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Book Review: No-Limit Life by Charlie Shoten

I first met Charlie Shoten at Sam's Town casino in Las Vegas last December, at a breakfast "meet and greet" before the first WPBT live tournament. Charlie was scheduled to speak about his upcoming book No-Limit Life. He offered insight into his Ten Commitments along with suggestions on how to eliminate Thought Terrorists (TT) out of your life. Since that day, I had been waiting for his book to come out. I'm an avid reader and was eager to read about Charlie's thoughts on life and how it specifically applies to your poker game.

During the last two months while living in Las Vegas, I've had the opportunity to engage in several inspiring conversations with Charlie Shoten. I'd catch him in the hallways at the Rio during the World Series of Poker or I'd stop by his booth at the Poker Expo. Most recently, I've been running into him at the Bellagio where you can often find him playing in their daily tournaments. We chatted about many different things. He gave me tips on improving my tournament game. We discussed his book and the intricacies of getting it published. And most importantly we spoke about personal freedom, a subject that intrigues me the most as a writer.

Now that the WSOP is finally over, I can take the time to tell you about Charlie's Shoten book No-Limit Life. You need to add this book to your poker library. It's always refreshing to read a book that focuses on subjects that are not just about poker. Charlie wrote a series of articles for Poker Player Newspaper and the feedback from readers was so overwhelmingly positive that he expanded the concept of those articles into No-Limit Life.

Charlie Shoten shares with you some of his own personal philosophy and how if applied, you can improve both your life and your poker. No-Limit Life is a book that would be great for poker players of any skill level. I personally enjoyed his astute advice on being less of what we are not and discovering personal freedom to find a release of my inherent creativity.

The design of the book is very cool. The quality of paper used is top notch. The pictures are outstanding. Several of them were taken by Flip Chip. And even pictures some of your favorite bloggers (G Rob, F Train, Daddy, Felicia, and the Poker Prof) are in Charlie's book, including yours truly on Page 191. On almost every page there are boxed quotes from both Charlie and a selection of great minds including William Shakespeare, Albert Einstein, Alfred Tennyson, Winston Churchill, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. There are small illustrations sprinkled throughout the book where you get to see the cartoon version of Charlie Shoten. On the margin of every left page, he lists keywords for his Ten Commitments:

1. Attitude
2. Focus
3. Notice
4. Intentions
5. Trust
6. Appear
7. Outcome
8. Forgiveness
9. Notice
10. Gratitude

Charlie spends a lot of time discussing his "Sixth Commitment" which is: I am calm, confident, and clear, and I wait for my best choice to appear. This is advice that you can apply to your life whether you are seated at a poker table or in a business meeting. I've found myself repeating Charlie's Sixth Commitment to settle down while I was on the verge of tilt during my last bad poker session.

Plenty of pros have read and embraced Charlie's book as well. Included in No-Limit Life are commentaries from notable pros who enjoyed Charlie's book such as Vince Burgio, Scotty Nguyen, Men the Master, Carlos Mortensen, and Miami John Cernuto. Even WPT founder Lyle Berman purchased twelve books so he could give them to his friends. You can see a picture of Lyle Berman reading Charlie's Book here. It was taken during the WSOP by Flip Chip.


Charlie autographs his book for James Woods
Since his book has been published, Charlie has shown me some of the glowing emails and letters he's gotten. Here's a sample of what readers have been saying about No-Limit Life:

"You are far more than a poker player and I commend you for your work. You are teaching people to guide themselves, and that's the greatest gift a leader can give."

"Not all can say what they mean and mean what they say! The real task is to of course practice what you have taught in No-Limit Life."

"Your book has altered my perceptions so drastically, that now I can better handle the stress of professional poker. Thanks for changing my life."

"Your book gave me the knowledge and map I needed to have the courage to deal with my negative outlook on life. I have turned my future into something positive. The pages of the book were filled with an abundance of wisdom from someone who has obviously 'been there.' I finally had the recipe to be myself and eliminate my Thought Terrorists. This has allowed me to be a better and happier person than I ever thought to be."

If you would like to order a copy of No-Limit Life, simply download and mail in the order form. (PDF Document)

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You should be reading... Charlie's Corner over at Las Vegas and Poker blog.
posted by Pauly at 7/31/2005 07:29:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Truckin - July 2005, Vol. 4, Issue 7


I posted the latest edition of Truckin, my literary blogzine. It's kinda late, but finally out. Take a peek because you won't be disappointed. Oh, and all of the stories were written by fellow bloggers.

1. Otis Has Left the Building by Tenzin McGrupp
Everything was going well until some slick L.A. hipster doofus in a $500 blazer joined the table. I knew right away he was bad news. On his roll I lost almost all of my winnings. His negative karma attached itself to our group. Even Jesus succumbed to the dark veil of the hipster's bad luck... More

2. Langston by BG
Still, there's always that little feeling of dread that hangs over my head. Every day I'm here I try to work hard and work smart, but all I want is to be left alone. I just assume that someday someone is going to notice what I'm doing and point me out as a fraud. My own personal Sword of Damocles I guess....More

3. Observation Deck by Joe Speaker
Her freckled nose is too small, too delicate, and is overwhelmed by her other features. A regular scent of cocoa butter trails behind her when she takes her seat... More

4. Stripping the Night Away on My Last $100 by Grubby
She had a unique talent that I hadn't experienced before, where I could swear she had some sort of silent vibrator in her mouth. And she put it to good use. I had another dance to confirm... More

5. London-Khartoum (Sudan, Part 1) by Sigge Amdal
I reminded myself that I'm a stuck-up Norwegian and that we are the most anti-social culture in the world, giving us some room to misunderstand friendliness, so I closed my eyes to consummate my relationship with the topless Arab dancers instead... More

I ask that if you like these stories, then please tell your friends about your favorite stories. It takes a few seconds to pass along the URL. We all appreciate your support. Feel free to shoot me an e-mail if you know anyone who is interested in being added to the mailing list.
posted by Pauly at 7/30/2005 04:20:00 PM | Permalink |

 
More Senor in Las Vegas Day 2

It's 4:57am. I'm drunk again and blogging.

Senor has a suite at the Luxor. He bribed the girl at the front desk with a big tip and got a free upgrade. I woke up late, slightly hungover and met Senor at the MGM. He already dropped $120 playing Caribbean Stud. He was playing NL in the poker room when I finally arrived. I sat down at a $4/8 table and won about $120. Senor was up $90 at the NL tables when we left. We ate at the Rainforest Cafe nearby. It's spooky in there, but the kids seem to love it. I would have loved to seen what that was like on ahead full of mushrooms. We popped into he sports book to check on a few scores. Senor had money on the Tampa Bay/Kansas City game. Don't ask me why.

Senor wanted to play in a NL tourney so we walked over to the Aladdin during a rare thunderstorm. I called Grubby and he drove over to play. Despite being late, he was added to the alternate list and got in. BJ from Cardplayer was at the Bellagio and he came over to play as well. We had a last longer bet, which Grubby ended up winning. He came in 9th and unfortunately bubbled out. Senor was the first of us busted within the first hour. BJ was out before the break and I managed to get to 22nd place. 65 players in all bought in for $60 and the top 8 places paid. At least Grubby won the last longer bet. You get $2000 in chips and within the first orbit I had $3K. I was eventually blinded out. I had pocket aces with a short stack but wasn't paid off. I was busted when my 7-7 ran into A-J and he rivered a Jack on me.

We headed over to Spearmint Rhino to see the lovely ladies take off their clothes and try to seduce us into foolishly blowing our poker bankrolls in the VIP room. Never go into the VIP. It's a black hole for your money. It's like taking "insurance" in Black Jack. It's a sucker's bet.

By the way, I still have the "stripper scent" all over my clothes. Ah, that's a tantalizing aroma. I've been trying to win enough money at the poker tables to cover my strip club expenses. I only dropped $160 in lap dances tonight. That's 8 "big bets" for all you strip club geeks out there. I got three from Ally. Two from Nicole. One from Heavenly. And I was tag teamed by two lesbians who kissed each other while they took turns grinding on top of me. Yeah it was just another Thursday night in Las Vegas.

Senor was wicked wasted off of several shots of tequila and a few Coronas. He fell in love with a feisty stripper named Naya. He was also unimpressed with a half-Chinese and half-Japanese girl (who was oddly enough Canadian) named Keiko. She was nimble and I thought she was fine. Senor wasn't into her as much as I thought he'd be. She lived in Vancouver and we began the first of many conversations about marijuana that I'd have with various strippers. She told me that her sisters grows her own in British Columbia.

Grubby spent a lot of time with a blonde named Candy. Or was it Candi? "I never bothered to ask," added Grubby.

Ally commented on my Grateful Dead hat. She was skilled and would rub her butt into my chest. She wore a short plaid skirt and had the Catholic school girl look that always gets me excited. She smelled like peaches.

Nicole was my amour du jour. I called her the triple threat. She had personality. She had a sick body and smelled like the beach. And she gave a stellar lap dance which included some serious grinding. Her skin was smooth and soft to the touch. Both of her nipples were pierced and her ass was so tight that you you could bounce nickels off of it. She hung out with me for a long time and I eventually had to get a couple of dances from her. She definitely makes my Top 25 Strippers of All Time list.

The lesbian teams always get me. I'm such a sucker for threesomes. I guess I've built up such an erotic tolerance for naked women that I actually need two at a time to get off.

By the way, there's nothing more wretching than the emotional rollercoatser I endure when I have to turn down an ugly stripper who wandered by and tried to get me to buy a lap dance. I used to feel sorry for them. Back during our college days, Senor would throw sympathy dollars at the homely strippers.

After the visit to Spearmint Rhino, we headed to Excalibur to shoot craps. Senor doubled up his buy in. He bet the field during my roll. I hit 12 on consecutive throws and he ended up winning enough to cover his lap dance tab for the night. I barely dented mine. I won about $40. My craps winnings didn't even cover the bar tab.

It's technically Friday, which means more hijinks shall ensue. Expect some Pai Gow poker stories along with another adventure to a strip club. Maybe I'll start a series of Las Vegas books and include a stripper volume where I'll compile all my Existentialist Conversations with Strippers. Maybe I'll call it: The Tao of Lap Dances?

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You should be reading... Double As and Bill Rini.

P.S. Happy birthday Wil!
posted by Pauly at 7/29/2005 07:29:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Sunrise

It's 5:30am and I'm drunker than Albert Finney on a two day bender. Been pounding cocktails at the Luxor since Senor arrived in Las Vegas 5 hours ago. Grubby and I were playing poker at Mandalay Bay for several hours while awaiting Senor's arrival. He doubled up at his NL table with the Hilton Sisters while I got kicked in the junk repeatedly on my $4/8 table (with a half kill to $6/12). At least Joanne kicked ass last night in her multi on Party Poker. She took 8th out of 2000. Way to go Joanne!! She even called us for a dial-a-shot at 3am!

Sorry for the short post. Not much to say aside from one of my best friends from back east is in town. Senor flew all the way out from Rhode Island to party it up for a few days. He wants to raise hell, play Pai Gow poker, and hit up strip clubs with Grubby and myself.

Feel free to read my final table recap of the UPC $10K main event at the Plaza.

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You should be reading... Al Cant Hang and the Poker Nerd.
posted by Pauly at 7/28/2005 08:31:00 AM | Permalink |

 
UPC Final Table Update

We're back! Live at the Plaza for the final table of the UPC. Flipchip is out taking photos of the final table as we speak. He told me plenty of Vietnam stories on our ride downtown today. I hope he doesn't "flip" out and start having flashbacks about his time in the jungle. I'm gonna need to tap into his extensive knowledge of survival skills, if I want to avoid confrontations with urine-stained-pants wearing whinos, skinny speed freaks, and other sullen degenerates who roam the streets of downtown Las Vegas.

Here's the Final Table Seating & Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Andy Bloch $305K
Seat 2: Blair Rodman $169K
Seat 3: Scott Fischman $139K
Seat 4: Senthil Kumar $331K
Seat 5: Mike Wattel $351K
Seat 6: Chau Giang $234K
Seat 7: Ted Forrest $124K

Anyway, there were 55 players who forked over $10K for a chance at the first place prize of $167,500 and the coveted gold bracelet.

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2:00pm... Ooops. Action started earlier than I expected. Thank God for Jen and Heather at Poker Wire! They were already here and caught me up on the action. The blinds started at $4K/$8K and antes were $1K.

2:01pm... Ted Forrest was the first player knocked out by Chau Giang. Ted had AQ and Chau showed AK. Ted Forrest won $21,500 for 7th place. And Jason from Full Tilt joked with me about Chau Giang's infamous quote from last year's WSOP while he rubbed his nipples and admitted, "I love poker." He supposedly plays 85 hours a week!

2:20pm... Scott Fischman's pocket Kings ran into Blair Rodman's A-A. Fischman won $27,100 for 6th place.

2:25pm... Bouncin Round the Room: Tanya stopped by to say hello. She's headed for an Alaskan cruise. The media area is not as nice as the Rio, but the food is much better. Yesterday they had turkey wraps with fresh mozzarella. Today they have fruit and freshly baked cookies. I'm drinking some OJ right now.

2:30pm... Levels are now 90 minutes long. The blinds are $6K and $12K. Antes are $2K. Sentil Kumar was the next player busted in 5th place. He won $32,500. Sentil's A-9 lost to Blair Rodman's A-Q.

2:35pm.... Players took a quick break. I chatted with Andy Bloch who's the chipleader. I asked him about the structure, which he liked a lot. "Seven-handed is great. I prefer short-handed events. You get to play more hands and the action is faster. More tournaments should be short-handed."

2:40pm... Bouncin Round the Room: The stage is set up only a few feet away from the cashier cage and the poker room here at the Plaza. I'm sitting at the table where I made the final table of a NL Plaza tourney with Maudie, Mrs. Blood, and Bad Blood. The stands for spectators is just a few feet from the craps table where I shot with Obie, Halverson, and the Fat Guy two months ago. Speaking of craps....

Last 5 Poker Pros I Saw Shooting Craps...
1. Phil Ivey
2. Gavin Smith
3. The Grinder
4. John Juanda
5. Erick Lindgren

3:25pm... A few minutes after Cyndy Violette arrived to sweat her guy friend Mike Wattel, he was eliminated by Andy Bloch. On a flop of 7s-6s-6c, Wattel check raised Andy Bloch. Andy thought for a second and moved all in. Wattel called. Andy had A-7 and Mike had As-8s and the nut flush draw. Wattel picked up a straight draw on the turn but the river was a blank. Mike Wattel was busted in 4th place taking home $44,300. Tree players remain and Andy Bloch has a commanding chip lead with over $1.1M. Chau is second with $307K and Blair Rodman has $205K.

3:30pm... I talked to William Rockwell for a few minutes. He's the guy who lost the use of his arms in a motorcycle accident and he became a world class putter in golf. He's now focusing on poker. He's an inspiring person to talk to and we're gonna do a future interview with him on Las Vegas and Poker Blog.

3:40pm... Chau Giang and his pocket Kings doubled up against Blair Rodman's A-8.

3:51pm... We're on Level 17. Antes are $2K. Blinds are $8K and $16K. I'm sitting in makeshift press row. Steve Hall is here now. Anyway, the producers came over and asked Jen from Poker Wire to sit in the audience since because Andy Bloch is her fiance and they want to show a few shots of her there. Yeah, I'm secrectly rooting for Andy... he's really a great guy and I got to know him during the WSOP.

4:04pm... Andy Bloch just knocked out Chau Giang. Shortstacked, Chau moved all inw ith K-J and Andy flipped over A-J. Chau wins $54,600 for 3rd place. Andy has $1.4M in chips to Blair Rodman's $206K.

4:20pm... I'm jonesin for a smoke break!

4:28pm... Andy Bloch just won the UPC Main Event! His J-4 was better than Blair Rodman's 9-4. Rodman wins $100,750. Andy won $167,500.

4:30pm... Here are some of the photos that Flipchip took today! You can click on them to enlarge.


Cyndy on the rail


My view from press row


Blair in his Kill Phil hat


Behind the scenes at the Plaza


Jen and Andy at the bracelet presentation


The Winner's bracelet

Go visit Las Vegas and Poker Blog to read my recap of today's events and to see some more of Flipchip's photos.
posted by Pauly at 7/27/2005 04:20:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Ultimate Poker Challenge Day 2 Recap


Flipchip and I hung out at the Plaza today. Head over to Las Vegas and Poker Blog to read my Ultimate Poker Challenge Day 2 Recap. Of course, Flipchip posted some photos of the event. There were 55 players for the $10K buy in UPC tournament. Here's the payout structure:

1st = $167,500
2nd = $100,750
3rd = $54,600
4th = $44,300
5th = $32,500
6th = $27,100
7th = $21,500
8th = $18,300
9th = $15,200
10th and 11th = $13,500
12th - 14th = $11,000

The final table starts at 2pm on Wednesday. I'll do some random live blogging here on my poker blog. Stay tuned. Here's the chip counts:

1. Mike Wattel $351K
2. Senthil Kumar $331K
3. Andy Bloch $305K
4. Chau Giang $234K
5. Blair Rodman $169K
6. Scott Fischman $139K
7. Ted Forrest $124K

The players listed above will come back to play fora $167,500 first place prize and the infamous gold bracelet. On Tuesday, I spotted Heather and Jen from Poker Wire, along with Jason from Full Tilt. They were covering the event along with Steve Hall. Good to see friendly and familair faces. Last week I got to see BJ and Sherry. By the way, I miss getting groped Amy Calistri!

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By the way you should be reading... The Poker Penguin and Riding the F Train.

And you should be listening to.... Card Club on Lord Admiral Radio.
posted by Pauly at 7/27/2005 04:20:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Kicked in the Junk by the Hiltons and Kiss My Grits

"My debauchery I undertook solitarily, by night, covertly, fearfully, filthily, with a shame that would not abandon me... I was then already bearing the underground in my soul." - Dostoevsky

I was in the middle of a strange dream, but I didn't know it at the time. It seemed like a normal Friday night. I was attending a cocktail party with everyone's favorite malcontent elevator button heiress at the Yale Club in NYC. I just finished a quick discussion with Daniel Negreanu before I began a conversation with John Edwards. That's when I heard my cellphone ring. I pulled it out of my pocket and answered it, yet it still kept ringing. I closed then opened it again. And the fucker still continued to ring. That's when something triggered that told me, "You're in a middle of a dream, dipshit."

I woke up and saw that my cellphone was ringing just a few feet from my head. It was a good friend of mine calling from a different time zone. She (name witheld by her request) apologized for waking me up. It was 2pm in the afternoon and I should have been up hours before working on various projects. Still half asleep, I enjoyed her euphonious voice and that always puts me in a better mood. Of course we spoke for a long time and afterwards I fell back asleep, only to wake up at 4:20pm. I missed almost all of my Monday. Yeah, I'm still recovering from the long hours at the WSOP.


Jacks Are Good

When I finally fired up the laptop, I decided to play a little online poker with Joanne. She signed up for a MTT on Party Poker and I decided to join her. We haven't played together in months it seems. Party Poker capped out the MTT with 2000 players. I had been running well playing No Limit tournaments. Last week, I made the money and came in 13th during a Full Tilt MTT. On Saturday, I took 3rd at Sam's Town. And on Monday I grinded my way to a 137th place out of 2000. I made the money, but it was nothing to sneeze at. In a random surreal moment, Wil called me about halfway to chat about Barge.

The big story of the tournament was gleefully seeing J-J hold up for me three times in huge situations. I doubled up early on against A-K. I also tripled up when I made a great read on two players who pushed all in with an ace on the flop. The had nothing... K-Q and 9-9. Joanne lost a pot early but hung on. She doubled up when she had to, but just missed the money by a few places when her A-Q lost to J-10.

Quick thanks to my brother who sweated us all of the way. He wondered what I was doing playing at the Pot Limit Omaha tables over the weekend. That was the only time I played on Party Poker this month. Man, I miss the fishy waters at Party Poker and I'm gonna play a few hours of PLO every week now as part of my online poker diet.


Bring Your "Cup" to Las Vegas

The sun went down and it was time for me to stop playing online poker and head over to the Strip to play live poker. I decided to step up to the $10/$20 tables at the Mirage per the advice of Grubby. And I was swiftly greeted with a callow kick in the junk. Hell, make that three of them. My balls became a community punching bag. It all started when I almost lost $150 on the first hand I played... the infamous Hilton Sisters.

Yes, it was ugly. My testicles are swollen and I have been scarred for life. Inside of 2 hours, I had Q-Q cracked three times. I know that I want donkeys cold calling my preflop raises with junk. But it was not fun losing to A-3 on the river, J-10 on the turn, and J-9 on the river.

So much for me moving up in limits to play against better players, eh?

Seat 6: One guy to my right looked like Kris Kristopherson and his face looked resembled an old catcher's mitt. He had been smoking Marlboro Reds since he was three years old and he got up every fifteen minutes to smoke. He protected his cards horribly when he peeked at them. I could not help but notice his hand several times. I took the moral high road and when I saw him on the rail enjoying a smoke break, I told him that he should fix that problem. He thanked me by offering me a smoke. He caught two pair against me with J-10o and cracked my Hiltons. I should have peeked at his hand.

Seat 8: The guy to my left was the "Mumbling Russian." He smelled like cat piss and he never once stacked up his chips. Our end of the table was a mess. He would never say raise and instead he'd mumble the number he wanted to bet. "Forty," he'd say but even the dealer and all of the other players couldn't hear him. Every time a new dealer came to the table, they refused to accept his gibberish as a raise. He'd snap and an ugly incident ensued with the guy cursing out the dealer for having bad hearing. He also saw every flop. I kept asking myself, "How a guy who looks like he bought his wardrobe off the rack at Salvation Army can afford to play in a $10/$20 game at the Mirage?" He cracked my Hiltons with A-3 and called my bet on the flop with bottom pair. He rivered an ace.

Seat 9: There was a crazy Asian guy sitting next to the Mumbling Russian. He hated the Russian and straddled his blind every time. The crazy Asian was seeing flops with any two sooted cards. He even dropped the Hammer! He raised on the button and got two callers. The flop: 7-3-2. He bet out and everyone folded. He showed the Hammer! But he didn't know that's what we called it. He cracked my Hiltons with J-9 after I flopped a set and he caught two runners for a straight.

I dunno how I managed to survive the Mirage only down $170. I lost at least $400 maybe more by my pocket Queens getting cracked three times. I guess I must have won some decent sized pots to cushion those beats. With 2-2 I flopped a set and with Qd-10d I hit a flush on the turn. I also flopped trips with 5d-4d from the big blind and rivered a full house to beat a guy in a Jets hat who also flopped trips with K-4o.

Anyway, I shuffled out of the poker room with three large kicks in the junk. Those are the type of bad beats reserved for online poker, not at the Mirage casino. I guess my good un at the tables is finally over. On the way home, my cabbie looked like the actress who played Vera the waitress from Mel's Diner on Alice. I always wondered if Vera was a dyke and she had a huge crush on Alice?

On Tuesday and Wednesday, I'm heading down to the Plaza with Flipchip to cover the Ultimate Poker Challenge... the $10K diamond bracelet main event. Stay tuned.

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You should be reading Derek's Poker in the Weeds and Linda's Table Tango.
posted by Pauly at 7/26/2005 05:01:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Lazy Sunday

I woke up late and missed Wil Wheaton play a heads up match against Noah "Exclusive" Boeken on Poker Stars. It seems that Wil won! Good job. CJ has a good write up of the game including some idiotic banter in the chat window.

When I finally got my ass in gear, I walked over to the Strip. Late night Saturday it rained and when I awoke, some showers still lingered. It was the coolest it had been in months it seemed and I took advantage of the opportunity to get some well needed exercise. I headed over to Mandalay Bay's sports book because I wanted to watch the Yankees-Angles game. Also on was the Red sox-white Sox match up. former Yankee Jose Contrares took the mound for the White Sox, who eventually hung on to beat Boston. The Yankees got a decent start from Mike Mussina, who gave up only one run - a lead off walk in the first inning that came around to score after a stolen base, a fielder's choice, then a ground out. Jarod Washburn was pitching a one hitter until Hideki Matsui took him deep for a two run blast. The Yanks held on to win.

During the second half of the game, I played some NL while I watched baseball. the last time I played at Mandala Bay was several months ago with Senor and Grubby minutes after I fell in love with a stripper named Jessina from Sin.

I didn't play too many hands during my session and my pocket aces held up to a guy who called two huge bets of mine with 10-8o. He flopped a 10 and rivered an 8 for two pair. Luckily there were two 2's on the board and my "aces up" won me the pot. I walked away up a few bucks... enough to pay for my laundry, both Sunday meals, a movie, cab fare, and drinks.

Grubby and I had the dinner special at Ellis Island. He got the prime rib and I chose the chicken parm. Afterwards, we headed for the IMAX theatre at Palms to see Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I dug it, especially because I was pretty wasted for the first 30 minutes of the flick.

We headed over to Hard Rock to gawk at the hotties. Then, I eventually met up with my friend Julie at the venetian. She's in town from NYC for a few days on business. I knocked back a few cocktails at the bar near the sports book with her while I lost $2 playing video poker.

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You should be reading.... Mean Gene and Up for Poker courtesy of CJ, Otis, and G-Rob.
posted by Pauly at 7/25/2005 12:32:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Sam's Town Saturday: Pauly & Flipchip at the Final Table

Flipchip and I played in the Saturday NL tournament at Sam's Town. Guess what? We both made the final table and cashed. I took 3rd place ($600) while Flipchip came in 2nd place ($830). First place paid $1620 and top 5 places paid out. Flipchip even said that we'd both make the final table. Pretty cool, huh? The only other time I played at Sam's Town was for the first ever live WPBT event... the Holiday Classic last December. I made the final table but bubbled out, despite being the chipleader. This time, I made sure that I was going to cash.

48 players, mostly locals, bought in for the 7pm NL event with unlimited $20 rebuys in the first hour. For $48 you start with $2500 in chips. You can do a rebuy right away which I took advantage of. I also purchased the "double add-on" after the end of the rebuy period. In all, I spent $88 on the event and netted a $512 profit. One guy at my table dug into his pockets for almost $200 in rebuys.

7:51pm... Levels were 20 minutes long. Blinds started at $100/$100. I didn't play any hands to start. Near the end of the third level I found AA and raised 4x the BB. I got one caller. I flopped an ace, bet the pot and he came over the top of me all in. I quickly called. He flopped two pair and I had the set of aces. I doubled up. My stack was around $8K.

8:01pm... I found pocket Kings on the cut off and picked up another $1K. By the end of the rebuy period, I had $9K and purchased the $4K double add-on for $20. I then had $13K in chips. Flipchip had about the same.

8:35pm... Once I got back from the break, I won a few pots with AQs, 99, and AK. I flopped a set of nines and that was a big hand for me against the table chip leader. My stack grew to over $24K. All of a sudden, I was the table chip leader.

9:20pm... We colored up the $100 chips and action was consolidated to three tables. The short stack moved all in from UTG. I pushed all in to isolate. A new guy, who was just moved to our table with a bigger stack than mine, quickly called. I knew I was in trouble. I only had Ac-10c. The short stack had K-9 and the new guy flipped over A-K. We both flopped an ace, but I turned a ten to hit my three outer. I knocked out the short stack and doubled up in the process.

9:22pm... On the very next hand, with no one in the pot, I raised in LP with Ah-8h. One of the other short stacks moved all in from the blinds. It was only $400 more for me to call, so I did. He showed A-K. I promptly rivered him when an 8 spiked. Another three outer. It was one of those nights. In fact, I caught consecutive three outers and cracked Big Slick... both times. I moved into the overall chiplead with $60K. In my notes, I scribbled down, "You are a lucky fucker."

9:20pm... With 19 players remaining and two tables left, Flipchip was moved to my table. Once it got down to 6 players at our table (12 overall), I went into hyper-aggressive mode. I pushed around my big stack and bullied everyone. I did my best Stu Ungar impression. If someone raised, I reraised. If someone reraised me, I moved all in. I ran over my table and built up my stack to $95K by the break.

10:10pm... We redrew seat for the final table. I was second in chips. Flipchip was seat to my left in seat 10. The tournament director decided to chop some of the prize money and pay places 6-10 $100 each, instead of paying just the top 5. Most of it came out of the first and second place prize money. Two players went out quickly as I was starting to get blinded off. The blinds were $8K and $16K.

10:20pm... Action was down to 5. Flipchip had more chips than me and I slipped to 4th.

10:30pm... Blinds were $10K/$20K with 4 players remaining. A drunk Canuck in the big blind was being an idiot the entire tournament. He was clapping and cheering loudly every time he won a hand. He got lucky a bunch of times and was too busy self-celebrating to shake the hands of people he badbeated. He's the type of guy who wore sunglasses. In fact, he was the only guy in the field who wore shades. Anyway, a lot of folks who got knocked out wanted me to bust the drunk Canuck. I made a move on him when I moved all in on the button with... the Hammer! He paused in dramatic fashion for nearly four minutes before he mucked. He did the "let me count out my chips a few times" move before he folded. I wanted to show the bluff, but just handed over my cards to the dealer once he pushed me the pot. I whispered to Flip Chip... "I had the Hammer there."

10:40pm... It was three way when a kid knocked out the drunk Canuck. He raised my small blind and I put him on a steal. I moved all in for a re-steal and expected him to fold. I had 7-3o. He eventually called with Jack high and I knew I was done. My hand didn't improve and I took 3rd place. I actually had twice as many chips as Flipchip when I was busted. He was knocked out on the next hand and took second.

To celebrate, we picked up the Poker Prof and headed over to Carnegie Deli at the Mirage for a late night victory meal. Flipchip picked up the tab. I didn't get to see Dick Gatewood, the poker room manager of Sam's Town. He wasn't working. Sadly, his wife is experiencing some health issues so please send them your best wishes and thoughts.

Since Monday, I've been on a roll after a couple of positive sessions at the Bellagio and making the money at Sam's Town. Flipchip reminded me that I made the final table and technically cashed in my last tournament... the WSOP Media/Charity event where I took 6th, cracked Shannon Elizabeth's pocket aces, and won $250 for Charlie Tuttle's foundation. Looks like I'm on a mini-rush. I'm definitely going to play somewhere Sunday faternoon, perhaps the Bellagio or the Mirage.

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You should be reading.... Hdouble's The Cards Speak and Mr. Decker.
posted by Pauly at 7/24/2005 07:03:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Writing, Bonus Whoring, and Video Poker

Despite the brutal heat, I woke up early on Friday and headed over to Wild Wild West for their $1.49 breakfast special. I ordered the French Toast with bacon. Add an iced tea and hashbrowns, and the entire bill was $4.77. I wandered back to the Redneck Riviera and wrote the entire afternoon. I have three new freelance assignments to work on and I took on another personal creative project (that hopefully I can share with you soon). Since I moved to Las Vegas, I hadn't had chunks of time to write for myself. Since the WSOP and the Bellagio event are both complete, I have unfettered writing time. That soothes the soul.

I also played a little online poker yesterday. I had a tough session on Full Tilt. I also took advantage of the reload bonus on Poker Stars. Yeah, I'm back to bonus whoring. If you don't know, Poker Stars is offering a 20% reload bonus up to $120. You need to deposit $600 to get the max bonus. You have until July 28th at 11:59 pm ET to take advantage of the Poker Stars reload bonus. To clear it, you need to earn 5 FPP's for each $1 in bonus money. The best part.... the Poker Stars Bonus never expires and you can work it off while clearing other bonuses.

I had a victory dinner with the Poker Prof, Flipchip, and a family friend at Palm. That's one of my favorite places to eat in Las Vegas. I've been to the original Palm on Second Avenue in New York City. I ordered the filet mignon and ordered it "medium" this time. I also feasted on a heaping dish of mashed potatoes. We all split a huge size of chocolate cake for dessert.

I went back home and wrote some more before Grubette called! She was at the Wynn and was stalking Daniel Negreanu who was playing Three Card Poker with a couple of cute Asian girls. I told them that I'd meet up at MGM. I called a cab and of course it never showed. After 30 minutes, I called back and they said I had to wait twenty more minutes. Calling for a Las Vegas cab is a pain in the ass. They are unreliable and that's one of my least favorite things about this town. I never have a problem if I'm at a taxi stand at a casino, but even the line at the airport is a bitch and a half.

Anyway, since the heat subsided a bit and it was only 99 degrees instead of 113, I chose to walk to the Strip. I bought a bottle of water and headed towards the bright lights. It's 20 minutes door to door from the Redneck Riviera over the freeway to the Excalibur and another 10 minutes to navigate the pedestrian bridges from Excalibur to NY, NY to the MGM. I made it in 30 minutes and wasn't sweating as much as I anticipated. I found Grubette, Grubby, and their friends at the food court. Since Grubette was tired after a stellar meal at Nathan's, she crashed and that left Grubby and I mulling around a decision. It was 2am and we stood in the middle of a row of slot machines. We've had this discussion many times before... poker or strip clubs? And after a lengthy debate, we'd usually end up at a strip club. However, Grubette promised that we'd go on Saturday so we decided against it. The wait for a seat in the poker room was too long so we headed to the Centrifuge bar next door.

I played a little video poker and made a huge run. After getting cold-decked, I was down to my last $0.25 and built it up to $3 before I hit quad 10s on a "max bet." I ran it back up to $15 and cashed out. I was only down $5 and got several free drinks. The Centrifuge is a circular bar and every half hour the scantly clad waitresses and the female bartenders dressed in tigth black pants, get up on the bar and dance. We told one of the bartenders that we were locals and she befriended us right away. She even gave me a drink after "Last Call" while her and Grubby chatted about traffic issues. She was from Argentina and I'd love to eat whipped cream off of her stomach.

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You should be reading... Jeremy's Love and Casino War and BG's Random Thoughts and Thoroughbred Selections.
posted by Pauly at 7/23/2005 05:08:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Bellagio Bad Beats, Profitable Pai Gow, Meeting Grubette, and the Avril LaVigne's Cocktail

Despite the ridiculous heat wave, I did my best to stay cool and stay indoors. You know it's hot when Las Vegas locals are commenting (er, bitching) on the heat. It's frightening to still see tourists walking around outside during mid day. We've survived ten straight days of 110+ degree tempatures. At some point, it's been so blistering hot that you gotta think the pot-bellied inbred kids at the Redneck Riviera are eventaully going to boil to death in the E. coli infested pool.

My Thursday started off with an early morning writing session, followed by a quick trip to Wendy's next door. I'm addicted to the chicken strips and Wendy's special spicy Southwest chipolte sauce. I've been asking for two, so I can dip my fries in there. Flipchip and I headed over to the Bellagio to cover the last bit of the Challenge Cup. That was done in 30 minutes and I farted around for another 30 talking to runner-up Quinn Do. I chatted with Steve Hall for a bit before I sat down at a $8/%16 table. I've never played that limit at the Bellagio before and was intrigued to see what type of players I'd find.

My $8/16 table:
Seat 1: Foxwoods player
Seat 2: Hockey player's girlfriend
Seat 3: Angry Dragon Lady
Seat 4: Your Hero
Seat 5: Drunk Guy 1
Seat 6: Hockey player from Colorado
Seat 7: Drunk Guy 2
Seat 8: Grandma
Seat 9: Tourist 1
Seat 10: Tourist 2

I was seated to a middle-aged Asian women with a jade Buddha around her neck. She was in a pissy mood before I even sat down. She would rapidly toss her cards back at the dealer and slam her chips down in frustration when she had to muck. She also had a furball caught in her throat because she kept gagging. By the constant heavy noise, I thought she was going to cough up a loogey the size of a kitten and have it splash all over my chips.

The two drunk guys were friends and they flew in from Minnesota. They were knocking back "Redheaded Sluts" and by the end of the session, one guy was obliterated, he couldn't even stack up his chips. I asked them if they knew Professional Poker Player Chris Halverson. They glared back at me with an angry stare, like if I was caught gash lashing their girlfriend.

The Grandma in seat 8 was from the South and she'd see anything to the river. She called me down several times after flopping bottom pair and beating me when she paired up her other card. I have to give her some credit because everytme one of the drunk guys bet, she'd raise them. She was bullying them around.

The hockey player was stiffer than dry wall. He wasn't worthy mentioning aside from the fact he had a hot girlfriend who sat at my end of the table. She had gi-normous breasts and I was tempted to try to toss a blue $1 Bellagio chip into her cleavage. She tipped the dealer very well and said that she too worked for tips. I'm guessing that her specialty was lap dances.

The guy from Foxwoods was a Boston resident with a "wick-id" accent. He'd leave the table for twenty minutes at a time and return with a $1000 chip. He must have won at least four or five grand playing blackjack during his session at my table. He also bled away almost $2K while I sat there and he even mentioned that his blackjack wins were not even close to covering his poker losses. When you play A-3o in a four way capped pot preflop, those things are gonna happen.

So you wanna hear about a couple of bad beats? How about flopping a set with the Hilton Sisters and losing to a runner-runner flush? Ah, or both times my pocket aces were cracked by river flushes! I'm shocked that I walked away only down $2 after losing a ton of chips in those three pots. I won two monster pots when I got lucky on the river myself. I caught full house twice after betting into a flopped flush to the hockey player and another flush that hit on the turn by Grandma. I caught a runner-runner boat too with the Hiltons and that's what made the difference.

After five plus hours at the table, I was content with how I played in the $8/$16 game. It was really fishy and the two drunk guys gave it an interesting dynamic. I was pumped to walk away only down $2. If you count all the dealer tokes, I was up a few dollars. After playing for three straight days at the Bellagio, I must say I kinda dug it, especially getting to see everyone's favorite Bellagio dealer, Linda every time.

Before I went back to the Redneck Riviera, I stopped off at Wild Wild West to eat their $9.99 dinner special. Grubby, the Gourmand of Poker Bloggers, suggested I try it out. You get a drink, soup or salad, an entree, and chocolate cake or apple pie for $9.99. It's a great deal. I chose the Chicken Parmesan with the salad. I was full, so I ordered the cake to go. The service was horrible, but that's par for the course at WWW. I went home to write and realized that a rerun of The OC was on. I never watch TV and I dunno why I turned it on.

Grubby called to tell me that his sister, the lovely Grubette, was in town for the weekend with her LA posse. I quickly finished up some of my work and headed over to the MGM. I arrived early and wandered over to the poker room looking to sit at the juicy $6/$12 tables. I sat in that game with Otis a few weeks ago. I had been itching to play there but was bummed out when they said the highest limi they spread that instance was $4/$8 or $2/5 NL. I told them to start an interest list and signed up for $4/8, $2/5 NL and $1/2 NL.

There was an open spot for $1/2 NL and I grabbed it. I played with a few locals (including two dealers from other casinos). I won one big pot early and then I bluffed off some of my chips on a steal with 5c-6c against one of the locals whom I've played with before at both the MGM and Excalibur. I hit nothing at all on the flop, but had position in a five way pot. I bet the pot on the flop and got one caller. By the turn I caught a flush draw and and open ended straight draw. He check raised me and I had to call. He moved all in "in the dark" and I missed both draws so I folded. It was only a $50 hit to my stack. Grubby came by right after that hand and said his sister, Grubette, was playing Pai Gow with her friends.

Grubette is a funny writer. Here's her most recent post on Grubby's blog:

The other caller hesitated, took off his glasses and stared at me. I stared back at him, saying, "I have a flush."

He said, "I know you do but how big?"

3s stood up out of his chair and started berating the dealer for allowing us to talk about our hand. I turned to 3s and said, "I have a flush" you asshole.

Flush guy folded and I said to 3s, "I had it on the turn" you asshole and turned up my nut flush.

3s threw his clubless hole cards up (one was an Ace) and started ranting, "You'll let me call the $8 but not him??!"

I repeated, "I had it on the turn" shit-for-brains calling with a pair of Aces and no clubs with four clubs on the board.

I nearly threw his $8 back at him. But decided to take more of his money. Except he got up, for the 10th time and went to the bathroom. He kept missing his blinds and annoying the crap out of the players and dealers, so I asked for a table change. I've discovered that it's good to table change when you're winning because eventually the table does get cold. I don't mind playing with dicks like that though.. the more hot they are, the more poorly they play.

I cashed out and headed over to the tables. We resisted the temptation to throw some dice and made a beeline for the Pai Gow area. I finally met Grubette! Al Cant Hang had so many nice things to say about her and he was right. I eventually sat down next to her at a $25 Pai Gow table. The first dealer's name was Amy and she cold decked everyone. She even caught quads, but had to split them and still won anyway. When she was pushed by a dealer from Hong Kong named Tiffany, the table went on a rush. I won enough money to cover the day's poker losses and pay for cab fare. I caught some great hands including a few straights and flushes. Everyone at the table was friends with Grubette, so it was a fun table for sure. As soon as Amy returned from her break, I cashed out.

I knocked back a SoCo while I chatted with Grubette. She's a regular reader of my poker blog and I teased her that she needs to do more guests posts on her brother's blog. She was trying to get me to play in the 11am NL tournament at the MGM, but I'd have to get up by 9:30am to register. That ain't happening.

Alas, it was cool to meet the infamous Grubette. And for the record, I didn't hit on her. After all, Grubby was standing next to me the entire time! But Grubette is fuckin' awesome. She downed several Coors Lights, chain smoked, and gambled the entire time we hung out. Plus she busted on Grubby for drinking Strawberry Daiquiris and "Avril LaVinge" type drinks with whipped cream. I'm still trying to figure what that meant, but it's still funny.

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You should be reading... Chris Halverson and Dan's Pokerati.

P.S. Feel better soon Felicia!
posted by Pauly at 7/22/2005 05:54:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Bellagio Challenge Cup Final Table Part 2: Amnon Filippi Wins!

