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Barry Shulman is a ***** ***** ***** anyway.
Completed events
WSOP12 - $1,500 Pot Limit Holdem, 535 entrants
Allen Cunningham couldn't quite take down his 6th WSOP bracelet as he lost the heads up match to fellow Las
Vegas native Lev Rofman who was winning his first. Rofman earned $166,000 while Cunningham made just over
$100,000. Top Brit was Sunny Chattha in 16th for $6478
WSOP13 - $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better, 201 entrants
We're down to heads-up for the bracelet, with none other than Mike Matusow competing against Matthew Ashton.
As I speak, chips are about even, winner takes home just over a quarter of a million. Could Ashton bring
home the first bracelet to the UK for quite some time? We'll know soon enough. He came 3rd in WSOP5, so he's already gone at least one better
Events in progress
WSOP14, $1500 NLH - 1819 entrants
After 2 days, we have 14 left to play for the bracelet in day 3. Hiren Patel is the leader, in a field remarkably
short on big names at this stage. Looks like the top Brit was Joel Ettedgi who busted in 35th.
WSOP15 - $1500 Horse - 862 entrants
177 remain at the end of day 1 with Jon Seaman a smidgin ahead of 4-time bracelet winner David Chiu. Norman Chad is among the survivors, with a pretty small stack, but the likes of Jesse Sylvia & Andy Bloch are in better shape.
WSOP16 - $10000 NLH Heads Up - 162 entrants
There was a 512- player limit but there was never a chance that that would be tested. In the end 162 registered,
meaning the field had tho play either 2 or 3 heads-up matches to make the final 32 to go forward to Day 2. Among
those still standing are Jason Mercier, Sam Trickett, Michael Mizrachi, Phil Galfond and Melaine Weisner who has had several decent runs at the Series already.
Starting today
WSOP17 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Mike The Mouth got the better of Matthew Ashton to claim his fourth bracelet.
I know that won't be a particularly popular result, even in most of the US, but Matusow must have a decent game when he shuts up moaning about how bad he runs, 4 bracelets, winner of the NBC heads-up earlier this year and at least 2 decent runs in the Main Event. Still, if there was one poker player I wanted to slap it would be a close run thing between him, Tony G & Phil Helmuth
WSOP14, $1500 NLH - 1819 entrants
Another bracelet stayed in the USA after Jonathan Taylor (from the wonderfully named small town of Phil Campbell, Alabama) won the heads-up battle with Blake Bohn to capture the first prize of over $450,000.
Highest placed of the well-known players was Erick Lindgren just inside the Top 20, while you have go down all the way to 40th to find someone with the Union Flag against his name, David Macconachie, who made just under $9,000.
Ongoing events
WSOP15 - $1500 Horse - 862 entrants
Day 2 is ongoing, with a couple of dozen players left fighting it out through the 5 variants of poker.
Success in this one too seems to have eluded the Brits, with David Tarbet looking like the only one to make a small cash.
Veteran Tom Schneider (winner of 2 bracelets in 2007) is among those still in and managing a decent stack.
WSOP16 - $10000 NLH Heads Up - 162 entrants
Play has ended for the day with the semi-finals pitting together Justin Bonomo v Mark Radoja & Ben Sulsky v Don Nguyen.
Mercier & Trickett both lost their first match of the day denying them even a min-cash, Phil Galfond lost in the last 16 while a typically agitated Phil Hellmuth bowed out in the quarter finals.
WSOP17 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em - 2105 entrants
With an increase of nearly 300 players on the previous similar event (WSOP14), it is a long Day 1 to eliminate most of the field.
As it stands, 324 are left with Joe Cada among the chip leaders. Matt Jarvis is also "up there" for the UK, while the Shulman to watch in this event seems to be Allyn who has a medium-stack.
Greenstein, Selbst and Cody are also still in but there is still some action to be played out tonight Vegas time.
