Bei Event # 31 der diesjährigen World Series of Poker (WSOP) stand wieder ein H.O.R.S.E. auf dem Programm, dieses Mal mit einem Buy-in von $1.500. Das niedrige Buy-in kam der Teilnehmerzahl zu Gute und so fanden sich gleich 770 Spieler ein.
Natürlich waren auch einige deutschsprachige Spieler am Start – PokerStars Pro Katja Thater, die Full Tilt Pros Jens Vörtmann, Thomas Bihl und Markus Golser, ebenso Alex Jung und Ivo Donev. Die Liste der internationalen Pros ist gewohnt lang, u.a. waren Jennifer Harman, Andy Black, Erick Lindgren, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, Shannon Elizabeth, Clonie Gowen, Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, Marcel Luske (den man auch vermehrt mit PokerStars Logo am Hemd sieht), Shawn Sheikhan, Jeff Lisandro, Dario Alioto und viele andere mehr am Start.
Markus Golser musste sich ebenso vorzeitig aus dem Brasilia Room verabschieden wie Gavin Smith, Billy Agyros, Alex Kostritsyn, Todd Brunson und auch Mike Matusow. Der scheiterte in der Hold’em Runde mit an .
In einer der letzten Hände des Tages musste sich Jason Mercier verabschieden. Razz war das Spiel, Bryan Micon hatte 6-4-3-2-A vorzuweisen, Jason Mercier ein 10-5 Low, das viel zu hoch war.
Mit 220 Spielern endete Tag 1. Von den deutschsprachigen Spielern sind immerhin noch Sarharib Karatas, Alexander Burkhart, Phillip Marmorstein, Thomas Bihl, Christoph Niesert, Katja Thater, Hans Pfister und Ivo Donev im Rennen. 72 Plätze werden bezahlt, auf den Sieger warten $247.033.
Rang | Name | Stadt | Land | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
1 | Sebastien, Sabic | Paris | France | 72.700 | 194 | 2 |
2 | Kurtzman, Eric | Las Vegas | NV | 57.800 | 191 | 2 |
3 | Traniello, Marco | Las Vegas | NV | 55.000 | 182 | 2 |
4 | Silveira, Jim | Santa Rosa | CA | 55.000 | 182 | 5 |
5 | Black, Andrew | Dublin | Ireland | 54.300 | 176 | 7 |
6 | Saab, Doug | Birmingham | AL | 51.400 | 186 | 3 |
7 | Buckley, William | Phillipsburg | NJ | 43.300 | 192 | 7 |
8 | Barone, Vito | Castel Maggiore | Italy | 42.300 | 199 | 7 |
9 | Fu, Tianxiong | Cypress | CA | 41.500 | 191 | 4 |
10 | Gaspard, Jean | Evanston | IL | 40.300 | 194 | 1 |
11 | Fiorenza, Bruno | Philadelphia | PA | 36.100 | 201 | 6 |
12 | Hofman, Ronnie | Dordrecht | Netherlands | 35.800 | 191 | 1 |
13 | Green, Jonathan | Schenectady | NY | 34.800 | 176 | 6 |
14 | Dollinger, Jason | Coral Springs | FL | 34.400 | 190 | 7 |
15 | Eichel, William | Parker | SD | 34.100 | 181 | 8 |
16 | Lee, Ming | Natick | MA | 32.500 | 192 | 5 |
17 | Soulier, Fabrice | Las Vegas | NV | 32.200 | 190 | 3 |
18 | Hong, Jay | Riverside | CA | 32.000 | 200 | 4 |
19 | Bjorin, Chris | London | United Kingdom | 31.100 | 187 | 5 |
20 | Rousso, Vanessa | Las Vegas | NV | 30.900 | 180 | 7 |
21 | Blanda, Bill | Galveston | TX | 30.300 | 196 | 2 |
22 | Krouner, Ken | Roswell | GA | 30.300 | 186 | 5 |
