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2007 WSOP Main Event...
With FOUR Day 1s and TWO Day 2s, I decided not to even bother with any of the reports until now.... Here are some notes of interest.
There are 797 players remaining in the Main Event. Tournament Notes (through End Day Two) -- The $10,000 buy-in championship event attracted 6,358 players. This qualifies as the second-largest live poker tournament in history. Only the 2006 main event attracted more entries (8,773). -- Former World Series of Poker Champions who played in the main event included: T.A. "Amarillo Slim" Preston, 1972 (eliminated on Day One) Doyle Brunson, 1976, 1977 (eliminated on Day One) Bobby "the Owl" Baldwin, 1978 (eliminated on Day One) Tom McEvoy, 1983 (eliminated on Day Two) Berry Johnston, 1986 (217,900 in chips starting Day Three) Johnny Chan, 1987, 1988 (eliminated on Day One) Phil Hellmuth, Jr., 1989 (eliminated on Day One) Brad Daugherty, 1991 (eliminated on Day One) Jim Bechtel, 1993 (eliminated on Day Two) Dan Harrington, 1995 (eliminated on Day Two) Huck Seed, 1996 (280,500 in chips starting Day Three) Scotty "the Prince" Nguyen, 1998 (107,800 in chips starting Day Three) Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (160,900 in chips starting Day Three) Carlos Mortensen, 2001 (254,700 in chips starting Day Three) Robert Varkonyi, 2002 (182,700 in chips starting Day Three) Chris Moneymaker, 2003 (eliminated on Day Two) Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, 2004 (eliminated on Day One) Joe Hachem, 2005 (eliminated on Day Two) Jamie Gold, 2006 (eliminated on Day One) -- Defending world champion Jamie Gold, of Malibu, CA was eliminated on Day 1-D. He sat at the ESPN feature table and played about four levels (two-thirds of the day) before busting out. -- This year's main event attracted several celebrities. The following notables were eliminated on Day One: Antonio Tarver (World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion) Nelly (singer and four-time Grammy Award winner) Shannon Elizabeth (actress) Jose Canseco (former Major League Baseball star) Jennifer Tilly (actress) Norm McDonald (actor and comedian) Ray Romano (actor and comedian) Hank Azaria (comedian and voice of "The Simpsons") Sully Erna (songwriter and singer from Godsmack) Rick Tocchet (former NHL star) Tommy Vu (real estate tycoon and infomercial guru) These celebrities survived past Day One: Montel Williams (talk show host) – eliminated on Day Two Brad Garrett (actor and comedian) – eliminated on Day Two Jason Alexander (actor and comedian) – eliminated on Day Two These celebrities are playing at the start of Day Three: Tobey Maguire (actor) – 152,900 in chips starting Day Three Todd Phillips (film director) – 275,000 in chips starting Day Three -- This year two players, Barbara Enright and Phil Hellmuth, Jr. were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Both were eliminated on Day 1-D. -- The second annual $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship was included on this year's schedule. Both winners from the previous two years busted out on Day One. Chip Reese and Freddy Deeb were eliminated from the main event. -- The oldest player ever to enter the WSOP in its 38-year history participated in this year's tournament as 94-year-old Jack Url, from Terre Haute, IN survived the first day, but was eliminated on Day Two. -- Michael Binger came very close to setting a new WSOP record for the "Most Cashes in a Single Year." He had eight in-the-money finishes this year. However, he busted out on Day Two of the main event, about 300 spots short of the money. He is tied for the record with Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (2003), Humberto Brenes (2006), and Phil Hellmuth (2006) – all with eight cashes in a single year. -- On Day 1-A, the first elimination of the 2007 WSOP took place when a player was dealt A-A and lost to another player with the A-K of clubs. Three clubs flopped making a flush, which meant the first casualty of the World Series went out just moments after the start of the tournament. -- A total of 621 places will receive prize money. Payouts start at $20,320. The top prize is $8,250,000. -- by Nolan Dalla Last edited by Talking Poker; 07-12-07 at 03:56 PM. |
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07-12-07, 03:55 PM
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Here are the chips counts, entering today (Day 3). Note the familiar chip leader...
