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1. Matt Affleck 1,819,000

2. Ludovic Lacay 1,608,000

3. Tom Lutz 1,600,000

4. James Akenhead 1,572,000

5. Charlie Elias 1,540,000

6. Miika Puumalainen 1,492,000

7. Jordan Morgan 1,489,000

8. Bernhard Perner 1,426,000

9. Blair Hinkle 1,399,000

10. Benjamin Jensen 1,394,000

11. Billy Kopp 1,385,000

12. Eracles Panayiotou 1,299,000

13. Chuck Clark 1,295,000

14. Abraham Mourshaki 1,294,000

15. Phil Ivey 1,276,000

16. Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier 1,250,000

17. Kevin Schaffel 1,206,000

18. Keith Lehr 1,190,000

19. Ben Lamb 1,183,000

Paul Wasicka
Last two hours of the day. I’m going to focus and play the best level I can

Phil Ivey
At 300K, above average but still…. #wsop57 – Team Ivey

Eugene Todd
Mr Z knows how to live. 1400 bottle of wine before we leave.

Justin Bonomo
370k. Guess I’m lucky to still have that much after losing with 2 full houses. Just gotta make sure I finish the day on my A game.

Kristy Gazes
Level 12-77k….it’s time to start shipping it in with my 72′s…

Here are the tabe stats:

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:33:23
Day 5 Seating Assigments and Chip Counts
Cards in the air at 12:00.

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(Table Blue 2)
Jamie Shaevel – 336000
Bob Lauria – 210000
Ilosvay Zsolt – 533000
Carter Swidler – 654000
Prahlad Friedman – 484000
Andrew Lichtenberger – 487000
Vitaly Lunkin – 268000
Jimmy Tran – 220000
Jeff Cuccurullo – 296000

(Table Blue 4)
Pat O’Malley – 767000
Brian Hansen – 83000
Joseph Cada – 878000
Joe Monro – 198000
Rellie Sigua – 189000
Dennis Phillips – 414000
Saar Wilf – 341000
Benjamin Kang – 254000
Marla Sanchez – 151000

(Table Blue 6)
Joseph Ward – 1129000
Felix Osterland – 161000
Jose Manuel Gomez Rebenaque – 937000
Seth Thomsen – 207000
Andrew Li – 371000
Mihail Stoykov – 352000
Mikael Ay – 711000
Tommy Vedes – 610000
George Saca – 142000

(Table Blue
Daniel Neilson – 721000
Royal Wiseman – 291000
Vinny Curry – 210000
O’Donnell Kevin – 912000
Scott Bausmstein – 404000
Salvatore Bonavena – 229000
CK Hua – 137000
Daryl Jace – 793000
Lou Diamond Phillips – 607000

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(Table Blue 10)
Darvin Moon – 764000
Mauro Corsetti – 198000
Sven Mol – 305000
Jeff Papela – 507000
Matt Molina – 329000
Hung Phan – 689000
Bobby Law – 246000
Tyson Marks – 777000
Minh Nhat Nguyen – 200000

(Table Blue 12)
Jordan Rich – 762000
Chris Bjorin – 546000
Nasr El Nasr – 686000
Adam Sanders – 436000
JC Tran – 163000
Steven Doebler – 433000
Alper Sar – 372000
Jamie Roberts – 71000
Christopher Adlesh – 455000

(Table Blue 14)
Alex Gurevich – 444000
Thuy Doan – 261000
Amir Lehavot – 472000
Hans Hein – 494000
Miika Puumalainen – 1492000
Coba Cao Huynh – 240000
Richard Harrington – 233000
Marc Etienne McLaughlin – 707000
Chad Awerbuch – 351000

(Table Blue 16)
Matt Shchwarmann – 97000
Christian Heich – 830000
Nick Niergarth – 304000
T.J. Eggers – 242000
Mike Minetti – 212000
Antoine Saout – 589000
Fergal Nealon – 299000
Steven Levy – 433000
Benjamin Bilers – 362000

(Table Blue 18)
Mark Fisher – 532000
David Patent – 142000
Adam York – 402000
Remy Biechel – 130000
Michael Reed – 446000
Kenny Tran – 415000
Jarrod Holmes – 145000
Joseph Sanders – 457000
Nick Maimone – 1104000

(Table Blue 20)
Joseph Michael – 201000
Benjamin Jensen – 1394000
Scott Sitron – 378000
Ryan Fair – 304000
Amir Esfandiary – 322000
Arjan van Bavel – 185000
Corey Hochman – 499000
Noah Boeken – 499000

(Table Blue 22)
Lapostolle Martin – 827000
Henrik Warn – 266000
Ron Amos – 279000
Vijayan Nagarajan – 364000
Igor Holiday – 142000
Loic Degrou – 379000
Joe Serock – 700000
Robert Preston Lee III – 423000

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(Table Blue 24)
Josh Chait – 146000
Gabriel Vezina – 434000
Erik van den Berg – 315000
David Hong – 155000
Don Tran – 483000
Cray Crivello – 225000
Brennan Hanson – 489000
Steve Phung – 228000
Craig Boyd – 761000

