WSOP Pool

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Vegas Vic

Clonie Gowen is actually well ahead of Evelyn Ng in career winnings, although neither of them deserves 1/1000000th of the publicity they get.

At least Clonie had actually cashed in an event before she was selected to play in the WPT Ladies Night Freeroll. Evelyn Ng's only accomplishment at that point was that she was dating Daniel Negreanu, who used his connections to get her a seat in the six player freeroll.

Ha! That is very amusing to read, especially in light of all of Negreanu's whining about how Annie Duke did not deserve to be in the $2 million single table freeroll TOC event.

[Subby]

I picked the wrong Internet guy as rizen (Eric Lynch) is the chipleader at the 1500 PLHE final table. That guy is money.

[larrymcg421]

FWIW, I simply went for people that I knew would play a ton of events, except for my ME pick Gus Hansen.

[hoopsguy]

Heh, was just looking at your Internet guys to see if Rizen was on the list.

[larrymcg421]

I was really surprised that none of us picked Devilfish.

[Barkeep49]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

I was really surprised that none of us picked Devilfish.

I agree. I think we might have missed out on our collective wisdom there, as to be honest, he wasn't a player I had even considered and afterwards I felt stupid about it.

[timmynausea]

I'm pretty sure several people had Devilfish last year.

[kcchief19]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Event #2 Results - $1,500 NL Hold-em

Here's a list of FOFC picks that scored

Carlos Mortenson 71.617
Jennifer Harman 51.155
Phil Gordon 9.094
Erik Seidel 9.094
Greg Raymer 7.578
Phil Hellmuth 7.578
Clonie Gowen 2.274
Humberto Brenes 2.274


Devilfish, Paul Darden, and Isabelle Mercier cashed but were not picked by any FOFC'ers

Larry, I think another of my picks cashed in that event -- Tuan Le went out 75th with $7,578.

This is a tremendous undertaking -- I appreciate you putting this together. If you need help tracking or doublechecking results, let me know. I'd be glad to pitch in.

[kcchief19]

The $2,500 NL six-handed event is going to post some point totals. I think everyone of my picks played in it, although six are already out. But my remaining four are in the top 33 chips.

[Jas_lov]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

The $2,500 NL six-handed event is going to post some point totals. I think everyone of my picks played in it, although six are already out. But my remaining four are in the top 33 chips.

Just looked at the live updates and Daniel Negranu is a big chip leader with $30,000 more than 2nd place. Doyle Brunson was just eliminated a couple spots out of the money, but the leaderboard is impressive with Dutch Boyd 3rd, Gavin Smith 6th, Dustin Woolf 10th, John Hennigan and Joe Hachem 14th, Mike Matusow and Patrick Antonious 16th, and it goes on and on with big names still in it. This will definitely be a big one for everyone.

[kcchief19]

Yeah, Negreanu is rolling. Some other names took some hits, but it looks like a real lively tournament.

[larrymcg421]

Ugh. Not a fan of Negreanu.

[Jas_lov]

Yeah I'm not too big a fan of Negreanu either. How about Mike Matusow climbing up to 10th in the chip count. I should have picked him because he's so hot right now at the WSOP with a 1st at last years TOC, 3rd at this years, and 9th in the main event. Erick Lindgren has climbed up to the top 5 along with Negreanu and Gavin Smith.

At the $1500 Limit event the only name left I recognize is Josh Schlein or SDouble as he is known online, but I dont think anyone on here picked him.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

Larry, I think another of my picks cashed in that event -- Tuan Le went out 75th with $7,578.

This is a tremendous undertaking -- I appreciate you putting this together. If you need help tracking or doublechecking results, let me know. I'd be glad to pitch in.

Fixed!

I'll let you know if I need some help. I've got a good spreadsheet set up to take care of this. I just have to get used to the players people have selected, so I don't skip over them like I did yours.