Gus Hansen Monaco 622,300 Hevad Khan Poughkeepsie, NY 592,500 Jeff "Mr. Rain" Banghart Bennington, NE 570,100 Jeff Weiss Davie, FL 550,000 Jon Monves Los Angeles, CA 549,800 Brent Sheirbon The Dalles, OR 549,300 Tuan Lam Canada 538,500 Markus Gonsalves San Diego, CA 512,400 Bradley Ellis Midland, TX 509,400 Robert Nehorayan Los Angeles, CA 505,700 Richard Weisman Las Vegas, NV 495,400 Yuan-I Hsieh Taeipei, Taiwan 489,900 Bill Edler Las Vegas, NV 486,700 Kenny Tran Arcadia, CA 484,900 Alex Melnikow Syracuse, NY 480,100 Sorel Mizzi Toronto, ON 457,100 Christian Toth Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 452,900 Andy Philachack Garland, TX 451,500 Conor Tate Lurgan 440,000 Patrick Huse Omaha, NE 431,100 Ryan Lawrence Lethbridge, Canada 429,500 Kevin Kim Los Angeles, CA 422,600 Cory Carroll Halixfax, NS 419,900 Rick Munro Bell Canyon 417,600 Jerry Yang Temecula, CA 415,500 Nicolas Atlan Paris, France 410,800 Tom Peterson Las Crosse, WI 410,800 Shawn Chaconas Los Angeles, CA 407,800 Kit Manoez Australia 405,700 Art Cole Mission Viejo 405,700 Avi Cohen Boston, MA 400,600 Jeremy Joseph Buffalo, NY 400,200 Amanda Baker Las Vegas, NV 398,300 Raymond Rahme South Africa 394,200 Carl Olson Seattle, WA 391,700 Daniel Elizondo Monterrey, Mexico 390,800 Mikkel Madsen Copenhagen, Denmark 387,000 Matt Keikoan San Rafael, CA 383,300 Travis Belles Las Vegas, NV 374,000 Imran Ahmad Arcadia, CA 369,600 Steven Jacobs Philadelphia, PA 365,600 Julian Powell Melbourne, Australia 358,800 Rami Boulfai 357,900 Andrew Barnes Saratoga, CA 355,600 Ben Lamb Tulsa, OK 355,500 Francois Safieddine Denver, CO 354,800 Kenny Rundh Karlstad, Sweden 347,500 Hoa Nguyen Fairfax, VA 347,400 Andrew Manser Chicago, IL 347,200 Kelly Jo McGlothlin Palmdale, CA 346,600 Cliff Josephy Syosset, NY 346,400 Mao Qiu Scottsdale, AZ 345,000 Robin Bergren Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 344,100 Andrew Brooks Baltimore, MD 344,100 Dario Minieri Italy 343,700 Joe Pharo Scottsdale, AZ 340,500 Rep Porter Woodinville, WA 338,100 Christian Abele Edmonton, Canada 327,700 Ed Betlow Morris Plains, NJ 327,000 Andre Wagner Aachen 325,800 Fabrice Soulier Las Vegas, NV 325,700 Matt Shepsky Skokie, IL 321,800 Tommy Burandt Savage, MN 320,300 Chad Brown Los Angeles, CA 320,000 Kevin Chan San Jose, CA 317,300 Jared Hamby Henderson, NV 315,100 Cyrus Farzad Los Angeles, CA 315,000 Billy Willis Edmore, MI 314,700 Kevin Farry Manassas, VA 314,000 Dapo Fadeui Centennial, CO 313,400 Dagmartin Mikklesen Stavanger, Norway 313,000 Zachary Clark Chicago, IL 312,600 Marc Naalden Roosendaal 311,900 Jim Kasputis Rockford, IL 310,500 Senovio Ramirez Mercedes, TX 310,300 Petri Pollanen Finland 310,200 Hal Lubasky Las Vegas, NV 307,900 Chris Overgard Naperville, IL 307,900 Christian Togsverd Denmark 306,700 Ed De Haas Amsterdam, Netherlands 306,500 Ayaz Mahmoop Houston, TX 304,400 Diego Cordovez Palo Alto, CA 303,300 Karga Holt Atlanta, GA 303,100 Jac Arama London, UK 302,800 Ryan Elson Canton, OH 301,400 Luis Velador Lake Elsinore, CA 301,000 Clint Schafer Baton Rouge, LA 300,600 Adam White Sun Valley, ID 298,100 Hasan Habib Downey, CA 296,700 Wen long Jzn Shanghai, China 296,200 Scott Epstein Las Vegas, NV 294,900 Josh Evans Plano, TX 293,300 Matthew Hilger Atlanta, GA 293,000 George Dunst Madison, WI 292,500 Daniel Palmer Hampton 291,900 Philip Yeh Sweden 291,200 Mitch Gurshofsky Las Vegas, NV 290,000 Peter Feldman Harper Woods, MI 289,700 Paul Kersman Manchester, England 289,500 Stefan Mattsson Stockholm 288,900 Dennis Marcum Texas City, TX 288,600 Leonard Pruzansky Richmond, TX 287,800 Paul Dodson Purdy, MO 286,800 Jim Lucas St. Augustine, Fl 286,700 Bjorn Erik Glenne Oppegard 286,300 Theodore Park Las Vegas, NV 285,800 Tim Begley Freehold, NJ 282,100 Huck Seed Las Vegas, NV 280,500 Willie Tann Bovingdon, UK 279,700 Jesse Chinni Ellicot City, MD 279,100 John Duthie London, UK 278,400 Steve Crockett Costa Mesa 277,600 Robert Damiano Melbourne, FL 276,100 Todd Phillips Los Angeles, CA 275,000 Hyon Kim Hillsborough, NJ 274,000 Steven Prentky Las Vegas, NV 270,800 Thomas Koo San Jose, Costa Rica 270,600 Adam Weiss Hartsdale, NY 268,800 Tedd Forrest Las Vegas, NV 268,200 Alex Michaels Edison, NJ 268,100 Ed Fernandez San Joes, CA 267,300 Dennis A Lane Corte Madera, CA 266,700 David Flusfeder London, UK 265,800 Kenneth Smith Levittown, NY 265,800 Maria Ho Arcadia, CA 263,400 Jeff Norman Encinitas, CA 262,500 Nikolas Liakos Stockholm 262,000 Stephen O'Dwyer Las Vegas, NV 262,000 Andy Stocker Los Altos, CA 261,500 George Vazanellis Crown Point, IN 260,200 Bart Hanson Los Angeles, CA 259,900 Juan Fernandezi Spain 259,100 Karim Vegas Brookline 258,800 K. Morrizan 258,800 Leo Boxell Melbourne, Australia 258,700 Alan Keating Bloomfield Hills 258,100 Boris Kreiman Los Angeles, CA 257,700 Michael Iam Toronto, ON 257,100 Ira Mazie Nashville, TN 257,000 Jonathan Kiela Ontario, Canada 256,400 John Doucet Quaker Hill, CT 256,200 Carlos Mortensen Las Vegas, NV 254,700 Minh Ly Las Vegas, NV 253,200 Jesper Hougaard Copenhagen, Denmark 253,100 Armenak Kizirian Quebec, Canada 252,700 Randy Holland Winnetka, CA 252,600 