(Table Blue 26)
Francois Balmigere – 394000
Randy Propson – 598000
Jeff Shulman – 314000
Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospelier – 1253000
Rolf Slotboom – 229000
Andy Black – 374000
Tyler Patterson – 1168000
Tim Kahlmeyer – 840000
Scott Buller – 138000

(Table Blue 28)
Wayne Lewis – 598000
George Caragiorgas – 510000
David Diaz – 572000
Cary Katz – 410000
Jake Abdalla – 596000
Viet Nguyen – 345000
Brian Brubaker – 311000
Emma Grace – 194000
Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz – 239000

(Table Blue 30)
Paul Smith – 248000
Dwayne Stacey – 322000
Gjorgji Chuchuk – 86000
Meyer Rainer – 483000
Greg Thompson – 999000
Mike Shrartsman – 372000
Eracles Panayiotou – 1299000
Lasse Nielsen – 181000
James Akenhead – 1572000

(Table Blue 32)
Niklas Flisberg – 253000
Charlie Elias – 1540000
Eric Cloutier – 646000
Jeff Kimber – 97000
Brian Kennedy – 175000
Vesa Leikos – 349000
Thomas Koral – 77000
Tony McGlone – 239000
Brian Powell – 792000

(Table Blue 34)
Zhehao Zhang – 309000
Keith Burt – 237000
Alessandro Longobardi – 183000
Jose Rosenkrantz – 456000
Tom Schneider – 797000
Kevin ‘BeL0WaB0Ve’ Saul – 396000
Taher Alisheik – 745000
Josh Mancuso – 548000
Antonio ‘Bagels’ Cavezza – 824000

(Table Blue 36)
Ben Lamb – 1183000
Steve Garfinkle – 299000
Olivier Busquet – 1000000
Thadd Wolff – 409000
Michael Casella – 670000
Jason Ramirez – 385000
Anh Van Nguyen – 237000
Quentin Lae – 234000
Clayton Newman – 114000

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(Table Blue 38)
Marco Mattes – 236000
Alex Prendes – 739000
Roy Vazquez – 175000
Carl Johnson – 179000
Richard Toth – 214000
Abraham Mourshaki – 1294000
John J. Martin – 555000
Todd Lundwall – 146000
Kent Goulding – 569000

(Table Blue 40)
Vincent Mack – 363000
Fabrice Soulier – 400000
John Bunch – 142000
Aaron Coulthard – 502000
Bobby Baldwin – 219000
Kevin Jenkins – 307000
David Zeitlin – 160000
Zach Walker – 111000
Julien Brecard – 938000

(Table Blue 42)
Matt Affleck – 1819000
Allen Kennedy – 369000
David Blatte – 81000
Fabian Ortiz – 502000
Manuel Labandeira – 1087000
Kenny Hsiung – 292000
Igor Sharaskin – 538000
Ludovic Lachance – 210000
Patrick Stemper – 269000

(Table Blue 44)
Waren Zackey – 732000
Harry Kazazian – 860000
Jacob Auital – 357000
Bolivar Palacios – 439000
Paul Houston – 371000
Jeremy Wien – 504000
Bradley Craig – 204000
Nichoel Peppe – 869000
Scott Eskenazi – 683000

(Table Blue 46)
Nick Binger – 162000
Montagna Corrado – 655000
Joe Sebol – 502000
Mike Linn – 1000000
Ashley Cheung – 220000
Michael Greco – 253000
Adam Latimer – 1082000
Hieu Luu – 762000
Erik Cohen – 512000

(Table Blue 48)
Rudy Carson – 117000
Kevin McLarthy – 408000
Cole South – 257000
Blair Rodman – 798000
Sarne Lightman – 865000
David Pacheco – 67000
Jonathan Wertheim – 196000
Dominik Kvlicki – 232000
David Benyamine – 405000

(Table Green 150)
Josh Tieman – 238000
Dag Palouic – 586000
Scott Blackman – 584000
Saieva Maurizio – 412000
Jordan Smith – 502000
Wesley Ismay – 570000
Todd Hunter – 353000
Paul Baron – 202000
Keith Lehr – 1190000

(Table Green 152)
Jerry Maher – 298000
Mads Andersen – 904000
Chuck Clark – 1295000
Michael Jansen – 756000
Elad Magidov – 858000
Luis Salinas – 157000
Phil Ivey – 1276000
Bob Riley – 281000

(Table Green 153)
Jim Hartley – DNR
Leo Labbe – 113000
Steven Begleiter – 849000
Hac Dang – 906000
Raul Paez – 232000
Michael Castaldo – 432000
Steve Sanders – 949000
Charles Wood – 545000

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(Table Green 155)
Paul Johnson – 321000
Peter Eastgate – 397000
Billy McMahon – 655000
Peter DeBaene – 482000
Sean Lew – 300000
Kevin Schaffel – 1206000
Mark Ader – 863000
Grayson Ramage – 823000
Mike Lovelace – 305000