[kcchief19]

I probably overlooked some, but these are the pool players I found in event No. 3, the $1,500 pot limit event.

John Juanda 37.606
Victor Ramdin 9.777
Chris Ferguson 3.761
Erick Lindgren 2.256

[kcchief19]

Final table set in event No. 4, the $1,500 limit hold 'em. Mostly journeyman players and rookis, it appears. Phil Ivey was the top scorer going out 21 -- that should be good for 9.476. CardPlayer hasn't posted the official winnings yet, just the payout structure and the log update of chip counts.

[hoopsguy]

Final two in the short-hand event: Hachem vs Dutch Boyd.

[Jas_lov]

Dutch had almost a 6-1 chip lead when heads up began and Joe battled back to a 1.4 million to 600,000 chip defecit, then they got all of their chips in the middle, Joe had AQ and Dutch had A5 and a 5 on the river sealed the win for Dutch. This is a good showing for Joe Hachem to show he wasn't just that guy who got lucky. I think he also had a final table finish at a circuit event earlier this year.

Whoever picked Carlos Mortensen made a very good pick because he's chip leader in the $2,000 limit event. Could be another final table for him.

[larrymcg421]

Ugh. I don't think anyone wanted Dutch Boyd to win.

[Jas_lov]

Maybe Dutch will use the money to pay back the people he stole from when his online poker business pokerspot.com started to go under? If he doesn't, then everyone will think even less of him if that's possible.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Maybe Dutch will use the money to pay back the people he stole from when his online poker business pokerspot.com started to go under? If he doesn't, then everyone will think even less of him if that's possible.

It's not possible and I doubt he will do it.

[Barkeep49]

I miss out on all the good poker news. Didn't know about this. Didn't know about ZeeJustin. It's sad.

[kcchief19]

Carlos Mortensen does make his second final table thus far, although he is the shortstack. Analbumcover's Asian strategy also is paying off, this time with Nam Le at the final table.

[Jas_lov]

The Omaha High Low 8 or Better Tourney is down to the final nine with the biggest name left being Daniel Negreanu in 3rd chip position. He's having a good series thus far. Huck Seed was knocked out 11th. Andy Bloch, Sean Sheikan, and John Juanda all cashed.

The No Limit Holdem 5,000 buy in has a ton of big names out of the 180 left that began with more than 600 people. Phil Hellmuth Jr. is deep in a tournament once again and is currently 3rd in chips behind chip leader Jean Robert Bellande. Scotty Ngyuen is 4th, Hung La 6th, Dustin Woolf 9th, Michael Mizrachi 13th, Minh Ngyuen 19th, Marcel Luske 20th, Sammy Farha, Nick Shulman, and Jennifer Harman are all still alive as well and the top 63 cash. Fan favorite Dutch Boyd was just eliminated.

[Barkeep49]

I didn't do this last year so how often should we expect leaderboard updates? No pressure here, just want to know what to expect.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Barkeep49

I didn't do this last year so how often should we expect leaderboard updates? No pressure here, just want to know what to expect.

I'm putting one together at the moment.

[larrymcg421]

As always, please let me know if I missed one of your guys...

Event #3 - $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'Em

John Juanda 37.606
Victor Ramdin 9.777
Michael Mizrachi 4.513
Chris Ferguson 3.761
Erick Lindgren 2.256

[larrymcg421]

Event #4 - $1,500 Limit Hold'Em

Phil Ivey 9.476
Phil Gordon 5.831

Event #5 - $2,500 NL 6 Handed

Daniel Negreanu - 38.852
Gavin Smith - 23.690
Freddy Deeb - 9.476
Kathy Liebert - 9.476
Mike Matusow - 8.528
John Hennigan - 6.633
Cyndy Violette - 6.633
Barry Greenstein - 3.790