Ken Evanowski Las Vegas, NV 252,100 Terris Preston Toronto, Ontario, Canada 251,800 Richard Murnick Montclair, NJ 251,100 Dennis Perry Williamstown, KY 251,100 Hopfner Moritz Nuernberg, Germany 247,300 Paul Spitzberg Tenafly, NJ 245,900 Curtis VanGilder Port Byron, IL 245,800 Tony Lee Laguna Hills, CA 244,300 Cody Slaubaugh Rugby, ND 244,100 Nasser Hamedani Danville, CA 244,090 Elie Said Missouri City 243,100 David Wells Kent, England 242,100 Roy Winston Brooklyn, NY 242,000 Lamar Wilkinson Pacheco, CA 239,100 Justin Rollo Boston, MA 238,500 John Armbrust Austin, TX 238,100 Tinten Olivier Paris, France 238,000 Reagan Silber Las Vegas, NV 237,300 Kitai Davidi Belgium, Brussels 236,900 Esfandiar Dara New York, NY 235,400 James Campbell Marlboro 235,400 Justin Sadauskas Chicago, IL 235,000 Michael Quist Copenhagen, Denmark 234,600 Rob Moore Pacific Palisades, CA 234,600 Jonathon Tare New York 232,000 Justin King Cincinnati, OH 231,200 Marco Mills Toronto, Canada 230,800 Daniel Snowden Arkansas City, KA 230,400 Geoffrey Herzog Jackson Beach 230,000 Casey Childress Dallas, TX 229,000 Warren Karp Lake Forest 227,500 Paulo Loureiro New York, NY 226,900 Jason Welch Fort Collins, CO 226,800 Michael Tvreniec Sweden 226,300 Dan Melan Somerset, NJ 224,600 Brian Miller Atlanta, GA 224,300 Eric Kurtzman Las Vegas, NV 222,800 William Childs Reston, VA 222,200 Roger Tichenor Sarasota, FL 221,100 Thor Hansen El Segundo, CA 220,600 Hoomah Nikzad Scottsdale, AZ 220,200 Berry Johnston Bethany, OK 217,900 Kyle Wilson Vancouver, Canada 217,500 Bob Lauria West Haven, CT 217,400 Andrew Gunderson Hoboken, NJ 216,700 Vandy Krouch Carrollton, TX 214,800 Santiago Terrazas Madrid, Spain 214,700 Ovenson Benoit Tamaral, FL 214,300 Deb Blair Tucson, AZ 214,200 David O'Neal Stoughton 213,000 Gustav Lundholm Kalix 212,400 Alan Levin Santa Fe, NM 212,000 Jason Heidema San Francisco, CA 212,000 Gary DeBernardi Warrenton, OR 211,800 Jeff Tunkel Naperville, IL 211,000 Martin Miller Lawrence, KA 210,900 Mike Laing Franklin, PA 209,400 Ang Pang Leng Singapore 209,200 Louis Merola Fort Meyers, FL 209,200 Samuel Padgett Raleigh, NC 208,800 Robert Topham Salt Lake City, UT 208,300 Richard Salle San Diego, CA 207,700 Bryan Swanson Ellensburg, WA 207,300 Phillip Lowery Atlanta, GA 206,600 Michael Cooper San Francisco, CA 206,200 Daniel Alaei Las Vegas, NV 205,800 Sven Abelsson Runing Gothenburg 205,800 Floyd Clark Littleton, CA 205,200 Keith Littlewood Sheffield 204,700 Chris Viox Glen Carbon, IL 204,200 Wilson Tien New York 203,400 Jeff Parker OIB, NC 203,400 Uh Nguyen 203,300 Matt Ciezki Sherwood Park, Canada 203,000 Jason Tikijian Fowler, CA 202,000 James Williams Albuquerque, NM 201,500 Chip Jett Las Vegas, NV 201,400 Robert Starkey Anderson, IN 200,800 Robert Ford Johnstown, PA 199,600 Rolf Slotboom Amsterdam, Netherlands 199,100 Eduardo Santi Buenes Aires, Argentina 198,800 Bernard Strauss Birmingham 198,600 Pete de Best Yorba Linda, CA 198,400 Thomas Laviokio Brookville, NY 198,000 Jeff Dumas Phoenix, AZ 197,500 Kenneth Shei Boston, MA 197,100 Daniel Quach Los Angeles, CA 197,000 Peter Darvill Vancouver, BC 196,600 Aditya Agarwal Philadelphia, PA 196,600 Darren Woods Cleethorpes, England 195,200 George Dolofan Miami, FL 195,000 Jon Goldberg Harrisburg 194,900 Ronald Kluber Seoul, South Korea 194,600 Cliff Pappas Scottsdale, AZ 193,800 Paul Kemp Milton Keynes, England 193,400 James Capone Abington, MA 191,800 Chris Crilly San Clemente, CA 191,600 David Peters San Diego, CA 191,400 Dean Hamrick East Lansing 191,300 Timothy Debenport Baton Rouge, LA 191,300 Julian Gardner Manchester, UK 190,600 Gnalter Salles Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 190,100 Kristian Obbarius Harnosand, Sweden 189,100 Kevan Casey Houston, TX 189,000 Mickey "Mouse" Mills Ocean Beach, CA 187,900 Ray Henson Houston, TX 187,900 George Alex Boston, MA 187,300 Randy Jacobson Jersey City, NJ 187,000 Sam Abueid Chicago, IL 186,500 Danny Smith Folsom, CA 185,900 Peter Hill Chicago, IL 185,900 J.C. Tran Sacramento, CA 184,800 Jim Feist Las Vegas, NV 184,800 Kia Hamadani Los Angeles, CA 184,400 Sara Stohler Washington, D.C. 183,200 Robert Varkonyi Great Neck, NY 182,700 Steven Garfinkle Bellingham, WA 182,700 Mark Weitzman Las Vegas, NV 181,700 Daniel Fisher Newton, PA 181,600 Andrew Barton San Diego, CA 181,600 Kyle Morris Las Vegas, NV 181,300 Scott Freeman Oak Park, CA 181,200 Yuri Bokkel Tilburg 181,000 Kyu Cho Los Angeles, CA 180,700 David Wilson Blacklick, OH 180,500 Frank Schram Agoura Hills 180,000 Phi Tran Stockton, CA 180,000 Randall Amiel Coconut Creek, FL 179,900 Jose Severino Panama City, Panama 178,900 Richard Klein Lakewood 178,900 Chris Hamman Dallas, TX 178,800 Thomas Vinas Houston, TX 178,000 Ronnie Stubing New Rochelle, NY 177,200 Kyle Orvis Longmont, CO 176,700 Steven