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The WSOPE Main Event Day 4 is just underway, and in the top five in chips are overall big stack John Juanda (875,000), Daniel Negreanu (766,000), and Scott Fischman (400,000).
As of post time 20 remain from the initial starting field of 362. Still grinding it out are Justin "BoostedJ" Smith (310,000), Brandon Adams (255,000), Brian "sbrugby" Townsend (215,000), Mike Matusow (127,000), and Erik Seidel (28,000).
Follow the action live here.
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This Event #3 final table write-up would’ve been more interesting if either of these two lovely Brits, Lucy Pinder and Michelle Marsh, had made an appearance. So we’re forcing the issue. View more of their photo shoot here.
It was a pretty star-studded final table for WSOPE Event #3 (£2,500 H.O.R.S.E.).
Couple early surprises as Jason Mercier, who had been dominate throughout the tournament and entered the final table second in chips, bowed out in eigth, banking £26,812.
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson seemed zoned in too but went out in seventh (£33,000).
Eventually play came down to Sorel Mizzi and Theo Jorgensen. Jorgensen started as final table chip leader…and…dare we say…ended it that way too?
Jorgensen banked £218,626 for the win. It was another solid showing for online whiz Mizzi, who is approaching $1M in career live tourney earnings now.
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At the start of final table play, Junglen, who held the chip lead at all stages of the tourney, had over 700,000 more to his stack then Danish poker pro Jesper Hougaard, who was one of the short-stacks (eight overall).
Junglen flamed out quick though, exiting in sixth place as Hougaard, who
Chipping up along with Hougaard was Fuad Serhan, who started final table play as the short-stack. While everyone else fell off, including Linda Lee, a woman, who finished seventh, Hougaard and Serhan improbably ended up playing for the title.
Heads-up play lasted all of five hands, with Hougaard taking it down and banking £144,218 for the win.
In related WSOPE news, screw Event #1 as some of poker’s biggest names are among the chip leaders for Event #2 (£2,500 H.O.R.S.E.). Phil Ivey is chip leader at the end of Day 1 stacked at 59,200. He’s followed by Phil Hellmuth (54,200) and WCP fave Woody Deck (37,500). Only 56 remain from the starting 110, with other big stacks including but not limited to Yuval Bronshtein (31,900), Joe Beevers (31,300), Isaac Haxton (30,800), Gus Hansen (30,600), Daniel Negreanu (30,200), and Howard Lederer (29,500).
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(Left to Right) Linda Lee, Neil Channing and Adam Junglen advanced to the WSOP Europe Event #1 final table.
Before we get too deep into this post, quick observation: Vegas railbirds > UK railbirds.
Ok, the big news from WSOPE Event #1 is that Linda Lee, a woman, has advanced to the final table. Lee looks like a mix between J. Lo and a half-Asian. Not a bad mix. View her photo on the WCP forum here. Half-Asian J. Lo brings one of the short-stacks (121,000) to the final table.
Leading the way as he has the first two days is Adam Junglen with 795,000. Junglen seems to either be on a mission or getting a 2002 WSOP Varkonyi-esque good run of cards. Following Junglen is John Dwyer with 511,000.
The remaining stacks are: Yevgeniy Timoshenko (345,000), Daniel Nutt (207,000), Neil Channing (199,000), Ian Woodley (153,000), the aforementioned Half-Asian J. Lo (121,000), Jesper Hougaard (89,000), and Fuad Serhan (61,000).
* Big thanks to Benjo for the pics. Benjo is French btw for "only French guy we like." Be sure to read his blog here.
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Bodog doesn’t think Joanna Krupa (or any other woman) will make the WSOPE final table…or as we like to call them, the September NineTM.
Bodog has put odds on whether or not one or more women will make the WSOP Europe Main Event final table (
We think their odds are very, very generous.
Currently, "No" is listed at -750 (Yes at +450). We see "No" going to -eleventybillion after every person who bets on sports takes "No." Come on. Can’t you only catch lightning in a bottle once? Then again, it’s not like the U.S. American version of the WSOP, and with a field of likely 350-400, the odds are a little better in woman’s favor.
A little.
In related news, the WSOPE is underway with Event #1 (£1,500 No Limit Hold’em) today. Only 191 signed up. Bellagio gets more than that on a Friday night. Anyway, Daniel Negreanu is currently among the chip leaders, stacked second overall at dinner break. Brandon Cantu continues his good run and is among the big stacks as well.
Get full chip counts here and live reporting here.
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Just getting Part II of our podcast up. No poker here. 100% discussing and debating The Walking Dead. We’re joined by an esteemed panel, including Jason Newitt, Dave “F-Train” Behr, Jeff Holsey, and Entities Chops and Colin. If you were a fan of the show, you’ll like the debate. We discuss problems with the show, [...]
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We recorded a two-parter podcast yesterday. Part I is now live and discusses The Rise and Fall of Ray Bitar WCi feature with its author, Dave “F-Train” Behr. In it, F-Train details the interview process for the feature, as well some conclusions that could be drawn about the man who helped make Full Tilt Poker the [...]
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