Despite the intense heat wave in Las Vegas (10 straight days above 110 degrees including tying the record all time high a few days ago), Flipchip and I headed back to the Bellagio poker room to cover the second part of the final table for the Bellagio Challenge Cup. 97 players bought in on Monday for $10K and the event featured some of the best players in the world including T.J. Cloutier, Erik Seidel, Scotty Nguyen, Allen Cunningham, Cyndy Violette, and John Juanda.

We wandered over to catch part two of the final table... a heads up battle between 2005 WSOP bracelet winner Quinn Do and Amnon Filippi. Both players agreed to chop the prize money ($364,200 for first and $228,850 for second) and they played for the cool and hip Challenge Cup including the $25K seat at the WPT Championships, which will be held next year at the Bellagio.

Amnon Filippi started the day the chipleader with a little over $1.1M. Quinn Do had about $775K. Their heads up match was quicker than expected. It lasted about a half hour. Quinn Do raised preflop and Filippi called. Quinn got all his money in on the turn with A-K. The board was 8-3-3-J. Amnon had 5c-3c and flopped trips. He smooth called Quinn's bet and went over the top on the turn. Since Quinn was pot committed, he moved all in for the rest of his chips. Amnon Filippi took down the pot and won the Challenge Cup. When he took pictures, they dumped some of the chips int the actual cup. Too bad they didn't fill it with champagne. Scott Fischman, Paul Darden and his wife were all on the rail watching the completion of the event.

I spoke to Quinn Do afterwards and he seemed pretty down about second place. He's going to return to Seattle with a WSOP bracelet but he really wanted to win this event, especially because some of the best players in the world were in the tournament.

"It's a mind game," he explained to me about the intricacies of heads up play.

When I asked him how he thought Tobey Maguire played in the Challenge Cup, he responded, "I've played in tournaments against him in L.A. and he's a very solid player. He needs to be more aggressive. But he is solid."

Of course, the most impressive sight was BJ plugging away for Card Player covering the event. While I slowed down, he's still running strong. Also, Steve "Foiled Coup" Hall made another token appearance at the Bellagio.

Bouncin Round the Room: I spoke for a while with Charlie Shoten. He won the $500 daily tournament yesterday and was playing again. He's a really great guy and it's been cool to get to know him a lot better since I moved to Las Vegas. If you get a chance, you should pick up a copy of Charlie's Book... No Limit Life. Flipchip took most of the pictures and even yours truly made it in there!

I also saw Daniel Negreanu yapping with Johnny World Hennigan out front of the poker room, while the ever lively Bob Stupak shuffled by. Unfortunately, there were no Liz Lieu or Carmel sightings while I was there. Yeah I stuck around and played $8/16 for 5+ hours. Stay tuned for that recap.

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You should be reading... Iggy's blog Guinness and Poker.
posted by Pauly at 7/21/2005 11:25:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Back to the Bellagio, Grubby, Strippers, and Other Random Stuff

I'm heading back to the Bellagio at Noon to cover the last bit of the final table of the Bellagio Cup Challenge. You can read my recap of yesterday's events over at Las Vegas and Poker Blog.

I expect to play poker with tourists for my third day in a row at the Bellagio. Wheeee!

Grubby posted a hilarious recap of our trip to the strip club last Saturday. It's in the second half of his post called Stripping the Night Away on My Last $100. As always it shows that he's one of my favorite writers. Here's a bit:

I'm selective with my strippers. Particularly with $100.

Pauly, however, sampled everyone who approached him (including a pair with matching tanlines that Pauly said, "Best $80 I spent in my life"). After one finished, he said, "You are a true artist. But you knew that."

His name was Steve that night, mine was Dave. My occupation was going to be a professional log roller from Milwaukee, but none of the strippers had asked.

One introduced herself as Soria. "Like the disease?" I said, repeating myself like a hack strip club regular that needs new material (I don't have Pauly's strip club patter down). I turned Soria down after envisioning some crusty substance growing on my toes. When picking a stripper name, it shouldn't recall anything in a medical textbook next to an illustrated picture.

Then I saw a vision in a red evening gown. Like in real life, the girls you're attracted to tend to walk right past you. As she passed by, I all but Christian Slatered her to get her to come over.

She had a girl-next-door/Avril Lavigne look that must be my type. And combined with a personality (okay, any personality), she was easily my favorite. She said she was from Kansas City, lived in San Diego, and her name was May. "May I have this dance?" I said, and after hanging out for a song, she got right into it at the start of the next.

The red dress didn't do her justice. "Does the dress come off?" (told ya -- no patter), and out of the dress, May was very becoming. A large tattoo was splashed on her stomach and an unnerving one on her back had two eyes that looked like they were watching me. Like the Mona Lisa. A cartoon cat was stitched on her panties: "It's my pussy." ...More

Yeah, I'm still working on my take of the nights events. Stay tuned. For the record, I told everyone that Grubby and I were old med school buddies. That's my "line" in strip clubs.

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You should be reading.... Aunt Maudie's Poker Perspectives.
posted by Pauly at 7/21/2005 04:20:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Bellagio Challenge Cup Final Table

Back to the Bellagio, home of the aromatic flowers in the Conservatory and the gawking tourists snapping photos of the dancing fountains out front. The Bellagio is notorious for it's late night hookers and the scrumcious eye candy that wanders through. On a hot summer day like today, the combination of braless ladies and air conditioning means plenty of perky nipple watching.

I am not live blogging this event today. The Bellagio doesn't offer power outlets for me to plug in at their poker room. Plus there is no Wi/Fi access and the poker room gets crappy cell phone signals, so the air card doesn't work half the time in there. Alas, I ran home to write up this entry and then I'll head back to the Bellagio to watch it all until the end. If you are desperate to know how everyone is doing, BJ from Card Player is doing some semi-live blogging. I suspect he's only there because his boss made the final table!

Good news... Flipchip got the OK to take photos. The suits busted his balls and made him fax in his request. But he snapped a few and as soon as he uploads them, I'll point you in that direction and throw a few up on here.

I ate lunch at the snack bar near the poker room. I ordered the chili and it was better than the Rio's version, but not as spicy as I wanted it to be. I'm sure The Fat Guy could whip up a batch of kick ass Tejas Chili. Some of the best chili I ever had was made in Texas.

Moving on...

Here are the payouts for this $10K buy in, 97 player event:

Bellagio Challenge Cup Payouts:
1st $364,200 plus a $25K seat at the WPT Championships in 2006
2nd $228,850
3rd $119,000
4th $64,075
5th $59,345
6th $41,195
7th $32,040
8th $22,885
9th $18,310

Here 's who made the final table (including chipcounts from BJ):

Seat 1: Fuat Can (Linkoping, Sweden) $47,900
Seat 2: Tobey Maguire (Los Angeles, CA) $68,500
Seat 3: Jeff Shulman (Las Vegas, NV) $190,300
Seat 4: Quinn Do (Seattle, WA) $494,000
Seat 5: Scotty Nguyen (Henderson, NV) $377,000
Seat 6: Annon Filippi (New York, NY) $362,100
Seat 7: Chad Layne (Las Vegas, NV) $40,800
Seat 8: Sam Grizzle (Las Vegas, NV) $214,200
Seat 9: Mimi Tran (Los Angeles, CA) $146,900

The Skinny on The Cup: The day started off with $1500/$3000 blinds and a $400 antes. Chad Layne was busted in 9th place by Amnon Filippi's pocket eights. I saw Sam Grizzle crack Amnon's pocket aces when he rivered two pair on him. I also watched Tobey Maguire show a little emotion and even a smile when he moved all in with the short stack and tripled up. His A-Q beat out Scotty Nguyen's pocket tens and Mimi Tran who mucked her hand.

Eventually Tobey was busted when his pocket aces were cracked by Fuat Can's pocket tens. He caught a runner-runner straight to send Tobey home in 8th place. He played well against some of the top names in poker. Tobey was wearing his usual get up... a plain white t-shirt and a plain olive green hat.

Scotty Nguyen lost a big hand to Amnon, only to be finished off by him a few hands later. Scotty's AJs did not beat out Amnon's pocket queens and he went home in 7th place. Amnon Filippi must like the Hilton Sisters. They held up against Sam Grizzle's A-J and Grizzle was eliminated in 6th place.

Bouncin Round the Room: During one of the breaks, I spotted Scotty Nguyen taking pictures with tourists. I have never seen him once turn down an autograph or picture request. I must say that he treats cordial fans with the utmost respect. Scotty always wears some serious "bling" and his most recent item is a huge gold chain with a Ultimate Bet logo. Hilarious, right?

I spotted Paul Darden on the rail watching the action. I also saw the Shawn The Sheik, the guy who made the female dealer at the WSOP main event TV table cry. He also won $25K off of Sammy Farha making prop bets during the WSOP... picking high cards and doing coin flips. The Sheik was nice to me and shook my hand as he said hello. I also chatted with Charlie Shoten for a while. He was playing in the afternoon tournament and was on a break. We're gonna do a review on his book very shortly. Stay tuned for that. I almost played in that tournament too! Rest assured, I'll slack off later today and play some cash games at the Bellagio.

Late Night Update: Mimi Tran was busted in 5th place when her A-3 ran into Fuat Can's K7s. She led all the way until the river, when Can picked up two pair. Jeff "Happy" Shulman finished in 4th place when his QJs were no match to Amnon Filippi's pocket Kings.

The final three players, Fuat Can, Quinn Do, and Amnon Filippi played three-way for over two hours before someone was busted. Fuat Can was the short stack and Quinn Do and Filippi both had about the same amount in chips. Unfortunately Fuat Can was the guy who was eliminated in 3rd place when his Q-10 lost to Filippi's K-Q. At that point both players decided to resume play on Thursday. When they left, Quinn Do was behind with $775K. Amnon Filippi had over $1.1M in chips.

More Bouncin Round the Room: I was bored out of my wits so I played some more $4/8 with tourists. I saw Linda playing $15/$30 and wanted to jump into those waters but the cool thing about the low limit is that I can wander off for several minutes at a time, drink cocktails, watch the baseball game, and not have to worry about focusing on the game. I ended the day up $40 when my pocket aces held up in a 6 way pot! One chick was tilting so hard she ran through five hundred inside of an hour.

There was a token Liz Lieu sighting after she stopped by to cheer on her friend Quinn Do. Sherry took a pic of Liz with Steve. Lucky guy, eh?

I also never saw Flipchip so excited after he ran over to tell me that was recognized by a fan of his photography. I've been getting noticed for several weeks and I'm used to it by now, but Flipchip is not as recognizable as me because there aren't any pics of him on the web. Anyway, he was snapping photos of the final table when some guy on the rail asked him who he worked for. Flipchip told him and the guy asked, "Are you Flipchip?" Apparently, he's been reading my poker blog and been checking out Flipchip's 2005 WSOP photo gallery.

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A full recap of today's events will be posted over at Las Vegas and Poker Blog. Heads up action will resume on Thursday at Noon.
posted by Pauly at 7/20/2005 09:27:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Getting Ink: Gonzo Poker Bloggers

Mark Glase wrote a great piece on poker bloggers including yours truly. Take a peek at Gonzo poker bloggers bring World Series to life in real time. He wrote it for the Online Journalism Review. Yeah a lot of us got some ink including Iggy, the Poker Prof, Otis, and myself who were all interviewed.

They gave me a ton of free publicity. Here's a bit:

Meanwhile, at the 2005 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, which wrapped up last week, the blogging star was Paul "Dr. Pauly" McGuire, a struggling screenwriter and novelist who became a poker fanatic. He started writing about his poker proclivities on his regular blog, The Tao of Pauly, until it angered his friends who were tired of reading about poker. Thus, the Tao of Poker blog was born, where McGuire gained enough fame to start freelancing for FoxSports.com and Poker Player Newspaper. He's also done commentary for the Lord Admiral Card Club weekly podcast.

The Tao of Poker is now McGuire's perfect writing notebook, written as a stream of consciousness about everything he experiences -- from Subway workers he hits on to poker stars he urinates next to.

"The best part of the World Series of Poker was that I was doing a lot of live blogging," McGuire told me. "It was a notebook for all my other articles I wrote. The blog entries were an invaluable source of notes for me. So whatever I wrote in my blog, I could fix it up for short stories, for novel ideas. It's been a good tool, and it gets me out there every day. [Editors] can stop by my blog and see writing samples." ...More

Of course he had to bring up the hippie chick at Subway that I met at dinner break at Binion's. I have her number and I'm going to do the cool guy thing and wait five days to call her.

Anyway, for a good laugh, scroll down to read my "Profile" that they compiled.
posted by Pauly at 7/20/2005 04:20:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Bellagio Challenge Cup Day 2

Working at the Bellagio is a much needed change of pace for my exhausted soul. I was getting sick of the Rio and although Binion's was cool, it's was too damn crowded. The Bellagio on the other hand is a great place to work. The eye candy is blogworthy. And the poker room is next door to the Sports Book so I can keep my eye on the Yankees score.

The tournament was held in the remodeled poker room. 97 players bought in for $10K in the Bellagio Challenge Cup and Sam Grizzle found himself the chip leader at the beginning of Day 2. The first place cash prize of $364,200 and a seat in the WPT Championships at the Bellagio were at stake. Players started with $20K in chips.

In this tournament only the final table players are paid. Scotty Nguyen started Day 2 in third place. Only less than half the field survived Day 1. You can check out some of Flip Chip's photos of Day 1... here.

****** Live Blogging Updates ******

3:15pm... Recent Bustouts: Early on before I arrived, I was disppointed to discover that there were several notable bust outs: T.J. Cloutier, Tim Phan, Bob Stupak, Jean Gaspard, Carl "Bubble Boy Ygborn, Allen Cunningham, and Erik Seidel.

3:45pm... Recent Bustouts: Mike Wattel and Hasan Habib were both knocked out.

4:20pm.... Jeff Shulman sat at top of the chip lead out of 21 remaining players. Tobey Maguire was one of the short stacks. 2005 WSOP bracelet winner "The Mighty" Quinn Do was second in chips.

5:00pm... We're down to 18 players and the final two tables. Quinn Do was the chipleader.

5:15pm... TJ Cloutier was playing in a regular tournament.

5:55pm... I chatted with Ron Rose. He had some heart problems and that prevented him from playing in the WSOP. He joked that his health issues turned him into a cash game player because he's not well enough to play lengthy tournaments.

5:56pm... There was a Carmel Petresco sighting in the poker room. She looked like she had just been shopping.

6:00pm... I slacked off and found BJ covering the event. Eventually Steve Hall stopped by. We were the lone media. Flipchip got in trouble with the poker room manager. He's not authorized to take pictures which is bullshit because he was given the go ahead a month or two ago and was personally invited my tournamet director Jack McCleland. Some suit upstairs cock-blocked him and all other photographers. We suspect since Tobey Maguire is vehemently camera shy, that he demanded no photos be taken at all. Please note that this is just a hypothesis on our part and not a rumor, nor the actual truth. At any rate, the suits and the poker room manager gave me the "OK" to cover the event on the print side for Las Vegas and Poker Blog and Poker Player Newspaper.

6:10pm... I told Flipchip to head on home because he can't take pics so it's pointless to waste his time there. Hopefully he can get a winner's photo for tomorrow.

6:15pm... I ignored Tobey Maguire's table (which had both Fischman and Scotty Nguyen) and focused on "Table 1" because it featured a shitload of bracelet winners including Cyndy Violette, Quinn Do, David Chui, David "The Dragon" Pham, and Sam Grizzle who has no bracelets but made several WSOP final tables. Jeff Shulman was tere too and he was sporting flip flops and listened to music on his iPod.

6:20pm... I chatted with Minh Ly in the sportsbook while I kept my eye on the Yankees score. Minh was visibly pissed at Mike Matusow. "He's not a gentleman," he repeated several times during our conversation. Supposedly, Matusow was talking tons of shit with Minh during the Main Event. On Monday night, Matusow arrived at the Bellagio to cash his $1M WSOP check. Minh was playing $4K/$8K at the time. Matusow talked smack and said he'd play Minh for a $1M heads-up freeze out. Minh took him up on his offer and left to secure the money. When Minh came back 20 minutes later with a sufficient bankroll, Matusow bailed on him. "He's afraid to play me," Minh added. Mike Matusow is good, but Minh Ly would out play him for sure. Minh plays in the "big game" with Doyle and Chip Reese. He's one of the last guys I'd want to play heads up, especially for $1M.

6:30pm... I decided that I would scale back the coverage and play some poker instead. The $2/5 NL game was full, so I was seated right away at a $4/8 table. In the first orbit, the deck hit me in the face. I was dealt AQs, KK, and AA in exactly that order and won three big pots. A few hands later, I won two big pots with Q-J on the cutoff and 8-8 when I flopped a set and rivered a full house. Inside of an hour, I was up 32 big bets. I only played a few hands after that and spent time watching the final two tables.

6:45pm... I found everyone's favorite Bellagio dealer Linda and she gave me a big hug. She told me she had to deal "the big game" which is located in Bobby's Room. Off to the side of the Bellagio poker room is a glass room reserved for Bobby Baldwin and his friends. At first, I only saw Sammy Farha playing Gus Hansen heads up. Gus was scruffy and looked like he hadn't showered or changed his clothes in days. Sammy looked dapper and his trademark unlit cigarette hung off of his bottom lip. Later on all the big boys showed up.... Minh Ly, Chau Giang, Phil Ivey, and Bobby Baldwin. Linda told me they were playing $4K/$8K mixed games and she dealt Pot Limit Omaha with a $150K max bet per player. Yikes.

7:15pm... Recent Bustouts: Scott Fischman, David Chui, and David Pham.

8:26pm.... Cyndy Violette bubbled out. She was short stacked and moved all in with A6s. Scotty Nguyen called with A-K and flopped a King. Cyndy was elimianted by Scotty Nguyen in 10th place. Scotty felt bad and he ran over to give her a big hug. She wins nothing for 10th place and she left the table with extreme grace and a warm smile. On the inside she must have been pissed, but you would never know from her body language. And there were no cameras there filming her every move, so she wasn't faking it. After witnessing that moment and her excellent play during this year's WSOP, Cyndy's stock rose even more in my book. She's a classy player.

8:30pm... The final table will resume at Noon on Wednesday. Quinn Do is the chipleader. Here are seating assigmnets with chip counts courtesy of BJ:

Seat 1: Fuat Can $47,900
Seat 2: Tobey Maguire $68,500
Seat 3: Jeff Shulman $190,300
Seat 4: Quinn Do $494,000
Seat 5: Scotty Nguyen $377,000
Seat 6: Annon Filippi $362,100
Seat 7: Chad Layne $40,800
Seat 8: Sam Grizzle $214,200
Seat 9: Mimi Tran $146,900

For a full recap with photos (taken by Flipchip before he got in trouble) stop by and read my write up of day 2 on Las Vegas and Poker Blog.
posted by Pauly at 7/19/2005 06:20:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Otis Has Left the Building

(Editor's Note: You must read Otis' version... Leaving Las Vegas.)

It was the last night in Las Vegas for Otis. He changed his flight 1.5 days earlier so he could return home to G-Vegas, South Carolina and see Mrs. Otis, Lil' Otis, and Scrappy the Wonder Pooch after one month of utter insanity and being force fed the Rio's overpriced and overcooked cheeseburgers. I don't blame Otis for bailing early. I'd like to get the fuck out of Las Vegas as soon as possible, but I'm stuck here in the 120 degree heat until mid-August.

When Otis called and said that he had an early morning flight and wanted to get obliterated drunk, I knew we were on a mission from that moment on. I happily met Otis at the lounge/bar in the middle of the Mirage. Just 13 hours earlier, Australian Joe Hachem won the main event and $7.5 million. Indeed, it was time to celebrate the completion of the WSOP.

Starting about five years ago, the Mirage used to be my favorite casino and one of my Top 10 Favorite Places of All Time. It's like my old home away from home. It's the place where I hit my first ever quads in the poker room. The Mirage seemed like a fitting place to get all kinds of shitfaced for Otis' last night.

The entertainment that particular evening was a jazz band fronted by a nubile singer with a sultry voice. Joining us were Grubby, and two L.A. guys... Mike and Jesus. I started off with SoCo on the rocks. It's been my drink of choice since I landed in Las Vegas 46 days earlier. After drinking Red Stripes and Coronas at dinner break with Otis at the Hooker Bar in the Rio for a month straight, I packed on 15 pounds which all hopelessly settled in my gut. In homage of the SoCo Master, I called Al Cant Hang for a Dial-a-Shot. He was holding court in Atlantic City. I caught his lovely wife Eva Can Hang on the phone as she was navigating her way through the Borgata's slot machines. We chatted for a few moments and hoisted our drinks for the absent rock star.

After getting cold-decked from the video poker machine, Otis and I agreed that the video poker at the Hooker Bar in the Rio had much looser slots than the Mirage. Otis hit quads like forty times at the Rio and in my only attempt, I hit quad Jacks... fuck, I flopped it too. No such luck at the Mirage. At least I got two free drinks out of it. Mike wandered over and suggested we go throw some dice. And off we went...

We found a near empty craps table and the order on the rail was Jesus, Mike, Grubby, Otis, and myself in the far corner. We started out slow and I kept my betting simple; Pass Line and behind the Pass Line bets. We all rolled once and I didn't hit any points. The second time around, new blood joined the table after some of the Poker Stars crew, including Otis' lovely assistant Mad, jumped into the mix. James, a gregarious Englishman who I worked in the trenches with for the past month, was on the far end. We almost knew everyone at the table and that's when we started to make a run.

Mike, Jesus, and James went on a rush. They were so hot that Grubby and Otis passed their rolls. We picked up point after point and that's when I began throwing the chips around and making come bets. My stack tripled up inside of a few minutes and I gawked at a nice collection of green $25 chips that I quickly accumulated. After Jesus hit three points in a row, the table chatter grew louder and louder. I kept yelling out in my most obnoxious Vegas tourist voice, "Thank you Jesus!"

That's the cool thing about shooting craps in Las Vegas, belligerent behavior is encouraged. The louder the table, the more likely the casino will win more money. Because in the end, the House always wins.

I should have walked away when I was up. How many losers in Vegas had that on their minds last Saturday? I hung in there and deviated from my simple betting strategy. Greed seeped into my brain. Everything was going well until some slick L.A. hipster doofus in a $500 blazer joined the table. I knew right away he was bad news. On his roll I lost almost all of my winnings. His negative karma attached itself to our group. Even Jesus succumbed to the dark veil of the hipster's bad luck. We all looked at each other and walked away. I considered jumping that assclown and stealing his expensive jacket as fair compensation for being the table "Cooler."

We retreated to the Sports Book Bar. A huge group encircled Otis, including his Poker Stars crew and April, Eric, and the Poker Prof stopped by. We had a spontaneous "Farewell Otis" party going on.

Over the last few weeks, during the slow hours in media row, we'd make different prop bets. We became action junkies and usually wagered on "last longer bets" on whoever sat at the final table we were covering for that day. It seemed natural that we'd gamble on almost anything. When ESPN aired some sort of dog obstacle course race... I turned to Otis and nodded. He knew what was up. Otis picked one dog. I got the other and it was time to recklessly gamble on canine obstacle races. The dogs names were Quick and Splendor and my pooch closed the gap after a slow start. Like drunken idiots we cursed at the TV monitor, cheering on (an obviously taped event) dogs racing through the course.

"Come on Quick!" Otis screamed his Ozark Mountain drawl.

"Get yer ass in gear Splendor!" I yelled.

The gambling gods were on my side. My dog won the first race and Otis tossed me cash. A fat tourist chomping on a cigar at an adjacent table waddled over, "Are you guys betting on those dogs?"

"Fuck yeah," I responded. "$100 a pop. You want in, tough guy?"

He sheepishly declined.

"Pussy bastard," I mumbled to myself as Otis and I made our picks for the next pooch race and the waitress brought us another round of drinks.

****** ******

Coming soon... the second part to last Saturday night's festivities including the latest installment of Existentialist Conversations with Strippers.
posted by Pauly at 7/19/2005 04:20:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Back to Work: Bellagio Challenge Cup Day 1

Well I had a quick two day break before I headed back to work covering tournaments for Las Vegas and Poker Blog and Poker Player Newspaper. Flip Chip, the Poker Prof and I headed over to the Bellagio for the first day of the Bellagio Challenge Cup. It's a four day event with a $10,000 buy in. Only 95 players signed up but there were plenty of top names flinging chips around in the infamous Bellagio poker room.

Levels in the Bellagio Challenge Cup are 90 minutes long and every player gets $10K in chips. I spotted Mimi Tran, Allen Cunningham, Melissa Hayden, John Juanda, John Phan, Scotty Nguyen, T.J. Cloutier, Tobey Maguire, Scott Bigler, John D'Agostino, Phil Ivey, Hassan Habib, Bob Stupak, Cyndy Violette, Erik Seidel, Scott Fischman, Jean Gaspard, Jeff Shulman, and that old guy who Celine Dion is married to.

At the end of Day 1, 41 players remain in the field. I spoke to Scotty Nguyen. He told me he had $120K in chips and thinks he's about 3rd place. Tobey Maguire has $42,150 and made it to day two. Notable bustouts include John Juanda and Capt. Tom Franklin. On our way out, we spotted Phil Ivey shooting craps with John D'Agostino. He was up about $300K.

The coolest thing about covering tournaments at the Bellagio is the food comps. Unlike the cheap bastards at the Rio/Harrah's junta, the powers to be treat members of the media very well at the Bellagio. When the action was complete, quickly got three food comps and headed over to Noodles for some excellent Asian cuisine. The Poker Prof and I shared the jellyfish and cucumbers salad as an appetizer. The jellyfish made me queasy, but I had to try it once. The cucumbers were spicy. I ordered the Sesame Chicken and my portion was larger than expected. For desert I snagged the green tea ice cream, which was made from scratch on site. The Poker Prof ordered the mango pudding and it looked good.

I'll be back tomorrow with some more in depth coverage of the big tournament every one else seems to be ignoring. By the way... here are some photos from the event that Flip Chip took.
posted by Pauly at 7/19/2005 02:29:00 AM | Permalink |

 
2005 WSOP Main Event Recap

I'm going to be writing a full 2005 WSOP retrospective in a few days. For now, feel free to re-read my daily play-by-play of the main event:

Day 1A
Day 1B
Day 1C
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6 (move to Binion's)
Day 7: The Final Table

Flipchip's 2005 World Series of Poker Photo Gallery
Complete 2005 WSOP Tournament Results
Daily Recaps for the main event

Damn. Last week might have been the most exciting week of poker in my life and I didn't even play one hand! I was happy to have the weekend off, but I'm sad to see that the 2005 WSOP is over. I'm gonna miss a lot of the people I met and worked with everyday. That's going to be the tough part. I made some great friends and that's invaluable.

Thanks again to everyone at Lasvegasvegas.com, Poker Player Newspaper, and Fox Sports for letting me cover the WSOP for them. It was a great ride. And I hope we can do it again next year. Big thanks goes out to all my fellow poker bloggers who linked my my poker blog during the WSOP. You guys rule. And special thanks to both Wil Wheaton, Tony Pierce, and Odd Jack for mentioning the my poker blog as well.

Also, thanks again to all of the readers, new and old, and everyone who left positive feedback in my comments section and took the time out to write me an email. I've been asked a lot of questions, specifically if I have a virtual tip jar for donations. I don't have one set up, but you can always download and sign up for an online poker account on Party Poker using my bonus code TAO4. Or if you prefer other sites, feel free to use my links below to sign up and download the software... that way I can get credit for the referral when you fund your account.

Party Poker
Poker Stars
Full Tilt
Noble Poker

Moving on...

So what's next? Today, I'm heading to the Bellagio to cover a tournament there this week. Later this week's I'll post more about the 2005 WSOP. Plus, I have a great story about Otis' last night in Vegas. I also have a new installment of Existentialist Conversations with Strippers. More to come.
posted by Pauly at 7/18/2005 04:20:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Radio Free Pauly

I taped my interview with Sean & Brent on Saturday afternoon a couple hours after the WSOP ended for the Lord Admiral Card Club Radio Show and Podcast. If you don't know by now, it's the best podcast dedicated to poker in the universe. Over the last few months, I've become a huge cult figure in Canada thanks to Cinci Sean & Brent Stacks. I'm happy to be a part of their amazing show.

Sean and Brent are working hard every week to get their podcast done (for free) so stop by and show your support.

You can download the MP3 of this week's show... Episode of 35: Here. (Right Click and Save As)
You can download the MP3 of last week's show... Episode 34: Here. (Right Click and Save As)
You can download the MP3 of two weeks ago show... Episode 33: Here. (Right click and Save As)

We discuss the main event of the WSOP and a retrospective of my six weeks in Las Vegas.

If you want to catch up and listen to previous episodes, please visit their archives over at Brainscat. Stop by their site and download the extra nuggets that Sean posts during the middle of the week. Thanks again to Sean and Stacks for having me on.
posted by Pauly at 7/18/2005 12:20:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Charlie Tuttle Memorial Tournament

We got 144 players including Wil Wheaton. Great news is that the bloggers raised over $2880 in memory of Charlie Tuttle. Awesome! Thanks to everyone who played and pimped this event on their blogs. Thanks again to Iggy and BG for their organizational skills.

Finally congrats to "sarahbellum" who beat out Mr. Decker to win the first Charlie Tuttle Memorial Tournament. Great job.


I was knocked out early in 138th place when I moved all in with 10-10. I ran into TarOrpheus's pocket Kings and that was it. I finished up a freelance article while I sweated my brother's table.

I wasn't very social this time around and I apologize if I couldn't chat with all of you. I was wicked hungover ater a night of heavy drinking with Otis and a late night run to a strip club with Grubby. Stay tuned for that write up.

Congrats again to sarahbellum and everyone who helped raise this money.
posted by Pauly at 7/17/2005 09:29:00 PM | Permalink |

 
The New WSOP Champion


2005 WSOP Champion Joe Hachem
Stay tuned for a complete recap. Visit Lasvegasvegas.com for my write up of the final table.
posted by Pauly at 7/16/2005 10:30:00 AM | Permalink |

 
WPBT "Charlie" Tournament = This Sunday!!

If you don't know the story... feel free to read: A Guy named Charlie.

Here is the tournamnet information (thanks to BG):

WPBT "Charlie" Tournament

When? 6PM EST Sunday July 17th
Where? PokerStars... Check under the Private Tournamnet Tab
How Much? $20 - every penny goes to charity

What Do I Get When I Win? The comfort of knowing you're doing something good for someone else. No, Really... No. Really.

All proceeds to go to wherever Charlie Tuttle's family wants them. The tournament is open to bloggers and readers.

posted by Pauly at 7/16/2005 06:42:00 AM | Permalink |

 
The Final Table - 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event

When I woke up this morning the hot Nevada sun was shining, the nefarious hookers were turning tricks for $20 a shot, the inbred mullet-clad pot-bellied cross-eyed kids were doing cannonballs in the pool, a couple of misfits cooked up a fresh batch of crystal meth, and the cash poor maids were ripping off some unlucky fucker as they riffled through his bankroll that he foolishly left on his end table. Yeah it's just another Friday at the Redneck Riviera. Man, I'm really going to miss that place.

Yesterday was my first day working at Binion's and there were a ton of problems to overcome. The hardest was the connection problems which I experienced for the duration of entire night. The second was dealing with the exclusive treatment that Card Player got and the lack of attention the remainder of the media was given. Sure CP paid a gagillion dollars to get the "best seat in the house" and that meant the powers to be shoved the rest of the media in the corner, pretty far away from the action. Railbirds had better views of the table than the rest of the media... but we adapted as best we could.

Make sure you read my recap of yesterday's action on Fox Sports called Nine Lives.

Yep, don't forget that it's a three man operation here for us... the Poker Prof from Lasvegasvegas.com is back in his bunker in an undisclosed location in the desert where he's writing code and Flipchip is fighting through the crowd snapping photos and I'm in the trenches in media row making prop bets, uploading photos, writing freelance bits (for Fox Sports & Poker Player Newspaper), moderating my comments section and of course... live blogging. I would love to have a team of workers flooding the floor like Poker Wire, CP, Gutshot, and other organizations... but it's just me, Flipchip, and Poker Prof. And from the feedback I'm getting, it seems like we've done just as well if not better than the big boys. So all the problems we've encountered makes it all worth while.

Well this is it. Tonight someone will walk away with the largest cash prize in the history of poker. If an unkown wins, he'll become the next big celebrity du jour. He'll hit rock star status and everyone in the world will be familair with the next Moneymaker or Fossilman.

Perhaps Mike Matusow will avoid any implosions and stay clear of the "Mike Matusow Meltdown" and win the big one. This impending victory could cap his comeback after spending time in prison this year. For more information on that you have to read a report from Flipchip and the Poker Prof about Mike Matusow's prison story, since they know Mike the best. Flipchip is good friends with the Matusow family and told me stories about Mike's early days as a dealer at the Orleans and Sam's Town after he turned 21. He's led an amazing life and without a doubt, is the biggest pro left. Also Dan from Pokerati has a great interview with Mike Matusow.

All of Ireland will be paying attention to see if their native son Andy Black can take home the World Championship. Noel Furlong won in 1999 and it's been several years since Ireland could boast that it was the home country of the current champ. Make sure you listen to the great interview wth Andy Black that the Irish Twins (Mike LuckyBlind and Tom) from Antes Up posted last night. Will the "Luck of the Irish" prevail tonight?

The "Mc" in me is pulling for Andy Black and the rest of me is looking to see Mike Matusow pull it out. Hopefully in 12 hours we'll find out.

Here are the WSOP Main Event final table including seat assignmnets:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem (Melbourne, Australia) $5,420,000
Seat 2: Andrew Black (Dublin, Ireland) $8,140,000
Seat 3: Tex Barch (McKinney, TX) $9,330,000
Seat 4: Daniel Bergsdorf (Umea, Sweden) $5,270,000
Seat 5: Mike Matusow (Las Vegas NV) $7,410,000
Seat 6: Aaron Kanter (Lodi, CA) $10,700,000
Seat 7: Brad Kondracki (Kingston, PA) $1,180,000
Seat 8: Steve Dannenmann (Severn, MD) $5,460,000
Seat 9: Scott Lazur (Studio City, CA) $3,370,000

(Thanks to Flipchip and Otis for the pics!)

****** Live Blogging Updates ******

2:22pm... Before anyone leaves a comment, I suggest you at How to Leave a Comment Part 2 by Tony Pierce. Seriously, please no anonymous commentors tonight. The last few nights have been ugly and I'm hoping that everyone behaves themselves. (Editor's Note: Tony suggested that you read a better post called How to Leave a Comment Part 1.)

2:30pm... I got to have one of the first looks at the "bracelet" and man it looked cool. Flipchip took a few pics. We'll upload those soon.

3:15pm... Connection problems were solved. Let's hope it stands up.

3:51pm... We're nine minutes to game time and we're way behind! I'm expecting a 4:31pm start time. Stay tuned.

4:20pm... Nolan Dalla is laying down the rules to the crowd. Tournament Director Johnny Grooms is introducing all the suits. Yawn.

4:30pm... Here is some background info on our final table players:

Joe "Back Cracker" Hachem was born in Lebanon and lives in Sydney, Australia. He's a chiropractor and has been playing poker for a decade. He's married with four kids. His railbirds are the loudest and wil chant "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oy, oy, oy!" whenever he wins a pot.

Andy "Monk" Black was born in Belfast and resides in Dublin. He has a law degree and took 14th place in a 2005 WSOP event. He's known as "The Monk" and has taken time out to live in a monastery. He's a syudent of Buddhism.

John "Tex" Barch is a beer garden owner from Texas. He has 3 WSOP career cashes and earned a business degree from Montana.

Daniel "Berka" Bergsdorf is a 27 year old from Sweden. He used to be a professional athelete and now drives a truck.

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow won 2 WSOP bracelets (2002 Omaha 8 and 1999 NL) and wasa former poker dealer. He has 18 cashes at the WSOP.

Aaron "AK" Kanter is a 27 year old professional poker player from California. He's engaged and he begins the day as a chipleader.

Brad "BK" Kondraki is a 24 year old UPenn Law Student and graduated from Cornell. He turned down a chance to work for a prestigious firm to play in the WSOP.

Steve "Bloody Mary" Dannemann is a 38 year old CPA and mortage banker from Maryland. He's married with one kid.

Scott "Magicman" Lazur is a production assistant from LA. He has one cash and is also a magician.

4:47pm... Button is in Seat 4. Blinds are $50K/$100K. The antes are $10K. Greg "Fossilman" Raymer said, "Shuffle up and deal!" Cards are in the air.

4:55pm... All in with Mike Matusow's K-K vs. Scott Lazur's A-A. Lazur reraised Dannemann preflop and Mike pushed all in. The Flop was K-Q-6. The crowd went nuts. The turn was 2 hearts which brought three hearts on the board. Lazur had the Ace of hearts. The river was the Jack of hearts. On the second hand, Lazur doubled up. The crowd went wild with screaming and whistling. Mike is devestated depsite the excitement. Live poker is rigged.

5:00pm... It's packed here in media row and I'm already sweating my balls off. Four people are squeezed into spots that three people used yesterday. I'm sitting in between Tom from Antes Up and Mike Paulle. Otis and Jay Greenspan are nearby and the Poker Wire girls are at the end of the table. Andy Bloch is also here in press row. BJ is at the "cool" tale with the Card Player folks. I can see Jen Harman. She's facing me a few feet away. Phil Hellmuth is hogging the mike. There are media types here whom I never saw before. The stands are packed with friends & family of the players. It's STO! Railbirds lined up for 2 and 3 hours before game time just to catch a glimpse of the historic last final table ever at Binion's. The line wrapped around the buffet, down the narrow hall and backed up all the way to the media room. Everyone else is watching at the Buffet or downstairs at the sports book.

5:11pm... All in with Steve Dannemann's A-Q vs. Brad Kondraki's 10-10. The flop was all spades: Q-J-4. The turn was the 2h. The river was the 9 of spades and Brad Kondraki caught a four card river flush to double up. Kondraki has $2.6M now.

5:22pm... Mike Matusow just won a pot. Joe Hachem raised and Matusow came over the top. Hachem folded.

5:25pm... Mike Matusow raised, Steve Dannemann reraised to $1M and Matusow moved all in. Dannemann is thinking... and folded pocket fours face up. Mike has been putting the pressure on the last few hands.

5:27pm... There are too many media people in here. And a lot of folks really shouldn't be here in my opinion. They have badges but aren't realy doing any coverage of the event or notetaking or photos. They add to the cluster fuck. I've seen some of the so-called media types around and I'm still wondering what the hell they are doing here? It sucks that they clog up space, drink up all the free beverages in the press room, and try to sneak their friends in here when there are plenty of other/better media people who got shut out of the press room or at media row. Just my little rant of the day.

5:28pm... Mike Matusow yelled, "I am steaming!" 1973 WSOP Champ Puggy Pearson is in the building.

5:33pm... Mike Matisow raised Andy Black's big blind. On the board of J-5-6-10, Andy Black bet $1M, Matusow raised to $2M, and Andy Black moved all in. Mike counted out his chips and agonzied over the call. He he took a sip off of his water. "Do you want me to call?" Matusow asked. Andy Black shrugged. Mike faked like he was going to push all in and mucked. Andy Black won a $5M pot. The Irish flags are being waved frantically now.

5:36pm... Players are on a ten minute break.

5:37pm... Updated chip count:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $5.28
Seat 2: Andrew Black $10
Seat 3: Tex Barch $9
Seat 4: Daniel Bergsdorf $4.9
Seat 5: Mike Matusow $2.8
Seat 6: Aaron Kanter $11.1
Seat 7: Brad Kondracki $2.41
Seat 8: Steve Dannenmann $2.9
Seat 9: Scott Lazar $6.7

5:45pm... Puggy Pearson is singing his song.

5:46pm... Bouncin Round the Room: How about this action for a piss break?

Last 3 Pros I Took a Piss Next to:
1. Greg Raymer
2. Phil Hellmuth
3. Mike Matusow

When I walked into the bathroom and waited for an open urinal, Raymer and Hellmuth were talking. Hellmuth pisses with his sunglasses on. Raymer was nice to sign a few autographs after he washed his hands. Then Mike walked in while I pissing and stood next to me. Raymer left and Hellmuth washed his hands and talked to Mike.

Hellmuth: Hang in there Mike. You have chips. Plenty of chips. You got over $2M. Just play smart.

Mike: I told myself I wasn't going to play any big pots today early. And I played three. Fuck

Hellmuth: Tough spot in there. It's hard to lay down Kings preflop like that.

Mike: The guy next to me said he folded two hearts too. Can't believe it. I flopped a set too. Fuck.

And yes, Mike didn't wash his hands as he left.

5:52pm... Cards are in the air. Level 31. Blinds are $20K. Blinds are $60K and $129K.

6:01pm... Aussie Oy! Count: 2

6:03pm... Matusow won a pot with pocket Jacks. Erik Seidel is in the house and got a warm applause from the crowd.

6:07pm... Norman Chad is shooting a few outro clips for ESPN in front of us. He's struggling with one bit in particular. Here's the banter on press row.

Pauly: (shakes heads) Norm Chad. Take 18.

Mike Paulle: (laughing) He's terrible. Shana's no better, but at least she's something nice to look at.

Pauly: Spectacular tits.

Mike Paulle: When she left the WPT, she ruined poker for me.

Pauly: Somebody tell Norm his days are numbered.

6:15pm... Johnny Grooms asked the crowd to applaud for all the media here that have worked until 4 and 5am on several nights. "No one is reading. I'm screaming into the void," Mike Paulle added.