Seidman San Diego, CA 176,600 Patrik Petersson Gothenburg 176,500 David Barraclough London, UK 175,700 Stuart Fox Birmingham, UK 175,000 Jerry Kane Wilbraham, MA 174,600 Rick Barabino New York, NY 173,800 Sven Niklas Heinecker Hamburg, Germany 173,500 Keith Gipson Las Vegas, NV 173,500 Thierry van Den Berg Almere, Holland 173,100 Mohammed Zahour London, UK 172,100 Bob Robbins Cambridge, ON 171,700 Nick Binger New York, NY 170,600 Bob Preston New Castle, PA 170,100 Stephen Ma Waterloo, IA 170,000 Steve Sung Torrance, CA 170,000 Brad M Mills Glendora, CA 169,700 Franklin Benjamin The Woodlands, TX 169,400 Michael Sullivan Three Bridges, NJ 167,900 William Spadea South Easton, MA 167,700 Brock Parker Silver Spring, MD 167,500 Demetrios Arvanetes Las Vegas, NV 167,300 Rodney Knight Southington, CT 166,800 Brian "Obey the Dog" Darmanin Redwood City, CA 166,700 Antonio Arce Manila, Phililppines 166,600 Zhuang Han Smithtown, NY 166,300 Jason Lester Miami, FL 166,300 Samir Zondo Modesto, CA 166,200 Blair Hinkle Kansas City, MO 165,000 Mark Kim Torrance, CA 164,800 Evan "The Sniper" Marshall Indianapolis, IN 164,000 Bennie Sizemore Naugatuck, CT 162,000 Kenneth Gacek Glastonbury, CT 161,800 Benjamin Gold Long Beach, CA 161,400 Chris Ferguson Pacific Palisades 160,900 Bette Carswell 160,800 Lee Watkinson Vancouver, WA 160,600 Frank W. Montana 159,900 Karlo Lopez Puerto Rico 159,600 Sebastien Zink Germany 159,200 Scott Seiver Cold Spring Harber, NY 158,300 Simone Rossi Barcelona 157,800 Mark Owens Chicago, IL 157,700 Randal McLoughlin Littleton, CO 157,200 Gerald Martello Baker, FL 157,100 Lee Kiosty Delray Beach, FL 157,000 Michael Zinna San Antonio, TX 156,900 Ken Dickenson Cypress, TX 156,800 Ralph Villela Valley Stream, NY 156,500 Guy Edri Israel 156,000 Philip Hilm Cambridge 155,700 Bob Poole Rudy, AK 154,000 Sylvester Geoghegan Mullingar, Ireland 153,800 Edson Esquio Sao Paulo, Brazil 153,800 Jorge Albalat Spain 153,500 Tobey Maguire Los Angeles, CA 152,900 Jason Reed Topeka, KS 152,700 Mickey Seagle Marion, NC 151,900 John Spadavecchia Lighthouse Point, FL 151,500 Jeffe Nielsen Copenhagen, Denmark 151,300 Michael Yoshino Pasadena, CA 151,100 Axel Holin Stockholm 150,200 Richard Marshall Raleigh, NC 149,800 Takashi Takii Sacramento, CA 149,400 Richard Sun Fullerton, CA 149,100 Jimmy Blevins Oakland, CA 149,000 Gonzalo Flores Vina del Mar, Chile 149,000 Alfred Megrabyan Granada Hills, CA 149,000 Brian Collins Belfast, Northern Ireland 148,600 Andreas Krause Stuttgart, Germany 148,200 Pat Dattilo Ottawa, Canada 148,000 William Cheeseman Chicago, IL 148,000 Mark Cole Naples, FL 148,000 Mike Souza San Diego, CA 147,900 Brent Catalano Redding, CT 147,600 Eugene Tito Glendale, CA 145,900 Temperance Hutter Charlottesville, VA 145,600 Bryan Curtis Gilbert, AZ 145,600 Voidim Trincher New Jersey 145,600 Ned Griffis Pensacola, FL 145,000 Ketul Nathwani UK 144,900 Penh Lo Mankato, MN 144,700 Robert Mizrachi Miami, FL 144,500 Steve Miranda Burlingame 144,500 Nils Ersson Sweden 144,300 William Wood Manakin Sabot, VA 144,000 Artur Roberto Szczupak Brazil 143,800 Alex Kravchenko Moscow, Russia 143,800 Charles Anderson Columbus, OH 143,000 Arthur Rhea Indianapolis, IN 142,900 Richard Wild Manchester, England 142,900 Anthony Keogh Dublin, Ireland 142,800 Rahul Maitra Rochester 142,000 John Eckerd Dallas, TX 141,900 Redmond Lee London, UK 141,800 Jeffrey Weil Richfield, OH 141,700 Lewis Pilkington UK 141,300 Stiehler Christoph Dresden 141,200 Fitoussi Bruno Paris, France 141,100 Brian De Bruyn The Netherlands 140,600 Tommy Le Orange County, CA 140,000 Rob DeForge Venice, FL 139,900 Nhut Tran Las Vegas, NV 139,800 Mark Muchnik Las Vegas, NV 139,400 Martino Bakri Beverly Hills, CA 139,100 Wei Yan Chan Raleigh, NC 139,000 Ken Lawrence Santa Rosa, CA 137,500 Matt Sterling Brownstown, IN 137,000 Ronald Philpott Phoenix, AZ 136,700 Duane Van Keulen Vancouver,BC 135,700 Nicolaou Nicholas Brisbane, Australia 135,400 Gary Avery Newcastle, UK 135,200 Al Rapoport Norwich, England 135,000 Mike Ward Griswold, CT 134,900 Dane Lamas San Diego, CA 134,700 Zachary "Carter" King Columbia, SC 134,500 John Smith La Habra Heights, CA 134,400 Justin Sellers Bismark 134,200 John Horon Andover, MN 134,100 Frank Ramsey Pikeville, KY 133,800 Ryan McClean Edmonton 133,200 John Strzemp Las Vegas, NV 133,000 Christopher Lines London, UK 132,800 Jonas Jerlstrom Stockholm 132,700 Darin Haddock Lakeside 132,700 Joshua Van Dyke Rindge, NH 132,000 Sam Ditson London, UK 131,800 Doug Gehring Altamonte Springs, FL 131,200 Suerre Sunobo Norway 131,000 James Griffith Colonial Heights, VA 131,000 Kyle Caslin St. Louis, MO 130,900 Alexander Johnoff Mesa, AZ 130,400 John Matwey New York, NY 130,200 Tom Giampaolo Las Vegas, NV 130,000 Kevin Mason West New York 129,500 James Lewis Washington, IN 