Event # 17 - $2,500 Limit Hold'em -Day 2

Top 20 Return




Players remaining going into day 2


Player Name Hometown Chip Count Table # Seat #

Chi Chang Los Angeles, CA $114,000 116 2
Greg Debora Toronto, Canada $96,000 127 9
Spencer Sun Novato, CA $95,000 128 6
S. Lewis Las Vegas, NV $75,000 116 5
Sammy Arzoin New York $69,000 116 9
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken Amsterdam $62,000 128 5
Tony "TNT" Nasr Pico Rivera $51,000 116 6
Rodeen Talebi Dallas, TX $50,000 127 1
Nat Koe Irvine, CA $44,000 127 4
Juan Carlos Mortensen Madrid, Spain $40,000 127 8
Captain Tom Franklin Gulfport $39,000 127 6
Mark Gregorich Las Vegas, NV $34,000 128 2
Quinn Do Seattle, WA $33,000 128 3
Keith Videtto San Ramon $30,000 128 7
Ashok Surapaneni Las Vegas, NV $30,000 128 8
Erik Gault Burke, VA $22,000 127 2
Mike Davis Spokane, WA $19,000 127 7
Derek Leforte Vancouver $18,000 128 9
Steven Shkolnik Los Angeles, CA $13,000 116 4
Brian Clark Roseville $13,000 116 1

Some info on the top 3 chip leaders

Chi Chang Our chip leader is a new face to the final stages so far in this years WSOP.
Chi comes from Los Angeles, California, and brings $114,000 in chips. He will be hoping to keep us his great form and win his first WSOP bracelet and $265,975 in prize money

Greg Debora has had 3 money finishes to date and has an overal prize money total of $41,755. Greg is from Toronto, Canada and with recent good performances in the Five Star Poker Classics at the Bellagio, Greg maybe peeking at the right time to take his first WSOP bracelet.Lets see if he can do it.

Spencer Sun Has has 13 money finishes and has has an overal total prize money of $280,924. From Novato, California, Spencer has the most experiance of the top three chip leaders. Still a way to go, But Spencer will have the title and a WSOP bracelet firmly in his sights.



Players in Table Order

Chi Chang Los Angeles, CA $114,000 116 2
S. Lewis Las Vegas, NV $75,000 116 5
Sammy Arzoin New York $69,000 116 9
Tony "TNT" Nasr Pico Rivera $51,000 116 6
Steven Shkolnik Los Angeles, CA $13,000 116 4
Brian Clark Roseville $13,000 116 1
Greg Debora Toronto, Canada $96,000 127 9
Rodeen Talebi Dallas, TX $50,000 127 1
Nat Koe Irvine, CA $44,000 127 4
Juan Carlos Mortensen Madrid, Spain $40,000 127 8
Captain Tom Franklin Gulfport $39,000 127 6
Erik Gault Burke, VA $22,000 127 2
Mike Davis Spokane, WA $19,000 127 7
Spencer Sun Novato, CA $95,000 128 6
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken Amsterdam $62,000 128 5
Mark Gregorich Las Vegas, NV $34,000 128 2
Quinn Do Seattle, WA $33,000 128 3
Keith Videtto San Ramon $30,000 128 7
Ashok Surapaneni Las Vegas, NV $30,000 128 8
Derek Leforte Vancouver $18,000 128 9

3:00
The twenty with chips come back tomorrow to play down to then play the Final Table.



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End of Day One Report

Event # 17
Event: Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $2500
Number of Entries: 373
Total Prize Money: $857,900

REMAINING PLAYERS:

