Das letzte Event vor dem Main Event ist gestartet. Beim $5.000 No Limit Hold’em Shorthanded Turnier fanden sich 928 Spieler ein. Sehr stark war auch die deutsche Beteiligung. Am besten behauptete sich Daniel Zink, der Platz 13 im Chipcount erobern konnte.
Die Beteiligung der internationalen Pros war hoch. Angefangen bei Roland De Wolfe, Bertrand „ElkY“ Grsopellier, über Vanessa Rousso, Jennifer Tilly, Juha Helppi, John Duthie, Jason Mercier, Shaun Deeb bis hin zu Daniel Negreanu waren alle dabei.
Auch die deutschsprachigen Spieler waren gut und sehr zahlreich vertreten. Die PokerStars Pros Sandra Naujoks und Florian Langmann waren am Start, auch Alex Jung, Eddy Scharf, Tobi Reinkemeier, Daniel Zink Marc Gork, Nico Behling, Malte Strothmann, Nasr el Nasr, Daniel Drescher, Konstantin Bücherl und Dragan Galic.
Nicht alle kamen sie heil durch den Tag, da erging es ihnen ähnlich wie den Pros. Auch die Ladies Sandra Naujoks, Jennifer Tilly, Vanessa Rousso und Mario Ho mussten verfrüht ihre Plätez räumen, ebenso wie Tony G., Jeff Lisandro und einige andere mehr. Dario Minieri verbluffte sich mit gegen Pocket Kings, das Board bestrafte den kleinen Italiener aber sofort mit dem Aus.
Daniel Negreanu scheiterte mit an Pocket 10s. Auf dem Flop glaubte er sich gut. Dann hoffte er auf Turn und River, beide ließen aus und Negreanu musste gehen.
Als eines der letzten Opfer des Tages musste Chris Ferguson den Turnierbereich verlassen. Er scheiterte mit seinen 9s an den Jacks von Craig Boyd und nahm seinen Hut.
Mit 160 Spielern geht es nun in Tag 2. Bester Deutscher ist Daniel Zink, aber auch Malte Strothmann, Udo Seepe, Alexander Grimm und die Schweizer Claudio Rinaldi und Roland Grauer sind noch im Rennen. Auf den Sieger warten immerhin $1.003.218. Doch zunächst gilt es, die 90 bezahlten Plätze zu erreichen.
Rang | Name | Stadt | Land | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
1 | Mathews, Rory | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 369.800 | 60 | 3 |
2 | Lylloff, Sander | Copenhagen | Denmark | 360.000 | 62 | 5 |
3 | Cao, Rui | Paris | France | 354.900 | 59 | 1 |
4 | Jaka, Faraz | San Jose | CA | 294.500 | 67 | 2 |
5 | Bonding, Lars | Las Vegas | NV | 288.300 | 64 | 1 |
6 | Vlastaris, Lee | Las Vegas | NV | 239.500 | 62 | 4 |
7 | Peters, David | Toledo | OH | 237.400 | 79 | 4 |
8 | Katchalov, Eugene | New York | NY | 216.100 | 68 | 2 |
9 | Schaefer, Thorsten | Rodgan | MO | 198.000 | 62 | 3 |
10 | McFarland, Taylor | Seattle | WA | 190.700 | 61 | 1 |
11 | Aldridge, Ken | Pleasant | NC | 187.400 | 74 | 1 |
12 | Sheikh, Aurangzeb | Houston | TX | 171.600 | 65 | 5 |
13 | Zink, Daniel | Bochum | Germany | 166.400 | 63 | 4 |
14 | Kitai, Davidi | Brussels | Belgium | 166.300 | 69 | 1 |
15 | Severino, Jose | Panama City | Panama | 163.000 | 65 | 6 |
16 | Kay, Robert | Johannesburg | South Africa | 158.900 | 79 | 6 |
