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Now paying 1000 places, $15k min cash. $8m to first.

Almost 50% more people paid than previous years.

Will these changes mean increase or decrease in numbers this year? Good for poker generally? Would it make you more or less likely to play?

Think it's a good idea in general and doesn't seem to have had an effect on the overall payout structure

Personally dont like it. I'm a fan of the "min cash should always be double your buy in" idea. Dont think its good for poker. Its the ME though so I would play it anyway!

It will have no effect on the numbers though. That will solely be determined by a law in Nevada that is currently being formulated. It's aimed at sports bettors over there but will have an effect on poker - it will be a felony to gamble with someone else's money if that other person does not live in Nevada, is the simplied version. Staking will be gone.

If THAT comes into play - gg the WSOP.

More details here:

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/world-of-poker/Could-staking-be-outlawed-at-the-WSOP-_89493/

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/wsop-wakeup-call-nevada-pre-filed-sb40-likely-criminalizes-wsop-tourney-staking-1505693/

Yeah nice idea.

Good to see that the WSOP listened to a lot of the feedback.

Don't think the 10m GTD for 1st had any impact at all and spreading the money around a little bit more is gonna be a good thing for the poker economy.

World Series of Poker® Announces 2015 Main Event Payout Change

1,000 Players Guaranteed to Receive Payout; Means Most Winners in 46 Year History

Main Event Dates Remain July 5-14; $10 Million 1st Place Guarantee Removed

After 5% Entrant Increase in 2014, Organizers Looks to Spur More Growth

LAS VEGAS (Jan. 27, 2015) – The World Series of Poker has made a change to its payout structure for the Main Event, replacing the $10 million first place guarantee in favor of guaranteeing 1,000* places receiving winnings.

“The dream of life-changing money is core to the DNA of the WSOP Main Event and we also want to make it easier to experience playing in poker’s Big Show,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart.  “Our players understand numbers, and 2015 now presents the best odds ever to leave the Main Event a winner.”

With a strategy to more broadly distribute the prize pool, the WSOP Main Event will still award a massive prize to its Champion. If participation numbers are the same as 2014 (6,683) the 2015 winner would receive $8,000,000, a prize consistent to winners of the past decade before last year’s $10 million first place prize to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the event at the Rio.  In addition, all final table participants would receive at least $1 million.

Using the 2014 Main Event entry number – 6,683 entries – the 2015 Main Event payout structure would look like this: (It is important to note the final payout structure will be determined based on number of 2015 entries)

•   1st place: $8,000,000
•   2nd place: $4,663,527
•   3rd place: $3,500,000
•   4th place: $2,750,000
•   5th place: $2,000,000
•   6th place: $1,500,000
•   7th place: $1,250,000
•   8th place: $1,100,000
•   9th place: $1,000,000
•   10-12th place: $550,000
•   50th place: $142,500
•   100th place: $50,000
•   500th place: $20,850
•   693rd place: $16,750 (last year’s last paid place)
•   694-1,000 place: $15,000

The WSOP recognizes the Main Event is a unique tournament onto itself, given the highly international field, percentage of repeat players and lofty $10,000 buy-in.  The WSOP believes paying a higher percentage of players in this particular event, (based on last year’s entry figure would be akin to 15 percent of the field – nearly 50% more players than previously) will encourage both new and repeat participation for the Main Event, and thus an increased prize pool. 

The world’s longest-running poker tournament -- the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em WSOP Main Event championship -- runs over ten consecutive days from July 5 - July 14, 2015 and will feature three starting flights – Sunday, July 5; Monday, July 6; and Tuesday, July 7. 

when is schedule out?

That's a massive FT bubble

They promised it by the end of January in their previous Press Release.

Based on their track record, it'll quite likely be later than that.

Going to be some odd stack sizes going into the final with such a huge jump in prizes between 13th and 12th and then 10th and 9th.

It's a good thing.  Your recreational player will love to say in the bar that he cashed in the Main Event of the WSOP.  Nobody mentions the buy in.

"How much did you win Cletus?"
"15 large Billy Bob"
"Wow.  Moonshine's on you"

  

There has been a large amount of campaigning for this, i'm very much in the 1000 places/1m 9th camp so am happy that Jack Effel is going to give it a go. The easier it is to cash the more recs will play and they will also be far more likely to re-invest that 15k the following year.

I like, makes me want to play more sats for it!

I wrote this piece on the whole thing last year (mods remove the link and call me a poopy head if not appropriate):

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/world-of-poker/81257/

At the time, lets just say someone high up at the series was pretty angry at what I wrote. I'm quite pleased they have now almost done what I suggested.

Love the changes. Most recs just want to cash in the big one, they dont care about the amount.

The pay jumps are ridiculous though. I'm sure it must be possible to flatten the jumps some because 13th to 12th is trippling your money!

You've looked at it wrong

Is it not 13-50th pay $142k? I didn't see it mentioned that there would be more pay jumps than those listed. And the 10-12th pays $550k? Maybe I'm bad at reading comprehension.

No they've just given a few example payouts, 100th, 50th

No day 4 pain for stato this way

That makes a lot more sense although I have seen stupid things before in tournament structures and pay outs.

Why give the same prize from 12th to 10th?

And then a huge jump to 9th?

450, 550, 650 would be better than 550 each with a 450 jump to 9th.

Probably to make the November Nine more of a thing.

Downloadable schedule with embedded structure sheets: http://www.wsop.com/2015/2015-wsop-schedule.pdf
 
Video Announcement: http://www.wsop.com/videos/?vid=262
 
Link to announcement: http://wsop.com/n/3ZU

wow fantastic! almost certainly will go for the whole time now when previously had no real interest.


great structure, great changes, vvvvvwp.

What's different from previous years which is attracting U to play?

$1,000 buy-in: 5,000 starting chips (increase of 66% over 2014) – 100 big blinds
$1,500 buy-in: 7,500 starting chips (increase of 66% over 2014) – 150 big blinds
$2,500 buy-in: 12,500 starting chips (increase of 66% over 2014) – 167 big blinds
$3,000 buy-in: 15,000 starting chips (increase of 66% over 2014) – 200 big blinds
$5,000 buy-in: 25,000 starting chips (increase of 66% over 2014) – 250 big blinds

In addition to the starting chips, the structures have been improved as well to better address player concerns. Now low buy-in events will feature the 250/500 blind level, and later on the 2500/5000 level. These adjustments along with the increase in starting chips are expected to add a couple levels of play to each event before reaching a winner. Additionally registration has been extended in many events to accommodate the bigger starting stacks, with eight levels of registration now an option for events with buy-ins $2500 or more in most cases (consult structure sheets).

$1000 3000 chips used to start at 25/25, so 120 BBs, a reduction of 17%. :D

Likely to go out for a week regardless.

Sigh at $1500 Razz being on before I can get there, looks like aim will be 2 out of 3,  $1500 HORSE, $1K Seniors and $1500 PLO8 this year.

Not sure why but this just isn't very appealing to me. SCOOP though!

Shame they have moved the two plo8 events further apart.  The year I couldn't go they were in the same week :(

I think I am provisionally going out for the 3k event rather than the 1.5k one.  That way I can warm up in the 1k omaha 3 days before.  I really don't think the changes are in my favour here.  I wouldn't want to risk missing the plo8 whilst playing some big stack hold em event  I don't end up cashing in.  Under the old stacks if I played a hold em event the day before if I was still playing at 4pm the next day I will have cashed and if be happy to miss the plo8.

Given I am really just going out to play the plo8 event I can't take the risk I near bubble and am too late to play the plo8. 

Other thing is I looked last night and virgin flying out 10th returning 17th was really expensive and I couldn't use points anywhere in June.  BA wasn't awful. 

The usual guy on 2+2 has started his annual spready.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/nes9gkuogcan47h/WSOP2015.xlsx?dl=0

I assume for the online event we'll have to be on US soil?

Sure you'd have to be somewhere more exact than the US to play that online event.  It will be limited to where wsop.com operates.   

I was just thinking how dreadful that 50% cash event could be.  You could probably join at the last minute then just stall for a couple of hours, wait for aces and just min cash.  Get all the upside, with barely any downside.

Has the ante-only comp gone?  Now that was a blast.  People are weird. 

Should've done a winner take all bracelet

Dont think you can - late reg for that one is only the first 2 levels according to the structure sheet...it would be a long stall lol!

Guess they thought it through then. 

Still think the bubble is going to be massively painful in that comp. 

Given some of the things I have seem online, I wouldn't be surprised if people go for it from hand 1.  Definitely one to take a book to. 

Really looking forward to this.

Some fun events in there and think that the structure changes are really positive too.

Even tho I can see that the 50/50 event could be annoying, its always nice to try something new and I'll more than likely play it.

Only 3 months 3 weeks until I'm on the plane to Vegas!

Yeah interesting changes.

Missing out on the 1500 horse this year as only arrive day before :(  Will leave that to redsimon :)

Liking the 10 game mix.  Fancy having a sick go at the 2-7 triple draw this year as well as the monster and seniors!!

$25k plo.

Sick.

glad I have more than 300 posts.

What a Tourney!

Will you play the 6-Max PLO?

Might just be the best game in the world.



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Media Members,
 
We have seen overwhelming interest in the newest event to the 2015 WSOP calendar, Event #5, the $565 buy-in No Limit Hold’em Colossus tournament.  We are seeing record pre-registration for this event.

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With so much interest and so many first-time WSOP participants expected, we have put together the below (and attached) document to detail how this event will work.

We would appreciate your help using your outlets to shed some light on the details for the public so they can best position themselves if they choose to play in this event.

 We’re happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you,

 Seth

 
http://www.wsop.com/2015/Colossus-Important-Details.pdf

the 2015 WSOP Media Guide

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5hmWJY3rs91RkwyTG9tVU1iLW8zTnhHeWJZYmNNWjhONDVF/view

yup, what % i put you down for?? :)

I suspect the changes to the main event payout structure will result in a decent increase in entries. Therefore the examples given based on 2014 numbers will be improved upon.

I am definitely more likely to play it if all goes well while I'm over there.

two days to go

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setting up

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colossus video

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03RjpbHkIY


will put news of every event on here. concentrate on british player successes etc..

good luck all out there and going

http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2015/05/five-brits-to-watch-at-the-2015-world-series-of-poker-17809.htm

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2015 World Series of Poker Predictions: Colossus Will Soar, Ivey To Disappoint

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/05/staff-predictions-2015-wsop-21544.htm

WSOP 2015: Dates, Full Schedule and Events Preview

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2475512-wsop-2015-dates-full-schedule-and-events-preview?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=web-des-art-bot-8027

http://www.wsop.com/news/2015/May/6238/2015-WORLD-SERIES-OF-POKER-STARTS-WEDNESDAY.html

MEDIA ADVISORY

46th Annual World Series of Poker Begins!

Nearly $200 Million Expected to be Awarded; Opening Weekend To Break Records

Play Begins Wednesday, May 27 with Casino Employees Event & Runs through July 14

 
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas expected to be packed on Friday, May 29 & Saturday, May 30 for $565 Colossus No-Limit Hold’em with $5,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool


WHAT:    Play begins at the world’s largest, richest and longest-running poker tournament.

The action kicks off Wednesday, May 27 at noon for the annual Casino Employees Event – a unique event bringing all Las Vegas employees together under one roof.  On Friday and Saturday (May 29-30), huge crowds of poker players will descend on Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for a $565 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament that guarantees $5,000,000 in prize money.  This event will have four starting flights – two each day -- one at 10:00 a.m., the other at 6:00 p.m.  This is expected to be the largest live poker tournament ever held!

The World Series of Poker is the gaming industry’s premier event, each year drawing tens of thousands of poker enthusiasts from around the globe to Las Vegas to compete for millions in prize money and the game’s most coveted trophy – a World Series of Poker Champion’s Bracelet.

WHERE:   Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino Convention Center (11th year at Rio)

WHEN: The $565 Casino Employees event begins Wednesday, May 27 at noon   

          The $565 Colossus event begins Friday, May 29 at 10:00 a.m.

          The 68-event schedule runs from May 27 - July 14, 2015

WHO: The greatest card sharps and amateur hopefuls from more than 100 countries around the globe. In 2014, 82,360 entered and $227 million in prize money was awarded to players from 110 different countries.

day one

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8SvAY_EoSU

Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em

Stephen Gilbert Ends Day 1 of Event 1 As Chip Leader, Blake Robbins Near Top

51 of 688 remain

field size down 20% on last year

overnight chip counts at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14201

Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

A proper big hitters event, full of all the names

416 entries and a Brit, Sebastian Saffari, currently leads

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

Vamplew, Moorman, Romanello, Chidwick, Cody and Silver are the six other Brits remaining

Today's schedule

Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2

and two events start

3-Day Event Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

3-Day Event Event #4: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Think John Gale is still in, too, but he is listed as Estonian.

Mr. Deadman and Mr. Leonard are also still in.

Ludo is one of the chip leaders.

It is kind of sad we can't see this on pokernews any more.  I can look forward to going there by mistake multiple times in the next month or two.

Pokernews sponsorship ended?

They do have selected coverage it seems

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2015-wsop/

But agree. Their website is so much easier to navigate for this sort of stuff.

Also, and this is a very early opinion and I hope it gets proved wrong, but it looks like whoever WSOP have got in don't know many non-American players, based on their selected coverage. The PokerNews guys knew everyone, in no small part because of their EPT coverage.

