Gambling
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World
Series of Poker Main Event... Report number 4
Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA
July
12th 2007
Day
2A: Tuesday 10 July
The 1,032 survivors from days 1A and 1B played on
day 2A.
Players
included 2005 winner Joe Hachem, TV talk show host
Montel Williams, Jane Gold (mother of last year’s
winner Jamie Gold), 1998 winner Scotty Nguyen, "Miami"
John Cernuto, 2006’s highest female finisher Sabyl
Cohen, respected pro players Evelyn Ng and Tony G,
movie director Todd Phillips, 1983 winner and nice
guy poker author Tom McEvoy, "Everybody Loves
Raymond" star Brad Garrett, actress Deanna Dozier,
poker playing attorney Mark Seif, 2006 final table
player Doug Kim, 2006 runner up Paul Wasicka, 1996
winner Huck Seed, Australian gambling legend Gary
Benson, 1995 winner and chess master Dan Harrington,
Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, WSOP player of the
year Tom Schneider, flamboyant Australian Sam Khouiss
and 1978 winner and Las Vegas legend Bobby Baldwin.
Players
from
this group eliminated
included Montel Williams, Joe Hachem, Jane Gold, Mark
Seif, Doug Kim, Paul Wasicka, Tony G, Sabyl Cohen,
Evelyn Ng, Tom Schneider, Tom McEvoy, "Miami"
John Cernuto, Deanna Dozier, Doug Kim and Dan Harrington.
Play
was stopped early just past midnight, when the number
of players reduced to precisely 350. This is so that
days 2A and 2B can be combined fairly on day 3, with
all players playing together as one down to the magic
number of 621 players. All players finishing in the
top 621 will receive prize money.
Amongst
the 350 survivors were:
1st
Jeff "The Rain" Banghart 570,100
2nd Jeff Weiss 550,000
3rd John Monves 549,800
4th Tuan Lam 538,500
5th Bradley Ellis 509,400
44th Huck Seed 280,500
204th Sam Khouiss 120,600
229th Scotty Nguyen 107,200
318th Gary Benson 44,200
Day
2B: Wednesday 11 July
The 1,303 survivors from days 1C and 1D played on
day 2B.
Players
included poker pro and author Daniel Negreanu, 2006
final tablist Allen Cunningham and his longtime girlfriend
Melissa Hayden, the oldest player ever to play in
the WSOP, 94 year-old Jack "Jeffrey" Ury,
Seinfeld star George Constanza (sorry, Jason Alexander),
Tony Hachem (brother of 2005 Aussie winner Joe Hachem),
Rick Salomon (the male star of the high-brow artistic
production, "One Night in Paris"), poker
loudmouth Humberto Brenes, 2002 winner Robert Varkonyi,
2000 winner Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, poker
author Avery Cardoza, blind player Hal Lubarsky, Celine
Dion’s husband Rene Angelil, Todd Brunson (son of
poker living legend Doyle Brunson), 2001 winner Carlos
Mortensen, poker pro Gus Hansen, 2003 winner Chris
Moneymaker, Australian father and son duo Leo and
Gary Boxell, Cindy Longoria and Australians Angie
Giannino, Kit Manoez and Julian Powell.
Players
eliminated on day 2B included Allen Cunningham, Jason
Alexander (he experienced major chip shrinkage, in
the end it was not the Summer of George), Rene Angelil,
Chris Moneymaker, Jack "Jeffrey" Ury, and
Rick Salomon.
Amongst
the 447 survivors were:
1st
Gus Hansen 622,300
2nd Hevad Khan 592,500
3rd Brent Sheirbon 529,300
4th Markus Gonsalves 512,400
5th Robert Nehorayan 505,700
17th
Kit Manoez 405,700
24th Julian Powell 358,800
78th Leo Boxell 258,700
85th Carlos Mortensen 254,700
142th Robert Varkonyi 182,700
172nd Chris "Jesus" Ferguson 160,900
298th Humberto Brenes 94,700
309th Todd Brunson 90,600
355th Angela Giannino 64,500
380th Cindy Longoria 55,100
Now
that day 2A and 2B have concluded, the remaining 797
players (from the 6,358 starters) will play as one
on day 3, with play commencing at the eleventh level.
Play will be tight, as many will be desperate to survive
to the top 621 and make it into the money. The winner
will receive US $8,250,000, and the top five players
over US $1,000,000. 621st place will receive US$20,320,
but 622nd place and lower will receive a bit fat zero!
©
2007 Andrew W Scott
andrew@andrewscott.com
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