17 | Mizzi, Sorel | Toronto | ON, Canada | 158.300 | 76 | 4 |
18 | Dwek, Jonathan | Toronto | ON, Canada | 155.200 | 59 | 4 |
19 | Waxman, Matthew | Parkland | FL | 155.000 | 73 | 4 |
20 | Lagarde, Matt | College Park | MD | 154.100 | 58 | 1 |
21 | Dwek, Joe | Toronto | ON, Canada | 150.700 | 85 | 6 |
22 | Keeton, Sean | Melbourne | Australia | 147.000 | 72 | 3 |
23 | Braband, Tom | Oshkosh | WI | 141.900 | 80 | 2 |
24 | Bonomo, Justin | Las Vegas | NV | 138.600 | 72 | 4 |
25 | Conkright, John | Lexington | KY | 134.100 | 71 | 3 |
26 | Russell, Warren | Delta | BC, Canada | 132.100 | 91 | 5 |
27 | Roberts, Brent | Staten Island | NY | 131.900 | 67 | 3 |
28 | Jamshidi, Sirous | Philadelphia | PA | 131.700 | 79 | 5 |
29 | Davis, Raymond | Commerce | CA | 131.400 | 93 | 1 |
30 | Guiglini, Aurelien | London | United Kingdom | 130.400 | 61 | 5 |
31 | Ventsko, Vladimir | San Francisco | CA | 128.500 | 92 | 1 |
32 | Feklisov, Sergey | Moscow | Russia | 127.600 | 87 | 5 |
33 | Neilson, Daniel | Australia | 125.600 | 74 | 4 | |
34 | Van Fleet, Jon | Austin | TX | 123.500 | 70 | 4 |
35 | Coutroulis, Jeff | Tampa | FL | 115.900 | 75 | 5 |
36 | Miner, William | Chicago | IL | 115.300 | 71 | 5 |
37 | Deeb, Shaun | Las Vegas | NV | 114.800 | 87 | 1 |
38 | Venovski, Alexander | Orlando | FL | 114.600 | 81 | 6 |
39 | Zaichenko, Andrey | Moscow | Russia | 112.700 | 76 | 2 |
40 | Rashid, Sam | Brandon | FL | 112.500 | 60 | 4 |
41 | Veldhuis, Alexander | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 112.200 | 63 | 6 |
42 | Shorr, Shannon | Tuscaloosa | AL | 111.200 | 60 | 5 |
43 | Nemirovsky, Dmitry | Russia | 107.800 | 66 | 4 | |
44 | Timoshenko, Yevgeniy | Mukilteo | WA | 107.100 | 64 | 4 |
45 | Lamb, Ben | Las Vegas | NV | 106.200 | 76 | 6 |
46 | Ramirez, Juan | Harlingen | TX | 105.600 | 64 | 3 |
47 | Rintala, Voitto | Helsinki | Finland | 102.100 | 80 | 5 |
48 | Hellmuth, Phil | Palo Alto | CA | 101.200 | 79 | 2 |
49 | Chiu, David | Las Vegas | NV | 101.100 | 61 | 4 |
50 | Boyd, Craig | St. Louis | MO | 100.700 | 62 | 2 |
51 | Edler, Bill | Las Vegas | NV | 100.700 | 61 | 2 |
52 | Childs, Lee | Alexandria | VA | 100.100 | 71 | 1 |
53 | Thorson, Grant | Austin | TX | 99.700 | 93 | 2 |
54 | Dicken, Darrell | Waterloo | IA | 99.000 | 61 | 3 |
55 | Tehan, Joe | Utica | NY | 99.000 | 71 | 6 |
56 | Seth, Anirudh | Las Vegas | NV | 95.800 | 81 | 5 |
57 | Boutin, Burt | Las Vegas | NV | 95.500 | 86 | 3 |
58 | Ray, John | Tyler | TX | 94.300 | 92 | 2 |
59 | Shei, Kenny | Las Vegas | NV | 92.700 | 72 | 1 |
60 | Rusnak, Frank | Chicago | IL | 91.800 | 73 | 2 |
61 | Rosenblum, Russell | Las Vegas | NV | 91.700 | 64 | 6 |
62 | Calderaro, James | Venice | FL | 90.500 | 64 | 2 |
63 | Entin, Jonas | Granada Hills | CA | 90.000 | 68 | 6 |
64 | Martsev, Andrey | Russia | 89.800 | 70 | 5 | |
