EVENT #9 GOLD BRACELET MATCH PLAY
NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM
Friday, April 26-May 23, 2002
$2,500 BUY-IN
$2,500 in chips
EGO BOWL I
This event wasn't supposed to last a month, but it did.
The inaugural 'Gold Bracelet Match Play' seemed like a good idea. 29 bracelet winners thought so, as they ponied up $2,500 to play. It may still be a good idea. It certainly was fun for the players. But something must be done with the structure. No one knew when the heads up matches between WSOP event winners were going to take place. So, most often, few of each player's biggest fans got to see their favorites play. Equally, the press coverage was spotty so only a few player reports were made available to those around the world who were interested in the results and how anyone won.
Part of the problem is that the matches themselves can take a few minutes or a few hours. A first round match between Scotty Nguyen and Daniel Negreanu lasted 4 1/2 hours. That was the longest one. Several took only a few minutes:
Like the Championship Match between Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth.
"I didn't have my A-Game," Phil said afterward. He wasn't sure at the time he spoke if he'd have his hair much longer either. Turned out Phil lost both his quest for a record tying 8th bracelet and his scalp in less than 24 hours. Overall it was a disappointing WSOP for Hellmuth with one Final Table and this match up with Chan for a first prize of $34,000.
Thursday night, the long awaited final could commence. Both Chan and Hellmuth had been knocked out of the $10,000 Championship Event. This was their last chance in 2002 for some glory.
"The key hand," Johnny Chan said afterward, "was when Phil said he was on a straight flush draw. I put him on a pair of 7's." Chan was going for his 7th bracelet that would tie Phil Hellmuth. "I caught him on a bluff," Chan continued. "He bet on the end. I raised and he folded. I then won 12 hands in a row."
The last hand wasn't much later. "I made Jacks and Nines," Phil related. "Johnny had three Kings." Hellmuth lost his last $28,000 and the title to EGO BOWL I.
Official Money Winners
1. Johnny Chan $34,000
2. Phil Hellmuth, Jr $17,000
3. Tom McEvoy $ 8,575
| Men the Master |
Men the Master |
Negreanu |
Chan |
Chan |
CHAN |
| Mike Carson |
| Daniel Negrueanu |
Negreanu |
| Scotty Nguyen |
| Bye |
Seidel |
Chan |
| Erick Seidel |
| Johnny Chan |
Chan |
| Amarillo Slim Preston |
| Diego Cordovez |
Cordovez |
Cordovez |
Cordovez |
| Humberto Brenes |
| Berry Johnston |
Shulman |
| Barry Shulman |
| TJ Cloutier |
Laing |
Laing |
Mike Laing |
| Bye |
Appleman |
| Mickey Appleman |
| Mel Weiner |
Hellmuth Jr. |
Hellmuth Jr. |
Hellmuth Jr. |
Hellmuth Jr. |
| Phil Hellmuth Jr. |
| Jim Lester |
Lester |
| Allan Cunningham |
| David Pham |
Zolotow |
Zolotow |
| Steve Zolotow |
| Billy Baxter |
Baxter |
| Chris Ferguson |
| Captain Tom Franklin |
McEvoy |
McEvoy |
McEvoy |
| Tom McEvoy |
| Bye |
Jenifer Harmon |
| Jenifer Harmon |
| Dave Devilfish Ulliot |
DevilFish |
Ivey |
| Syracuse Chris |
| Phil Ivey |
Ivey |
| Jim Bechtel |
EVENT #9 GOLD BRACELET MATCH PLAY
NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM
Friday, April 26-May 23, 2002
$2,500 BUY-IN
$2,500 in chips
EGO BOWL I
This event wasn't supposed to last a month, but it did.
The inaugural 'Gold Bracelet Match Play' seemed like a good idea. 29 bracelet winners thought so, as they ponied up $2,500 to play. It may still be a good idea. It certainly was fun for the players. But something must be done with the structure. No one knew when the heads up matches between WSOP event winners were going to take place. So, most often, few of each player's biggest fans got to see their favorites play. Equally, the press coverage was spotty so only a few player reports were made available to those around the world who were interested in the results and how anyone won.
Part of the problem is that the matches themselves can take a few minutes or a few hours. A first round match between Scotty Nguyen and Daniel Negreanu lasted 4 1/2 hours. That was the longest one. Several took only a few minutes:
Like the Championship Match between Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth.
"I didn't have my A-Game," Phil said afterward. He wasn't sure at the time he spoke if he'd have his hair much longer either. Turned out Phil lost both his quest for a record tying 8th bracelet and his scalp in less than 24 hours. Overall it was a disappointing WSOP for Hellmuth with one Final Table and this match up with Chan for a first prize of $34,000.
Thursday night, the long awaited final could commence. Both Chan and Hellmuth had been knocked out of the $10,000 Championship Event. This was their last chance in 2002 for some glory.
"The key hand," Johnny Chan said afterward, "was when Phil said he was on a straight flush draw. I put him on a pair of 7's." Chan was going for his 7th bracelet that would tie Phil Hellmuth. "I caught him on a bluff," Chan continued. "He bet on the end. I raised and he folded. I then won 12 hands in a row."
The last hand wasn't much later. "I made Jacks and Nines," Phil related. "Johnny had three Kings." Hellmuth lost his last $28,000 and the title to EGO BOWL I.
Official Money Winners
1. Johnny Chan $34,000
2. Phil Hellmuth, Jr $17,000
3. Tom McEvoy $ 8,575
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