129,400 Jim Geary Phoenix, AZ 128,600 Andre Boyer Montreal, Canada 128,400 Ian McDonald UK 128,400 Lasse Aspen Melby Nybergsund 127,800 John Michael Henderson, NV 126,800 Stig Top-Rasmussen Kothem 126,700 Hien Tran Sacramento, CA 126,400 Eugene Fouksman Manalapan, NJ 126,300 Sebag Georges France 126,000 Daniel Goldstein New Castle, UK 125,200 Mark Sanchez Walnut Creek 124,900 Ken Webster Decatur, NE 124,800 Richard Warburg San Diego, CA 124,700 Chris Lovelace Brandon, MS 124,600 Jason Glass Buffalo Grove, IL 124,300 David Gurevich Sāo Paulo, Brazil 124,100 Joe Cutler Bay Shore, NY 124,100 Dale Michael Fairfield, OH 123,500 John Monnette Carlsbad, CA 123,400 Zak Alameddine New York, NY 123,200 Guang Pu Lu Vancouver, Canada 123,100 Johnathan Stanton St Pete, FL 122,800 Patrice McLean Montreal, Canada 122,800 Robert Lipkin Buffalo Grove, IL 122,300 Amnon Filippi Las Vegas, NV 122,100 Carsten Jakobsen Copenhagen, Denmark 122,100 Nicholas Cunnane Ireland 121,900 Jose Ignacio Barbero Buenos Aires, Argentina 121,800 Isaac Haxton Syracuse, NY 121,400 Joe Brandenburg Portland, OR 121,000 Mike Puskariah Las Vegas, NV 120,800 Sam Khoueis Australia 120,600 Lucky Liu Newcastle 120,500 Nicholas Botta Hillsdale, NJ 120,500 Sang Kim Las Vegas, NV 120,100 Robby Rose Garland, TX 120,000 Teddy Monroe Las Vegas, NV 120,000 Shayan Salecti Sweden 119,500 James Tolley Elkton, MD 119,000 John Bird Dade City 118,500 Matthew Stout Atlantic City, NJ 117,300 Jason Mellorss Geelong 117,100 Brandon Adams Cambridge, MA 117,000 Gregory Liang Sunnyvale, CA 116,900 Ming Jung St. Petersburg, FL 116,500 Desmond Portano Chicago, IL 116,100 Joe Graziano Tualatin, Or 115,900 Derek Thorpe Kildare, Ireland 115,500 Jim McCrink Las Vegas, NV 115,200 Naseem Sarem Spring Valley, CA 115,000 Dan Gelowitz Lethbridge, AB 114,900 Chris Collins Alabama 114,700 Morten Mertner Copenhagen, Denmark 114,700 David Cowan Toronto, ON 114,400 Seung Lee Los Angeles, CA 114,200 Claude Cohen Paris, France 113,800 Yueqi Zhu Rowland Heights, CA 113,600 Jim Routos Seattle, WA 113,600 David Tran California 113,500 Lee Biddulph UK 112,500 Jan Sorensen Odense 112,100 John Lawrence Burtonsville, MD 111,700 Richard Harris Swansea, UK 111,000 Lauchlin McKinnon Mt. Vernon, WA 110,800 Thomas Nielsen Denmark 110,700 Daniel Tarnopol San Mateo 110,600 Daniel Germmo Las Vegas, NV 110,100 Kevin Hong Las Vegas, NV 110,000 Steve Austin La Quinta, CA 110,000 Scott Mayfield Grants Pass, OR 109,700 Vinod Jadav Birmingham, AL 109,500 Steven D'Argenio Ashburn, VA 109,000 Wing Tso Rego Park, NY 109,000 Brett Kimes San Antonio, TX 108,600 Christopher Buzzell Muncie, IN 108,500 Roy Vandersluis England 108,500 George Sakellaridis Whitestone, NY 108,500 Robert Thompson Jr. Allenstown, NH 108,400 Dennis Anderson Lexington, KY 108,000 Stuart Spear Reno, NV 107,900 Daniel Heimiller 107,500 Hams "Tuma" Lund Dayton, NV 107,400 Bill Baxter Las Vegas, NV 107,400 Scotty Nguyen Las Vegas, NV 107,200 Peter Valente Windsor, ON 106,600 Randall Brueckner Acton, MA 106,500 Gary Friedlander Bellaire, TX 105,800 Sean Boles St. Louis, MO 105,700 Tristan Wade Thedonaton 105,500 Steven Wilk Helotes, TX 105,400 Hung Le Orlando, FL 105,400 Eugene Ji New York, NY 104,900 William Davidson Prosperity, SC 104,800 Phil Lifschitz Livingston, NJ 103,600 Michael Danino Las Vegas, NV 103,500 Tam Van Nguyen Salem, Oregon 103,400 Allan King San Diego, CA 103,100 Mark Ellerbe Richmond, TX 103,000 Issac Galazan Miami, FL 102,700 Steve Kuhn Bejing, China 102,700 Jason Koshi Los Angeles, CA 102,500 Antonio Salorio Coral Springs, FL 102,100 Adam Noone UK 101,900 Tobias Bent Christensen Lystrup 101,800 Olav Prinz von Sachsew 101,700 Ricardo Miznuno Mexico 101,200 Jason Sell Minneapolis, MN 101,100 Cancer Outlaw Sumter, SC 101,000 Mark Bryan Irvine, CA 100,900 Seymour Guiberson Harbor, WA 100,800 Jared Okun Tampa, FL 99,900 Veronica Dabul Buenos Aires, Argentina 99,900 Rob Roseman Las Vegas, NV 99,600 Donna Blevins Inverness, FL 99,600 Brian Senie Westport, CT 99,600 Brian Hearn Los Angeles, CA 99,300 Dave Smart San Antonio, TX 99,200 Joe Shield St. Pete Beach FL 99,200 Andrew Evans Las Vegas, NV 99,000 Allen Patatanyan Encino, CA 99,000 Noah Schwartz Bay Harbor 98,800 Keith Ogren Windham, NH 98,700 Richard Anthony New York, NY 98,500 Neil Chriss New York, NY 98,100 Joern Bahnsen Nordermeldorf, Germany 98,000 Jon Kalmar Chorleyville 97,700 Darrell Dicken Waterloo, IA 97,200 Farrell Hinkle Costa Mesa, CA 97,000 Todd Croswell Hanford, CT 97,000 Leif Force Tallahassee, FL 96,700 Sam Simon Malibu, CA 96,400 Craig Edwards Cleethorpes, England 96,300 Jeff Bryan Fort Calhoun, NE 96,300 Weldon Johnson Ithaca, Ny 94,900 Troy O'Brien Elizabeth, NJ 94,800 Humberto Brenes Costa Rica 94,700 Bo Sehlstedt Sweden 94,300 Jimmy Tran Las Vegas, NV 94,000 Yuval Friedman