(Table Orange 61)
Nick Shulman – 746000
Jordan Morgan – 1489000
Joe Luht – 401000
Shawn Pilot – 204000
Andrew Tuttle – 130000
David Fox – 568000
Adam White – 492000
Dave Whalen – 117000

(Table Orange 63)
Gregg Turk – 208000
Dan Harrington – 659000
Soutchay Chansombath – DNR
Ken Harbaugh – 84000
Claudio Baptista – 506000
Scott Bohlman – 815000
David Russell – 254000
Tom Lutz – 1600000
Edward Teens – 333000

(Table Orange 65)
Robert Allen – 226000
Leo Margets – 464000
Jason Brice – 1069500
Herbie Gelman – 728000
Danny Smith – 140000
Mohamed Hammond – 340000
Daniel Rudd – 127000
Chris Viox – 201000
Matt Kurtz – 570000

(Table Orange 67)
Robert Lipkin – 234000
Sean Nolan – 306000
Nicky Power – 155000
Alex Jalale – 302000
Matthew Waxman – 252000
Marty Zabib – 174000
Patrick Hanoteau – 388000
Adam ‘Nestegg’ Bilzerian – 841000
Dan Bilzerian – 964000

(Table Orange 69)
Owen Crowe – 720000
Eugene Fouksman – 168000
Bruce Perry – 543000
Brian Taylor – 664000
Pedro Cavazos – 710000
Kasper Cordes – 1095000
Frank Rusnak – 278000
Ian Tavelli – 224000

(Table Orange 71)
Ed Perry – 251000
Ian Woodley – 864000
Carl Olson – 702000
William Robertie – 245000
Karl Mahrenholz – 710000
Bernhard Perner – 1426000
Mickey Mills – 727000
Sander Lylloff – 764000
Richard Washinsky – 428000

(Table Orange 73)
Jon Eaton – 320000
Osmin Dardon – 266000
Eugene Katchalov – 720000
Michael Comer – 420000
Cristian Tardea – 1015000
David Wickham – 185000
Jamie Robbins – 716000
Justin Henry – 564000
Niclas Elfstedt – 246000

(Table Orange 75)
Ray Deruyn – 445000
Jeffrey Anderson – 190000
Gabe Walls – 985000
Jose Paz – 81000
Ryan Hart – 631000
Samuel Edwards – 227000
Dieter Albrecht – 454000
Nick Brancato – 252000
Rifat Palevic – 1152000

(Table Orange 77)
Antoine Dugast – 88000
Brent Catalano – 477000
Joe Hachem – 490000
Eric Buchman – 474000
Ross Mallor – 156000
Eugene Castro – DNR
Jonathan Tamayo – 805000
Reed Hensel – 173000
Kara Scott – 399000

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(Table Orange 80)
Adam Croffut – 526000
James Calderaro – 653000
Adam Knepp – 266000
Eli Adler – 550000
Donald Crabtree – 149000
Billy Kopp – 1385000
Vince Bartello – 101000
Roger Goa – 257000

(Table Orange 82)
Maxim Semisoshenko – 274000
Isidro Martinez – 300000
Blair Hinkle – 1399000
Cornel Cimpan – 165000
Kyle Bowker – 185000
Paul Lieu – 18300
Luis Nargentino – 239000
Oliver Klatt – 127000
Jesse Haabak – 580000

(Table Orange 84)
Benjamin Kramer – 122000
Battisti Alfio – 530000
Jamie Brown – 197000
Guy Calvert – 561000
Dariusz Paszkiewicz – 488000
Roger Pruzansky – 614000
Jesse Chinni – 531000
Scott Mayfield – 111000
Brian Hansen – 538000

(Table Orange 85)
Markus Gonsalves – 317000
Andreas Flakstad – 375000
Joel Patchell – 762000
Kyle Wilson – 537000
Kirk Banks – 282000
Kyriacos ‘Greek Jack’ Dionysiou – 271000
Craig Ivey – 101000
Frank Lomanno – 742000
Tome Moreira – 253000

(Table Orange 87)
James Keys – 272000
Rob Lederer – 555000
Leonard Greer – 108000
Huub Verdonschot – 838000
Jeremy Kottler – 105000
David Rubin – 86000
Mark Abrantes – 338000
Jim Routos – 370000
Peter Kremeliev – 845000

(Table Orange 89)
Burt Boutin – 230000
Brendan Taylor – 640000
Jamin Stokes – 320000
Denis Estelle – 415000
David Levi – 180000
Daniel Shak – 369000
Rebecca Campbell – 233000
Christopher Bach – 772000
Antonio Esfandiari – 496000

(Table Orange 92)
Casey Sobczewski – 239000
Jared Bluestein – 251000
Sorel Mizzi – 305000
Thai Tran – 968000
Scott Cook – 364000
James Bayer – 91000
Craig Zotter – 97000
Thierry van den Berg – 270000
John Monnette – 609000

