2009 World Series of Poker Day 5 – Two Bracelets, 1 Corvette Coming

Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail

After a crazy Day 4, we expect more of the same today. Day 1b of the $1,000 “Stimulus Special” will probably take the same path as Day 1a with poker rooms full of hopeful players. The next two bracelets will also be awarded today in the $40,000 40th Anniversary tournament and the $1,500 Limit Omaha/8 event. On top of that we will get to see the new Champions Invitational which will pit former World Series of Poker Main Event winners against each other trying to take home that sweet 1970 red Corvette Stingray.

As expected, the $40k final table is stacked with some of the best players in the world including 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Greg Raymer. Full Tilt pro Vitaly Lunkin takes his shot with the second biggest chipstack at the table and poker legend Ted Forrest starts off with a short stack. The ESPN feature table will be packed with railbirds and they will be very vocal supporting their favorite player or friend.

The $1,500 Limit Omaha/8 had quite a few pros bust near the end of Day 2 including Erick Lindgren and Eli Elezra. It was a late night and they stopped play with an odd 19 players remaining that will play down to a bracelet winner before they are done. Ed Smith leads the field with 433,000 chips and Ed Cheng is sitting on a micro-stack.

Competing with the $40k for the most attention will be the new Champions Invitational which have a field full of former WSOP Main Event winners vying for the “Binions Cup” and the car. ESPN will also be recording and running this event later. There will be one noticable stack getting blinded off as Greg Raymer will be concentrating on the $40k final table.

Today promises to be as memorable as we’ve seen this year.

Chip counts after the jump.

Event #2 No Limit Hold’em
Buyin: $40,000
Number of Entries: 201
Net Prize Pool: $7,718,400
First Place Prize: $1,891,012
Total Spots Paid Out: 27
Players Remaining: 9

1	Haxton, Isaac	5,955,000
2	Lunkin, Vitaly	4,565,000
3	Veldhuis, Lex	3,805,000
4	Raymer, Greg	3,345,000
5	Torelli, Alec	2,340,000
6	Bonomo, Justin	1,685,000
7	Stern, Dani	1,300,000
8	Schwartz, Noah	660,000
9	Forrest, Ted	560,000

Event #3 Limit Omaha/8
Buyin: $1,500
Number of Entries: 918
Net Prize Pool: $1,253,070
First Place Prize: $263,190
Total Spots Paid Out: 90
Players Remaining: 19

1	Smith, Ed	433,000
2	Thang, Luu	410,000
3	Price, Robert	387,000
4	Mougous, Lee	337,000
5	Geary, Jim	300,000
6	Toth, Richard	292,000
7	Ramirez, Senovio III	282,000
8	Deeb, Freddy	266,000
9	Brooks, Micah	233,000
10	Ruthenberg, Sebastian	185,000
11	Rich, Jordan	185,000
12	Leyo, Pascal	151,000
13	Reslock, Ming	146,000
14	Seale, Will	140,000
15	Quiggle, Adam	109,000
16	Hull, Henry	96,000
17	Spear, Dan	87,000
18	Harkin, Jeremy	67,000
19	Cheng, Edgar	33,000