Player Name Hometown Chip Count Table # Seat #
Chi Chang Los Angeles, CA $114,000 116 2
Greg Debora Toronto, Canada $96,000 127 9
Spencer Sun Novato, CA $95,000 128 6
S. Lewis Las Vegas, NV $75,000 116 5
Sammy Arzoin New York $69,000 116 9
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken Amsterdam $62,000 128 5
Tony "TNT" Nasr Pico Rivera $51,000 116 6
Rodeen Talebi Dallas, TX $50,000 127 1
Nat Koe Irvine, CA $44,000 127 4
Juan Carlos Mortensen Madrid, Spain $40,000 127 8
Captain Tom Franklin Gulfport $39,000 127 6
Mark Gregorich Las Vegas, NV $34,000 128 2
Quinn Do Seattle, WA $33,000 128 3
Keith Videtto San Ramon $30,000 128 7
Ashok Surapaneni Las Vegas, NV $30,000 128 8
Erik Gault Burke, VA $22,000 127 2
Mike Davis Spokane, WA $19,000 127 7
Derek Leforte Vancouver $18,000 128 9
Steven Shkolnik Los Angeles, CA $13,000 116 4
Brian Clark Roseville $13,000 116 1


IN THE MONEY FINISHERS:

1. $265,975
2. $137,265
3. $68,630
4. $60,055
5. $51,475
6. $42,895
7. $34,315
8. $25,735
9. $17,160
10. $10,295
11. $10,295
12. $10,295
13. $8,580
14. $8,580
15. $8,580
16. $6,865
17. $6,865
18. $6,865
19. $5,145
20. $5,145
21. Ivo Donev Austria $5,145
22. David Plastik Las Vegas, NV $5,145
23. Bill Edler Las Vegas, NV $5,145
24. Al Ardebili Jersey City, NJ $5,145
25. Ron Long Ft Wayne, IN $5,145
26. David 'Rabbi' Danheiser Las Vegas, NV $5,145
27. Kieu Duong Mayslanding, NJ $5,145
28. AJ Kelsall Lutz, FL $3,430
29. Chad Niebor Grand Rapids, MI $3,430
30. Greg Mueller Vancouver, Canada $3,430
31. Thomas Garza Reno, NV $3,430
32. Kelly Harmon Nampa, ID $3,430
33. Bruce Corman Knottingham, England $3,430
34. Hooman Nikzad Scottsdale, AZ $3,430
35. Steve Zolotow Las Vegas, NV $3,430
36. Steve Black St Catharines, ON, Canada $3,430


-end

1:45

Redrawing at three tables.

28- AJ Kelsall
29-Chad Neibor
30-Greg Mueller
31-Thomas Garza
32-Kelly Harmon
33-Bruce Corman
34-Hooman Nikzad
35-Steve Zolotow
36-Steve Black

These players are still in:

Noah Boeken 32k
David Plastik 7k
Rodeen Talebi 30k
Ivo Donev 20k
Steve Skolnick 15k
Mark Gregorich 60k
Sam Arzoin 65k
Tom Franklin 60k
David Rabbi 15k
Spencer Sun 90k
Greg Debora 25k
Carlos Mortensen 55k
Tony Nasr 40k

12:55

With 1,500 on the button, Kathleen Tran could have waited the next several hands to her next big blind in hopes someone would make a mistake. They were at 37 players left paying 36. She picked up Q J, however and went all-in with enough to call the 1,500 big blind. Carlos Mortensen was in the small blind and raised which raised the eyebrows of the big blind. He folded and Juan Carlos turned over two Queens of Spain. End of history.

These are the players and chip counts I know are in the money:

Noah Boeken 32k
Greg Mueller 14k
David Plastik 13k
Rodeen Talebi 25k
Ivo Donev 25k
Steve Skolnick 18k
Mark Gregorich 30k
Sam Arzoin 35k
Tom Franklin 55k
Steve Zolotow 12k
David Rabbi 10k
AJ Kelsall 5k
Spencer Sun 65k
Greg Debora 25k
Carlos Mortensen 45k

Steve Zolotow went out as I was typing my list.

23:10 46 Left

Five tables plus one player at the end of level 9, tables are 9 handed now.

Surrendering during that hour were -
David Colclough
Toto Leonidas
Ross Boatman
and finally John Juanda Ace 5 vs Carlos M's K 6 - the damage being done on the flop which included a 6

Tom Franklin continues to build a stack as does Spencer Sun and Noah Boeken.