Yep, all in-house for WSOP.com now

171 players return at 2pm for Day 2 of Event 2: $5,000 NL

in table order for later on

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a0FpZw4qyK_3l6ezdZMyZ-oqAYeagDseKpgLsOVdZJo/edit#gid=0

think this is a comprehensive list of the Brits left

Stephen Chidwick   71,700   Amazon / 347 / 1
Chris Moorman   32,000   Amazon / 347 / 4
Ludovic Geilich   194,000   Amazon / 347 / 5
Oliver Price   90,200   Amazon / 350 / 4
Sebastian Saffari   143,500   Amazon / 351 / 9
Roberto Romanello   56,000   Amazon / 354 / 9
Simon Deadman   67,400   Amazon / 357 / 3
Craig McCorkell   65,200   Amazon / 360 / 8
Jake Cody   15,600   Amazon / 360 / 9
Patrick Leonard   50,600   Amazon / 363 / 6
John Gale   121,300   Amazon / 375 / 6

79   Daniel Mcaulay   Glasgow,   GB   57700   Amazon   /   361   /   5
164   John   Dwyer   LONDON,   ,   GB   11800   Amazon   /   355   /   4

There are a few pokernews guys here working for WSOP who cover EPTs, along with 2-3 of us who are from the UK.

It depends who has been allocated to the tournament though and who they know, although for me it is gonna be tough because I don't really know anyone, having been off the scene for nearly 2 years. You look at the list of Brits from Event 2 and I can honestly tell you that I only saw 3 of them play yesterday, albeit I was only there railing for the first 5 levels. Didn't even spot Pads!

Good luck with the series Adam, are you there for the duration?

Gizzimow cruising into day 2!


Good luck for day 2 to the Blondes left in.

All but the main. I leave on July 6th.

Rarely play live these days, but I have to admit the WSOP does spark my interest each year. Hoping blondes & the Brits run well. Good luck.

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Rocky start for the in-house updates, does not bode well for the Colossus and the Main.

WSOP showing a bit of a 'Im taking my ball home' approach to negative feedback, not for the first time

Can we just ban Bonomo instead?

Misplaced sense of entitlement again, IMO.

What right do we have to live updates?

Where does it say our entry fee includes live updates?

What right of those guys got to get arsey?

The world's gone mad when these guys who don't know their arse from their elbow when it comes to running things, or managing a business. The live updates are a freeroll.

Even giving money away these days evokes complaints. "You must give it away on my terms". Yeah, right on buster.

Best not, he'd burst into tears.

WSOP Daily Update with Tattytats

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNTnQaaqGPg

Why doesn't Bonomo pay for his own team of updaters, or perhaps the players could share their updates on a poker forum, where everyone could read them and keep abreast of developments?

That said, if a service is offered and exclusivity agreements are reached, the service should be good.

Brandon Barnette Wins Event #1 $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em for $75,704

result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14201

Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

21 left

listed here http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14202

it doesn't appear as if we had any Brit cashers, Saffrari 48th and Deadman 52nd the closest

Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

918 entries for this

some well known names near the head of affairs like taypaur, steve gross and clavin anderson

with 373 left http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

no Brits high up

Event #4: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

308 entries for the first shootout of the series

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

craig mccorkell appears to be the only Brit table winner to advance to the next round and 40 players left

as such he will be the first UK cashers of the 2015 series

starting today

Friday, May 29, 2015 to Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Event #5A: THE COLOSSUS $565 No-Limit Hold'em ($5,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool)


good luck the fellas updating that, looks chaotic just from the entry system

Today's WSOP Day 3 schedule

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40 players (at 10 four-handed tables) return at 2pm for Day 2 of Event 4: $3,000 NL Hold'em Shootout

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pn7ULBnork3Ifvo-iZ0ucQPA0TsUx0Y3kqp3xd2BsIk/edit#gid=0

358 players are scheduled to return at 2pm for Day 2 of Event 3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FcXkrb_x0TnaEfDASt2BWPQAcFXESJfGb4yyceJcOVk/edit#gid=0

20 players are scheduled to return at 2pm today for Day 3 of Event 2: $5,000 NL Hold'em

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bx7EgL3JBZeh7wraqa6nnbC6IApcWn103l_Y4frl2wQ/edit#gid=0

I'm cringing at that tweet from WSOP. No idea who wrote it but have a feeling I can guess, sadly.

I'd love to know what people aren't happy about though. I understand Barry's complaint about the focus on Americans...but tbh for example, I did Day 1 yesterday of the 1500 o8. There were 4 Brits in the field of 900+ so I can't really focus on Brits when they are not here. I will be keeping an eye out though!

Adam, remember to check the entries of Estonia Eritrea Gabon Equitorial Guinea and United Arab Emirates for the Brits.  Those girls at the registration desk dont have Geography as a strong point!

I get the lists in excel format so just remove all the USA and CAN players :)

meanwhile, at the Aria....

Justin Bonomo ‏@JustinBonomo 7h7 hours ago

7 hours into this $25k tourney and a player was just escorted out. He paid for the $125 tourney, got the wrong ticket, and kept quiet.

Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Michael Wang Defeats Bryn Kenney to Win Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
 
result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14202

Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

49 of 918 remain right at the end of the day's play

current chip counts http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14203

No Brit presence in the later stages

Event #4: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Andreas Hoivold, Lon Harwood, David Peters and the actor James Woods on the final table

Among those who took home a min-cash worth $6180 included Tim West, Ryan D'Angelo, Jason Somerville, Jeff Gross, Sam Stein, Carlos Mortensen, Joe Cada, Doug Plk and in the first Brit cash of the series, Craig McCorkell

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?grid=1136&tid=14204

Event #5A: THE COLOSSUS $565 No-Limit Hold'em ($5,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool)

apparently the latest numbers for the 4 starting flights show over 20,000 runners

the smallest wsop buy in ever, and the biggest event

saw this one on twitter

Mr Kenney shows us how to go deep in tournaments....

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Flight A of the Colossus had 804 players survive. Six-time gold ring winner, Valentin Vornicu, 11th in chips

Flight B of the Colossus had 710 players advance to Day 2, including Michael Rocco and Ronnie Bardah.

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/reports.asp for chip counts

good hand from the $5k event 2 final table live stream

Greg merson...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPzNaoYilvU

Day 4 WSOP Schedule:

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kevmath has combined Flights A and B of the Colossus and created an unofficial Day 2 table draw

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13qhAroRGgemDlwqoyvYHgkxJjjUxlUl7sWRnSdsfC7k/edit#gid=0

End of day 1C chip counts in event #5 for players listed as GB:

2   Simon   Deadman   NOTTINGHAM,   GB   125000   Pavilion   /   223   /   8
4   Adam   Owen   Folkestone,   GB   116600   Brasilia   /   85   /   2
14   Yucel   Eminoglu   REDDITCH,   ,   GB   94700   Pavilion   /   233   /   9
76   Ben   Warrington   Cardiff,   ,   GB   64600   Pavilion   /   153   /   2
106   Steven   Wilkie   GB   58200   Pavilion   /   200   /   10
181   Peter   Gould   LONDON,   ,   GB   48500   Pavilion   /   133   /   6
396   Lee   Taylor   GB   31000   Pavilion   /   300   /   8
446   Ricky   Pegley   Portsmouth,   ,   GB   28500   Pavilion   /   161   /   10
526   John   Baron   Leicester,   ,   GB   24600   Pavilion   /   206   /   4
770   Chris   Bjorin   LONDON,   ,   GB   14900   Pavilion   /   98   /   9
819   Timothy   Priest   STRATFORD,   ,   GB   12900   Pavilion   /   95   /   7


Ryan Spittles also showing as 10th on the list of chip counts for day 1D.

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14205&dayof=142054

Congrats to Max Silver winner of the Friday night ariapoker 25k for $432,960.

http://bit.ly/1cp3mXh

currently 3 left in Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Robert Mizrachi the chip leader

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14203

Nick Petrangelo Wins Event #4 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

6th Andreas Hoivold

7th James Woods

10th Loni Harwood

"This marked the deepest run ever at the WSOP for the latest champion who is from Feeding Hills, MA. It was his 11th cash and best finish, by far, at the series.


Oddly enough, this poker triumph might never have happened had it not been for an odd twist of fate. Petrangelo graduated with a degree in Finance back in 2010 from Skidmore College, a private institution in New York State. He moved to New York City and began searching for a job. Unfortunately, after the economic crash of 18 months earlier, Petrangelo couldn’t land a job. No one would hire him.


Out of options, Petrangelo turned to playing poker, which he’d excelled at while in college. He played in many underground games and clubs, and eventually spent more and more time at the tables. Later, he began playing tournaments and has improved steadily each year.


So far, 2015 has been a huge year for Petrangelo, not only with a gold bracelet now, but more than $1 million in accumulated tournament winnings since the year began, and it’s presently only the end of May. Destined for his biggest year in poker ever, one might expect to see and hear more about Petrangelo in the future.


“I couldn’t get a job interview back then,” Petrangelo said when asked about how he accidentally got involved in poker full time. “Now, I’m doing interviews at the World Series of Poker. That’s pretty sweet.” "

i'll do the colossus later

25,000+ entrants over four flights i think?

Jacob Dahl holds the chip lead over Robert Mizrachi in Ev3 O8. The heads up battle will continue tomorrow at 3 p.m

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?rr=5&grid=1136&tid=14203&dayof=

Circuit gold ring winner, Michael Rocco, sits in the top 10 w/ over 3,400 players left in the Colossus.

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/reports.asp?grid=1136&tid=14205&dayof=142054

chip counts of the 3400 going forward to day 2 are on http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14205%5CEoD1-Chip-Counts-%28All-Flights-Combined%29.pdf

top Brit?

18 Simon Deadman NOTTINGHAM, GB 125,000

Colossus Day 2 Table Draw (Unofficial)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13qhAroRGgemDlwqoyvYHgkxJjjUxlUl7sWRnSdsfC7k/edit#gid=0

day 5 at the WSOP

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGVsie0VIAAYuqU.jpg)

Any final number for the colossus total yet

25000+ according to post above.

Post above say app 25000 other wise i wouldn't  have asked

Vinny's got all the answers :D

Even the updates team haven't had official numbers yet - the people involved are still confirming because players were allowed to pre-reg and if they didnt take their seat they were entitled to a refund, so once those are processed we will have numbers.

Ok thanks

Official figures for the Colussus.

22,374 entries.
2,241 paid starting at $1,096 with $638,880 for the winner.

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/payouts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14205

so with $65 rake, $500*22374 = $11.9m prizepool.

First place = 5.3% of the prizepool...

Hmmm.

Everyone seems completely taken by surprise by this. Surely this sort of extreme payout structure change has to be announced beforehand?

Prize pool comes to $11,187,000 - not that it makes much difference to your point.

Payouts and % of prize pool are as follows:

Place  Amount     %
1st   $638,880   5.71
2nd   $386,253   3.45
3rd   $308,761   2.76
4th   $234,927   2.1
5th   $182,348   1.63
6th   $140,956   1.26
7th   $109,632   0.98
8th   $87,817   0.78
9th   $67,681   0.6
10th-12th   $55,968   0.5
13th-15th   $46,381   0.41
16th-18th   $38,639   0.35
19th-27th   $32,352   0.29
28th-36th   $27,217   0.24
37th-45th   $23,022   0.21
46th-54th   $19,566   0.17
55th-63rd   $16,702   0.15
64th-72nd   $14,330   0.13
73rd-81st   $12,350   0.11
82nd-90th   $10,694   0.1
91st-99th   $9,307   0.08
100th-198th   $8,155   0.07
199th-297th   $7,170   0.06
298th-396th   $6,331   0.06
397th-495th   $5,615   0.05
496th-594th   $5,000   0.04
595th-693rd   $4,474   0.04
694th-792nd   $4,027   0.04
793rd-891st   $3,635   0.03
892nd-990th   $3,300   0.03
991st-1089th   $3,009   0.03
1090th-1188th   $2,740   0.02
1189th-1287th   $2,517   0.02
1288th-1386th   $2,315   0.02
1387th-1485th   $2,125   0.02
1486th-1584th   $1,957   0.02
1585th-1683rd   $1,801   0.02
1684th-1782nd   $1,655   0.01
1783rd-1881st   $1,521   0.01
1882nd-1980th   $1,398   0.01
1981st-2070th   $1,286   0.01
2071st-2160th   $1,185   0.01
2161st-2241st   $1,096   0.01

Even stranger if you look at the FT jumps, fairly steady, jumping 30k (7th-6th), 40k (6th-5th), 52k etc 3rd to 2nd, 78k then the jump from 2nd to 1st is a whopping 252k!

A HISTORIC OPENING WEEK AT THE 2015 WORLD SERIES OF POKER

 ‘Colossus’ Becomes Largest Live Poker Tournament Ever Held with 22,374 Official Entries 

46th Annual Running of the WSOP off to Record-Breaking Start

 LAS VEGAS (May 31, 2015) –

The Stock Market or the World Series of Poker (WSOP), which one gives you a better return on your investment?  Wall Street, Small Street. 

The winner of the new “Colossus” Event#5 at the WSOP will have quite the ROI.  After investing $565 into the history-making event, he/she will walk away just days later with a 1,130 times return on his/her investment, turning the smallest buy-in offered at the WSOP in 35 years, into a $638,880 first-place prize – and of course the most coveted trophy in poker, a WSOP gold bracelet. 

Officially, WSOP Event #5 – the opening weekend event at this year’s WSOP – saw an incredible 22,374 official entrants participate, the most ever to play in one tournament in the history of live poker.  The most players previously to enter any one poker tournament was at the 2006 WSOP, when the Main Event that year attracted 8,773 players.  So, the 2015 WSOP Event #5 ‘Colossus’ now stands alone, obliterating the old record by a staggering 255%.  (Actually there were 25,571 raw, paid entries for this event, but after no-shows, voids and players who survived a flight after buying into multiple ones, the final, official number came down.  But the raw number was almost three times the previous single event record for a live poker tournament.)

The total prize pool for this event is $11,187,000, with the winner’s share worth $638,880. 

A record 2,241 will receive cash prizes for their participation, with the minimum prize set at $1,096 for 2241st place. 