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(Table Orange 94)
Mike Bisutti – 70000
Bryan Kerr – 295000
Jeff Duvall – 401000
Ryan Gafford – 402000
Will Haydon – 346000
Theo Tran – 1000000
Tian Shou – 1042000
Joseph Baldwin – 870000
Bob Whalen – 719000

(Table Orange 96)
Joey Lawrence – 878000
Gordon Eng – 175000
Fernando Gordo – 745000
Hamid Nourafchan – 301000
Charles Chrysostomou – 254000
Ludovic Lacay – 1608000
Mike Brooks – 558000
Stan Jablonski – 782000
Michael Merichko – 1020000

Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier 1,380,500
Lacay Ludovic 925,000
Jason Brice 858,500
Benjamin Jensen 835,500
Kasper Cordes 796,000
James Akenhead 794,000
Billy Kopp 792,000
Tyler Patterson 784,000
Adam ‘Nestegg’ Bilzerian 767,000
Christian Heich 735,500
Jordan Morgan 705,000
Marc Etienne McLaughlin 701,000
Dieter Albrecht 695,500
Saar Wilf 693,500
Harry Kazazian 683,500
Paulo Gomes 679,000
Cristian Tardea 678,500
Matt Affleck 670,000
Jamie Robbins 669,500
Kenny Tran 666,500
Gabe Walls 665,500
Ed Perry 653,500 0
Daryl Jace 652,500
Kevin Schaffel 649,000
Michael Casella 642,000
Adam Latimer 639,000
Brian Powell 634,000
Joao Lima 628,500
Mads Andersen 625,000
Eli Adler 624,500
Stan Jablonski 622,500
Ben Lamb 622,000
Bob Whalen 598,000
Bernhard Perner 596,500
Brennan Hanson 593,500
Wesley Ismay 592,000
Peter Kremenliev 587,500
Loic Degrou 585,500
Tommy Vedes 580,500
Dominik Kulicki 573,000
Steven Doebler 572,500
Thai Tran 571,500
Joe Luht 562,000
Michael Jurgens 556,500
Craig Boyd 553,500
Ken Harbaugh 551,000
Nasr El Nasr 545,000
Blair Hinkle 542,000
Charlie Elias 539,500
John Hammer 539,000
Scott Baumstein 537,500
Joseph Ward 537,000
Scott Bohlman 535,000
Manuel Labandeira 529,500
Joseph Baldwin 527,500
Blair Rodman 526,000
Kevin ‘BeL0WaB0Ve’ Saul 523,000
Todd Lundwall 520,500
Justin Bonomo 517,500
Raul Paez 517,000
Brian Hansen 516,500
Brent Catalano 513,000
Karec Terrell 511,500
Kyle Wilson 511,500
Dennis Phillips 510,000
Tian Shou 508,000
Hac Dang 505,500
Abraham Mourshaki 505,000
Billy McMahon 502,500
Kevin O’Donnell 500,500
Owen Crowe 500,000
Darvin Moon 496,500
Charles Wood 490,000
Matthew Waxman 488,500
Phil Hellmuth 485,000
Frank Lomanno 484,000
Theo Tran 483,000
Tony ‘Bagels’ Cavezza 481,500
Arjan Van Bavel 480,500
Patrick Stamper 480,000
Cornel Andrew Cimpan 475,500
Mohamed Hammond 475,500
Mihail Stoykov 474,000
David Wickham 467,500
James Calderaro 467,000
Rob Lederer 458,500
Matthew Casterella 458,000
Mickey Mills 457,500
Kara Scott 456,500
Balazs Botond 456,000
Antoine Saout 452,500
Dariusz Paszkiewicz 450,000
Steven Van Zadelhoff 446,500
Nick Maimone 445,500
Jamie Brown 443,000 3,000
Ron Amos 437,000 0
Stan Sinclair 436,500 0
Brendan Taylor 433,000 0
Mike Linn 429,000 0
Joseph Cada 428,500 0
Magnus Person 428,500 0
Peter DeBaene 428,000 148,000
Vincent Mack 427,500 0
Jeffrey Papola 427,000 0
Eric Buchman 426,000 0
Christopher Adlesh 423,500 0
Michael Kinney 423,500 3,500
Gavin Emrich 418,000 0
Ramzi Jelassi 417,000 67,000
Miika Puumalainen 417,000 -33,000
Randy Propson 416,000 0
Lapostolle Martin 414,000 0
Mike Sexton 414,000 9,000
Jose Manuel Gomez Rebenaque 411,500 0
Edwin Muller 410,000 0
Rellie Sigua 407,500 0
Tome Moreira 404,000 0
Sarne Lightman 404,000 134,000
Jesse Chinni 400,000 0
Greg Thompson 399,500 0
Scott Mayfield 399,000 0
Pat O’Malley 398,500 0
Nick Binger 394,000 14,000
Thad Wolff 392,000 0
Jason Ramirez 390,500 0
Brian Lemke 388,000 -27,000
Tyson Marks 388,000 0
Amir Lehavot 387,000 -33,000
Miguel Gutierrez 385,000 0
Edward Teems 384,500 0
Rick Barabino 382,500 -97,500
David Benyamine 381,500 31,500
Raul Mestre 381,000 0
Tom West 380,000 0
Bingjian Wu 380,000 0
Scott Blackman 380,000 0
Paren Arzoomanian 379,500 9,500
Isidro Martinez 379,000 0
Max Casal 378,500 0
Jacob Avital 378,000 0
Daniel Makowsky 376,500 74,500
Luka Gojcaj 375,500 0
Huub Verdonschot 375,000 -275,000
Steven Begleiter 373,500 0
Julian Parmann 373,500 0
