WSOP Day 4: "Official" News, Results, and Discussion

[Gamblor]

Meaning, Fossilman has our full and dedicated support and others need not apply?

Considering the amount of help and advice fossilman has given me and most of this forum over the last 3-4 years I'd say he deserves it.

[PITTM]

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185 people enter today. Play starts at noon.

Here are some names to keep an eye on:

Place Poker Player Chip Count
1 Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer $ 1,064,000

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It will be a huge shock if he doesn't make the final table with where he stands now. 1st last year followed by a final table would by the greatest accomplishment in poker history, in my opinion.

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Still way too early for this kind of statement.

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In my opinion I don't think so, The way he worked his stack last year showed me he is one of the best big stack poker players in the game, to me this gives him a huge chance at making the final table. Anyway I guess I should take away the word "shock" and say I would be suprised if he didn't make the final table.

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no no no, it IS still way too early for this type of statement. you realize that getting through 185 great players, even with a giant stack will take a tremendous effort. have we decided how many chips it will take to reach the final table yet? 10 million? 20 million? there are more than enough bumps along the way to knock him off course. of course i have serious confidence greg is more than a good enough player to continue dominating this field. everyone ive seen in the last 24 hours i wanted to tell them what a great accomplishment was going on and how history is being made. IF greg makes the final table we can just stop talking about greatest accomplishments in the world series, because no one else would be close. but would it be a "huge shock" if he didnt make the final table? no no no.

rj

[memphis57]

Thanks for the list blackaces, here it is resorted in case anybody else wants to browse over who's sitting together.

