2009 World Series of Poker Day 6 – Studs Up

Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail

The start of the day is always nice and quiet in the Amazon Room. It’s completely empty except for a handful of cash game tables with action, dealers getting ready for their day, and surly security guards snarling at any perceived slight. The red Corvette is back in the room after adding up mileage between here and the conference lobby. The ESPN techs are ever tweaking the system getting ready for the final table of the Champions Invitational. Another full day planned out ahead of us.

After a week of watching flop games we finally get a chance to witness a little stud action. 5pm today brings the $10,000 World Championship in Seven Card Stud which will bring another star-studded lineup of classic poker players and field of rocks. 158 players competed in this event with Eric Brooks taking the prized jewelery and the Stud specialist will be looking to put their stamp on this year’s World Series of Poker.

Another event will also be starting today at noon with the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament. The European players have been dominating PLO for awhile and 2008 winner Vanessa Selbst will look to duplicate Tang Luu’s feat last night by repeating in an Omaha tournament. Last year there were 759 entrants so I’m going to set the line higher than that for this year, continuing the run of huge fields in the series this year.

We’ll also see Day 2 of the $1,000 “Stimulus Special” where they dropped an nearly 90% of the field in the first “Day”. Of the original 6,012 players who started with dreams of glory, only 760 will get to see another day. 620 will make the money so we’ll see the bubble early. The field will be split between the Brasilia and Miranda rooms where they will play down the final table, at the previous rate it may only take until the dinner break.

Over the last few days I’ve taken some time to meet and talk to several of the players in the $1k who qualified online and it’s been a great experience. Later today I will bring you some of their stories which vary from one man to another. We had everything from a young online player just starting his career to seasoned pros to a veteran actor who most will recognize. All this while trying to dodge the craziness and pick up a win in this inaugral event.

Chip counts after the jump.

Event #4 No Limit Hold’em
Buyin: $1,000
Number of Entries: 6,012
Net Prize Pool: $5,410,800
First Place Prize: $771,106
Total Spots Paid Out: 621
Players Remaining: 760

Top 50 chipstacks:

1	DeGreef, Jeremiah	132,200
2	Tran, J.C	130,800
3	Tamayo, Jonathan	107,500
4	Shin, Alex	103,300
5	Fink, Mark	100,300
6	Aguiar, Jonathan	93,500
7	Jones, David	90,700
8	Fuhs, Danny	85,700
9	Monnette, John	83,700
10	Janssen, Tommie	80,200
11	Allen, Justin	78,500
12	Failla, Will	76,100
13	Puzantyan, Allan	76,100
14	Bass, Thomas	74,700
15	Santi, Eduardo	73,000
16	Ramage, Grayson	72,900
17	Powell, Jack	72,900
18	Fish, Darryll	71,100
19	Crane, Russell	68,900
20	Georato, Rob	67,100
21	Pietrzak, Michael	63,900
22	Wirjo, Jonathan	62,200
23	Cho, Kyu	61,900
24	Jamil, Hassan	61,900
25	Ginsbach, Jason	60,700
26	Robson, Jeff	60,500
27	Franklin, Tom	60,100
28	Ma, Stephen	60,000
29	Chen, Benny	58,800
30	Butler, Leslie	58,600
31	Ojala, Toni	58,400
32	Melaney, Zach	58,200
33	Patrick, Brian	57,900
34	Dixon, Chad	57,700
35	Huynh, Phong	57,400
36	Matz, James	56,300
37	Searfoss, Rob	55,500
38	Kerouac, Kyle	55,400
39	Zetina, Benjamin	54,900
40	Miller, Casey	54,900
41	Roh, Joseph	53,100
42	Sidebotham, Larry	52,900
43	Shepsky, Matt	52,200
44	Cuu, Hoang	52,200
45	Fyshe, Adam	51,800
46	Ross, Chad	51,400
47	Karl, Shane	51,400
48	Gomez, Raul	50,400
49	Gold, Andrew	50,200
50	Myers, Ross	50,000