I thought I start a Main Event discussion thread since we are at Day 1c of the Main Event which will play down to a final table and then we'll have to wait until November 9-10 to decide a winner.

I posted in the WSOP Fantasy thread about some the poker pros we picked already knocked out.

Some of the big names gone from the main event are Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, David Benyamine, Humberto Brenes, David Pham, JJ Lui, Huck Seed, Mike Sexton, Chad Brown, David Chiu, and various others.


Jason...Have you been around the main event to gage the atmosphere at all?

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6,844 players entered the 2008 WSOP Main Event and 666 will get paid.

3928 players remained after Day 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d heats.

Day 2a of the 2008 WSOP Main Event started today and the 1,252 players that played today were the ones that survived to the end of Day 1a and 1b.

Tomorrow (Day 2b) will see the 2,676 players that made it through from Day 1c and 1d.

Some players that busted out today...

Scotty Nguyen, Bill Edler, Anna Wroblweski, Jens Voertmann, Tony Licastro, Philip Hilm, Stuart Paterson, Alexia Portal, Perry Friedman, Paul Wasicka, David Grey, Susie Isaacs, Steve Brecher, John Myung, Greg "FBT" Mueller, Gabe Thaler, Sweet Svetlana

There is also a video update of Day 1 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event if you're interested.

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Here are the 2008 WSOP Main Event Payouts:

1: $9,119,517
2: $5,790,024
3: $4,503,352
4: $3,763,515
5: $3,088,012
6: $2,412,510
7: $1,769,174
8: $1,286,672
9: $900,670
10-12: $591,869
13-15: $463,201
16-18: $334,534
19-27: $257,334
28-36: $193,000
37-45: $154,400
46-54: $135,100
55-63: $115,800
64-72: $96,500
73-81: $77,200
82-90: $64,333
91-99: $51,466
100-162: $41,816
163-225: $38,600
226-288: $35,383
289-351: $32,166
352-414: $28,950
415-477: $27,020
478-540: $25,090
541-603: $23,160
604-666: $21,230

Keep in mind that the top 8 places will actually get more than what is posted as the money will be invested until the final table in November.

When the 2008 WSOP Main Event final table is decided, the final 9 will get 9th place money right away. The rest will be invested and added to the final 8 places.

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I added a video update of Day 2A of the 2008 WSOP main event for anyone that is interested.

Some bust outs from today...John Juanda, Shannon Elizabeth, Clonie Gowen, 2007 main event winner Jerry Yang, Lacey Jones, Beth Shak, Eric "Rizen" Lynch.

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The split days are complete and the players remaining from Day 2a and Day 2b will merge and play today (Day 3). With 1307 players remaining out of the 6844 that registered, they will most likely make it to the money (666) today.

The Top 10 Chip Counts at the 2008 WSOP Main Event:

1. Brian Schaedlich (Cleveland, Ohio) - 801,000
2. Peter Biebel (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) - 531,000
3. Alex Outhred (Los Angeles, California) - 486,800
4. Baja Kattamuri (Dallas, Texas) - 411,100
5. Hunter Frey (Houston, Texas) - 397,000
6. Jeremiah Smith (Las Vegas, Nevada) - 386,000
7. Steven Goosen (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - 362,100
8. Patrick Fortin (Quebec, Canada) - 355,900
9. Reagan Silber (Las Vegas, Nevada) - 355,500
10. Kellen Hunter (Minot, North Dakota) - 354,100

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I added another 2008 WSOP Main Event video update on the completion of Day 2 heats for those that are interested.


Just saw an update that Jennifer Harman got eliminated I always hope she'll be the first woman to win the main event each year.

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They made it into the cash last night (early this morning) and played down to 474 players.

For those interested in knowing who the Bubble Boy was, it was Steve Chung. It's not all too bad though, thanks to Milwakee's Best Light he get's a seat for next year's Main Event.

Here are the top 19 chip leaders heading into today's Day 4.

1. Jeremy Joseph 1,458,000
2. Jeremiah Smith 1,079,500
3. Mark Ketteringham 950,000
4. Kyle Carlston 932,500
5. Dag Martin Mikkelsen 931,000
6. Alan Jaffray 908,500
7. Owen Crowe 900,000
8. Alexander Kostritsyn 887,000
9. James McManus 875,000
10. Chris Barrile 873,500
11. Sarkis Akopyan 858,000
12. Peter Traply 828,000
13. Cristian Dragomir 824,000
14. Matt Matros 822,500
15. Karle Wilson 785,000
16. Kevin Mason 770,500
17. Steven Landfish 764,500
18. James Mills 757,000
19. Robert Georato 747,000

Some notables still alive...

Phil Hellmuth, Allen Cunningham, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Hoyt Corkins, Johnny Chan, Chip Jett.


Edit to add: 2008 WSOP Main Event Day 3 Update Video

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If the 2008 WSOP final table was decided right now with the current top 9 chip leaders, this is how it would look...

James McManus 3,400,000
David Benefield 2,700,000
Victor Ramdin 2,500,000
Ivan Demidov 2,300,000
Mark Ketteringham 2,280,000
Cristian Dragomir 2,150,000
Mark Vos 2,100,000
Alexander Kostritsyn 2,100,000
Jeremy Joseph 2,100,000


Here's a WSOP Main Event Day 4 video update

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Yesterday's Day 5 finished with 79 players. Here's a little Video Update from Day 5.

As of this post on Day 6, there are 37 players remaining and here are the current top 19:

1. Brandon Cantu 10,480,000
2. Gert Andersen 8,660,000
3. Albert Kim 8,000,000
4. Nikolay Losev 7,640,000
5. Joe Bishop 6,300,000
6. Craig Marquis 6,100,000
7. Tiffany Michelle 5,950,000
8. Scott Montgomery 5,650,000
9. David 'Chino' Rheem 5,400,000
10. Kelly Kim 5,300,000
11. Chris Klodnicki 5,150,000
12. Nicholas Sliwinski 4,200,000
13. Peter Eastgate 4,100,000
14. Toni Judet 3,920,000
15. Andrew Rosskamm 3,350,000
16. Mike Matusow 3,320,000
17. Dennis Phillips 3,200,000
18. Cristian Dragomir 3,200,000
19. Paul Snead 3,100,000

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Here's a video update form Day 6 of the 2008 WSOP


Today we are down to 15 players as of this post and they'll play down to the final 9 who will come back in November to play for the gold bracelet and the rest of the cash.

It's too bad Tiffany Michele won't be at that final table. She got knocked out in 17th today.

Here are the final 15:

1. Peter Eastgate 17,500,000
2. Scott Montgomery 14,850,000
3. Darus Suharto 14,100,000
4. David 'Chino' Rheem 12,600,000
5. Dennis Phillips 11,500,000
6. Joe Bishop 11,400,000
7. Craig Marquis 10,700,000
8. Dean Hamrick 8,800,000
9. Ylon Schwartz 7,340,000
10. Nicholas Sliwinski 6,800,000
11. Chris Klodnicki 6,500,000
12. Ivan Demidov 6,400,000
13. Kelly Kim 6,300,000
14. Gert Andersen 3,820,000
15. Owen 'ocrowe' Crowe 3,125,000

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