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World Series Of Poker 2002 World Championship Report |
LAS VEGAS April 19th - May 24th, 2002 |
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Jesse May Reports -
Pitcures of the Final Hand/Cash/Hairshaving Day One -
Day Two -
Day Three -
Day Four -
Final Action - Full Championship Money List |
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20 - 24th
May - $10,000 World Championship Event (No limit
Holdem) - 631 (+2.7%) players. Prizepool $5,931,400 (-3%). 1st prize
$2,000,000 (+33%). 2nd prize $1,100,000. 45 places paid. Two records have gone,
the top prize and the number of players.
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Final Day |
(Words from Mike Paulle care of Binions) You'd send
your nickel-dime playing granny against this lineup, right? No WSOP bracelets
among them. None! Total WSOP earnings for the group: under $450,000. They have
a whopping seven Final Tables in all WSOP events with one second as the best
result. Three of them had never made a penny in the Series before today. Those
who like to complain, "tournaments are always won by the same people" will have
to be still for a while. How's this for formidable credentials? These are the
final nine's prior WSOP
Our chip leader, John Shipley: $37,270 Russ
Rosenblum: $0 Rafael Perry (aka Perovskin) $58,340 Rob Varkonyi: $0 Minh Ly:
$62,155 Scott Gray: $12,200 Julian Gardner: $0 Tony D: $228,532 Harley Hall:
$25,260 Only Shipley (42nd, 2000) and Tony D (13th, 2001) have ever cashed in
any WSOP No-Limit event. They were both in the $10,000
Championship.
What do all these statistics mean? Absolutely Nothing!
Trust me, your dear granny would get crushed by this group. They all can
play
The Final Table was setup when Don Barton couldn't get off a hand
when he was raised by John Shipley. On second button, Barton bet out on the
flop of J 10 9. Shipley on the button raised $100k. Don had A Q that gave him
an up and down straight draw. Barton went all-in. Shipley called with trip
Jacks. With two short stacks, Barton might have picked a better spot to make a
stand.
But Don might have still been steaming from the beat the other
Brit at the table had just given him. Julian Gardner could have been out of
this tournament a couple of times. His wizardry is still working. Don Barton
had Julian dominated all-in just prior to Barton's exit in 10th to John
Shipley. Don had A K, Julian was all-in with A 10. No worries! When a 10 rips
right off the deck, you know you can do magic.
This is how the final
starts
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John
Shipley in 1st |
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Julian Gardner in 7th |
Final Table - Chips - Odds John
Shipley 2,033,000 (9/4) Russell Rosenblum 927,000 (9/2) Rafael Perry
766,000 (7/2) Rob Varkonyi 640,000 (7/1) Minh Ly 614,000 (6/1)
Scott Gray 545,000 (11/2) Julian Gardner 394,000 (8/1) Tony D
231,000 (9/1) Harley Hall 161,000 (20/1)
see
Seat allocations and Prize Money |
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Action from the Final
We
hope to bring regular updates but some restrictions are in place on reporting -
we'll do our best Players are seated and playing. We are in Level 17
with 3000 antes with 8000/16000 blinds Gardner moves to 800k with Aces,
Varkonyi down Shipley in two pots with mixed results. More no show
action. 2pm Harley gets it all in with an Ace, split pot with
Shipley's Ace Gray and Perry aggressive. Ly (8,8) bets, raised Perry
(A,K), Ly all-in. King on the flop - Ly
9th Varkonyi (J,J) all-in, Shipley (A,K) call. No help for
Shipley Tony D. got low and all-in (A-Q), Gray call (Q,Q). Ace saves
D. Gardner and Varkonyi swap hands to no evail. 3:00pm - Level 18
4000 antes 12,000/24,000 blinds - 68,000 per round Short Break Hall (A,9)
all-in, call Perry (Q,7). Nine flops, Hall safe. Tony D (K,K) doubles up
thru Shipley Hall all-in (5,5) stort stacked, Gardner calls (J,8) no
help 4pm Several raise, re-raise hands with no callers. Hall (A,J)
all-in again after Perry (10,10) opens. Jack is 4th street Its all very
tight here and the low stacks keep winning hands More no show hands and
Shipley has lost half his stack. Varkonyi (J,J) opens, Shipley (A,J) raise,
Varkonyi all-in, Shipley calls 700K !? after long think. Case Jack on
River. 5:00pm - Level 19 5000 antes 15,000/30,000 blinds - 75,000 per
round More raise - no callers hands Short break - after its $5k chips and
$25 chips Tony D (Q,J) all-in short stacked, call Varkonyi (A,K). Nobody
hits, Tony D is 8th. 6pm Shipley (7,7)
all-in 300K, call Varkonyi (A,10). Ace is 4th street. Shipley 7th. Rosenblum (J,6) bluff all-in, Gardner
under pressure finds (A,A). Scary pair and diamonds on flop but Gardner
doubles. Rosenblum (A,8) all-in 100K, Gray (A,K) call. Cards fall A,K,x,K,x.
Rosenblum 6th. Hall (A,2) all-in, Gardner calls
(K,7). Flop is blank then 7 and 7. Hall
5th. 7:00pm Varkonyi (Q,T) 70K, all-in Gray (A,9) 300K.
Flop Q,Q,8,x,x. Gray 4th. Break
Varkonyi |
5000k |
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Gardner |
1300k |
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Perry |
3rd |
$550 |
Gray |
4th |
$281K |
Hall |
5th |
$195 |
Rosenblum |
6th |
$150 |
Shipley |
7th |
$120K |
Tony D |
8th |
$100K |
Ly |
9th |
$85K |
Gardner bets but Perry raises 200K. Varkonyi
all-in. Gardner pass, Perry calls. Perry (J,J) and Varkonyi (A,A). Board is
K,9,5,9,3. Rafael Perry 3rd. Money and Diamond
Bracelet are brought to the table Small hand action and then exchanges of
hands of raise fold Both show they are playing well when they go to the
River holding (Q,J) and the board is K,Q,6,4,5. Level 20 - 10000
antes 20,000/40,000 blinds - 80,000 per round Gardner loses 400K in a pot
that goes to the river on a flush draw. Then the
final hand - Varkonyi 50K, call. Flop Q,4,4 (2 clubs). Varkonyi 50K,
Gardner all-in, call. Gardner (Jc,8c) and Varkonyi (Q,T) his most succesful
hand. The 4th street card is a 10 but the 5th street is a club, only its the 10
of clubs. Flush for gardner but HOUSE and the Championship to Robert Varkonyi.
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1st Robert Varkonyi $2,000,000 2nd Julian
Gardner $1,100,000 3rd Rafael Perry $550,000 4th Scot
Gray $281,000 5th Harley Hall $195,000 6th Russel
Rosenblum $150,000 7th John Shipley $120,000 8th Tony
D $100,000 9th Minh Ly $85,000
Pictures courtesy
of Razzo from PokerWorld |
Final Hand - Julian |
Final Hand - Robert Varkonyi |
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$2m
Cash and Varkonyi |
Varkonyi shaves Phil's head |
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It was common knowledge that Phil Hellmuth
declared he would shave his head if Robert won after he was taken out of the
tournament by Robert with Queen - Ten. Robert won the final hand with Q-T and
Phil's head was duly shaved. Many people took part including Becky Binion and
Varkonyi himself.
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Jesse May Reports -
Day One -
Day Two -
Day Three -
Day Four -
Full Championship Money List |
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