While Las Vegas is used to holding mega events, like the recently completed Mayweather-Pacquiao bout that drew a sold out crowd of 16,800 earlier this month, it will be the WSOP’s Colossus that stands tallest. 

This WSOP event compares quite favorably to the NBA off a record-breaking season of attendance averaging 17,826, while the NHL, off a strong year too with a 17,443 average. 

“Wow,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. “When you see a crowd that could fill many sports venues, there’s not much else you can say.  We want to thank everyone who traveled from near and far to be part of this historic event, particularly the first timers.  Just like the sign says, ‘We Hope You Come Back Soon’.  We love to bring poker enthusiasts together and help build positive momentum for the game.  I also want to acknowledge the thousands of Event Staff and volunteers who rallied together to make this weekend possible.  In putting the WSOP together, we are lucky to lean on many great people whose passion goes beyond a paycheck.

The breakdown of entrants by flight was as follows: 

 Flight 5A: 5,173

 Flight 5B: 5,029

 Flight 5C: 6,283

 Flight 5D: 5,889

Since this event will go down in the history books, here’s a look at records set from this never-before achieved poker tournament:

  MOST ENTRANTS (Total) – 22,374

 LARGEST PRIZE POOL (Any live poker event under $5,000 buy-in) -- $11,187,000

 LARGEST 1st PLACE PRIZE (For a $500 buy-in event) -- $638,880

 BEST SINGLE-DAY ATTENDANCE EVER: Saturday, May 30 – 12,172 entries (May 29 becomes 2nd-largest all-time with 10,202) (Break last-year’s record set opening weekend for Event#8 Millionaire Maker 7,977 entries).

 MOST PLAYERS TO CASH: 2,241 (previous record, 2006 Main Event (873)

 LARGEST RE-ENTRY EVENT: 22,374 (Breaking Event #8 from 2014 WSOP, 7,977 entries)

a couple of perspectives

Simon Trumper

Feel a bit sorry for the WSOP getting heat about the Colossus payout, impossible to pay 2300 players a big min cash and a big 1st prize, what an amazing achievement to get 22,000 entries and has to be good for the game getting so many players involved. Well done WSOP who have event to suit everyone across the series.

@ruperte:

SCOOPL ME: 22164 runners, 14.2% paid, 1st 10%, 2nd 7.4%, 3150th 0.007%

Colossus: 22374 runners, 10% paid, 1st 5.7% 2nd 3.5%, 2241st 0.0098%

Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Robert Mizrachi, Winner of $1,500 Omaha 8 or Better for $255,022

(http://pnimg.net/w/articles/1/556/bcc1ec4c20.jpg)

full result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14203

there appear to be 755 left in the colossus

understandably its tough to track everyone in this and the reported chip counts look very out of date

best to wait for the end of the day's play and the official pdf to see if we have Brit interest ongouing

 

Event #6: $1,000 Hyper Hold'em

1436 entries and on the final table

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

three British cashes in the event

david vamplew finished 17th

roberto romanello 28th

jonathan wong 30th

 

the first of the championship events

Event #7: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship

with 109 entries

looks as if three Brits played it

Stephen chidwick is out

phillip long and richard ashby remain in with 42 left

in the current top 10 of chip counts: layne flack, calvin anderson, phil galfond, scott seiver, bryn kenney.....

Good Luck Ryan

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14205

Showing 60th so far in the Colussus with 132 left

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/payouts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14205

$8155 guaranteed and $638K up top

He was out earlier in the day i am afraid

Ryan Spittles ‏@RyanSpittles 4h4 hours ago

Got in QQ v JJ for a lot of chips.  Board came AKTQ3. 936th. Amazing tournie in so many ways so gutting to bust in a cruel fashion!

56 advance from 109 starting in the $10k 2-7

full chip counts http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/reports.asp?grid=1136&tid=14207

yeah just seen else where, as you said hard for correct update information in such a big tourney

The Series' first-ever Hyper Hold'em event played from 1,436 starting to nine remaining on Day 1.

Final table counts http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/reports.asp?grid=1136&tid=14206

Day 3 Colossus table draw

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16vaSdhHtH1q9jBf9alwIRnm4IVjSwZL0t-dFnWHrdF8/edit#gid=0

506 players left

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14205%5CColossus-EoD2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

99th Laura Cerisola, London 332,000

161st Kerry Jane Craigie, London 255,000 (the hippodrome cardroom manager) 

206th Mohammed Suhail, London 209,000

211th Simon Deadman,Nottingham 206,000

238th Chun Law, London 188,000

383rd Kevin O'Leary Surrey 111,000 

Day 3. 506 players left.

;gobsmacked;

amazing they didn't gtd this at $1m for first to avoid all this bad publicity.  They could still have given all the casuals a chance to cash and churn the cash back through the wsop a 2nd time but dodge the 5.7% first prize issue by making it a headline $1m for $500 buy in.  Seems very odd.

I'm guessing its done purely for economics, as WSOP numbers are down fairly sharply across the board so far. Safe bet future series/festivals will be following flatter payout structures given the state of the poker economy. The major gripe I would have as a player would be the structure not been announced beforehand as it is extreme to almost all other comps.

I don't really get why they didn't make it a million for first either.

Flatter is inheriently fairer and lowering the variance of MTTS should not be sniffed at.

Someone put the SCOOP comparison up earlier, so which of these is better?

1st $200k
10th $8k
19th $4k

or

1st $640k
10th $56k
19th $32k

I know everybody likes the headline big number, but long run I think I'd prefer the 2nd one. 

I think that most people would prefer the prize pool with $516K extra in it, all other things being equal. ;)

I'm assuming (my own personal opinion, I was off yesterday/today so have not seen any of the suits I work with to ask and wouldn't ask lol) that the reason they didnt guarantee $1m is because this weekend we have a massive tournament called the "Millionaire Maker" that guarantees $1m ;)

Seems to be kicking off a bit about this. What do the esteemed minds of Blonde think?
Info here if link allowed. http://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/05/players-take-issue-with-a-less-than-colossus-first-place-pri-21714.htm

merged threads for you shortly, discussed on the wsop thread

Didn't these people check what the prize structure was before buying in?

there wasn't one announced.

And no one asked why? Amazing :)

Says who?

Poker tournaments are about winning all the chips. The winner should get much, much more than 6%.

So they should make it winner takes all then? Given they haven't caught on, then nobody wants that. 

Two people play equally well, flip with 19 left, one gets 4k, the other ends up with 200k in SCOOP.  A lot of time the end of tournaments is a lot of variance between people who are similarly skilled.  Certainly on stars anyway.  People overrate themselves so will say they want the big prize, when the vast majority should want flatter and lower variance.  It really should be just the elite few with the big edges who want the skewed prizes. 

The rest are turkeys voting for christmas.

All that doesn't say why flatter is fairer.

Flatter is better for nits, skewed is better for good players.

Everyone should aspire to be the best player they can be.

You should base your decisions on who you are right now, not on who you'd like to be, or who you could be if you did 2000 hours work on your game.   

Those who are going to average 50% in MTTs with big entry costs long run are a very small proportion of total players.  Most are going to be sat between -30% and +20%.  I guess most here will be better than average, but that doesn't mean their results in really big field MTTs are not going to be overwhlemed by variance.  Variance is the main difference between a top 3 and top 50 finish.  Nobody is going to play enough 22k entry tournaments to change that. 

Even amongst the elite MTT players, variance is such a big factor that many end up getting staked.  If you are merely good, the big skew in normal payouts in large field MTTs is never going to be in your interest.  It isn't just the reward that matters, it is the risk you need to take to get that reward.  Increasing the volatility without increasing your expected reward noticeably just can't be good for you.  This isn't anything to do with the difference between nits and good players, it is about an understanding of distributions. 

 

 

You have this annoying habit of posting your opinions and portraying them as facts.

If you asked all 22,000 players what % of the prizepool should go to the winner, I doubt if more than one in twenty would answer 6% or less.

People like shooting for the jackpot, that's why so many people play the lottery. Why so many have a crack at Scoop 6 etc etc

We don't play events like this to make a 50% ROI. We play to get the lot.

10% for the winner is a pretty damn flat structure IMO.

Just because people like doing something doesn't mean it is in their interest to do so. 

If you didn't just pull a small part of my post out and post off the back of that, I said right at the beginning that I didn't really get why they didn't pay a million for first.  I think it is good marketing to pay the million, I know it is better for most of the players in the tournament that they don't. 

If you don't believe it, that is absolutely fine by me.  The more the merrier I say.

Good night

Flatter structures do make a bit more sense, I do feel for the WSOP who have to cope with players that want more people paid and more money up top. I liked the payouts, they seemed pretty reasonable. At the same time, poker tournaments have never really made mathematical sense, at some point someone who had 20x starting and played well can receive 0, and someone else can scrape into the money and receive 1.x their buyin. Its never going to be perfect and as long as it is somewhat logical and publicised then I don't see the big deal. When you can post something on twitter and have the world give its opinion on it, it would seem fairly wise to do so instead of realising what a powerful tool twitter is just afterwards.

Doobs wins thread

There are currently 44 left in the Colossus

no brits left as far as i can see, chip counts at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14205

brit finishers

66th laura cerisola

84th kerryjane craigie

184th simon deadman

220th mohammed suhail

310th kevin o'leary

Event #6: $1,000 Hyper Hold'em

Minnesota Poker Pro John Reading Goes Hyper, Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet, and Pockets a Quarter Million

Fast-Structured Turbo Wraps Up in Lightning-Fast Time

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?grid=1136&tid=14206

Event #7: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship

13 of 109 left

phil galfond, calvin anderson, tuan le, bruno fitoussi amongst those left

counts at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14207

Event #8: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em

108 of 639 remain currently

in those 108

will mitchell

chris moorman

andrew teng

aaron virchis

survive for the uk

chip counts at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

168 entered Event #9: $1,500 Razz

168 remain, it says, but in fact its 70 or so

a who's who of mixed game names in this

can only see one uk entrant, adam owen from folkestone

Daily Deepstacks results can be found here. http://wsop.com/n/4tv 

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGcWqpdWQAAYtZS.jpg)

i don't spot these every day, but its tattytats so when i see them i will post them

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1eHBglqUN4

@aakkari and @audavidb (David "ODB" Baker) are in the top five of the $1,500 razz event after Day 1.

Chip counts: http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/reports.asp?grid=1136&tid=14209

39 players return at 2pm today for Day 4 of the WSOP Colossus

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/170rwaQohHTyttpGFpNJkeXxlDZHHQ9WG-oE0OB_50ZA/edit#gid=0

Tuan Le 1/7 in the $10k TDL, resuming at 2pm

http://bit.ly/1RGYTPx 

Phil Galfond, Calvin Anderson, Ismael Bojang, James Obst and Max Casal too

The Day 7 WSOP schedule

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGfmAuCUkAAFF42.jpg)

Event #5: THE COLOSSUS $565 No-Limit Hold'em

Adi Prasetyo Controls Over 30%, Leads 'The Colossus' Into Final Table

chip counts for the final table are on http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14205

Event #7: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship

Tuan Le Wins Event #7: $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championsip
 
DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN FOR TUAN LE

California Poker Pro Becomes First Player to Repeat as Champion in Same WSOP Gold Bracelet Event Since 2009

$10,000 Buy-In Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship Pays $322,756 to the Repeat Winner


result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14207

Event #8: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em

17 of 639 left

will mitchell from oxford currently listed 16th http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14208

uk cashes

aaron virchis 30th
chris moorman 69th
andrew teng 72nd

Event #9: $1,500 Razz

24 of 462 left

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14209

Event #10: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship

the last 16 of 143 left

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

Max Silver of the UK among them

 

Event #11: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

342 of 626 remain

two-time bracelet winner Bill Chen describes limit poker as: "Hours of boredom, punctuated by moments of boredom."

full list of chip counts at the end of play, currently playing the last level

France, Germany, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, UK and USA are all still represented in the $1,500 PLHE event. 15 remain.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14208%5CEv8-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

um, go Oleksii Khoroshenin

Day 2 of the $1,500 Razz event ends with 19 players remaining, including @elielezra1 and @maxpescatori

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14209%5CEv9-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

The $10,000 NL HU Round of 16, resuming at 1pm

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGkbrIhUgAAcYZn.jpg)

Three-time gold bracelet winner, @brock_parker, near the top of the chip counts at the end of Day 1 in Event #11

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14211%5CEv11-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

The Day 8 WSOP schedule

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGkwdN8UAAALgOg.jpg)

The guy who every year puts together the Vegas spreadsheet of tournaments (SpaceyFCB aka Kenny Hallaert) is second in chips going to the final table of The Colossus.

Can't see where it tells you how many sticky buns and lattes tikay has had.

Colossus

Inside the numbers

This year’s WSOP Event #5, the $565 ‘Colossus’ event, took an extra day to reach its winner because the field size was so large, and it took us a little longer to crunch the numbers associated with this event as well.  But you’ll find some interesting stuff in the attached.
Including some record-setters.  Like 98 different countries having a participant in this event. A new record.  Or 14,284 unique entries – or 63% higher than our previous record from the 2006 Main Event.  We even welcomed 5,664 first-time players to the WSOP for this event…a remarkable figure.

Please review the attached and let us know if there are any questions we can answer.  Hope it helps you write your final stories on this amazing event.  Thank you.