6:18pm... Mike Mutsow bluffed at a pot and took it down with 8s-5s. The flop was K-10-10 and both Steve Dannemann and Andy Black checked. The turn was an Ace and Mike bet out. Everyone folded. "I am now Rocky again!" Mike screamed. Tom mentioned that the sweat is dripping off of his face.

6:27pm... Mike Matusow called an all in bet with 10-10 on a flop of 5s-3s-2c. Steven Dannemann had A-J and caught a Wheel on the turn when the 4 hit. The river was no help and Mike Matusow was busted in 9th place. He won $1M.

6:35pm... Action is delayed while ESPN films Matusow's exit interview. "I though this wa smy year," he said. "I felt I was the best player at the table. I'm pissed that I didn't get a chance to play when it got down to 5 or 6 handed."

6:40pm... Updated chip counts:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $6.3
Seat 2: Andrew Black $10.55
Seat 3: Tex Barch $9.1
Seat 4: Daniel Bergsdorf $4.59
Seat 5: Aaron Kanter $11.27
Seat 6: Brad Kondracki $1.97
Seat 7: Steve Dannenmann $5.81
Seat 8: Scott Lazar $6.74

6:45pm... The Poker Prof did some quick research. Mike Matusow was a 60% favorite according to Two Dimes.

6:56pm... Having connection problems. The wi'fi wnet out and Blogger was down for a few minutes. Please stand by.

7:04pm... I added a pic of the WSOP World Championsip bracelet that FLip Chip took before. Take a peek.

7:17pm... Updated chip counts:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $6.8
Seat 2: Andrew Black $10.05
Seat 3: Tex Barch $9.5
Seat 4: Daniel Bergsdorf $4.13
Seat 5: Aaron Kanter $12.2
Seat 6: Brad Kondracki $1.45
Seat 7: Steve Dannenmann $5
Seat 8: Scott Lazar $6

7:23pm... Tom McEvoy sighting. We nicknamed Tom Murphy "O'McGyver" after he helped fix the wifi outage a few minute ago.

7:29pm... Coin flip time. Andy Black had pocket eights and Brad Kondracki flipped over A-Q. The flop was K-9-5 with two spades. Brad's railbirds were pulling for an ace. The turn was the 5. Brad was down to six outs with the audience on the edge of their seat. Brad Kondracki was eliminated in 8th place. He won $1,150,00.

7:37pm... Update chip count:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $6.56
Seat 2: Andrew Black $13.05 - Chipleader
Seat 3: Tex Barch $10.4
Seat 4: Daniel Bergsdorf $3.26
Seat 5: Aaron Kanter $11.17
Seat 6: Steve Dannenmann $5.37
Seat 7: Scott Lazar $6.47

7:40pm... I forgot to mention that I was mentioned in this cool article called Blogs are good to the last flop. It's featired in the Kansas City Star. Thanks to BG for pointing that out.

7:48pm... One of the dealers who is working tonight was the starting dealer at my table for the WSOP event #22 that I played in. I've seen him a lot at final tables. He's pretty good.

7:50pm... Steve "Bloody Mary" Dannemann won a $4.5M pot preflop! Danneman raised $400K. Lazur called and Joe Hesham raised to $2M. Dannemann moved all in and both players folded.

8:00pm... Andy Black is playing aggressive. He's probably the best player left and he's been putting the pressure on when he can and picking up small pots.

8:08pm... Aaron Kantor won a $3.7M pot. His railbirds a/k.a. Kantor's Klowns were whooping it up pretty loudly. He's gt over $13M.

8:12pm... Andy Black raised prelfop $1M and Aaron Kantor called. On a flop of Jx-7c-5c, Andy Black bet out $500K. Kantor raised to $1.6M. And Andy Black quickly went over the top for $5M more. Kantor rook forever to make a decision. He tried staring Andy Black down and Andy just laughed and stood up. Kantor is taking his time... and he folded. Andy Black won a $4.7M pot.

8:15pm... Players are on a dinner break. Play will resume at 9:45pm.

9:35pm... I'm waiting to be let back into Benny's Bullpen and I'm sitting in the hallway. Jen Harman asked me why I was hanging outside. I told her they wouldn't let anyone inside until 9:45. D'oh! Hold on for updated chip counts.

9:45pm... Updated Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $2.45
Seat 2: Andrew Black $18.23 (Chip Leader)
Seat 3: Tex Barch $10.48
Seat 4: Daniel Bergsdorf $2.94
Seat 5: Aaron Kanter $10.68
Seat 6: Steve Dannenmann $7.13
Seat 7: Scott Lazar $5.370

9:48pm... I wandered over to Bay City Diner inside of Golden Gate casino. It was packed so I went across the street to The Plaza, and ate Subway again. It didn't smell like cabbage. Subway was empty which was cool. I ordered a Meatball Sandwich. The girl behind the counter was cute. She had dyed punk-red hair with a tongue-ring and eight earingsin her left ear. She looked a lot like actress Rachel Leigh Cook, except a little bit taller.

"Cool hat, man" she said pointing up at my head.

"Of course," I added.

"So how awesome was seeing The Dead live?"

"I dunno, I've only seen them 46 times and they were all at the tail end of their run."

"Cool. I've never seen them," she repsonded which was an obvious guess on my part. She looked like she was barely 19. "I've seen a lot of Moe shows. And Phish too. Lot's oh Phish."

I don't want to brag that I might have picked up a stoner chick who works at Subway. But here we are. That's the highlight of my dinner break, aside from bumping into a dealer from the Rio I befriended. Ironically, he started talking to me because of my "Steal your face" hat. Yeah he's a Deadhead too and was showing his kids the Fremont Experience, which isn't anything to sneeze at.

9:56pm... Level 32. Antes are $20K. Blinds are $80K/$160K. Jen Harman went up to the stage and said, "Shuffle up and deal!" She's so tiny in real life, like a delicate porcelin China doll. From behind, she sometimes looks like a little kid at the poker table because she always sits on her knees on chairs. Anyway, she he's here doing play-by-play for Card Player. BJ is lucky, he gets to sit next to the pros today.

10:02pm... Tex Barch and Daniel Bersdorf were all in preflop. Tex had 10-10 and Daniel flipped over J-J. I said, "It's OK, he'll flop a ten." Sure enough the flop was 10-Q-4 and Tex's railbirds hooted and cheered. The turn and river were no help and Daniel Bergsdorf won $1,300,00 for 7th place.

10:14pm... One of the Irish Twins, Tom, won $100 playing $1-2 NL inside of an hour. The Binion's poker room is swarming with tourists.

10:15pm... Updated Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $2.1
Seat 2: Andrew Black $18.2 (Chip Leader)
Seat 3: Tex Barch $13.66
Seat 4: Aaron Kanter $10.65
Seat 5: Steve Dannenmann $7.11
Seat 6: Scott Lazar $5.35

10:21pm... Joe Hachem and Scott Lazur battled heads up. They both pushed preflop. Lazur showed Ks-9s while Hachem flipped ober As-Qs. The flop was A-10-4 with two spades and Hachem was in great shape. The turn and river were no help and Hachem doubled up. His railbirds jumped right into their catchy "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oy, oy, oy!" chant while waving the Australia flag.

10:23pm... On the very next hand, Scott Lazur made a tiltish called and pushed all in with Q-10. Andy Black quickly called with pocket Jacks. The flop was 8-5-3 with two spades. The rurn was a rag and the river was a King and Andy Black scooped the pot. Scott Lazur finished in 6th place and won $1,500,00 for his great work. That's how tough the WSOP can be. On two hands you can lose your entire stack and all the work you did for a week gets thrown out the window. Andy Black is the chip leader is on a roll.

10:28pm... We're on a mni-break as Lazur gets interviewed by ESPN. There has been a trend for six weeks here at the WSOP... Action always loosens up in the first hour after the dinner break. I dunno what the long break does to people, but mabye they assess their situations and press a little bit more when they get back or they drink at dinner which loosens them up. At any rate, in the first 30 minutes after break we've lost two players.

10:37pm... Updated Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $5.1
Seat 2: Andrew Black $21.75 (Chip Leader & pictured above)
Seat 3: Tex Barch $12.56
Seat 4: Aaron Kanter $10.3
Seat 5: Steve Dannenmann $6.55

10:39pm... The Irish Twins Lucky Blind & Tom are pretty pumped. They are excited about their boy Andy Black and just started drinking. Early celebration? Anyway, since I'm McCatholic (12 years of Catholic schools) I'm rooting for Andy Black as well. Let's seem if he can ran over the table. Otis ran over to the bar in the corner (yes, there's a bar in here) and grabbed us two Coronas.

10:52pm... Bouncin Round the Room: John from Poker Wire had the funniest story for me. During the break, he overheard two models talking to each other in the hallway. These are the girls who wear skimpy skirts and tight t-shirts for random magazines and poker magazines. "I was working for Bulldog for a few days..." Hmmm, those are some bright girls that BoDog hired last week!

11:09pm... The Irish guys are pounding beers. Lucky Blind came back and brought me and Otis another round.

11:24pm... Updated Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $5
Seat 2: Andrew Black $19 (Chip Leader & pictured above)
Seat 3: Tex Barch $14
Seat 4: Aaron Kanter $12.5
Seat 5: Steve Dannenmann $7

11:30pm... We have a new chipleader after Aaron Kanter won a $15M pot off of Andy Black. Kantor flopped a set with pocket Kings and turned a full house. Andy called a huge bet and mucked after Kantor showed his K-K. Kantor has $21M an Andy Black dropped to $10.2M.

11:50pm... Steve Dannemann won a couple of pots in a row.

11:55pm... On a flop of 8-4-4, Tex Barch reraised all in and won a $7M from Aaron Kanter.

12:10am... Shirley send me a text messgae and she wanted to see pics of the Final 5. Here are some photos courtesy of Flip Chip:

The Final 5:


Aaron Kantor (chip leader) and Tex Barch


Steve "Bloody Mary" Dannemann and Andy Black


Joe Hashem -- Hellmuth & Jen doing the play by play
12:41pm... Players just returned from a break. We have reached Level 33 and we're at $30K antes and $100K/$200K blinds. Here's an Updated Chip Count:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $3.04
Seat 2: Andrew Black $12.37
Seat 3: Tex Barch $12.81
Seat 4: Aaron Kanter $17.74 (chip leader)
Seat 5: Steve Dannenmann $10.32

12:51am... Steve Dannemann had a cheat sheet and the camera zoomed in to see what was on it:

1. Have fun.
2. Nothing to lose.
3. Play Tight.
4. Don't flat call a re-raise

12:56am... Jesus has been lurking around press row. He's doing play by play with Hellmuth now.

1:04am... Insane action on the flop of 9s-6c-5c. Andy bet $1M and Steve Dannemann moved all in. Andy Black thought for a while and called with 10-9. Steve had A-6. The turn was a blank and the river was... an unlucky ace. Steve Dannemann rivered Andy Black and doubled up. Ouch. Dannemann moved into the chip lead.

1:08am... Andy Black is in trouble with a $3.5M short stack. He moved all in. Was it a steam bet? Was he on tilt? Black showed Ad-8d vs. Aaron Kantor's pocket fours. The flop was A-8-J and the crowd erupted. The Irish fans started singing. The turn was a a rag and the river was another rag. Andy Black doubled up against Kantor. The Irsh railbirds are singing out of key. Black has about $7K now.

1:10am... Bouncin Round the Room: I forgot to tell you this... there's a 40% chance that I took a piss with the next world champion. During the break, both Steve Dannemann and Tex Barge were taking leaks next to me. On the last break I ran down stairs and wandered over to Mermaids for a "Coney" dog with cheese and chili.

1:13am... Here are the payouts for the remaining players:

1st $7,500,000
2nd $4,250,000
3rd $2,500,000
4th $2,000,000
5th $1,750,000

1:17am... Andy Black picked up two hands in a row. He's applying some pressure with one of the short stacks.

1:23am... On a flop of K-10-7 with two flush cards, Tex Barge check raised, Aaron Kantor check re-raised Tex's check raise and Tom Hachem folded in LP. Tex thought for a second and reraised. Kantor sat and thought for a long time. He stared at his chips for a few minutes and moved all in. Tex stood up, put his hips on chips, thought for two minutes and called. Tex had K-7 for two pair and Kantor had K-5. Wow. There was about $21M in the pot... the largest pot in the history of the WSOP. The turn was a Queen and it gave Kantor more outs. The river was a Jack and Tex Barge doubled up. Tex is now the new chipleader. What the hell was Kantor thinking with K-5?

1:31am... Updated Chip Count:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $4.3
Seat 2: Andrew Black $7.6
Seat 3: Tex Barch $22.3 (chip leader)
Seat 4: Aaron Kanter $3.7
Seat 5: Steve Dannenmann $19

1:41am... One hour left in this level. I'm starting to hit the wall. I was hoping that we had a break coming up and now I'll have to wait an hour.

1:44am... Andy Black picked up a pot and his Irish railbirds starting singing "Ole! Ole, ole! Ole, ole! Ole, ole, ole! Ole, ole!" Andy Black has $8.2M.

1:50am.. Tournament Director Johnny Grooms joked, "Binion's is sad to annoucne that there's no more Guinness at the bar." Ouch. Cheap Irish jokes.

1:55am... Head up battle preflop. Joe "Auussie" Hachem has 7-7 and Steve Danneman showed A-J. The flop was 6-9-10. The turn was a 9 and Steve picked up a few more outs. The river was a 3 and the Aussie chant flooded the room when Hachem doubled up. He's got about $5M.

2:02am... CLassic NL confrontation: A-K vs. 10-10. You have to win with AK and beat AK if you want to win a tournament. Andy Black pushed with 10-10 and Steve Dannemanncalled with A-K. The flop was all rags. The turn was a King and that killed Andy's chances. One of the Irish railbirds yelled, "Give him the fuckin' ten!" Andy looked so sad when he lost. He finished in 5th place and won $1,750,000. He looked like he was going to cry and Phil Hellmuth came over to give him some encouraging awards. The crowd gave him the loudest send off so far. "He deserved better than first. He played his heart out, " Irish poker writer Tom Murphy said.

2:12am... Updated Chip Count:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $5
Seat 2: Tex Barch $20.1
Seat 3: Aaron Kanter $4.8
Seat 4: Steve "Blody Mary" Dannenmann $24

2:27am... Aaron Kanter doubled up against Tex Barch. Kanter moved all in with A-7 and it took Tex a long time to call. He eventually did and flipped over A-Q. The flop: 10-7-7. The ccrowd let out a collective, "Aaaaah!" That was Kantor's miracle flop and he held on to win despite and ace falling on the turn. He doubled up. Kantor has $9M and Tex slipped to $17K.

2:45am... Go read what Mike "Lucky Blind" Lacey wrote on Antes Up about his fellow countryman Andy Black:

Andy Black. The people's poker champion, he suffered some harsh cards in the end and should be happy to walk home with $1.75M and to have made his mark as 'the' poker player of the 2005 WSOP $10,000 Championship event. The fans love him, the press love him. Harrahs don't give a flying fig. Unlike other casinos who sort out any tax issues for European players, Harrahs are with-holding 30 % of Andy's winnings. Surprisingly Andy does not feel like doing any interviews leaving cardplayer in the dust as he goes back to his hotel to recover. Nice one Harrahs.

Antes up would like to thank Andy for his amazing performance during this marathon event. He has been a shining example of how to conduct oneself at a major event. We wish Andy all the best in the future and although it may hurt to get so close he can console himself with the fact that he has been universally acclaimed as the best player at the final table and also the $1.75M won't hurt either.

Touching tribute.

2:52am... Players are on a 15 minute break.

3:01am... I went for a quick walk on my break. I saw Norm Chad in the bathroom.

3:07am... Cards are back in the air. Level 33 has $40K blinds with $120K/$240K. I want to welcome all those European readers who are up are enjoying my coverage of the WSOP while they eat breakfast. Right now we're down to the Final 4 players. The Aussie Joe Hachem is still left. Along with the Beer Garden guy from Texas named Tex Barch and the internet player Aaron Kanter and the buy we call Steve "Bloody Mary" Dannemann.

3:15am... Layne Flack is in the house. The crowd has thinned out a little bit and press row isn't as crowded.... but there's still plenty of people leftover from both the media and the railbirds. It's just not as jam packed as it was eleven hours ago.

3:28am... Another classic match up Qd-7d vs. 99. Joe Hachem had Qd-7s and Aaron Kantor flipped over pocket nines. Hachem flopped a Queen and his railbirds' chatter grew louder, especially after the turn was a rag. On the river when a blank fell, the Aussie railbirds let out their addictive chant. Joe Hachem doubled up.

3:35am... Action has slowed down. We put the over/under at 8am. Yikes. 4_ hours from now? I'm praying for the under.

3:40am... On the first day I covered the WSOP, I was there until 4am. We're reaching that watershed time right now. Fitting...

3:45am... Updated Chip Count:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $14
Seat 2: Tex Barch $11
Seat 3: Aaron Kanter $4.75
Seat 4: Steve "Blody Mary" Dannenmann $26 (chip leader)

4:00am... No poker content here... my friend Jenna sent me this pretty damn funny Craigslist post called Gaping Axe Wound Seeks Mental Midget.

4:20am... Sorry for the lack of updates. I had some technical issues. I lost wi-fi access and the players took a 5 minute break that lasted 15 minutes. I suspect that they made a deal.

4:30am... Here's the updated chip count:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $20.5 (chip leader)
Seat 2: Tex Barch $11.3
Seat 3: Aaron Kantor 4.66
Seat 4: Steve Dannemann 19.19

4:48am... Two players moved all in and woke everyone up. Aaron Kanter moved all in with A-9 and Tex Barch called with J-J. Tex's hand held up when he caught a set on the river. Aaron Kanter took 4th place and won $2M for his hard work.

5:05am... ESPN halted production while the did the "money presentation"... a procession of two thugs with shotguns led in the suits with boxes of cash. They dumped it on the table and put the bracelet on top. "Unless you have a shotgun, you need to be away from the money," Johnny Grooms said. It's $23M and that weighs about 800 lbs.

5:15am... Here's the updated chip count:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $23.2 (chip leader)
Seat 2: Tex Barch $16.6
Seat 3: Steve Dannemann 16.4

5:22am... Tex raised and Dannemann moved all in for his entire $21M stack. Tex folded. Steve Dannemann has about $29M in chips. Tex slipped to $12 and Hachem has $16.7.

6:01am... Damn. I'm having serious connection issues at the worst time. It is three way right now.

6:10am... New Level. Blinds are $150K/$300K with a $50K ante.

6:13am... All three players are all in preflop. Tex Barch had ace high. Tex Barch was eliminated in third place. Steve Dannemann has 7-7 and Joe Hachem had pocket Jacks. He won $2.5M.

6:30am... Here are the heads up chip counts: Joseph Hachem has just about $40M and Steve Dannenmann has $16.3M.

6:35am... I bumped into a fan in the hallway. He said he was from Kansas City and regularly reads my blog. It was Greg Raymer's borther!

6:41am... We have a winner! Joe Hachem came from behind to win the 2005 WSOP main event after he knocked out Steve "Bloody Mary" Dannemann. Hachem flopped a straight with 3-7o. Danneman moved all in with A-3 when an ace spied on the turn. Steve dannemann won $4,500,000 for his stellar work. Joe Hachem won $7.5M.
posted by Pauly at 7/15/2005 04:20:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Final Table Chip Counts

1. Aaron Kanter $10.7M
2. Tex Barch $9.33M
3. Andrew Black $8.14
4. Mike Matusow $7.41
5. Steve Dannenmann $5.46M
6. Joseph Hachem $5.42
7. Daniel Bergsdorf $5.27
8. Scott Lazar $3.37
9. Brad Kondracki $1.18

The Final Table of the 2005 WSOP will begin at 4pm Vegas time on Friday. Come back then for live blogging updates and kick ass pictures from Flip Chip.
posted by Pauly at 7/15/2005 07:24:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Day 6 World Series of Poker Main Event

Well I finally made it to Binions despite another rowdy night at the Redneck Riviera. There was a big bust last night and Las Vegas Metro police swarmed the area. They took down a drug ring a couple of buildings down. These ragged drug dealers guys are more sophisticated than you think. There are two lookouts, a point man, the muscle, and the contact. The first lookout stands out front in the driveway with the point man who runs up to your car asking you how much "rock" or "tweek" you are looking to score. The second lookout is perched up on the third floor balcony of the bulding across the way. And the contact is the guy who gives you the drugs. He's the guy who hands over the rock. The muscle answers the door and pounds the shit out of you if you make one false move. I heard that the lookouts ran away while the muscle got shot and the contact and pointman were taken away in handcuffs.

Anyway, the laundry room was buzzing about the bust last night. One old lady was bragging that she was interviewed by the local TV station. All I could think was, "Who's getting hauled away next?"

Moving on...

You can read my recap of yesterday's action on Fox Sports. They gave me the headline: Lurking Shark.

I put money on Phil Ivey at 300-1 before this event started that was several weeks ago. I'm obviously rooting for him. The big story is Greg Raymer. If he can make another final table, he'll prove to everyone that last year's win was not a fluke. He's impressed me so far. He made one final table already this year and he's looking for his second. Of course everyone's attention will be on Mike Matusow. Will he maintian his chip lead? Will we witness the "Mike Matusow Meltdown?" As it gets closer and closer to the final table, the bigger the implosion will be... if it happens. Can Tiffiany Williamsen continue her Cinderella story and become only the second female to make it to a final table? Will Andy Black make Ireland proud or can one of the other 27 players remaining survive today's meat grinder and make it to the final table in hopes of trying to snag $7.5M. Can Phil Ivey a regular in the "Big Game" win his first big one? Stay tuned to find out.

****** Live Blogging Update ******

1:45pm... I'm sitting up in the "buffet area" which has been turned into one of two big staging areas. They turned the Chinese place into the Press Room. I'm in the buffet where there are two giant screens. If I can't get inside, I can see the featured table through closed circuit TV. I'm trying to get inside, but as of now... they won't let you in unless you are ESPN. I'll see if I can snag a seat. Binion's is a lot different that the Rio for sure. It looks like you stepped back in time 30 years ago.

2:45pm... I'm in! I was supposed to wait with the masses but I spotted an ESPN guy and he got me in early. Connections baby! Althought I'm hidden in the corner, I'm still in "The Bullpen" where this event has been held forever. I can hear the ghost of Benny Binion laghing his ass offf right now. As I walked into The Bullpen, it gave me the same feeling that I get when I wander into Yankee Stadium. Chills. Goosebumps. I'm on sacred ground here and it's dark as hell.

2:55pm... Flipchip is here and will be taking the best damn photos from inside the Bullpen. Check out his 2005 WSOP photo gallery. As soon as he takes them, I'll post a few.

2:58pm... "You have no idea what it used to be like Pauly," Mike Paulle said, "The never used to give internet guys badges. Five years ago, they never would have let you in." So you folks at home are very lucky. I'll be doing my best to hook you up with the most updates.

3:10pm... We're behind schedule as always. Anyway, The Poker Prof from Lasvegasvegas.com picked up an aircard for me. It's a little faster than dial up, but it's not as fast as the access at the Rio. So please understand that updates are coming... they might be slow but you'll get them eventually.

3:22pm... Here are today's updated seating assignments:

Seat 1: Mike Matusow 5.140M
Seat 2: Michael Kessler 2.7M
Seat 3: Shahram Sheikhan 310K
Seat 4: Johnny Howard 730K
Seat 5: Bernard Lee 710K
Seat 6: Tom Sartori 805K
Seat 7: Conor Tate 1,265M
Seat 8: Tiffany Williamsen 1.125
Seat 9: Brad Kondracki 3.16M

Featured Table:
Seat 1: Greg Raymer 3.84M
Seat 2: Tim Phan 1.575M
Seat 3: Aaron Kanter 1.925M
Seat 4: Per Hildebrand 645K
Seat 5: Ayhan Alsancak 225K
Seat 6: Phil Ivey 4.635M
Seat 7: Joseph Hachem 3.125M
Seat 8: Andrew Black 2.09M
Seat 9: Joe Connor 1.065M

Seat 1: John McGrane 575K
Seat 2: Scott Lazar 3.025M
Seat 3: Tommy Vu 1.87M
Seat 4: Tex Barch 3.9M
Seat 5: Bryant King 1.44M
Seat 6: Daniel Bergsdorf 2.55M
Seat 7: Oskar Silow 1.44M
Seat 8: Steven Dannenmann 4.3M
Seat 9: Minh Ly 2.050M

3:35pm... Nolan Dalla addressed the crowd and introduced tournament director Johnny Grooms.

3:40pm... Cards are in the air. Button starts at Seat 2. We are at Level 27 with 1 hour and 8 minutes remaining. Antes are $5K and blinds $20K/$40K.

3:48pm... Featured Table update: Greg Ryamer's A-8 called Ayhan Alsancak's K-7. Ayhan Alsancak doubled up when he caught two pair.

3:49pm... Mike Matusow and Shawn Sheikhan both got a 10 minue penalty. Shawn was discussing the hand with the audience while it was going on and Mike dropped the F-Bomb! I already lost my first porp bet. I put 5:3opm down as the time Mike would drop his first "Fuck" of the day.

3:57pm... Featured Table update: Tim Phan's Hiltons Sisters held up against Per Hildebrand's pocket Jacks. Hildebrand came in 27th place. He won $304,680.

4:00pm... I'm having serious connection issues. I keep getting dropped.

4:07pm... Mike Matusow raised with The Hammer (2-7 off). Shawn moved all in with the Hiltons (Q-Q) and his short stack. Mike called. Sahwn's Hiltons held up.

4:20pm... Having problems still. We're working on it. I have a team of experts (er, Poker Prof in his undisclosed location in a bunker in the desert) on it.

4:22pm... Shawn Sheikhan and his A-K was all in against Tom Sartori's pocket sevens. Shawnn flopped a King and he busted Sartori in 26th place. He won $304,680. 25 players left.

4:25pm... Bonucin Round the Room: Since I can't walk around too much, Jay Greenspan and I are yapping about NYC pizza and other food stuffs that we miss about New York. He likes eggplant parm heroes and I like chicken parm heroes. Damn, I miss good food from back home. We've both put on weight eating food we hate. Plus all the Red Stripes at dinner has given me a beer gut. OK here's the set up inside the Bullpen. In front as soon as you wal in, there are two tables. Off to the left is the TV table. Surrounding the table are the stands. On the far end is where I am sitting, in the dark. Card Player got the best spot and I'm in the corner with the rest of the journalists.... Jay, Otis, Mike Paulle, and the Heather and the rest of the Poker Wire crew. Norm Chad is in front of me doing bits. He struggled with one and did it three times. Mike Paulle yelled out, "Hey Norm, even Shana Hiatt does less takes!" One guy yapped, "No she doesn't" You gotta love poker journalist's senses of humor.

4:35pm... Featured Table update: Ahan's 6-6 doubled up against Andy Black's A-10.

4:40pm... Featured Table update: Raymer's pocket Kings were cracked by a river flush and Aaron Kantor doubled up. Raymer moved all in on the turn when two hearts out there. Kantor called with Qh-Jh and spiked his flush. His railbirds were very rowdy on that double up. Raymer was crippled.

4:42pm... Bouncin Round the Room: I skipped out for a piss break and a Snickers bar at the gift shop. The way it's set up, we can walk through a secret passage way through the kitchen to avoid the huge congestion in the hallway. Otis suggested it wa slike that scene from Spinal Tap. I thought it reminded me of that cool tracking shot and Cocabana scene out of Goodfellas. I bought my brother a pack of playing cards in the gift shop and rushed back to catch Raymer's hand.

4:50pm... Players are on a break. Raymer said he has $420K. He's not looking good. When action resumes, we'll be on Level 27. The antes are $5K and blinds are $25K and $50K.

5:00pm... Here are some of Flipchip's kick ass WSOP photos:


Mike after his "time out"


This is my view


Phil's cool shirt


Praying to the poker gods


Fossilman ponders what he's going to eat for dinner.
5:05pm... Featured Table update: Raymer moved all in on the flop of: K-K-7 with A-9 against 5-5. The turn was another King and Raymer was still behind. The turn was a 2 and Raymer was busted in 25th place. The crowd gave him a huge standing ovation. I still say that was quite a run for Raymer this year. I'm impressed he outlasted over 8,000 players the last two years. During his ESPN interview he said, "I don't look at results. Poker is about decisions. And I am happy with the decisions I made this year."

5:35pm... Tiffany Williamsen's A2s doubled up John Howard's Big Slick.

5:39pm... Featured table update: Mayhem has broken out here. Tim Phan moved all in with 10-10. Andy Black called with Ah-Qh. The flop was A-10-9. And the luck of the Irish took over. Andy Black caught running Queens to bust Tim Phan. He finished in 24th place.

5:43pm... Mike Matusow just won a $1.5M pot with a seven high straight against Penn law student Brad Kondracki.

5:45pm... Jack Effel announced the chip leaders. He said Mike Matusow had over $7M. The crowd boooed. Also in the top 3 are Andy Black and Steve "Bloody Mary" Dannenmann.

5:58pm... Featured Table update: Aaron Kantor and Joe Connor were both all in preflop. Kantor had A-A and Connor showed J-J. The flop was King high with all diamonds. Connor had just one out left. The turn was a three and the river was a 2 of diamonds and Kantor's Klowns (my new nickname for his rowdy railbirds) are acting up and chest bumping. Joe Connor was busted in 23rd place. There are 22 players left.

5:59pm... Phil Ivey had $2.5M in chips. Kantor is up to $5M.

6:01pm... Tex Barge won a $2M pot off of Minh Ly.

6:11pm... Minh Ly moved all in with K-K. John McCrane called with A-Q. The flop was 10-6-5 with two hearts. The turn and river were blanks and Minh Ly doubled up. Mike Matusow yelled out, "Speak English Minh! Good job."

5:15pm... Here is today's payout strutcure:

10 - 12 $600,000
13 - 15 $400,000
16 - 18 $350,000
19 - 27 $304,680

6:17pm... Featured Table update: The biggest hand of the Main Event just happened... $5.5M pot. The flop was all clubs... Q-7-9. Andy Black flopped a set with the Hilton Sisters and Joe Hachem flopped the nut flush. The river and turn were blanks and the Aussies on the rail began their chant "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oy, oy, oy!" I like them better than Kantor's Klowns. Andy Black doubled up Hachem.

6:21pm... Conor Tate caught a runner runner straight flush to double up against Brad Kondracki. Tate hit his flush on the turn. All the money went in on the flop.

6:27pm... Minh Ly won a huge hand when he hit a set on the turn with his pocket fours against Tommy Vu. Now it looks like Tommy Vu is out in 22nd place.

6:35pm... Featured Table update: On a flop of J-2-7, Steven Dannemann took forver to call Andy Black's all in bet. Andy showed A-J and Steven flipped over 10-10. Andy Black doubled up after Steven's hand didn't improve.

6:42pm... Johnny Howard doubled up with pocket aces against Bryant King. 23 minutes left in this level. The players will be going on a dinner break then.

6:45pm... Bernard Lee moved all in with pocket Aces. Shawn Sheikhan called with the Hilton Sisters. The flop was J-J-9. The turn and river were blanks and Lee doubled up. He now had $1.6M.

6:47pm... This is my blog and I will write what I want. If you are new to this blog which thousands of you are... you need to read my FAQ section.

6:51pm... Mike Matusow went heads up with Shawn Sheikhan preflop. Shawn had K-K and Matusow showed A-J. The flop and turn was all rags. The river didn't help Matusow and Shawn doubled up.

6:52pm... Bryant King was just eliminated by Daniel Bergsdorf's pocket aces in 21st place.

7:01pm... Minh Ly's 99 ran into Daniel Bergdorf's A-A. Yes, he hit aces again.

7:02pm... Featured Table update: Phil Ivey was all in with J-J against Aaron Kantor's pocket Kings. The flop was K-4-8 with two diamonds. The turn was a diamond and Phil Ivey picked up a flush draw. He didn't catch a diamond and was elimianted in 20th place. Fuck. I had money on Phil.

7:05pm... The deck is hitting Daniel Bergsdorf in the face. He picked up K-K and wa sall in preflop again against Minh Ly's A-J. Daniel's K-K held up and Minh Ly was busted in 19th place.

7:08pm... Players are on a dinner break until 8:30pm. Don't hurt yourselves while I am away.

7:53pm... Here are chip counts according to Heather & Jen at Poker Wire:

Aaron Kanter $6.725M
Daniel Bergsdorf $6.5M
Joseph Hachem $6.5M
Mike Matusow $6.3M
Tex Barch $5.975M
Andrew Black $4.6M
Steve Dannenmann $3.1M
Scott Lazar $2.6M
Shawn Sheikhan $2.1M
Ayhan Alsancak $1.9M
Bernard Lee $1.8M
Conor Tate $1.7M
Michael Kessler $1.45M
Johnny Howard $1.215M
Tiffany Williamsen $1.1M
Oskar Silow $605K
Brad Kondracki $500K
John McGrane $310K

8:13pm... Go read my buddy Sapceman's article over at Poker Player Newspaper called Poker and Nascar.

8:15pm... Usually I drink with Otis on my dinner breaks, but I took off by myself and ran down the escalator by the sports book. It felt good to walk around outside instead of being held captive inside the Rio. I wandered over to Golden Gate because I like their Bay City Diner. It was packed so I resorted to walking over the The Plaza and ate Subway while talking to my brother. He told me that the Yankees beat the Red Sox. He gave up on reading through my comments due to the sheer volume. It seems all of my fellow poker bloggers have also stopped reading them too mostly out of the lack of content. I don't blame them. Anyway, I wandered back to Binion's and chatted with Tom from Antes Up Both of his guys Andy Black and Conor tate are still alive. Everyone in Ireland is on the edge of their seat following their prgoress.

8:20pm... When action resumes, we will be on Level 28. Antes will be $10K and blinds will be $30K/$60K. We're down to 18 players and two tables. I'll find out who got moved.

8:40pm... Here's who busted out today:

27 Pre Hildebrand $304,680
26 Tom Sartori $304,680
25 Greg Raymer $304,680
24 Tim Phan $304,680
23 Joe Connor $304,680
22 Timmy Vu $304,680
21 Bryant King $304,680
20 Phil Ivey $304,680
19 Minh Ly $304,680

8:45pm... Brad Kondacki doubled up against Bernard Lee.

8:48pm... John McCrane moved all in with A-9. Joe Hachem called with A-10. Hachem caught a straight on the river so John McCrane was eliminated in 18th place. He won $350K.

8:55pm... New table assignments:

Featured TV Table
Seat 1: Mike Matusow
Seat 2: Oskal Silow
Seat 3: Michael Kessler
Seat 4: Ayhan Alsancak
Seat 5: Steve Dannemann
Seat 6: Shawn Sheikman
Seat 7: Andy Black
Seat 8: Scott Lazur
Seat 9: Daniel Bergdorf

Other Table
Seat 1: Tex Barch
Seat 2: Tiffany Williamsen
Seat 3: Brad Kondracki
Seat 4: Aaron Kanter
Seat 5: Joseph Hachem
Seat 6: Bernard Lee
Seat 7: Johnny Howard
Seat 8: Conor Tate

9:09pm... Featured Table update: Michael Kessler moved all in with A-K versus Scott Lazur's Q-Q. The flop: 10d-4d-Js. The turn was 10s and the river was a 10 and Scott Lazur's Hilton Sisters held up. Michael Kessler finished in 17th place. He won $350K. He got a nice applause from the audience.

9:18pm... Tiffany Williamsen and Brad Kondraki were all in preflop. Tiffany had A-3 and Brad flipped over Big Slick. The flop was K-9-2 and Brad caught top pair with top kicker. Tiffany's hand did not improve and she doubled up Kondraki.

9:26pm... Tiffany Williamsen moved all in with A-10. Joe Hachem called with 6-4o and Tffany's hand held up. She doubled up.

9:32pm... Johnny Howard moved all in with the Hilton Sisters and Aaron Kantor called with A-10. The flop was: K-J-7. The turn was a Ten and the river was a Queen. Yes, Kantor caught a runner-runner straight to bust Johnny Howard. He finishes in 16th place and won $350K.

9:43pm... Tiffany Williamsen moved all in with pocket fives and Tex Barch called with J-8. Tex caught a Jack on the turn and took the lead. The river was no help for Tiffany Williamsen and she finished in 15th place. She's finished better than any other women. She has the highest cash ever at the WSOP main event for a women. She won $440K. Andy Bloch mentioned that she had the highest percentage finish out of any other female in history... which he felt was more impressive. Say what you want about her play... she outlasted 5003 players.

10:00pm... Action slowed down and it's been very quiet the last 15 minutes. I've finally caught up on reading my mail in one of my email accounts!

10:06pm... Some chip counts: Andy Black has $6.3M. Mike Matusow has $3.5M. Dniel Bergdof has $5.5. Steve Dannemann has $4.1. Joe Hachem has $6.3. Tex Barch has $6.5. And Aaron Kantor is the chipleader with $7.7M.

10:21pm... Sweden's Oskar Silow, an online qualifier, moved all in with A-10 and Aaron Kanter called with pocket Queens. Kanter flopped a set and it was all over. Oskar goes home with $400K after his 14th place finish. Too bad he's gone. He's part of the reason all those hot Swedish girls were around.

10:23pm... Featured Table update: Andy Black won a big pot after he raised to $250K preflop and got 3 callers. He moved all in on the flop and everyone folded.

10:29pm... Featured Table update: Mike Matusow is starting to steam. He said, "I haven't seen a hand over 8-4 off suit in two hours." He mucked his cards hard and they almost flew off the table.

10:38pm... Bernard Lee moved all in on a flop if K-6-3 with K-7. Aaron Kanter called with Q-6. Aaron Kanter caught a 6 on the river and his trips were good enough to knock our Bernard Lee. He finished in 13th place and collected $400K.

10:40pm... Featured Table update: Andy Black is being moved off the feature table and to the other table. Matusow picked up two pots. Players are on a break.

11:05pm... Break time is over. Cards are in the air. Level 29 is beginning. $10K antes and $40K/$80K blinds.

11:06pm... Here are some quick chip counts:

Table 1:
Seat 1: Tex Barch $6.2M
Seat 2: Brad Kondraki $2.6M
Seat 3: Aaron Kantor $9.6M (chipleader)
Seat 4: Joe Hachem $6.3
Seat 5: Andy Black $6.3M
Seat 6: Connor Tate $2.3M

Feature Table:
Seat 1: Mike Matusow $4.9M
Seat 2: Ayhan Alskantk $2.4
Seat 3: Steve Dannemann $3.9M
Seat 4: Shawn Sheikhan $570K
Seat 5: Scott Lazur $5.4M
Seat 6: Daniel Bergsdorf $5.1M

11:18pm... Featured Table update: Shawn and Mike Matusow are jawing at each other. Mike told him, "How about I spot you a million and I'll beat you out of the rest?" That got the crowd all fired up. Shawn is the guy who disrespected the dealer last night and made her cry.

11:22pm... Battle of the Irishmen: Andy Black has K-K and Conor Tate flipped over Big Slick. Andy's pocket Kings held up and Conor Tate was eliminated in 12th place. He won $600K. Andy Black might have almost $9M... don't know exactly, but he has at least $8M.

11:23pm... Bouncin Round the Room: I left the room during the break. Benny's Bullpen is located upstairs and I took the escalator to the first level near the poker room, which was packed. Outside on Fremont Street, it was crowded with tourists who were listening to a band. I contemplated getting a deep fried Twinkie across the sctreet but settled for a quick beer downstairs in the sports book.

11:27pm... Featured Table update: Shawn Sheikham and Mike Matusow finally went heads up after jawing at one another for the last thirty minutes. Matusow had K-Q or the Kournikova. Shawn showed A-J and flopped A-10-4. Matusow had outs when a Queen fell on the turn, but a King on the river gave Shawn the Broadway straight and he doubled up.

11:37pm... Featured Table update: Mike Matusow won a small pot and the crowd cheered. Matusow threw up his arms in the air and welcomed the clapping. Mike Paulle mumbled, "They're not cheering for you Mike. They just feel sorry for you." Ouch. Even from press row, Matusow is getting railed on.

11:45pm... Andy Black is our new chipleader with $11M. He's running over his table. Matusow had $4.7M.

11:51pm... Featured Table update: Mike Matusow won a $1.5M pot with pocket kings.

12:06am... Featured Table update: Mike Matusow knocked out his nemesis... Shawn Sheikham when he caught a nut flush. Shawn took 11th place and won $600K. We're comsilidating to one table. 10 players remain.

12:09am... Erik Seidel and Andy Bloch (who had been here most of tonight) are now hanging out in press row.

12:20am... The cards are back in the air! After 5619 players, we are down to 10. There is one hour left at this level. Here is the final table:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $7.1M
Seat 2: Andy Black $12.5M (chipleader - pictured above)
Seat 3: Tex Barch $4.8
Seat 4: Ayhan Alanchak $2.4M
Seat 5: Daniel Bergdorf $4.1M
Seat 6: Mike Matusow $6.3
Seat 7: Aaron Kantor $8.3M
Seat 8: Brad Kondracki $1.1M
Seat 9: Steve Dannemann $6.3M
Seat 10: Scott Lazar $3.7M

There are players represented from Australia, America, Sweden, and Ireland.

12:35am... We've began an intense discussion in media row on two sponsors here at the WSOP: Milwaukee Best Light and Levitra. "What are they trying to tell us?" Andy Bloch asked? My answer, "Get drunk and get laid."

12:40am... Play has tightened up.