Christopher Giannell 373,000 0
Jordan Rich 372,500 12,500
Phil Ivey 371,000 6,000
Kenny Hsiung 369,000 0
Thom Werthmann 366,500 0
Christopher Bach 365,500 0
Prahlad Friedman 365,000 235,000
Jamin Stokes 364,000 0
Chuck Clark 363,500 0
Gabriel Vezina 363,500 0
Edward Riordan 361,500 0
Lou Diamond Phillips 359,500 -55,500
Scott Eskenazi 359,000 0
David Fox 358,500 158,500
David Peters 357,500 0
Doug Campbell 355,000 0
Dan Shak 354,500 -95,500
Waren Zackey 353,000 0
David Diaz 352,500 0
Igor Sharaskin 351,500 0
Farshad Fardad 351,000 0
Norman Gautron 349,000 0
Montagna Corrado 348,500 0
Jay Chase 346,000 0
Kelly Kim 346,000 26,000
Diogo Borges 345,500 0
Victor Greeley 343,500 0
Paul Baron 343,000 0
Fabrizio La Spada 341,500 0
Alexander Kostritsyn 340,500 -259,500
Sean Dorn 340,500 0
John Martin 340,500 0
Seth Thomsen 340,000 25,000
Steve Phung 339,500 0
Joe Monro 339,000 0
David Blatte 336,500 0
Mark Fisher 336,000 0
Matt Lawrence 336,000 0
Joe Serock 333,000 153,000
Daniel Rudd 332,000 0
Mark Weil 332,000 0
Christoffer Carlsson 332,000 0
Ryan Gifford 331,500 0
Brian Taylor 331,000 0
Mathias Kuerschner 329,500 0
Jeff Carris 329,000 0
Stephen Buchanan 327,000 0
Eugene Katchalov 327,000 97,000
Hans Hein 326,000 0
Fergal Nealon 325,500 65,500
Eric Cloutier 325,000 -65,000
Michael Graydon 323,500 0
Mark Abrantes 323,000 0
Daniel Vorbeck 322,500 0
Paul Johnson 321,500 0
Jason Melnick 321,500 0
David Johansson 320,500 0
Richard Washinsky 320,500 0
Casey Sobczewski 319,500 0
George Mazelis 319,500 0
Viet Nguyen 319,000 0
Nick Eisel 318,500 0
Clarence Willingham 317,500 0
Joseph Sanders 317,000 0
Claudio Baptista 317,000 0
Todd Hunter 317,000 0
Joel Patchell 316,500 0
Anders Taylor 316,500 0
Robert Cheung 316,000 2,000
Anh Van Nguyen 316,000 0
Michael Jansen 311,000 0
Alper Sar 311,000 0
Cal Namihira 309,500 0
Alexander Roos 309,000 34,000
Ian Tavelli 308,000 0
Jim Routos 307,000 0
Matt Brady 307,000 -3,000
Erik Cohen 306,500 0
Ronald Cook 306,000 0
Josh Kay 306,000 0
Will Haydon 304,500 0
Pedro Cavazos 304,000 0
Daniel Neilson 304,000 -76,000
Jeff Gibralter 303,500 0
Luis Leyva-Castro 303,500 0
Burt Boutin 302,500 12,500
Erik Van Den Berg 302,500 132,500
Tom Lutz 302,000 0
Jeremy Wien 301,000 0
Sander Lylloff 300,500 28,500
Coba Cao 300,000 0
Jamie Shaevel 299,500 0
Patrick Hanoteau 298,500 0
Dwayne Stacey 298,500 -16,500
Mike Carlson 298,000 0
Joe Sebok 297,500 -12,500
Sorel Mizzi 297,000 32,000
Matt Schwarmann 296,500 0
Alessandro Longobardi 296,000 0
Steve Sanders 296,000 0
Sean Lew 295,000 0
Paul Wasicka 294,000 24,000
Sean Nolan 293,500 0
Peter Eastgate 292,500 -17,500
Saieva Maurizio 292,000 0
Aaron Coulthard 292,000 0
Corey Hochman 292,000 0
Kevin Allen 291,500 1,500
Jeff Kimber 290,500 54,500
Craig Ivey 290,000 0
Chvala Radek 290,000 0
Richard Sinclair 289,500 0
Fabrice Soulier 289,500 59,500
Ryan Fair 289,000 0
Benjamin Eilers 288,500 0
Ryan Hart 288,000 0
Christopher Bonita 287,700 0
Nick Voyatzis 287,500 0
Jonathan Tamayo 287,500 0
James Gorham 286,000 0
Brian Kennedy 285,000 0
Luis Nargentino 284,500 0
Alex Jalali 284,500 0
Antonio Esfandiari 283,500 33,500
Paul Smith 282,500 0
Vijayan Nagarajan 282,000 0
Salvatore Bonavena 281,500 0
Kia Hamadani 281,500 0
Kyriacos ‘Greek Jack’ Dionysiou 281,000 6,000
Francois Balmigere 280,500 0
Alex Prendes 280,000 0
Elad Magidov 279,500 0
Adam York 279,500 0
Dennis Drescher 277,500 0
Andy Black 277,500 167,500
Bruce Perry 276,500 0
Claus Vallo 275,500 0
Julian Brecard 274,500 100,500
George Lusby 274,500 0
Cary Katz 273,500 0
Andrew Lichtenberger 273,000 0
Keven ‘Stamdogg’ Stammen 272,500 167,500
Hevad Khan 272,500 17,500
Eracles Panayiotou 271,500 0
Frank Rusnak 271,000 0
Jim Rumptz 270,000 0
Donald Crabtree 268,500 0
Justin Henry 268,500 0
Taher Alisheik 268,500 0
Paul Houston 268,000 0
Rifat Palevic 267,500 -262,500
Clark Curry 266,500 0
Fabian Ortiz 266,000 0
Craig Zotter 265,000 0
Minh Nhat Nguyen 264,000 0
Adeniya Martins 263,000