 

2015 WORLD SERIES OF POKER


Inside the Numbers – Event #5 - $565 Buy-in ‘Colossus’ No-Limit Hold’em

Total # of Entries:                              22,374

Total Prize Pool:                                 $11,187,000

Total Places Paid:                                2,241

1st Place Prize:                                     $638,880 (1,130 times the buy-in)

2241st Place:                                        $1,096

Total # of Unique Entries:                  14,284 (64% of entries) (New WSOP record)

(Bests 2006 WSOP Main Event - 8,773 – by a whopping 63%)

Total # of Players Re-Entering:          6,641 (46.5% of uniques)

# of Players Re-Entering Once:          4,885 (thus 1,756 players re-entered more than once)

# of First-Time WSOP Players:          5,664 (Making their WSOP debut) – 39.6% of all unique players

# of Male Entrants:                             20,958 (93.7%)

# of Female Entrants:                         1,416 (6.3%)

# of Unique Males:                             13,316

# of Unique Females:                          968

Average Age of Entrants:                    41.95

Avg. Age of Male Players:                   41.73

Avg. Age of Female Players:               45.25

Oldest Entrant:                                   91 years old, two months, Norman Spivock (Santa Rosa, California)

Youngest Entrant:                               21 years old, 1 day (Born May 28)   

david Barclay (Phoenix, AZ) & Noah Goldman (Rye Brook, NY)

# of Countries w/Participants:                       98 (A new WSOP record for a single-event)

Top 10 Countries w/participants:

1.        United States (19,877)

2.         Canada (938)

3.         United Kingdom (269)

4.         Germany (156)

5.         Brazil (142)

6.         France (107)

7.         Australia (87)

8.         Italy (64)

9.         Russia (61)

10.       Mexico (50)

 
# of U.S. Players:                                19,877

# of International Players:                  2,497

Top 10 States w/participants:

1.  California (4,624)

2.  Nevada (2,460)

3.  Texas (1,538)

4.  Florida (1,335)

5.  Arizona (787)

6.  New York (761)

7.  Illinois (633)

8.  Washington (632)

9.  Colorado (619)

10. Michigan (396)


Entries by Day:                               
1A:      5,173
1B:       5,029
1C:       6,283
1D:      5,889

Total Day 2 Players:                            3,448 (804 (A) + 710 (B) + 970 (C) + 964 (D)

Total Day 3 Players:                            506

Total Day 4 Players:                            39

Total Day 5 Players:                            9


Total Survivors By Day/Flight:

Day 1A:                                               804 (15.5% of field) (Played 11 40-minute levels)
Day 1B:                                               710 (14.1% of field) (Played 11 40-minute levels)
Day 1C:                                               970 (15.4% of field) (Played 11 40-minute levels)
Day 1D:                                               964 (16.4% of field) (Played 11 40-minute levels)

Day 1 Total Survivors:                                    3,448 (15.4%)
Day 2:                                                  506 (14.7%) (Played 8 60-minute levels)
Day 3:                                                  39 (7.7%) (Played 10 60-minute levels)
Day 4:                                                  9 (23%) (Played 7 60-minute levels, plus 11 minutes of Level 37)

# of starting chips per player:              5,000
# of chips needed to win event:          111,870,000
# of physical poker chips used:           362,425
# of Dealers Required:                         982
# of Decks of Cards Used:                  4,480

 

Congratulations to Paul Michaelis for winning Event #8 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em. He earns $189,818 for first place

http://www.wsop.com/news/2015/Jun/6268/PAUL-MICHAELIS-WINS-GOLD-IN-POT-LIMIT-HOLDEM.html

Keith Lehr faces Paul Volpe in the final round of the $10k Heads Up Championship tomorrow at 1 p.m.

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?grid=1136&tid=14210

Max Silver lost in the round of 16

CORD GARCIA WINS BIGGEST POKER TOURNAMENT EVER

 Here are the final table results from the Colossus:

1. Cord Garcia - $638,880

2. Brad McFarland - $386,253
3. Ray Henson - $308,761
4. Paul Lentz- $234,927
5. Kenny Hallaert - $182,348
6. Adi Prasetyo - $140,956
7. Garry Simms - $109,632
8. David Farber - $87,817
9. Anthony Blanda - $67,681

 Name: Cord Garcia
Age: 25
Current Residence: Houston
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Profession: Poker Pro
Number of WSOP Cashes: 1 (today)
Number of WSOP Final Table Appearances: 1 (today)
Number of WSOP Gold Bracelet Victories (with this tournament): 1
Best Previous WSOP Finish: N/A
Total WSOP Earnings: $638,880

Cord Garcia won the latest event at the 2015 World Series of Poker, and it was one for the record books. The Houston native had a career day, earning $638,880 dollars in the biggest live tournament of all time. Remarkably, this is the first WSOP cash of Garcia's career, and he sure made it one to remember for the family and friends that lined the gallery around the final table.

Garcia has come a long way in his relatively short career. He started playing in underground games in the Houston area before he was old enough to play legally, then starting grinding the mid-stakes tournament circuit when he turned 21. Now, as a 25-year old, he's won a record-setting tournament, and one event he more than doubled his career tournament earnings.

"Definitely" Garcia said when asked if this is breakthrough moment. "It feels like it is my breakthrough, but at the same time, I feel like I am capable of doing bigger things."

Max Pescatori Wins Event #9 $1,500 Razz for $155,947

His third WSOP bracelet

result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14209

Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

276 of 1651 remain

chip counts are showing the london player Iaran Lightbourne in second but we'll have more idea at the close of play

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14212

Event #13: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

268 entries

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

updated figures when the end of day sheets come through

Some pretty strange accusations of cheating in the $10k HU.

Any links to twitter etc about this or is it all just word or mouth rumours at the moment?

https://twitter.com/connordrinan/status/605997285437112320

Couple of other bits floating around.

I read the suspect is also banned from all casinos in Czech Republic.

Also Jason mo's twitter

Thanks

Hey 2+2, it's Connor. We (the players that were beaten by this Valeriu Coca guy in the $10k HU) were trying to keep things quiet until we gave the WSOP adequate time to investigate the situation and come up with a solution, but since there are a lot of rumors circulating and a lot of people know bits and pieces already, I might as well clear things up.

Pratyush Buddiga was the first to lose to him. He is my good friend but seemed pretty tilted so I didn't ask details until I found out he was my next opponent. I asked for reads and whatnot and he basically told me he was really slow and passive in the beginning and then picked up the pace as the match went on as far as speed of play and aggression. He thought he was stalling in the beginning to give himself a better shot to win at a higher blind level. He said he would stall by rechecking his cards at a bunch of different angles when it was clear he made up his mind to fold already.

He did the same thing in my match. For the first 10 hands or so, he folded to most of my button opens and either limped or folded the button (doing the same obnoxious card checking tactics). I was thinking "man this guy is going to be a breeze." From that point on I won very few pots the rest of the match. Every time I had a good starting hand he folded. If I had a bad one he raised or re-raised. If I whiffed a flop he attacked my c-bets. If I whiffed and went for a delayed cbet, he blasted turn into me every time. If I hit and bet, he folded. Hit and checked, he checked ect ect ect.

It was probably the most frustrating match of my life and I've played a ton of HU. He grinded me down to 80k at bb4k from 240k starting. At this point I was playing super passive as his aggression was out of control. I made my first button raise in a while which was a shove with 33 and he snapped me with k5o for 20bb. I held and won my only significant pot of the match but he went back to work grinding me down to 60k and then won a flip to end the match.

I remember him folding 4 times total preflop once blinds got big. 1) He walked me when I had AA. 2) he folded to my min when I had AJs. 3) I capped my cards and waited for him to look at his cards first for the first time in the match as I was starting to get really skeptical. He acted surprised and flustered and walked me before I uncovered my hand. 4) After checking my hole cards (J9o i think) I looked behind me to see if there was a chance he had a friend on the rail who could see my cards but there was no way. He seemed very weirded out that I did that and again walked me.

I stormed out of the rio as tilted as I've ever been after busting a tournament and immediately messaged prat saying I felt like something major was off with the match. It didn't make sense that a guy grinding 300 euro mtts in eastern europe who has never played WSOP before would come here for the $10k HU and be such a beast. I ranted to Prat all the things that were weird, both mannerisms and plays he made vs me. Prat said he felt the exact same about his match but didn't say anything at first because he figured he was just being a sore loser and got owned. I then messaged the other 2 players he beat, Matt Marafioti and Aaron Mermelstein and they both had similar "yeah i felt totally owned, couldn't win a pot, thing he was doing with his cards was really weird, ect" type responses.

I called my other good friend Byron Kaverman and warned him about everything as they were scheduled to play in the round of 16 the next morning. We figured we should also tell Jack Effel so they could be on the lookout. Byron said he knew Jack well so he would talk to him. I went to bed questioning myself and wondering if I was just being a sore loser.

I then woke up this morning to a message on facebook from a czech friend of mine that read "Hey man just woke up and found out u were in HU with a guy who made a lot of money in cash games in Prague. He has ban in czech poker casinos for cheating. Guy was marking cards. We can talk in person little bit later when Im on sngs in Rio and u can forward it to floors players etc so they can do smtng about it I guess"

I instantly passed this along to Byron and he said that Jack was on it and they were monitoring him via cameras and also switching up the decks frequently. My friend also sent me this article which you have to translate to english with your broswer: http://www.pokerzive.cz/zpravodajstv...azskych-kasin/

I spoke with Byron after his match and he said he was 100% sure the guy was trying to cheat and was watching the cards very closely as the dealer dealt off the deck but that he did a pretty good job covering his cards and the decks were being switched up so it was hard for Coca to work his magic. Unfortunately he couldn't fade an 80/20 and the guy advanced. His next opponent, Keith Lehr, was also warned about Coca. At this point, Coca probably knew that he had been exposed based on the attention his matches were receiving from the floor, the way Byron and Keith were protecting their hands so well, ect ect. He finally lost to Keith in 5th place.

Our speculation is that he was using some sort of invisible ink in combination with special sunglasses. We haven't heard much from WSOP since the match, but what little I have heard I would rather keep to myself for now and allow WSOP time to finish the investigation and make their own statement.
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@b_campanello45 bags as the Day 1 chip leader in the $1,500 NLHE 6 Max event. 206 players remain w/ top 180 cashing.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14212%5CEv12-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

overnight

craig mccorkell in 7th

iaron lightbourne 16th

patrick leonard 52nd

ben warrington 119th

andrew hawkins 129th

john gale 142nd

darren dalgleish 157th

Day 2 of the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event ends with 28 players remaining. @ShannonShorr sits in third. $196k up top.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14211%5CEv11-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

The Day 9 WSOP Schedule

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Seth Palansky ‏@SethPalansky 10 minutes ago

We take these types of allegations very seriously & an investigation began immediately upon learning them. It is ongoing.

Seth Palansky ‏@SethPalansky 8 minutes ago

2/2 Preliminary testing of cards show no markings or use of any foreign solution. Further tests will be done to confirm initial.

Is it me, here?

You are a very strong player. You have never had an issue with giving away massive live tells. You come up against an opponent, whom you have no real info on, bar he does something really odd with his cards.

You play him and he is completely soul-reading you; the full Stu Ungar. He is also doing the weird thing with his cards.

How does it take that long to get suspicious?!

When you do get suspicious, how long does it take before you play a hand blind? If you believe the other guy can read your hand, you should be covering your cards throughout, trying to play the odd hand blind and the odd hand where you've covered the backs of your cards, keeping pots as small as possible along the way.

I'd also be changing the deck. Regularly.

Is it an old school, outmoded thought process that leads me to believe everyone in a gambling environment is trying to scam me, unless and until I am satisfied otherwise?

This hardly sounds like Ocean's Fourteen...and that is if anything has happened at all beyond a series of guys losing some no limit holdems.

day 9

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGD2FaYaq5U

Congratulations to Keith Lehr, $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em Champion ($334,430)
 

"n what turned out to be a rapid-paced heads up match, Keith Lehr has defeated fellow bracelet winner Paul Volpe to claim $334,430 in first-place prize money as well as his second piece of World Series of Poker jewelry.

For Lehr, who won his first bracelet 12 years ago in a $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event, this victory has been a long-time in the making. He claim close to earning bracelet number two back in 2012 when he finished runner up to eventual Main Event champion Greg Merson in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event. Just three years later, Lehr was able to overcome a stacked field to finally lay claim to his second bracelet. "

Event #11: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

currently heads up between Daniel Needleman and Wlliam Kaxon

results so far for the event on http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14211

Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

currently 25 of 1651 left

Patrick Leonard finished 38th

John Gale was 74th

Darren Dalgleish 105th

Ben Warrington 122nd

Iaron Lightbourne is currently 6/25

Craig McCorkell is currently 10/25

$457,000 for first, good luck to both of them

Event #13: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

49 of 474 left

Philip Long and Ben Dobson are reported to be 35/49 and 41/49 respectively, currently and the tournament is currently hand for hand on the bubble

"The first day of Event #14: 1,500 No Limit Shootout is done. One hundred players, each of whom, won their tables today will compete tomorrow to make the final shootout table, and for a chance at a WSOP bracelet."

in those 100 are brits

stephen chidwick

terry donakey from liverpool

Event #15: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship

122 entries for the PLHE Championship event

with 50 or so left Roberto Romanello is reported to be 7/50

the last Brit left

he finishes day 1 3rd of 64

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/reports.asp?grid=1136&tid=14215

day 10 at the WSOP

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Information on Event 16: $1,500 Millionaire Maker

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Lots of big names missing from this years WSOP

I haven't seen mention of:

Ivey
Greenstein
Dwan
Schulman
Selbst
Lindgren

Any idea why these hardy perenials are seemingly not involved this year?

Both Brits still going strong  :)

Dwan and Ivey are in Macau. Selbst and Lindgren have been playing, just stayed under the radar.

They heard the games in the Far East were softer because GreekStein is in Vegas?

Failry sure I saw Barry Shulman's missus in one of the updates for plo8 or plo8/stud8.  So I assume Barry is there too.

edit. just checked and he is in the same event (plo8/stud8 ) and has made the last 3 tables.  He is sat on the same table as Ben Dobson.

Good luck Ben

I've seen greenstien name pop up a few times in the updates,dwan doesn't play much last year either and doesn't play on the circuit anymore, good spot hadn't noticed no mention of Lindgren

Nick not Barry.