Event #6 - $2,000 NL Hold Em

Nam Le - 401.647
Carlos Mortenson - 73.344
Minh Nguyen - 12.224
Humberto Brenes - 5.239
Johnny Chan - 5.239
Scott Fischman - 5.239
John D'Agostino - 2.794

Event #7 - $3,000 Limit Hold Em

Phil Hellmuth - 10.309
John Phan - 5.727

[larrymcg421]

And here is your current leaderboard:

dixieflatline 539.397
AnalBumCover 457.797
Vegas Vic 297.913
kcchief19 239.72
Tyrith 181.24
Maple Leafs 137.951
Jas_lov 134.528
hoopsguy 133.518
TazFTW 128.626
larrymcg421 126.518
TroyF 125.644
Honolulu Blue 122.673
rockboy70 121.571
QuikSand 109.324
Chubby 108.614
Desmond 94.934
Barkeep49 93.79
digamma 86.954
Lathum 83.12
Radii 76.119
sabotai 71.539
Subby 70.816
timmynausea 54.739
JonInMiddleGA 35.637
albionmoonlight 17.972

[TazFTW]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

And here is your current leaderboard:

dixieflatline 539.397
AnalBumCover 457.797
Vegas Vic 297.913
kcchief19 239.72
Tyrith 181.24
Maple Leafs 137.951
Jas_lov 134.528
hoopsguy 133.518
TazFTW 128.626
larrymcg421 126.518
TroyF 125.644
Honolulu Blue 122.673
rockboy70 121.571
QuikSand 109.324
Chubby 108.614
Desmond 94.934
Barkeep49 93.79
digamma 86.954
Lathum 83.12
Radii 76.119
sabotai 71.539
Subby 70.816
TazFTW 49.29
JonInMiddleGA 35.637
albionmoonlight 17.972

I'm listed twice. The first leaderboard had me at 58.73, so the second 'Taz' has to be someone else.

[larrymcg421]

argh.

Thanks. Looking this over.

[larrymcg421]

Fixed. It was timmynausea and I had his formula calculated incorrectly so he has a few more pts.

[Subby]

Allen Cunningham cashed in event #4 for $1750 (I don't have him, but a few others do)

[Subby]

Joe Sebok cashed in event 5 for $3790 (digamma has him)

[Subby]

Jen Harman cashed for $8731 and Cyndi Violette cashed for $6985 in event #6

[Subby]

Darrel Dicken cashed for $5727 in event #7

[Honolulu Blue]

Middle of the pack so far. Not bad, but I figure that either the ME or HORSE is going to determine the winner here. Final tabling the former or winning the latter should be more than enough.

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

ESPN favorite and online poker whipping boy Dutch Boyd was just eliminated.

I fixed your post. You're welcome.

[timmynausea]

Nevermind.

[kcchief19]

Nam Le is the MVP thus far. That 2nd place in the $2k HE is the big win by any our players thus far.

Kid Poker has made the final table at Omaha and is in third position in chips. In the $5k NL HE, Phil Hellmuth is in third position and could be poised for big payday with the field down to 59 players. He's apparently been abusing Jean-Robert Bellande. Gee, who do you root for there?

Also alive and kicking in that tourney is crowd favorite Marcel Luske, as well as poker celebrities Isabelle Mercier and Rene Agellil, better known as Mr. Celine Dion.

[sabotai]

Originally Posted by kcchief19

In the $5k NL HE, Phil Hellmuth is in third position and could be poised for big payday with the field down to 59 players. He's apparently been abusing Jean-Robert Bellande. Gee, who do you root for there?

Easy, Bellande.

Also alive and kicking in that tourney is crowd favorite Marcel Luske, as well as poker celebrities Isabelle Mercier and Rene Agellil, better known as Mr. Celine Dion.

Marcel Luske!! WOOO!!!

[larrymcg421]

Isabelle Mercier is hot! I saw her kick ass on one of the Ladies Night events. Mmmmmm.