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The first stage of the revamped election process for the Poker of Hall of Fame, with Harrah’s Entertainment and the World Series of Poker announcing the top ten votegetters for this year’s election in a press conference on Thursday. (Photo shows 2008 inductee Dewey Tomko receiving his award from WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack.) This year marked the first time that all poker players were able to submit nominations for induction, via an online nomination process at worldseriesofpoker.com. The online nomination period stretched for five weeks during the early portion of the 2009 WSOP, from May 26 – July 2.

The top ten nominees, in alphabetical order:

• Tom Dwan
• Barry Greenstein
• Dan Harrington
• Phil Ivey
• Tom McEvoy
• Men Nguyen
• Scotty Nguyen
• Daniel Negreanu
• Erik Seidel
• Mike Sexton

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In the press conference, held as part of the WSOP’s annual Media Day at Café Martorano at the Rio, WSOP Commissioner noted that 41 eligible people had received multiple nominations. Others who received nominations were Patrik Antonius, Humberto Brenes, Mike Caro, Norman Chad, Allen Cunningham, Ivan Demidov, Eric Drache, Annie Duke, John Duthie, Sam Farha, Chris Ferguson, Ted Forrest, Andy Glazer, Bertrand Grospellier, Gus Hansen, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Jay Heimowitz, Rob Hollink, Jesper Hougaard, Phil Laak, Howard Lederer, Marcel Luske, Mike Matusow, Chris Moneymaker, Luca Pagano, Greg Raymer, Matt Savage and David Sklansky. Three already-inducted Poker HoF members also received multiple (though irrelevant) nominations: Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Stu Ungar.

When asked about whether the online nomination process was a success, Pollack enthusiastic asserted that it was a “quantum leap forward” for the Poker Hall of Fame, and as promised, “more people were involved in the Hall of Fame selection process.”

While the players noted here received the most online nominations, they do not necessarily represent the official list of finalists for the 2009 Hall of Fame. From here the process moves to a vetting process by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council, who will select the final list of candidates. From there the list of finalists moves to voting, with the election done by a 30-person panel – the 15 currently living Hall of Fame members and 15-person media panel. Criteria for election are as follows:

• A player must have played poker against acknowledged top competition;
• Played for high stakes;
• Played well, gaining the respect of players;
• Stood the test of time;
• Or, for non-players, contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker, with indelible positive and lasting results.

The election process continues through the late summer and fall, with this year’s inductees, once determined, enshrined in a ceremony as part of the World Series of Poker Main Event festivities this November.

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For now, Patrick Bueno figure in the top 10:
Average: 407 143 tokens

1. Gus Hansen: 860 000 tokens
2. Erik Sagstrom: 850 000
3. Ray Dehkharghani: 825 000
4. Tony G: 680 000
5. John Hennigan: 605 000
6. Matt Hawrilenko: 585 000
7. Ville Wahlbeck: 575 000
8. Patrick Bueno: 530 000
9. Todd Brunson: 515 000
10. Bill Chen: 495 000

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• 3 WPT titles
• More than $ 7 million in tournament winnings

Born in Denmark, Gustav Hansen tried all sports during his youth. Brilliant tennis player, is finally pierced the backgammon that, by moving to New York for a time before becoming a professional poker player. It quickly became very famous by winning the WPT first step inside the Bellagio. Ultra-aggressive player, restarting with marginal hands, not his peers saw in him a lucky player in the aftermath of his victory.