I certainly don't consider that bulldog licking piss off a nettle (copyrite D Feherty), Barry Shulman, a big name :)

Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

Hand #184: Idan Raviv Wins the $1,500 Six-Handed Event for $457,007

Iaran Lightbourne from London was runner up for $283,000

Craig McCorkell finished 5th for $82,000

Event #13: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Ben Dobson is currently 2/5 guaranteed $55,000 with $269,000 up top

good luck to Ben

updates of the final table going on now at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?grid=1136&tid=14213

Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

the final table

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Event #15: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship

20 left

chip counts at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14215

Event #16A: MILLIONAIRE MAKER $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

3,347 entries in the first flight

niall farrell is shown in the top 10 chip counts

james dempsey shown 38th

awaiting confirmation

http://www.wsop.com/2015/live-video/default.aspx?sr=&TID=14213

Final is being streamed, too.

Ben to be the first bracelet winner from Dorset :)

Good luck to him.

Still going strong with 3 left,also iaran lightbourne just missing on the bracelet in the six max

I went to bed about 4, after the guy that won 5 or 6bet shoved T5green into his QQ, and left him with a massive chiplead.

Probably a bit gutted, but l, a superb result nonetheless.

Event #16: MILLIONAIRE MAKER $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Entries: 7,275

first prize is $1,277,193

according the the updates

" Just days after the biggest poker tournament ever played took the WSOP by storm, the third incarnation of the $1,500 NLHE "Millionaire Maker" event finished it's second starting flight late Saturday evening. When it was all said and done 7,275 entries were recorded - which still ranks as one of the largest fields ever seen despite falling short of last year's 7,977 mark.

Yesterday saw 3,347 players take their shot, while 3,928 took their seats today - generating a total prize pool of $9,821,250. Of that, the eventual winner will take home $1,277,193, along with the gold bracelet every poker player has their sights set on. And for an event that prides itself on making millionaires, the runner-up finisher will pocket $791,690 for the efforts - which will likely be close enough for whoever earns the distinction.

More than 500 players managed to bag and tag at the conclusion of Day 1A, while another 600 or so from Day 1B secured a seat for tomorrow's second day of play. "

Konstantin Maslak Wins Event #13 - $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo For $269,612

well done to ben dobson who came close, finishing 3rd for over $100,000. after iaran lightbourne the other day finished runner up, the brits are knocking on the door...

Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

Congratulations to Barry Hutter Who Wins Event #14 for $283,546, Ben Zamani Elminated in 2nd Place ($174,771)

full final table result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14214

Congratulations to Shaun Deeb on Winning the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship event 15

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http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14215

the final table included paul volpe, greg merson and ismael bojang

Event #17: $10,000 Razz Championship

$10,000?

Razz?

103 ponied up for this championship event

76 remain currently

adam owen from folkestone is currently listed 6th in the chip counts

stephen chidwick appears to be the only other brit playing

chip counts

1,118 advance to Day 2 of the Millionaire Maker. Play resumes Sunday at 11am PT w/ 747 finishing ITM. CHIP COUNTS:

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14216%5CCombined-Day-2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

niall firaldo87 is the top Brit in 37th

Event #16: MILLIONAIRE MAKER $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

142 of 7275 left going into day 3

Justin Pechie Leads Into Day 3, With Big Names Close Behind

niall farrell, andrew hills from preston and liverpool's john haigh appear to be the last Brits standing

uk cashers now out andrew duffy, david walley, craig mccorkell, leon louis, trevor whiteway, andrew fleming and david vamplew

13 remaining in Event #17: $10,000 Razz Championship

stephen chidwick and adam owen are currently 4/13 and 5/13 respectively

with hellmuth chip leader and deeb and seidel in the hunt too

Event #18: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em

44 of 1791 left

john gale is currently shown 4th in chips

full details at end of play

Event #19: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

311 entries

65 or so remaining and as usual for limit, very few if any brit players entered

Gregory Kolo leads the way in the $1k Turbo event w/ 29 players remaining. First place takes home just shy of $300K

john gale 2/29 overnight

stuart rutter 9/29

good luck both tomorrow

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14218%5CEv18-EoD-1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

overnight 12 remain in the 10k Razz including Seidel, Hellmuth, S. Deeb, Leah, Shack-Harris, Chidwick, Wasserson and Gorodinsky

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14217/Ev17-EoD-2-Counts-by-Seat.pdf

two brits, adam owen and stephen chidwick in the hunt for the gold

160 players return at 2pm Monday for Day 2 of the $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Max

http://bit.ly/WSOPEvent19Day2

Anyone know who this Adam Owen is?

Pokerstars username?

adamyid

He did pretty well during scoop.

I have played with Adam at both London and Nottingham Ukipts recently and obv mixed games are his speciality and he had a load of deep runs in Malta just after Nottingham.

Defo a name for the future in mixed games imo and plays sometimes against Picken

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=336344

Confirmed played him quite a bit at NLO8/PLO8.  He is one of the better regs.  Didn't previously know his real name.

Tony Blee of the UK LivePubPokerLeague is in 19th place overnight. Liam Alcock of the LPPL made the final table of this same event last year. Both have Hendonmob's which just show them winning their Vegas trip, but other winnings of $0 prior to the WSOP.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=339576

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=339554

thank you, he is listed as location"IE" so i didn't know to point him out

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This made me smile on his twitter

Life achievement, "worst fucking player" he's ever seen.

https://twitter.com/adamyid (https://twitter.com/adamyid)

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Unfortunately tony blee is out but John gale is chip leader and stu still going strong with 16 left

Nick doing commentary on the 10k razz stream currently

Well done Stu on a ridiculous run!

(5th in 1k turbo for $70k large)

PH currently HU 2:1 cl in 10k razz

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Congratulations John gale for winning the 1k turbo the Brits are on the board  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Hellmuth wins #14.

 ;kneelsucker;

Event #16: MILLIONAIRE MAKER $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Randy Pfeifer Leads Final 17 Players In Battle To Be Millionaire Maker Champion

Of the 17 players that remain, Mike Sexton is probably the best known player, with the WSOP Bracelet Holder and Poker Hall of Famer finishing the day with 3,300,000 chips. He will be joined by two time bracelet winner and 2008 WSOP Player of the Year Erick Lindgren (5,450,000) and well known online players such as Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger (1,340,000), Niall "Firaldo87" Farrell (1,875,000) and Olivier "livb112" Busquet (5,150,000). They will all be chasing down our chipleader, Randy Pfeifer, who has 6,500,000 in chips


good luck to firaldo tomorrow. someone warn the rio what the rail will be like if he finals. it'll be a bit lionel.

Event #17: $10,000 Razz Championship

PHIL HELLMUTH WINS RECORD-EXTENDING 14th WSOP BRACELET
 
The “PokerBrat” denies Mike Gorodinsky his second bracelet; further cements his legacy as the most successful player in WSOP history.

$10,000 Buy-In Razz Championship Pays $271,105

MEET THE LATEST WSOP GOLD BRACELET CHAMPION

Name: Phil Hellmuth
Birthplace: Maidson, WI (USA)
Age: 50
Current Residence: Palo Alto, C A (USA)
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2
Profession: Professional Poker Player
Number of WSOP Cashes: 109
Number of WSOP Final Table Appearances: 52
Number of WSOP Gold Bracelet Victories (with this tournament): 14
Best Previous WSOP Finish: 1st
Total WSOP Earnings: $12,512,800

John Gale Wins Event #18 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo

a second bracelet a decade after his first, and the first British bracelet of the series

 MEET THE LATEST WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER:

Name: John Gale
Age: 61
Residence: Bushey, England
Birthplace: London, England
Occupation: Retired
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4
Number of WSOP Cashes: 10
Number of WSOP final table appearances: 3
Number of WSOP gold bracelet victories: 2
Best previous WSOP finish: 1st (2006 $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em)
Total WSOP earnings: $954,900

 the tournament was able to wrap up in just two days of play, even with a massive turnout of 1,791 players. Gale will take home the first place prize money of $298,290 and his second career gold bracelet. This marks Gale's 10th WSOP cash and third career final table.

Event #19: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

25 of 319 left led by brian hastings

end of play for a link to the chip counts

If Lindgren wins the queue to collect is going to be bigger than it was for the Collossus

Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

333 of 1844 remain

top brit listed is jake cody, full list at the end of play

Oi.

Credit me when I write recaps plz :P (although it would help if we were able to be credited obv! ;))

I am looking forward to this rail massively if when Firaldo finals. Oh, and they got fair warning today. Tower, outragous and Stu Rutter were there for 20 minutes when Stu had a break in the o8...made more noise than everyone else for the rest of the day!

Six-time Circuit gold ring winner, Valentin Vornicu  bags as the Day 1 chip leader in Event 20.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14220%5CEv20-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

chris sly 6/272 overnight

others also through

shola akindele 14th

toby lewis 88th

jake cody 119th

leon louis 148th

paul ephremsen 173rd

ben dobson 239th

mad turk 245th

This

Good Luck Firaldo and all the brits out there

Also well done to John Gale at 61 winning a bracelet and Stu Rutters cash

Mention has to go out to the poker brat  #14  Respect

shaundeeb finishes with a top 10 chip stack in the $10k O8 event. 101 players remain with $391K up top.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14221%5CEv21-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

phillip long 33rd

stephen chidwick 51st

stuart rutter 79th

are the three brits through

The Day 14 WSOP schedule

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I see Trevor Pearson from Lincoln, Estonia cashed in the $1500.

Congrats to John Gale and I don't like Hellmuth the man but he can certainly play the game.

Congratulations to Adrian Buckley on taking down the Millionaire Maker event. He takes home $1,277,193 for first.

http://www.wsop.com/news/2015/Jun/6293/ADRIAN-BUCKLEY-WINS-2015-WSOP-MILLIONAIRE-MAKER-CHAMPIONSHIP.html

There are 35 players remaining in the $1,500 NLHE event,

in the 35 we have paul "dogracer" ephremsen of berkhamsted and luton cardrooms and shola akindele who has occasionally won a tournament, unlike her other half

good luck to both tomorrow

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14220

Event #19: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

currently 3 handed

brian hastings finalled, negraneau cashed

all details on http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14219

Event #21: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

20 of 157 remain

chip leader is a fun one

1 [United States] Prince of

prince of where?

stuart rutter doing well again, shown 13 of 20 currently

Event #22: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

243 of 1951 remain

stephen chidwick is the only brit i can spot, but full details at the end of the day's play

Event #23: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball

70 of 219 remain

from the chip counts adam owen (again), richard ashby and toby lewis are still in

again full chip counts at the end of play

Christian Pham ends Day 1 with a big chip lead in the $1,500 2-7 No-Limit Draw event.

dansmithholla in top 10.

Adam Owen 17/40

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14223%5CEv23-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

Matt Elsby takes down the $3,000 Limit Hold'em Six Max event for his first gold bracelet and $230,799.

http://www.wsop.com/news/2015/Jun/6297/MATT-ELSBY-PREVAILS-IN-SIX-MAX-LIMIT-HOLDEM-MARATHON.html

Through 17 events at the 2015 World Series of Poker, Paul Volpe is in the lead for the GPI WSOP Player of the Year. http://ow.ly/O7h8A

The Day 15 WSOP schedule

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"John Gale, what a man, what a story."

I believe this is tikay's blogging, though there is no byeline

a nice read anyway

https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby/poker-news/john-gale-wins-second-wsop-bracelet

SALT!

That player is "Prince of Docness". And yes, that is his legal name, although not his birth name.

Best thing I've seen so far all WSOP - the entire Brasilia Room giving John Gale a standing ovation for his bracelet ceremony.

LOL @ Prince of Docness!



Excellent

Shola is final 2 tables of a $1500 NL, 460~ k up top.

Good tekkers, best of luck to her.

As is 'Handsome' Paul Ephremsen. Incred scenes!

Shola bust 8th :(

Well done to Shola. Paul now 7/7 with 10bb. GL to him.

Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

5 remain

[United Kingdom] Paul Ephremsen is 5/5 and guaranteed $103,857

good luck to Paul!

Shola had AA v KK on the final table bubble. the run out was a rollercoaster KxxxA

she finished 8th for $43,888, well done

Event #21: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Daniel Alaei Wins Event #21 $10,000 Omaha H/L 8 or Better Championship for $391,097

stuart rutter finished 13th for just under $25,000

Event #22: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

31 left

stephen chidwick currently 18th

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14222

Event #23: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball

9 left

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14223

Event #24: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

299 of 772 left

stuart rutter going well again, currently 34th

link to full chip counts at the close

Event #25: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

484 entries

moorman and craig mccorkell currently shown in the top 50

link to full chip counts at the close

dan smith is the chip leader at the end of Day 1 in the $5k NLHE Eight-Handed event. 198/493 remain

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14223%5CEv23-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

uk players in those 198

sebastian saffari 7th

alex goulder 83rd

rhys jones 94th

craig mccorkell 107th

toby lewis 135th

oliver price 188th

The WSOP schedule for Day 16:

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Hear about John Gale's inspiring win at the WSOP & who he misses the most back home.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcu0EGxSR7g

I wrote a few words about John's win yesterday, here.....


http://bit.ly/1JJRwV1

Ben Zamani Wins Event #20 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

1st: Ben Zamani - $460,640 + WSOP gold bracelet

2nd: Natasha Barbour - $284,911

3rd: Paul Ephremsen - $196,986

4th: Kevin MacPhee - $142,070

5th: Wenlong Jin - $103,857

6th: Garrett Beckman - $76,922

7th: Jared Griener - $57,729

8th: Oluwashola Akindele - $43,888

9th: Kevin Benoit - $33,781


well done to Paul and Shola for their final tables
 

Sam Greenwood Wins Event #22 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

"Toronto Player Tops 1,915-Player Field in $1K NLHE and Wins $318,977

MEET THE LATEST WSOP GOLD BRACELET CHAMPION

Name:  Sam Greenwood
Birthplace:  Toronto, Ont. (Canada)
Age:  26
Current Residence:   Toronto, Ont. (Canada)
Marital Status:  Single
Children:  None
Profession:  Poker Enthusiast
Number of WSOP Cashes:  15
Number of WSOP Final Table Appearances:  1
Number of WSOP Gold Bracelet Victories:  1
Best Previous WSOP Finish:  17th (2013)
Total WSOP Earnings:  $424,805
Personal Facts:  Regularly plays high-roller events and online; this was his first major live tournament victory"

Christian Pham Wins Event #23 - $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw

" Minnesota Poker Pro Accidentally Signs Up for the Wrong Tournament, Wins Gold Bracelet Three Days Later

Former Champions Huck Seed, Robert Mizrachi, Frank Kassela No Match for 2-7 Rookie "

he had never played 2-7 Draw when he sat down for the first hand.....


from the tournament summary

"Three days earlier here at the 2015 World Series of Poker, Pham stepped up to the registration window at the Rio in Las Vegas and plucked down $1,500 in cash, thinking he was registering for the next day’s No-Limit Hold’em tournament. Unfortunately – or fortunately, as things turned out – he had the wrong event number in mind. Pham was placed into the No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Draw tournament, a game he’d never played before.