1:05am... We're rapping with the ESPN crew, specifically the second unit. They are sitting down, kinda bored too. They are reduced to waiting to tape the expressions on the faces of wifes and families just in case one of their loved ones go all in.

1:09am... I decided to begin my write up about today's action... multi-tasking... as I wait for an interstinghand to happen. The Main Event Final Table bubble is slow, tedious, and not-as-much-fun-as-you-think... especially when you have to take a piss and are holding it in!

1:12am... In a pot with $1.5M, Andy Black bet $1M on the flop with K-Q-9 and two hearts. Everyone folded and he showed just 10-8 for 10 high. Gotta love that move.

1:16am... The short stack is Brad Kondraki with $880K. Andy Black is our chip leader with $13.9M.

1:27am... Players are on a 15 minute break. Ayhan Alsancak is the short stack with $1.1M. Matusow has $6.7M.

1:45am... We are on Level 10. The blinds are $50K/$100K and antes are $10K.

1:49am... Andy Black won a big pot when he rivered a straight against Tex Barge.

1:52am... Flipchip posted a great entry about Greg Raymer called Goodbye Raymer & Thanks

1:53am... The Aussies just chanted after Hachem won a pot.

2:02am... On a flop of 10-4-4, Joe Hachem and Daniel Bergsdorf both moved all in. Bergsdorf had pokcet aces and Hachem showed pocket nines. Bergdorf's aces held up and he doubled up against Hachem.

2:13am... Everyone is tired. From the ESPN crew, to the annoucners, to the media reps, and the crowd... fatigue has set in. I'm expecting to be here another hour.

2:20am... Here are some chipcounts:

Seat 1: Joe Hachem $4.5M
Seat 2: Andy Black $13.1M (chipleader - pictured above)
Seat 3: Tex Barch $4.4M
Seat 4: Ayhan Alanchak $1.3M (shortstack)
Seat 5: Daniel Bergdorf $6M
Seat 6: Mike Matusow $7.6M
Seat 7: Aaron Kantor $8M
Seat 8: Brad Kondracki $1.5M
Seat 9: Steve Dannemann $5.7M
Seat 10: Scott Lazar $4M

2:25am... The $10M pot!! Mike Matusow raised in EP. Andy Black called, Tex Barge raised, Matusow mucked, and Andy Black moved all in over the top of Tex Barge. For a few minutes Tex satthere pondering the call. He eventually decided that he had the best hand with pocket Jacks and moved all in. Andy Black reluctantly showed K-J. The crowd rose to it's feet with anticipation. ESPN's camera crew scrambled into action. The flop was: A-3-4. The turn was a Queen, which gave Andy Black few more outs. The river was a 3 and Andy Black doubled up Tex Barch. Yeah, Tex won one of the biggest hands of the tournament and moved into the chiplead.

2:38am... Ayhan Alanchak moved all in preflop with the Hilton Sisters and Scott Lazur called with Ah-Jh. Scott flopped a money card when an ace fell. Everyone was ready to go home. I began to type "Ayhan Alanchak finished in 10th place" when Ayhan Alanchak caught a two outer after a Queen fell. Live poker is rigged. Insanity. Bedlam. The crowd went beserk. I want to go home, but we're staying here for a little while longer.

2:54am... Mike Matusow is on tilt. "I'm so bored!" he yelled, "I'm gonna raise every hand. If no one is going tobust anyone, then I'm gonna do it. No more Rocky. Always leave the hard work to me."

2:59am... At least 45 minutes left in this level. Ayhan Alsancak started the day as the short stack and he survived all the way to the last 10 players. Impressive. I wrote the first draft of today's recap (minus a few sentences) and transferred some cash from my Poker Stars account to my brother's account.

3:04am... Ayhan Alsancak moved all in on a flop of 7h-3h-3c withh Q-Q. Aaron Kantor moved all in with Ah-10h with the nut flush draw. Aaron Kantor caught the flush on the river. Ayhan Alsancak came in 10th and won $600K. We are now down to nine players. See everyone on Friday at 4pm!

posted by Pauly at 7/14/2005 04:20:00 PM | Permalink |

 
WPBT Tournament for Charlie Tuttle

Editor's Note: I know that I blogged this the last two days, but I'm gonna blog it every day until we get at least 500 people to play in the charity tournament on PokerStars!!

Charlie Tuttle is a dear friend to the blogging community and the best friend of Jason Spaceman. After a long battle with cancer, he passed away a couple of weeks ago. In honor of Charlie's memory, several bloggers set up a memorial tournament with all proceeds going towards a fund selected by Charlie's family.

I'd like to formally ask any new readers of my poker blog to sign up for the tournament. If you are an old time reader or blogger, you should spread the word about this event in newsgroups, poker forums, at your home game, and contact everyone in your address book. We have an opportunity to step up and do a great thing.

If you don't know the story... feel free to read: A Guy named Charlie.

Here is the tournamnet information (thanks to BG):

WPBT "Charlie" Tournament

When? 6PM EST Sunday July 17th

Where? PokerStars... Check under the Private Tournamnet Tab

How Much? $20 - every penny goes to charity

What Do I Get When I Win? The comfort of knowing you're doing something good for someone else. No, Really... No. Really.

All proceeds to go to wherever Charlie Tuttle's family wants them.

The tournament is open to bloggers and readers.

I already signed up to play. For $20 you can do an amazing deed. I will come up with a cool bounty if you knock me out and I will try to find something to give away to the winner. And yes, I'll be running a Hilton Sisters Challenege (QQ cracking AA) during the tournament. And if you don't have a PokerStars account... sign up today!
posted by Pauly at 7/14/2005 04:20:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Chip Counts & Odds

Tonight was the last day of action at the Rio. Play resumes at 3pm on Thursday at Binion's Horseshoe and will continue until there is 9 players left. The average stack is $2.081M.

Here is the official chip count:

Top 10:
1. Mike Matusow (Las Vegas, NV) $5.14M
2. Phil Ivey (Las Vegas, NV) $4.635M
3. Steven Dannenmann (Severn, MD) $4.3M
4. Tex Barch (McKinney, TX) $3.9M
5. Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer (Stonington, CT) $3.84
6. Brad Koudrachi (Kingston, PA) $3.16M
7. Joseph Hachem (Melbourne, Australia $3.125M
8. Scott Lazar (Studio City, CA) $3.025M
9. Michael Kessler (Spotsylvania, VA) $2.7M
10. Daniel Bergsdorf (Umea, Sweden) $2.55M

11. Andrew Black (Dublin, Ireland) $2.09M
12. Minh Ly (Las Vegas, NV) $2.050M
13. Aaron Kanter (Lodi) $1.925M
14. Tuan Vu (Las Vegas, NV) $1.87M
15. Tim Phan (Westminster) $1.575M
16. Oskar Silow (Goteborg, Sweden) $1.44M
17. Bryant King Liberty Lake $1.44M
18. Conor Tate (Bury, Ireland) $1.265M
19. Tiffany Williamsen London, UK $1.125M
20. Joe Connor Atlanta, GA $1.065M

21. Tom Sartorv (Buffalo, NY) $805K
22. Johnny Howard (Lexington Park, MD) $730K
23. Bernard Lee (Wayland, MA) $710K
24. Per Hildebrand (Stockholm, Sweden) $645K
25. John McGrane (London, UK) $575K
26. Shahram Shublem (Las Vegas, NV) $310K
27. Ayhan Alsancak (Goteborg, Sweden) $225K

I'm rooting for a Phil Ivey, Minh Ly, Mike Matusow, Andy Black, and Fossilman final table!

By the way, Mark from Centrebet.com emailed me his latest lines. Check them out.

Phil Ivey was 25-1 to make the final table before the contest began. Raymer was 80-1.

2005 WSOP Winner:
3-1 Phil Ivey
5-1 Greg Raymer
6-1 Steve Dannenmann
6-1 Mike Matusow
10-1 Tex Barch
10-1 Andrew Black
15-1 Daniel Bergsdorf
15-1 Joe Hachem
15-1 Michael Kessler
15-1 Scott Lazar
20-1 Aaron Kanter
20-1 Minh Ly
20-1 Tim Phan
20-1 Tommy Vu
25-1 Bryant King
25-1 Brad Kondracki
25-1 Oskar Silow
25-1 Connor Tate
40-1 Joe Connor
40-1 Bernard Lee
40-1 Tom Sartori
50-1 Johnny Howard
50-1 Tiffany Williamson
80-1 Per Hildebrand
80-1 John McGrane
100-1 Shawn Sheikhan
150-1 Ayhan Alsancak

See everyone between 2pm and 3pm my time. Cards will be in the air at 3pm.
posted by Pauly at 7/14/2005 02:31:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Day 5 World Series of Poker Main Event

This is it. Three more days to go. Today is my last day here at the Rio Casino. And you know what? I can wait to get the hell out of here and get to Binion's Horseshoe. After being in the same place for six weeks straight, I've gone mental a few times and been on the verge of quitting and getting fired a half of a dozen times. The Las Vegas demons nearly got to me, but thankfully I've survived from a little help from my friends.

In the end, this is definitely one of the most amazing experiences of my life... and I've done some living too. Without a doubt, I have to thank the Poker Prof over at Lasvegasvegas.com for hiring me to cover the most prestigious tournament in the history of poker, as well as making me a partner in his organization. This is just the beginning of some special here. And I'll be happy to take you along on this wild ride.

The action will play down to 27 players. I can be here for 3 hours or 13 hours. I'm sure you'll be refreshing your browser to find out.

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments and emails. Wow. I'm blown away at the sheer volume of responses. I can recall when only a handful of people read my poker blog. I can count them on one hand: my brother, Senor, Iggy, Mr. Decker and Jerry. Now, I'm approaching 250K hits a day and I have a wager with someone that it will go over that today.

Some Quick Pimpage

Sign up for the Charlie Tuttle Tournament on Poker Stars ASAP!

Go read my latest article on Fox Sports about my "Day 4" Recap. They titled it: Big Mouth.

Don't forget to listen to the latest podcast over at Lord Admiral Radio.

Flipchip takes the best photos here at the WSOP. Check out his 2005 WSOP Photo Gallery.

The Poker Prof is hard at work developing a kick ass data base for 2005 WSOP Tournament Results.

Congrats to Double As for making the money in yesterday's $1500 NL event. Great job!

Don't forget to read Wil Wheaton's recaps of his time in Las Vegas.

CJ has been posting some great audio clips of Me and Otis. Check those out at Up for Poker.

Lastly, go read Al Cant Hang's Las Vegas trip reports.

Moving on...

I'm rooting for John Juanda today. I'd love to see Fossilman, Mike Matusow and Phil Ivey make a final table too... but I'm pulling for Juanda. Like Spaceman wrote on his blog... John Juanda was one of the first players to rally behind Charlie Tuttle. He called him up when Felicia asked him and he never asked for anything in return. That gets him my support today.

We'll also see if Tifanny Williamson can becme the second female ever to make a final table. Barbara Enright was the only one and Annie Duke took 10th once. She's been one of the Cinderella stories this year and let's see how that pans out.

Will Mike Matusow implode today? Will he lose his mud and go on tilt? How much shit will he talk today? I'll be following that closely.

Can Fossilman come from behind to win? Will Phil Ivey win his seventh bracelet? All before his 30th birthday? How about Irishman Andy Black? Or will someone we never heard of before prevail?

****** Live Blogging Update ******

12:13pm... Cards in the air! We have one hour left in Level 21. Antes are $2K. Blinds are $8K/$16K.

12:14pm... Featured Table update: Of course, there's a big name here...

Seat 1: Karlo Lopez $607K
Seat 2: Michael Kessler $986K
Seat 3: Tom Sartori $1.2M
Seat 4: James Butt $716K
Seat 5: Greg Raymer $766K
Seat 7: Radu Butan $762K
Seat 8: Shawn Sheikhan $983K

12:25pm... Action is slow and tentative.

12:29pm... Phil Hellmuth arrived and entered the playing area. Mike Matusow stood up and yelled out, "Ladies and Gentlemen! My good friend and World Series of Poker CHampion... Mr. Phil Hellmuth!" I'd like to lock those two in a room and let them play heads up for three days straight. I wonder who would draw blood first? Who would cry first?

12:30pm... Going on a walk. Trying to snag some material for Bouncin Round the Room... stay tuned.

12:35pm... WSOP Stats: Men the Master now is tied with Phil Hellmuth for most WSOP cashes with 50. Berry Johnston is second with 49.

12:43pm... Recent Bustouts: Yakov was domianted pre flop and Lindholt lost a coin flip. This is officially confirmed, since I witnessed both of them.

The following players won $145,875:
58 Jarl Lindholt
57 Yakov Hirsch

12:55pm... Bouncin Round the Room: The Swedish girls are back sitting in front of us at press row! One of them is sweating her boyfriend. I went over to the gift shop to buy ginger ale and/or a candybar. I ended up getting a $2.50 bottle of iced tea. Damn criminals. I've been raped in food and beverage prices for the last six weeks. The girl behind the counter there is a cutie. She looks like a better looking version of Tara Reid. Of course she's sober, younger, has real boobs, is a real blonde, and actually has some spunkiness. I have this penchant for California stoner girls.

I spotted Men the Master hanging out. The railbirds were shouting out, "All you can eat!" Yeah the railbirds are five and six deep and the stands at the feature table are packed. I'm running into media types that I have never seen before. I won't name names but one of them in particular is a total idiot and jerkoff. During one of our 2am production meetings with ESPN, he talked the entire time and acted like he knew what he was saying and doing... like he was running the show. But we were all looking at each other and thinking, "Who is this fucking guy?"

He had us cracking up when he said, "Since I got here two days ago, this is what we have been doing..." in response to the floor crackdown. Jen from Poker Wire quickly shouted out, "Two days? Weve been here for six weeks!" As she pointed to BJ and myself. Yeah he's one of the reasons why we lost floor access. Inbred dipshit. You can kick him in the junk if you want for me.

1:05pm... Recent Bustout: Minh Ly is sitting right next to media row. He knocked out one guy. My notes are sloppy. I can't read the hand. 55 players left.

56 Larry Prugh

1:14pm... Players are on a 15 minute break.

1:15pm... Featured Table udpate: Greg Raymer has $1M. He;s talking to Otis right behind me now. He played only one hand the last hour... the Hilton Sisters. Mike Paulle told Raymer than he's been getting hate mail because he wrote that "Raymer is a luckbox!" Raymer replied, "Did you put a smiley face behind it? That's the only way they can tell you are joking."

I must say that I met Raymer for the first time at Foxwoods last November and he's been extremely respectful towards the media. Felicia introduced us. Raymer is really a nice guy. Sounds like a boring label, but it's true. I've never seen him turn down an autograph or a picture requests. On breaks, he's spending the time with the public instead of relaxing and taking his time for himself. He's a true champion.

1:33pm... Featured Table update: Pat Hayden is now in Seat 6. I shook his hand and wished him luck. We chatted briefly.

1:34pm... We are at Level 23. Antes are $3K. Blinds are $10K/$20K. Cards are back in the air.

1:41pm... Mark Forrester from the UK is out. I asked TK from Blonde Poker about him. "I know nothing about him. He was very polite when he was knocked out, so I knew he was British."

1:45pm... Featured Table update: The guy with the funniest name in the tournament is out. James Butt was eliminated when his Hiltons ran into pocket aces.

1:55pm... Recent Bustouts:

He won $145,875:
55 Mark Forrestor

These folks won $173,880:
54 James Butt
53 Nick Gibson
52 Rod Pardey
51 Derek Dix

2:03pm... A few bustouts the last few minutes. Too busy running around to post specific hands. I know that Matusow busted Derek Dix on a river bad beat when he spiked a King.

2:04pm... Andy Black won a huge hand with A-K. He tripled up. There was a lot of yelling and Otis yelled, "Sounds like the Irish are coming back!"

2:05pm... Wil sent me a hilarious email:

Hey Doc,

I just took second in a PokerStars 10+1 SNG. Line of the night came from one of my opponents:

Him: How did you get from the WSOP to a ten dollar pokerstars SNG?

Me: I drove about 225 miles down Interstate 15.

I ended up taking second. I got all my money in with A6 vs. T9 . . . and he made a set of tens.

Good times, though, and not the point of this e-mail: the point of this e-mail is to tell you that I'm still reading your updates. Don't blog like a pussy.

Wil rules and he's been keeping me sane during the WSOP with amazing advice on writing, blogging, and staying sane in the middle of a huge project while being away from home.

2:11pm... Featured Table update: Michael Kessler and his A-10 cracked Stillman's 2-2 when he flopped an ace. Joe Stillman from Staten Island is out in 50th place.

2:15pm... Recent bustouts:

They get $173,880:
50 Joe Stilmman
49 Hung La

2:19pm... Featured table update: Patrick Hayden has $110K. Raymer has $1.1M.

2:20pm... Bouncin Round the Room: How about some random thought bouncin round my head? Mike Paulle has been calling me "The MAO of Pauly." It's hotter than fuck in here today. I'm already sweating my ass off. Despite the hotness in here, one of the Swedish girls is nipping out.

2:27pm.. Featured Table Update: Greg Raymer and his A-K busted NYC firefighter Pat Hayden's Js-7s. Raymer rivered an ace after Hayden flopped a seven. A spectacular run for Hayden even though he was busted in 48th place. Raymer has 1.25M. When Jack Effel annoucned Hayden's name and mentioned he was a NYC firefighter, the crowd gave him a standing ovation.

2:32pm... Ted Lawson's wife made us cookies for press row! Thanks so much. They are super yummy. I'm waiting for someone to buy us a bottle of vodka. I know that Tanya sent me a few bucks yesterday for beer money. Thanks Sweetie. She rules!

2:44pm... Kevin Kaikko is out. Here's the updated bust out list for today:

The following players won $145,875:
58 Jarl Lindholt
57 Yakov Hirsch
56 Larry Prugh
55 Mark Forrestor

These folks won $173,880:
54 James Butt
53 Nick Gibson
52 Rod Pardey
51 Derek Dix
50 Joe Stilmman
49 Hung La
48 Patrick Hayden
47 Kevin Kaikko
46 David Richardson

2:48pm... Mike Matusow is over $4M in chips. I saw one of the craziest hands so far this year. With 6-2o, Matusow re-raised Bonyadi preflop. He caught bottom pair and kept betting out all the way to the river. In the process he crippled Bonyadi, who folded on the river. Matusow happily showed 6-2o to a chorus of "Ooohs" and "Aaaahs!" Mike is on a run.

2:50pm... "Why I do not publish mass chip counts" by Dr. Pauly.

1. If I do one chip count for a specific person, you'll pester me the rest of the day and I don't have time to do that. I'm blogging for free, but I'm getting paid by Lasvegasvegas.com, Poker Player Newspaper, and Fox Sports to write for them. I'm multi-tasking writing freelance bits for the Big Boys and other sites while trying to pick up Swedish chicks. Priorities man! And chip counts are at the bottom of my list.

2. Chip counts are obsolete once they are posted. By the time it takes to get it, post, then publish it, someone can lose half their stack. You are online junkies and it's impossible to get an accurate chip count in real time.

3. The only chip counts that matter from here on out are the FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS. I refuse to post any until then.

4. I mention chip counts if a player tells me specifically how much they have. I don't like posting info that is second or third hand. If Greg Raymer says, "I got $1.2M, Pauly." Then I do it.

5. Asking for chip counts now is like asking for a score in a basketball game in the middle of the third qaurter.

6. ESPN and the Harrah's limits time out to the floor to all media. So getting chip counts is a pain in the arse.

7. Go to Pokerwire.com. They work hard and that's the reason they are here.

3:04pm... Lee Watkinson is out in 45th. David Richardson was busted in 46th place.

3:06pm... Featured Table update: With over $2.1M Tiffany Willaimson joined the feature TV table.

3:08pm... We are playing down to 27 players tonight. Here are payouts for the rest of the tourney:

1st $7.5M
2nd $4.25M
3rd $2.5M
4th $2M
5th $1.75M
6th $1.5M
7th $1.3M
8th $1.15M
9th $1M
10 - 12 $600K
13 - 15 $400K
16 - 18 $350K
19 - 27 $304,680
28 - 36 $274,090
37 - 45 $235,390

3:21pm... 13 minutes left in this level.

3:29pm... Kenna James is out in 44th.

3:30pm... CJ posted the latest version of The Pauly & Otis Show. Take a peek. Thanks CJ!

3:35pm... Players are on a break. 43 left. Fossilman told me he think he has $1.46M in chips.

3:55pm... Cards are back in the air. Phil Ivey told me he has $3.3M in chips. He's 2nd. Mike Matusow said he has $4.2M. He's the leader. We're at Level 24. Blinds are $12K/$24. Blinds are $4K.

4:00pm... Bouncin Round the Room: I wandered out to the bathroom. I saw the Penguins hanging out with Andy Black. There were 12-14 guys dressed up like nuns. I wish I took my camera with me. Freaky. I would have lost my mud if I was on acid at the time and caught that sight. Anyway...

Last 5 Pros I Took a Piss Next to...
1. Minh Ly (2x today)
2. Mike Matusow
3. John Juanda
4. Dustin "Ugly Jumpsuit" Woolf
5. Kenna James

Today it was "Red Jumpsuit Day" for Dustin Woolf. I like Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf, but brother, for the love of God, lose the jumpsuits. You look like an extra from a rap video circa 1992. Are you down with OPP? All he's missing is the MC Hammer like posse and gold teeth.

4:10pm... Adam Friedman is out in 43rd place. Here are the updated bustouts:

These players won: $235,390
45 Lee Watkinson
44 Kenna James
43 Adam Friedman

4:20pm... Flipchip is on his way. Pictures to be posted soon.

4:32pm... Featured Table update: I watched one of the longest hands of the tournament involving Sean Sheikhan and Tiffany Williamson. Sean raised preflop, Tiffany re-rasied in the LB and Sean moved all in. Tiffany took almost ten minutes to think about the call. Again, this was all preflop. She stood up and walked around and stared Sean down. FInally a clock was called on her and her hand was declared dead. I also discovered that Sean was the guy who won $25K off of Sammy Farha the other day making coinflips!

4:33pm... Running into Aces! Raymi Sanchez is out when his K-K ran into Andy Black's pocket Aces. So is Farzad Bonyadi after his Big Slick ran into A-A. Ouch. 40 players left.

4:42pm... Featured Table update: Greg Raymer doubled up a short stack when his K-10 lost to J-J. Greg has $1.1M left. Tiffany has about $1.5M Sean Sheikhan has over $3M.

4:50pm... Tony Abesamis is out in 40th. 39 players left. We're 1 hour and 5 mins until the next break.

5:00pm... Recent Bustouts:

They following players won $235,390:
42 Raymi Sanchez
41 Farzad Bonyadi
40 Tony Abesamis
39 Franklin Caldwell

5:05pm... Featured table update: Tim Phan is at the featured table now. BJ eyed out the chip counts. Raymer has about $1.2M. Tiffany has $1.3M. Tim Phan has $2.2M. Sean Sheikhan has $2.3M.

5:06pm... Johnny Chan sighting in press row!

5:15pm... Bouncin Round the Room: I spotted Amy Calistri doing a live radio show up front. I bumped into the Bluff girls (see above photo) out front handing out free copies of their magazine. There's a vast difefrence in between the girls that Bluff and Card Player hire. The chicks at the Card Player booth actually know a few things about poker. The Bluff girls just smile and giggle. I spotted Cyndy Violette playing cash games. At a different table, Dan from Pokerati was playing $1-2 NL. I wish I could be playing right now, but I'm here covering the action ring side.

5:20pm... According to Otis' excellent math skills, $1.47M is the average stack size. There are 38 players left.

5:30pm... Terry Burt is out in 38th place. There are 37 players remaining. We are 21 minutes to the break.

5:35pm... I've been sweating Phil Ivey's table. John Juanda has about $550K and Phil Ivey had $3.6M but took a small hit when he lost to 10-10. Adny Black has $1.7M

5:44pm... Featured Table update: Greg Raymer has about $1.3M and Tiffany told us she has $2.1M.

5:55pm... I made a mistake. There is a 30 minute break now... not dinner like I blogged before. During the break the $1K chips will be raced off and colored up.

6:25pm... Mike Lucky Blind Lacey gave me an update on the Irish players. Connor Tate has $2M. He hit quad threes with A-3. Andy Black has $1.9M.

6:30pm... Players have returned from their break. We are at Level 25. The antes are $5K. Blinds are $15/$30K. Mike Matusow told me he had over $4M. Greg raymer menioned to me that he had $1.3. John Juanda was sitting near by and sipping soup. He has $420K. Phil Ivey has $3.3M according to a member of his entourage.

6:37pm... Mike Matusow's stack took a huge hit. He's down to $2M now.

6:40pm... Featured Table update: Raymer doubled up against Tiffany Williamson... K-K vs. A-J. UTG bet, she raised and Raymer moved all in preflop. UTG folded and she took 7 minutes to make a decision and eventually called. She missed the flop, turn, and river and Raymer went from $1.3M to almost $2.8M. Sean said he mucked A-Q. Interesting call. Too bad she made a bad decision that could cost her the tournament. As they shipped Raymer the pot, the crowd went wild.

6:49pm... Featured Table update: Tiffany moved in with A-7 against Sean's Hilton Sisters. She flopped an ace and doubled up. She's got $1.2M now. The action at the feature table has now picked up.

6:41pm... Andy Black and his A-A busted Roland Israelashvici in 37th place. The Irish fans went crazy and began cheering boisterously! Here is an update of bustouts:

The following players won $145,875:
58 Jarl Lindholt
57 Yakov Hirsch
56 Larry Prugh
55 Mark Forrestor

These folks won $173,880:
54 James Butt
53 Nick Gibson
52 Rod Pardey
51 Derek Dix
50 Joe Stilmman
49 Hung La
48 Patrick Hayden
47 Kevin Kaikko
46 David Richardson

These players won: $235,390
45 Lee Watkinson
44 Kenna James
43 Adam Friedman
42 Raymi Sanchez
41 Farzad Bonyadi
40 Tony Abesamis
39 Franklin Caldwell
38 Terry Burt
37 Roland Israelashvici

The following players won: $274,090
36 Will "Mr. Lucky" O'Brien
35 Steve Marx

7:00pm... Man, we're down to 34 players after Phil Ivey's K-Q busted Steve Marx's A-10. Marx flopped a ten, but Ivey caught a Queen on the turn.

7:05pm... More excitement at the Featured Table. Tim Phan was doubled through when his A-K lost a coin flip to Tom Sartori's 9-9. Raymer is the table chipleader with $2.6

7:08pm... Mad broke this story for me. There was a lot of confusion. I got the exact story. She said that Andy Black was crying. One of the players made a mistake and thought players were on a dinner break. He was short stacked. Andy lobbied the other players to wait until the player got back before they resumed play. The other players refused. He attempted to stall and one of the players called a clock on him. And that got Andy all upset. John Juanda's stack is slim.

7:17pm... Bing Wang is out in 34th. Joe Hachem and his A-A knocked out Karlo Lopez's Hilton Sisters in 33rd.

7:30pm... Jen from Poker Wire is busting her little butt to provide the entire media chip counts. Amazing work she's doing. Unfortunately, by the time she collects the data and it goes on the web, it's outdated. But she's doing her best. Anyway with 32 players left, the average stack is $1.75M.

7:40pm... Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf was busted when his Big Slick suited lost to pocket tens. Woolf flopped two pair but Aaron Kantor spiked a ten on the turn. His railbirds went a little crazy. Neverwin couldn't do it today. Maybe he'll trade in those ugly jumpsuits.

7:45pm... John Juanda is out in 31st.

7:47pm... I was on the rail when Phil Ivey doubled up Oskar Silow and his short stack. He had A-K and Oskar had pocket Jacks. Oskar flopped a set and started screaming. The ever laconic Phil Ivey rolled his eyes like, "Act like a professional."

7:50pm... If we lose a player before the dinner break, we will not take a break, just a short break and we will play through.

7:58pm... Greg Raymer busted Radu Butan (London, Ontario) on his 28th birthday of all days. He took 30th place after Raymer rivered him. No dinner break now, I am assuming.

8:05pm... There's been a pissing match between Harrah's staff and ESPN. They have been arguing about a lot of things which are not specifically important to you as readers.

8:13pm... Russ "The Muscle" Salazar was busted in 29th place. We have 28 players remaining.

8:16pm... Featured Table update: Michael Kessler's A-K cracked Tim Phan's Hilton Sisters when he spiked an ace on the turn.

8:22pm... Featured Table update: The dealer made a mistake and Shawn had been verbally abusing her for a while. He made some nasty remarks and she called the floor manager over because she was sick of it. She removed for another dealer. She walked off in tears. I won't mention her name but I know her and she's a great dealer. She made a simple mistake. One of the ESPN producers explained the incident to TD Johnny Grooms and said that he'd give Sean a penalty for verbally abusing the dealer like that. Shawn got off with a warning and he went over to apologize.

8:28pm... This level is over. Players will take a 15 minute break. When they get back, it will be Level 26. The antes are $5K and the blinds are $20K/$40K.

8:40pm... Greg Raymer said he has $3.1M in chips.

8:45pm... Otis set the O/U for the next bustout at 35 minutes. I took the under. 9:22pm is the cut off time. Sherry wanted me to link her up! There you go. Mean Gene sent me an email at the break. I haven't blogged any pictures of Isabelle Mercier for him in a while.

8:55pm... I'm on tilt. I usually recharge myself at dinner break with a few cocktails at the bar. Not for me today, so now I'm dragging ass. 26 more minutes or I lose a prop bet with Otis!

9:13pm... Play has slowed down. There is nothing to report. How can I spice up the most boring 30 minutes of the day?

9:23pm... I lost the prop bet with Otis. D'oh!

9:40pm... While I was on the phone with Wil Wheaton talking about burritos, Burt Rice busted out in 28th place! We're done. Thank goodness. I have to do laundry and I'm out of underwear. We have a "meeting" tonight with Nolan Dalla. More to come.

9:45pm... Raymer now has $3.8M in chips.
posted by Pauly at 7/13/2005 02:46:00 PM | Permalink |

 
End of Day 4 Chip Counts

Here you go, courtesy of the hard work from the folks at Poker Wire.

Top 10:
1 Tim Phan $ 3,244,000
2 Mike Matusow $ 2,561,000
3 Farzad Bonyadi $ 2,402,000
4 Steve Dannenmann $ 2,143,000
5 Phil Ivey $ 2,027,000
6 Tex Barch $ 2,025,000
7 Tiffany Williamson $ 1,992,000
8 Johnny Howard $ 1,806,000
9 Scott Lazar $ 1,629,000
10 Tuan "Tommy" Vu $ 1,571,000

11 Bart Rice $ 1,414,000
12 Raymi Sanchesz Thorn $ 1,288,000
13 Lee Watkinson $ 1,221,000
14 Tom Sartori $ 1,208,000
15 Daniel Bergsdorf $ 1,144,000
16 Brad Kondracki $ 1,136,000
17 Minh Ly $ 1,102,000
18 Terry Burt $ 1,080,000
19 Steve Marx $ 1,042,000
20 Per Hildebrand $ 1,017,000

21 Michael Kessler $ 986,000
22 Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan $ 983,000
23 Patrick Hayden $ 972,000
24 Dustin Woolf $ 968,000
25 John Juanda $ 841,000
26 Joseph Hachem $ 814,000
27 Nick Gibson $ 811,000
28 John McGrane $ 780,880
29 Aaron Kanter $ 778,000
30 Ayhan Alsancak $ 775,000

31 Greg "Fossilman" Raymer $ 766,000
32 Radu Butan $ 762,000
33 Bing Wang $ 739,000
34 Oskar Silow $ 720,000
35 Adam Friedman $ 719,000
36 James Butt $ 716,000
37 Russell "The Muscle" Salzer $ 710,000
38 Bryant King $ 702,000
39 Franklin Caldwell $ 690,000
40 Yakov Hirsch $ 658,000

41 Joe Connor $ 641,000
42 Mark Forrester $ 628,000
43 Karlo Lopez $ 607,000
44 Joe Stillman $ 584,000
45 Kevin Kaikko $ 571,000
46 Tony Abesamis $ 513,000
47 Kenna James $ 510,000
48 Hung La $ 505,000
49 David Richardson $ 501,000
50 Roland Israelashvici $ 469,000

51 Will O'Brien $ 423,000
52 Bernard Lee $ 379,000
53 Andrew Black $ 371,000
54 Conor Tate $ 368,000
55 Derek Dix $ 202,000
56 Rod Pardey Jr. $ 187,000
57 Larry Prugh $ 166,000
58 Jarl Lindholt Jorgensen $ 101,000

Action resumes at Noon. See you then.
posted by Pauly at 7/13/2005 12:55:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Day 4 World Series of Poker Main Event

Last night I told the cabbie to take me to home. He flat out said, "I used to live there. You gettin' along with the hookers and drug dealers?"

I swear, the Redneck Riviera has a well-known reputation around town for being the place to get a $20 crack whore and a $20 baggie of rock. If it weren't for the strippers, I would have moved out a long time ago. But then I'd have no material. Who wants to live in the Rio anyway? Jay Greenspan has been here since Day 1 and he hasn't seen sunlight in weeks.

A couple of hippie kids (or spun out wookies as my buddy the Joker would say) moved in to the adjacent complex. There are at least five of them in a mini-school bus. I assume they are heading out East to catch the Trey Anastasio Band tour. There are two white guys with dreadlocks longer than Bob Marley ever had. There are three girls and two of them have hairier armpits than me. I hit on the clean shaven one.

Of course, they have a puppy. What is a neo-hippie clique without a puppy? The girls have weird names like Astral, Rainbow, and Jupiter. They walk around in a half-daze. I wonder what the fuck they are doing in Las Vegas?

Moving on...

The only time I spend outside is when I'm standing around sweating my balls off waiting for a cab. I walk for one minute from the drop off to the front of the convention center. Then it's a three minute walk down a dimly lit large corridor with doors to other convention rooms all over the place. Right now there are more pre-teens in town for a dance competition. It's nerve racking to see so many underage girls dressed up like strippers and the Hilton Sisters. I shuffle by numb to all of them.

I rush by all the tourists who are trying to buy t-shirts or get pictures of their favorite overrated poker pros. I glance at the hotties that the various poker companies hired. Imperial and Let's Poker hired college girls and they have that fresh girl-nextdoor look that I like. They wear tank tops and short jean shirts or skirts. Bluff hired models and actress wannabes who wear tight shirts and spread out all over the poker room and hallways. They are near perfect, but dumb as shit. Absolute hired strippers and porn stars. They have fake boobs the size of beach balls and I swear I must have seen half of them dance at Cheetah. When I walk past the, I have this strange feeling I've seen them in a dozen or so adult films. I like the hot Swedish girls that sell the poker chips. If I only spoke Swedish...

I'll be covering Day 2 of the $1500 event. Double As is still in. That coverage will be in blue. He's the damn chip leader for fuck's sake! And he took a few bad beats too last night.

****** Live Blogging Update ******

12:17pm... Cards are in the air. We have one hour left in Level 17. Antes are $500. Blinds are $2500/$5000. 185 to start.

12:21pm... Greg Raymer already busted someone on the first hand!! One guy limped. Raymer raised. Limper reraised and Raymer called. The flop was all clubs and all rags. The guy moved all in with K-K. Raymer had the Ace of clubs and called. He caught a flush on the turn and knocked out Daniel Shak. 184 left.

12:27pm... Pocket eights vs. pocket eights. Lee Watkinson hit a four flush. Ouch. 183 left.

12:28pm... Featured Table update: Andy Black, Joe Beevers, Mike Matusow, David Plastik, and Dustin "Ugly Jumpsuit" Woolf are here.

12:34pm... 180 left.

12:39pm... Fuckin' blogger ate my post. Arrrgggg! 177 left.

12:45pm... ESPN and the Rio set up a much better system today. The media have an inner perimeter set up so I can walk around. I still can't go inside for more than 5 minutes at a time without a special badge. But I'm much closer than yesterday. In fact, that picture of Raymer was taken from my seat in press row. I can see Fossilman and his white socks with Tevas.

12:50pm... Otis read my comment about readers posting WSOP hands in my comments section. He laughed and said, "Let them blog it. We can go to the bar and drink instead." What a great idea! It bothers me because that information is not 100% verified. I like to double check big hands with ESPN and tournament directors (and BJ at Card Player) before I post it. Even Card Player and Poker Wire make mistakes, and I know I definitely do. In order to cut down on that, I have to wait before I hit publish. Believe me, I get and see this information minutes before you ever do.

12:55pm... Dutch "Tool" Boyd is out. His K-10 ran into Pocket Aces. Sorry Dutch. I'm really going to miss you.

1:05pm... 170 players left.

1:15pm... I walked the perimeter. I watched a crazy hand with Phil Ivey and John Juanda where Juanda took down a $200K pot. Last night, Juanda and Paul Darden were battling each other.

1:17pm... Jay "Big Shot" Greenspan is telling me a story about hitting Quads last night at the Palms. He took home $900.

1:24pm... Players are on a break. Level 18 begins in a few minutes. Antes are $1000 and blinds are $3K/$6K. They are racing off the pink $500 chips. 167 left. Poker Wire is having a tough time getting access to the floor to get chip counts.

1:35pm... Recent Bustouts:

The following players won $39,075:
185 Sean Blanton
184 Michael Malloy
183 Daniel Shak
182 Allan Seiger
181 Merhrdad Yousefzaden
180 Michael Leaky
179 Martin Hans Cedercrantz
178 John Brown

1:45pm... Featured Table update: BJ scored some chip counts. Mike Matusow has $450K. Dustin "Used to be Neverwin... now called Bad Jump Suit" Woolf has about $350K. Joe Beevers got $125K. My new favorite player Andy Black has $250K.

1:53pm... 162 players left.

1:55pm... Bouncin Round the Room: The railbirds are three and four deep along the outer perimeter. The stands here at the featured table are jam packed. They added a third. There only used to be two, now they have three. There are some in house fighting with chip counts. Several sites are trying to share information but it's not working. A few railbirds complained that I was standing in front of them. I like to check out a table for a few seconds and move on. But when they complain, I stay there longer. The heaviest populated spot is Phil Ivey's table.

2:01pm... Recent Bustout: I was out on the rail when I saw Paul Darden was busted by George Huber. I caught the end of it. Darden flopped a pair, but Huber rivered him.

2:10pm... Sorry about those bad links. They have been fixed. 154 players left. Raymer has $1.4 M. Phil Ivey has a bit under $500K.

2:14pm... "Aw, Fuck!!!" was shouted out somewhere. The crowd replied, "Oohhhh!" If that guy didn't get busted, he found himself a 10 minute penalty. I shall investigate... I found out it was Cliff Cantor and he's out.

2:20pm... Featured Table update: I chatted with Mike "Lucky Blind" Lacey and he gave me some excellent background on Andy Black. "He's one of the best players ever to come out of Ireland," Mike explained. He's actually spent time in a monastery and took time away from poker to center himself. He almost won one of the Short-handed events early this year. He understands that he must be able to focus and stay calm if he wants to win. He has the skills. Let's see if he can make the Final Table this year. I also found out that Joe Beever's mother is Irish. So he's being considered "Irish" by the Irish bloggers.

2:35pm... 148 players remain.

2:36pm... Featured Table update: Joe Beevers is out. His K-9 lost to pocket tens. David Plastik is out as well.

2:40pm... $1500 NL Day 2 update: Double As started the day as the chip leader. Action has been going on for about 20 minutes. FYI... Amy & Sharla from Poker Pages will be covering this event. But I'll keep my eye on Double As progress. Can he e the first blogger to win a bracelet?

2:45pm... 144 players left.

2:46pm... Dan elaborated on a great story about Sammy Farha losing $25K in prop bets yesterday. Sammy and anothe rplayer at his table were playing $1K to pick a high card out of the scramble. TD's said it was not kosher to touch the cards. So they decided to bet $1K on coin flips. Sammy was stuck $25K and tossed the guy a $25K Bellagio chip to pay him off. How fuckin' crazy is that?

3:00pm... Bouncin Round the Room: The railbirds are now 5 people deep. Wow. I ran over to the bathroom. This list includes a few from last night and today...

Last 5 Pros I Took a Piss Next to...
1. Minneapolis Jim Meehan
2. Joe Beevers
3. Marcle Luske
4. Eirk Seidel
5. Men the Master

3:01pm... 141 players left. 48 minutes left at this level.

3:12pm... Howard Lederer has been moved to John Juanda and Phil Ivey's table. Yes that is now Full Tilt central.

3:17pm... John Juanda is the biggest mover of the day. He's got now $750K after his pocket Kings held up to A-Q. How come hwne I have K-K against A-x that clown hits the ace?

3:20pm... 138 players left. I'm in the middle of writing a freelance article while uploading audio intervuews with Wil Wheaton. Talk about multi-tasking!

3:36pm... Recent Bustouts: John Juanda's suited Big Slick just busted Lederer's A-J. 133 left.

3:36pm... Featured Table update: Mike Matusow walked over to media row and said, "I'm playing the best poker of my life right now."

3:43pm... 129 left.

3:45pm... Flipchip couldn't spend a lot of time here yesterday. He's back and we have some more photos!


The 2004 winner's bracelet (click to enlarge)


More media than players


Charming Swedish girls in Press Row


Andy Black does his best Marcel imitation


Marcel playing in the $1500 event

Don't forget to check out Flipchip's 2005 WSOP Photo Gallery.

3:50pm... Mike Matusow told me he has $900K in chips. Players are on a 15 minute break. They will start Level 19, the antes will be $1K with $4K/$8K.