But after this first victory, one that was quickly called by the diminutive “Gus”, in other engranger 2 on the WPT circuit. Hansen’s style was born. Aggressiveness, pot odds and playing the best of his opponents are the main weapons of Gus Hansen. Author large swings, Hansen is proud to have won $ 1 million over the Net within 24 hours (largest gain ever recorded in this period of time). Shortly before, he was awarded a pot of $ 575,700 before the cameras of High Stakes Poker, with a square of five against a full six to five for Daniel Negreanu.

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In addition to his victories EFA, Gus Hansen has accumulated numerous successes, such as first place in the invitation tournament on Poker Superstars, which brought together the best players on the planet. He also won the 2007 Aussie Millions in Australia in January 2007. Following the resounding victory, he published a book entitled “Every hand revealed” where it is on all the hands he played during the tournament, and analysis decisions. This book has really made known to the world-wide aggressive style played by the Danish surprising.

A few months later, he went with a nice 61st place at the Main Event of the WSOP, his best performance in this competition. Then in September, for the first edition of the WSOP (World Series of Poker Europe) in London, he finished 10th, and then fail the second WPT final in 2008.

Ultra media player, Gus Hansen has launched its own TV, Gus Hansen TV, where you can see the player while it plays its sessions in cash game or any game of poker. Join him online on Fulltilt

Nationality: American
Place of residence: Los Angeles, United States
Date of birth: 11/04/1963
Style of play: Tight-aggressive
Preferred Option: No Limit Texas Hold’em

Express Awards:

• 5 WSOP bracelets
• More than $ 7 million in tournament winnings

If he owes his nickname to his resemblance to Jesus, “Chris Ferguson is still a God of poker as evidenced by its 5 bracelets and 57 WSOP seats to be paid. World champion in 2000 before the dreaded TJ Cloutier, Chris Ferguson is best known for its excellent computing capabilities and his knowledge of game theory. His 13 years of study in computer science are certainly not foreign to his faculties. Very good at head’s up, Ferguson has also won the NBC National Head’s Up Poker to 63 professionals.

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But Ferguson is a very complete player who is not content to shine in No Limit Hold’em. After his victory at the Main Event in 2000, he won his second bracelet a year later in Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or better, a variant found difficult. In 2003, he continues to demonstrate his talent by winning no less than 2 bracelets in Omaha Hi-Lo Split Limit Hold’em / Seven Card Stud! Thereafter, he recorded many places paid and final tables in almost all variations of poker. Overall, earnings in tournaments beyond the $ 7.5 million.

Appreciated for his kindness and always dignified attitude, Chris Ferguson is a player well known and highly respected circuit. Around the world, many fans of the man with a hat and beard cowboy. Some even had the chance to face on the internet where he completed a challenge that was to earn $ 10,000 from $ 0 in 2 years! Ferguson is currently further developing an algorithm for a room that poker game, but it continues to appear at the tables to the delight of the audience … and the greatest fear of his enemies! You can find Chris playing online at FullTilt

3 The day begins with 53 players, here are the top 5:

Ray Dehkharghani – 643,000
Gus Hansen – 540,000
Erik Sagstrom – 500,000
Matt Glantz – 475,000
Hasan Habib – 440,000

First observation, The Great Dane, who has not participated in many tournaments since the beginning of the 40th World Series of Poker, is in shape. Second in chips, we know his talent and experience, so it can stay the course during the 3rd day to be in good position to finish in the final table.

Second observation, Matt Glantz is “new” fourth! Why “again”? Last year the U.S. was 4th off, there is a certain regularity in Matt Glantz who never realized his perfs by a bracelet … yet!

Latter finding concerning the top 5, the chipleader of the first day stayed the course and remains well positioned. Hasan Habib has remained steady during the Day 2!

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And French in all this? We unfortunately lost Bruno Fitoussi, vice world champion of HORSE in 2007. Patrick Bueno, an expert in the field, remains in the race with 215,000 carpet, it is the first French on this tournament. Behind him there is David Benyamine with 130,000 in chips, and in very bad position with 35,000 Fabrice Soulier. Fabsoul was recovered during the day and then fell to become the short stack of the tournament. We must not lose hope!

Finally, the title holder, Scotty Nguyen, is also well placed with 370,000. He is currently in the top 15! Some bulk chipcounts:

Todd Brunson – 380,000
Tony G – 348000
Patrick Antonius – 330,000
Ville Wahlbeck – 300,000
Doyle Brunson – 245,000
Phil Ivey – 242,000
Erik Seidel – 205,000
Barry Greenstein – 200,000
Chris Ferguson – 185,000

We therefore find the heavy and sharks for the resumption of Day 3!

If you’ve never played Texas Hold’em before, Welcome! You’ve come to the right spot to learn to play poker. Anyone can learn how to play Texas Holdem poker in only a few minutes and enjoy the game as much as a seasoned professional. However mastering the game takes many years of experience. This simple guide will layout the general rules and next time we’ll uncover the secrets to consistently making money playing Texas Hold’em on the internet.

Before the Game Starts:

First you must make and account on a poker website and deposit 50$.