Unaware of the error, Pham took his seat at the beginning of the tournament and then watched in horror as cards were dealt out in a different way than he was expecting. Pham had no idea what was going on, or what to do.

“They had started dealing already, so I couldn’t do anything,” Pham explained later. “If they had not started dealing, I would have told the floorman and asked to be unregistered.”

Faced with no other alternative, Pham sat and watched. He folded most of his hands early on as he picked up more information about good starting hands and how to play. Pham proved to be a prodigal student. He paid attention to the finer details and nearly 12 hours after sitting down at a table and playing a poker game he’d never seen before, Pham ended the first day as chip leader.

“I’d played lots of poker before, but not this game,” Pham said. “I guess I learned fast.”
Indeed, he did. "

Event #24: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

22 of 772 remain

official end of play counts to follow but from http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14224

stuart rutter is listed 4th

Event #25: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

28 of 493 remain

alex goulder finished 31st

dominic nitshce the current chip leader ahead of shaun deeb

Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

129 of 1293 all made day 2

sebastian saffari in 27th overnight the last surviving Brit

91 entries in the latest championship event

Event #27: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

familiar brit names in this: adam owen, richard ashby and stephen chidwick the three still in

starting tonight

the latest wsop weekend massive entry extravaganza

Event #28A: MONSTER STACK $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

$565 six max at the nugget

leigh wiltshire and paul haycock on the final, i see...good luck both

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHRhN-9WcAAvYPU.jpg)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHSRKW6WsAEKLTK.jpg)

31 left in the horse, Rutter 7th in chips iirc (on phone!)

thank you

here are the official counts

Day 3 of the $1,500 HORSE resumes at 1pm Friday with 31 players remaining

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LLwK05oHi8a_39zRXNsZKvDsDN7Ah6QfmnOU3Ta1FwQ/edit#gid=0

good luck once again to stuart.

At the end of Day 2 shaun deeb sits 6/23 in the $5k NLHE 8-handed event, looking for his 2nd bracelet of the series

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14225%5CEv25-EoD2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

Win a WSOP Event and get a FREE HAT.

the PR....

Black Clover Branding, Bracelet Winner Gifting & Main Event Bubble Boy Seat All Part of Deal

LAS VEGAS (June 11, 2015) – The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced today a multi-year agreement with Black Clover Enterprises, LLC, the cutting-edge lifestyle apparel company with a vision to live life to the fullest, to become an official sponsor of the WSOP.

Famous for their Black Clover design, their range of apparel includes hats, hoodies, t-shirts, beanies and belts, plus assorted accessories that will now offer tie-ins to poker and the WSOP brand for the very first time.

“We are excited to begin a relationship with the poker community at large through the game’s biggest brand, the WSOP,” said Black Clover President Matt Lichtie.”  “Black Clover has always encouraged all to Live Lucky and we want the poker players who are looking for quality gear and a little luck to join us in our way of living, being comfortable and feeling good at the tables.”

As part of the sponsorship, the Black Clover brand will be visible at the WSOP at the Rio-All-Suite Hotel & Casino and on camera-visible assets, plus product will end up in the hands of players through the following specific ties:

•         Gifting to all bracelet winners – Each new champion crowned will receive a limited-edition Black Clover Champions Hat to commemorate their achievement

•         All In the Money Finishers in the Main Event – Each of the 1,000 players expected to cash in the 2015 WSOP Main Event will receive a commemorative hat to memorialize their achievement, dubbed the “In the Money” cap.

•         Main Event Seat Giveaway – The unlucky 1,001 place finisher in the Main Event won’t go away empty-handed.  Instead Black Clover will award that finisher with a $10,000 buy-in to the 2016 WSOP Main Event, as the official “Bubble Boy” of the 2015 event.

•         Lucky Seat Promotions – Special promotions during WSOP rewarding “lucky seat” players with an assortment of signature merchandise.

•         WSOP.com Nevada Freerolls – Those that play online poker in Nevada will also see Black Clover integration, with specially-designated freeroll tournaments sprinkled throughout the playing calendar awarding merchandise.
 
“It’s great to have Black Clover part of the WSOP family,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart.  “They are a high quality brand with a great product offering and will offer our players and game some great opportunities to Live Lucky.”

The Day 17 WSOP Schedule

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All staking threads to now explicitly detail what happens to the hat as part of the stake.

If the bubble is getting $10k, he isn't the bubble boy is he?

It just moves to position 1002 instead.

Always think these bubble prizes are eminently inane.

Absolutely.

Incred piece of sponsorship.

Win a WSOP Bracelet & get a free hat. Awesome.

And a life changing sum of money, from which I assume you're now contractually precluded from buying any non-WSOP approved headwear.

"I'm sorry, sir, but that Stetson has not been made by the official miliner of the WSOP."

Event #24: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Robert Campbell Leads Arash Ghaneian and David Levi Into Day 4

"After ten full levels of play, three competitors remain in the hunt for that prestigious prize. Leading the way is Robert Campbell with 2.67 million in chips.

Campbell has a slight lead over his nearest competitor, Arash Ghaneian, who has 2.2 million in chips. Bringing up the rear of the field is well known local professional player David Levi, who will return with 885,000 chips. "

Stuart Rutter finished 11th

Event #25: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

final table

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14225

Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

16 of 1293 left

sebastian saffari finished 34th, the top brit

Event #27: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

final table

Hastings, Cements, Pescatori and Kelly among them

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14227

Event #28A: MONSTER STACK $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

825 of 3027 remain

there are two Brits listed in the top 100, Chun Law and Ben Rolle

Well done "the Doc" Cashed for $32k, plays in Didsbury and occasionally at DTD

Arash Ghaneian Wins Event #24 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14224

Jeff Tomlinson Defeats Pierre Milan to Win Event #25 ($567,724) $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14225

Aaron Wallace Wins Event #26: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($226,985)

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14226

Brian Hastings Wins Event #27 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship

Brian Hastings Wins His Second WSOP Gold Bracelet

High-Stakes Cash Game Pro Triumphs in Seven-Card Stud Championship, Pockets $239,518

Scott Clements Denied a Third Gold Bracelet, Finishes as Runner Up

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14227

Event #28 MONSTER STACK $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

7192 entries

"More than 4,000 players flocked to the Rio Saturday for Day 1B of the $1,500 Monster Stack event, bringing the unofficial total of entrants to 7,192 for the event featuring a 300 big blind starting stack. "

end of day chip counts to follow

john black is shown 12th overnight with over 150,000

michael "style" kane shown 104th

Event #29: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship

42 of 77 left

stuart rutter currently shown 8th

adam owen 10th

matthew ashton 33rd

Jeff Tomlinson Wins Event #25 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

" FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH PULLS OF A WSOP SHOCKER

JEFF TOMLINSON STUNS POKER WORLD BY CRACKING STACKED FINAL TABLE IN ONE OF TOUGHEST EVENTS IN WSOP SCHEDULE

Tomlinson’s Victory Worth $567,724 and a First Gold Bracelet

Pierre Milan Puts Up Tough Heads-Up Fight and Nearly Wins a Second WSOP Title, But Finishes Second Instead "

Event #28: MONSTER STACK $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Skrbic Leads Final 272 into Day 3

$1.2m for first

UK players left in (not a definitive list yet)

Andrew Teng 46th

David Polop 64th

Chun Law 88th

James Rann 94th

Neil Sllick 106th

Simon Deadman 111th

Jonathan McCann 139th

Darshan Sami 241st

Ben Rolle 243rd





 

Event #29: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship

6 remaining

Adam Owen of the UK finished 7th

those six are a high powered six

nick schulman

dansmithholla

seidel

galfond

pearljammer

elezra

Event #30: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

279 of 2150 remain

mccorkell, moorman and vamplew are shown in the top 20

from the updates

"Manley, Meet Moorman
 

Chris Moorman opens from middle position and his only caller is Kevin Manley on the button.

The dealer fans the and Moorman leads out for 2,400, a wager which Manley calls rather quickly. The arrives on the turn and Moorman fires a second barrel, this time for 5,500, and Manley calls again to see the complete the board on the river.

Moorman takes his time and cuts out a bet of 11,000, and Manley thinks it over for a while before calling the pro down.

When he does, Moorman tables for a turned Broadway straight, and Manley looks over to see the bad news before mucking his hand.

"Bad time to have ace-king," he laments. "Bad time. I thought he had nothing... not nothing, but a little less than ace-king."

Chris Moorman - 62,000
Kevin Manley - 18,900"

Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

473 entries for this so far

stephen chidwick is the only Brit listed in the chip counts

close of play

Event #30 - $1K NLHE. 235 players remain. $353K for first.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14230%5CEv30-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

Jeff Madsen is the end of Day 1 chip leader in the $3k PLO8 event. Day 2 begins tomorrow at 2 p.m.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14231%5CEv31-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

londoner joel ettedgi in 34th, stuart rutter 95th, richard ashby 130th

The Day 20 WSOP Schedule

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Final 6 in $10k 2-7 NL in seat order:

1: Seidel 265k

2: Galfond 255k

3: N. Schulman 554k

4: J. Turner/pearljammer 439k

5: D. Smith/dansmithholla 661k

6: Elezra 160k


your money would be on?.....

Nick S going for the hatrick.

Gotta be Nick S, but who knows what Dan Smith has been doing in Sauce's lab.

I'll bet Dan Smith vs Nick S at even money if anyone wants some action?

my $100 to your $115 and you're on?

Nick schulman again

Any of those in 2-7. I'll go with PearlJammer.

Event #28: MONSTER STACK $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 3 in the Books, Hoyt Corkins Leads the Way

29 of 7192 left

jono mccann from cumbria is shown 3rd

james "runitsrann" rann is shown 27th overnight

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14228

good luck to both tomorrow

Event #29: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship

Phil Galfond Wiins Event #29 - $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHnm8lZWcAAQQu7.jpg)

Maryland pro shines brightest in field full of stars, dons second bracelet and pockets $224,383

Nick Schulman falls short of third 2-7 championship, finishes runner up for $138,665

MEET THE LATEST WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER:

Name: Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond
Age: 30
Residence: North Potomac, Md.
Occupation: Professional poker player
Marital status: Married
Number of WSOP Cashes: 15
Number of WSOP final table appearances: 6
Number of WSOP gold bracelet victories: 2
Best previous WSOP finish: 1st ($5,000 pot-limit Omaha with re-buys, 2008)
Total WSOP earnings: $2,156,473

Event #30: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

21 of 2150 left overnight

chris moorman is 3/20 going into day 3

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14230

Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

21 of 480 left

ireland's john o'shea currently 3rd

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14231

here we go again

Simon Deadman Leads $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Max Into Day 2

190 left

chip counts at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14232

Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball

162 of 388 left led by vanessa selbst anf greg raymer

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

 

So much for not going to Vegas this year.  If John takes down this millionaire maker the plans might have to change! 

Be great to see Jonathan win the big one, excellent player and a good bloke.

Jottings from the WSOP in Las Vegas

https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby/poker-news/jottings-from-the-wsop-in-las-vegas

tikay's blog

(Paul Haycock, won $45,000 overnight as well chopping another event)

2004 Main Event Champion, Greg Raymer bagged as the chip leader in the $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw event.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14233%5CEv33-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

Mike Gracz holds the chip lead with 17 players remaining in the $3K PLO8 event. $301K + bracelet for first place

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14231%5CEv31-EoD2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

21 players remain in Event #30 - $1K NLHE,

including

@Moorman1,

@JasonKoon,

@elkypoker and

@MagicAntonio

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14230%5CEv30-EoD2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

Monster Stack Day 4 Ends With Fernando Konishi Leading Final Nine

final table line up at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14228

jonathan mccann finished 27th, andrew teng 35th

Event #30: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

is currently heads up

Moorman finished 10th

mad turk finished 26th

Jeff Madsen for Wins Event #31: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better ($301,413)

result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14231
 

Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

20 of 550 left

martins adeniya has just gone out 21st

john gale was 33rd

ben rolle 36th


Simon Deadman is currently shown 3/20 http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14232

Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball

16 of 388 left

Benny Glaser, listed from Southampton, currently 2/16

Event #34: $1,500 Split Format Hold'em

159 of 873 left

counts show elior sion, david l'honore and toby lewis in the top 30

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

Event #35: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

376 entrants

familiar names in the last 89 for the uk: stephen chidwick, adam owen and richard ashby

What time does the FT stream for the monster stack go 'live' please? (uk time)

Also, for anyone in the know, is Sam Trickett in Vegas this year? (not seen his name yet in any of the reports and we are half way through the series)

Cheers in advance

7pm for the monster stack stream according to @WSOP

Thank you.

day 22 wsop schedule

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Sam Trickett I'd definitely in Vegas.  Guess just running bad.