4:00pm... Recent Bustouts:

The following players won $39,075:
177 Dutch Boyd
176 Jan Haellen
175 Jason Kaplan
174 Joseph Vannata
173 Randall Brooks
172 Dennis Savelkawl
171 Matthew Fizgerald

The following players won $46,245:
170 Anthony Hill
169 Glyn Banks
168 John McLaughlin
167 Jeffrey Geiger
166 Kevin O'Brien
165 Mark tenner
164 Imad Samouna
163 David Sterman
162 Brick Richardson
161 Kjetil Praesttun

160 Paul Darden
159 James Pollack
158 Edward Pelliger
157 Thomas CLark
156 Daryll Dennfas
155 Mitchek Klien
154 Clifford Cantor
153 ????
152 Michael May
151 Thomas Koral
150 Joe Beevers

149 Frank Hernandez
148 Paul Manetta
147 David Platik
146 Yamtov Shabot
145 Mark Bryab
144 Babak Razu
143 Michael Kapener
142 Robert Law
141 Mark Graves

125 players are left.

4:15pm... $1500 Day 2 update: Double As lost half his stack. He's got $55K left. His A-Q lost to 5-5 with a flop of A-Q-5. There are two tables left.

4:17pm... Fossilman jawed with a railbird who was pestering his wife about their kids, "If you fuck with my daughter, you're dead." That guy was being a total idiot and I was about to call security to clear him out when the guy bolted.

4:20pm... Phil Ivey is sitting 10 feet from me. He is still in. My comments are an extention of my blog. If there is incorrect information in there whichis posted by readers, it reflects poorly on me. I'll ask once again, please think before you post any comment.

4:23pm... From my buddy at Gutshot... James Butt has $1.4 Million. Juanda has $1.2. Russ Hamilton has $910K.

4:37pm... 118 players remaining.

4:40pm... Featured Table update: New palyers are here, but they kept Mike Matusow for the cameras. He has $1.2 million.

4:45pm... JC Tan was busted when he ran into the Hilton Sisters. I watched Tim Phan knock out Nani Dollison. She looked so sad too. She played great for several days. Very rarely do you see emotion on the faces of poker players... until they bust out and everything comes crashing down. You push yourself so hard and focus for so long that so many things break down as soon as you lose.

5:08pm... John Juanda has about $1.1 Million right now.

5:24pm... Raymer had a major suck out against the tale's smallest stack who moved all in for $70K with J-J. Raymer had 6-8o and caught runner-runner straight to bust Gen Wantanabe, who is Japanaese. With the deepest repsect, he bowed to Raymer and said something to the effect, "I am honored to have been knocked out by the World Champion." And he bowed again. That's class. Too bad most Americans are boorish idiots and would be cursing and acting up for the cameras. 109 players left.

5:35pm... Featured Table update: Mike Matusow has $1.45M. Thanks to BJ for his dilligent work. 106 players left with the avergae chip count at $535K. 20 minutes until the next break. Red Stripes here I come.

5:42pm... Thanks to Shirley who added a few $$$$ to my Poker Stars account for free beers at dinner. She's so sweet. Thanks! If you would like to contribute to my beer fund, I'd rather have you sign up for the Charlie Tuttle tournament. Details are below.

5:45pm... I just saw Raymer get bluffed off of a huge pot by Bonyadi with a Ace on the board, Raymer bet almost a quarter million and folded when Bonyadi came over the top. He showed the King high. Raymer took a hit, but still has over $1M.

6:00pm... I think it's dinner break. Otis and I are headed to the hooker bar. Try not to hurt yourselves while I am gone.

7:30pm... Liquid dinners rock. I flopped Quad Jacks playing video poker. I was up $30 and cashed out. Otis' lovely assistant Mad introduced me to Barney Boatman of Hendon Mob fame. Nice guy. He said he's going to check out my blog. At the hooker bar, ESPN was on TV. They were airing ESPN, specifically last year's 2004 WSOP. I saw Shirley Williams (David's mom) hug BJ from Card Player when David survived an all in with A-9 vs. Dan Harrington's 9-8o. We're giving him guff about that right now.


I hit Quads at the "Hooker" bar

7:35pm... Level 20 is starting now. Antes are $1K. Blinds are $5K/$10K.

7:40pm... Featured Table update: Tiffany Williams, according to poker historian Mike Paulle, is the first woman to make $1M in chips. Also there is John Juanda.

7:42pm... 100 players remaining!

7:45pm... Recent bustouts:

The following players won $54,965:
140 Paul Fisher
139 Daniel Alaei
138 Michael Cribb
137 Scott Numoto
136 George Dickson
135 Adma Brosious
134 Joe Liebman
133 John Pappas
132 Howard Lederer
131 Dimitri Eidelman

130 Chris Drozdowski
129 Amit Sander
128 Bob Hotchandani
127 Brett Weisner
126 Thomas Roupe
125 Kit Phaphon
124 Joseph Toth
123 Njorn Lindenberg
122 Alexander Dierich
121 Paul Vicary

120 Tom Shaneberger
119 Krystal Nelson
118 Stephen Deetz
117 JC Tran
116 Douglas Gehring
115 Kun Nan Dollison
114 Louis Lo
113 ???? John Doe ???
112 Kevin Kim
111 Joseph Simmons

The following players won: $65,360
110 Glen Wantanbe
109 Matt Fitzpatrick
108 George Huber
107 Chris Podlewski
106 Mark Cole
105 Jospeh Chiosie
104 Rafael Perry

8:00pm... $1500 update: $321K goes to the first place winner. Double As had a big hand with a short stack. K-Q vs. K-2... and he had to chop! Erik Seidel made the final table. I think he busted out in 12th. Double As won $13,100.

8:21pm... According to BJ's stellar math skills, the average stack is $610K. Raymer is barely above average. There are 91 players left. The over/under for tonight in press row is 75 players.

8:30pm... 89 players left.

8:45pm... Featured Table update: John Juanda has $840K.

8:50pm... I saw Phil Ivey won a huge pot. He doubled up with A-K vs. Brian Stellwagen's 8-8. Ivey flopped a King. Both players were all in on the flop. Ivey has around $1.6 Million.

8:57pm... 87 players left.

9:00pm... Otis told me about a huge pot Greg Raymer won. He flopped a set with pocket sixes and on the river filled up a full house. He's now back up to $1.3 Million.

9:05pm... Webber Kang was busted in 86th place. He moved all in with KK and lost to A-9. He had $800K at the dinner break and lost $600K within an hour.

9:10pm... 85 players left. $661K is the average stack.

9:15pm... Mike Matusow 1, Hilton Sisters 0. Matusow cracked Q-Q when he flopped a set with pocket fours.

9:35pm... Players are on a break. When they return, we'll be at Level 21. Blinds are $6K/$12K and antes are $2K.

9:45pm... "Acting like you've been award" goes to... Phil Ivey. He's got six bracelets and does he were them? Nope. Right now, he's got over $2M in chips and has his chips stacked up in a pyramid.

10:00pm... Featured table update: Mike Matusow's table is back. He told me he had $2M.

10:06pm... 81 players are left. Players who bust out now will win at least six figures.

10:07pm... Bouncin Round the Room: I saw Annie Duke talking to a few fans. A guy from Chicago named Tom stopped me. He said he read my blog. He was playing cash games. I also spotted Dr. Mark Burtman playing cash games as well.

10:14pm... Shane Bartholomew was bad beated when is pair of Jacks lost to K-9. 80 players remaining.

10:18pm... Featured Table update: More quotes from Mike Matusow, "I can't help it. I play so good that the chips just come to me."

10:22pm... Recent Bustouts:

These players won $65,360:
103 Alejandro Pacheco
102 Al Laughling
101 Chris Short

These palyers won $77,710:
100 Carmelo Menechello
99 Peter Hedlund
98 Thomas Drotleft
97 Robert Turner
96 Joshua Prager
95 Mike Wattel
94 Samir Shakhtoor
93 Nick Cassavantes
92 Jack Ernest Ward
91 James Olson

The following players won $91,950:
90 Brian Stellwagen
89 CK Hua
88 Jonathan Lane
87 Gabriel Walls
86 Webber Kang
85 Richard Zapwood
84 Kevin Wright
83 Marcello Del Graso
82 Jonathan Kalmar

The follwoing player won $107,950:
81 Shane Bartolomew

10:30pm... I'm getting email from all over right now. I'm too busy to write anything more than Thanks for reading! But seriously, it feels great to gets ome may responses from all over. Here's parts of an email I got from Travis in Australia!

Just wanted to drop you a line from Melbourne Australia to say thanks heaps for keeping us up to date with what's going on. The work days aren't terribly productive at the moment as I constantly refresh you site for the latest happenings. A bunch of us here in a syndicate that outlayed bets on numerous player to make the final table, we'll be rolling in it if Raymer, Ivey or Juanda make it.

Really enjoy your informative and humorous comments. The game of poker is starting to catch on down under with tournaments starting in our casinos and of course the access to online games. Me and my mates play all the time. Good luck in your future tournaments, I'll be sure to keep reading in future.

Thanks again.10:35pm... 79 players left.

10:50pm... Action has slowed... finally. Here are the $2M club guys: Tex Barch, Phil Ivey and Mike Matusow.

11:00pm... 77 players remain.

11:15pm... 76 players remain. Players have tightened up. we're 46 minutes way from ending the day. Mostly everyone is tired and trying not to make mistakes.

11:22pm... Recent Bustout: Jason Lester is gone. He took 76th. Ron Ware took 75th. There are 74 players remaining.

11:30pm... TD's annouced that we will play one half level, for five full levels. There's a mutiny here. Players are shouting, "No!!!!!" I'll be here for 90+ more minutes. Fuck. Oh well. That will make it 5 full levels of play or 10 hours of play. Maybe we'll get down to 69 players. I have more time to download porn and hit on the Swedish girls in front of me. I found out that the "bad beat" in Swedish is "bad beat."

11:35pm... Featured Table update: Mike Matusow's stack has dipped to below $1.6M.

11:42pm... Tiffany Williamson, a Columbia Law School grad, cracked K-K with A-Q. She won a $2M pot, which might be the biggest of the tournament so far. She over bets too much and plays like an internet player. One of my Gutshot contact told me she plays 5Pound tournaments in England. She won a $10 satellite to get here.

11:55am... Bustouts:

The following players won $107,950
80 Terry Myers
79 Sean Daulat
78 Kelly Zoudo
77 Alex Morales
76 Jason Lester
75 Ron Ware
74 Luis Calvo
73 Jake Minter

11:57pm... Raymer won a monster pot when he moved all in on a flop of A-J-8. He said he flopped a set of 8s. Tex Barch said he folded A-J. Otis called bullshit. It would be hard to lay down A-J there. He must have had Ace-Other. Anyway, Raymer is back to over $1.2M

12:00am... Players are on a twenty minute break. And so am I!

12:14am... Level 22. Antes are $2K. Blinds are $8K and $16K. 72 players remaining.

12:31am... 70 players left.

12:44am... 68 players left. Mad told me a great story. She's British and knows the Gutshot guys as well. Anyway, she said that Gutshot always interviews (on video) a player during the break. And like clock work before the end of the next level, that player is busted. This time, they resisted the temptation to interview her, because they don't want to continue the jinx.

12:48am... Featured Table update: Mike Matusow won a big hand and knocked out Jose Rodriguez, who's wicked pissed. Mike's J-J beat Big Slick. After he won, he high fived a few guys in the crowd. One guy missed and smacked him in the head. He shouted, "A coinflip! I won a coinflip!" and thrust his arms in the air. Matusow is on a roll with $2.2M. 65 players are left. Average chip count is $864K.

12:56am... 62 left. Sarah Bilney is out.

12:58am... Recent Bustouts:

The following players won $124,835:
72 Bob Larson
71 Tom Pniak
70 Vadim Shlez
69 Kevin McCarthy
68 Joe Berry
67 Jose Rodriguez
66 Richard Kirsh
65 Niklas Flisberg
64 Patrick Madden

The following players win $145,875:
63 Sarah Bliney
62 Patrick Madden
61 Manny Minia
60 Danni Awad
59 Russ Hamilton

1:08am... Fossilman lost half of his stack when his K-Q ran into A-Q. Damn kickers.

1:10am... Since everyone has been asking...


Tiffany WilliamsonDon't forget to check out Flipchip's WSOP photo gallery!

1:20am... Former WSOP Champ, Russ Hamilton was busted. Raymer is the only WSOP champ still in.

1:23am... Action is done for tonight. Play will resume at Noon on Wednesday. 58 players are left. $968K is the avergae chip count according to BJ's stellar math skills. We will play down to 27 tomorrow. We move to Binion's on Thursday. Final Table is Friday.

1:24am... Matusow has $2.5M. That makes him the chipleader. He asked Phil Ivey what he had. Ivey said, "Two million." See ya tomorrow.
posted by Pauly at 7/12/2005 03:05:00 PM | Permalink |

 
End of Day 3 Chip Counts

The Fossilman leads after Day 3. Wow? These chip counts are courtesy of Poker Wire. They stay at the Rio way after I go home.

So, for all you chip count junkies:

Top 10
1 Greg "Fossilman"Raymer $ 1,064,000
2 Rodney Pardey Jr. $ 1,041,000
3 Brad Kondracki $ 962,500
4 Johnny Howard $ 910,500
5 Bob Larsen $ 796,500
6 Tim Phan $ 746,000
7 Phil Ivey $ 722,500
8 Steve Marx $ 679,500
9 S Bartholomew $ 659,000
10 Gabe Wells $ 655,500

11 Bryan Stelbuger $ 648,500
12 Oskar Silow $ 638,000
13 Bob Hotchandani $ 627,500
14 Raymi Sanchez Thorn $ 595,500
15 Manelic Minaya $ 594,500
16 Tex Barch $ 590,000
17 Jon Lane $ 585,000
18 James Ocson $ 583,000
19 David Bergsdorf $ 579,500
20 Tom Sartori $ 574,500

21 James Pollack $ 557,500
22 Karlo Lopez $ 556,500
23 Terry Burt $ 550,500
24 Joe Berry $ 542,500
25 James Butt $ 542,500
26 Minh Ly $ 530,250
27 Casper Christensen $ 525,500
28 Thomas A Roupe $ 525,000
29 Gregory Rice $ 523,000
30 Aaron Kanter $ 503,500

31 Howard Lederer $ 496,500
32 Matt Fitzpatrick $ 490,500
33 Randal Brooks $ 490,000
34 Jon Kalmar $ 469,500
35 Hung La $ 467,000
36 Nick Gibson $ 466,000
37 Nani Awad $ 460,500
38 Hunter Pappas $ 455,500
39 Mike Matusow $ 454,000
40 Sean Daulat $ 452,500

41 John McGrane $ 452,500
42 Nani Dollison $ 448,500
43 Tiffany Williamson $ 441,000
44 Mark Forrester $ 440,000
45 Yomtov Shabot $ 427,000
46 Samir Shakhtoor $ 414,000
47 Russell Salzer $ 412,500
48 Chris Short $ 411,500
49 Can Kim Hua $ 404,000
50 Krystal Nelson $ 395,000

51 Espen Saltnes $ 388,000
52 Marcello Del Grosso $ 386,500
53 Kevin Kim $ 384,500
54 George Kelly Dickson $ 377,000
55 Scott Numoto $ 376,500
56 Larry Prugh $ 372,500
57 Carmen Menechella $ 370,000
58 Russ Hamilton $ 365,000
59 John Juanda $ 354,000
60 Jose M Rodriguez $ 352,500

61 Nick Camarts $ 348,500
62 Ron Ware $ 345,000
63 David Plastik $ 342,500
64 Franklin Caldwell $ 339,000
65 Alex Morales $ 337,500
66 Sarah Bilney $ 332,500
67 Bobby Law $ 325,500
68 Jarl Lindholt Joergensen $ 320,500
69 Yakov Hirsch $ 316,500
70 Tuan Vu $ 316,500

71 Chris Drozdowski $ 315,000
72 Tom Shaneberger $ 309,000
73 Michael Kessler $ 297,500
74 Roland Israelashvizi $ 289,000
75 Kenna James $ 287,500
76 Michael Cribb $ 282,500
77 Rafael $ 282,000
78 Daniel Shak $ 280,500
79 Jason Lester $ 280,000
80 Jason Kaplan $ 274,500

81 Bing Wang $ 272,500
82 Gen Watamabe $ 271,000
83 David Richardson $ 269,500
84 Terry Myers $ 269,000
85 Bjorn Lindenberg $ 265,500
86 Tony Pirone $ 265,500
87 Patrick Madden $ 265,000
88 Paul Vicary $ 265,000
89 Scott Lazar $ 264,500
90 Niklas Flisberg $ 260,000

91 Robert Turner $ 260,000
92 Darryl Tennefos $ 259,500
93 JC Tran $ 259,500
94 Andrew Black $ 257,000
95 Bryant King $ 253,500
96 Kevin McCarthy $ 251,000
97 Joe Stillman $ 249,500
98 Joe Simmons $ 245,000
99 Shahram Sheikhan $ 243,000
100 Paul Mannetta $ 240,000

101 Tony Abesamis $ 237,500
102 Francis W O'Brien $ 234,000
103 Patrick Hayden $ 233,000
104 Joseph Hachem $ 231,000
105 Erick Richardson $ 227,000
106 Josh Prager $ 225,000
107 Mark Cole $ 224,500
108 Joe Connor $ 224,000
109 Mitchell Klein $ 219,500
110 Daniel Alaei $ 219,000

111 Alan Singer $ 217,000
112 Jack Ward $ 207,500
113 Webber Kang $ 206,300
114 Kevin Wright $ 202,000
115 Richard Lapwood $ 202,000
116 Richard Kirsch $ 200,500
117 Conor Tate $ 200,000
118 Dennis Savelkoul $ 197,500
119 Anthony Laughing, Jr $ 192,500
120 Kelly Zoudo $ 192,500

121 Dmitriy Eidelman $ 189,500
122 David Steirman $ 181,500
123 Lee Watkinson $ 181,000
124 Joe Toth $ 180,500
125 Stephen Deetz $ 180,000
126 Derek Dix $ 178,500
127 Joseph Chiosie $ 178,000
128 Anthony Hill $ 173,000
129 Joe Beevers $ 173,000
130 Louie Calvo $ 170,500

131 Vadim Shlez $ 170,500
132 Louis Lo $ 169,500
133 Michaey Leahy $ 169,000
134 Adam Friedman $ 166,000
135 Dietrich Alex $ 159,500
136 Cliff Cantor $ 159,000
137 Radu Butan $ 158,500
138 Mark Graves $ 154,000
139 Mike May $ 153,500
140 Kit Phaphon $ 150,500

141 Jake Minter $ 146,500
142 Glyn Banks $ 144,500
143 Bernard Lee $ 143,000
144 Peter Hedlund $ 141,500
145 Mehrdad Yousefzadeh $ 136,500
146 Kevin O'Brien $ 136,500
147 Tom Koral $ 132,000
148 Steven Dannenmann, CPA $ 131,000
149 Per Hildebrand $ 131,000
150 Farzad Bonyadi $ 129,500

151 Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf $ 127,000
152 Tom Pniak $ 126,500
153 Alejandro Pachero $ 126,500
154 Chris Podlewski $ 126,000
155 Babak Rozi $ 123,000
156 Kevin Kaikko $ 122,000
157 Mark Tenner $ 112,000
158 Paul Fisher $ 110,000
159 Ayhan Alsancak $ 109,500
160 Mark Bryan $ 109,000

161 Amit Sander $ 109,000
162 Michael P Mollay $ 104,500
163 Kjetil Praesttun $ 102,000
164 Tom Clark $ 94,500
165 Dutch Boyd $ 92,000
166 Joe Leibman $ 88,000
167 Sean Blanton $ 87,000
168 Adam Brosius $ 86,500
169 John R $ 85,500
170 Joseph Vannata $ 84,500

171 Matt Fitzgerald $ 81,500
172 Michael Capener $ 80,000
173 George Thomas Huber $ 73,000
174 Doug Gehring $ 73,000
175 Martin Cedercrantz $ 71,500
176 Frank Hernandez $ 67,000
177 Jon Hoellein $ 63,500
178 Mike Wattel $ 62,500
179 Paul L Darden, Jr. $ 60,000
180 Jeffrey Geiger $ 48,000

181 Tom Drotleff $ 41,500
182 Brett Wiesner $ 36,000
183 Ed Pellegrini $ 23,500
184 John McLaughlin $ 16,500
185 Imad Samouna $ 7,400

Play resumes at Noon. See you then.
posted by Pauly at 7/12/2005 12:59:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Day 3 World Series of Poker Main Event

I wanted to tell you about my new neighbors who moved in next door. She's a hooker and looks like Charo (circa 1984) and her pimp/boyfriend looks like Michael Clarke Duncan except he's got gold teeth. I'll save their hijinks for tomorrow's recap.

For now, I'm short on time. I'd love to write on and on about my building complex, plus I know there's a huge demand for stories about temerarious drug dealers, gelid wife beaters, pot-bellied inbred kids, and myopic wheelchair bound gossip queens... but you'll have to wait. Indeed, my life at the Redneck Riviera is good enough material for a novel or a Bob Dylan song.

Moving on...

Wil called me. He's playing in the $1500 event today along with Double As and his buddy Curzdog. I had lunch with Double As and Curzdog and I'd love to see them at afinal table with Wil. I will try to cover that $1500 buy in event... but it's on the other side of the room. I'll do my best. Those updates will be in blue.

****** Live Blogging Updates *******

12:04pm... Action will begin soon. There are 569 players left. Action is hand to hand until then. We are at Level 13. Antes are $300. Blinds are $1000/2000. The Average chip count = $98,950. Biggest stack is Rod Pardey with $464K. The lowest stack is Mike Santoro with $3,200.

12:10pm... Featured Table update: Howard Lederer (seat 4) and Webber Kang (seat 1) are at the TV table. Lederer is wearing a Full Tilt hockey jersey. His number is 13.

12:15pm... $1500 NL update: Wil did not bring Darwin with him today. He had been bringing him bad luck. The last thing I told Wil today was, "Don't play like a pussy!"

12:38pm... They powers to be did a draw for the button. Seat 7 will be the button to start out. 2004 Champ Greg "Fossilman" Raymer spoke for a few moment. He did the honors today as he said, "Shuffle up and deal!" The cards are in the air.

12:45pm... The media (except ESPN is prevented from entering the player area during hand-to-hand progress. We are now on Hand #2 for the day.

12:52pm... 2 Players busted. 567 left.

12:56pm... Fox Sports published my recap of yesterday. Thanks guys! If you don't know Fox Sports will be airing the final table of the first ever live poker tournament in Las Vegas this Wednesday July 13. The first one was at Turning Stone but the this will be the first one in Las Vegas. It's sponsored by Full Tilt and will be held at La Bete (the swanky club where the Full Tilt Party was held). FOr more info check out FullTiltPoker.net Championship.

1:24pm... 593 players left.

1:25pm... Featured Table update: Howard Lederer doubled up Barbara Enright who had a small stack. He had 7-7 and Barbara had the Hilton Sisters. She hit a full house.

1:26pm... $1500 update: Wil was just sucked out on. J-J vs. K-4. The donkey caught a King on the river. The he was shortstacked with A-Q and ran into A-K to get busted.

2:00pm... I went out to talk to Wil. He was standing with Jesus and all these raibirds were taking their picture and one by one they'd stop to ask for photos. it was kinda funny and surreal. i was standing next to Otis too at the time. We thought we were famous... but those guys... they're real celebs. Anyway, I feel bad for Wil. He's a good player but never got far enough to show how good he is. Tournaments are brutal.

2:06pm... 561. We're on the bubble. As Otis said, "I love the bubble."

2:19pm... We're in the money! Karl Ygborn busted out in 561st place and the room errupted with applause. Otis said, "I'd hate to be that poor shmuck!" Some kid's mom sweating him is crying because her son made the money. Harrah's will pay for Bubble Boy's seat next year.

2:26pm... My comments section have now turned into a horrible RGP thread. Good grief. I'm not going to pull them, because they are some quality comments like pointing out spelling errors & typos... thanks for those. But I do not have the time to personally address all the petty antics there. I think Boy Genius summed it all up best:

Thank god for the "Comments Captains," as I know Pauly doesn't have the time to deal with telling people in here how stupid they are all day long. You perform a valuable service. Kudos to you my good sir(s).

That's all I have to say about that. Time to cover the WSOP.

2:30pm... Hand to hand is no longer in progress.

2:44pm... 545 players left. I have a contact that will provide me players names who busted. It will take some time to get that done. But as soon as I get those names... I'll post them. A lot of all ins are hapening now. Followed by plenty of "Ooohs!" and "Ahhhhs!" The short stacks are looking to double up and are pushing with any marginal hands.

2:47pm... Here is the payout structure for 100 through 560:

101-140 = $54,965
141-170 = $46,245
171-200 = $39,075
201-230 = $33,197
231-260 = $28,375
261-300 = $24,365
201-350 = $21,070
351-400 = $18,335
401-450 = $16,055
451-500 = $14,135
501-560 = $12,500

2:49pm... Recent Bustouts: Young Phan (544)

2:59pm... Fossilman scooped a huge pot. He's got more chips. 520 players left.

3:01pm... Wow... how about those Hilton Sisters? One of the ESPN guys told me about a hand that will definitely make the ESPN coverage. John Juanda caught a Queen on the river for a full boat to take a huge chunk of Paul Darden's stack. Darden flopped trips with Big Slick.

3:06pm... Bouncin Round the Room: What's the deal with the hotties on the rail today? There are companies that hire models, strippers, and hookers to wear their t-shirts and pimp their sites. When your product sucks, resort to the lowest tactics... sex sells. The lovely ladies walk around in tight shorts or short skirts, with stomachs so flat that I could lick whipped cream off of it for hours straight. Their fabricated breasts are jettting out and they could poke small children in the eye. Do I want to hire some girls to wear Tao of Poker t-shirts? Hell yes. E-mail me your head shots.

3:13pm... 502 players left.

3:19pm... Darden-Juanda Round II. Paul Darden 8-8 beat out Juanda's Big Slick and doubled up. This is like a good boxing fight.

3:22pm... The players are dropping out faster than my IQ points at a stripclub. 486 remaining.

3:26pm... Thanks to my Irish source Mike Lucky Blind, he told me that the Irishman with the biggest chip count is Andy Black with $230K. Andy was heckled by a rialbird last night and almost dropped him until security disposed of the drunken sot.

3:28pm... 480 left. Break coming up in 11 minutes.

3:30pm... Recent Bustouts: On my way to the media room to get more water, I just saw Clonie Gowen got kncoked out. Her As-Qs lost to two red pocket aces. The kid with A-A kept saying, "Red little! Red little!" 474 players left.

3:36pm... 465 players left. David Plastik had a crazy suckout. Some guy flopped a set of sevens. Plastik had top pair with A-Q. He caught runner runner full boat. Ouch.

3:40pm... My contact on British players, Jennifer from Blonde Poker, told me that Joe Beevers from Hendon Mob fame has $120K in chips.

3:43pm... 461 players remaining are on a break. The average chip count is $122K according to BJ's excellent math skills. Justin "Neverwin" Wollf is wearing a pink jump suit. Who does he think he is? J-Lo?

3:45pm... Thanks to Oddjack for pimping my WSOP coverage in a post called WSOP 2005: Here Is Where You Follow The Main Event Action. Thanks again guys.

3:50pm... Bustouts (560-500 get $12,500):

561 Karl Ygborn $10K for next year's seat
560 Frederick Brown
559 Martin Liaberte
558 David Anderson
557 Sergey Khromov
556 Robert John Kacher
555 Donald Delancy
554 Nadav Ravid
553 Robert Gentile
552 Andre Fridll
551 Duc Nguyen
550 William Bostley
549 Larry McFehee
548 Jalae Henson
547 Nicholas Matala
546 David Taylor
545 Oliber Monteax
544 Young Phan
543 Thomas Stanek
542 Sarne Lightman
541 Lee Ford
540 John Bae
539 James Courtney
538 Vincent Favorito
537 Daiel Piccioli
536 Troy Wallace
535 Chris Bane
534 Martin Foth
533 Kevin Betsill
532 Yan Neiman
531 John Ward
530 Robert Atkinson
529 Scott Clements
528 William Beasely
527 David Rubia
526 Charles Wey
525 Mike Lawrence
524 Steven Goldberg
523 Austin Moody
522 Panayote Vilandos
521 Elton beebe
520 Andrew Prock
519 Bill Phipps
518 Guy Calvery
517 Ken Justin
516 Matthew Kagan
515 Reagan Silber
514 William Flachsbart
513 Bruce Hardman
512 Jordan Marinov
511 Young Kane

4:05pm... 462 Players are coming back from break. Level 14 begins with $300 antes and $1200/$2400 blinds.

4:10pm... Jennifer from Blonde Poker posted a good recap of the Celebrity/Media event. It's good because she mentioned me...specifically the hand when I moved all in on TK when I knew he was just trying to steal. Here's a bit:

The small blind was the self-confessed grinder and all-round poker writer Pauly McGuire (who knows who a lot of people are which has been invaluable to me, as I tend to default to describing them by hat colour when at a loss). He re-raised Tikay all-in for 11,400, and as the only stack around capable of taking him out, put him into dwell mode and eventually pass mode.

"I have a pair of 10s, but I think you're in front," said Tikay, before revealing the reality of the 10 2 off button steal. "Every three months I make a blind steal," he continued, "Last one was March." McGuire showed A6 and some murmuring broke out about being committed and calling.

Thanks for the pimpage, Jen!

4:30pm... 429 players left.

4:32pm... $1500 update: Wil Wheaton and Curzdog are both out. I spoke to Double As at the break. He has $6,800 in chips and Men the Master to his right. No Coronoas yet though.

4:34pm... Recent Bustouts: Kirill Gerasimov is out. Here are some more bust outs. Each player gets $12,500...

510 Sasoon Gavrji
509 Jeffrey Kanow
508 Russell Mohr
507 Corey Mandell
506 Manuel Sanchez
505 Berad Rygol
504 Meng La
503 K Angeloudis
502 Biagio Desantis
501 Robert Jones

The following guys won $14,135.

500 William Watter
499 Edward Scharf
498 Theodore Park
497 Jonas Lindlof
496 Christos Psillas
495 Grant Rist
494 Derek Leforte
493 Jimmy Blevins
492 Igor Yanovsky
491 Erez Savion
490 Gary Margadonna
489 Jean Harlan
488 Ryan Wimmers
487 Francis Harris
486 Steven Tague
485 Kevin Lazzaro
484 Brian Haveson
483 Bruce Rawdin
482 Jeremiah Vinsant
481 Matt Hawrilenko
480 Howard Mash
479 Tyrone Zinman
478 Thomas Schreiber
477 Mitch Schock
476 Matt Dean
475 James Goldstein
474 Allan Rippinger

4:38pm... Featured Table update: Barbara Enright has $70K in chips. Webber Kang has about $68K. Howard Lederer had $55K and she now has $80K after he doubled up with pocket aces.

4:44pm... Ray Pardley is on a tear. He now has over $800K. I'm guessing that makes him the chip leader. 409 players are left.

4:55pm... Bouncin Round the Room: Dan from Pokerati told me a great story about Sammy Farha making $1K prop bets during the hand-to-hand action early on today.

5:00pm... Man, we're down to 399! 1 hour is left at this level. According the BJ the Human Calculator the average stack is $140K.

5:20pm... Recent Bustouts... The following players go home with $14,130:

473 Doug Briggs
472 Robert Norberg
471 Gavin Smith
470 Charles Waddalena
469 Jason Fadness
468 Bradley Craig
467 Roger Tichenor
466 John Raveto
465 Stephen Doctor
464 Rueben Peters
463 Michael Soares
462 Raymond Henson
461 Quan Tran
460 Sean Walter
459 Clonie Gowen
458 Todd Bourgacelt
457 Michael Ewals
456 Tuan Nguyen
455 Michael Vitullo
454 Matthew Paucher
453 Pat McCann
452 Spence Thomson
451 Adam Naglich

The following players won $16,055:

450 Nicholas Venetia
449 Henning Frick
448 Ryan McKinney
447 Jeff Dziedzic
446 Mark Hylden
445 Richard Lester
444 Kirill Geraismov
443 Casey Peters
442 Casey McCarre
441 Serguey Ferlisov
440 Christopher Smith
439 Michael Cllins Jr.
438 Sal Calandra
437 Kevin Shackleford
436 Tai C. Tran
435 Jason Levine
434 Robert Jarrett
433 Tom Peterson
432 John Harrington
431 Mike Russell II
430 Francno Brunetti
429 Hooman Nikzad
428 Justin Budwey
427 Anthony Fagan
426 Matthew Szymaszek
425 Chris Grove
424 Bruno Pisa
423 Nikhil Persaud
422 Michael Davis
421 John William Hopkins
420 Theirry Mulin
419 Scott Glaze
418 Michael Padilla
417 Larry Collins
416 Jonathan Schecter
415 Yaron Wasserman
414 Louis Alderton
413 Harold Fitzpatrick
412 Stanley Boralskey
411 Jason Sertz
410 Michael O'Sullivan
409 Matt Vogel
408 Justin Yu
407 Carrol Hansen
406 James Feist
405 Chad Moore
404 Ryan Hughes
403 Oliver Fink
402 Matthew Paruis
401 Michael Murphy

All players win $18,335:
399 David Arnold
398 KellyKion
397 Joe DiDonato
396 Douglas Carli
395 Dennis Longoria
394 Christopher Lorenzo
393 Conrad Strapton
392 Bradley M. Helm
391 Josef Monro
390 Evan Schwartz
389 Esther Rossi
388 Tracy Scala
387 Dalton Polasek
386 Daniel Gray
385 Christopher Gartner
384 Matthew Overstreet
383 George Alex
382 Jeffrey Gilroy
381 Joseph Shaffer
380 James Overman
379 Kerry Petre
378 Karle Wilson
377 Charlie Morris
376 Craig Crivello
375 ???
374 Cameron Hamilton
373 David Cleveland
372 Bo Sehlstedt
371 Amir Esfandiari
370 Richard Tomman
369 Grant Stocco
368 Joe Rabledo
367 Eugene Malatesta
366 Derek Van Damme
365 Michael Reed
364 Richard Cohen
363 Stephen Dunphy
362 Lee Budin
361 Latin Salem
360 Robert Pearson
359 Keith Donail
358 Mark McNamara
357 Mark Galasso
356 Anthony O'Hagan
355 Thomas Hammers
354 Toan Ly
353 Louis Werman
352 Gary Friedlander
351 Joe Capos

5:43pm... 360 players are left. Otis said that Fossilman has almost $430K. 20 minutes until dinner break. Which means I'm 20 minutes away from a Red Stripe.

5:53pm...This could be one of my last updates. Tournament directors are requirng that all members of the media stay behind and have a meeting. I suspect that we are going to get kicked out of the tournament area. I am hoping that I will not be asked to leave. Here's the problem... there are over 500 media reps here and they are clogging the floor. ESPN is pissed. Some of the players are irked. It's not me. It's not Card Player or Poker Pages or Poker Wire or Otis anyone who has been here since day one. A lot of the problem involves the newer members of the media who arrived in the last week or so. Some of these are shill sites or other places with teams of people and they are fucking this up for me. Am I pissed? Hell yeah. I'm territorial over my space and I hope I earned my right to stay here. Like I said, this could be my last post. More to come.

6:00pm... 351 players left. Action will resume at 7:30ish.

6:15pm... I'm not getting kicked out. However, I lost access to the tables. TD's will only let 10 members of the media go out to the floor at one time for a max. of five minutes. This blows. Hopefully Flipchip will be able to still get some photos. This is what happens when there are more members of the media here than players.

7:31pm... Players are back from a break. Antes are $400. Blinds are $1500/$300. I had two Red Stripes at the hooker bar. It takes me 3x amount of time to get from the break room to my spot. Oh well. At least I'm still here.

7:40pm... Featured Table update: I'm 15 feet from the TV table. This table includes Sammy Farha (Seat 3 - $55K) and Minneapolis Jim Meehan (Seat 5 - $185K). Should be fun. Sammy is wearing a white pastel shirt. Jim is yapping nonstop. Tim Phan (Seat 8 - $660K) who was one of the chip leaders yesterday is also there.

7:44pm... 343 players remain.

7:54pm... 334 players remain. I heard a rumor that the top 200 players will be drug tested.

8:10pm... Raymer has over a half a million in chips after he busted J-J with the Hilton Sisters.

8:20pm... Sammy Farha was busted in 316th place. He had 7-7 and John Falconeer flopped a full house with 5-5. Both players got the money in on the turn. 305 players are left.

8:25pm... $1500 update: Double As has about $8500 in chips. Men the Master is still to his right and he's now drinking Coronas.

8:30pm... Jeff from Rants of a Young Mind called me for a dial-a-shot and wanted to say how fucked up it was that I can't roam the tables for more than five minutes. Thanks for the support buddy!

8:35pm... Irishman Andy Black busted two guys when he had A-A. He beat out K-Q and A-Q. He's got $400K now.

8:40pm... Round 3 & 4 of the Darden-Juanda fight... were both won by Paul Darden. Juanada knocked down to less than $100K. I heard that Olga Varkonyi, wife of the 2002 Champion Robert Varkonyi has $181K in chips. Lee Watkinson has $420K in chips. A few folks in media row asked for Phil Ivey's chip counts. Otis responded "I can't get a count, but he ceratinly has chips."

8:45 pm... Guest Post: Hello, everyone! This is BJ from Card Player. I was "helping" Pauly with his spelling, and he asked me if I wanted to do the reports. I'd love to! He has much more freedom than I do!

8:50pm... Recent Bust outs: 285 players remain. Barbara Enright is out. The following players won $21,070:

349 Fred Badger
348 Steven Hahn
347 Brian Decatur
346 Barry Schwartz
345 Alexander Jagdick
344 Raymond Yee
343 Andrew Wyn
342 Hilbert Shirey
341 Kaway Chewing
340 Jonah Seewald
339 Daniel Clegg
338 Frank "Spike" ballas
337 Sunny Camper
336 Clint Kreitzmeier
335 Gregory Amoils
334 Andrew Neister
333 Brad Opsahl
332 Matthew Hilger
331 Russell Barnes
330 Jon Finkel
329 William Derrick
328 Adam Joens
327 Jared Gilpin
326 Matthew Turner
325 Anthony Williams
324 Robert O'Brien
323 Richard Lowe
322 Jon Smith
321 David Hickman
320 Phillip Campbell
319 Kenneth Gregerson
318 Duncan Bell
317 Thuan Hu Bui
316 Sammy arha
315 Michael Deubel
314 Hakan Waerstand
313 Kirk Schnieder
312 Jeffrey Flannery
311 James Sabinas
310 Jason Arau
309 Daniel Sallam
308 Lurent Wigniec
307 Robert Chasen
306 Tim Gillig
305 Aram Zerounian
304 Michael Leslie
303 David Mogard
302 Corey Cheresnick
301 Paul Zimbles

The next group of bust out won $24,365:
300 Klaus Agesen
299 William Frymer
298 Jay Goldenberg
297 John Letts
296 Iwan Jones
295 Chirstopher Hamlyn
294 Andrew arrett
293 Farzad Rouhani
292 Peter Campo
291 Jerri Thomas
290 David Zeitlan
289 John Parkel

9:13pm... Johnny Grooms announced that there are 6 female players remianing. Let's hope one makes the final table!

9:18pm... Andy Bloch who is subbing for his sick Fiancee Jen at Poker Wire, told me that Phil Ivey has $380K and Lee Watkinson has $540. Raymer has almost $700K.

9:25pm... Featured Table update: Jesse Martin is a 25 year old from Massachusettes. He has a $150K in chips. He's wearing a freakin' Phish shirt! He told me, "Nice hat!" he lives in NYC now and his friends are sweating him. The shirt belonged to his friend. One of them helped build the stage at Keyspan Park in Brooklyn for the two show run last June. Good to see some heads.

9:27pm... When did the WSOP turn into a Party Poker multi? There are 272 players left. Insane.

9:30pm... $1500 NL update: 96 players are left. Double as has $14K in chips.

9:40pm... Players are on a break. When action resumes, we'll be at Level 16. Blinds are $2K/$4K with $500 antes. Players are racing off $100 chips.

10:00pm... Johnny Grooms told us that 99% this will be the last round. Action should end a little after Midnight.

10:10pm... Featured Table update: Howard Lederer and Joe Beevers are here.

10:15pm... $1500 NL update: Double As is now up to $18.8K.

10:22pm... 263 players remaining. I need to take a quick piss break. Be back in 15 minutes.

10:45pm... $1500 NL update: Double As moved up to $24K in chips. H eraised in EP and at the cutoff some guy moved all in. Double As called with the Hilton Sisters. He beat out pocket eights and busted that guy. He now has $40K.

10:50pm... Recent Bustouts: 2005 Omaha Hi/Lo bracelt winner Pat Poels has been eliminated. 250 players remain.

11:oopm... Raymer cracked Kiings with pocket Aces and he's almost got $1 million in chips. Rod Pardley has over $1 million and is the chip leader.

11:04pm... 240 players remain. Howard Lederer has $448K after he doubled up with 9-9 and flopped a set.

11:15pm... Recent Bustouts: The Grinder, Paul McKinney & Olga Varkonyi. Olga was bad beated when her A-K ran into A-8. 231 players are left.

