Hat es das bei der World Series of Poker (WSOP) schon gegeben? Da zur geplanten Startzeit des $10.000 World Championship High-Low zu wenige Spieler registriert waren, wurde der Beginn verschoben. 179 Starter sind es geworden, auch die beiden Full Tilt Pros Thomas Bihl und Markus Golser waren mit dabei.
Das Feld präsentierte sich natürlich mit vielen prominenten Namen – Mike Matusow, Scott Clements, Marcel Luske, Andy Black, Scotty Nguyen, Annie Duke, Jennifer Harman, Barry Greenstein, Greg Raymer, Jeff Madsen, Michael Binger, Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Chino Rheem, Doyle Brunson, Alex Kravchenko, Ralph Perry, David Benyamine, Layne Flack, Eli Elezra, Phil Hellmuth und viele andere mehr.
Marcel Luske war einer der ersten, der gegangen wurde. Auch Jennifer Harman überstand den ersten Tag nicht. Sie scheiterte mit an von Sammy Farha, als das Board brachte. Howard Lederer, Eli Elesra, Brandon Adams , Andy Bloch, Greg Raymer und der Schweizer Daniel Makowsky waren ebenfalls unter den Opfern des ersten Tages.
Markus Golser schaffte es auch nicht bis ans Ende von Tag 1. Weit besser erging es Chris Bjorin, der als Chipleader in den zweiten Tag geht. Rund 130 Spieler sind übrig und nach wie vor liest sich der Chipcount wie das Who is Who der Pokerszene. Ein spannender zweiter Tag steht bevor.
Rang | Name | Stadt | Land | Chip Count | Table # | Seat # |
1 | Bjorin, Chris | London | United Kingdom | 134.400 | 242 | 6 |
2 | Clements, Scott | Mt Vernon | WA | 130.800 | 249 | 9 |
3 | Koral, Tom | Skokie | IL | 99.700 | 248 | 8 |
4 | Bueno, Patrick | Paris | France | 98.400 | 241 | 7 |
5 | David, Benjamine | Las Vegas | NV | 94.800 | 250 | 8 |
6 | McKinley, Cameron | Vancouver | WA | 90.100 | 237 | 4 |
7 | Rao, Pat | Huntington Beach | CA | 89.800 | 249 | 7 |
8 | Hellmuth, Phil | Palo Alto | CA | 83.700 | 243 | 5 |
9 | Arieh, Josh | Atlanta | GA | 82.700 | 240 | 7 |
10 | Van Alstyne, James | Las Vegas | NV | 80.400 | 249 | 4 |
11 | Ivey, Phil | Las Vegas | NV | 80.000 | 240 | 3 |
12 | Do, Cong | Brigantine | NJ | 77.900 | 240 | 1 |
13 | Colin, Bryan | Short Hills | NJ | 74.000 | 241 | 6 |
14 | Shamseddin, Soheil | Houston | TX | 74.000 | 243 | 1 |
15 | Lawson, Ted | Plantation | FL | 73.000 | 237 | 1 |
16 | Reynaud, Max | Milano | Italy | 70.100 | 245 | 8 |
17 | Khoueis, Sam | Australia | 69.400 | 248 | 4 | |
18 | Rogers, John | Darien | CT | 68.500 | 245 | 9 |
19 | Kostritsyn, Alexander | Moscow | Russia | 67.500 | 247 | 4 |
20 | Geary, Jim | Tucson | AZ | 63.400 | 248 | 1 |
21 | Thang, Luu | Las Vegas | NV | 63.400 | 248 | 6 |
22 | Ashby, Richard | Watford | United Kingdom | 63.100 | 242 | 1 |
23 | Lester, Jason | Miami | FL | 61.700 | 242 | 4 |
24 | Leonidas, Toto | Los Angeles | CA | 61.600 | 240 | 9 |
25 | Savage, Matt | Las Vegas | NV | 60.100 | 241 | 2 |
26 | Crane, Ward | Berea | OH | 59.700 | 237 | 6 |
27 | Binger, Michael | Las Vegas | NV | 59.500 | 249 | 5 |
28 | Gray, Jason | London | United Kingdom | 59.300 | 243 | 6 |
