The 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event Thread

[This Ain't Compton]

Matusow is one of those you love to pull against. Sports need villains. See ya' next year, Mouth.

[randy]

That wacky Matusow is something else.

[Harvey]

Yeah, I was reading Matusow's Wikipedia bio the other day. Boy, he sure loves his dope and strippers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Matusow

[Harvey]

Here are some more WSOP eliminations from Friday.


Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen

Phil Ivey

Freddie Deeb

Layne Flack

David Pham

Nam Lee

[Harvey]

Here are some of the latest eliminations (as of Saturday, August 5th):


Cyndy Violette

Hoyt Corkins

Kathy Liebert

Daniel Negreanu

Joe Hachem


After Saturday, only 135 players remain.

[Harvey]

Monday, August 7th

The day begins with blinds of $15,000-$30,000 and a $5,000 ante.

After a tough day of competition, only 27 players are left. Here's a list of the finalists, along with their chip amounts.

1 Jamie Gold 13,000,000
2 Erik Friberg 7,735,000
3 David Einhorn 6,905,000
4 Rhett Butler 6,400,000
5 Dan Nassif 5,430,000
6 Richard Lee 5,275,000
7 Michael Binger 5,275,000
8 William Thorsson 3,765,000
9 Jeffrey Lisandro 3,750,000
10 Kevin Aaronson 3,670,000
11 Doug Kim 3,595,000
12 John Magill 3,275,000
13 Allen Cunningham 2,650,000
14 Leif Force 2,265,000
15 Kevin O'Donnell 2,130,000
16 Prahlad Friedman 1,850,000
17 Eric Lynch 1,785,000
18 Lee Kort 1,700,000
19 Rob Roseman 1,685,000
20 Fred Goldberg 1,611,000
21 Dustin Holmes 1,210,000
22 Sirous Jamshidi 1,190,000
23 Luke Chung 1,100,000
24 Paul Wasicka 700,000
25 Siddharth Jain 675,000
26 Mark Garner 635,000
27 Richard Wyrick 570,000

[mike griffin]

Cunningham is the man. If he can get anywhere near the chip lead, he will win!

[This Ain't Compton]

Originally Posted by mike griffin

Cunningham is the man. If he can get anywhere near the chip lead, he will win!

Hell, yeah. I love the Hendon Mob. It's time for Cunningham and his mates to get their props.

[Harvey]

The final table is set going into Thursday. Here are the nine finalists and their chip totals:

Seat 1 - Richard Lee - $11,820,000

Seat 2 - Erik Friberg - $9,605,000

Seat 3 - Paul Wasicka - $7,970,000

Seat 4 - Dan Nassif - $2,600,000

Seat 5 - Allen Cunningham - $17,770,000

Seat 6 - Michael Binger - $3,140,000

Seat 7 - Doug Kim - $6,770,000

Seat 8 - Jamie Gold - $26,650,000

Seat 9 - Rhett Butler - $4,815,000

[This Ain't Compton]

Originally Posted by Harvey

The final table is set going into Thursday. Here are the nine finalists and their chip totals:

Seat 1 - Richard Lee - $11,820,000

Seat 2 - Erik Friberg - $9,605,000

Seat 3 - Paul Wasicka - $7,970,000

Seat 4 - Dan Nassif - $2,600,000

Seat 5 - Allen Cunningham - $17,770,000

Seat 6 - Michael Binger - $3,140,000

Seat 7 - Doug Kim - $6,770,000

Seat 8 - Jamie Gold - $26,650,000

Seat 9 - Rhett Butler - $4,815,000

Looks like Cunningham is the betting favorite. Anybody know anything about Jamie Gold?