11:20pm... Recent Bustouts:

The following players went home winning $24,365.
288 Andrew Parker
287 Yong In Park
286 Barbara Enright
285 Ryan Del Portes
284 Eric Miller
283 Robert E. Fikac
282 Anahit Galajian
281 Russell Prentice
280 Leonard Feinzaig
279 James Jordan
278 William Kamarek
277 Douglas Morgan
276 Robert Ciaffone
275 Peter Lawson
274 Jean-Phillipe Prquette
273 Champie DOuglas
272 Marcello Colosimo
271 Anthony C Argila
270 William McKinney (2005 Seniors bracelet winner)
269 Stephen Allen
268 Nathan Kent
267 Eamon Grimes
266 Anders Rosancher
265 Barry Neville
264 Allan Colon
263 Carl Olson
262 Kevin Mason
261 Corlan Chinn

The following players won $28,375
260 Hung Tran
259 John Hutchinson
258 Norbert Holting
257 David Claiborne
256 Harry Varisco
255 Dat Tnien Ly
254 Thomas Locke
253 Pat Poels (2005 WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo bracelet winner)
252 Sol Bergen

11:30pm... 227 players remain. Wow!

11:42pm... 221 players left. Fossilman is up to $1.2 million.

11:45pm... Gary Bush and Mark Napolitano is out. 217 players left.

11:59pm... $1500 NL update: Double As has over $49.5K. He made the money and still has Men the Master and his Corona to his right. Erik Seidel still remains.

12:03am... 214 players left. 5 minutes left in this level. The players will go on a ten minute break then return to play for one hour. Lederer told me has $554K in chips.

12:20am... Level 17 begins. We'll only play a half of this level and quit. Blinds are $2,500/$5000 with $500 antes.

12:23am... Recent Bustouts:

All of these players won $28,375:
251 Jack Eachus
250 Ugury Marganoz
249 William Borsellino
248 Martin Morales
247 John Rom
246 David Icke
245 Shun Tang Tsai
244 Gregory D. Blau
243 Jesus Abreu
242 Joseph Chee
241 Edouart Cardeno
240 Michael W. Chow
239 Daniel Cormier
238 Olga VArkonyi
237 Michael O'Malley
236 Mats Rahmn
235 John falconer
234 Emanuel Failla
233 Rehne Pederson
232 Chris Legget
231 Michael Davis

The following players won $33,197:
230 The Grinder
229 Sal Cataldo
228 Jesse Martin
227 Daniel Grolemund
226 Thomas Madsen
225 Eric Mifune
224 Alen Patatanyan
223 Sarah Casey
222 Mark Napoliatano
221 Thomas Vinas
220 Aaron Kline
219 Garry Bush
218 Jenes Koertmann
217 Edgar Skjervold
216 Scott Bohlman
215 Renee Wexler

12:30am... 203 players remain.

12:36am... Mike Matusow and Greg Raymer are now at the same table. Mike is very loud, boisterous, and rowdy! Go figure, he's got the ESPN cameras on him.

12:40am... $1500 NL update: Erik Seidel and Marcel Luske are still in the mix. Double As has $68K now.

12:50am... Featured Table update: Jason Lester joined Lederer and Joe Beever's table. 32 minutes left. 196 players remain.

12:55am... Recent Bustout: Minneapolis Jim Meehan was busted. See you at the bar Jim. Layne Flack is also going home.

1:18am... 188 players are left.

1:23pm... Action is done for today. Play will resume at Noon on Tuesday. 185 players remaining.

1:27pm... $1500 NL update: Double As is kicking ass. He's got $105K now.

1:33pm... Recent Bustouts:

All of these players won $33,197:
214 James Pittmann
213 Leando Alvarez
212 Dennis Orr
211 Graeme Harrison
210 Samuel Ling
209 Daniel Burns
208 Jeffrey Taylor
207 Joshua Ewing
206 Tuyen Luong
205 Chris Stull
204 Christopher Bush
203 Mikael Hogborn
202 Neil Channing
201 David Silverman
200 Andreas Oskarsson
199 Ross Mallor
198 Jani Sointola
197 Gang Huang
196 Denis Ethier (2005 WSOP Stud Hi/Lo bracelet winner)
195 Minneapolis Jim Meehan
194 Layne Flack
193 David Rheem
192 Kenny Tran
191 james Peera
190 Daniel Quach
189 Joel Merwick
188 Gregory Fondacaro
187 Cliff Pappas
186 James Barber

See everyone tomorrow.
posted by Pauly at 7/11/2005 03:12:00 PM | Permalink |

 
End of Day 2 Chip Counts

To see a complete recap of yesterday's Day 2 visit Lasvegasvegas.com. That's where the Poker Prof posts my daily. Don't forget to take a peek at Flipchip's 2005 World Series of Poker Gallery.

569 players remain. There are only counts for 566 players. I assume that they did not submit "cards". I will confirm that after I grab a quick bite to eat.

Here are the chip counts courtesy of Poker Wire:

Top 10:
1 Rod Pardey Jr $ 464,000
2 James Pollack $ 447,500
3 Tim Phan $ 445,500
4 Bryan Stellwagen $ 377,200
5 Bob Hotchandani $ 372,700
6 Lee Watkinson $ 336,800
7 Jon Lane $ 331,800
8 Russ Salzer $ 326,000
9 Greg Fossilman Raymer $ 318,700
10 Yakov Hirsch $ 318,100

The Rest:
11 Hunter Pappas $ 314,300
12 Klaus Agesen $ 307,000
13 Kevin Mason $ 297,400
14 Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi $ 294,800
15 Jim Pittman $ 289,200
16 Graeme Harrison $ 281,500
17 Daniel Bergsdorf $ 278,600
18 "Willy-Will" Failla $ 278,500
19 Jeffrey Dziedzic $ 275,400
20 Gabe Walls $ 267,200
21 Duncan Bell $ 266,600
22 Mark Tenner $ 255,400
23 Matt Fitzpatrick $ 255,100
24 Marcello Del Grosso $ 255,000
25 Dani Awad $ 247,500
26 Aaron Kanter $ 247,500
27 Kevin Kim $ 245,900
28 Kevin McCarthy $ 242,200
29 Chris Drozdowski $ 233,400
30 Karlo Lopez $ 232,900
31 Kelly Zondo $ 231,200
32 Ron Ware $ 230,000
33 David Richardson $ 229,600
34 Joe Simmons $ 226,700
35 Robert Turner $ 223,700
36 Jason Kaplan $ 223,400
37 Farzad Rouhani $ 220,000
38 David 'Chino' Rheem $ 219,600
39 Champie Douglas $ 219,500
40 Bing Wang $ 219,100
41 Minneapolis Jim Meehan $ 211,900
42 Cliff Cantor $ 210,400
43 Olga Varkonyi $ 209,500
44 Martin Morales $ 209,400
45 Conrad Stratton $ 209,400
46 Manelic Minaya $ 208,800
47 Jason Lester $ 208,700
48 Jean-Philippe Piquette $ 208,200
49 Nick Gibson $ 204,100
50 Carrol F Hansen $ 203,000
51 Espen Saltnes $ 202,400
52 James Butt $ 200,500
53 Andrew Black $ 200,500
54 Roland Israelashvili $ 200,100
55 Farzad Bonyadi $ 200,100
56 Tiffany Williamson $ 199,600
57 Joe Leibman $ 199,400
58 Tex Barch $ 196,600
59 Andrew Parker $ 196,500
60 Oskar Skow $ 194,700
61 Jeff Gilroy $ 190,500
62 Francis OBrien $ 190,200
63 Layne Flack $ 188,100
64 Brian Decater $ 187,100
65 Chris Bush $ 186,500
66 Daniel Gray $ 183,500
67 Tuan Nguyen $ 183,100
68 Jeff Flannery $ 183,100
69 Samuel Ling $ 182,900
70 Franklin Caldwell $ 182,700
71 Christopher Lorenzo $ 182,200
72 Sean Daulat $ 181,800
73 Michael Kessler $ 179,900
74 Kalmar $ 179,200
75 JC Tran $ 178,800
76 Gregory Rice $ 178,800
77 Denis Ethier $ 177,700
78 Greg Fondacaro $ 177,400
79 Scott Lazar $ 177,000
80 Chris Stull $ 175,600
81 Andreas Oskarsson $ 175,300
82 Michael Leahy $ 174,600
83 Sam Farha $ 173,600
84 Mark Forrester $ 172,600
85 Charlie Morris $ 171,900
86 Mitchell Klein $ 171,000
87 John Letts $ 170,400
88 Ayhan Alsancak $ 168,800
89 Jon Hoellein $ 167,500
90 Doug Morgan $ 166,500
91 Ka-Way Cheung $ 165,700
92 Dennis Savelkoul $ 165,500
93 S Bartholomew $ 164,100
94 Kit Phaphone $ 162,800
95 Acexander Dietrich $ 162,400
96 Hung La $ 161,600
97 Tony Pirone $ 160,700
98 Stephen Rodenbeck $ 158,200
99 Anthony Hill $ 158,100
100 Larry Prugh $ 157,500
101 Scott Numoto $ 157,100
102 Mehrdad Yovsefzadeh $ 156,800
103 Shahram Sheikhen $ 156,100
104 Jesus Abreu $ 156,000
105 Joe Connor $ 155,200
106 Jani Sointula $ 154,700
107 Nguyen Duc $ 154,400
108 Michael Cribb $ 154,400
109 Ugur Marangoz $ 153,800
110 Yomtov Shabot $ 153,400
111 Minh Ly $ 153,300
112 Sal Cataldo $ 153,000
113 Kenna James $ 152,800
114 Doug Gehring $ 152,100
115 Mark Graves $ 152,000
116 Conor Tate $ 150,600
117 Niklas Fusberg $ 149,600
118 Patrick Madden $ 148,100
119 Josh Prager $ 147,500
120 Daniel Quach $ 147,000
121 Russ Hamilton $ 145,300
122 Paul L. Darden Sr. $ 144,000
123 Jens Voertmann $ 143,900
124 Sergey Feklisov $ 143,400
125 Anthony C Argila $ 143,200
126 Thomas A Roupe $ 143,000
127 Robert Binelli $ 142,700
128 Richard Kiesch $ 141,500
129 Thomas Madsen $ 141,100
130 John Juanda $ 141,100
131 Kevin O'Brien $ 141,000
132 Chris Short $ 140,500
133 Josh Ewing $ 140,400
134 Johnny Howard $ 139,100
135 Anders Rosander $ 138,700
136 Leonardo Feinzaig $ 138,500
137 Sarah Bilney $ 137,800
138 Joe Stillman $ 137,300
139 Bruno Pisa $ 137,200
140 Brad Kondracki $ 137,200
141 Tracy Scala $ 136,900
142 Frank Hernandez $ 136,500
143 Tom Koral $ 136,100
144 Pete Lawson $ 134,600
145 Norbert Hoelting $ 133,900
146 Rob O'Brien $ 132,700
147 Bobby Law $ 131,200
148 Richard Lapwood $ 131,000
149 Travis Derrick $ 130,100
150 Bob Fikac $ 129,300
151 Anthony Laughing, Jr. $ 129,300
152 Joe Beevers $ 128,800
153 Dustin Woolf $ 128,600
154 James Olson $ 128,500
155 Terry Myers $ 128,000
156 Howard Lederer $ 127,800
157 Kenny 'The Kid' Tran $ 127,700
158 Dennis A Longoria $ 127,700
159 Randal Brooks $ 127,400
160 Russell Barnes $ 126,800
161 Scott Bohlman $ 126,200
162 Alan Singer $ 126,200
163 Matt Poucher $ 125,600
164 Kevin Wright $ 125,600
165 Rafael Perry $ 125,500
166 Mats Rahmn $ 125,300
167 Corey Cheresnick $ 123,000
168 Sol Bergren $ 122,200
169 Stephen Deetz $ 121,000
170 Evan Schwartz $ 120,300
171 Lee Budin $ 120,200
172 Mike Matusow $ 120,100
173 Matt Fitzgerald $ 119,900
174 Glyn Banks $ 119,300
175 Steven Dannenmann $ 119,000
176 Anthony Williams $ 118,700
177 Matt Overstreet $ 118,600
178 George Thomas Huber $ 118,400
179 Alex Morales $ 118,400
180 Dan Grolemund $ 116,600
181 Keith Donais $ 116,500
182 Wisniec Laurent $ 116,400
183 Mark Napolitano $ 116,200
184 Louis Lo $ 116,100
185 Tony O'Hagan $ 115,900
186 Carmen Menechella $ 115,800
187 Dmitriy Eidelman $ 115,000
188 Peter 'The Greek' Vilandos $ 114,900
189 Dennis Orr $ 114,900
190 Rob Chasen $ 114,800
191 Bjorn Lindenberg $ 114,700
192 Sean Blanton $ 114,200
193 James B Overman $ 114,100
194 Brian Havlson $ 113,900
195 Thomas Vinas $ 111,500
196 Hilbert Shirey $ 111,200
197 Tony Abesamis $ 111,100
198 Webber Kang $ 110,000
199 Thomas Lock $ 109,700
200 Aaron Kline $ 109,200
201 Rick Lowe $ 108,700
202 Jim Feist $ 108,700
203 Jesse Martin $ 106,400
204 Daniel 'Higgins' Sellam $ 105,900
205 Bernard Lee $ 105,800
206 Joe Toth $ 105,300
207 Will Walter $ 104,600
208 Dutch Boyd $ 103,800
209 Chris Grove $ 103,700
210 Brett Wiesner $ 103,200
211 Hung 'Peter' Tran $ 103,100
212 Dave Cleveland $ 102,700
213 Matt Hawrilenko $ 102,000
214 Christopher Smith $ 101,600
215 Bo Sehlstedt $ 101,500
216 Kelly Kim $ 100,200
217 Bill Kamarek $ 100,200
218 Mick Davis $ 99,900
219 Grant S Brocco $ 99,900
220 Franco Brunetti $ 99,700
221 Lee Salem $ 99,600
222 Daniel Clegg $ 99,400
223 Tuan Vu $ 97,900
224 Per Hildebrand $ 97,900
225 Raymond Yee $ 97,800
226 Jared Gilpin $ 97,700
227 Dat Ly $ 97,500
228 Donald Delancy $ 97,400
229 David Claiborne $ 97,100
230 Paul McKinney $ 97,000
231 Barry Schwartz $ 97,000
232 Kalee Tan $ 96,900
233 Carl Olson $ 96,900
234 Steve Marx $ 96,700
235 Amit Sander $ 96,600
236 Rudy Kretzmeier $ 96,300
237 Joe Capps $ 96,300
238 Joseph Hachem $ 95,900
239 Erick Richardson $ 95,700
240 David Hickman $ 95,200
241 Henning Frick $ 94,900
242 Samir Shakroov $ 94,400
243 Michael Molloy $ 93,500
244 Mitch Schock $ 93,300
245 Charles Wey $ 93,300
246 Andrew Prock $ 93,000
247 Iwan Jones $ 92,800
248 John Falconer $ 92,700
249 James Sabinas $ 92,400
250 Terence Burt $ 92,300
251 Reagan Silber $ 92,300
252 Alex Pacheco $ 92,100
253 Allan Ripplinger $ 91,600
254 Adam Friedman $ 91,300
255 Mo Sullivan $ 91,000
256 Edgar Skjervold $ 90,700
257 Jose M. Rodriguez $ 90,000
258 Adam Brosius $ 89,900
259 Phil Ivey $ 89,600
260 Eric Mifune $ 89,400
261 Ryan Hughes $ 89,200
262 James Peera $ 88,600
263 Theodore Park $ 88,500
264 Daniel Shak $ 88,200
265 Michael Capener $ 88,000
266 William Flachsbaut $ 87,400
267 Jarl Linholt Joergensen $ 87,200
268 Mike Deubel $ 86,800
269 Raymi Sanchez Thom $ 85,800
270 Alan Colon $ 85,100
271 Gavin Smith $ 84,900
272 Todd Bui $ 84,500
273 Paul Mannetta $ 83,400
274 Harry Varisco $ 82,900
275 Jeff Taylor $ 82,500
276 John McLaughlin $ 81,900
277 Anahit Galajian $ 81,900
278 Derek LeForte $ 81,700
279 Jonas Ludlof $ 81,400
280 David Arnold $ 81,400
281 Eddie Scharf $ 80,500
282 Ed Pellegrini $ 80,500
283 Yaron Wasserman $ 80,400
284 James M Barber $ 80,400
285 Leandro Alvarez $ 80,300
286 Jonathan Shecter $ 80,200
287 Chris Podlewski $ 80,000
288 Jason Levine $ 79,300
289 Michael Chow $ 78,900
290 Barry Neville $ 78,200
291 Meng La $ 77,900
292 Bryant King $ 77,700
293 Stanley Boralsky $ 77,600
294 Gary Bush $ 77,400
295 Joel Merwick $ 77,000
296 Allen Patatanyavi $ 76,400
297 Andrew Gosser $ 76,200
298 Nani Dollison $ 75,700
299 Edouart Cardona $ 75,600
300 Radu Butan $ 75,300
301 Jimmy Blening $ 75,300
302 Phillip Luong $ 75,000
303 Carly Gbora $ 74,900
304 Mark Galasso $ 74,700
305 Tim 'Ice' Gillig $ 74,600
306 Jeffrey Geiger $ 74,500
307 Mike Lesle $ 74,100
308 Mark McNamara $ 74,100
309 Matthew Turner $ 73,400
310 Richard Tomman $ 72,800
311 Adam Joens $ 72,500
312 Rob Larsen $ 71,800
313 Mike Wattel $ 71,600
314 Steven Goldberg $ 71,400
315 Steve Allen $ 70,700
316 Tom Sartori $ 70,600
317 Skip Wilson $ 70,600
318 Nick Cassavetes $ 70,600
319 Andrew Meister $ 70,500
320 Corlan Chinn $ 70,300
321 Russ Prentice $ 70,200
322 Brad Opsahl $ 70,000
323 Brad Helm $ 69,900
324 Kevin Kaikko $ 69,300
325 Jon Finkel $ 69,300
326 George Kelly Dickson $ 68,600
327 Louis Werman $ 67,300
328 Joseph Chiosie $ 66,900
329 Michael Hogbom $ 66,800
330 Mark Helden $ 66,300
331 Thomas C. Hammers $ 66,200
332 Robert Gentile $ 65,500
333 Troy Wallace $ 65,400
334 Jose L Robledo $ 65,300
335 David Plastik $ 65,100
336 Russ Mallor $ 64,700
337 Chad Moore $ 64,500
338 Clonie Gowen $ 64,400
339 Imad Samouna $ 64,300
340 Anthony Fagan $ 64,100
341 Mark Cole $ 63,900
342 Kirill Gerasimov $ 63,700
343 David Taylor $ 63,100
344 Bill Phipps $ 63,100
345 Mark Bryan $ 63,000
346 Justyn Budwey $ 62,800
347 Stephen Docter $ 62,500
348 Renee Wexler $ 62,500
349 Michael J Ewals $ 62,400
350 Justin Yu $ 62,300
351 Russell Harris $ 62,100
352 Corey Mandell $ 62,100
353 Ray Henson $ 62,000
354 Aram Zerounian $ 61,900
355 Jake Minter $ 61,600
356 Alexander Jagodik $ 61,500
357 William Borsellino $ 61,400
358 Louie Calvo $ 61,200
359 Jay Goldenberg $ 61,100
360 Derek Van Damme $ 61,000
361 Matthew Hilger $ 60,900
362 David Mogard $ 60,400
363 Babak Razi $ 60,400
364 Casper Christensen $ 60,300
365 Andre Fridell $ 60,000
366 Paul Vicary $ 59,400
367 Michael Padilla $ 59,100
368 Can Hua $ 58,800
369 Cliff Pappas $ 58,100
370 Ken Justin $ 58,000
371 Darryl Tennefos $ 57,600
372 Matt Dean $ 57,100
373 Jonah Seewald $ 56,300
374 Sarah Casey $ 56,100
375 Greg Amoils $ 55,800
376 Tom Pniak $ 55,700
377 Michael Soares $ 55,700
378 John 'Boomer' Ward $ 55,400
379 Xan Neiman $ 55,100
380 Matt Szymaszek $ 54,800
381 Gen Watanabe $ 54,700
382 Dan Maddalena $ 54,300
383 Yong Pak $ 54,100
384 Gary Margadonna $ 54,100
385 Jason Akay $ 54,000
386 Haakon Waerstad $ 53,800
387 Nathan Kent $ 53,700
388 Igor Yanovsky $ 53,200
389 Kenneth Gregersen $ 52,800
390 Danny Piccioli $ 52,800
391 Casey Peters $ 52,300
392 Joe DiDonata $ 52,200
393 Nick Eisel $ 51,900
394 Derek Dix $ 51,900
395 Todd Bourgault $ 51,800
396 Christian Gartner $ 51,800
397 Young J Kane $ 51,500
398 Roger Tichenor $ 51,400
399 Joe Berry $ 51,400
400 Michael Collins, JR $ 51,200
401 Michael E. Russell $ 50,800
402 Paul Fisher $ 50,600
403 Ryan Porter $ 50,300
404 Spencer R. Thompson $ 49,500
405 Kerry Petre $ 49,400
406 Bernd Rygol $ 49,200
407 Michael 'Pizza' Davis $ 49,100
408 Robert Worberg $ 49,000
409 Christopher Hamlyn $ 49,000
410 Ryan Wimmery $ 48,900
411 Lee 'L-train' Ford $ 48,900
412 Daniel Alaei $ 48,800
413 Sam Abueid $ 48,500
414 Patrick Hayden $ 48,500
415 Tyrone Zinman $ 48,300
416 Chris Leggett $ 47,800
417 Joe Monro $ 47,700
418 John Harrington $ 47,200
419 Pat Poels $ 47,000
420 Brock Parker $ 46,700
421 Matthew Kagan $ 46,600
422 Craig Crivello $ 46,500
423 Mulin Thierry $ 46,300
424 Jerri Thomas $ 46,000
425 Joseph Vannata $ 45,400
426 Brad Craig $ 45,400
427 Manuel Sanchez $ 45,300
428 Matthew Parvis $ 44,900
429 John McGrane $ 44,800
430 Tom Drotleff $ 44,700
431 Martin Cedercrantz $ 44,400
432 Barbara Enright $ 44,400
433 Jean Harlan $ 44,200
434 Jeremiah Vinsont $ 44,100
435 William Frymer $ 44,000
436 Hooman Nikzad $ 43,700
437 Quan Tran $ 43,300
438 Sean Ly $ 43,200
439 Esther Rossi $ 43,000
440 Eric Miller $ 43,000
441 Shun T Tasi $ 42,800
442 Matthew Vogel $ 42,200
443 Bruce Hardman $ 42,100
444 David Steirman $ 40,900
445 Peter Hedlund $ 40,500
446 Kevin Lazzaro $ 40,500
447 Rehne Pedersen $ 40,000
448 Harry Fitzpatrick $ 40,000
449 Thomas Stanek $ 39,200
450 John 'TBR' Brown $ 39,200
451 Richard Cohen $ 39,000
452 Bob Jarrett $ 38,800
453 Robert J. Kacher $ 38,700
454 Amir Esfandiary $ 38,700
455 Dalton Bolasek $ 38,600
456 Cameron Hamilton $ 38,200
457 Tom Peterson $ 38,000
458 Joseph Chee $ 38,000
459 Ryan McKinney $ 37,800
460 David Sanderson $ 37,700
461 Sassoon Gourji $ 37,600
462 Andrew Bassett $ 37,300
463 Russell Mohr $ 36,900
464 Christy Psillas $ 36,900
465 John Hutchinson $ 36,800
466 David Rubin $ 36,700
467 Jordan Marinov $ 36,000
468 Gene Malatesta $ 36,000
469 Sergey Khromov $ 35,300
470 Nilenil Persaud $ 34,800
471 Jeff Kanow $ 34,800
472 Bob Ciaffone $ 34,600
473 Kevin Shackelford $ 34,500
474 Richard Lister $ 34,200
475 Glynn Beebe $ 34,100
476 Peter Campo $ 33,900
477 Jeff Campbell $ 33,900
478 Jason Fadness $ 33,300
479 Michael Laurence $ 32,800
480 Guy Calvert $ 32,800
481 Bruce Rawdin $ 32,800
482 Sunny Camper $ 32,600
483 Joseph Schaffer $ 32,600
484 Austin Moody $ 32,000
485 Olivier Monteaux $ 31,300
486 Fred Badgiz $ 31,200
487 Chris Bane $ 31,000
488 Adam Naglich $ 30,800
489 Freddie Brown $ 30,300
490 David Zeitlin $ 30,300
491 John William Hopkins $ 30,200
492 Steve Hohn $ 29,900
493 Kevin Betsill $ 29,600
494 Thomas Schreiber $ 29,300
495 Larry D. McGehee $ 28,700
496 Myron $ 28,600
497 William Beasley $ 28,300
498 Jack Ward $ 28,200
499 Frank 'Spike' Gallas $ 28,200
500 Neil Channing $ 28,000
501 Kjetil Praesttun $ 28,000
502 Douglas Carli $ 28,000
503 Biagio DeSantis $ 27,200
504 Nadav Ravid $ 27,100
505 Casey McCarrel $ 27,100
506 Erez Savion $ 26,500
507 Garland Walters $ 26,200
508 James Jordan Jr. $ 26,000
509 Michael Murphy $ 25,800
510 Jay R. Hensen $ 25,700
511 John Roueto $ 25,500
512 Grant Rist $ 25,300
513 James Goldstein $ 25,150
514 David Silverman $ 25,100
515 Jon Smith $ 25,000
516 Gary Friedlander $ 24,900
517 Steve Tague $ 24,700
518 Kirk Schneider $ 24,200
519 Andy Wynn $ 24,200
520 Vincent Favorito $ 24,000
521 Jack Eachus $ 23,200
522 Hoa M Nguyen $ 23,000
523 Doug Briggs $ 23,000
524 Michael O'Malley $ 22,500
525 Oliver H. Fink $ 22,200
526 Sean Walter $ 22,000
527 John Roh $ 21,800
528 Tom Clark $ 21,700
529 Greg Blau $ 21,700
530 Howard Mash $ 21,600
531 Stephen Dunphy $ 21,400
532 Zie Vitallo $ 21,300
533 Marcello Colosimo $ 20,300
534 Scott Clements $ 20,000
535 Scott Alderton $ 19,900
536 Dan Cormier $ 19,700
537 Reuben Peters $ 18,800
538 Tai C Tran $ 18,500
539 Robert Pearson $ 18,200
540 Nicholas Matala $ 18,000
541 Scott Glaze $ 17,800
542 Rob Jones $ 17,700
543 Sal Calandra $ 17,600
544 Tom Shaneberger $ 17,500
545 Young Phan $ 17,300
546 Mike May $ 16,900
547 James Courtney $ 16,800
548 Bruce Atkinson $ 16,800
549 Steven Brown $ 16,100
550 George Alex $ 16,000
551 Paul Zimbler $ 15,800
552 Patrick McCann $ 15,400
553 Dan Burns $ 15,300
554 Gang Huang $ 15,200
555 John Bae $ 14,900
556 Martin Laliberte $ 14,000
557 Eamon Grimes $ 13,500
558 Marty Foth $ 13,100
559 Freddie Jones $ 12,700
560 Angeloudis Kostas $ 11,800
561 Jason Setz $ 11,300
562 Sarne Lightman $ 11,200

The Desperate Souls:
563 Bill Bostley $ 9,500
564 Larry Collins $ 7,600
565 Vadim Shlez $ 5,800
566 Mike Santoro $ 3,200

posted by Pauly at 7/11/2005 01:46:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Radio Free Pauly

I taped my interview with Sean on Friday night, live from the floor of the Rio, for the Lord Admiral Card Club Radio Show and Podcast. If you don't know by now, it's the best podcast dedicated to poker in the universe. Over the last few months, I've become a huge cult figure in Canada. I'm happy to be a part of their amazing show.

Sean and Brent are working hard every week to get their podcast done (for free) so stop by and show your support. They taoe dthis show outdoors.

You can download the MP3 of this week's show... Episode 34: Here. (Right Click and Save As)
You can download the MP3 of this week's show... Episode 33: Here. (Right click and Save As)

We discuss the fifth week of WSOP action including several sound bytes that I picked up at the Full Tilt party including a hilarious interview with Daniel Negreanu and a great one with Wil Wheaton.

If you want to catch up and listen to previous episodes, please visit their archives over at Brainscat. Stop by their site and download the extra nuggets. Thanks again to Sean and Stacks for having me on.


Hanging with Wil

Go stop by Wil's blog and read some of his latest entries. I was mentioned in one called doubled up inside. Here's a bit:

I hung up the phone and made my way to the bathroom. For the first time since I got there, I didn't feel the need to shove my way past the throngs of tourists meandering through the too-narrow walkways.

After a quick piss, I called Doctor Pauly, and told him the news.

"Oh man, I'm sorry." He said.

"Thanks," I said. "Where are you?"

"I'm paying too much for a chicken sandwich," he said.

I laughed, because I knew that meant he could only be in one place.

"I'll be right there," I said. Ninety seconds later, I was.

I hardly know Pauly at all, but I like him. We have poker, writing, blogging and getting busted out early in common, so he was the best friend I had in the room. It closed a circle to see him after I busted, because he was the last person to wish me well before the tournament began.... More

posted by Pauly at 7/11/2005 04:20:00 AM | Permalink |

 
Day 2 World Series of Poker Main Event

I woke up to the sounds of things breaking. My wake up call this morning was a "domestic dispute" and it involved a meth-addicted couple up on the third floor of my unit at the Redneck Riviera. It looked like a scene from a bad romance movie. The skinny guy with bad tattoos was standing outside while his girlfriend threw all his stuff off the balcony and shouted obscenities. The last remains of a VCR were scattered on the walkway while he dodged the heavier items. Dozens of articles of clothing were spread out while several onlooker gawked until Las Vegas metro police showed up. I expected to see a COPS camera crew jump out of a production van.

Just another Sunday morning. Don't any of these people go to church?

I had a weird ride with a cabbie this morning. He looked like Stu Ungar and his name was similar to a friend of mine. Very freaky. If you don't know, the first novel I wrote was about a Brooklyn taxi driver. One of my favorite stories so far at this year's WSOP was my buddy Jeremey running into the chick from Taxi Cab Confessions. He was more geeked out about that then playing with Johnny Chan.

Last night my brother Derek played in a multi on Party Poker. He got his A-A cracked by Q-9o and was eliminated. I've seen quite a few bad beats like that here. Some folks like to gamble. But with $7.5 million on the line, you figure some folks would like to get their money in the pot when they have a slight edge instead of being a serious underdog. Like Mike Matusow said yesterday "Tournament poker is a joke. Whoever gets most lucky is the next superstar."

This morning I grabbed a bite to eat in the deli near the sports book. In front of me on line was the 2002 WSOP champion Robert Varkonyi. He was wearing his winner's bracelet. His wife Olga made it to day 2 but he didn't make it. Yesterday one of his friends was at the TV table and he walked over to give his buddy Starbucks. I heard one of the ESPN crew guys muttered "He used to be the world champion and now he's delivering coffee."

That's poker. Famous one day. Busted the next.

Moving on...

Day 2 is starting and I'm a lot more rested today. I got an extra hour of sleep in due to the Noon starting time. I wacthed as all the tournament directors and floor managers set out all the chips. I expect to be here until 3 or 4am again so I have to pace myself. If you don't see any updates in a while, I'm taking an extended bathroom break or having a Red Stripe at the bar with Otis and his lovely assistant Maddie... who brought me a fruit salad this morning to lift my exhausted spirits. She's a good gal.

Don't forget to stop by Lasvegasvegas.com to read a mini-recap of yesterday's events. They are the ones who hired me to come out here and they post all of my recaps. If you like my poker writings, you can also stop by Poker Player Newspaper and read that as well. Lastly, almost all of the photos I have been posting are courtesy of Flipchip. He's the best photographer here at the WSOP and you have to check out his 2005 World Series of Poker photo gallery.

****** Live Blogging Updates ******

12:23pm... We are in a slight delay while tournament directors are correcting any mistakes with chip bags. Play will begin shortly.

12:28pm... Featured Table update: Layne Flack (seat 9) and Paul Darden (seat 6) are here today. Layne looks much healthier. I am too. I was "on tilt" most of yesterday and that has been corrected.

12:36pm... Cards are in the air! We're starting (15 minutes into) Level 8. Blinds are $300/$600. Antes are $75. Action will be nine handed today.

12:40pm... Two players with short stacks already out on the first hand.

12:41pm... Chops told me that Gus Hansen was busted. His 9-9 ran into J-J.

12:44pm... Bouncin Round the Room: Dealers were told a few days ago to announce "All in on table (insert table #)...." and not to deal cards until a tournament director or floor person gives them the go ahead. This is for the benefit of the roving ESPN camera crew to come over and catch anyone of note. Players are quiet and tense. You can't hear to much chatter aside fromt he clattering of chips and the random cries of "All in!" from the dealers.

1:06pm... Recent Eliminations: Chris Moneymaker is out. He pushed with 2h-7h against A-K. Yeah the sooted Hammer! He had a flush draw, but it missed.

1:15pm... Recent Eliminations: John Myung and Tony Cousineau are out.

1:25pm... Retraction... Greg Raymer is still in. I apologize for the disinformation. The tournament director made a mistake and incorrectly annoucned over the loudspeaker that "World Champion Greg Raymer" was elimianted. He made an error and meant to say the Moneymaker was busted.

1:26pm... Sharing info can be helpful. Otis and Team Pokerstars have been helpful with info on Poker Stars players. James & Maddie covers European players from Stars and Otis covers the rest of them. I get updates on Irish players from the Irish Twins: Mike Lucky Blind and Tom via Antes Up. I get great scoops on British players from Jennifer at Blonde Poker. Of course BJ at Card Player hooks me up along with Jen & Heather from Poker Wire.

1:35pm... Recent eliminations: Gentleman John Gale was busted. Also going home are Toto Leonidas, Marcel Luske, and David Sklansky. My buddy Ace from sports radio in Calgary told me "You're not the only one who busted Shannon ELizabeth." Yeah, she's gone.

1:45pm... Jennifer from Blonde Poker wrote this funny tid-bit:

Stuart Forsyth just out with cracked AA in about 5 hands, losing 12,000 when he raised to 1500 preflop and was called by an overexcited KJ who said "You want action?" Action indeed followed when the flop came K 10 8 and he got it all-in only for the third K to pop up on the river, earning him a nice unsubtle American rub-down: "Slowplaying Aces, huh?" Some people just don't know when to get it quietly...

2:00pm... I got a few updates from the Irish Twins. My new favorite Irish player Paddy "The Dentist" O' Connor was busted by a fellow Irishman Peter Roche. Paddy's Hilton Sisters were busted by Roche's A-J. Joe "The Show" O'Neill is a player I was told to keep an eye on. He's a chatty fellow and has his table in stitches laughing.

2:15pm... Players are on a break. And dealers are racing off the green $25 chips. Otis got the most hilarious email. "Your coverage sucks," the idiot wrote. Otis wrote back, "Thanks for writing and telling me that I suck."

2:30pm... Bouncin Round the Room: It's hot and humid in here. Been so the last few days. I almost wore shorts and a muscle shirt. But I don't have guns like Bad Blood, so I won't show off my girly-man arms.

3:05pm... Featured Table update: Layne Flack's table broke up, but they retained him and added 8 new players. So Paul Darden is gone. Layne walked over to press row to chat and he's not wearing any shoes, but with socks. I wonder if I play in a future main event if I can sit at a table without pants? oooh, the hot girls in short skirts and "Bluff" t-shirts are back sitting in the front row.

3:10pm... We are on level 9. Antes are $100 and blinds are $400/$800. Jack Binion got to annouce "Shuffle up and deal!"

3:15pm... Bouncin Round the Room: There are a lot of jubilant people after they win all ins today. Can you get an penalty for excessive celebration like in the NFL? One fellow shouted, "Oh yeah! Oh yeah! That's a full house!" and he was on the other side of the room. I think some folks have small penises and want to get on TV. I caught one horrible bad beat on table 127. A-A versus A-A. Yeah the fat guy with a shirt made for a ballerina caught a flush on the river.

3:25pm... Recent Eliminations: Jose Rosencrantz and Tilt Boy Rafe Furst are both gone.

3:35pm... Recent Eliminations: Two Dans gone. Action Dan Harrington was busted. His 5-5 lost a race to A-Q. Dan Heimiller is also busted. 1368 players remain.

3:50pm... Bouncin Round the Room: I was watching Chip Reese play at Peter Alston's table. Peter is hanging in there. He doubled up with A-A against Chip and then on the next hand found J-J. He put out a big raise. One guy moved all in and then Chip, to his right, also moved all in. Peter folded even though he felt he had the best hand. Then just before I came back to media row, I watched another crazy hand with Chip Reese. On a board with King high a guy moved all in on him. With Ac-7c and a flush draw, Chip called. The guy had top pair with a middle kicker and Chip spiked a club on the river to double up.

3:58pm... Bouncin Round the Room: This is the "Bad Beats" version... I caught three wicked bad beats during my rounds. A-K lost to K-10 when a 10 spiked on the river. A-K lost to A-Q when a guy hit a four flush. A-A lost to K-K when a K fell on the turn.

4:05pm... Recent Eliminations: Liz Lieu missed a heart flush draw and was booted. I watched her table for a few minutes. Even when she mucks her cards, it's sexy. Johnny Bax and Cecilia Mortensen are out.

4:12pm... Bad news. There was an annoucnement by tournament directors, "Media members are no longer allowed to sweat players." Which means that I cannot go out an watch tables. Only from the rail with the ralbirds. I guess some of the ESPN crews were getting pissy that they had to rush over other media types (from smaller shill sites and organziations I never heard of). You can take photos and get chip counts and walk through the tournament area. But you can't seat players anymore. This kinda sucks for me and you guys. But I'll do my best.

4:20pm... Bouncin Round the Room: I've been taking a peek at some interesting card cappers... There are two guys who use fake dog shit. One of them is Joe "The Show" O'Neill who uses fake dog shit. One player had a blue match box car. Another dude had a dradle. Someone had a pyramid. One dude had a tin of Coppenhagen to cap his cards.

4:30pm... More props. A guy walked over to me. His name is Brian. He told me, "Been reading your blog for the last month. Thanks! And keep up the good work." Pretty cool. Yesterday, Greg Go asked to take a picture with me.

4:45pm... It's official. I am in the Card Player database for taking 6th in the media/charity event.

4:50pm... Players are on a break. Layne Flack has $227,500 in chips. He might be one of the chip leaders.

5:00pm... Jen Leo posted a hilarious picture of us at the Full Tilt party last week.

5:04pm... Recent Eliminations: Sad day in the Shulman household. Barry and Jeff have both been busted. Also out are Adam Schoenfeld and Ayaz Mahmood.

5:10pm... Play resumes. Level 10 starts with $200 antes. Blinds are $500/$1000. 126 tables remain.

5:15pm... Featured Table update: This is the Layne Flack show. He just busted another guy. His stack is getting bigger.

5:25pm... Featured Table update: Layne Flack is en fuego! Layne went up against A-A with pocket sixes. Layne flopped a 6 and the crowd let out a deep "Oohhh!" He knocked out his second player inside of ten minutes. He might have almost a $250,000.

5:40pm... Featured Table update: Layne Flack's table has been broken up. Phil Ivey is now at the feature table.

5:45pm... Flipchip is on the floor taking some photos. He was kind of enough to snap a few of Carmel. I love how are silky hair cascades down her shoulders.


Ah, Carmel!
BG and I were chatting on the phone a few minutes ago. Here's a snippet of our conversation:

BG: What does Carmel smell like today?
Pauly: Like buttercups and a fresh mountain spring.

5:57pm... Recent Eliminations: Amir Vahedi is out. Noah Boeken was busted. He used to be "Exclusive" on Poker Stars. But yesterday he was wearing Full Tilt gear and today he's sporting BoDog. Oh I just talked to Peter Alston (co-author of One of a Kind with Nolan Dalla) and he was busted when he lost a coinflip. Jd-10d to pocket 8s. There are less than 950 players remaining.

6:15pm... Steve Rosenbloom told me that he thinks Chip Reese has about $250K. Phil Ivey has around $65K at the featured table. I saw Lee Watkinson's stack and it's not as big as it once was. Rocco Mediate has abour $25,000 and holding on.

6:27pm... BJ posted some good info on the action and start times over the next few days. Here it is:

Day 3: Monday, July 11th, 12:00 pm
Day 4: Tuesday, July 12th, 12:00 pm
Day 5: Wednesday, July 13th, 12:00 pm

That will end action at the Rio Casino. The remaining days will be played at Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas. If there are 36 or fewer players left, expect the final table to play out on Day 7. If there are more than 36 players, Harrah's will consider playing the final table on Day 8.

Day 6: Thursday, July 14th, 3:00 pm
Day 7: Friday, July 15th, 2:00 pm
Day 8: Saturday, July 16th, 2:00 pm (if necessary)

6:34pm... Recent Eliminations: I spotted Mimi Tran in the hallway. She said she was out.

6:40pm... Gavin Griffin might be second in chips with over $320K. According to BJ, he doubled up after catching a four flush with 10-10 after someone flopped trips. The chipleader is Graeme Harrison from Scotland is the chipleader with $370K. According to Otis, he's been banned from every casino in Scotland, England, and Europe for card counting. But Jay Greensapn mentioned that some guy named Tom Phan has over $420K.

6:49pm... Recent Eliminations: Reza Payvar and Randy Holland are out.

6:50pm... Nooooooo! Bad news. Carmel Petresco is out. She said that when she had AK, she ran into AA. When She had the Hilton Sisters, she ran into KK. She didn't look too happy on her way out to the parking lot. Oh and Huck Seed and Pascal Perrault were also busted

6:50pm... All Players are on a dinner break. The average stack is about $55K with 871 players remaining. I'm going on break now. Gonna have a few cocktails with Otis at the hooker bar.

