Final Table Set at World Series of Poker
Wednesday August 9, 2006
Well, David Einhorn was not among the last poker players standing at around 2 AM last night in Vegas, but the Michael J. Fox Foundation did net over $600K for his hard poker work. But the World Series of Poker has, after days and days of play, its final table.
The final 9 and their seats and chip counts are (via cardplayer.com):
The final 9 and their seats and chip counts are (via cardplayer.com):
- 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
Comments
It must be nice to “relax and ponder their new millions”. What a rush to play in the main event that will be televised over and over on ESPN.
Agreed — tho I imagine it adds an extra layer of pressure too. It must be so much worse to be bluffed off a hand when everyone in the world will be able to see it.
My money (it’s just a saying – I’m not actually betting on this) is on Allen Cunningham or really anyone but Jamie Gold. It’s one thing to build a big stack going into a final table. It’s whole other thing to play it well.
I get the impression that Jamie Gold thinks he’s already won this thing and all he has to do it raise/push people out of pots. I could see him getting trapped and getting rid most of his chips n 2 or 3 hands. He hasn’t played with a small stack throughout the entire tournament. We’ll see what kind of player he is then.
Then again, what do I know? : )
wheres the so called pros this year is it bad luck or that fact that once you win a bracelet you automattically become a future winner of the main event , 6 so called fancied players were out by day 3 ,no one under 100/1 made the final table ?
Matt: I totally agree
Paul: No pro was ranked under 100/1 as far as I saw, and the only one who was ranked 100/1 was Phil Ivey. Before the event began, Cunningham was ranked 750/1. He’s considered the odds-on fave now to win.
In a field of 8873, it’s almost impossible to predict who will win, and luck factors in powerfully, no matter how skilled a pro is.