29 | Pickering, Jamie | Queensland | Australia | 59.100 | 240 | 5 |
30 | Farha, Sam | Houston | TX | 57.600 | 248 | 2 |
31 | Tom, Phil | Las vegas | NV | 56.400 | 239 | 3 |
32 | Toth, Richard | Miskolc | Hungary | 56.200 | 244 | 7 |
33 | Madsen, Jeff | Los Angeles | CA | 55.600 | 237 | 9 |
34 | Fernandez, Jacobo | Hollywood | FL | 55.500 | 245 | 6 |
35 | Abecassis, Michel | Paris | France | 55.000 | 237 | 8 |
36 | Zolotow, Steve | Las Vegas | NV | 54.300 | 239 | 9 |
37 | Campbell, Robert | Miami | FL | 54.000 | 244 | 8 |
38 | Mizrachi, Robert | Las Vegas | NV | 53.500 | 250 | 4 |
39 | Rheem, David | Sunny Isles Beach | FL | 52.500 | 246 | 1 |
40 | Gazes, Bill | New York City | NY | 51.600 | 238 | 8 |
41 | Brunson, Todd | Las Vegas | NV | 51.000 | 236 | 2 |
42 | Kearney, Simon | Ft. Lauderdale | FL | 50.800 | 246 | 3 |
43 | Haack, Brian | Hermosa Beach | CA | 50.500 | 250 | 5 |
44 | Kravchenko, Alex | Tver | Russia | 50.000 | 247 | 1 |
45 | Matusow, Mike | Las Vegas | NV | 50.000 | 245 | 2 |
46 | Negreanu, Daniel | Las Vegas | NV | 50.000 | 249 | 6 |
47 | Monnette, John | Palmdale | CA | 49.400 | 244 | 3 |
48 | Lee, Mack | San Jose | CA | 49.100 | 244 | 4 |
49 | D’Agostino, John | Egg Harbor Township | NJ | 48.200 | 249 | 2 |
50 | Nguyen, Scotty | Las Vegas | NV | 47.200 | 250 | 3 |
51 | Mueller, Greg | Vancouver | BC, Canada | 46.300 | 244 | 9 |
52 | Alaei, Daniel | Los Angeles | CA | 45.300 | 237 | 7 |
53 | Lellouche, Antony | Paris | France | 45.300 | 244 | 6 |
54 | Gerasimov, Kirill | Moscow | Russia | 44.800 | 250 | 1 |
55 | Boyd, Ben | Los Angeles | CA | 44.700 | 245 | 4 |
56 | Judah, Mel | London | United Kingdom | 44.600 | 238 | 4 |
57 | Gold, Ben | Long Beach | CA | 43.500 | 242 | 9 |
58 | Gordon, Phil | Newport | WA | 43.200 | 246 | 2 |
59 | Zhu, Yueqi | Rowland Heights | CA | 43.000 | 250 | 7 |
60 | Kessler, Allen | Las Vegas | NV | 42.100 | 248 | 7 |
61 | Minaya, Manny | Tampa | Fl | 41.900 | 238 | 9 |
62 | Greenstein, Barry | San Jose | CA | 41.600 | 241 | 8 |
63 | Rivera, Anthony | St. Louis | MO | 41.500 | 242 | 5 |
64 | Mascio, Greg | Fullerton | CA | 40.800 | 236 | 6 |
65 | Duke, Annie | Portland | OR | 40.700 | 246 | 4 |
66 | Johnson, Linda | Las Vegas | NV | 40.300 | 249 | 1 |
67 | Gregorich, Mark | Lacey | WA | 39.700 | 241 | 3 |
68 | Bellande, Jean-Robert | Las Vegas | NV | 39.100 | 242 | 3 |
69 | Perry, Ralph | Las Vegas | NV | 38.500 | 246 | 9 |
70 | Glantz, Matt | Lafayette Hill | PA | 37.500 | 243 | 2 |
71 | Dehkharghani, Ray | Huntington Beach | CA | 36.000 | 238 | 5 |
72 | Jurgens, Tad | Long Beach | CA | 36.000 | 239 | 1 |
73 | Paz, Jose | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 35.500 | 236 | 9 |
74 | Guth, John | Northwest | WA | 35.400 | 244 | 2 |
75 | Smith, Danny | Folsom | CA | 33.800 | 245 | 3 |
76 | Chau, Giang | Las Vegas | NV | 32.100 | 246 | 8 |
77 | Hennigan, John | Las Vegas | NV | 31.800 | 249 | 3 |
78 | Hollink, Rob | Groningen | Holland | 31.300 | 241 | 1 |