23 | Lazarou, Vassilios | Las Vegas | NV | 30.100 | 185 | 6 |
24 | Barbieri, Al „Sugar Bear“ | Philadelphia | PA | 30.000 | 204 | 3 |
25 | Bryan, Dustin | Marysville | OH | 29.800 | 185 | 1 |
26 | Leinhos, Bonnie | Las Vegas | NV | 29.600 | 187 | 6 |
27 | Karatas, Sarharib | Wiesbaden | Germany | 29.100 | 177 | 3 |
28 | Karas, Archie | Boulder City | NV | 28.800 | 184 | 1 |
29 | Gelencser, Peter | Budapest | Hungary | 27.600 | 193 | 4 |
30 | Lonardo, Vincent | West Palm Beach | FL | 27.200 | 187 | 4 |
31 | Odell, Frankie | Denver | CO | 26.500 | 177 | 1 |
32 | Salazar, Hernan | Santiago | Chile | 26.200 | 191 | 7 |
33 | Moore, Pete | Atlanta | GA | 25.900 | 178 | 2 |
34 | Fishman, Eddie | Las Vegas | NV | 25.300 | 190 | 4 |
35 | Taylor, David | Amelia | OH | 25.100 | 204 | 4 |
36 | Shei, Kenny | Las Vegas | NV | 25.000 | 177 | 8 |
37 | Van Alstyne, James | Las Vegas | NV | 24.500 | 196 | 5 |
38 | Yu, Benjamin | Palo Alto | CA | 24.500 | 199 | 1 |
39 | Myerson, Alan | Sherman Oaks | CA | 24.400 | 183 | 3 |
40 | Hughes, Ryan | Phoenix | AZ | 24.300 | 185 | 8 |
41 | Duke, Annie | Portland | OR | 23.700 | 185 | 5 |
42 | Kacir, Jeffrey | Henderson | NV | 23.600 | 194 | 3 |
43 | Micon, Bryan | Las Vegas | NV | 23.600 | 180 | 8 |
44 | Landowski, Benjamin | Hartland | WI | 23.500 | 184 | 3 |
45 | Jones, Lacey | San Antonio | TX | 23.400 | 188 | 4 |
46 | Lozano, Rolando | Houston | TX | 23.200 | 180 | 3 |
47 | Koubi, Fuad | Van Nuys | CA | 23.100 | 177 | 7 |
48 | Burkart, Alexander | Germany | 23.000 | 180 | 5 | |
49 | Ezykowich, Keith | Gulfport | MS | 22.700 | 194 | 4 |
50 | Anderson, Kyle | New Milford | CT | 22.000 | 195 | 8 |
51 | Altizer, Von | American Canyon | CA | 21.900 | 187 | 8 |
52 | Malcolm, Brian | Redmand | WA | 21.700 | 185 | 3 |
53 | Rouhani, Farzad | Germantown | MD | 21.000 | 196 | 8 |
54 | Kipnis, Adam | Northridge | CA | 21.000 | 204 | 6 |
55 | Iversen, Torstein | Oslo | Norway | 20.700 | 189 | 5 |
56 | Schaaf, James | Torrance | CA | 20.700 | 201 | 8 |
57 | Wheatley, Jim | Harrisonburg | WA | 20.600 | 202 | 5 |
58 | Shorr, Shannon | Las Vegas | NV | 20.200 | 183 | 6 |
59 | Hinton, Clyde | Odessa | TX | 20.000 | 192 | 6 |
60 | Stencil, Steven | Estacada | Dominican Republic | 19.900 | 188 | 5 |
61 | Tran, Mimi | Los Angeles | CA | 19.800 | 192 | 1 |
62 | Schock, Mitch | Bismarck | ND | 19.700 | 182 | 8 |
63 | Darden, Paul | Las Vegas | NV | 19.600 | 176 | 8 |
64 | Digiorgio, Richard | 19.500 | 199 | 2 | ||
65 | Shrader, Damon | Portland | OR | 19.400 | 193 | 1 |
66 | Burt, Timothy | Robinsonville | MS | 18.900 | 181 | 4 |
67 | Portano, Desmond | Chicago | IL | 18.800 | 202 | 7 |
68 | May, David | Plantation | FL | 18.600 | 204 | 1 |
69 | Golding, David | London | United Kingdom | 18.500 | 186 | 4 |
70 | Ettinger, Scott | 18.500 | 197 | 7 | ||
71 | Nematinia, Amir | Atlanta | GA | 18.200 | 192 | 4 |
72 | Kelly, Matt | Ft. Worth | TX | 18.100 | 181 | 2 |
