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End of Day 3 at World Poker Tour World ChampionshipsTue, Apr 22nd, 2008 @ 12:00am Day 2 of the World Poker Tour World Championship saw a spike in action from the grind that was Day 1. Deep starting stacks limited first day eliminations to just 121, while 233 busted during Day 2. It is possible that the field of the '08 WPT World Championships will go down as one of the toughest no limit tournament fields of all time. Each table was at least five pros strong, with some containing as many as seven or eight familiar faces. But a pro heavy field meant a pro heavy rail, and by the end of the day, Phil Hellmuth, Joe Hachem, Chris Ferguson, Michael Mizrachi and Paul Wasicka were among those who fell in Day 2. Robert Mizrachi raced to the chip lead early in the day and would finish Day 2 as the only player over half a million chips. Bryan Devonshire took pots from Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Galfond on his way to nearly 400K, which is good enough for fourth in the chip counts. Not far behind is last year's champ Carlos Mortensen, who finished in the seven spot. End of Day 2 top 25: __________________________ 1 - Robert Mizrachi 523,200 2 - Jayde Tran 406,700 3 - Eric Richards 399,500 4 - Bryan Devonshire 393,400 5 - Cory Carroll 384,700 6 - John Celii 376,800 7 - Carlos Mortensen 371,600 8 - Kenny Tran 367,400 9 - Michael Gracz 364,800 10 - Jonathan Kalmar 333,900 11 - Marcel Luske 325,200 12 - Steve Wong 306,600 13 - Saifuddin Ahmad 306,500 14 - Soheil Shamseddin 297,500 15 - Philip Galfond 295,700 16 - John Hoang 293,700 17 - Mikael Thuritz 291,200 18 - Thomas Schneider 288,000 19 - Michael Katz 284,700 20 - Richard Fohrenbach 281,900 21 - Rhynie Campbell 281,100 22 - Joe Sebok 278,100 23 - Anna Wroblewski 277,300 24 - Martin Deknijff 276,100 25 - Charles Kelley 273,600 __________________________ The remaining 188 players will return to the Bellagio Tuesday at 12 p.m. PST for Day 3. Click here to read Bryan Devonshire's blog.
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Freddy Deeb Leads World Poker Tour Final Table The WPT Festa al Lago Main Event is down to the final six after five tough days of play. Two-time WPT champion Freddy Deeb brings the chip lead along with the benefit of his under-the-lights experience into Monday's televised final table. Deeb previously won the WPT Season III Aruba Poker Classic and the Season VII Celebrity Invitational. He also owns two World Series bracelets and has amassed over $6 million in tournament winnings. A win on Monday would add $1,218,225 to that total. Click here for photos from the felt and final table chip counts. |
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