8:35pm... Action has resumed. We are at Level 11. Antes are $200. Blinds are $600/$1200.

8:40pm... Featured Table update: Ivey's table has broken up and The Grinder, Joe Beevers, and Layne Flack are now featured. Layne is back! When he walked by me he said, "I'm here again? I guess ESPN likes me."

8:45pm... I had a few Red Stripes at dinner break. Otis and I came up with a great idea for a video poker game.

8:50pm... Otis told me that Brandon Schaefer was busted.

9:23pm... Featured Table update: The Grinder doubled up on Layne Flack. Grinder had K-K and Flack had A-J. The flop was: J-10-10. The turn a 9 and the river was a Q. Yeah, the Grinder was celebrating excessively with his railbirds.

9:33pm... Just now... "Security! Table 120!!" And that happened at the table closest to press row. A railbird who was standing in press row, got into a verbal spat with a Irishman Andy Black at the table. He was hecking Andy Black and they both got into each other's faces. Security came by to escort the drunk rail bird out.

9:46pm... Recent Eliminations: Gavin Griffin, Ben Roberts, and Chris Gregorian are both out.

9:55pm.... Bouncin Round the Room: I've taken note of many of the NFL jerseys that players are wearing. I saw one Curtis Martin one. Go Jets! Along with Michael Vick, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, and Priest Holmes. This doesn't include the Full Tilt jerseys. like the one Andy Bloch is wearing.

10:10pm... Card Player posted the story about "the smelly guy" which I forgot to tell you about. The guy reeked so bad that no one wanted to play with him. I dunno if he was supersticious or just malodorous. He was a Brit and Gutshot offered to give him a shirt. He busted out 20 minutes later.

10:15pm... It's time for a bunch of Flipchip's photos! Don't forget to check out his 2005 WSOP Photo Gallery located over at Lasvegasvegas.com.


Fossilman (click to enlarge to see his bracelet)


The crowd from the back of the room


Clonie ponders a call


Nice hat


Scotty Nguyen signs an autograph
10:30pm... Recent Eliminations: Paul Wolfe is gone when his K-K ran into A-A.

10:35pm... Phil Ivey cracked Hiltons with A-K when he spiked a King on the turn. Players are currently on a break.

10:50pm... We have reached Level 12. The blinds are$800/$1600 and the antes are $200. There are 684 players left on 76 tables.

11:11pm... 657 players remain.

11:31pm... Greg Raymer has over $200K in chips. 648 players left. 1 hour and 18 minutes to go!

11:45pm... One of my favorite players Paul "Cigar" McKinney doubled up when he cracked the Hilton Sisters with Big Slick. McKinney is the oldest bracelet winner at 80 years old, which he earned during the Seniors event.

12:08am... If you are caught smoking here in the poker room, you will be banned for the rest of the WSOP. That's what Jack Effel annoucned.

12:17am... We're down to 594 players. 34 more players until the money.

12:30am... We're down to 585 on 65 tables. 25 players to the money and 20 minutes to go until this level ends.

12:35am... Rocco Mediate was kncoked out. I forgot to blog it. Barbara Enright is out. Chip Reese was just eliminated. He had a nut flush on the turn and lost to full boat on the river.

12:45am... Featured Table update: Here is more proof that live poker is rigged!


So rigged!

12:52am... Play is done. 569 players survived day two! The avergae stack is over $98K.

12:59am... Here are notable bustouts:

Gus Hansen
Chris Moneymaker
Marcel Luske
Shannon Elizabeth
Dan Harrington
David Sklansky
John Myung
John Gale
Chip Reese
Rocco Mediate
Toto Leonidas
Rafe Furst
Dan Heimiller
Liz Lieu
Cecilia Mortensen
Jeff & Barry Shulman
Amir Vahedi
Carmel Petresco
Huck Seed
Paul Wolfe

Play will resume at Noon on Monday. See ya tomorrow.
posted by Pauly at 7/10/2005 02:59:00 PM | Permalink |

 
Unofficial End of Day 1 Chip Counts

1868 players survived Day 1 according to what I found on Poker Wire. The Poker Prof told me 1886. I have 1868 lucky fookers that made it to Day 2. They are all listed at the bottom of this post.

I thought there were at leat 1900+ players and for some reason I thought Lee Watkinson had $173K. I'll investigate all of these situations after I get some breakfast. Again all these chip counts are unofficial.

Here are some notable bust outs from Day 1C: TJ Cloutier, Minh Nguyen, Andy Bloch, Tracey Phan, Joe Sebok, Mel Judah, Mark Seif, Doyle Brunson, Hoyt Corkins, James Woods, Ram Vaswani, Jim Betchel, Tom McEvoy, Anna Benson, Chau Giang, John D'Agostino, Lonnie Boeding, Simon "Aces" Trumper, Edward Moncada, Shannon Sharpe, Kristy Gazes, Eric Ellisen, John Phan, Thor Hansen, Tony Ma, and Robert Williamson III.

Here are some notable bust outs from Day 1B: Daniel Negreanu, Todd Brunson, Tobey Maguire, Oliver Hudson, Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Erin Ness, Robert Varkonyi, Erick Lindgren, Melissa Hayden, Men the Master, Evelyn Ng, Greg Mueller, Perry Friedman, Max Pescatori, Barny Boatman, Senthil Kumar, David Williams, Johnny World Hennigan, Eli Elerza, Dewey Tomko, Mimi Rogers, Allen Cunningham, Phil Gordon, Cyndy Violette, Hasan Habib, David Levi, Miami John, and Juha Helppi.

Here are some notable bust outs from Day 1A: Steve Z, Ted Lawson, Josh Arieh, Erik Seidel, Chris Bigler, Scott Fischman, Jesus, Ted Forrest, Johnny "Fuckin" Chan, David Grey, Mike Sexton, Marco Traniello, Humerto Brenes, Devilfish, Davood Mehrmand, Brad Garret, Barry Greenstein, Eskimo, Martin De Knijff, My Main Man Freddy Deeb, The Unabomber, Carlos Mortenson, Wil Wheaton, Patty Gallagher, Jennifer Tilly, Brett Jungblut, Thunder Keller, and Jen Harman.

