Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under The Week at FTP
Welcome to another Monday here on the rail. Take a seat and enjoy the show.
What show? Come on, you know what we’re all about here this week – the WSOP, baby! That magical, mythical, maniacal event where poker players from around the world come to take their best shot at fame, fortune and glory. The biggest donk-fest in the world – minus one Big Donkey.
In case you’ve fallen behind on the action, here’s a quick recap:
- All four Day 1s are now complete and the survivors have a small breather until Day 2A begins on Tuesday
- 6,844 players coughed up $10K for their seats, beating last year’s number by more than 400, and generating a prize pool worth more than $68 million
- 666 players will cash and the overall winner will take home more than $9.1 million in prize money – along with untold millions in extra sponsorship money
Think poker is dead yet? Yeah, neither do I. Speaking of the dead, however, there are plenty of big names who got run over by the thundering herd over the first few days of play. Notable names who won’t be winning this year’s Main Event include, in no particular order:
- Poker Babe Erica Schoenberg and her Frenchie fiancé, David Benyamine
- Gavin Smith
- Jason “George Costansza” Alexander
- One Angry Monkey’s perennial pick, Lee Watkinson
- Past champions Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, and Jamie Gold
- Jesus
- Negreanu
- Larry Flynt
- Andy Bloch
- Phil Ivey
Big stacks moving on to Day 2 include David Oppenheim, Robert Mizrachi, and Brandon Adams. Last year’s big winner, Jerry Yang, is on life support, but still hanging around.
Of course, all of the action over the next week is just the Big Tease, as the good folks at the Rio will stop action once we reach a final table. Then its three months of rest, relaxation, intense poker lessons and bare-fisted negotiations before the final table is played out in November. Trust me, it won’t be pretty.
So, all of the bracelet events are over, except for the big one, and it’s time to tally up how your favorite FTP pros performed over the past six weeks. The short answer; pretty well.
Through the first 53 events, our gigantic stable of pros collected 10 bracelets and combined for more than $11.5 million in winnings. Leading the pack was, of course, Erick Lindgren who found his way to three final tables, won his first career bracelet, and banked more than $1.3 million.
Other pros who earned some serious cash included David Benyamine with more than $940K (three final tables, one bracelet), Andy Bloch and Chris Ferguson (two final table each and more than $650K in winnings – each).
Well done guys.
Now that it’s officially too late to join the donkery of the 2008 WSOP, we have a suggestion for everyone who needs their fix of big MTT action – FTOPS IX.
If you haven’t noticed, satellites for the August edition of FTOPS are now available in the game and there’s plenty of reason to play. What’s plenty? How about $15 million guaranteed over 25 events?
Head over to the FTOPS page for all the details. Who knows, maybe you’ll win enough to play in next year’s WSOP?
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