79 | Heimowitz, Jay | Bethel | NY | 30.100 | 236 | 8 |
80 | Sexton, Mike | Henderson | NV | 30.000 | 242 | 7 |
81 | Bohlman, Scott | Homer Glen | IL | 29.600 | 243 | 3 |
82 | Henrich, Mike | Omaha | ME | 27.500 | 242 | 8 |
83 | Chiu, David | Las Vegas | NV | 27.000 | 238 | 7 |
84 | Fuhs, Daniel | Long Beach | CA | 26.700 | 246 | 7 |
85 | Pritchard, James | Duluth | GA | 26.600 | 248 | 3 |
86 | Smith, Justin | Orlando | FL | 26.600 | 238 | 3 |
87 | Shi, Yao | Alhambra | CA | 26.100 | 247 | 2 |
88 | Crain, Eric | Murphysboro | IL | 25.300 | 243 | 4 |
89 | Chambers, Tom | Chicago | IL | 25.100 | 248 | 9 |
90 | Pescatori, Max | Las Vegas | NV | 24.900 | 249 | 8 |
91 | Shak, Daniel | Bryn Mawr | PA | 24.500 | 237 | 5 |
92 | Turco, Bob | Atlantic City | NJ | 24.400 | 246 | 6 |
93 | Jamison, Greg | Las Vegas | NV | 24.400 | 240 | 4 |
94 | Wattel, Mike | Phoenix | AZ | 22.900 | 241 | 4 |
95 | Brunson, Doyle | Las Vegas | NV | 22.200 | 241 | 5 |
96 | Cantu, Brandon | Las Vegas | NV | 21.600 | 237 | 2 |
97 | Johnston, Lamar | Cocoa Beach | FL | 21.400 | 243 | 7 |
98 | Wahlbeck, Ville | Helsinki | Finland | 20.900 | 236 | 3 |
99 | Hooshmand, Kia | New York City | NY | 20.700 | 247 | 9 |
100 | Bonyadi, Farzad | Los Angeles | CA | 20.200 | 236 | 5 |
101 | Sklar, Richie | Las Vegas | NV | 20.100 | 243 | 8 |
102 | Lefkowitz, Matt | Inverness | CA | 20.100 | 239 | 4 |
103 | Slezak, Bob | Omaha | NE | 19.200 | 250 | 9 |
104 | Chen, Bill | Lafayette Hill | PA | 19.100 | 244 | 1 |
105 | Koubi, Fuad | Van Nuys | CA | 18.800 | 245 | 7 |
106 | Carter, Brent | Oak Park | Illionois | 18.400 | 236 | 4 |
107 | Mosseri, Abraham | New York City | NY | 17.500 | 239 | 2 |
108 | Grove, Jim | Franklin | PA | 17.400 | 245 | 1 |
109 | Barlow, Todd | Scottsdale | AZ | 16.800 | 240 | 6 |
110 | Devonshire, Bryan | Henderson | NV | 16.200 | 247 | 7 |
111 | Lindgren, Erick | Las Vegas | NV | 15.600 | 246 | 5 |
112 | Pezzin, Pat | Toronto | ON, Canada | 15.000 | 238 | 1 |
113 | Werthmann, Barry | Beverly Hills | CA | 14.100 | 248 | 5 |
114 | Ladowsky, Stephen | Toronto | ON, Canada | 11.700 | 241 | 9 |
115 | Lunkin, Vitaly | Moscow | Russia | 11.400 | 237 | 3 |
116 | Corpuz, Martin | Mountain View | CA | 10.400 | 247 | 6 |
117 | Bulichev, Ilia | Moscow | Russia | 10.400 | 244 | 5 |
118 | Richey, Brett | New York | NY | 9.800 | 250 | 6 |
119 | Edler, Bill | Las Vegas | NV | 9.000 | 245 | 5 |
120 | Heimowitz, Lonnie | Monticello | NY | 8.300 | 250 | 2 |
121 | Markholt, Lee | Eatonville | MA | 7.500 | 247 | 3 |
122 | Deeb, Freddy | Long Beach | CA | 7.200 | 239 | 8 |
123 | Juawanda, John | Las Vegas | NV | 6.200 | 240 | 2 |
124 | Longfellow, Karen | Indian Shores | FL | 5.400 | 242 | 2 |
125 | Eller, David | Port Orange | FL | 5.100 | 247 | 5 |
126 | Steicke, David | Rome | Italy | 2.500 | 239 | 5 |
127 | Schulman, Nick | New York City | NY | 2.200 | 243 | 9 |
128 | Rosario, Shirley | Downey | CA | 1.700 | 239 | 6 |
129 | Friedman, Perry | Las Vegas | NV | 1.600 | 238 | 2 |