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (Courtesy of Poker Wire):
1 Haakon Waerstad $ 169,200
2 Sam Farha $ 156,600
3 Nguyen Duc $ 150,250
4 Lee Watkinson $ 145,800
5 Graeme Harrison $ 142,700
6 Jeffrey Dziedzic $ 136,450
7 Brad Kondracki $ 131,825
8 Mike Gambony $ 130,000
9 Ed Cardona $ 129,475
10 Pete Lawson $ 124,825
11 Travis Derrick $ 114,900
12 Carmel Petresco $ 111,900
13 David Rudling $ 111,100
14 Ramnarine Jerrybandan $ 109,650
15 Joe Connor $ 106,975
16 Minneapolis Jim Meehan $ 103,775
17 Tony O'Hagan $ 102,950
18 Anthony Laughing, JR $ 100,175
19 David "Chino" Rheem $ 100,175
20 Kalee Tan $ 97,325
21 Scott Lazar $ 95,825
22 Corey Cheresnick $ 95,375
23 Mads Andersen $ 94,700
24 Bob Hotchandani $ 94,550
25 Michael Padilla $ 93,025
26 Tom Koral $ 92,875
27 Johnny Howard $ 92,050
28 Kenny "The Kid" Tran $ 90,500
29 Rehne Pedersen $ 90,325
30 Parth Data $ 89,375
31 Carmy Banin $ 89,250
32 Russell "The Muscle" Salzer $ 89,075
33 Tom Pniak $ 88,200
34 Philippe Albert $ 88,175
35 John Falconer $ 87,875
36 Thomas Madsen $ 87,350
37 Alex Markovic $ 87,325
38 M. Eric Mandap $ 85,725
39 Jennifer Harvey $ 85,350
40 Joseph Vannata $ 85,075
41 Bryan Stellwagen $ 84,275
42 Matt Fitzpatrick $ 83,675
43 Anthony Williams $ 81,550
44 Pat Nixon $ 81,200
45 Joe Liebman $ 81,150
46 Olga Varkonyi $ 80,700
47 Tiffany Williamson $ 80,200
48 Theodore Park $ 79,800
49 James Pollack $ 79,700
50 Jason Lane $ 79,675
51 Nick Gibson $ 79,200
52 David Toneman $ 79,175
53 Matthew Hilger $ 79,025
54 Doug Briggs $ 78,950
55 Bjorn Lindenberg $ 78,500
56 Louis Lazzinnaro $ 77,500
57 Farzad Boyadi $ 77,475
58 Jon Kalmar $ 77,275
59 Peter Hedlund $ 77,150
60 Yao Shi $ 76,900
61 Roland Israelashvili $ 76,800
62 Kevin Mason $ 76,800
63 Sam Murphy $ 76,050
64 Matt Poucher $ 75,500
65 Greg DeBora $ 75,425
66 Camilla Sorensen $ 75,400
67 Jon Finkel $ 75,000
68 Vinny Vinh $ 74,875
69 Nicholas Matala $ 74,525
70 Farzad Rouhani $ 74,300
71 JD "Tex" Barch $ 74,175
72 Joe Simmons $ 73,775
73 Bo Schlstedt $ 73,725
74 Freddie Brown $ 73,375
75 Randal Brooks $ 73,300
76 Ryan Hughes $ 72,425
77 Richard Lee $ 71,925
78 Kelly Zoudo $ 71,850
79 Manelic Minaya $ 71,625
80 Jani Sointula $ 71,600
81 P Jackson $ 71,475
82 Russ Prentice $ 71,350
83 Charlie Morris $ 70,975
84 Phillip Luong $ 70,925
85 David Mogard $ 70,800
86 Raymond Yee $ 70,600
87 Robert Rosen $ 70,500
88 Day Yi $ 70,475
89 Tom Peterson $ 70,375
90 Fran Pinchot $ 70,300
91 Nicolas Fradet $ 70,150
92 Ylon Schwartz $ 70,000
93 Rob Bowers $ 69,850
94 Layne Flack $ 69,775
95 Derek Leforte $ 69,575
96 Kevin Kim $ 69,500
97 Joe Pelton $ 68,850
98 J.C. Tran $ 68,150
99 Corlan Chinn $ 68,075
100 Dustin Woolf $ 67,925
101 David Hellmold $ 67,625
102 Robert Mizrachi $ 67,625
103 Alex Borteh $ 67,525
104 David Wells $ 67,375
105 Joseph Hachem $ 67,350
106 Johan Lund $ 67,300
107 Bernard Lee $ 67,150
108 Rudy Kretzmeier $ 67,050
109 Marvin Duarte $ 66,925
110 Tim Gillig $ 66,250
111 Jerry D Richardson $ 66,250
112 Dennis Savelkoul $ 66,125
113 Frank Byrne $ 66,025
114 Daniel Bergsdorf $ 65,875
115 Steven Rosen $ 65,825
116 Marc Lome $ 65,700
117 Jordan Davenport $ 65,375
118 Morten Jensen $ 65,150
119 Robert K Schnelle $ 65,125
120 Steve Aloe $ 65,125
121 Joe Rafferty $ 65,100
122 Todd Manzi $ 65,075
123 Cero Zuccarello $ 64,900
124 John Harrington $ 64,800
125 Tuan Vu $ 64,800
126 Mario Subiran $ 64,750
127 Frank Hernandez $ 64,525
128 Gil Varon $ 64,125
129 Jeff Campbell $ 64,125
130 Paul 'X-22' Magriel $ 64,125
131 Randy Holland $ 64,075
132 Jens Kruuse $ 63,925
133 Tam "Tommy" Hang $ 63,900
134 Rick Rahim $ 63,875
135 Dan Collin $ 63,725
136 Kandlbinder Peosser $ 63,475
137 Mohamad Kowssarie $ 63,200
138 Hilbert Shirey $ 63,200
139 Brian Decater $ 63,000
140 Lin Poo Wang $ 62,825
141 Eric Shulz $ 62,775
142 Alex Dietrich $ 62,400
143 William Walter $ 62,200
144 Eric Mifune $ 62,075
145 Anders Rosander $ 62,000
146 Lawrence Frye $ 62,000
147 Kanajett Hathaitham $ 61,950
148 Gavin Smith $ 61,925
149 Fuat Can $ 61,900
150 Christopher Smith $ 61,575
151 Jared Aven $ 61,575
152 Oskar Silow $ 61,575
153 Larry Collins $ 61,175
154 Jason Levine $ 61,150
155 Jerry Poladian $ 61,025
156 Roger Tichenor $ 60,950
157 Scott Numoto $ 60,950
158 Andrew Prock $ 60,700
159 Kevin O'Brien $ 60,675
160 Tyrone Zinman $ 60,650
161 Steven Zoine $ 60,500
162 Sam Haddad $ 60,425
163 David J Anderson $ 60,250
164 Chris Diozdowski $ 60,050
165 Jean-Philippe Piquette $ 60,000
166 Jon Weinbach $ 59,975
167 Mark Wilds $ 59,850
168 Jake Minter $ 59,750
169 Vilandos Peter $ 59,475
170 Nick Cassavetes $ 59,475
171 William Hill $ 59,400
172 Bruno Pisa $ 59,200
173 Michael J. Ewals $ 59,150
174 Aram Zerounian $ 58,975
175 David Arnold $ 58,675
176 Darrin Roth $ 58,650
177 Henry Campbell-Smith $ 58,575
178 Lee Budin $ 58,475
179 Chris Psillas $ 58,475
180 David Rubin $ 58,400
181 Jason Strochak $ 58,325
182 Jack Eachus $ 58,275
183 Alexander Jagodik $ 58,275
184 Dalton Polasek $ 58,225
185 James Butt $ 57,975
186 John Hunter Pappas $ 57,975
187 Christopher Lorenzo $ 57,975
188 Will 'Willy-Will' Failla $ 57,925
189 Liz Lieu $ 57,900
190 Jimmy Martinez $ 57,825
191 Tracy Scala $ 57,425
192 Don Mullis $ 57,375
193 Markelliott Scdicmet $ 57,180
194 Stephen L Rodenbeck $ 57,075
195 Denis Ethier $ 56,900
196 Jamie Russo $ 56,825
197 Shawn Lake $ 56,800
198 Kit Phaphone $ 56,675
199 Yomtov Shabot $ 56,650
200 Dorin Parasca $ 56,625
201 Tim White $ 56,475
202 John Earle $ 56,425
203 Jim N. Close $ 56,400
204 Tony Pirone $ 56,350
205 Jeff Potts $ 55,775
206 Michael Chow $ 55,725
207 Sami Siltanen $ 55,600
208 Kenna James $ 55,600
209 Bobby Law $ 55,575
210 Franklin Caldwell $ 55,550
211 Dutch Boyd $ 55,550
212 Steven Dannenmann $ 55,550
213 Howard Lederer $ 55,500
214 James M Barber $ 55,350
215 Jeffrey Siegal $ 55,275
216 Dat Ly $ 55,250
217 Michael Swartz $ 55,225
218 Niehil Persaud $ 55,225
219 Paul Darden Jr. $ 55,100
220 Daniel J Battaglia $ 54,950
221 Stephen Landdry $ 54,950
222 Daniel McGrew $ 54,800
223 Robert Betts $ 54,725
224 Craig Rebhaha $ 54,650
225 James Goldstein $ 54,600
226 Gavin Griffin $ 54,600
227 Thomas Schreiber $ 54,550
228 Gang Huang $ 54,400
229 Mikhail Ustinov $ 54,375
230 Esther Rossi $ 54,325
231 Jason Berry $ 54,300
232 Eric Cloutier $ 54,000
233 Jason Fadness $ 53,825
234 Chris Bane $ 53,700
235 Matt Shepsky $ 53,675
236 James B. Overman $ 53,625
237 Sean Daulat $ 53,475
238 Paul Fischer $ 53,400
239 Mats Rahmn $ 53,375
240 Brian Haveson $ 53,300
241 Daniel Quach $ 53,125
242 Frank Henderson $ 53,075
243 Gary Margadonna $ 53,075
244 Robert Binelli $ 53,050
245 DaveSeidman $ 52,925
246 Duncan Bell $ 52,900
247 Paul D'Ambrosia $ 52,775
248 Patrick Bruel $ 52,750
249 Patri Friedman $ 52,650
250 Tom Eagan $ 52,650
251 Yaron Wasserman $ 52,575
252 Marlon Santos $ 52,525
253 Sergey Khromov $ 52,375
254 Igor Golovin $ 52,350
255 Nick Eisel $ 52,275
256 Mark Dickstein $ 52,250
257 Matthew Kagan $ 52,125
258 Ray Henson $ 52,025
259 Keith Carter $ 52,000
260 Bob Jarrett $ 52,000
261 Jessie Moore $ 51,850
262 Angeloudis G Kostas $ 51,800
263 Brian Bennis $ 51,750
264 Pat Johnson $ 51,575
265 Doug Speed $ 51,350
266 Jan Sjavik $ 51,350
267 Erik Cajelais $ 51,325
268 Young Phan $ 51,325
269 Ugur Marangoz $ 51,200
270 Samir Shakhtoor $ 51,100
271 Haavard Sverdrup $ 51,000
272 Anders J. Kuhl $ 50,625
273 Cycalona Gowen $ 50,475
274 Adam Barnes $ 50,475
275 Ira Rainess $ 50,350
276 Danny Horowitz $ 50,325
277 Kristian Eriksson $ 50,325
278 SamuelLing $ 50,275
279 Mark A. Graves $ 50,250
280 Keith Donais $ 50,250
281 Gene Malatesta $ 49,950
282 Dave Scharf $ 49,850
283 Greg Baird $ 49,750
284 Ryan Mostafa $ 49,700
285 Richard Cohen $ 49,450
286 Shun T. Tsai $ 49,375
287 Casper Christopher $ 49,375
288 Kevin Ho $ 49,275
289 Jonathan Shecter $ 49,275
290 Stanley Boralsky $ 49,275
291 Carmen Menechella $ 49,200
292 Marty Foth $ 49,150
293 Scott Clements $ 49,100
294 Babak Razi $ 49,100
295 William Frymer $ 49,075
296 John Michael $ 49,075
297 Henry Hank MacCaslin $ 49,050
298 John Varner $ 49,000
299 Rob Weiss $ 48,925
300 Anthony Howe $ 48,875
301 Sammy Morcos $ 48,875
302 Dave Cleveland $ 48,775
303 Andrew Dykeman $ 48,675
304 Huhg (Peter) Tran $ 48,625
305 Anthony C. Argila $ 48,625
306 Freddie L Jones $ 48,600
307 Barry Neville $ 48,600
308 V. Monical $ 48,525
309 George Thomas Huber $ 48,325
310 Engin Ljapo $ 48,300
311 Andre Fridell $ 48,250
312 Paul Wolfe $ 48,250
313 Jason Kaplan $ 48,150
314 Richard Kirsch $ 48,100
315 Mark S Petersen $ 48,100
316 Justin Yu $ 47,975
317 Jarl Lindholt Joergensen $ 47,975
318 Ron Blenski $ 47,925
319 Shahram Sheikhan $ 47,775
320 Grant Sbrocco $ 47,725
321 Marcello Del Grosso $ 47,725
322 Rob Cupps $ 47,600
323 Noah Nodine $ 47,500
324 Francis W. O'Brien $ 47,450
325 Cary Falk $ 47,300
326 Randy Barrett $ 47,275
327 Ronald Heater $ 47,275
328 Bradley M Helm $ 47,275
329 Mehrdad Yousefzadeh $ 47,250
330 Richard Piper $ 47,175
331 Per Hildebrand $ 47,100
332 Kevin Wright $ 47,000
333 Michael Westmoreland $ 47,000
334 Bob Craig $ 46,975
335 Krystal Nelson $ 46,875
336 Sean Walter $ 46,675
337 Nani Dollison $ 46,650
338 Barry Shulman $ 46,600
339 John Juanda $ 46,600
340 Leonardo Feinzaig $ 46,525
341 Russell Mohr $ 46,525
342 Doug Gehring $ 46,400
343 Mike Vanic $ 46,350
344 David Richardson $ 46,200
345 Kirk Schneider $ 46,025
346 Jeffrey Vertucci $ 46,000
347 Daniel Heimiller $ 45,825
348 Jan Minick $ 45,700
349 David Baker $ 45,675
350 Jeff Kecbler $ 45,650
351 Ka Way Cheung $ 45,625
352 Cong Do $ 45,500
353 Steve Bartlett $ 45,425
354 Jeff Ferrigno $ 45,400
355 Steve Amer $ 45,375
356 Ralph Levine $ 45,200
357 Daniel "Higgins" Sellam $ 45,200
358 Hani Awad $ 45,150
359 Sarah Bilney $ 45,150
360 Adam Joens $ 45,075
361 Charles Wey $ 45,025
362 Isaac Hakim $ 45,000
363 Cliff Cantor $ 44,950
364 Scott Glaze $ 44,900
365 James P. Massar $ 44,800
366 Jorge Chacon $ 44,675
367 Jeff Gilroy $ 44,625
368 Basil Kotarides $ 44,600
369 Steven Duncker $ 44,525
370 Minh Suh $ 44,450
371 Joseph Cordi $ 44,425
372 Sean Blanton $ 44,275
373 Andrew Black $ 44,150
374 Thomas Fuller $ 44,125
375 David Halpren $ 44,025
376 Kjetil Praesttun $ 44,000
377 St Eve Little $ 44,000
378 Amir Vahedi $ 43,975
379 Richard Lapwood $ 43,975
380 Jeff Frerichs $ 43,825
381 Espen Saltnes $ 43,825
382 Wayne Ackerer $ 43,775
383 Al Adler $ 43,725
384 Jalear Henson $ 43,725
385 William Flachsbart $ 43,600
386 Chris Grove $ 43,600
387 Peter Campo $ 43,550
388 Terrence Ding $ 43,475
389 Isaac Kapon $ 43,475
390 Michael Spiegel $ 43,350
391 Keith Alter $ 43,325
392 Tom Drotleff $ 43,275
393 Oliver H Fink $ 43,250
394 James Carroll $ 43,250
395 Martin Feijo $ 43,200
396 Ron Miller $ 43,125
397 Jean Harlan $ 43,100
398 Danny Heimbender $ 43,025
399 Andrew (A.J.) Kelsall $ 42,950
400 Ramzi Daniel $ 42,925
401 Tobias Christensen $ 42,850
402 Christine White $ 42,775
403 David Goldberg $ 42,775
404 Fred Berger $ 42,750
405 Joe Toth $ 42,700
406 John Roh $ 42,700
407 Andreas Oskarsson $ 42,650
408 Steven Wade $ 42,650
409 Marc Naalden $ 42,625
410 Erik Lindbarg $ 42,600
411 Michael Woo $ 42,450
412 Anthony Prior $ 42,425
413 Jerry Young $ 42,375
414 Raymond Chan $ 42,350
415 Greg Kolo $ 42,325
416 Thomas Sartori $ 42,275
417 Steve Miranda $ 42,150
418 Sargon Ruya $ 42,025
419 Greg Amoils $ 42,025
420 Warren Karp $ 42,000
421 Michael Lesle $ 41,950
422 Zack Mills $ 41,925
423 Klaus Agesen $ 41,900
424 Thomas "Bobcore" Olavsrud $ 41,850
425 Jonas Lindlof $ 41,700
426 Mark Tenner $ 41,675
427 Steven Murphy $ 41,675
428 Duyen Chau $ 41,650
429 Jonah Seewald $ 41,650
430 Shawn Madden $ 41,600
431 Carl Ygborn $ 41,550
432 Gabe S Hunterton $ 41,500
433 Thomas A Roupe $ 41,350
434 Terence Feiff $ 41,250
435 Shawn Morrison $ 41,250
436 Martin Morales $ 41,200
437 Sean Kirk $ 41,200
438 Marc Ashton $ 41,175
439 Orrill Martin $ 41,150
440 Ryan Buckholts $ 41,150
441 Derek VanDamme $ 41,150
442 Richard Hall $ 41,075
443 Matt Keikoan $ 40,925
444 Jean-Marc Henry $ 40,900
445 Naoav Ravid $ 40,900
446 Sam Abueid $ 40,875
447 Jason Akau $ 40,800
448 Adam Ross $ 40,750
449 Peter Roche $ 40,650
450 Michael Hogbom $ 40,525
451 Dan Piccioli $ 40,525
452 Dane Cass $ 40,500
453 Bruce Hardman $ 40,350
454 Minh Ly $ 40,325
455 Gabe Walls $ 40,250
456 Ki 'Mike' Kim $ 40,175
457 Istvan Novak $ 40,175
458 Zaher Sayegh $ 40,150
459 James Courtney $ 40,050
460 Aaron Kanter $ 40,000
461 Doug Hurst $ 40,000
462 Justyn Bedwey $ 39,950
463 Joe Berry $ 39,950
464 Yong Pak $ 39,850
465 Corey Mandell $ 39,825
466 Matthew Hemingway $ 39,775
467 Mike Minetti $ 39,725
468 Pat Poels $ 39,725
469 Greg "Fossilman" Raymer $ 39,525
470 Adam Csallang $ 39,400
471 Harold Holland $ 39,375
472 Richard Tomkins $ 39,300
473 Shawn G Keller $ 39,300
474 Rick Tribble $ 39,300
475 Vinh (David) Ticaong $ 39,250
476 Michael Leahy $ 39,250
477 Jonathan Sanger $ 39,200
478 Randy L McKay $ 39,125
479 Larry D. McGehee $ 39,075
480 Huck Seed $ 39,025
481 Anthony Fagan $ 38,950
482 Robert J. Kacher, Jr. $ 38,925
483 Mark Forrester $ 38,850
484 Dan Burns $ 38,825
485 James Olson $ 38,775
486 Jason Gyle $ 38,775
487 Richard Bell $ 38,625
488 John L. Cover $ 38,600
489 Barry Schnell $ 38,575
490 Rafael 'Ralph' Perry $ 38,550
491 M. Englander $ 38,500
492 David Hickman $ 38,475
493 Franco Brunetti $ 38,475
494 Mike 'The Claw' May $ 38,300
495 John Duthie $ 38,225
496 Travis Hantke $ 38,150
497 Robert Norberg $ 38,075
498 Shawn Moore $ 38,050
499 Craig Swick $ 37,950
500 John Evans $ 37,950
501 Jamie Ligator $ 37,875
502 Renee Wexler $ 37,850
503 Tim Phan $ 37,800
504 John Wells $ 37,725
505 Peter Brainard $ 37,625
506 John Farrell $ 37,600
507 Chris Hinchcliffe $ 37,575
508 ???
509 Louis Venturelli $ 37,525
510 Dunn Voyer $ 37,500
511 Steven (Lucky) Liu $ 37,425
512 Brian Fanning $ 37,350
513 Brian Fullem $ 37,350
514 Thomas Lock $ 37,300
515 Pat Madden $ 37,250
516 Bae Sung Kim $ 37,200
517 Vin Ell $ 37,200
518 Brett Stevens $ 37,200
519 Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi $ 37,200
520 Asher Derei $ 37,125
521 Damon Harrell $ 37,125
522 Darryl Tennefos $ 37,050
523 Malcolm LaRue $ 37,025
524 Federico Secola $ 36,960
525 Ben Murray $ 36,925
526 Scot Belsky $ 36,900
527 Simon Ford $ 36,825
528 Joe Stillman $ 36,800
529 John Zentner $ 36,675
530 Roger McDow $ 36,675
531 David Stamm $ 36,625
532 Dennis Axel $ 36,625
533 Michael O'Malley $ 36,600
534 Rob Chasen $ 36,550
535 Brian Pullen $ 36,525
536 Michael Furedi $ 36,525
537 William Sheffy $ 36,500
538 Patrick Jackson $ 36,475
539 Dan Tierney $ 36,450
540 Yosi Benbenisti $ 36,425
541 Stephen Power $ 36,400
542 Rufus Nagel $ 36,375
543 Eugene Todd $ 36,350
544 Al Riccobono $ 36,300
545 Mercurio Balsamo $ 36,250
546 Ayhan Alsancak $ 36,225
547 Eran Salu $ 36,200
548 Jason Gillikin $ 36,175
549 Harry Varisco $ 36,175
550 Andy Wynn $ 36,100
551 Eric Wall $ 36,050
552 Kevin Shackelford $ 35,925
553 Aaron Mills $ 35,850
554 Mark Bryan $ 35,825
555 Louis Merola $ 35,675
556 Bob Larsen $ 35,650
557 Gilbert Lee $ 35,625
558 Vincent Favorito $ 35,600
559 Jeffrey Dehaven $ 35,575
560 Young J Kang $ 35,550
561 Mike Pino $ 35,525
562 Adrian Pitt $ 35,500
563 Charles B. Knox $ 35,500
564 James P Mantia $ 35,475
565 Spencer R Thomson $ 35,475
566 Mike Wenger $ 35,425
567 Kevin Payton $ 35,400
568 Steve Weinstein $ 35,400
569 Danilo Flores $ 35,375
570 Peter Gonzalez $ 35,375
571 John Bolten $ 35,350
572 Gregory Blau $ 35,325
573 Keith Kline $ 35,325
574 Amit Sander $ 35,300
575 Sarah Casey $ 35,300
576 Hutson Richarde $ 35,300
577 Dwayne Cathcary $ 35,175
578 Paul Zimber $ 35,125
579 Patrick Roberts $ 35,075
580 Mark Hylden $ 35,000
581 Tony Lam $ 34,975
582 Emad Alabsi $ 34,975
583 Howard Mash $ 34,975
584 Carrol K Hansen $ 34,900
585 Jeff Mulholland $ 34,850
586 Burt Boutin $ 34,825
587 Jack Elkjer $ 34,800
588 Ken Adams $ 34,725
589 Tim Colatruglio $ 34,700
590 Larry Prugh $ 34,625
591 Bruce Van Horn $ 34,625
592 Oscar Fred $ 34,600
593 Jeremiah Vinsant $ 34,550
594 Reza Payvar $ 34,475
595 Sean Murphy $ 34,475
596 Paul McKinney $ 34,450
597 Zack Bush $ 34,450
598 Grant Rist $ 34,400
599 Michael P. Molloy $ 34,300
600 Mao 'Andre' Qiu $ 34,275
601 Elias Haikal $ 34,225
602 Hoa M Nguyen $ 34,225
603 John McGrane $ 34,100
604 E. Passantino $ 34,050
605 Kevin Moss $ 34,050
606 Christopher Hamlyn $ 34,000
607 Djokovic Ardo $ 34,000
608 Tomas Alenius $ 33,950
609 Tomer Benvenisti $ 33,925
610 Brian Berstein $ 33,875
611 Ron Grose $ 33,850
612 Rocco Mediate $ 33,825
613 Richard Garmo $ 33,775
614 S. Bartholomew $ 33,625
615 William Louche $ 33,625
616 Clay Manley $ 33,550
617 Mats Gavatin $ 33,525
618 Mark Beard $ 33,500
619 David Withers $ 33,500
620 Allan Ripplinger $ 33,475
621 Mike Parekh $ 33,450
622 Kevin Karkko $ 33,425
623 David Webber $ 33,375
624 Russ Hamilton $ 33,375
625 Daxesh Patel $ 33,325
626 Noah 'Exclusive' Boeken $ 33,300
627 Stephen Deetz $ 33,250
628 Anders Henriksson $ 33,250
629 Arnold Spee $ 33,250
630 Alan Colon $ 33,225
631 Ron Winnegar $ 33,200
632 Marc Levy $ 33,175
633 Robert C. Daniels $ 33,175
634 Michael Davis $ 33,125
635 David Hu $ 33,125
636 Imad Gorguis $ 33,100
637 James Milkowski $ 33,075
638 Greg Fondacaro $ 33,025
639 Mohammed Rauf $ 33,000
640 Jangwon Lee $ 32,975
641 Rocky Parker $ 32,925
642 Gerasimov Virill $ 32,900
643 Allen McLean $ 32,825
644 Paul Doyle $ 32,825
645 Badih Bou-Nahra $ 32,800
646 Eddie Verceles $ 32,775
647 Alan E Young $ 32,750
648 James Jordan Jr $ 32,725
649 Rob O'Brien $ 32,725
650 Brandon Schaefer $ 32,725
651 Sunil $ 32,700
652 Philip Gurian $ 32,675
653 Tom Golabek $ 32,650
654 Michael Kats $ 32,625
655 Ryan McKinney $ 32,600
656 William Borsellino $ 32,600
657 William Prieto $ 32,550
658 Jody Garaventa $ 32,550
659 Kelly Kim $ 32,450
660 Kurt Acker $ 32,350
661 Raymond Thomson $ 32,325
662 Timothy Aarons $ 32,300
663 Michael Simhai $ 32,175
664 Johnson Lau $ 32,150
665 Radu Butan $ 32,125
666 Steve Tague $ 32,075
667 Tom Weideman $ 32,075
668 Jeremie Carr $ 32,025
669 Brandon Adams $ 32,000
670 Nhut Tran $ 31,975
671 Pascal J Perrault $ 31,975
672 Dennis Bland $ 31,950
673 Evan Schwartz $ 31,950
674 Steve Black $ 31,950
675 Terry Myers $ 31,950
676 Daniel Shak $ 31,900
677 April Zwick-Friedman $ 31,825
678 Jerri Thomas $ 31,825
679 Barry M Schwartz $ 31,800
680 Brett Bezotte $ 31,800
681 David Slan $ 31,775
682 Lee Salem $ 31,775
683 Joe Di Donato $ 31,775
684 Troy M Louis $ 31,775
685 Philip Mitchell Jr $ 31,725
686 Mark Macmahon $ 31,700
687 Thomas Stanek $ 31,675
688 Andrew Gosser $ 31,650
689 Mark Napolitano $ 31,650
690 Russell Harris $ 31,650
691 Troy Barnhart $ 31,650
692 Van "Vinny" Landrum $ 31,625
693 Mark Matz $ 31,575
694 Mike Trupiano $ 31,550
695 Karlo Lopez $ 31,500
696 Steven Sager $ 31,500
697 Sharbel Koumi $ 31,475
698 Alex Morales $ 31,350
699 Kevin Bott $ 31,325
700 Steven Goldberg $ 31,325
701 Chris Held $ 31,325
702 Kyle Morse $ 31,300
703 Robert Ozello $ 31,275
704 Brian Chike $ 31,250
705 Chris Overgard $ 31,225
706 Rod E Pardey $ 31,225
707 Nekpal Siwan $ 31,225
708 Jukka Juvonen $ 31,200
709 Webber Kang $ 31,200
710 Andrew Gray $ 31,175
711 Chris Podlewski $ 31,125
712 Jim Miccucio $ 31,075
713 Saleem Tawil $ 31,050
714 Lawrence Jelsma $ 30,975
715 Andres Korn $ 30,900
716 Richard Ashby $ 30,875
717 Robert Fikac $ 30,825
718 Greg Chaffey $ 30,775
719 Howard Olson $ 30,775
720 Mark Kroon $ 30,750
721 Scott Sloan $ 30,750
722 Dave Stearns $ 30,700
723 Josh Prager $ 30,700
724 Thang Tran $ 30,675
725 Garland Walters $ 30,650
726 Dale Hunsucker $ 30,625
727 Ralph Rudd $ 30,600
728 Patrick Antoniello $ 30,550
729 Jeremy Howard $ 30,550
730 Lars Hansen $ 30,425
731 Reagan Silber $ 30,425
732 Svetlana Gromenkova $ 30,400
733 Richard Tomman $ 30,325
734 Robert Aron $ 30,325
735 Norbert Holting $ 30,275
736 Frank Nerat $ 30,250
737 Ed Pellegrini $ 30,225
738 Chip Reese $ 30,200
739 Dennis Longoria $ 30,150
740 Sunny Camper $ 30,075
741 Brian Lesser $ 30,050
742 Shawn Tolliver $ 30,025
743 Iuy Douaghy $ 29,975
744 Damir Krolo $ 29,950
745 Pierre Nasr $ 29,925
746 Shawn Sedaghat $ 29,925
747 Sean Ly $ 29,900
748 Rep Porter $ 29,900
749 William Bostley $ 29,875
750 Terry Miller $ 29,875
751 Robert Gentile $ 29,825
752 Larry R Diehl $ 29,800
753 Joe Beevers $ 29,800
754 David R Guyer $ 29,750
755 Conor Tate $ 29,675
756 Shaun Needham $ 29,650
757 Pittman $ 29,600
758 Jack Ward $ 29,575
759 Jakcob Elbaz $ 29,575
760 Anders Osterstrom $ 29,525
761 Casey Kaslte $ 29,525
762 Joel Merwick $ 29,500
763 Paul Carrozzo $ 29,450
764 Adam Sneed $ 29,425
765 Todd Bourgault $ 29,400
766 Kevin Matten $ 29,350
767 Keith Kozar $ 29,300
768 Erez Savion $ 29,225
769 William Henning $ 29,200
770 Richard Shorten $ 29,150
771 Joe Capps $ 29,100
772 Brad Opsahl $ 29,075
773 Wendell M. Driver $ 29,075
774 Stosh McConnell $ 29,050
775 Alan White $ 29,025
776 Amit Bijlani $ 29,000
777 Paul Fisher $ 28,925
778 Adam Schoenfeld $ 28,875
779 Wayne Greenberg $ 28,850
780 Robert Wallens $ 28,850
781 Christopher Leggett $ 28,775
782 Michael Kessler $ 28,750
783 Steve Nichols $ 28,725
784 Honore (Ray) Taranto $ 28,700
785 Anahit Galajian $ 28,650
786 Nam Huynh $ 28,625
787 Phil Ivey $ 28,600
788 Mike Wattel $ 28,575
789 David Feldman $ 28,525
790 Neuhoeffer $ 28,525
791 Wayne B. Grosso $ 28,500
792 Todd Adwal $ 28,475
793 Michael Sullivan $ 28,450
794 Douglas Carl $ 28,450
795 Paul Katz $ 28,425
796 Luis Calvo $ 28,425
797 Harvey Bundy $ 28,350
798 Carl Olson $ 28,325
799 John Bauchman $ 28,325
800 David Robertson $ 28,300
801 Donald Delancy $ 28,300
802 James Peera $ 28,300
803 Suerre Sondbo $ 28,300
804 Rick Tidwell $ 28,275
805 Patrick Hocking $ 28,250
806 Neil Channing $ 28,225
807 Bryant King $ 28,200
808 Mike Santoro $ 28,175
809 Conrad Stratton $ 28,150
810 Terence R. Burt $ 28,125
811 Mark Statham $ 28,125
812 Stephen W Boyle $ 28,125
813 David Hiben $ 28,100
814 Bob Goen $ 28,050
815 Perry N Magee $ 28,000
816 Casey McCarrel $ 27,950
817 Tony Hartmann $ 27,950
818 Frank DeHoff $ 27,875
819 Ron Surenkamp $ 27,850
820 Mike Matusow $ 27,850
821 Tom Ralph $ 27,825
822 Daniel Alaei $ 27,800
823 Gregory B Rice $ 27,775
824 Donald Puckett $ 27,700
825 Wisniec Laurent $ 27,700
826 Jose M Rodriguez $ 27,675
827 Peter Zakhary $ 27,650
828 Richard Sharpe $ 27,600
829 Sol Bergren $ 27,575
830 Nathan Kent $ 27,575
831 Jason Zimmerman $ 27,525
832 Marsha Waggoner $ 27,525
833 David Angel $ 27,500
834 Richard Gregory $ 27,500
835 Matt Fitzgerald $ 27,450
836 Andrew Parker $ 27,450
837 David Subotic $ 27,425
838 Peluso Luis $ 27,425
839 Thierry Mulin $ 27,425
840 James Calderaro $ 27,375
841 Craig Crivello $ 27,300
842 David Todd $ 27,275
843 Robert Turner $ 27,275
844 Dennis Or $ 27,275
845 Erick Richardson $ 27,250
846 Janay A. Graves $ 27,225
847 Paul Hagan $ 27,225
848 Kerry Petre $ 27,175
849 Fred Badger $ 27,175
850 John Letts $ 27,175
851 Anders Williadsen $ 27,150
852 Ayaz Mahmood $ 27,125
853 Ron Ware $ 27,125
854 Adam White $ 27,100
855 William Schmidt $ 27,100
856 Joh Carsten $ 27,025
857 Bob Wenzl $ 27,000
858 John Swinford $ 26,950
859 Aaron Patri $ 26,946
860 Josh Ewing $ 26,925
861 Jason Thomas $ 26,900
862 Un "Blue" Kim $ 26,900
863 Michael Laurence $ 26,825
864 Ross Barall $ 26,800
865 Will Fry $ 26,800
866 Matt Dean $ 26,775
867 Perry Green $ 26,750
868 Alan Pyles $ 26,700
869 Larry Bernstein $ 26,675
870 John McLaughlin $ 26,625
871 Cliff Josephy $ 26,625
872 Alan H. Singer $ 26,600
873 Mika Puro $ 26,575
874 Ken Lennaard $ 26,525
875 David Plastik $ 26,500
876 Ken Jacobs $ 26,500
877 Nilesh Katira $ 26,500
878 David Steirman $ 26,375
879 Todd Rowan $ 26,375
880 Steve Day $ 26,350
881 Matthew Turner $ 26,325
882 Knut Alstad $ 26,300
883 Ernest J. Romano $ 26,300
884 Brock Parker $ 26,275
885 Edward Nowak $ 26,250
886 Anthony Hill $ 26,175
887 Cecilia Reyes $ 26,150
888 P. Haslam $ 26,150
889 Anthony Moulder $ 26,125
890 Antonio Monteleone $ 26,075
891 Douglas Morgan $ 26,075
892 Paul Vicary $ 26,075
893 Kevin Kelsall $ 26,050
894 Marko Lehtosalo $ 26,025
895 Peter D Hallenbeck $ 25,975
896 Matt Szymaszek $ 25,975
897 Olli Junnonen $ 25,950
898 John Tobias $ 25,875
899 Brandon Moran $ 25,875
900 Robert Tribble $ 25,850
901 David McElhinney $ 25,825
902 Frank Schram $ 25,825
903 Simon Sadler $ 25,800
904 Mark Cole $ 25,775
905 Eddie Cone $ 25,775
906 Yoo S Kim $ 25,750
907 Parris Butch Holmes $ 25,725
908 Vadim Shlez $ 25,700
909 Iwan Jones $ 25,675
910 Michael Cohen $ 25,675
911 Dewey Weum $ 25,675
912 Jason Seitz $ 25,625
913 Christian Gartner $ 25,575
914 Louis Werman $ 25,550
915 Neal Melenychuk $ 25,550
916 Justin Grater $ 25,525
917 Jon Duston $ 25,525
918 Robert Jones $ 25,500
919 Steven Marx $ 25,500
920 Ken Justin $ 25,475
921 Karsten Johansen $ 25,475
922 Reggie "Wrecer" Cardiel $ 25,450
923 Anthony Newman $ 25,425
924 Travis Brennan $ 25,400
925 Sarne Lightman $ 25,350
926 Jason 'Big Bird' Sagle $ 25,325
927 Matthew Vogel $ 25,325
928 Hooman Nikzad $ 25,275
929 Jeff Flannery $ 25,225
930 Bernd Rygol $ 25,100
931 Martin Cedercrantz $ 25,075
932 Theo Jorgensen $ 25,075
933 Mark Merhab $ 25,050
934 Ross Mallor $ 25,025
935 J.C. Weloemoed $ 25,000
936 Justin Foster $ 25,000
937 Jeffrey Geiger $ 24,975
938 Michael R. Barnes $ 24,950
939 Bradley Chapman $ 24,925
940 Louis S Alderton $ 24,875
941 Lee Ford $ 24,800
942 Dai Suk Suh $ 24,800
943 Martin Laliberte $ 24,775
944 Grant Helling $ 24,700
945 Heriot Mungo $ 24,675
946 Roger Nehme $ 24,675
947 Edgar Colon $ 24,675
948 Ankur Pandya $ 24,650
949 William Mullins $ 24,550
950 Steven Hudak $ 24,475
951 Harold MacDonald $ 24,425
952 Mahmood Mostapa $ 24,425
953 William Shalhoob $ 24,375
954 Reuben Peters $ 24,325
955 Ross Levison $ 24,325
956 Paul Rodrigues $ 24,300
957 Cameron Hamilton $ 24,275
958 Lonnie Mason $ 24,275
959 Paul Aiuto $ 24,250
960 Amir Esfandiary $ 24,225
961 Joshua Roberson $ 24,200
962 Kenneth Nishimura $ 24,175
963 Matthew Parvis $ 24,175
964 Minne Braaksma $ 24,150
965 Carl White $ 24,125
966 Igor Yanovsky $ 24,125
967 Jimmy Blevins $ 24,100
968 Erik DeGeorge $ 24,100
969 Terence Cooke $ 24,100
970 Kevin Betsill $ 24,075
971 Rick Salomon $ 24,075
972 Fred Hwang $ 24,050
973 Derek Dix $ 24,000
974 Robert Foote $ 23,900
975 Stephen Slater $ 23,875
976 Frode (Fred) Willumsen $ 23,825
977 Mike Bosco $ 23,825
978 Kevin McCarthy $ 23,750
979 Mark Compton $ 23,725
980 Mitchell Klein $ 23,700
981 Scott Bohlman $ 23,675
982 Bob Binsky $ 23,650
983 Pat J O Callaghan $ 23,650
984 Meng La $ 23,625
985 Terry Allan $ 23,625
986 Biagio Desantis $ 23,600
987 Stephen Newman $ 23,525
988 Henning Frick $ 23,500
989 David Taylor $ 23,500
990 Michael E Kasten Sr $ 23,500
991 Robert Anastasapaulos $ 23,475
992 Harrison Agnew $ 23,475
993 William Savoy $ 23,425
994 Marko Juncaj $ 23,350
995 Thomas Braemer $ 23,350
996 Albert Trigo $ 23,350
997 Janne L Lamsa $ 23,325
998 Bryan Wharton $ 23,300
999 Pat Reichmuth $ 23,225
1000 Henrik Olsen $ 23,225
1001 Jay B Heimowitz $ 23,200
1002 Troy Gabaldon $ 23,200
1003 Gregory Alston $ 23,125
1004 Scott Harms $ 23,125
1005 Richard Scarbrough $ 23,100
1006 Rusty Roth $ 23,100
1007 Ali Eslami $ 23,100
1008 Aaron Kline $ 23,075
1009 Ben Hudson $ 23,075
1010 Marvin Ward $ 23,075
1011 Jeff Kanow $ 23,050
1012 Robert Slamin $ 23,050
1013 James Jones $ 23,025
1014 John Oatman $ 23,000
1015 Amir Kharazi $ 23,000
1016 Can Kim Hua $ 22,950
1017 Louie Cohen $ 22,900
1018 James Stone $ 22,875
1019 Tim A Lowry $ 22,850
1020 Steve Brecher $ 22,825
1021 Ben Sarnoff $ 22,800
1022 Tedd Fletcher $ 22,775
1023 Daniel Clegg $ 22,725
1024 Jay Goldberg $ 22,725
1025 David Bell $ 22,700
1026 Thomas Vinas $ 22,650
1027 Curtis A. Geen $ 22,625
1028 Andrew Yeh $ 22,600
1029 Michael Tschupp $ 22,575
1030 Lance Steinberg $ 22,575
1031 Kevin McNamara $ 22,550
1032 Aaron Nakonechny $ 22,550
1033 Micahel Soares $ 22,525
1034 Joseph Chee $ 22,500
1035 Pat Goulding $ 22,500
1036 Philip Post $ 22,475
1037 Dolph Arnold $ 22,425
1038 Walter Chambers $ 22,400
1039 Russell Barnes $ 22,375
1040 Richard Gettino $ 22,375
1041 Michael Reed $ 22,350
1042 Karen Schoenmeyer $ 22,350
1043 Marcello Colesimo $ 22,225
1044 Michael C Head $ 22,225
1045 Gary Wagner $ 22,225
1046 Mike Zelin $ 22,200
1047 Matt Roberts $ 22,200
1048 Neil Joshi $ 22,150
1049 Paul Seet $ 22,100
1050 Gregg Tokunaga $ 22,100
1051 Sergey Feklison $ 22,050
1052 Gen Watanabe $ 21,975
1053 Harry Cullen $ 21,975
1054 Philippe Lavigne $ 21,975
1055 Rafi Amit $ 21,975
1056 Jesus Abreu $ 21,975
1057 Devin Porter $ 21,950
1058 Kenneth Gregersen $ 21,925
1059 Dzong Ming Pan $ 21,925
1060 Clemente Castracucco $ 21,900
1061 Erick Suh $ 21,875
1062 Sean Keenan $ 21,875
1063 Frankie McNaughton $ 21,850
1064 Stephen Dunphy $ 21,850
1065 Tom Shaneberger $ 21,800
1066 Dan Mason $ 21,775
1067 Adam Friedman $ 21,650
1068 Ansel Glendenning $ 21,600
1069 Edgar Skjervold $ 21,550
1070 Kevin Lazzaro $ 21,525
1071 Ryan Porter $ 21,525
1072 Jeppe Mikkelsen $ 21,500
1073 Harley Hall $ 21,475
1074 Robert Keating $ 21,475
1075 John C. Ward $ 21,425
1076 Kristen Hansson $ 21,400
1077 Toan Nguyen $ 21,375
1078 John Bae $ 21,350
1079 Alexandra Vuong $ 21,325
1080 Gary Friedlander $ 21,250
1081 Dmitriy Eidelman $ 21,225
1082 David Ring $ 21,200
1083 Tom Robinson $ 21,200
1084 Stan Tigrett $ 21,175
1085 Joh "The Greek" Leontakianakes $ 21,175
1086 Eddylee Martin $ 21,125
1087 Matt Treasure $ 21,100
1088 Randall J Hughes $ 21,075
1089 Andrew Garvin $ 21,050
1090 Frank Esposito $ 21,050
1091 Mark Galasso $ 21,025
1092 Daniel Schlauch $ 21,025
1093 Paul Siem $ 20,975
1094 John Ocallaghan $ 20,975
1095 Jon Hoellein $ 20,950
1096 Bob Ohl $ 20,900
1097 Kenneth Wilk $ 20,825
1098 Zip Vitullo $ 20,825
1099 Tommy Grimes $ 20,825
1100 Jayson Powell $ 20,775
1101 Kevin McCarthy $ 20,775
1102 Scott Sweesy $ 20,775
1103 Thomas Duncker $ 20,725
1104 Bill 'The Biologist' Ferrand $ 20,700
1105 Michael Fetter $ 20,650
1106 Charles Sanderson $ 20,625
1107 Sammy D Schenker $ 20,600
1108 Rafe Furst $ 20,600
1109 Yakov Hirsch $ 20,600
1110 Mike Torres $ 20,600
1111 Dan Harrington $ 20,575
1112 Matthew Matlimore $ 20,550
1113 Eyal Dubovy $ 20,500
1114 Abraham Roscokraz $ 20,475
1115 Thorsten Sander $ 20,475
1116 Alejandro R. Morales $ 20,425
1117 Robert P Konz $ 20,425
1118 Matthew McEachern $ 20,425
1119 Marlon Labbe $ 20,350
1120 Avery Cardoza $ 20,350
1121 Dan Schmiech $ 20,350
1122 Brad Craig $ 20,300
1123 Alistair Melville $ 20,275
1124 Sirous Modivi $ 20,275
1125 Dan Burkett $ 20,275
1126 Sal Calandra $ 20,225
1127 Joe Monro $ 20,225
1128 Brett Wiesner $ 20,200
1129 Jesse Martin $ 20,200
1130 Kelly Choi $ 20,200
1131 Mattias Backstrom $ 20,200
1132 Harry Fitzpatrick $ 20,125
1133 Glynn Beebe $ 20,125
1134 Jeffrey May $ 20,100
1135 Raj Campbell $ 20,075
1136 Jennifer Spiesz $ 20,075
1137 Steve Allen $ 20,025
1138 Sascha Firth $ 20,025
1139 Brady Davis $ 20,000
1140 Miguel Millares $ 20,000
1141 Sherman Lee $ 20,000
1142 Daniel Gray $ 20,000
1143 Larry Silk $ 20,000
1144 Mark Hanna $ 20,000
1145 Broc Segura $ 19,900
1146 Doug Booth $ 19,900
1147 Kevin Landsman $ 19,875
1148 Ken Maust $ 19,850
1149 Eddie Scharf $ 19,825
1150 Jose L Robledo $ 19,775
1151 Edward Martin $ 19,750
1152 Josh Weiss $ 19,700
1153 Neville Waters $ 19,700
1154 Leandro Alvarez $ 19,675
1155 Mike Yeomans $ 19,625
1156 Jon Lane $ 19,625
1157 James W Giordano $ 19,600
1158 Nicholas Perman $ 19,575
1159 Karl Carter $ 19,525
1160 Bing Wang $ 19,500
1161 John Cook $ 19,450
1162 Neal Matthews $ 19,400
1163 Peter J.Pan $ 19,400
1164 Adam Naglich $ 19,400
1165 James G Bechtel II $ 19,350
1166 Rick Widdis $ 19,350
1167 Chris Karagolleyan $ 19,350
1168 Albert Strickland $ 19,250
1169 Paul Lagan $ 19,225
1170 Adam Zinn $ 19,200
1171 Ramon De La Rocha $ 19,175
1172 Thomas C Hammers $ 19,175
1173 Arshad Hussain $ 19,150
1174 Tony Taki $ 19,150
1175 Bob Rahimi $ 19,125
1176 Bill Kamarek $ 19,125
1177 David Simon $ 19,100
1178 Jeff Meyers $ 19,000
1179 Darryl Herrick $ 19,000
1180 Ung Lee $ 18,975
1181 Eric Miller $ 18,950
1182 Monte El-Kouz $ 18,950
1183 Donald Sander $ 18,900
1184 Gregg Merkow $ 18,900
1185 Ron Gibson $ 18,875
1186 Ron Smith $ 18,875
1187 Mark Migdal $ 18,850
1188 Gregg Smallowitz $ 18,825
1189 John Wallen $ 18,820
1190 Mike Lovelace $ 18,800
1191 Scott Yeates $ 18,775
1192 Tom Straakhot $ 18,775
1193 Kathy Kolberg $ 18,750
1194 Rick Arpin $ 18,700
1195 Dan Cormier $ 18,675
1196 Patricia Frick $ 18,650
1197 Steve Murphy $ 18,650
1198 Peter Costa $ 18,650
1199 Zhihao 'Howard' Liu $ 18,650
1200 David Silverman $ 18,625
1201 Seth Pennet $ 18,600
1202 Pasha Caraher $ 18,575
1203 Niklas Flisberg $ 18,575
1204 Mark DicKherber $ 18,500
1205 Johan Iroops $ 18,450
1206 Ryan Wimmers $ 18,450
1207 Olivier Monteaux $ 18,425
1208 Michael Bernat $ 18,425
1209 Bob Ciaffohc $ 18,425
1210 Clint Brotherton $ 18,425
1211 Sami Pousniekka $ 18,400
1212 Peter Schneider $ 18,400
1213 Ben Roberts $ 18,350
1214 Danny Noam $ 18,325
1215 Ron Butler $ 18,325
1216 Paul Pirrone $ 18,250
1217 John William Hopkins $ 18,250
1218 Janne Juatilainen $ 18,250
1219 Darrell Ray $ 18,225
1220 Frank Russomanno $ 18,200
1221 Richard Lister $ 18,150
1222 Alex Armany $ 18,125
1223 Jeff Wilcox $ 18,100
1224 Ramon Acosta $ 18,100
1225 Ramon Acosta $ 18,100
1226 Jeremy W Sparks $ 18,075
1227 Jim Feist $ 18,075
1228 Gavin Hammans $ 18,075
1229 Pat Castelli $ 18,075
1230 Matt Lenton $ 18,050
1231 Anthony George $ 17,975
1232 James Carroll $ 17,975
1233 Jeremiah Fitzpatrick $ 17,975
1234 Michael Binger $ 17,975
1235 Kevin Fiore $ 17,875
1236 Ron Kirk $ 17,875
1237 Arul Sivaguru $ 17,875
1238 Howard Riley $ 17,875
1239 Rocco Bucci $ 17,825
1240 Julian Jiggins $ 17,775
1241 Gabriel Leost $ 17,775
1242 Ronald Zerbe $ 17,725
1243 E. Mahalingham $ 17,700
1244 Garry Bush $ 17,700
1245 Mimi Tran $ 17,700
1246 Christian Thorn $ 17,700
1247 Carlos Lopez Auilijeras $ 17,675
1248 Zxuyen Cooper $ 17,650
1249 Adam Brosius $ 17,625
1250 Troy Benjamin $ 17,600
1251 Chris Grigorian $ 17,575
1252 Michael Esposito $ 17,550
1253 Joshua Katz $ 17,525
1254 Guillaume Patry $ 17,500
1255 Michael J Collins, Jr $ 17,475
1256 Jesse Jones $ 17,450
1257 Brian Wiegand $ 17,450
1258 Glen Buchelz $ 17,425
1259 Brian Hull $ 17,425
1260 Daniel Clark $ 17,400
1261 David Rogers $ 17,400
1262 John Araki $ 17,375
1263 Allen Patatanyan $ 17,350
1264 Jason Gigliotti $ 17,325
1265 Wesley Kerr $ 17,325
1266 Chuck Friesson $ 17,300
1267 Dan Grolemund $ 17,250
1268 Scott Mayfield $ 17,250
1269 Steve Duffey $ 17,250
1270 Michael E Russell $ 17,250
1271 Keith Prokop $ 17,200
1272 Pavlos Panayiotou $ 17,150
1273 Carey Dukes $ 17,150
1274 Andrew Barrett $ 17,125
1275 Troy Wallace $ 17,125
1276 Agneta Lev $ 17,100
1277 Don Duncan $ 17,100
1278 Dick Snyder $ 17,050
1279 Ryan Ottele $ 17,025
1280 Dave Feinstein $ 17,000
1281 Eric Karr $ 16,900
1282 Graham Webster $ 16,900
1283 Tyler Bacon $ 16,875
1284 Sam Lev $ 16,875
1285 Chris Avery $ 16,850
1286 Randy Hudson $ 16,825
1287 David Miller $ 16,800
1288 Jason Kruty $ 16,775
1289 Avi Mukherjee $ 16,750
1290 Bill Edler $ 16,750
1291 Steven Prentky $ 16,725
1292 Joe Chiosie $ 16,675
1293 Cliff Pappas $ 16,650
1294 Jeffrey W Whisnant $ 16,600
1295 William Purce $ 16,600
1296 Allyn Jaffrey Shulman $ 16,525
1297 David R Sloan $ 16,525
1298 George Abdallah $ 16,525
1299 Jeff Renaud $ 16,525
1300 Emmanuel Moraitis $ 16,475
1301 Peter Alson $ 16,475
1302 Cam Sweet $ 16,475
1303 Doug Green $ 16,475
1304 Myron D Icke $ 16,450
1305 Gordon Williams $ 16,450
1306 Andrew Donnelly $ 16,425
1307 Michael Loynd $ 16,425
1308 Michael Terrell $ 16,400
1309 Shawn Dawson $ 16,375
1310 Matt Metx $ 16,375
1311 Andy Goepfert $ 16,300
1312 Abe Beddaoui $ 16,300
1313 Omar Mahmood $ 16,300
1314 Chris George $ 16,300
1315 John Wayne Cole $ 16,275
1316 Bruce Atkinson $ 16,250
1317 Dennis Anderson $ 16,250
1318 Randall McCowan $ 16,250
1319 David McGeachie $ 16,225
1320 Joseph Schaffer $ 16,225
1321 Bill Bond $ 16,200
1322 Anthony Pelletti $ 16,175
1323 John Saso $ 16,150
1324 Mike Chiappetta $ 16,150
1325 Jeff Pulver $ 16,150
1326 Sami Zino $ 16,140
1327 Eddie Keeny $ 16,125
1328 Klinger $ 16,100
1329 Jeff Malott $ 16,100
1330 Peter Eichhardt $ 16,075
1331 Sam Rashid $ 16,050
1332 Dan Finkleman $ 16,050
1333 Dean Schoeneck $ 16,000
1334 Jean Francois Beaulieu $ 16,000
1335 Chris Short $ 15,925
1336 Ken Powell $ 15,925
1337 Leon F Locklear $ 15,900
1338 Steven Shankman $ 15,900
1339 John Marles $ 15,875
1340 Jarrod Babel $ 15,850
1341 Didisheim $ 15,800
1342 Jared Gilpin $ 15,800
1343 Frank T Vogric $ 15,775
1344 Ronald D Bender, JR $ 15,750
1345 Jeff Waters $ 15,750
1346 Doug Voelker $ 15,700
1347 Juan C. Naranjo $ 15,675
1348 Vaughn Sandman $ 15,650
1349 Paul Hogan $ 15,650
1350 Vassilios Maniotis $ 15,625
1351 Rick Schroeder $ 15,625
1352 Mike Rutstein $ 15,625
1353 John Lutes $ 15,600
1354 Price Glazer $ 15,600
1355 Steven Jacobs $ 15,575
1356 Scott Werle $ 15,575
1357 Ed Godfrey $ 15,575
1358 Bob Slezak $ 15,550
1359 Kevin Campbell $ 15,550
1360 Ryan Melkonian $ 15,550
1361 Fred David $ 15,550
1362 Baker Jamil Abdallah $ 15,500
1363 Jill Cohen $ 15,475
1364 Patrick Devlin $ 15,425
1365 Randy D Leonard $ 15,420
1366 Kevin Tighe $ 15,400
1367 Skip Wilson $ 15,400
1368 Kelvin Walker $ 15,375
1369 Mark Crowther $ 15,375
1370 Steve Jelinek $ 15,300
1371 Tristan McDonald $ 15,300
1372 George Chen $ 15,250
1373 Roy Nelson $ 15,250
1374 Ambrose Ng $ 15,225
1375 Jeremy Jones $ 15,225
1376 Robert Marsh $ 15,225
1377 Michael Joyce $ 15,200
1378 Cecil Slater $ 15,175
1379 Victoria Waguna $ 15,175
1380 Jeff Bull $ 15,175
1381 John Burgoyne $ 15,175
1382 John 'Jay' Cook $ 15,150
1383 Mike Chappell $ 15,125
1384 Jeremy Khinoo $ 15,125
1385 Dean Schultz $ 15,125
1386 Mark Arum $ 15,100
1387 Rob Fulop $ 15,100
1388 Lance Yuen $ 15,075
1389 Masayuki Nagata $ 15,075
1390 Scott Zeigler $ 15,050
1391 Sima Swearingen $ 15,025
1392 Benjamin Jasmann $ 15,025
1393 Geoffrey Campitiello $ 15,000
1394 Dennis Granata $ 14,975
1395 John R. Brown $ 14,975
1396 Steve Lee $ 14,950
1397 Kenny Levy $ 14,950
1398 VR Martin $ 14,925
1399 Chuck Thompson $ 14,925
1400 Wayne Boich $ 14,925
1401 Leonid Blyukher $ 14,925
1402 Matt Hawrilenko $ 14,850
1403 William M Beasley $ 14,825
1404 Mike Dye $ 14,825
1405 Alejanro Pacheco $ 14,800
1406 Barbara Enright $ 14,800
1407 David V. Helm $ 14,800
1408 Juan Vazquez $ 14,675
1409 S. Osman $ 14,675
1410 Tom Ohlsen $ 14,675
1411 Keith Kaiser $ 14,650
1412 Bruce Yamron $ 14,625
1413 Robert Pearson $ 14,600
1414 Neil Webber $ 14,575
1415 Todd Barlow $ 14,525
1416 Henry Wilcox $ 14,425
1417 William R. Swenson $ 14,425
1418 John Price $ 14,400
1419 Michael Finnigan $ 14,375
1420 Derek Baxter $ 14,375
1421 John Doucet $ 14,375
1422 Bruce Heard $ 14,325
1423 Joseph Brooks $ 14,250
1424 Ray Vandervliet $ 14,250
1425 Jeremy Anderson $ 14,225
1426 Chris Stull $ 14,200
1427 Brian Shimek $ 14,150
1428 Rodney Wood $ 14,150
1429 David Roepke $ 14,125
1430 Lance White $ 14,100
1431 Melik Bagdasaryan $ 14,025
1432 Christer Larsson $ 13,975
1433 Andrew D Morris $ 13,975
1434 Joseph Burley $ 13,975
1435 Aaron Ogus $ 13,950
1436 Adam LaBare $ 13,950
1437 Paul Kessler $ 13,950
1438 Steven Brown $ 13,925
1439 Donovan Gilbert $ 13,850
1440 Joe Holmes $ 13,850
1441 Roy Thung $ 13,850
1442 Steven Hutson $ 13,850
1443 Andrew Leonard $ 13,825
1444 Terry Rice $ 13,800
1445 Patrick O'Connor $ 13,800
1446 George Jackson, JR $ 13,800
1447 Benton Wood $ 13,800
1448 Lincoln Anderson $ 13,775
1449 Lewis Howard $ 13,725
1450 Glyn Banks $ 13,700
1451 Joseph Pecoraro $ 13,700
1452 Chad Moore $ 13,675
1453 Paul Stepanovich $ 13,625
1454 Jimbo Dunphy $ 13,625
1455 Shaun Madison $ 13,575
1456 Ray Ray Dryier $ 13,550
1457 Lulios Solomon $ 13,550
1458 Weiwen Liang $ 13,500
1459 Jose Rosenkrantz $ 13,450
1460 Sondre Sagstuen $ 13,450
1461 David Davies $ 13,450
1462 Patrick J Heintz $ 13,425
1463 Stephen Lazar $ 13,425
1464 Jack McClelland $ 13,425
1465 Jack Rosenfeldt $ 13,400
1466 Scott Sheridan $ 13,375
1467 Al Eithier $ 13,350
1468 Steve Fetterman $ 13,325
1469 Dante L. Corrado $ 13,300
1470 Michael Gruetzmacher $ 13,300
1471 Wendy Idele Rosen $ 13,275
1472 Piers Whyman $ 13,275
1473 Troy Clavel $ 13,250
1474 Tony Lay $ 13,225
1475 Eracles Panayiotou $ 13,150
1476 Thadd Wolff $ 13,125
1477 Jill Bolender $ 13,125
1478 Steve Moreschi $ 13,100
1479 Minas Kokonian $ 13,100
1480 Roger Cox $ 13,075
1481 Christina Hill $ 13,075
1482 Michael Bowen $ 13,050
1483 Paul Schroeder $ 13,050
1484 Beuno Patrick $ 13,025
1485 Walter J Davis $ 13,025
1486 Cooper Caywood $ 13,025
1487 David Woo $ 13,025
1488 Gary Martin $ 12,950
1489 Chris Wilmett $ 12,950
1490 Daniel Jensen $ 12,925
1491 Colin Gordon $ 12,900
1492 Rick Chase $ 12,850
1493 Alan Resh $ 12,775
1494 Scott Ziccardi $ 12,775
1495 Donald Bailey $ 12,750
1496 Jay Zetz $ 12,725
1497 Bryan Bevis $ 12,700
1498 Alex Brigante $ 12,675
1499 Jordan Marinov $ 12,650
1500 Jordan Mayers $ 12,625
1501 Stewart Forsyth $ 12,625
1502 Steve Senerin $ 12,600
1503 C.C. McCandless $ 12,550
1504 Nicholas Sissamis $ 12,525
1505 Brian Nadell $ 12,525
1506 Terry D Jacobs $ 12,500
1507 Toto Leonidas $ 12,500
1508 Tom Clark $ 12,500
1509 Sarah Boston $ 12,425
1510 Craig Sturdivant $ 12,400
1511 Willim Dancy $ 12,400
1512 Andrew Pachman $ 12,375
1513 Howard Hu $ 12,375
1514 Alan Hance $ 12,375
1515 John Shipley $ 12,375
1516 Daniel Goldberg $ 12,350
1517 Jim Agate $ 12,350
1518 Lawrence Samuel $ 12,275
1519 Peter Feldman $ 12,275
1520 Raymi Sanchez Thorn $ 12,275
1521 Jay A Bernskoetter $ 12,275
1522 George Commander $ 12,200
1523 Kurt Skimmeland $ 12,200
1524 Steve Siffrinn $ 12,175
1525 Archilleas Kallakis $ 12,150
1526 Jeffrey Litzau $ 12,150
1527 Jared Kuykendall $ 12,100
1528 Sergio Stella $ 12,100
1529 Andy Whitley $ 12,100
1530 Michael Cribb $ 12,075
1531 Jerry Nosal $ 12,075
1532 Eric Pasternak $ 12,050
1533 Michael Murphy $ 12,025
1534 Reginald B. Simmons $ 11,975
1535 Robert Larson $ 11,975
1536 James Sabinas $ 11,950
1537 Katakuzinos $ 11,950
1538 Thom Roholt $ 11,950
1539 David Glenn $ 11,925
1540 Sal Cataldo $ 11,925
1541 Tommy Garza $ 11,900
1542 ????
1543 Josefine Karlsson $ 11,875
1544 Mats Batnes $ 11,850
1545 Todd Brick $ 11,800
1546 Kenneth Stacy $ 11,775
1547 Greg Teed $ 11,750
1548 Lou Gazzola $ 11,725
1549 Kelly Robertson $ 11,675
1550 Hom Stanton $ 11,600
1551 Gregg Turk $ 11,550
1552 Mike Sampio $ 11,550
1553 Stephen Huang $ 11,550
1554 Yan Neiman $ 11,525
1555 Eric Zard $ 11,525
1556 Mick Davis $ 11,500
1557 Austin Moody $ 11,475
1558 Tai C. Tran $ 11,450
1559 Daniel E Vargas $ 11,425
1560 Bob Foppoli $ 11,400
1561 Darren Grosvenor $ 11,400
1562 Matt Fitzgerald $ 11,400
1563 Billy Ragatz $ 11,375
1564 Barry Paskon $ 11,325
1565 Daniel E Corrar $ 11,250
1566 Tom Nyman $ 11,250
1567 Mike Stewart $ 11,250
1568 Chad Capone, Jr. $ 11,200
1569 Bradley Winchell $ 11,175
1570 Brock Fortney $ 11,175
1571 Blake Buffington $ 11,175
1572 Mitch Schock $ 11,125
1573 Brad Birarda $ 11,100
1574 Stuart Paterson $ 11,100
1575 Zack Cohen $ 11,075
1576 Niall Walker $ 11,075
1577 Chuck Tabor $ 11,025
1578 Jeff Montalbano $ 11,000
1579 Joe Colaianni $ 10,975
1580 Wendeen Eolis $ 10,975
1581 Steve Hohn $ 10,950
1582 George Dickson $ 10,950
1583 Mike Cordell $ 10,950
1584 David Clairborne $ 10,925
1585 Jay Goldenberg $ 10,875
1586 Philip White $ 10,875
1587 Nina Koucheki $ 10,850
1588 Dan Maddalena $ 10,850
1589 Jon M. Smith $ 10,850
1590 Byron Shock $ 10,825
1591 George Alex $ 10,800
1592 Michael Turner $ 10,750
1593 Edward L Simmons $ 10,750
1594 Roland De Wolfe $ 10,725
1595 Don Matusow $ 10,725
1596 Ricky McFarland $ 10,700
1597 Paul Alexander Jr $ 10,675
1598 Hakop Jack Mazloumian $ 10,650
1599 Raymond Newgarden $ 10,625
1600 Andrew Meister $ 10,600
1601 Robert White $ 10,600
1602 Susan E. Trabue $ 10,550
1603 David Taniguchi $ 10,550
1604 Mattias Nordhamn $ 10,525
1605 Oscar Mariano Gonzalez $ 10,500
1606 Mark Ellerbe $ 10,500
1607 Gus Arcon $ 10,450
1608 Lanny Pedersen $ 10,400
1609 Risto Ponnio $ 10,375
1610 Dwayne Moyers $ 10,350
1611 Mike Myers $ 10,300
1612 Jack Wooden $ 10,275
1613 John P. Miller $ 10,275
1614 Carl Sciandri $ 10,250
1615 Ades Daniel $ 10,225
1616 Lars Wramner $ 10,225
1617 William Pettigrew $ 10,225
1618 Massov Cohen $ 10,125
1619 Terry Magill $ 10,125
1620 Bradley Berman $ 10,075
1621 Viotto Rintala $ 10,075
1622 Gavin Vogel $ 10,075
1623 John Gale $ 10,050
1624 Todd Hartgrove $ 10,050
1625 David Tisch $ 10,050
1626 Michael Maler $ 10,025
1627 Tony Cousineau $ 10,000
1628 Kenny Goldstein $ 10,000
1629 Erik Smith $ 9,975
1630 Frank Spike Gallas $ 9,925
1631 Robert Spicuzza $ 9,925
1632 Chuck Blain $ 9,900
1633 Bryn Lewis $ 9,850
1634 David Sklansky $ 9,850
1635 Simon Hennessey $ 9,800
1636 Valdemar Marques $ 9,800
1637 Mark Kriegel $ 9,800
1638 Ben Johnson $ 9,775
1639 Brian Cospolich $ 9,775
1640 Peter Dunn $ 9,775
1641 Andrew Fair $ 9,750
1642 Raymond Purdy, Jr. $ 9,750
1643 Brian Clark $ 9,700
1644 Pereira Christian $ 9,700
1645 Shane Douglas $ 9,675
1646 David Zeitlin $ 9,675
1647 Jason Lester $ 9,675
1648 Louis Lo $ 9,675
1649 Patrick McCann $ 9,650
1650 Bryce Schnellenberger $ 9,650
1651 Cheri Mathews $ 9,650
1652 Jenry Johnson $ 9,625
1653 John Andrew Campo-Basso $ 9,600
1654 John M. Colwell $ 9,575
1655 Dave Wojtczak $ 9,550
1656 Richard Lewis $ 9,550
1657 Robert N Hall $ 9,525
1658 David Pullen $ 9,500
1659 Geir Ove Liabo $ 9,450
1660 Evan McBride $ 9,400
1661 Daniel R Walker $ 9,375
1662 Bryan Schultz $ 9,375
1663 Bruce Ikawa $ 9,350
1664 Frank W.Esposito $ 9,350
1665 Rick Rossetti $ 9,350
1666 Paul Riddell $ 9,300
1667 Brian Provost $ 9,250
1668 Eamon Grimes $ 9,250
1669 Gary Bogdanski $ 9,250
1670 Jeff Littlefield $ 9,250
1671 Bruce Rawdin $ 9,225
1672 Kip Lanway $ 9,225
1673 Liam Greig $ 9,150
1674 Michael Foster $ 9,125
1675 Anthony Criniti $ 9,100
1676 Patrick Hayden $ 9,075
1677 Seth Bard $ 9,050
1678 Christopher Marshall $ 9,000
1679 Scott Swedlund $ 8,975
1680 James Hutchings $ 8,925
1681 Jacky Chitwood $ 8,925
1682 Paul Zibits $ 8,925
1683 John Hunt $ 8,900
1684 Evan Paushter $ 8,800
1685 Jeromy Pearson $ 8,775
1686 Ron Turner $ 8,750
1687 Dennis Fong $ 8,725
1688 Scott Holtzer $ 8,700
1689 Howard J Mann $ 8,700
1690 Marvin Rosen $ 8,675
1691 Daniel Bokesch $ 8,650
1692 Thomas Stalbaut $ 8,650
1693 Jerold Fink $ 8,550
1694 Eric Pearl $ 8,550
1695 Jon Pfiffner $ 8,500
1696 William J Palmer $ 8,475
1697 Thomas Fitzpatrick $ 8,450
1698 Jan Bloxham $ 8,400
1699 Mark French $ 8,400
1700 James A Williams $ 8,325
1701 James Kilarjian $ 8,325
1702 Patrick Whiting $ 8,325
1703 Ryan Henline $ 8,300
1704 John Reimer $ 8,275
1705 Sean Pitzer $ 8,200
1706 Louis Bonnecaze Jr $ 8,150
1707 Philip Hilm $ 8,150
1708 Joe Kokinda $ 8,150
1709 Quan Tran $ 8,125
1710 Rich Crane $ 8,100
1711 Shannon Fadal $ 8,050
1712 Patrick Ford $ 8,025
1713 Michael Capener $ 8,025
1714 Adrian Garile $ 8,000
1715 Jack Moseley $ 8,000
1716 Jared Davis $ 7,975
1717 Stacee Evans $ 7,975
1718 Scott Anderson $ 7,900
1719 Richard Waters $ 7,850
1720 Doug Ford $ 7,825
1721 Ziaochu Shangquan $ 7,825
1722 Tim Loya $ 7,825
1723 Randy Carpenter $ 7,800
1724 Mark Gorde $ 7,800
1725 Jim Kasputis $ 7,800
1726 Eric Marks $ 7,775
1727 Thomas Tombros $ 7,750
1728 Ron Lane $ 7,700
1729 Adrienne Rowsome $ 7,625
1730 Anthony Holden $ 7,625
1731 Len Miller $ 7,625
1732 Gary Gelman $ 7,600
1733 Chris Moneymaker $ 7,575
1734 James Kwon $ 7,575
1735 Jason Ball $ 7,525
1736 Bill Papavasiliou $ 7,500
1737 Xin Li Ye $ 7,500
1738 John Myung $ 7,475
1739 Tony Abesamis $ 7,450
1740 John Roveto Jr $ 7,425
1741 Per Ummer $ 7,425
1742 Richard Osborne $ 7,400
1743 Gerald Shebar $ 7,375
1744 Champie Douglas $ 7,350
1745 Casey Quinn $ 7,325
1746 Gregory Ashburn $ 7,325
1747 Gus Hansen $ 7,300
1748 James Woodward $ 7,300
1749 William "Billy" Brown $ 7,250
1750 Brian Gray $ 7,225
1751 Ken Moss $ 7,125
1752 Richard Sandau $ 7,125
1753 Greg Wohletz $ 7,100
1754 John Petry $ 7,100
1755 Pete Wawak $ 7,075
1756 Donny Ariel $ 7,075
1757 Christopher Mozingo $ 7,025
1758 Jim Tierney $ 7,000
1759 Todd Thuan Bui $ 7,000
1760 Shane Fumecton $ 6,975
1761 Danny Adelson $ 6,925
1762 Simon Moore $ 6,925
1763 Kurt Richter $ 6,900
1764 Mike Deubel $ 6,900
1765 Johnathan Cuevas $ 6,850
1766 Chris Ary $ 6,850
1767 Daniel Barkley $ 6,850
1768 Raymond Boone $ 6,800
1769 John Benton $ 6,775
1770 Martin Granath $ 6,750
1771 David Snedeker $ 6,725
1772 Gene Mattera $ 6,675
1773 Jimmy Connelly $ 6,675
1774 Joseph Rosenberg $ 6,400
1775 Bryan Bigham $ 6,400
1776 Bill O'Connor $ 6,375
1777 Chris Bush $ 6,375
1778 Clint Forward $ 6,375
1779 Phil Wise $ 6,375
1780 Greg Hurwitz $ 6,350
1781 Jordan Morgan $ 6,350
1782 Brian Rozman $ 6,300
1783 Gerald Byrd $ 6,275
1784 Danny Allen Hart $ 6,275
1785 Dustin Bailey $ 6,175
1786 Anthony 'The Greek Jr.' Snyder $ 6,175
1787 Ric Passalacqua $ 6,125
1788 Andros Ioakimides $ 6,075
1789 Jeff Rine $ 6,075
1790 Mairhofer $ 6,025
1791 Kiran Patel $ 6,000
1792 Mark Luppi $ 5,975
1793 Kurt Trotter $ 5,975
1794 Erick Meeks $ 5,950
1795 Gordon Posner $ 5,925
1796 Stephen Koops $ 5,925
1797 Gavin Lay $ 5,900
1798 Donald Svoboda $ 5,875
1799 Scott E Reed $ 5,850
1800 Kian Kiarash $ 5,850
1801 Halldor Mar Sverrisson $ 5,775
1802 Christopher Smith $ 5,750
1803 Jamie Brooks $ 5,725
1804 Jonathan A Jones $ 5,675
1805 Daniel Hughes $ 5,650
1806 Anders Berg $ 5,550
1807 James Ennis $ 5,475
1808 Mike Matheson $ 5,425
1809 Tod Veach $ 5,325
1810 Jay Helfeld $ 5,325
1811 Steve Ongley $ 5,275
1812 Corey Skogrand $ 5,250
1813 Jeff Shulman $ 5,225
1814 Taylor Biehn $ 5,225
1815 Guy Calvert $ 5,225
1816 John Evans $ 5,200
1817 Jeffrey Lipton $ 5,200
1818 Srinivasa Yarzagadda $ 5,200
1819 Jeff Nosek $ 5,175
1820 William Rockwell $ 5,175
1821 Bjorn Hampusson $ 5,175
1822 Jason Hickey $ 5,025
1823 Chad Runkle $ 5,000
1824 Joel Fischbein $ 5,000
1825 Manuel Sanchez $ 4,950
1826 Bill Bernstein $ 4,900
1827 Emeline Boich $ 4,900
1828 Guy Berlt $ 4,800
1829 Timothy Davis $ 4,750
1830 Joel Martinez $ 4,725
1831 Brian Anderson $ 4,725
1832 John Rogers Jr. $ 4,700
1833 Bjornar Thomassen $ 4,550
1834 Casey Peters $ 4,550
1835 Joe O'Neill $ 4,500
1836 Brett Zimmerman $ 4,450
1837 John Hurst $ 4,225
1838 Teddy 'Vegas' Gamberoni $ 4,125
1839 Billy R Shadwick $ 4,100
1840 Sonny Lee $ 4,075
1841 Edward D. Richardson $ 3,925
1842 Jeff Parcher $ 3,925
1843 Greg Kiempisty $ 3,875
1844 Ben Ludwig $ 3,700
1845 Stanley Rak $ 3,650
1846 Thomas Sasso $ 3,650
1847 Ahmed Al-Bassam $ 3,525
1848 John Galbraith $ 3,525
1849 Gerald Feinerman $ 3,500
1850 Josh Warner $ 3,450
1851 Benjamin McClintock $ 3,450
1852 David Wolfe $ 3,425
1853 Steve Kerman $ 3,275
1854 Jeff Sharpe $ 3,200
1855 Paul Snead $ 3,100
1856 Shawn Buchanan $ 3,075
1857 David Tancer $ 2,950
1858 Jim Farrelly $ 2,875
1859 Robert Bortner $ 2,875
1860 Ryan Pozarski $ 2,800
1861 Paul Mannetta $ 2,750
1862 John Bagosy $ 2,725
1863 Michael J. Markey $ 2,500
1864 Kris Cobb $ 2,300
1865 Elliott Zaydman $ 2,250
1866 Jeff Taylor $ 2,175
1867 Gregory Scarsella $ 2,050
1868 Dennis January $ 1,350

I also verified some of these chip counts via the WSOP home page... but these are not official. If you do not see your loved one listed, they probbaly busted. Congrats to everyone who survived.
posted by Pauly at 7/10/2005 12:41:00 PM | Permalink |