Events to start on Sunday
WSOP18 - $1,000 NLH
WSOP19 - $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
Back with an update in events 15 and 17 later
WSOP17 has 226 left in, with 216 to be paid so it's very close to the bubble overnight. Levon Katchatryan holds the overnight lead with 176K (average 41K). If the chip count list I've seen is accurate, Matt Jarvis has 101K, the likes of Greenstein, Selbst & Cada all around 60K. Those with considerably smaller stacks but still standing include Jake Cody, Allen Cunningham. Jeremy Ausmus & Jesse Silvia (both from last year's October 9), Marvin Rettenmaier, "Men The Master" and Jonathan Duhamel who appears to have had a rather slow start to this year's WSOP
In Response to Re: WSOP 2013 One Stop Shop: "All you can eat, baby!"
Event 15 down to 14 players, Tom Schneider has built a sizeable chip lead
Event 16 - both semis are underway
Event 17 had the bubble burst very quickly, they didn't even need to play hand-for-hand
Events 18 has just started, Matvin Rettenmaier busted in just two hands, while Event 19 starts later on.
I'm a bit busy this morning, so I can only update the completed events for now, a check on the ongoing events will follow a bit later
WSOP 15 the $1500 HORSE
I've been mentioning Tom Schneider in conjuction with this event all the way through and he duly collected his third bracelet and a quarter of a million dollars after a heads-up match mostly contested in Razz with fellow American Owais Ahmed
WSOP 16 the $10,000 Heads Up
It's been a good series for Canada and another bracelet went north of the border as Mark Radoja beat Californian Don Nguyen in the final. Radoja colleceted his second bracelet after a final that took 85 hands to play out
Down to 15 at the end of Day 2, with David "Bakes" Baker ahead of Samuel Taylor & Athanasios Polychronopoulos(cut & pasted to make sure I've got the spelling right!), with Joe Cada & Barry Greenstein the most well known of the other dozen players.
Brits among cashers including Joe Laming, Craig McCorkell, Jake Cody, Martin Frey and Yudhishter Jaswal
WSOP18 - $1000 NLH, 2071 entrants
Fast and furious play left only 163 of the over 2000 entrants still in at the end of day 1 so already well into the money. Chad Eveslage is the chip leader with 134,000 chips, but Phil Ivey (who must be due a decent run) has a medium sized stack and looms over all the other players. Among those still include the other David Baker (David "ODB" Baker) and once again Men The Master. Of those out but in the money, the only Brit appears to be Najib Kamand
WSO19 - $5000 Pot Limit Hold'em - 195 entrants
With the higher buy in the percentage of well known names increases, and the chip leader (of 77 wo will return for Day 2) is PCA main event winner Dimitar Danchev. Phil Ivey was shuttling btween this and event 18, but busted this one in the last level of the day. Among those who still have chips - Jason Mercier, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Hachem, Stuart Rutter (Yay!) and two well known Italian players, Max Pescatori & Dario Minieri.
Starting today
WSOP20 - $1500 Omaha Hi-Low
Athanasios Polychronopoulos made life difficult for anyone who's got to write his name down by winning Event 17, his second bracelet in three years. The heads-up battle with German player Manuel Mutke lasted only 3 hands, despite having almost level chipstacks at the start.
Joe Cada finished 4th, Barry Greenstein was first out on the final table.
In 19th place was a british player named Ian Frazer....
WSOP18 - $1000 NLH, 2071 entrants
14 left, 13 Americans and one Canadian and it is the man in 9th place overnight who will garner the majority of attention - on Phil Ivey. Taylor Pau is the chip leader, with about half as many chips again as 2nd placed Alexander Barlow.
Tamer Kamel was top Brit with a nice score of just over $10,000 while smaller cashes were picked up by John Payne, Sam Grafton, Thomas Brady, Guy Ellis & Najib Kamand
WSOP19 - $5000 Pot Limit Hold'em - 195 entrants
Still in play in the early hours of the morning Vegas time, with 17 still playing after JJ Liu has just been eliminated. Jesse Martin & Dimitar Danchev lead, but players such as Eugene Katchalov & Bertand "Elky" Grospelier still in contention.
WSOP20 - $1500 Omaha Hi-Low - 1014 entrants
Day 1 has ended with 80% of the field eliminated including most of the big names, leaving John Larson as the chip leader. I've not seen an official end of day list yet, but I believe James Bord lies in quite a nice position, and the likes of Carlos Mortensen, Barry Greenstein (he's having a good series), Jennifer Harmon, Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton & Allyn Shulman (those Shulman's get everywhere) still have chips.