Not too many short stacks so the spiral down to the money may still take some time - Please stay tuned

22:10 Chip Counts


Known player Chip Counts

Tom Franklin 35K
Spencer Sun 37K
Noah Boeken 35K
Greg Debora 24K
Greg Mueller 24K
Toto Leonidas 17K
Andrew Kelsall 17K
Steve Zolotow 14K
David Plastik 14K
Ross Boatman 6K
Tony Nasr 10K
Steve Kopp 15K
Carlos Mortenson 14K
John Juanda 11K

Blinds 400-800 Level 9

21:50 NOAH still

Down to 66, 31 to go to the money.


Those missing since we last met are -
Maciek Grasz
Barry Greenstein
Ram Vaswami
Howard Lederer
Garry Bush
Ming Nugyen
Michael Manttan

John Juanda also found a river Jack to help his pocket Jacks against Pocket Kings to survive an all-in.

Payouts

1. 265,975
2. 137,265
3. 68,630
4. 60,055
5. 51,475
6. 42,895
7. 34,315
8. 25,735
9. 17,160
10. 10,295
11. 10,295
12. 10,295
13 - 15 8,580
16 - 18 6,865
19 - 27 5,145
28 - 36 3,430

21:00 NOAH gets up at 43 to 1

With the clock just ticking over to the 8th level 300-600 blinds there are 80 players left.
Phil Helmuth was elimated during the last level as were Billy Weston and Cecilia Mortenson.
Noah Boeken eliminated a player ( sorry don't know his name ) Noah had JJ his opponent KK , flop has King and Jack - oh damn you have guessed the ending - yep Jack on the river. Noah would be chip leader at this stage.

20:30

Now we have got Rid of Peter

Quick update : down to 10 tables

Peter Costa has NOW gone being very short stacked before dinner and Daniel Negreanu departs showing Ace 5 with a 5 on the flop but he was already up against Aces and 4s. Yep thats right Joe Cassidy jags a 4 on the turn and two players depart.

18:10 COUNTS

15 tables now

Some counts at this time

Peter Costa 2K
John Juanda 11K
Chris Ferguson 2.5K
Scott Fischman 9K
John Hennigan 8K
Barry Greenstein 8K
Carlos Mortenson 15K
Huch Seed 2.3K
Phil Helmuth 8K
Ross Boatman 10k
Howard Lederer 8K
Daniel Negreanu 7K
Toto Leonidas 10K
Billy Weston 14K
Noah Boeken 8K
Ram Vaswami 7K
David Rabi 5K
Gavin Griffin 4K
Tony Nasr 8K
Tom Franklin 14K
Greg Debora 16K
David Colclough 6K
John Dagostino 4K


Those who went missing

Josh Arieh
Berry Johnson
Chris Tsiprailidis
Todd Brunson

17:40 Going Steadily
18 tables left as the pips go through for the start of the 6th level, 200-300 blinds.


Only 18 tables remain now but still lots of poker to get to the money


Included in those to fall by the wayside during level 5 were :-
Ralph Perry
Humberto Brenes
Perry Friedman

Chip Jett
Jennifer Harman
An Tran
Kirill Gerisimov
Erik Seidel
Mickey Appleman

Some players with more than 12K in chips are
Ross Boatman
Spencer Sun
Billy Weston

Mike Paulle tells us the counts are still not significant - so a more accurate and comprehensive list will be forthcoming

16:30 BREAK and They let Peter Rebuy

Its the end of level 4 - the blinds now go to 100-200 and the green 25 chips are removed. The only player I noticed leaving was Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi his Kings being done in by Queens and a Queen on the flop.

Peter Costa must have been given a special dispensation to Rebuy because there he is on table 121 with medium chips - I swear he wasn't there last time i looked. Phil Helmuth has well above average chips as has Perry Friedman Scott Fischman and the aussie Mike Manttan. More acurate counts very soon.

15:45 ENTRANTS , EARLY OUTS and THE MONEY

Final entrants numbered 372 - 237 last year. 36 will be in the money later in the day. At 15:45 there were 30 tables of 10 left so a long way to go yet.

