WSOP, still going strong

Event 29 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em is in the books now as John Phan takes home the bracelet and $434,789, having outlasted the field of 716 players. Congratulations. David Singer was the only notable sponsored (Full Tilt) player which made it to the final table and ultimately finished in 5th place.

Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship came to an end when the 218 initial entrants were reduced to the last man standing Rob Hollink. Congratulations. He takes home the WSOP bracelet and the $496,931 top prize. Others recognizable at the final table included JC Tran who finished in 5th place, and Andy Block who took down 7th.

Event 31 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed has FINALLY reached a final table. The 1,012 have been whittled down to the final 6. Unfortunately, Scotty Nguyen was eliminated on the final table bubble. I really hate to see that, Scotty has become one of my favorite players if for no other reason than how gracious he was when I saw and met him in Las Vegas and snapped a very candid picture of a man exhausted/hot/and dying for a smoke. Despite it all, he hammed it up for the camera, and gave a signature, "It's me, baby!" He takes home 7th place prize of $50,508! Current chip leader is the "Harry Potter" of poker, Dario Minieri, with nearly more than half a million chip lead over his nearest competition. Play gets underway again today at 2:00pm PDT.

Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has been survived by 166 of the initial 2,304 players. Among the posts from the Live Reporting over at PokerNews I found the following tidbit of information posted by loganmark, "Another Record Broken -- Another announcement was made after the players were "in the money." The players congratulated Phil Hellmuth on a record WSOP cash. As if holding a record eleven WSOP gold bracelets wasn't enough, Hellmuth currently enjoys the record for most WSOP cashes with 65." As if he wasn't already insufferable enough... ugggh. Alright, alright...sorry, Congratulations Phil.

Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship Day One has completed with 120 of the initial 261 remaining. There is still an absolute smorgasbord of pros in this event, and I would predict this to be an exciting event, one that the folks at ESPN should consider giving at least some final table air time.

Scheduled to begin today are Events 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys and Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud. For all the latest and greatest in reporting be sure to head over to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/. I'll give quickie recaps and obviously BIASED commentary for those who want the low-dose versions, and for those among you stuck behind an accursed proxy.

Regards,

cheer_dad