Before we continue for today, here's a quick recap of yesterday's action:
Event #24 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Only 31 players remain in this event and PokerStrategist Tonding is 12th in the chip counts and made his first ever WSOP cash. akia also cashed in this event but went out in 307th place. Play today will go on until the final table, or if play is quick, down to the champion.
The top 5 players right now are:
1. Joseph Green - 857,000
2. Denis Murphy - 781,000
3. Greg Pohler - 698,000
4. James Jeffrey - 656,000
5. Jaymes Rosenthal - 472,000
12. Holger "Tonding" Kanisch - 364,000
Event #25 - $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo World Championship
Michael Chow went into the last day of this event with the chip lead but went out in 6th place. In the end, Sammy Farha defeated James Dempsey heads-up despite Dempsey having a clear advantage in terms of support from the rails (which unfortunately for Dempsey, doesn't count for more chips).
This is how the final table finished:
1. Sammy Farha - $488,241
2. James Dempsey - $301,789
3. Yueqi Zhu - $225,325
4. Sergey Altbregin - $169,368
5. Tony Merksic - $128,097
6. Michael Chow - $97,507
7. Eugene Katchalov - $74,670
8. Abe Mosseri - $57,552
9. Steve Wong - $44,618
Event #26 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-max
A whole host of PokerStrategists took part in this event, including all four Team PokerStrategy.com members in Las Vegas. FA_Morgoth and Nazgul made it into Day 2 and are among the 156 players left in this event. They are very near the money as 126 players will be paid.
The top 5 now are:
1. William Haydon - 179,300
2. Luigi Caramatti - 171,400
3. Timothy Begley - 167,700
4. Erik Cajelais - 163,000
5. Richard Robinson - 152,100
15. Florian Langmann - 111,500
52. Tim Kahlmeyer - 69,100
Event #27 - $1,500 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo
644 player signed up for this event and just 208 player advanced into Day 2. The top 64 players will be paid out from the $869,400 prize pool and the winner will walk away with $208,682.
Here are the top 5 players:
1. Odette Tremblay - 43,700
2. David Levi - 43,300
3. Daniel Studer - 42,600
4. Jonathan Bascom - 38,000
5. David Warga - 37,000
around 30 more to go.