73 | Puskarich, Mike | Las Vegas | NV | 18.100 | 193 | 2 |
74 | Plusch, Ryan | New York | NY | 17.700 | 181 | 3 |
75 | Heimowitz, Lonnie | Monticello | NY | 17.700 | 183 | 2 |
76 | Young, Justin | Morehead City | NC | 17.600 | 189 | 4 |
77 | Racener, John | Tampa | FL | 17.300 | 176 | 2 |
78 | Friedman, Perry | Las Vegas | NV | 17.300 | 199 | 3 |
79 | Hagens, Nathan | Appleton | WI | 17.100 | 196 | 6 |
80 | Crawford, Quincy | Ellicott City | MD | 17.100 | 193 | 5 |
81 | Hofer, Danny | Bronx | NY | 17.000 | 204 | 2 |
82 | Acker, Tim | Las Vegas | NV | 17.000 | 187 | 3 |
83 | Painter, Jameson | Goodfiled | IL | 17.000 | 195 | 6 |
84 | Hippensteel, Seth | North Manchester | IN | 16.900 | 201 | 4 |
85 | Stubbs, Mark | Toronto | ON, Canada | 16.600 | 184 | 7 |
86 | Monaldi, Greg | Davie | FL | 16.600 | 185 | 2 |
87 | Brown, Chad | Las Vegas | NV | 16.500 | 186 | 1 |
88 | Raymond, Kathy | Las Vegas | NV | 16.500 | 203 | 3 |
89 | Rose, Paul | Los Angeles | CA | 16.500 | 197 | 8 |
90 | Glickman, Marc | Woodland Hills | CA | 16.400 | 198 | 2 |
91 | Hunt, Thomas | Las Vegas | NV | 16.100 | 202 | 1 |
92 | Hanneman, Devin | Arlington | VA | 16.000 | 179 | 3 |
93 | Persson, Magnus | Gothenburg | Sweden | 15.900 | 178 | 6 |
94 | Hansen, Thor | El Segundo | CA | 15.900 | 182 | 4 |
95 | Devonshire, Bryan | Henderson | NV | 15.800 | 186 | 8 |
96 | Pardey Sr, Rodney | Seattle | WA | 15.700 | 202 | 2 |
97 | Raymond, Derek | Portland | ME | 15.500 | 177 | 5 |
98 | Roth, Jason | Allentown | PA | 15.400 | 178 | 8 |
99 | Singer, David | Las Vegas | NV | 15.100 | 191 | 6 |
100 | Donev, Ivo | Bregenz | Austria | 15.100 | 186 | 2 |
101 | Nguyen, Minh | Lake Elismore | CA | 15.000 | 185 | 4 |
102 | Taylor, Brian | Macon | GA | 14.700 | 200 | 7 |
103 | Baghchehsaraie, Sirous | Long Beach | CA | 14.600 | 179 | 7 |
104 | Centeno, John | Chicago | IL | 14.400 | 202 | 3 |
105 | Yano, Jason | San Francisco | CA | 14.400 | 190 | 5 |
106 | Wade, Tristan | Boynton Beach | FL | 14.400 | 189 | 1 |
107 | Maier, Lana | Bound Brook | NJ | 14.400 | 199 | 6 |
108 | Wroblewski, Anna | Las Vegas | NV | 14.300 | 179 | 5 |
109 | Nelson, Mike | Edmond | OK | 14.300 | 187 | 1 |
110 | Pezzin, Pat | Toronto | Canada | 14.000 | 198 | 1 |
111 | Marmorstein, Phillip | Munich | Germany | 14.000 | 192 | 2 |
112 | Armbrust, John | Culver City | CA | 14.000 | 182 | 1 |
113 | Engelbert, Glen | Gloncester | NJ | 13.900 | 203 | 4 |
114 | Birk, Lawrence | Ann Arbor | MI | 13.600 | 203 | 2 |
115 | Vuong, Jonathan | Rancho Palos Verdes | CA | 13.500 | 198 | 7 |
116 | Peercy, Pat | Fortville | IN | 13.400 | 196 | 4 |
117 | Brogdon, Jarrod | San Antonio | TX | 13.100 | 193 | 6 |
118 | Schiffman, Ronald | Cherry Hill | NJ | 13.100 | 188 | 2 |
119 | Provenzano, Mark | Melrose Park | IL | 13.000 | 203 | 1 |
120 | Wagner, Jeff | Los Angeles | CA | 12.900 | 197 | 2 |
121 | Crawford, Josh | Dorchester | MA | 12.800 | 196 | 1 |