Hertzliya, Israel 93,200 Robert Daily Las Vegas, NV 92,100 Tristan McDonoro UK 91,900 Lee Dryer Franklin, TX 91,600 P.V. Smith UK 91,600 Pamela Brunson Las Vegas, NV 91,300 Dave Terry Alpharetta, GA 91,200 Randy McKay Finley, ND 91,100 David Names San Ramon, CA 91,100 Tom Roupe Houston, TX 90,700 Robert Donnino New York, NY 90,700 Todd Brunson Las Vegas, NV 90,600 N. Elvidge Hove, England 90,400 Daniel Schleber Kingston, TN 90,200 Lance Allred Studio City, CA 90,000 James Colombo New York 89,700 Sean Walter Monroe, NJ 89,500 Chuck Clark London, England 89,400 Jefferson M James Picscott, AZ 88,800 Alessandro Bianchini Ropa 88,500 Jonathan Campbell Lincoln, UK 88,300 Joseph Fallows Broomall, PA 87,900 Joshua Bauer Louisburg, KS 87,800 Anders Solheim Bergen, Norway 87,800 Gavin Smith Las Vegas, NV 87,700 A.J. Farraj Brooklyn, NY 87,700 Priyan De Mel London, UK 87,600 Roger Brooks Pembroke Pines, FL 87,300 Greg Hobson Spokane, WA 86,100 Goran Sachse Frankfurt, Germany 85,900 David Farber Heathrow, FL 85,400 Larry Dragon New Castle, CO 85,000 Pierre Bounahara Belize 84,900 Kevin Howatt Brampton, ON 84,800 Neil Channing UK 84,800 Albert Riccobono Ossining, NY 84,500 James Dawick Ontario, Canada 84,100 Tor Helness Oslo 84,000 Tim Duckworth Melbourne, Australia 83,600 John Kunich Chicago, IL 83,000 Jeremy D'Ambrosia Henderson, NV 82,600 Matthew Olim New York City, NY 82,400 Nicholas Carrillo Sun Valley 81,500 Wolbert Bartlema Amsterdam, Netherlands 81,500 Jeff Lewis Littleton, CO 81,400 Aaron Eckhart Lake Havash City 81,300 Paul Chakbazof Stockholm, Sweden 81,100 Allen C Davis Dallas, GA 80,800 Ernie Lessard Danbury, WI 80,400 Terry Magill Maplewood 80,400 Francis Cagney Laguna Niguel, CA 80,000 Bob Slezak Omaha, NE 79,900 Peter Schauka Cologne, Germany 79,800 Michael Lynn Las Vegas, NV 79,200 Chris Grigorian Armenia 79,000 Steve Purdom Midland, GA 79,000 Pat Atchison Fort Worth, TX 78,900 Ravi Lopez Espana 78,300 Vincent Iannuzzi Naples, FL 75,800 Matt Smith Tallahassee, FL 75,600 Todd Taylor Henderson, NV 75,400 Eric Staton Lexington, KY 74,900 David Lee Darien, CT 74,700 Greg DeBora Toronto, ON 72,200 Daniel Attie St. Petersburg, FL 72,000 John Chan New York, NY 71,900 Dirk Morris Knoxville, TN 70,700 Matt Brady Upper Darby, PA 70,500 Lee Markholt Eatonville, WA 70,000 Brian Deklerk Ontario, Canada 69,800 Dion Fotopoulos Melbourne, Australia 69,800 Eddie Ray Stutts Heath, TX 69,600 Mark Stubbs Newmarket 69,400 J.J Ware Los Angeles, CA 68,900 Robert Blaeser Eden Prairie 68,700 Anthony Newman Brooklyn, NY 68,600 William Arnold Dallas, TX 67,200 John Sigan Strongsville, OH 67,000 Ethan Steinberg Jackson Hole, WY 67,000 Fernando Reyes San Antonio, TX 66,500 Matt Cohen Philadelphia, PA 66,500 Takeo Oishi Los Angeles, CA 66,400 Ryan Osborne Redmond, WA 66,100 Dan Owen Napa, CA 65,800 Marc Friedmann Zurich, Switzerland 65,700 Camillo Calabrese Las Vegas, NV 65,600 Raj Singh New York 65,600 Kirk Conrad Orange, CA 65,400 Tony Hachem Australia 65,300 Henry Ma Waterloo, IA 65,300 Angela Giannino Melbourne, Australia 64,500 Scott Lacy Citrus Heights, CA 64,400 Glen Questroo Las Vegas, NV 63,900 Wade Chow San Francisco, CA 63,800 Greg Treger Falls Church 63,500 Gerald Kim Irvine, CA 63,200 Christiane Klecz Germany 63,200 Matt Grapenthien Chicago, IL 62,800 Nico Behling Germany 62,600 Chris Cobb Albuquerque, NM 62,300 Danny Felix Oxnard, CA 62,300 Steven Bazyl Pacifica, CA 62,100 Gregory Owen Atlanta, GA 62,100 Lane Mundine Collge Station, TX 61,700 Leo Wolpert Fairfax, VA 61,400 Deric Senne New York City, NY 60,900 Philip Campbell Belfast, N. Ireland 60,800 Mimi Tran Los Angeles, CA 60,500 Jerry Randack Richardson, TX 60,300 Ronny Bergan Lier, Norway 60,100 Kyle Kloeckner St. Louis, MO 60,000 Jeffrey Mermelstein Vestal, NY 60,000 Jeffrey Lowenhar Las Vegas, NV 59,900 Dee Archer Lake Charles, LA 59,700 Jonathan Kemsley Sevenoaks, UK 59,400 Kathy Jamison Katy, Texas 59,400 Aaron Cuulthard Waterloo, ON 59,300 Michael Massey Westland, MI 58,700 John Ryan Grand Forks, ND 58,400 Greg Huffman Warren, OH 58,200 Phillip Castrutta Glendora, CA 57,500 Brian Hollywood Pasadena, MD 57,500 Paul Nero Akron 57,300 Matthew Traudt Oconomowoc, WI 56,800 Michael Barclay Birmingham, AL 56,500 David Levi Las Vegas, NV 56,200 Jeffrey Nairin West Hills, CA 55,900 Joe Reichenberger Plainfield, FL 55,300 Cindy Longoria Garland, TX 55,100 Steven Lynch Aberdeen, Scotland 55,100 Jay Perkins San Antonio, TX 55,000 Linu Johansson Sundsvall 54,900 Howard J Mann Martinsburg, WV 54,600 Shawn Chang Bothell, WA 54,500 Charis Anastasiou Limassol 54,400 Rajesh Verma Billingham 54,200 Scott Yeates Onchan 54,200 Phillip Liou Chicago, IL 54,000 Asger Boye Aarhus 53,700 Keith Love Denver, CO 52,700 Kim Snyder Vashon 52,400 Tuan Nguyen Chicago, IL 52,100 Thomas Huyen Nguyen Houston, TX 51,900 Gregg