Names already missing include Dan Heimiller, Anders Berg,TJ Cloutier,Barney Boatman,John Cernutto,David Levi, Marcel Luske, David Chui, Gavin Smith, Peter Costa, David Williams and Annie Duke.

The winner will get just on $266,000 , second 137,000 and third 68,000.

15:10

A more complete list of names who started today. Significant chip counts to follow

Mickey Appleman
Josh Arieh
Anders Berg
Andy Bloch
Barney Boatman
Ross Boatman
Ross Boatman
John Bonetti
Humberto Brenes
Todd Brunson
Dr Mark Burtman
Garry Bush
John Cernutto
David Chui
TJ Cloutier
David Colclough
Diego Cordovez
Peter Costa
John Dagostini
Paul Darden
Gregg Debora
Quinn Do
Annie Duke
Jack Duncan
John Esposito
Chris Ferguson
Scott Fischman
Ted Forrest
Perry Friedman
Eric Froehlich - 1500 winner
Kirill Gerasimov
Barry Greenstein
Mark Gregorich
Thor Hansen
Jennifer Harman
Raoul Haroch
Dan Heimiller
Phil Helmuth
John Hennigan
Mathew Hilger
Chip Jett
Berry Johnson
Berry Johnstone
Jesse Jones
John Juanda
Frank Kasella
Aaron Katz
AJ Kelsall
Q Kupnow
Howard Lederer
David Levi
Jeff Lisandro
Marcel Luske
Toby Maguire
Mike Manttan
Jim Meehan
Robert Mizarchi
Michael Mizarchi
John Myung
Daniel Negreanu
Ming Nguyen
Rod Peate
Ralph Perry
John Phan
David Plastik
Huck Seed
Eric Seidel
Gavin Smith
Spencer Sun
Paul Testud
An Tran
Marco Traniello
Chris Tsiprailidis
James Van Alstein
Ram Vaswami
Robert Williamson III
David Williams
Don Zewin
Steve Zolotow

13:35 Well here is the team effort to name some well known entrants
Anders Berg
Andy Bloch
Annie Duke
Barney Boatman
Barry Greenstein
Chip Jett
Chris Ferguson
Chris Tsiprailidis
Dan Heimiller
Daniel Negreanu
David Levi
David Chui
David Plastik
Diego Cordovez
Dr Mark Burtman
Eric Froehlich - 1500 winner
Eris Seidel
Garry Bush
Gavin Smith
Howard Lederer
Huck Seed
Jeff Lisandro
Jennifer Harman
Jesse Jones
Jim Meehan
John Cernutto
John Hennigan
John Juanda
Josh Arieh
Kirill Gerasimov
Marcel Luske
Marco Traniello
Mickey Appleman
Mike Manttan
Ming Nguyen
Paul Darden
Perry Friedman
Peter Costa
Ralph Perry
Ram Vaswami
Ross Boatman
Scott Fischman
Steve Zolotow
Ted Forrest
Thor Hansen
TJ Cloutier
Todd Brunson
Humberto Brenes

12:20

Good Afternoon , Morning (if you in the Australian part of the globe )

Chris "The Barracuda" Newton bringing you the early updates for the remaining events.

Today's event sees us getting back to the relative calm of Limit Holdem - the buyin jumps to $2,500 but as before this does not seem to preturb too many players. Last year had 237 entrants and although not complete yet ,there were 37 tables of 9 seated a short time ago.

The room is extra busy though today because Harrahs have a freeroll weekend for their Rewards program players so the 220 table room is atleast 2/3rds used today.

I'm a little new at identifying the players - so please bear with me and i will have a list shortly.




As we bid farewell to Daniel Lazerek and thank him for a great job, we now pass the Day 1's over to a great team to cover and Mike Paulle is going to be covering final tables.

The PokerPages Team are :-

Oh Steve (Photographer) can you get a decent photo of The Mike Paulle of Australia Chris Newton for our home page - Thank you


There is no $2500 Limit Hold'em event in WSOP 2004 to make a comparision

See you at the tables at noon...................