122 | Boston, Alan | Old Orchard Beach | Maine | 12.800 | 192 | 8 |
123 | Mascio, Greg | Fullerton | CA | 12.800 | 181 | 1 |
124 | Serock, Joe | San Francisco | CA | 12.700 | 200 | 1 |
125 | Gregorich, Mark | Las Vegas | NV | 12.500 | 179 | 6 |
126 | Sexton, Keith | Dayton | OH | 12.400 | 190 | 2 |
127 | Scheer, David | Lakewood | OH | 12.200 | 202 | 4 |
128 | Hans, Pfister | Zurich | Switzerland | 11.900 | 197 | 1 |
129 | Bihl, Thomas | Frankfurt | Germany | 11.900 | 203 | 5 |
130 | West, Tom | Los Altos | CA | 11.900 | 189 | 7 |
131 | Pechac, Jim | Phoenix | AZ | 11.800 | 194 | 7 |
132 | Brodie, Richard | Kirkland | WA | 11.800 | 177 | 6 |
133 | Jurgens, Tad | Phoenix | AZ | 11.800 | 195 | 2 |
134 | Bluman, Seth | New York | NY | 11.800 | 176 | 3 |
135 | Dylewski, Jakub | Vancouver | BC, Canada | 11.600 | 194 | 6 |
136 | Elizabeth, Shannon | Los Angeles | CA | 11.600 | 189 | 3 |
137 | Rodman, Blair | Las Vegas | NV | 11.500 | 190 | 6 |
138 | Niesert, Christoph | Berlin | Germany | 11.500 | 183 | 5 |
139 | Lauria, Bob | Norwich | 11.400 | 184 | 2 | |
140 | Lewis, Robert | Miami Beach | FL | 11.400 | 193 | 8 |
141 | Catania, Ralph | Maywood | NJ | 11.300 | 203 | 6 |
142 | Gundrum, Trent | Fond Du Lac | 11.300 | 202 | 6 | |
143 | Luske, Marcel | Almere Buiten | Netherlands | 11.100 | 185 | 7 |
144 | Simmons, Reginald | Tampa | FL | 10.900 | 183 | 8 |
145 | Delamare, Robert | 10.700 | 190 | 8 | ||
146 | Dyer, Greg | Minneapolis | MN | 10.600 | 196 | 3 |
147 | Johnson, Rollo | Aspen | CO | 10.500 | 179 | 4 |
148 | Stacy, Kevin | Corona | CA | 10.500 | 184 | 6 |
149 | Middleton, Kenneth | Corpus Christi | TX | 10.400 | 187 | 2 |
150 | Seber, Bill | Houston | TX | 10.400 | 194 | 8 |
151 | Krescanko, Mike | Scottsdale | AZ | 10.300 | 194 | 5 |
152 | Duncan, Art | Lake Zurich | IL | 10.300 | 203 | 7 |
153 | Selberis, Frank | Las Vegas | NV | 10.200 | 197 | 3 |
154 | Tsodikov, Rostislav | Daly City | CA | 10.200 | 204 | 7 |
155 | Gray, Brian | Coral Springs | FL | 10.200 | 195 | 4 |
156 | Reslock, Chris | Atlantic City | NJ | 10.000 | 195 | 3 |
157 | Schulman, Steven | Tucson | AZ | 10.000 | 187 | 7 |
158 | Schneyer, Dave | White Lake | 9.800 | 184 | 8 | |
159 | Losey, Tony | Mission Viejo | CA | 9.600 | 198 | 6 |
160 | Weekley, Jonathan | Denver | CO | 9.400 | 192 | 3 |
161 | Fuentes, Carlos | 9.300 | 200 | 6 | ||
162 | Ng, Charlie | Las Vegas | NV | 9.200 | 196 | 7 |
163 | Bolnick, Joe | Los Angeles | CA | 9.100 | 177 | 2 |
164 | Bershad, Mark | New York | NY | 8.900 | 188 | 3 |
165 | Levine, Eric | 8.700 | 193 | 3 | ||
166 | Rich, Jordan | Portland | OR | 8.600 | 183 | 1 |
167 | Cobbe, Jessica | Seattle | WA | 8.600 | 179 | 1 |
168 | Pap, Edson | Boston | MA | 8.300 | 188 | 8 |
169 | Browne, Walter | Berkeley | CA | 8.200 | 180 | 1 |
170 | Repetti, John | Las Vegas | NV | 8.200 | 191 | 5 |