65 | Templeton, Josh | Chattanooga | TN | 87.100 | 62 | 6 |
66 | Helppi, Juha | Helsinki | Finland | 86.300 | 73 | 1 |
67 | Levy, Marc | Boynton Beach | FL | 86.300 | 81 | 1 |
68 | James, Kenna | Las Vegas | NV | 85.500 | 61 | 6 |
69 | Seepe, Udo | Unna | Germany | 85.500 | 91 | 3 |
70 | St. Hilaire, James | College Park | MD | 84.900 | 86 | 5 |
71 | Hoffman, Jeff | Katy | TX | 82.600 | 93 | 4 |
72 | Gabrenja, Matias | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 82.400 | 76 | 1 |
73 | Hinkle, Blair | Weatherby Lake | MO | 81.800 | 80 | 4 |
74 | Boatman, Barny | Hendon | United Kingdom | 80.500 | 63 | 5 |
75 | Gargano, Tony | Sterling Heights | MI | 78.000 | 59 | 3 |
76 | Luu, Hieu | Riverside | CA | 76.800 | 59 | 5 |
77 | Iacofano, Kevin | Las Vegas | NV | 76.600 | 60 | 2 |
78 | Hanks, Brent | Las Vegas | NV | 75.000 | 68 | 1 |
79 | Hames, Ashley | London | United Kingdom | 74.800 | 62 | 1 |
80 | Nyberg, Dean | Adelaide | Australia | 72.800 | 69 | 6 |
81 | Rice, Travis | Houston | TX | 72.400 | 66 | 6 |
82 | Rubin, Jared | Brighton | MA | 72.300 | 67 | 6 |
83 | Milisits, Ryan | Pittsburgh | PA | 71.900 | 66 | 5 |
84 | Funston, Lance | Philadelphia | PA | 71.200 | 75 | 1 |
85 | Pan, Qinghai | Las Vegas | NV | 70.900 | 70 | 3 |
86 | Woodward, Matt | Waterboro | ME | 65.700 | 74 | 5 |
87 | Chen, Bill | Lafayette Hill | PA | 65.700 | 87 | 4 |
88 | Benefield, David | Fort Worth | TX | 65.500 | 85 | 3 |
89 | Pinteric, Domen | Kamnik | Slovenia | 65.400 | 63 | 1 |
90 | Calo, Frank | Syracuse | NY | 65.300 | 85 | 5 |
91 | Keck, Tim | Boston | MA | 65.100 | 80 | 1 |
92 | Byrum, Jeremy | Katy | TX | 65.000 | 75 | 3 |
93 | Wexler, Jonas | Southampton | PA | 64.900 | 71 | 2 |
94 | Hassan, David | Florence | Italy | 64.500 | 93 | 3 |
95 | Brikis, Josh | Pittsburgh | PA | 64.400 | 64 | 5 |
96 | Kravchenko, Alex | Tver | Russia | 64.100 | 70 | 6 |
97 | Martin, Olusegun | London | United Kingdom | 64.000 | 65 | 1 |
98 | Hawrilenko, Matt | Boston | MA | 63.200 | 75 | 6 |
99 | Crowe, Owen | Halifax | NS | 63.000 | 73 | 6 |
100 | Wetemans, Jasper | Amsredam | Netherlands | 62.100 | 75 | 2 |
101 | Zaczac, Nabih | Rio De Janerio | Brazil | 60.500 | 58 | 3 |
102 | Weinstein, Steve | Andes | NY | 59.800 | 69 | 4 |
103 | Marcus, Van | Melbourne | Australia | 59.700 | 67 | 5 |
104 | Gordon, John | Clearwater | FL | 58.700 | 60 | 1 |
105 | Gorodetskiy, Ilya | Moscow | Russia | 57.900 | 79 | 1 |
106 | Ahmadi, Bahador | Burnaby | BC, Canada | 55.500 | 72 | 5 |
107 | Tach, Farukh | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 55.500 | 87 | 2 |
108 | Gaspard, Jean | Chicago | IL | 54.500 | 58 | 5 |
109 | Marafioti, Matt | Toronto | ON, Canada | 54.100 | 68 | 5 |
110 | Grimm, Alexander | Koln | Germany | 54.000 | 92 | 3 |
111 | Williams, Jeff | Atlanta | GA | 53.500 | 86 | 4 |
112 | Schreiber, Daniel | San Diego | CA | 51.100 | 65 | 2 |
