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| Sean Ingle in Las
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| Tuesday July 12, 2005
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| And then there were 185... |
The
action intensifies at the world series of poker
Six days ago, when
the first card was dealt in the World Series of Poker at Harrah's Rio Suites,
Las Vegas, 5,619 hard-nosed hustlers allowed themselves to dream of walking
away with the first prize of $7.5m.
Now that figure is just
185.
Those left standing know their trip will be a profitable one, as
the top 560 players all make money. Now it's all about how much. The $12,500
awarded to those who finished between 501-560 barely covers the $10,000 buy-in
fee plus hotel bills. But anyone who gets into the top 100 will make at least
$77,100 - while the nine players who make it into the final table will become
instant millionaires.
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that some people left in the tournament necessarily need the cash. Last year's
$5m winner, patent lawyer Greg "Fossilman" Raymer - the nickname comes from the
fossils he uses as card protectors at the table - finished the night in first,
with just over a million dollars worth of chips.
He's just ahead of Rod
Pardey, who has around $1, 041,000m in chips. Meanwhile Russ Hamilton, the 1994
champion, is still in the field, as other big-name pros like the poker
professor Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow and Paul Darden. However Sam
Farha, who finished second to Chris Moneymaker in 2003, has been knocked
out.
Of the 185 players still left, six are women. In the world series
of poker's 36-year-history, only one member of the fairer sex has reached the
final table - Barbara Enright, who finished fifth in 1995. But she, along with
former Miss Teen Oklahoma and pro Clonie Gowen were knocked out of the
tournament last night. However Tiffany Williamson from London remains in the
hunt and, according to latest results from the official world series of poker
site, she is the third highest British player still in the tournament and well
inside the top 50 places. What price her breaking the trend?
Top ten
chip leaders after day six Greg "Fossil Man" $1,064,000 Rodney Pardey Jr.
$1,041,000 Brad Kondracki, $962,500 Johnny Howard, $910,500 Bob Larsen,
$796,500 Tim Phan, $746,000 Phil Ivey, $722,500 Steve Marx $679,500 S
Bartholomew, $659,000 Gabe Wells, $655,500
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