After a day off from keeping an eye on the WSOP, I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms, and I was even in my local casino, so it can’t be down to a lack of poker! I guess the WSOP really is an addictive substance. We’re going to bring you your daily fix with the action from six events, including two final tables.
Event #24
The 15th of June saw the final table of the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Event #24, and Corey Harrison emerged victorious. He claimed the bracelet and $432,411 for his efforts. we have final table report coming up later, but the final table payouts are below:
- Corey Harrison – $432,411
- Daniel Cascado – $267,452
- Salvatore DiCarlo – $184,914
- Paul Spitzberg – $133,364
- Gregory Josifovski – $97,493
- Mohsin Charania – $72,208
- Zimnan Ziyard – $54,191
- Gareth Teatum – $41,198
- Robert Brewer – $31,711
Event #25
The $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better event has reached it’s conclusion with Danny Fuhs taking the Title, Bracelet and $277,519 for first place. We’ll have a final table report up later today, but in the meantime we have the cash split for the final table below.
- Danny Fuhs – $277,519
- Christopher George – $171,536
- Robert Mizrachi – $128,074
- Brian Hastings – $96,268
- Viacheslav Zhukov – $72,809
- Arthur Kargan – $55,423
- Jeff Lisandro – $42,442
- Ryan Lenaghan – $32,712
- Bart Hanson – $25,301
Event #26
Old poker players don’t retire, they just start playing the seniors event, and Day 2 of the $1,000 Event #26 saw 491 players distilled to just 34. Players who didn’t make it included T.J. Cloutier, Dana Kellstrom, Mark Galfond and Chris Bjorin. Names you might recognise who will be coming back for Day 3 include Hoyt Corkins (266,000) and Larry Wright (132,000). Big stacks for the final scheduled day are:
- James Miller – 1,088,000
- Kenneth Lind – 1,057,000
- James McClendon – 1,029,000
- Steven Albini – 930,000
- Michel Bouskila – 915,000
- Timothy McCarthy – 716,000
- Dana Ott – 492,000
- Lacy Wills – 488,000
- Joseph Ianello – 477,000
- John Holley – 476,000
As we all know, the older generation like to be wake up earlier, so the action will be kicking off at 11am in the Amazon Room of the Rio, and will hopefully play down to a winner.
Event #27
The $3,000 Mix-Max Event #27 is down to the final 32, and into the heads up portion of the event. The players have been ranked based on their chips stacks from the previous rounds, and are now going to face off against each other, working down to a final heads up match. FTR forum regular Max Steinberg is currently in 8th spot going into the final day, and will be hoping to get his hands on bracelet. The top eight seeds going into the heads up portion are:
- Brandon Cantu – 519,600
- Jeremy Ausmus – 471,400
- Issac Hagerling – 453,500
- Dan Healey – 365,600
- Mike Watson – 332,700
- Yevgeniy Tomoshenko – 332,100
- Oleksandr Gnatenko – 271,200
- Max Steinberg – 264,500.
If the brackets don’t throw up any major surprises, these will be the most likely quarter finalists, and we’ll see how it pans out when the players are back at 13:00.
Event #28
Day 1 of yet another $1,500 NLHE Event started on the 15th, with Event #28. The event started off with 2115 runners, and managed to finish the day with only 223 in what may be one of the poorest survival rate since the Black Death! Players who succumbed included Faraz Jaka, Jennifer Tilly, Liv Boeree, Antonio Esfandiari and Randy “Nanonoko” Lew. Players who survived the decimation of the field include David Sklansky (6,300), Barny Boatman (7,100), Vanessa Selbst (8,400), Joe Cada (22,200) and Rupert Elder (93,500).
The top ten stacks headed into Day 2 are:
- Jason Duval – 149,700
- Manats Visockis – 135,600
- Josh Fussner – 127,800
- Raj Vohra – 125,800
- Craig McCorkell – 117,800
- evan Marshall – 117,500
- Tobias Peters – 115,000
- Craig Fischman – 104,900
- Majid Yahyaei – 103,900
- Chris Lastiwka – 103,800
The players will be back in their seats at 13:00pst, with everyone’s aim to still be in the event going into Day 3, to have a chance for the $521,202 first prize.
Event #29
The $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. Event #29 is one of the tournaments most cherished by the professional contingent in Vegas for the series. It’s the tournament that players need to have a variety of games in their kit bag in order to be able to be able to challenge for the title. The 261 entries were culled down to 154, and even the legendary Phil Ivey wasn’t able to make it do Day 2. Joining him on the rail were Jason Mercier, Scott Seiver, Dan Shak and Scotty Nguyen. Player who will be making the journey back to the Rio for this event include Mike Matusow (8,200), Justin Bonomo (15,000), Jonathan Duhamel (20,800) and Vanessa Selbst (32,000). The Big stacks coming back to the second day of action are:
- Chris Klodnicki – 65,100
- Tom Schneider – 62,600
- Fabrice Soulier – 61,100
- Adam Friedman – 61,00
- George Rechnitze – 58,000
- Allen Kessler – 57,300
- Jared Jaffee – 56,400
- David “ODB” Baker – 54,400
- Eli Elezra – 52,700
- Eric Buchman – 50,100
Day 2 is due to start at 14:00 Vegas time, and the players will be aiming to survive the day to make one of the most prestigious final tables of the year.
Player of the Year
The 2013 Player of the Year race is on a slow burn, that is more than likely going to explode in a chrysanthemum of fire rather than fizz away like a damp squib. Mike Matusow has made it the top 10 for the first time this year, and with Matthew Waxman in the final 32 of the Mix-Max Event #27 he has a chance to displace Negreanu if he wins the event.
- Daniel Negreanu – 446.53
- Daniel Kelly – 334.20
- Benny Chen – 300.00
- Mark Radoja – 292.50
- Matthew Ashton – 289.75
- Charles Syvestre – 260.00
- Matthew Waxman – 253.25
- Daniel Marton – 252.00
- Mike Matusow – 249.75
- Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 241.00
On the 16th we’re going to see the start of Event #30, a $1,000 NLHE tournament, and the continuation of all the other events that are still on-going. We’ll continue to bring you the updates as the WSOP continues.