[Jas_lov]

Phil Hellmuth has made the final table and is 2nd in chips in the $5,000 NL. Marcel Luske is 3rd, Isabelle Mercier 5th, all chasing chip leader Vinny Vinh. This is not scheduled to be taped and air on ESPN, but I hope ESPN does make special arrangements to tape it like they did last year with Johnny Chan's 10th bracelet win. With 2 of the more entertaining pros and a fairly attractive female pro I think it would be an amazing table to watch especially if Hellmuth gets heads up with Luske and loses.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Jas_lov

Phil Hellmuth has made the final table and is 2nd in chips in the $5,000 NL. Marcel Luske is 3rd, Isabelle Mercier 5th, all chasing chip leader Vinny Vinh. This is not scheduled to be taped and air on ESPN, but I hope ESPN does make special arrangements to tape it like they did last year with Johnny Chan's 10th bracelet win. With 2 of the more entertaining pros and a fairly attractive female pro I think it would be an amazing table to watch especially if Hellmuth gets heads up with Luske and loses.

Can you imagine the blowup if Hellmuth, desperate for his 10th bracelet, finishes 2nd after getting sucked out on? They HAVE to tape this. He'll win his 10 bracelet or there will be a fantastic blowup. Either way, it would be embarassing for them to miss it.

[kcchief19]

Yeah, this is the kind of table that ESPN needs to say screw it and cover it anyway and drop something else. I can't understand why it wasn't schedule anyway ... $5k NL HE you know is going to draw a premiere field and have a good group. With Phil going for No. 10, crazy Marcel Luske and the hottie mchot hot Isabelle Mercier, this is crying out for coverage.

[kcchief19]

Of course, even better is that Johnny Chan is in the hunt in the seven-card stud tourney ... can you imagine how Phil will flip if he gets No. 10 to tie Chan and Brunson and then the next day Chan gets No. 11? If Chan wins it, it would also be the second time he's won that bracelet.

The $1.5k limit hold 'em event starts today, and that looks like a real glamour field. Should be some pool points there.

[larrymcg421]

Current chip counts. Check out those top three:


Marcel Luske $820,000
Phil Hellmuth $590,000
Isabelle Mercier $410,000
Gene Todd $390,000
Jeff Cabanillas $305,000
Vinnie Vinh $225,000
Doug Carli $177,000
Tom Schreiber $165,000

[larrymcg421]

Hellmuth just knocked out Vinh (who really bled his chips today), so he's probably pretty close to Luske now. Also, Carli knocked out by Cabanillas.

[larrymcg421]

Another update:

Phil Hellmuth $990,000
Marcel Luske $719,000
Isabelle Mercier $557,000
Gene Todd $311,000
Jeff Cabanillas $302,000
Tom Schreiber $95,000


I really hope they filmed this.

[Jas_lov]

Good news from pokerwire.com....

ESPN Shows Up for the "Little Big One"
No Limit Hold'em
Jul 06, 2006 / 17:20:00 EDT
This event ($5,000 No-Limit Hold'em) wasn't on ESPN's original schedule, but once they found out Phil Hellmuth would be going for his record-tying tenth bracelet against Vinnie Vinh, Marcel Luske, and Isabelle Mercier, they made things happen.

It's not a full crew, but a skeleton crew. But if history happens, you'll be able to see it on ESPN. And George, the guy who operates the hole cams, was also present. So we should get complete coverage as well.

Play should be underway before too long. Vinnie Vinh starts as the chip leader with 784K, followed by Hellmuth (461K), Marcel Luske (458K), and Isabelle Mercier (301K).

[larrymcg421]

This is pretty impressive from Hellmuth:

Hellmuth Takes a Monster Pot Off of Mercier
After the river card is dealt, Isabelle Mercier bets $100,000 and Phil Hellmuth makes the call. Mercier immediately mucks her hand and Hellmuth turns over king high to rake a huge pot. Mercier is down to around $140,000 chips.