Ok, thanks for letting me know.

Phil Ivey, John Juanda, and Chris Moneymaker headline those absent from the 2015 World Series of Poker. http://ow.ly/OqvWb

On Twitter he has said he is playing cash games - @samtrickett1

I understand he and Everest have parted company, too.

Rail assembling for Simon in the Amazon if you're coming down

Am still in the PLO, but if things go wrong, yes, I will toddle along.

You got chips sir ?

 PERRY SHIAO WINS A MONSTER-SIZED VICTORY

Florida Poker Dealer Turns the Tables and Earns a Life-Changing Victory

First Ever WSOP Cash Nets Perry Shiao $1,286,942 and a Gold Bracelet

Four of the Nine Final Table Players Enjoy Their First WSOP In-the-Money Finish – Including the Winner!

A WSOP First: A Final Table Marriage Proposal (She Said “Yes’)


MEET THE LATEST WSOP GOLD BRACELET CHAMPION

Name: Perry Shiao
Birthplace: New York, NY (USA)
Age: 26
Current Residence: Pembroke Pines, FL (USA)
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Profession: Poker Dealer
Number of WSOP Cashes: 1
Number of WSOP Final Table Appearances: 1
Number of WSOP Gold Bracelet Victories: 1
Best Previous WSOP Finish: None
Total WSOP Earnings: $1,286,942
Personal Facts: Shiao speaks three languages – Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English


[Note: All statistics above include the results of this tournament]

Perry Shiao celebrated a monster-sized victory on Wednesday night at the Rio in Las Vegas. He won the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament (Event #28), otherwise known as the “Monster Stack.”

The deep-stacked competition attracted yet another full house, packing the tournament arena with 7,192 entrants.

Event #34: $1,500 Split Format Hold'em

Play Concludes For the Night; Jonas Christensen Leads the Final 32

in the final 32

toby lewis (in 2nd)
david vamplew
innes young

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14234

Event #35: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

35 of 376 left

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

Event #36: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

140 of 978 left

matt perry
andrew purser
martins adeniya

still in for the uk

Event #37: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship

144 of 259 remain

Max Silver is listed 2nd in chips
Jake Cody 14th
Chris Moorman 95th

benny glaser from southampton won Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball

(http://pnimg.net/w/articles/1/558/285289e899.jpg)

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/06/benny-glaser-denies-brock-parker-fouth-bracelet-21947.htm

anyone know him?

(well done, a second british bracelet of the series)

2015 WORLD SERIES OF POKER REACHES HALFWAY MARK ON RECORD PACE
34 of 68 Events Complete, Entries up 48%, Average Entries per Event up 38%
Still Plenty of Poker Left with Exciting and New Events on Tap through July 14, 2015

LAS VEGAS (June 17, 2015) – The 2015 version of the World Series of Poker currently ongoing at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is on record-setting pace, following what was a record-breaking year in 2014.

With 34 official WSOP gold bracelet events complete (and 34 more to go), the 46th Annual WSOP is pacing to become the largest in terms of participation in the series’ storied 46-year history. Already this WSOP has seen three of the seven largest live poker tournaments in history (Event #5, Event #16 and Event #28) which had 22,374 (#1 all-time), 7,275 (#6 all-time) and 7,192 (#7 all-time) entries respectively.

To date, 59,395 entries have been tallied – up 48% vs. the first 34 events in 2014 (40,216 entries). In 2014, for the entire duration of the WSOP, an average of 1,267 players participated in any given WSOP event and the entire series garnered a record 82,360 entries.

Thus far in 2015, the average entries per event are up 38%, to 1,747.

Players from 98 countries have already participated in events this WSOP, well on pace to top last year’s 110 country mark.

In terms of prize money awarded, the 34 official WSOP gold bracelet events have awarded $70,095,110, up 10% from 2014 at the same point. ($63,726,545). Each event is averaging a $2,061,620 prize pool, up $187,310 over 2014.

Between official WSOP gold bracelet, Daily Deepstack, single and mega satellites, a total of 116,977 entries have been recorded at the 2015 WSOP. (Note these numbers do not include participation in cash games, which we don’t track).

“This year more than ever, all poker enthusiasts are welcome here,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. “We hope the World Series of Poker is on the radar of any poker player, regardless of bankroll and experience. The city of Las Vegas has been abuzz since the WSOP opening weekend. It’s great to see poker being played throughout the city, and here at the Rio the players have responded to our new and varied spread of offerings in record numbers this year. We truly believe the back half of our schedule is just as exciting and with the WSOP Main Event just a couple weeks away starting July 5, we’re optimistic the new ‘pay 1,000’ places plan will help drive that event to new heights too.”

Speaking of records, in 2015, the WSOP has already achieved the following firsts in poker history:
 Largest live poker tournament ever held: 2015 WSOP Event #5: 22,374 entries
 Most unique players in any poker tournament: 2015 WSOP Event #5: 14,284 persons
 Most players to ever cash in one poker event: 2015 WSOP Event #5: 2,241 places paid
 Number of countries represented in one event: 2015 WSOP Event #5: 98 countries
 Largest Prize Pool for any event under $5,000: 2015 WSOP Event #5: $11,187,000
 Largest 1st Place Prize for a $1,000 or under buy-in: 2015 WSOP Event #5: $638,880
 Best single day attendance at WSOP: 2015 WSOP Event #5: 12,172 entries (Sat. May 30)
 Largest live re-entry event ever held: 2015 WSOP Event #5: 22,374 entries
 Largest live non-hold’em poker tournament: 2015 WSOP Event #26: 1,293 entries (Pot-Limit Omaha)
The records at the 2015 WSOP aren’t just confined to the official WSOP gold bracelet events either. The popular Daily Deepstack tournaments are pacing well ahead of last year as well.
 3pm Daily Deepstack ($235 buy-in) – Set record high with 2,149 entries on June 1 – besting last year’s high by 23%. (1,747 entries)
 3pm Daily Deepstack – Averaging a record 1,249 entries per day, up 24% from last year’s average (1,005 entries)
 3pm Daily Deepstack -- The winner of the June 1 won $62,256 – a whopping 265 times their initial investment…all within a day’s time.
 6pm Daily Deepstack ($185) – Set record high with 1,388 entries on May 31 – besting last year’s high by 245% (566 entries)
 6pm Daily Deepstack ($185) – Averaging a record 434 entries per day, up 49% from last year’s average (290 entries)
 10pm Daily Deepstack ($135) – Set record high with 484 entries on June 1 – besting last year’s high by 73% (279 entries)
 10pm Daily Deepstack ($135) – Averaging a record 195 entries per day, up 71% from last year’s average (114 entries)

In addition to the fantastic tournament action, cash game activity has been plentiful as well, with as many as 85 cash game tables running simultaneously. WSOP Live-Action (@WSOPLiveAction) is spreading a wide variety of games at stakes from $1-$3 NL and $1-$2 PLO, all the way up to $10-$25 NL and $25-$50 PLO. A new table-top tool has been added to Open Face Chinese Poker to give added protection and rule information to players in that game. Players have also enjoyed some new action-friendly rule changes this summer such as: no posting for new players sitting down and the reinstatement of “No Flop No Drop”. With the upcoming schedule, we expect to reach our 91 table capacity.

The 2015 WSOP official has four weeks remaining, and among the highlights left on the schedule are as follows:
 Friday, June 19 - Event #40 - $1,000 buy-in Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship (age 50+)
 Saturday, June 20 – Event #42 - $1,500 buy-in Extended Play No-Limit Hold’em (90-minute levels, 50% longer than usual) (Expected to play similar to Monster Stack structure) – New Event
 Sunday, June 21 – Event #43 - $1,000 buy-in Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship (age 65+) – New Event
 Sunday June 21 – Event #44 - $50,000 buy-in Poker Players’ Championship (10-game variants to determine poker’s all-around top player)
 Thursday, June 25 – Event #52 - $1,500 buy-in Dealers Choice (players choose game from 18 variants, games rotates once a complete orbit of table has occurred)
 Friday, June 26 – Event #53 - $10,000 buy-in Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship (Ladies receive 90% discount on buy-in price)
 Saturday, June 27 – Event #55 - $1,500 buy-in DraftKings 50/50 No-Limit Hold’em (50% of entrants receive money from the prize pool) – New Event
 Sunday, June 28 – Event #58 - $111,111 buy-in High Roller for ONE DROP Charity No-Limit Hold’em (5% of entry pool donated to ONE DROP organization)
 Monday, June 29 – Event #60 - $25,000 buy-in High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed (4-day event) – New Event
 Tuesday, June 30 – Event #61A/B - $1000 buy-in Little One for ONE DROP ($111 add-on to double starting chip stack) – All $111 would go to ONE DROP as charitable donation
 Wednesday, July 1 – Event #62 - $1,500 buy-in Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (every player is a bounty worth $500) – New Event
 Thursday, July 2 – Event #64 - $1,000 buy-in WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold’em (1st ever online WSOP gold bracelet event, via WSOP.com Nevada software) – New Event
 Friday, July 3 – Event #66 - $777 buy-in Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’em (new price point, last No-Limit Hold’em event before Main Event) – New Event
 Sun. July 5/Mon. July 6/Tues. July 7 – Event #68 - $10,000 buy-in Main Event World Championship (3 starting flights) – Expected to pay 1,000 places

$10k 6-Max Day 2 seat assignments:

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14237/Ev37-EoD1-Counts-by-Seat.pdf

and by chips: http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14237/Ev37-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

good luck to max and jake, 2nd and 4th going into today's play

black clover lucky wsop hand of the day

yes, that is what is it called

wonder if he got a hat?

in the monster stack

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydgsYi_bTpo

for Brits in vegas who might read this

"Simon Trumper

My WSOP campaign starts tomorrow, every day I will be wearing a t shirt with the picture we displayed at DTD during Dave's funeral, it was his wish to be nominated for the Hall of Fame, we all know he deserves to be in it .. I have brought extra shirts with me and Skalie is bringing another 30 in time for the ME... any Brit who wants to wear one come and see me at the WSOP ...we are on a mission to get Devilfish where he belongs ... Cheers ACES "

Event #34: $1,500 Split Format Hold'em

Christensen Leads Final 8 Into Final Table

The final table will line up as follows:
Seat 1 - Ivan Radiv (829,000)
Seat 2 - Isaac Kawa (721,000)
Seat 3 - Gavin O'Rourke (785,000)
Seat 4 - Andre Boyer (851,000)
Seat 5 - Chris Bolek (849,000)
Seat 6 - Jonas Christensen (929,000)
Seat 7 - Erwann Pecheux (831,000)
Seat 8 - Andrew Gaw (756,000)

toby lewis exited in the last 16

david vamplew and innes young exited in the last 32 round

Event #35: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

down to the final 6 led by daniel idema

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14235

Event #36: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

19 left currently

including Kev "gamblingpays" Allen in 10th of those 19

Event #37: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship

down to the final 3 tables

Table 353

Seat 1: Sam Greenwood
Seat 2: Paul Volpe
Seat 3: Timothy Cramer
Seat 4: Kory Kilpatrick
Seat 5: Sam Stein
Seat 6: Doug Polk

Table 359

Seat 1: Fedor Holz
Seat 2: David Stumpf
Seat 3: Govert Metaal
Seat 4: Thomas Muehloecker
Seat 5: Fernando Brito
Seat 6: Byron Kaverman

Table 360

Seat 1: Kenneth Fishman
Seat 2: Chris Klodnicki
Seat 3: Kevin Song
Seat 4: Sean Winter
Seat 5: Olivier Busquet
Seat 6: Mark Radoja

max silver cashed in 26th

Event #38: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

324 of 989 through day 1

4 brits in the unofficial top 50

chris moorman
jack salter
robert tinnion
stephen chidwick

Event #39: $1,500 Ten-Game Mix

46 of 380 left

adam owen, once again, showing as the highest Brit in a mixed game tournament in 22nd on the chip counts

updated for close of play

DougPolk leads the way heading into the final day of play in the $10K Six Max event.

12 left http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14237%5CEv37-EoD2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

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There are 19 players remaining at the end of Day 2 in the $1,500 PLO event. Day 3 resumes tomorrow 1 p.m.

good luck to kev allen

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14236%5CEv36-EoD2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

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2012 Main Event runner-up, Jesse Slyvia, bagged in the top 5 in the $3K NLHE event. 297 remain with $546K up top.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14238%5CEv38-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

for the UK Sam Razavi, Jonathan McCann, John Gale, Asa Smith, Luke Marsh, Francis Foord-Brown, Chris Moorman, Jack Salter, Hward Smith, Seb Saffari, Patrick Leonard, James Dempsey and Ben Dobson all through

MattGlantz on how the WSOP has lost its lustre - and how to restore the shine http://bluffm.ag/1RdOJnB

Byron Kaverman Wins Event #37 - $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship

 EVENT #37: $10,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship
ENTRIES: 259
PRIZE POOL: $2,434,600
FIRST PLACE PRIZE: $657,351
PLACES PAID: 30


Byron Kaverman Finally Comes Up Big at the World Series of Poker

Tournament Pro with $4.2 in Live Winnings Adds $657,351 to His Poker Bankroll

Kaverman Tops Short-Handed Specialist Doug Polk in Heads-Up Duel, Tops One of WSOP’s Toughest Events

MEET THE LATEST WSOP GOLD BRACELET CHAMPION

Name: Byron Kaverman
Birthplace: Columbus, OH (USA)
Age: 29
Current Residence: Byron Kaverman
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Profession: Professional Poker Player (Online/Live Action/Tournaments)
Number of WSOP Cashes: 20
Number of WSOP Final Table Appearances: 2
Number of WSOP Gold Bracelet Victories: 1
Best Previous WSOP Finish: 9th (2015)
Total WSOP Earnings: $1,158,524
Personal Facts: Byron Kaverman now has in excess of $1.1 million in career WSOP earnings

Event #38: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

48 of 989 remain

in that 48, jonathan mccann is listed 2nd

also in moorman, razavi, john gale

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14238

Event #39: $1,500 Ten-Game Mix

13 of 380 remain

brian hastings leads, again!