113 | Patel, Kush | Southbrorough | MA | 50.100 | 85 | 4 |
114 | Paster, Jason | Morgancille | NJ | 49.600 | 71 | 4 |
115 | Bari, Allen | West Orange | NJ | 48.900 | 58 | 4 |
116 | Hernandez, Frank | Chandler | AZ | 48.600 | 86 | 1 |
117 | Rinaldi, Claudio | Rancate | Switzerland | 48.200 | 73 | 3 |
118 | Bruel, Patrick | Paris | France | 47.400 | 81 | 4 |
119 | Fish, Darryll | Las Vegas | NV | 47.200 | 69 | 5 |
120 | Martinez, Rudolph | Phoenix | AZ | 47.100 | 91 | 2 |
121 | Caro, Mike | Shell Knob | MO | 46.600 | 76 | 5 |
122 | Thiptinnakon, Phongthep | Downey | CA | 45.000 | 91 | 6 |
123 | Nasvall, Andreas | 44.900 | 59 | 6 | ||
124 | Levy, Adam | Las Vegas | NV | 44.800 | 59 | 2 |
125 | Frazer, Ian | London | United Kingdom | 44.500 | 80 | 3 |
126 | Feldman, Peter | Harper Woods | MI | 43.600 | 63 | 2 |
127 | Shilnikov, Dmitriy | Katy | TX | 43.500 | 67 | 4 |
128 | Chen, Tommy | San Francisco | CA | 42.300 | 65 | 3 |
129 | Levy, Grant | Sydney | Australia | 41.100 | 74 | 2 |
130 | Chartier, Samuel | Montreal | QC, Canada | 40.600 | 70 | 2 |
131 | Aguiar, Jonathan | Las Vegas | NV | 39.300 | 66 | 1 |
132 | Hughes, Ryan | Phoenix | AZ | 38.800 | 66 | 3 |
133 | Gonsalves, Markus | San Diego | CA | 37.600 | 75 | 4 |
134 | Ladines, Joshua | Orlando | FL | 37.200 | 69 | 3 |
135 | Pagliari, Armando | Milton | ON, Canada | 37.000 | 66 | 2 |
136 | Stevenson, William | Palatine | IL | 36.600 | 87 | 6 |
137 | DePalma, Wayne | Lakewood | CO | 36.400 | 68 | 4 |
138 | Starkey, Robert | Anderson | IN | 36.000 | 69 | 2 |
139 | Charania, Mohsin | Chicago | IL | 35.100 | 80 | 6 |
140 | Laak, Phil | Las Vegas | NV | 35.000 | 91 | 1 |
141 | Raghavan, Ravi | Northbrook | AZ | 34.700 | 58 | 6 |
142 | Nevanlinna, Jussi | Helsinki | Finland | 33.600 | 60 | 6 |
143 | Horion, Nathaniel | Liege | Belgium | 32.900 | 73 | 5 |
144 | Ornstein, Eric | Centereach | NY | 31.700 | 81 | 2 |
145 | Andler, Christopher | 31.400 | 70 | 1 | ||
146 | Hackworth, Trevor | Bowling Green | OH | 28.600 | 92 | 6 |
147 | Childs, Bill | Southern Pints | NC | 28.100 | 81 | 3 |
148 | Stonehill, Mike | Stafford | VA | 26.000 | 63 | 3 |
149 | D’Ambrosia, Jeff | Chicago | IL | 26.000 | 93 | 5 |
150 | Strothmann, Malte | Frankfurt | Germany | 25.100 | 74 | 3 |
151 | Martin, Michael | Washington Crossing | PA | 25.100 | 74 | 6 |
152 | Lauridsen, Jakob | Aarhus | Denmark | 24.000 | 65 | 4 |
153 | Elezra, Eli | Las Vegas | NV | 23.500 | 67 | 1 |
154 | Goryachev, Viacheslav | Moscow | Russia | 22.600 | 79 | 3 |
155 | Channing, Neil | London | United Kingdom | 22.400 | 86 | 6 |
156 | Dolan, John | Bonita Springs | FL | 22.000 | 72 | 6 |
157 | Eva, Jason | Sarasota | FL | 21.400 | 85 | 2 |
158 | Pizzuto, Riccardo | Italy | 18.360 | 68 | 3 | |
159 | Mikhail, Fleytman | Moscow | Russia | 17.800 | 92 | 4 |
160 | Grauer, Ronald | Zurich | Switzerland | DNR | 72 | 2 |