[noelsarchs]

This is a very nice interview with Mike Matasow on his day 1 table. And a long interview as well, so it's worth watching. Good stuff on the way he played his table vs others who have monster chip stacks from other tables.

Poker On World Poker Tour - Tournament Overview. Past, Present, Future events.

This link also shows current chip counts after Day 1a and 1b.

[ipgyst]

That was an incredibly good interview. Thanks for the link.

I think it's funny that some people would consider the tournament action so far as a spoiler, since none of it will ever appear on television.

[BMFD]

Can someone post how the final 20 ended up (or they might still be playing)?

All poker related stuff is blocked at work for me (not CT though). My neighbor had been keeping me updated on his brother, Nick Binger. Last I saw was yesterday and he kept jumping around from 5th to 25th to 15th.

Thanks!

[agalvan]

I think they are down to 17 right now. I'm not sure what time play resumes today.

[ontheuptick]

Down to 17, play resumes at noon vegas time today.

[jojobinks]

disgustingly sick final table brewing.

Spoiler: 15 left, including gus hansen, durrrrr, amir vahedi, david chiu, kenny tran, cory carrol, michael graz, and brian devonshire. also...mizrachi the younger, jeff king of uspc a couple years back, and nick binger. some combination of those guys in the final 6 could be the most stacked FT ever in wpt i guess.

[BigKyle]

These are the latest chip counts. Blinds are 20,000/40,000 (5,000 ante) and the average stack is around 1.8 million.

TABLE 53
Seat 1. Kenny Tran - 1,825,000
Seat 2. Amir Vahedi - 3,955,000
Seat 3. Bryan Devonshire - 1,265,000
Seat 4. Jeff King - 850,000
Seat 5. Tommy Le - 1,150,000
Seat 6. Cory Carroll - 2,000,000
Seat 7. John Roveto - 540,000
Seat 8. Tom "Durrrr" Dwan - 3,160,000
Seat 9.

TABLE 54
Seat 1. Karga Holt - 1,400,000
Seat 2. David Chiu - 3,270,000
Seat 3.
Seat 4.
Seat 5. Gus Hansen - 3,765,000
Seat 6. David Tran - 1,240,000
Seat 7. Nick Binger - 785,000
Seat 8. Robert Mizrachi - 785,000
Seat 9. Michael Gracz - 1,300,000

There is some serious talent in this room right now. I think at least half of these guys have been to a WPT or WSOP final table.

[BigKyle]

10-handed and Gus is pwning everybody with close to 8 million. He knocked out the Raleigh contingent (Gracz and Binger) with some river suckouts.

[BMFD]

Yep, Nick busted out in 15th. Oh well, that's still a nice tournament for him. He used to only play online, but has been playing live for a couple of years now.

I'm not sure which tourney it was, but last week Nick busted Hellmuth. That made my day.

[BigKyle]

Michael's win and Nick's high finish made for a nice (500k'ish) week for the Bingers.