To Start Today
WSOP21 - $3000 NLH 6-max
Great stuff FCHD, thank you.
The name that jumps off the page is James Bord, who in 2011, staked about 60 (sixty) players into the WSOP Main Event via his staking operation. Don't think he'll be doing that again anytime soon.
If you google "James Bord" you'll have endless interesting & provocative stuff to peruse........
PS - Please check your PM's.
Now really you'd think I'd agree to a certain amount of decorum. However as I have to listen to American fans scream 'Get In The Hole!' off the tee from a Par 4 during the Ryder Cup about a hundred times, I have no problem with the rowdy behaviour of people in a place nicknamed Sin City which promotes hedonism to the nth degree
Taylor Paur held on to his overnight chip lead to take the bracelet and $340,000 from fellow American Roy Weiss. Phil Ivey was the first elimination of the day to end in 14th
WSOP19 - $5000 Pot Limit Hold'em - 195 entrants
David Kitai took his second bracelet (both coming in Pot Limit events). Kitai is one of only 5 players to have the "triple crown" - WSOP bracelet, WPT & EPT titles. I believe the success for the Belgian is the first bracelet for Europe this year.
WSOP20 - $1500 Omaha Hi-Low - 1014 entrants
Down to 22 players left, with Dale Beaudoin holding the overnight lead. Close behind in 4th is Todd Brunson, and also still in are the likes of John Monette, Maria Ho & Jennifer Harman. One British player remains, Stephen Chidwick althouugh he sits behind a pretty small stack.
Kim Sherlin cashed in 44th for the UK, while James Bord took a min-cash.
WSOP21 - $3000 NLH 6-max - 807 entrants
129 of the 807 made Day 2, with Jessie Wilkie the chip leader. 90 will be paid, so the first 39 eliminations tonight will go home empty handed. Both Eric Seidel & Antonio Esfandiari have healthy stacks and other names I believe are still in include Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, JP Kelly
& Sam Trickett, although some of those stacks may be a little out of date (awaiting official end-of-day chip counts)
To start today
WSOP22 - $1500 PLO
WSOP23 - $2500 Stud
At least they weren't shouting out yoga positions.
Lovely to meet you in person mate.
I have no idea why I was doing that. Well I have an idea of the cause but no idea about the idea. You get the idea.
After the "downward dog", you left for a smoke and I shouted out "Faroe Islands", then "The Falklands", but as there was no one to nod their approval it petered out. Shame.
WSOP20 - $1500 Omaha Hi-Low - 1014 entrants
We're down to heads up as I write this, with Cam Kim Hua for the USA up against Calen McNeil for Canada. Todd Brunson missed out on adding to tjhe Brunson family bracelet tally finishing third, while Kentish Man (or is it Man Of Kent) Stephen Chadwick earned a very nice payday of $43,000 for finishing 6th.
WSOP21 - $3000 NLH 6-max - 807 entrants
13 remain at the end of Day 2 with Matt Stout who has a string of WSOP cashes dating back to 2006 having a healthy chip lead, with Dan Kelly who has had a pheneomal series with 2 final tables and 2 other top 20 finishes already, one of those close behind. No UK names that I recognise (but I don't know everyone!) still in, Rhys Jones finished 16th, Sam Grafton 59th
WSOP22 - $1500 PLO - 1022 entrants
As of right now, we're exactly on the bubble, with 118 left. Fuller update to come later
WSOP23 - $2500 Stud - 246 entrants
Again, still in play. Will do an update when Day 1 has been completed. I have noticed that Elky has one of the bigger stacks of the 109 players currently remaining.
To Start today
WSOP24 - $1500 NLH
WSOP25 - $5000 Omaha Hi-Low
WSOP22 - $1500 PLO - 1022 entrants
They closed for the night just having burst the bubble leaving 117 players. There was an "interesting " development coming back from the dinner break when two players coming back slightly late had their table broken while they were away, but incorrect stacks of chips awaiting them on their new tables. Read all about it at the officlal WSOP site.
A good selection of Brits still have chips - Chris Brammer, Richard Ashby & Ross Boatman among them, plus recent November Niners, Jeremy Ausmus & Joseph Cheong and yesterday's bracelet Winner Taylor Paur.
