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World
Series of Poker Main Event... Report number 3
Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA
Tuesday
July 10th 2007
Day
1C: Sunday 8 July
1,743 players played on day 1C. Players included
1991 winner Brad Daugherty, poker pros Phil Ivey and
Allen Cunnigham, Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, Celine
Dion’s husband Rene Angelil, 2000 winner Chris "Jesus"
Ferguson, 2004 winner Greg Raymer, former NHL player
Rick Tocchet, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, 2003 winner
Chris Moneymaker and 2002 winner Robert Varkonyi.
Also starting in this group were poker authors and
veterans T.J. Cloutier and David Sklansky, poker pros
Phil "The Unabomber" Laak, "Cowboy" Kenna
James, Men "The Master" Nguyen and Clonie Gowen, Tony
Hachem (brother of 2005 winner "Aussie"
Joe Hachem), poker pro and actor Jennifer Tilley and
American Pie star Shannon Elizabeth, amongst many
other celebrities, poker professionals and amateurs
alike.
Mike
Panzarella busted out on an incredible hand. He was
looking at a board of Ac 7h 2d, with a pair
of Aces in his hand. Mike bet, but his opponent, Takashi
Takii, re-raised all in. After Panzarella called Takii
flipped over 8c 8h. The final two board cards
came 8d 8s to give Takii four of a kind to
send Panzarella packing. To catch two perfect cards
like that has odds of nearly 1,000-to-1. Hopefully
Panzarella was put on suicide watch for the next 24
hours! What a way to go.
Players
eliminated included highly regarded poker pros Phil
Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow,
Phil Laak, Shannon Elizabeth, Greg Raymer, Jennifer
Tilley, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Clonie
Gowen, David Sklansky, T.J. Cloutier and "Cowboy"
Kenna James.
662
survived of the starting field of 1,743 players. Amongst
them were:
1st
Jeff Norman 281,300
2nd Thomas Barnard 248,900
3rd Carl Olson 226,100
4th Michael Ium 193,800
5th Juan Fernandez 188,100
59th
Takashi Takii 95,800
235th Robert Varkonyi 56,500
248th Chris "Jesus" Ferguson 55,000
256th Allen Cunningham 53,700
275th Todd Brunson 51,600
287th Rene Angelil 50,500
304th Chris Moneymaker 48,900
374th Jason Alexander 41,000
489th Tony Hachem 29,100
Day
1D: Monday 9 July
1,783 players played on day 1D. Players included the
oldest person to ever play in the WSOP main event,
94 year old Jack "Jeffrey" Wry, poker brat
Phil Hellmuth, poker pros Daniel Negreanu and Chip
Reese, 2006 winner Jamie Gold, former pro basketballer
Ken "Snake" Norman, 2001 winner Carlos Mortensen,
Simpsons star Hank Azaria, A.J. McLean of the Backstreet
Boys, Andrew W Scott, Godsmack lead singer Salvatore
"Sully" Erna and Australian Julian Powell.
The
total number of players for all four day 1s was 6,358,
down 2,415 players on last year’s 8,773, but still
739 more than when Joe Hachem won it in 2005, representing
massive poker growth in the post-UIGEA poker world.
The
Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act effectively
put a halt to online poker sites making the $10,000
entries into prizes in their online tournaments. Even
if the UIGEA remains in place (and there are many
bodies lobbying for its removal), it should only take
a year or two before entries to the event return to
the record level set in 2006.
This
year first place will win US $8,250,000, substantially
down from last year’s US $12,000,000, but more than
Joe Hachem’s US $7,500,000 first prize in 2005. This
year the top 621 places will be paid, all winning
a minimum of $20,320.
Players
eliminated on day 1D included me (sob), Chip Reese,
poker brat Phil Hellmuth (to the cheers and applause
of the other players), 2006 winner Jamie Gold and
Chip Reese.
641
survived of the starting field of 1,783 players. Amongst
them were:
1st
Josh Evans 237,300
2nd Kevin Kim 196,100
3rd Jose Barbero 172,600
4th Cyril Bensoussan 172,200
5th Gary Styczynski 169,200
75th Gus Hansen 100,100
103th Michael Binger 89,900
117th Carlos Mortensen 86,800
358th Daniel Negreanu 43,100
429th Jack W. Wry 35,000
Day
2A, will be played by the 1,032 survivors from days
1A and 1B, and day 2B will be played by the 1,303
survivors from days 1C and 1D. There are 2,335 players
remaining in the tournament from the 6,358 starters.
©
2007 Andrew W Scott
andrew@andrewscott.com
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