13 July 2009
WSOP Main Event Day 5 Complete in Record Time
It has taken a working week but there are now less than 200 players left in the World Series of Poker Main Event. After over 400 players entered the Amazon Room to compete in Day 5, only 185 emerge as still in with a shout. The last person to be eliminated was Lou Diamond Phillips, and it shows the magnitude of this tournament that a player can finish 185th and still receive almost $40,000.
Bubble Bursts at WSOP Main Event - 407 Players Left.
After an action-packed Day 3, Day 4 promised even more as it was certain that 152 of the 800 remaining players would hit the rail and allow 648 poker enthusiasts and professionals to make the money in the WSOP Main Event.
WSOP Main Event Day 3 Cuts Down 2,044 Players to 800.
After two gruelling days of poker, Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Main Event began in the Rio and continued for five blind levels until the 2,044 players who began the day were whittled down to 800.
10 July 2009
Brits on the march in the 2009 Main Event
No Briton has ever gone the distance in the Main Event at the World Series Of Poker but maybe this could be the year. Of the 2,044 players remaining, over 80 are from the UK. Topping the list is Jamie Brown on 360,400 chips followed by Adam Latimer, James Keys and Hit Squad member James Akenhead.
WSOP Day 3 preview
2,044 of the original field of 6,494 are still dreaming about a return to Las Vegas in November and a payday of $8,546,435. Among those still in the hunt are former World Champions Bobby Baldwin, Phil Hellmuth, Jim Bechtel, Dan Harrington, Chris Ferguson, Carlos Mortensen, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem and Peter Eastgate.
The Main Event in numbers
With over a third of the field eliminated in the Main Event already, Bluff Europe bring you a numerical breakdown of the action thus far.
09 July 2009
Phil Ivey on the WSOP Main Event.
“Yeah, it’s been a good month. Besides the HORSE tournament, I was a little disappointed about that.” Although those don’t sound like the words of a man who has won two WSOP bracelets, almost $400,000 prize money and anywhere from $3m to a reputed $14m in prop bets, that’s what Ivey thinks of his WSOP.
WSOP Main Event – Day 2b Concludes
A little less than 3,000 players from Days 1c and 1d of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event entered Day 2b hoping to survive another round in the giant halls of the Rio. Of the 2,924 that entered, 1,486 survived to fight another day.
08 July 2009
Main Event Day 2A update
1,476 players returned for Day 2A at the Rio but after 12 hours of play only 630 remained. Eric Cloutier retained his chip lead from Day 1 and was joined past the 300,000 chip mark by seven others including Ed Perry, Brandon Demes and Greg Mueller.
Phil Ivey shuns the limelight
Players allocated a seat at table 90 on Day 1D could have been forgiven for having mixed feelings when Phil Ivey rocked up to join them...