Today the field plays down to the final nine in the £10,000 WSOPE Main event sponsored by Betfair. First Prize is over £800,000. Substantial European and UK representation shown by the players bolded below, led by WSOP Bracelet winner Praz Banzi of the HitSquad:
Hawrilenko, Matt Boston, MA 3 5 701500
Fung, Steven Walnut, CA 4 5 648000
Bassi, Praz London, UK 4 1 471000
Mattern, Arnauld Paris, France 2 2 469500
Shulman, Barry Las Vegas, NV USA 1 6 452500
Kabbaj, John London, UK 2 8 448500
Gould, Peter London, UK 1 2 409000
Demjan, Shandoi Budapest, Hungary 2 5 367500
Hawkins, Keith Middleton, TX USA 3 1 330500
Liu, Eric San Francisco, CA USA 1 8 330500
Vaswarni, Ram London, UK 4 8 322000
Negreanu, Daniel Las Vegas, NV USA 2 9 314500
Bjorin, Chris London, UK 3 6 306500
Bichon, Thomas Bastia, France 3 8 305000
Timoshenko, Yevgeniy Seattle, WA USA 4 4 285000
Wilf, Saar Tel Aviv, Israel 4 3 273500
Sheringham, Teddy London, UK 3 4 272500
Akkari, Andre Sao Paulo, Brazil 1 9 272000
Pavlicek, Tommy London, UK 2 4 266500
Cousineau, Anthony Daytona Beach, FL USA 2 1 257000
Brunson, Doyle Las Vegas, NV USA 1 7 246500
Harder, Christian Annapolis, MD USA 3 9 243000
Burgess, Craig Worcester, UK 4 6 232500
Saout, Antoine St. Martin des Champs, FR 4 2 202000
Fasco, Michael Lake Zurich, IL USA 4 9 200500
Lieu, Elizabeth Las Vegas, NV USA 3 3 193500
Ristola, Markus Helsinki, Finland 2 7 157000
Buecherl, Konstantin Regensburg, Germany 2 3 156500
Zolotow, Stephen Las Vegas, NV USA 3 7 156500
Akenhead, James London, UK 2 6 153500
Kruel, Christian Brazil 1 5 140000
Mercier, Jason Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA 1 1 125000
Riisem, Oyvind Bergen, Germany 1 4 113500
Ulliott, Dave Hull, UK 3 2 80000
Docherty, David Coatbridge, Scotland 4 7 71500
Nguyen, Men Bell Gardens, CA USA 1 3 63000