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World Series Of Poker 2002 $2,000 S.H.O.E (limit) Result |
LAS VEGAS April 19th - May 24th, 2002 |
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10th May -
143 (-21%) players. Prizepool $268,840 (-29%). 1st prize $107,540 (-23%).
7-Card Stud, Hold 'em, Omaha Hi/Lo, Stud Hi/Lo.
Explain these games. Ivey makes
it three Bracelets and confirms he's the best 7-Card player.
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Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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1 |
Phil Ivey |
NJ |
$107,540 |
2 |
Diego Cordovez
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CA |
$53,760 |
3 |
Vince Burgio |
CA |
$26,880 |
4 |
Perry Friedman
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CA |
$16,140 |
5 |
Chris Grigorian
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CA |
$13,440 |
6 |
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson
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CA |
$10,760 |
7 |
Brian Nadell |
NV |
$8,060 |
8 |
Christina Hung
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CA |
$5,380 |
9 |
Ian Murphy |
England |
$4,040 |
10 |
Mallory Smith |
CO |
$4,040 |
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11 - 12 |
Dan Heimille,
Rich Korbin |
$4,040 |
13 - 16 |
Bernard
McNelis, Mike O'Malley, Steve Kaufman, Vince Calvino |
$2,680 |
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Key
Players |
Phil seems
destined to tear up the WSOP record book. Ivey has THREE gold bracelets already
this year (tying the record held by Phil Hellmuth and Ted Forrest for wins in a
single year. He has FIVE Final Tables in 23 events. These accomplishments have
the old dogs of the WSOP in awe.
Prior to the Final Table, Diego
Cordovez was having a Phil Ivey tournament. He busted everyone. Included were
the 'one out of the money,' and Englishman Ian Murphy in 9th. Diego seemed
close to a lock for this bracelet with 2 1/2 times the chips of his closest
competitor, Vince Burgio, and well over three times the starting chips of that
guy way back in the pack, Phil Ivey. The 'D Train,' Diego Cordovez, had over
one third of all the chips on the table. Just give the first place money to
Cordovez, right?
This was the second Final Table of the year for Chris
Ferguson. In the first, he probably would tell you he should have won his
fourth bracelet. His first three beauties are clasped together as the hatband
for his black Stetson. Chris is now 4th all-time in
money earnings. He's the first player to
win $1.5 million in the Championship Final. This event won't add much to his
running total. Ferguson can be very aggressive or very patient. Today he had to
be patient because he wasn't getting any cards. After the change to Stud, Chris
went all-in with a King showing. Phil Ivey called with buried 4's and caught
another 4 on 4th St. FORE! Former Champion being driven out of the tournament!
Vince Burgio and Diego Cordovez were clearly stunned by the cards Ivey
was catching. It seemed like divine intervention. The poker god was sending in
cooler after cooler to help out an already outstanding player. There was no
defense for Ivey's force. Burgio finally had to laugh; there was nothing else
to do. The capper came when the game had changed to Hold'em. Vince was in the
big blind. The flop came 10 9 9. Phil bet out. Vince called to the river and
mucked his hand when Ivey showed him that he had caught runner runner Aces with
his A 4. Even all-in on the next hand Burgio found Ivey with a pair of 6's. It
never stops.
And it didn't stop against Diego Cordovez. We aren't
talking chopped liver here. The 'D Train' has already won $500,000 in a hold'em
tournament this year. He's in the quarter finals of the Gold Bracelet Match
Play having beaten Humberto Brenes, Barry Shulman and Mike Laing heads up to
get into the money in that event. Yet, against Phil Ivey with a 2-5 chip
disadvantage it was no contest. Phil wiped Diego out in short order. Ivey
showed Cordovez everything: rivered straights, pocket pairs, higher two pair,
the works. The all-in hand was anti-climatic as Ivey made a pair and Cordovez
didn't.
Comments courtesy of Mike Paulle via Tex Whitson |
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