Jaffy Boca Raton, FL 51,800 Kevin Williams London, UK 51,700 Kenneth Stead Reserve, NM 50,500 Ken Weinier Wellington, FL 50,300 Brad Babiuk Canada 50,100 Russell Kamer Katonah, NY 49,900 Joanne Monteavaro Bronx, NY 49,800 Frank Holloway Antelope, CA 49,700 Jong O Salt Lake 49,400 Henry McMillan Biham, AL 49,400 Graham Hardwell Bristol, CT 49,000 Hao Dong Houston, TX 48,400 Irvin Hoffman Ontario, Canada 48,100 William Molloy Dublin, Ireland 47,900 Richard Crowell Scottsdale, AZ 47,800 Chris Perry Limoges, ON 47,700 Liana Hakopian Summerlin, NV 47,000 Geir Torsvik Bergen, Norway 46,200 Scott Ross Boca Raton, FL 46,100 Andrew Pachman Atlanta, GA 45,800 Roy Thiung New York 45,200 David Rudling Earls Colne, UK 44,500 Jason Papai Amboy, IN 44,400 Gary Benson Sydney, Australia 44,200 Tran Loi Irvine 44,100 Andrew Shepherd Manchester 43,300 Kirby Laur Scheller, IL 43,200 Victor Rooney Birmingham, UK 43,100 Michael Bakke Ashland, OR 42,900 Tom McCormick Fargo, ND 42,700 Joseph Mascio Sea Isle City, NJ 42,500 Jules Dreamell Sweden 42,100 Jostein Pettersen Sarpsborg, Norway 41,900 David Riley Irving, TX 41,600 Oliver Maingay UK 41,300 Dolph Arnold Houston, TX 41,100 Donnacha O'Dea Dublin 41,000 Andrew Grimason Ireland 40,500 Greg Geller Denver, CO 40,500 Dietrich Alexaner Voelkingen 40,200 Matt Lefkowitz 40,000 Terry Cook UK 39,900 Patric Martensson Sweden 39,800 Kurts Fraser Schaumburg, IL 39,600 Salvatore Passariello Las Vegas, NV 39,500 Morgan Machina Mission Viejo, CA 39,200 Brian Tracy St. Louis, MD 39,200 Terry Jacobs Hindman, KY 38,100 Mike Leah Toronto, ON 38,000 Gerald Roth Vienna, Italy 37,800 Scott Gray Ireland 37,800 Jason Stern San Jose, CA 37,700 Alfonso Cummaroto Fairfield, CT 37,200 Brad Hood Pittsburg, PA 36,900 Robert Van Hsia Sao Paulo, Brazil 36,700 Michael Crosby Gainesville, VA 36,700 Daniel Elkeslassy Morocco 36,400 Keith Hawkins England 36,400 Robert McAdam Chester 36,100 Rey Pena San Fernando, CA 35,000 Wayne Johnson Miami, Florida 34,900 Eric Cida Miami, FL 34,900 Brandon Steven Wichita, KS 34,400 Llyod Rees Bristol 34,200 Shirley Williams Fort Worth, TX 33,900 Ron Toledo Edmonton, Canada 33,800 James Davenport Corona Del Mar, CA 32,700 Salvatore Erna Boston, MA 32,300 Shane Quigley Castlebar, Ireland 32,100 Steven Ettenger Philadelphia, PA 31,600 Michael J Alexander Muncie, IN 31,600 Mitch Ivey Knoxville, TN 31,500 Cal Namihira Honolulu, HI 31,300 Lars Kjellgren Stockholm 31,000 Alan Hance Bakersfield, CA 30,500 R. Clohier Colorado Springs, CO 30,200 Thomas A Barnard Lake Mary, FL 30,200 Jonathan Cuevas Charlotte, NC 29,600 Laurence Hughes Seattle, WA 29,200 Raymond Forsland Tarnasen, Norway 28,800 Joe Capps Las Vegas, NV 28,100 Kevin Lake Fresno, CA 27,800 Bill Phipps New York, NY 27,700 Fredrik Halling Utkopins 26,600 Shannon Hudson Glenwood Springs, CO 26,100 Michael Simhai Los Angeles, CA 24,900 Sheldom Saul Ontario, Canada 24,500 Shannon Puskarich Las Vegas, NV 24,200 Sean Reyes Merizo, Guam 22,600 Jakob Anderson Sweden 21,200 John Dutchak Tampa, FL 21,200 Robert Stoll San Francisco, CA 19,700 Mans Montgomery Boise, ID 19,100 Hoang Nguyen San Jose, CA 16,600 David Cai Los Angeles, CA 16,300 Mikael Erixon Sweden 14,700 Andras Kovals Sweden 11,800 Bryan Veach Hyde Park, NY 10,500 Mark Bayes Ashland, KY 10,200 Ray Didoneto Laurel Springs, NJ 9,800 |
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07-12-07, 04:07 PM
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Glad to see Gus Hansen doing well. The ME would make a very nice 1st bracelet for him. (and a wicked 2007)
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07-12-07, 06:43 PM
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2007 WSOP Main EVent Final Table Payouts:
* 1 - $8,250,000 * 2 - $4,840,981 * 3 - $3,048,025 * 4 - $1,852,721 * 5 - $1,255,069 * 6 - $956,243 * 7 - $705,229 * 8 - $585,699 * 9 - $525,934 now notice this year there was 6300+ players and top 5 are millionaires, back in 05 there was 5600+ players and top 9 were millioinaires, dont u guys think this years payouts are kind of bad since 9th gets only half of what the 9th place finisher back in 05 got? |
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07-12-07, 06:49 PM
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What about the 600+ players will will be getting more than they would have in 2005? Instead of basically breaking even for cashing, people now double their money.
I think it is MUCH better this way. Bubble play will certainly be a lot more profitable for the skilled players... And besides, if you are winning 8+ million for first, is that REALLY any different than winning $10 million? No way... spread that extra $2 million out across the prize pool. |
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07-12-07, 11:05 PM