171 | Gurwitz, Harvey | Chatham | NJ | 8.200 | 182 | 6 |
172 | Comer, John | Canton | OH | 8.200 | 178 | 1 |
173 | Mallor, Ross | New York | NY | 8.200 | 179 | 2 |
174 | Haney, Kevin | Somerset | NJ | 7.700 | 199 | 4 |
175 | Costa, Peter | Las Vegas | NV | 7.600 | 199 | 8 |
176 | Heller, Adam | London | United Kingdom | 7.500 | 200 | 3 |
177 | Writer, Gavin | Castle Rock | CO | 7.500 | 188 | 7 |
178 | Mcclure, Raymond | Stratford | ON, Canada | 7.300 | 188 | 1 |
179 | Labandeira, Manuel | Long Beach | CA | 7.300 | 197 | 6 |
180 | Tonnellier, Ed | St. Albert | AB, Canada | 7.200 | 195 | 7 |
181 | Bari, Allen | West Orange | NJ | 7.200 | 178 | 7 |
182 | Leonidas, Toto | Los Angeles | CA | 7.100 | 198 | 4 |
183 | Diano, Steve | Las Vegas | NV | 7.100 | 204 | 5 |
184 | Kim, Allen | Los Angeles | CA | 7.000 | 182 | 7 |
185 | Oshiro, Kirk | Harbor City | CA | 6.800 | 197 | 5 |
186 | DePietro, Michael | Coxsackie | NY | 6.700 | 181 | 7 |
187 | Marco, Melioli | Reggio Emilia | Italty | 6.700 | 186 | 6 |
188 | Greenstein, Barry | San Jose | CA | 6.400 | 178 | 4 |
189 | Atkinson, Richard | Ponte Vedra | FL | 6.300 | 200 | 5 |
190 | Savage, Matt | Las Vegas | NV | 6.200 | 200 | 2 |
191 | Wilcox, Chris | Billings | MT | 6.100 | 176 | 1 |
192 | Valter, Farina | Italy | 5.900 | 195 | 1 | |
193 | Evans, Paul | Mount Shasta | CA | 5.900 | 198 | 5 |
194 | Foehl, Charles | Santa Rosa | CA | 5.500 | 180 | 2 |
195 | Axel, Denny | Las Vegas | NV | 5.300 | 191 | 3 |
196 | Han, Kyung | Chicago | IL | 5.200 | 197 | 4 |
197 | Feldman, Peter | Las Vegas | NV | 5.200 | 184 | 4 |
198 | Gilbert, Zak | Reno | NV | 5.000 | 195 | 5 |
199 | Friedman, Eric | Silver Spring | MD | 5.000 | 201 | 3 |
200 | Bonyadi, Farzad | Los Angeles | CA | 4.900 | 201 | 5 |
201 | Grapenthien, Matt | Chicago | IL | 4.800 | 198 | 3 |
202 | Womack, John | Lauder Hill | FL | 4.600 | 204 | 8 |
203 | Baxter, Kathy | Laurel | MD | 4.100 | 178 | 3 |
204 | Thater, Katja | Hamburg | Germany | 4.100 | 201 | 2 |
205 | Snyder, Sean | San Diego | CA | 4.000 | 202 | 8 |
206 | Shevach, Raviv | Tel Aviv | Israel | 3.700 | 203 | 8 |
207 | Appleman, Mickey | Fort Lee | NJ | 3.600 | 176 | 5 |
208 | Comeau, Patrick | Salcha | AK | 3.600 | 201 | 7 |
209 | Balestrere, Jim | Kansas City | MO | 3.600 | 183 | 7 |
210 | Cordovez, Diego | Las Vegas | NV | 3.500 | 191 | 8 |
211 | Taylor, Esther | Las Vegas | NV | 3.400 | 189 | 2 |
212 | Kettner, Eric | Calgary | AB, Canada | 3.300 | 198 | 8 |
213 | Carone, Corey | Toledo | OH | 3.300 | 193 | 7 |
214 | Bartlog, Mark | Certaldo | Italty | 3.200 | 190 | 1 |
215 | Vartzar, Romik | Los Angeles | CA | 3.100 | 181 | 5 |
216 | Deacon, Rob | Bullhead City | AZ | 2.000 | 183 | 4 |
217 | Trevisanato, Marcandrea | Italy | 1.800 | 180 | 4 | |
218 | Marin, Ray | Los Angeles | CA | 1.200 | 189 | 6 |
219 | Bluman, Seth | West Hills | CA | 1.200 | 199 | 5 |
220 | Zhu, Rich | Rowland Heights | CA | 1.100 | 189 | 8 |