman $30,000
Brett Jungblut $30,000
Robert Varkonyi $30,000
Average $26,285
Erick Lindgren $25,000
Erik Seidel $25,000
Phil Hellmuth $24,000
Howard Lederer $24,000
Amarillo Slim Preston $23,000
Robert Williamson $22,000
Annie Duke $20,000
Ali Sarkeshik $20,000
Surindar Sunar $20,000
Casey Kastle $18,000
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot $15,000
Dewey Tomko $13,000
Johnny Chan $13,000
Barry Greenstein $12,000
Ron Stanley $12,000
Kathy Kolberg $11,000
Tomer Benvenitsi $8,000
"Miami" John Cernuto $5,000
Cyndy Violette $3,000
Ken Goldstein has been eliminated.
Mike Laing is still in similar chip position around $125,000, and slowly drinking beer.
1:00 PM
999 players remaining.
Dutch Boyd has just been eliminated.
The "feature table" includes Doyle Brunson and Scott Fischman.
12:00 PM
Play begins.
110 tables remaining.
Blinds start at $250-$500, $500 ante.
1090 players remain at the beginning of Day 3. Complete starting chip counts can be found in this forum, and on the WSOP results page.
