Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship is over and Eric Brooks outlasted the 157 players to lay claim to the $415,856 and the bracelet. According to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-14-10000-seven-card-stud-wc/payouts/ "this is Brooks' first professional cash in a major tournament. Brooks will donate his entire winnings to the Decision Education Foundation, whose mission it is to teach the science of decision making to youth in grades K through 12." Congratulations Eric on the win, and on your generosity! Erik Seidel who I mentioned earlier on the blog, made it to 5th place and a $92,825 payout.
Event 15 - $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship is down to the final 9 and will recommence at 2:00pm PDT. The last notable that was left in this event was "First Lady of Poker" Linda Johnson, but she unfortunately went out in 23rd place, for a $5,848 payout.
Event 16 - $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo is down to the final two tables (18 players) and play will start back up again later today. Among the hopeful contenders remaining are Scott Clements and Ted Forrest, each being one of the four players left with over 200,000 in chips. A $226,483 payday awaits.
Event 17 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. WOW, this one went friggin' LATE... or Early. No matter how you slice it almost 19 hours of poker play is a LONG TIME! My hats off to snoopy1239 and danafish the bloggers who covered the action, and will continue to do so at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-17-1500-nlhe-shootout/. The original 1,000 starters are now down to the final 10. Having bested their respective tables, each will now start off with 300,000 in starting chips. Go gets some sleep!
Event 18 - $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys will resume today at 3:00pm PDT with 39 of the initial 85 remaining. Top prize in this one is a $537,862 and will payout the top 14, the bottom of which is $26,025. The field is absolutely littered with pros. Really. Too many to name, but of the 39, there are only 14 names which I don't immediately recognize. Look for yourself, http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-18-5000-nl-2-7-draw-rebuys/chip-counts/day2/.
On tap to start today are Events #19 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha and #20 $2,000 Limit Hold'em.
Stay tuned...
Regards,
cheer_dad
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