Day Seven in the WSOP House, and I’ve been so hooked on the action, I appear to have forgotten to eat, wash, or leave my computer for the past week. Bad news for my girlfriend, good news for you as I have all the action from The Rio casino in Las Vegas.
Event #6
The $1,500 “Millionaire Maker” has done just that, and the newest WSOP Millionaire is Benny Chen. he won $1,198,780 for taking the bracelet for Even #6. A full write up of the final table is on it’s way.
The results from the final table were:
- Benny Chen – $1,198,780
- Michael Bennington – $741,903
- Jonathan Gray – $534,506
- justin Liberto – $400,408
- Dan Kelly – $302,104
- Chris Hunichen – $229,575
- Upeshka Desilva – $175,714
- Robert McVeigh – $135,467
- Theron Eichenberger – $105,154
Event #7
Event #7 has also come to an end, and the $1,000 NLHE event was won by Matt Waxman after an epic heads up matchup. Waxman won $305,952 to go with the bracelet. A full write up is available here.
The final table payouts looked like this:
- Matt Waxman – $305,952
- Eric baldwin – $189,200
- Jess Dioquino – $130,825
- Amit Makhija – $94,353
- Brent Hanks – $68,975
- Jacob Jung – $51,086
- Robert Dreyfuss – $38,340
- Tuu Ho – $29,147
- Jason Koon – $22,345
Event #8
The $2,500 Eight game mix Event #7 reached and finished it’s final table. Michael Malm was the eventual winner, taking home $225,104 to go with the new piece of jewellery. A report of the final table is on it’s way, and will be with us soon.
The final eight players earned as follows:
- Michael Malm – $225,104
- Steven Wolansky – $139,034
- Greg Mueller – $89,673
- Eric Crain – $64,975
- Michael Hurey – $47,771
- Dario Alioto – $35,634
- Mike Wattel – $26,966
- Marco Johnson – $20,699
Event #9
Day 2 of the $3,000 NLHE Shootout came to a close with the final ten player ready to come back and play for the bracelet and $299,486. 60 players started the day, and those not to make the final table include Antonio Esfandiari (48th for $7,384) Victor Ramdin (45th for $7,384), and Matt Salsberg (21st for $7,384).
The players have slightly different stack sizes due to the fact some of the day 1 tables had slightly different numbers of players, but the final table stacks look like this:
- David “Bakes” Baker – 430,000
- Chris Klodnicki – 429,000
- Max Steinberg – 428,000
- Tim West – 428,000
- Steven Silverman – 428,000
- Simeon – Naydenov – 427,000
- Evean Silverman – 427,000
- Ryan Hughes – 422,000
- Alessandro Longobardi – 421,000
- Cliff Josephy – 419,000
The players are back at 1pm Vegas time to play for the $299,486 first place.
Event #10
Limit Hold’em may be considered passé, but the $1,500 LHE Event #10 is full of people who disagree with that sentiment. Day 2 started with 177 players, but that number didn’t last long. Players who won’t be returning for Day 3 include Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, and Bryan Devonshire. Players who made the money include Nick Schulman (58th for $2,873), Kevin Macphee (41st for $4,048) and Hoyt Corkins (37th for $4,048)
The top ten chip stacks aiming for the $191,605 1st place are:
- Eric Froehlich – 319,000
- Mark Miekalns – 266,000
- Morgan Newman – 242,000
- Aaron Ogus – 233,000
- Binh Ly – 197,000
- Chiduziem Obi – 183,000
- Brian Nichols – 182,000
- Thomas Blizniak – 170,000
- Malissia Zapata – 161,000
- Jack Jiang – 161,000
The final 20 players are back in the Amazon Room of the Rio at 14:00 Vegas time.
Event #11
Event #11 is the $2,500 6-Max NLHE event, and attracted 924 players to Day 1. In what can only be considered manic action, only 122 of these are making it back for Day 2. Those not making the cut included Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Scott Seiver, and Faraz Jaka.
Names you may have heard of did make Day 2, and these include Chino Rheem (136,400), Vanessa Rousso (73,500), and Chris Morrman (71,000).
The top ten stacks going into the second day are:
- Tammy Tibbles – 233,300
- Steve Kelly – 224,000
- Tuan Le – 149,000
- Nicholas Grippo – 137,600
- Chino Rheem – 136,400
- Marcio Cid – 135,000
- Scott Clements – 122,000
- Andreas Hoivold – 92,000
- Eddy Sabat – 88,700
- Tom Braband – 77,100
Day 2 kicks off at 13:00 at the Rio in Las Vegas, and the players will all have their eyes on the $473,019 first prize.
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