WSOP23 - $2500 Stud - 246 entrants
Down to 106 at the close of play, with three Stud experts (and bracelet winners) near the top. Adam Friedman leads, with Mike Ellis & Elky in close contention. Big names still in include Daniel Negreanu (is that Daniel's first mention?), Mike Sexton, Greg Raymer, Phil Ivey, Michael Mizrachi & Scott Siever.
Calen McNeil eventually got the better of Can Kim Hua after a marathon heads-up battle, the unscheduled 4th day running for over two hours before the Canadian won the bracelet.
WSOP21 - $3000 NLH 6-max - 807 entrants
Literally just finished, with the first German to win a bracelet this year, Martin Finger beating Matt Stout to take the jewellery and just over half a million dollars. Eric Seidel & Dan Kelly finished 9th & 10th with Rhys Jones best Brit in 16th.
WSOP22 - $1500 PLO - 1022 entrants
9 left. Noah Schwartz is the chip leader entering the final table, ahead of Shawn Silber & Eddie Blumenthal. Some confusion over the 11th placed finisher David Colin. The chip counts page has him as French while the payouts page has him as British. No confusion over Chris Brammer (29th) or Richard Ashby (52nd)
WSOP23 - $2500 Stud - 246 entrants
Still playing with 11 left, including one Brit, Matthew Ashton. David Chiu currently leads, ahead of Frank Kassela, with Scott Siever & Michael Mizrachi also still in contention. Mike Sexton busted in 13th.
WSOP24 - $1500 NLH - 1731 entrants
200 left as I write, playing hand-for-hand until the bubble bursts at 198, at which point they will stop for the night. Some of the big stacks currently are held by Huy Nguyen, Paul Wasicka & Wade Townsend. Things may become clearer at the end of play
WSOP25 - $5000 Omaha Hi-Low -241 entrants
As is the nature in this game, eliminations have been slow so we still have two thirds of the field left in approaching the end of Day 1. Luis Velador may well be chip leader, with Pat Pezzin, Brian Hastings & Matt Glantz having decent stacks. Most of the big names still in, but Selbst, Negreanu & Mercier among those busted.
To start today
WSOP26 - $1000 Seniors NLH
WSOP24 took about an hour for the bubble to burst, Paul Wasicka taking advantage to increase his stack to become chip leader overnight, no significant changes otherwise
WSOP25 now has 152 left, Hal Klein has moved into the lead. Among those still in - Ivey, Hellmuth, Elky, winner of the last Hi-Lo event Calum McNeil and husband-and-wife pair Tom & Julie Schneider
Josh Pollock won the bracelet and $279,000 after a 62-hands heads up battle with Noah Schwartz. James Park from the UK finished a creditable third for just over $100,000
WSOP23 - $2500 Stud - 246 entrants
David Chiu picked up his 5th bracelet, surprisingly the only 7-card stud event of the series, outlasting Scott Seiver in the final. That 5th bracelet puts him in a very exclusive club, but as none of them have been in NLH events, he is a lot less well known than the other members. The Grinder finished 4th, with Matthew Ashton eliminated in 7th.
WSOP24 - $1500 NLH - 1731 entrants
17 remain after Day 2, with a non-very star studded field competing for the bracelet. Two Brits remain, Zimnan Ziyard and Gareth Teatum. Can this be the event where the first UK bracelet for some time is won? Salvatore Dicarlo & Paul Spitzburg are the chip leaders
WSOP25 - $5000 Omaha Hi-Low -241 entrants
In contrast to the above, the 27 remaining players in this event are a real pros paradise. Robet Mizrachi leads, and still in include the likes of Brian Hastnigs, Jonathan Duhamel, Mike Matusow & Jeff Lisandro. Unfortunately for James Dempsey, he bubbled this event for the second consecutive year.
WSOP26 - $1000 Seniors NLH - 4407 entrants
A huge field for the veterans event, with 640 making Day 2. Some well know names near the top of the chip counts such as Hoyt Corkins, Tom Franklin, Robert Varkonyi & TJ Cloutier
To Start today
WSOP27 - $3000 Mixed Max NLH