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14239

Event #40: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship

610 of 4194 remain

david lloyd is in the top 20

which david lloyd?..shown from luton so thats a clue

Event #41: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

80 of 111 remain

stuart rutter, once more, shown in the top 20

I just wandered through the room, 450 left, & I'm pretty sure I saw Linda Zythhkufghmjj (the APAT Lady) still going along nicely.

He's not in Vegas, and I'm not even sure he's old enough.

Event #38: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

989 entries

good luck Sam razavi

now 3/5

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14238

$546,000 up top guaranteed $113,000

chris moorman finished 32nd

jonathan mccann finished 41st

Event #39: $1,500 Ten-Game Mix

Brian Hastings currently heads up for another bracelet with a big chip lead

Event #40: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship

65 left after 2 days

british cashes

linda iwaniak 77th

derek miller 91st

brian leddy 97th

john gudger 204th

Event #41: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

15 left

stephen chidwick is 2/15 and looking to convert one of the many deep runs this summer

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14241

Event #42: $1,500 Extended Play No-Limit Hold'em

1914 weekend entries for this

Barny Boatman shown 2nd in the chip counts

brian hastings becomes the 1st multi-bracelet winner of the 2015 WSOP w/ his victory in the $1,500 10-game mix

Stephen Chidwick is the chip leader in the $10K Stud 8 Championship. Negraneau sits fifth with 11 players left overnight

day 26

chidwick and razavi go for bracelets for the uk amongst this schedule

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIB5dTvWUAACNc3.jpg)

Event #40: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Travis Baker Leads Final 9 in Seniors Championship
 
chip counts at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14240

Event #41: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

Max Pescatori has just beaten Stephen Chidwick and Daniel Negraneau to the bracelet

result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14241

Event #42: $1,500 Extended Play No-Limit Hold'em

135 of 1914 left

with two levels to play today the chip counts still show patrick Leonard and Martins Adeniya in the top 20

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14242

Eleanor Gudger and Barny Boatman also mentioned

more news at the close of play

Event #43: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em

253 of 1533 still in the over 65's

can't spot any Brits, will check at close of play

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14243

Event #44: THE POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

77 entries in this $50,000 event

Matthew Ashton appears to the be British entry

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14244

Yevgeny Timoshenko bags as the chip leader w/ MagicAntonio closely behind in the Extended Play event.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14242%5CEv42-EoD2-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

Patrick Leonard 4th

Martins Adeniya 31st

Howard Smith 60th

Barny Boatman 79th

of the 114 who have made day 3

scott seiver bags as the end of Day 1 chip leader in the $50K Poker Players Championship

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14244%5CEv44-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

matthew ashton 9th

elior sion 58th

talal shakerchi 72nd

of the 73 through for the uk

day 27 schedule

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIGsHbdWUAAtJ9A.jpg)

Adam Owen (Adamyid on stars) also played.  Big step up from NLO8 hypers.  Oh to be young and have "gamble"

Only a total of 84 entries to the WSOP $50k PPC this year, almost 20% down compared to 2014, which was already down 30% compared to 2013.

47 remaining after 2 days

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?rr=5&grid=1136&tid=14244&dayof=142442

Matthew Ashton is 3rd of the survivors

The Super Seniors are chugging along with 25 left following Day 2. Wayne Knyal leads as Day 3 resumes at 11am PT:

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?rr=5&grid=1136&tid=14243&dayof=142433

Event #42: $1,500 Extended Play No-Limit Hold'em

28 of 1914 remain

Barny Boatman is shown 3rd in the chip counts

Patrick Leonard shown 12th

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp

Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

315 of 1655 remain

news at the close of Birts and leaders

Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

276 of 660 remain

again news of Brits and leaders at close of play

end of play

the final 26 in the Extended Play

Barny Boatman the chip leader

Patrick Leonard in 9th

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14242%5CEv42-EoD3-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

260 remain from 1,655 starting in today's $1,500 no-limit hold'em event. Play resumes Tues at 1pm PT. CHIP COUNTS

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14245%5CEv45-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

uk

richard milne 12th

james dempsey 39th

ben heath 72nd

michael frost 82nd

roberto romanello 104th

craig mccorkell 125th

seb saffari 134th

innes young 141st

liam hooks 176th

niall farrelll 210th

harry lodge 232nd

tom middleton 240th

Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

END OF DAY REPORT FOR DAY: 1

Entries: 682     Remaining Players (at EOD): 154     Places Paid: 78

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14246%5CEv46-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

uk

paul jackson 17th

martins adeniya 48th

ben phillips 58th

jack loraine 62nd

william chataway 67th

david colin 68th

peter charalambous 73rd

At the end of Day 3, 19 players remain in the $50K PPC,

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14244%5CEv44-EoD3-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

Matthew Ashton lies 2nd

ere are the latest standings in the GlobalPokerIndx WSOP Player of the Year race: http://www.globalpokerindex.com/wsop/

Get on the live stream for the Extended Play event. Barney about to play a massive hand.

Event #43: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CINYOGVVEAEmEXH.jpg)

Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

27 of 1655 left

Craig McCorkell is 17/27 currently...

Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

32 of 682 left

david colin finished 36th

paul jackson finished 66th

peter charalambous finished 72nd

Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

351 of 1244 remain

chip counts are showing simon deadman and jake cody in the top 20

more news at close of play

Event #48: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

327 entries

128 left, more news at the end of day chip counts

We're expecting about 80 to return tomorrow. Chufty just bust and I dont recognise any other brits in the field. Its pretty stacked though - Negreanu, Greenstein, Todd Brunson, Cunningham, Seed etc all still in.

Is Matthew Ashton actually human?

Event #44: THE POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

6 of 84 left in this $50k

ODB Baker, Grdodinisky, Bellande, Sulsky, dan kelly and klodnicki

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14244

matthew ashton cashed in 12th

Dara O'Kearney of Ireland is currently heads up in Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

craig mccorkell cashed 27th

richard milne cashed 40th

greg hawes cashed 81st

jan collado 107th

niall farrell 113th

liam hooks 121st

harry lodge 145th

james dempsey 148th

michael frost 155th

seb saffari 166th

all the uk cashers

Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

4 of 682 left

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14246

Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

41 of 1244 left

simon deadman currently shown 5/41 on his way to an eventual second

ben vinson 15/41

stuart rutter 16/41

tom hall 27/41

ben dobson 28/41

rhys jones 30/41


fraser bellamy finished 46th

michael kane 49th. not a lot of people knew that.

ben warrington 53rd

ben heath 60th

nick hicks 80th

darren judges 86th

tom macdonald 107th

stephen chidwick 136th

 

Event #48: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

8 of 237 left

elezra leads, allen cunningham in the final

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14248

Event #49: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

162 of 815 remain

charles carrel (the big live winner so far in 2015 in the uk) is shown 7th of those 162

richard ashby 62nd

jeff duval 79th

Event #50: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship

the limit championship

90 of 117 remain

talal shakerchi shown 2/90

javed abrahams 7/90

appear to be the last two british players left in

$50k Chip Reese Players Championship is on the live stream.

Nick Schulman in the booth doing commentary.

Mike Gorodinsky Wins the Poker Players Championship winning Event #44, his second gold bracelet, the Chip Reese Trophy, and $1,270,086 in cash.

final result at http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14244

Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Dara O'Kearney finished runner up

 Upeshka De Silva Runs Over Final Table to Capture His First Career WSOP Gold Bracelet

Latest Champ Knocks Out 7 of 8 Finalists

Event #46: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

Vasili Firsau Becomes Second WSOP Gold Bracelet Winner in History from Belarus

Latest Winner Outlasts Tough Rivals, Collects $437,575 and a Gold Bracelet

Two Players from Belarus Make the Top Five – Vasili Firsau and Vadzim Markushevski

Daniel Idema Makes Final Table, Denied Second Gold Bracelet this Year, Finishes Sixth

Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

5 of 1244 left

Simon Deadman finished 10th for $31,000+

Andy Black currently 4/5 http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14247

Event #48: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

Eli Elezra, Winner of Event #48: $1,500 Seven Card Stud; Benjamin Lazer Eliminated in 2nd Place ($69,532)

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14248

Event #49: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

21 of 815 remain

including Selbst and Seidel http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14249

Event #50: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship

15 of 117 remain

led by Justin Bonomo

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14250

Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

285 of 1043 remain led by Isnmael Bojang

John Gales, Sam Razavi, Ben Heath and Rhys Jones are in the top 30 overnight

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14251

Event #52: $1,500 Dealers Choice

110 of 357 remain

matthew ashton, stuart rutter and richard ashby shown in the top 40 of the chip counts

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14252

Through 49 completed events at the 2015 WSOP, UK & Irish players have cashed 194 times, winning $4,306,471. http://ow.ly/OPH9W

I think Jeff Duval is still in, too.

An extraordinary story about Brian Hastings surfaced on Calvin Ayre, & I gather there is a 50 page thread on 2+2 about it, too.

http://calvinayre.com/2015/06/26/poker/brian-hastings-accused-of-multi-accounting-and-using-a-vpn-to-cheat-high-stakes-players/


I have no idea if any of it is true, but it's murky stuff.

I wonder how 'Stars will react?

The account in question belongs to Noel Hayes, who is well into racing, and often takes part in the Final Furlong podcast, with the Irish racing boys.

From what the other guys say in the podcasts, he's bundled in dough, but I did wonder why he had suddenly started playing $2k comps, and 400/800 8game cash.

Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Matt O’Donnell Outlasts His Rivals and Wins First WSOP Gold Bracelet,

Andy Black finished 4th in this http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14247

Event #49: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

YOUNG JI SCOOPS THE PLO HI-LOW BRACELET, POCKETS $231K

Alaska resident and business owner earns first gold bracelet following $1,500 PLO hi-low victory.

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14249

Event #50: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship

Ben Yu, Winner of Event #50 ($291,456)

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14250

Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

35 of 1043 remain

3 brits in the latter stages of this

stephen chidwick and ben vinson in the top 10

ben heath shown 12th

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14251

Event #52: $1,500 Dealers Choice

11 of 357 remain led by Robert Mizrachi

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14252

Event #53: $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship

121 of 795 remain

Shola Akindele currently shown 30th

no other british entries

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14253

Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

174 of 387 remain

Simon Trumper, British unknown poker player, currently shwn 2nd in the chip counts.....

Patrick "he folded Qeens i don't believe it how can he fold queens in that spot, can you believe it?" Leonard shown 23rd

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14254

Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed

was taken into a fourth day when play concluded with seamus cahill of dublin and justin libetrto heads up

ben heath finished 6th for the UK and $77,000

stephen chidwick finished 13th

ben vinson finished 24th

Event #52: $1,500 Dealers Choice

Carol Fuchs Wins The $1,500 Dealers Choice Event

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14252

Event #53: $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship

10 of 795 left

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14253

Liya Gerasimova  the current chip leader

Event #55: $1,500 Draftkings 50/50 No-Limit Hold'em

211 of 1123 left after day 1

Ex Roman senator Marcus Aurelius Leads the Way After Day One

where are the brits in this?

only three shown through seb saffari, tim davie and barkatul mohammed

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14255

Event #56: $5,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em

60 of 454 left

chris moorman shown 27th

stephen chidwick shown 31st

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=1136&tid=14256

playing 19 levels today and players exitintg thick and fast

Dara O'Kearney ‏@daraokearney

Incredible WSOP for Irish. Golden mid 00s generation has come of age. Gl to Seamus tomorrow, 7th Irish FT, 3rd hu, hopefully first bracelet

day 33 schedule

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CImAYrxWIAEmoG0.jpg)

over/unders on uk players in the one drop high roller?

8-10?

Longest $5k NL Turbo in history (19 levels and nowhere near the final...) resumes at 2pm w/ 54 players ITM

http://bit.ly/WSOP5kTurboDay2

chidwick and abrahams going for the UK

Might be over ten if chidwick busts the turbo quick and trickett leaves the cash games

Alexander Petersen Wins The $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship

he Beat Jason Mercier heads up

Simon Trumper finished 4th for $267,778

Patrick Leonard finished 14th for $41,980

Event #55: $1,500 Draftkings 50/50 No-Limit Hold'em

28 of 1123 left

no brits remain

sebastian saffari finished 41st

tim davie 69th

Kevin MacPhee won Event #56: $5,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em

stephen chidwick finshed 36th

javed abrahams finished 37th

Event #57: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

281 of 2342 remain

no updates or chip counts it seems, will pop a link to the end of day chip counts up later

Event #58: $111,111 High Roller for ONE DROP

135 entries

49 remain

uk players remaining

Shakerchi
Deadman
Silver
Carrel
Cody
Chidwick

uk players out

salter
sion
trickett

9 played

Simon Deadman ‏@SIMONDEADMAN

Made day 2 with 800k. Back to 15/30k. Was such a struggle but got rewarded in the end. 47 left. Big day tomorow. #OneDrop

Very surprised not to see Paul newey playing in this especially as he is in Vegas

That's why. Same for 500k, can't justify it he says

Needs to move back to UK  :) can't fault him if that's the case

Day 1 of the High Roller One Drop finishes with 46 players left.

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/14258%5CEv56-EoD1-Counts-by-Chips.pdf

quite line up

Colman, Mizzi and Lichtenberger are the top 3

Deadman 25th

tom mcdonald 33rd

Shakerchi 36th

silver 40th

carrel 43rd

mccorkell 46th

What's 30% of $0?