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I'm surprised Gold lasted 4 levels...thought he would only make it 2 levels MAX.
I've been following the reports and its been crazy...Scotty knocked out 5 people within one hour at one point in day 1. I'm kinda sad that the bill made it drop because I always like watching big fields with a huge amount of chips at the final table..even though now theres more than last year because they start with 20k, its all good.
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07-13-07, 12:10 AM
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07-13-07, 12:13 AM
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Yup. Biggest non-Main Event field ever in a poker tourney.
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07-13-07, 12:47 AM
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Third. The previous two Main Events were both bigger.
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07-13-07, 01:30 AM
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Well, it's 4th if you look at it like that.
2006 ME (2007 ME) 2005 ME 2007 Event 3 But whatever - it was a big field. |
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07-13-07, 01:33 AM
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But didn't the law make this happen? Since the law made the sites not able to directly allow the sites to register the players it indirectly affected the number of entrants because of the reason you stated above.
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07-13-07, 01:44 AM
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Gotta love it...
Feats of Strength It's perhaps a bit surprising that this sort of thing doesn't happen more often, but still -- the player at Table 24, Seat 3 moved all in with and was called by Jimmy Blevins holding . The flop gave both players a pair, but on the turn Blevins hit the to make trips. At which point the player facing elimination slammed his fist down on the table so hard that it made the chips on the table jump. And then, when the hit the river and he knew he'd been eliminated, he LIFTED THE ENTIRE TABLE UP OFF THE GROUND and sent the chips and cards scattering all over the place. The players were able to protect their chips to keep them from spilling into a great messy pile, and the player who lost the hand was quickly removed from the table. The security cameras caught the whole episode, and from what we've heard he's going to be paid out, and then escorted from the building. We're not mentioning his name because we want to make 300 percent sure we have the right name (the players at his table weren't sure) and we don't want to libel the innocent.
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07-13-07, 01:53 AM
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Oh, got those confused then didn't hear about Harrah's doing that. Does anyone know why?
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07-13-07, 02:37 AM
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The law has to do with banks. You're talking about a Harrah's policy change.
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07-13-07, 03:44 AM
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I'm curious who flipped over the table, but I like this update too:
So You Wanna Be a Professional Poker Player? Huckleberry Seed just said that he needs to finish 54th in this Main Event to break even for the World Series as a whole. 54th place pays $190,053. Ouch. |
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07-13-07, 10:19 AM
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2002 redux?
All hail QTo - Varkonyi still lives!!!
Last I heard, Julian Gardner was also still alive. Is a rematch of the 2002 HU battle in the cards?
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07-13-07, 10:26 AM
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I'm not one for violence, but I would punch the guy that went all-in with AK clubs and not even think twice about it.
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07-13-07, 10:32 AM
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I would imagine that the guy w/AK didn't go all-in preflop but rather got it all in after the 3 clubs flopped... sounds like someone just badly misplayed AA.
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07-13-07, 12:30 PM
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From ESPN:
Luke Staudenmaier, a 21-year-old online poker player from Pittsburgh, called an all-in raise before the flop with pocket aces. When his opponent showed an ace and king of clubs, Staudenmaier said he was "elated," because he was a huge favorite to double up his chip stack. But his opponent made a flush, and Staudenmaier's million-dollar dream ended.
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