WSOP Update

 

Whats up poker fans? Sorry about last night. I couldn’t do the update, I had no computer access. WSOP update as of 10:50 PM EST on June 30th 2009.

Event # 49 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. 95 entries $50,000 buy in. Currently 6 players remain. 2 time bracelet winner and winner of event # 2 this year Vitaly Lunkin leads with 3,760,000 chips. Erik Sagstrom is 2nd with 3,395,000 chips. John Hanson is 3rd with 3,075,000 chips. 4 time bracelet winner and winner of the main event in 1996 Huck Seed is 4th with 1,730,000 chips. David Bach is 5th with 1,185,000 chips. Bracelet winner this year in event # 12 Ville Wahlbeck is 6th with 955,000 chips. All I have to say is what happened to the big guns, looks like I’m not going to pick up many fantasy bucks in this tourney lol. Good luck to the remaining players.

Event # 50 Limit Hold’em Shootout 571 entries $1,500 buy in. Congratulations to Greg “FBT” Mueller on winning his 2nd WSOP bracelet this year, the other in event # 33, he also took home $194,909 in this event. Bracelet winner this year in event # 38 Marc Naalden finished 2nd for $120,614. Millie Shiu finished 3rd for $77,138. Bracelet winner David Williams finished 4th for $51,145. Matt Sterling finished 5th for $35,058. Flaminio Malaguti finished 6th for $24,824. Joseph Van Den Bijgaart finished 7th for $18,136. Jose Barbero finished 8th for $13,655.

Event # 51 No Limit Hold’em 2,781 entries $1,500 buy in. Congratulations to Joh Carsten on winning his first WSOP bracelet and $664,426. Andrew Chen finished 2nd for $412,632. David Walasinski finished 3rd for $272,405. Steven Levy finished 4th for $192,650. Owen Crowe finished 5th for $145,199. Thibaut Durand finished 6th for $115,817. Georgios Kapalas finished 7th for $97,634. Jason Helder finished 8th for $86,702. Nathan Page finished 9th for $80,894.

Event # 52 Triple Chance No Limit Hold’em 854 entries $3,000 buy in. Currently 6 players remain. Michael Katz and Jorg Peisert lead with 1,900,000 chips each. Jason DeWitt is 3rd with 1,620,000 chips. Ben Gilbert is 4th with 960,000 chips. Michael Noda is 5th with 730,000 chips. Jason Somerville is 6th with 400,000 chips. Good luck to the remaining players.

Event # 53 Seven Card Stud Hi Lo 8 or Better 467 entries $1,500 buy in. Currently 2 players remain. David Halpern leads with 1,100,000 chips. William Kohler is 2nd with 950,000 chips. Good luck to the 2 remaining players.

Event # 54 No Limit Hold’em 2,818 entries $1,500 buy in. 41 players remain. Donald Boivin leads with 401,000 chips. Notables are: Bracelet winner David Woo with 390,000 chips. Bluff – ESPN Power Ranked # 6 Vivek Rajkumar with 115,000 chips. Alex Bolotin with 88,000 chips. Raymond Rahme with 54,000 chips. Bracelet winner Alexandre Gomes with 23,000 chips. 2 time bracelet winner and winner of the main event in 2001 Carlos Mortensen with 15,000 chips. Good luck to the remaining players.

Event # 55 2 – 7 Triple Draw Lowball 258 entries $2,500 buy in. Currently 33 players remain. Brad Libson leads with 164,000 chips. Notables are: 4 time bracelet winner John Juanda with 76,000 chips. Bracelet winner Blair Rodman with 62,000 chips. Bracelet winner this year in event # 42 Jerrod Ankenman with 53,000 chips. Bracelet winner Hasan Habib with 44,000 chips. Allen Kessler with 39,800 chips. Justin “Boosted J” Smith with 32,000 chips. Tuan Le with 28,000 chips. Bracelet winner this year in event # 4 Steve Sung with 28,000 chips. 2 time bracelet winner Pat Poels with 26,000 chips. 2 time bracelet winner John Phan with 23,000 chips. Bluff – ESPN Power Ranked # 23 Nam Le with 21,000 chips. Bluff – ESPN Power Ranked # 81 Jacobo Fernandez with 18,000 chips. 4 time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu with 16,000 chips. Good luck to the remaining players.

Event # 56 No Limit Hold’em / Six Handed 928 entries $5,000 buy in. Currently 384 players remain. More updates tomorrow.

That’s it for tonight everyone. Next update tomorrow night around 12 AM EST. Take care and have a goodnight.