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Poker Supplies: A standard 52-card deck is a no brainer. It’s also very helpful to have enough poker chips to go around. This makes betting and stacking much easier than playing with actual coins. The last poker supply is not really a necessity but certainly makes the experience a little more authentic and that is a poker table.
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Determining the Blinds: The big blind and small blind is the amount of money that 2 players front before a hand is dealt. This ‘buy-in’ allows them to see the remaining number of hands until the dealer button makes it’s way around the table. In order to determine the blinds you all need to agree on a starting buy-in amount. Whatever you do, don’t play for free. If there is nothing at stake every starting hand will be played ruin the game for everyone, so pick a buy-in amount whether it’s $5, $10, or $20. If you’re starting with $20 then playing for $0.25 and $0.50 is a good starting point. As the night wears on these amounts can be adjusted.

Texas Holdem Rules

1. Post Blinds: The player directly to the dealers left will post the small blind (generally half the big blind) the player to his left will post the big blind. You should make sure the “pot’s right” before dealing to maintain some structure.
2. Deal Pocket Cards: Each player is dealt 2 cards face down starting with the player directly to the dealers left. These 2 cards are also known as hole cards.
3. Pre-Flop Bet: After everyone has checked out their pocket card they should determine whether to bet, call, or raise. Betting starts with the player left of the person who posted the big blind. Any bets placed should be equal to that of the big blind which in our case is $0.50. At this point the players have enough cards to form a 5 card poker hand.
4. Flop: After the “pot’s right” the dealer should discard the top card and flip the next 3 cards over. This is known as the flop.
5. Bet: Another round of betting starting with the player to the dealers left.
6. Turn: The top card is again discarded and 1 card is placed face up. This is known as the Turn card.
7. Bet: Another round of betting, however in most games the betting amount is doubled.
8. River: The dealer should then burn another card and flip over a final card known as the river card. There are now 5 community cards face-up on the table. Each player should make the best possible 5 card poker hand using all card in play.
9. Bet: A final betting round staring with the player left of the dealer.
10. Showdown: All players left in the hand must show their cards staring with the player left of the dealer. Any player that wishes to who can’t beat the previous hand showing may ‘muck’ their cards as not to reveal their poor choice of starting hand. The player with the highest 5 card poker hand wins the pot.

So you want to learn how to play poker? Well first off you’ll need an online poker account.  We recommend you signup at Full Tilt Poker (use referal code JOOP28POKER )  and if you’ve got some confidence in what you’re doing deposit $50.  If you’re new to poker hold off so you don’t end up losing that $50, still sign up just play for free for a while.

I’ve been playing poker online for about 3 years now. I’m certainly not a professional poker player but overall I win money consistently when playing Texas Holdem online, at Full Tilt Poker, or at poker night with my buddies. I’ve played poker at EPT Las Vegas Casino in Budapest. Believe it or not I started where you’re at today, I too wanted to learn to play poker. In total I’ve won $15800 playing online Texas Hold’em.

Topics covered in this Guide to Playing Poker

Obviously you’ll need to know the rules of several of the most popular games including Texas Hold’em, 5 Card Draw, 7 Card Stud, and Omaha Hi/Lo. There is one aspect of poker I’ve never experienced and that is video poker. By the end of guide you’ll learn to play poker better than the majority of people on the planet. We will also cover the different poker hand rankings one can receive while playing poker and the probability of playing these hands. I’ll teach you how to win playing Texas Hold’em. Not everyone is interested at winning at poker online. Some people want to be respected when playing poker at their home tournament. We’ll give you strategy and tips for winning these types of games as well. The only other place you can play this adrenaline filled game is at the block and mortar casinos. If you’ve never played in the casino you’re missing an entire new aspect to the game especially if you hope to take on the pros at the World Series of Poker or European Poker Tour.

Types of Poker

Holdem Poker is no doubt the most popular game played by poker enthusiasts. It was made popular by the WSOP being televised and hasn’t slowed down sense. It’s played by 2 – 10 players and the rules are simple to learn. The player receives 2 private cards and 5 community cards to make the best hand. The player with the highest hand and the showdown wins the pot. If you want to learn to play poker visit this page of the guide.

7 Card Stud is also quite popular. Each player receives 3 cards face down and 4 cards face up. You’ll then make the highest hand using a combination of five of their 7 total cards. Before each hand is dealt an ante is collected from each player and is added to the pot. Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo is a version of 7 Card Stud with the same exact rules, but each player will create the highest and lowest qualifying hand.

5 Card Draw is the oldest poker game but still one of the best. The game is played with 2 – 5 players. The hand starts with an ante which preceded by 2 betting rounds. Each player receives five cards face down and may return 2 cards to the dealer after the first betting round.

Omaha Hi/Lo is gaining popularity and is a game that is a nice distraction from the rigors of Texas Hold’em. It’s played with each player receiving 4 private cards and 5 community cards face-up. Each player creates the highest and lowest possible hand using any 2 of their private cards and any 3 of the community cards.