Table 118 Seat 1 ROUPE THOMAS A.
Table 118 Seat 2 GEIGER JEFFREY
Table 118 Seat 3 NELSON KRYSTAL
Table 118 Seat 4 LEAHY MICHAEL
Table 118 Seat 5 STELLWAGEN BRYAN
Table 118 Seat 6 SHEIKHAN SHAHRAM
Table 118 Seat 7 CASSAVETTES NICHOLAS
Table 118 Seat 8 WARD ERNEST J.
Table 118 Seat 9 CLARK THOMAS
Table 119 Seat 1 VANNATA JOSEPH
Table 119 Seat 2 WATANABE GEN
Table 119 Seat 3 PACHECO ALEJANDRO
Table 119 Seat 4 DICKSON GEORGE
Table 119 Seat 5 KAIKKO KEVIN
Table 119 Seat 7 SHAKHTOOR SAMIR LM
Table 119 Seat 8 SHAK DANIEL L.
Table 119 Seat 9 RAYMER GREGORY
Table 120 Seat 1 PELLEGRINI EDWARD V.
Table 120 Seat 2 PRAGER JOSH
Table 120 Seat 3 VICARY PAUL
Table 120 Seat 4 SHORT CHRISTOPHER T.
Table 120 Seat 5 BARTHOLOMEW SHANE
Table 120 Seat 6 STILLMAN JOSEPH
Table 120 Seat 7 MINTER JAKE I
Table 120 Seat 8 KANTER AARON P.
Table 120 Seat 9 BROWN JOHN R.
Table 121 Seat 1 FLISBERG NIKLAS E
Table 121 Seat 2 AWAD HANI
Table 121 Seat 3 YOUSEFZADEH MEHRDAD
Table 121 Seat 5 HIRSCH YAKOV
Table 121 Seat 6 KANG WEBBER L.
Table 121 Seat 7 SAMOUNA IMAD
Table 121 Seat 8 VU TUAN ANH
Table 121 Seat 9 ABESAMIS ANTONIO T.
Table 122 Seat 1 NUMOTO SCOTT CHITOSHI
Table 122 Seat 2 CALDWELL FRANKLIN D.
Table 122 Seat 3 JOERGENSEN JARL
Table 122 Seat 4 LEDERER HOWARD
Table 122 Seat 5 GRAVES MARK
Table 122 Seat 6 BILNEY SARAH L.
Table 122 Seat 7 DIETRICH ALEXANDER H.
Table 122 Seat 8 HILDEBRAND PER
Table 122 Seat 9 LOUIS LO
Table 123 Seat 1 TRAN JUSTIN
Table 123 Seat 2 EIDELMAN DMITRITY
Table 123 Seat 3 SHLEZ VADIM
Table 123 Seat 4 CALVO LUIS
Table 123 Seat 5 DROTLEFF THOMAS
Table 123 Seat 6 HOWARD JOHNNY L.
Table 123 Seat 7 DROZDOWSKI CHRIS G.
Table 123 Seat 8 TATE CONOR C.
Table 123 Seat 9 PRUGH LARRY A.
Table 124 Seat 1 KIM KEVIN H.
Table 124 Seat 2 SHABOT YOM TOV
Table 124 Seat 3 RODRIGUEZ JOSE M.
Table 124 Seat 4 SILOW OSKAR P.
Table 124 Seat 5 HILL ANTHONY
Table 124 Seat 6 ZOUDO KHALID M.
Table 124 Seat 7 FITZPATRICK 2 MATTHEW M.
Table 124 Seat 8 PHAPHONE KIT
Table 124 Seat 9 WALLS GABE
Table 125 Seat 1 BANKS GLYN W.
Table 125 Seat 2 KALMAR JONATHAN
Table 125 Seat 3 KLEIN MITCHELL
Table 125 Seat 4 GIBSON NICK
Table 125 Seat 5 HAYDEN PATRICK
Table 125 Seat 6 BUTT JAMES
Table 125 Seat 7 POLLACK JAMES L.
Table 125 Seat 8 PERRY RAFAEL L.
Table 125 Seat 9 LEIBMAN JOE
Table 126 Seat 1 CEDERCRANTZ MARTIN HANS
Table 126 Seat 2 LAUGHING JR. ANTHONY
Table 126 Seat 3 LAZAR SCOTT A.
Table 126 Seat 4 SIMMONS JR JOSEPH F.
Table 126 Seat 5 BUTAN RADU
Table 126 Seat 6 MANNETTA PAUL
Table 126 Seat 7 BROSIUS ADAM S.
Table 126 Seat 8 BERGSDORF DANIEL
Table 126 Seat 9 COLE MARK
Table 127 Seat 1 PAPPAS JOHN
Table 127 Seat 2 MADDEN PATRICK W.
Table 127 Seat 3 PNIAK TOM
Table 127 Seat 4 SANDER AMIT
Table 127 Seat 5 LINDENBERG BJORN B.
Table 127 Seat 6 ISREALASHVILI ROLAND
Table 127 Seat 7 CONNOR JOSEPH R.
Table 127 Seat 8 SALZER RUSSELL
Table 127 Seat 9 DAULAT SEAN
Table 128 Seat 2 OLSON JAMES
Table 128 Seat 3 SARTORI THOMAS A.
Table 128 Seat 4 WARE RON R.
Table 128 Seat 5 WRIGHT KEVIN
Table 128 Seat 6 CHRISTENSEN CASPER R.
Table 128 Seat 7 LANE JON
Table 128 Seat 8 FRIEDMAN ADAM
Table 128 Seat 9 WIESNER BRETT
Table 129 Seat 1 PODLEWSKI CHRIS
Table 129 Seat 2 KESSLER MICHAEL D
Table 129 Seat 3 MORALES ALEX
Table 129 Seat 4 BURT TERRENCE R.
Table 129 Seat 5 KIRSCH RICHARD
Table 129 Seat 6 KONDRACKI BRADLEY
Table 129 Seat 7 WILLIAMSON TIFFANY
Table 129 Seat 8 FITZGERALD MATT
Table 129 Seat 9 BOYD RUSSELL AARON
Table 131 Seat 1 HAMILTON JR. RUSSELL W.
Table 131 Seat 2 TENNEFOS DARRYL S.
Table 131 Seat 3 PLASTIK DAVID
Table 131 Seat 4 GRACE JOHN
Table 131 Seat 5 GEHRING DOUGLAS FREDERICK
Table 131 Seat 6 HERNANDEZ FRANK L.
Table 131 Seat 7 LARSEN ROBERT
Table 131 Seat 8 LA HUNG V.
Table 131 Seat 9 THORN RAYMI
Table 132 Seat 1 KAPLAN JASON D.
Table 132 Seat 2 LAPWOOD RICHARD
Table 132 Seat 3 MAY MICHAEL
Table 132 Seat 4 ALSANCAK AYHAN R.
Table 132 Seat 5 OBRIEN KEVIN P
Table 132 Seat 6 LEE BERNARD
Table 132 Seat 7 MCCARTHY KEVIN N.
Table 132 Seat 8 HACHEM JOSEPH
Table 132 Seat 9 HOTCHANDANI BOB
Table 134 Seat 1 FORRESTER MARK
Table 134 Seat 2 LESTER JASON N.
Table 134 Seat 3 BERRY JOE
Table 134 Seat 4 OBRIEN FRANCIS W.
Table 134 Seat 5 FISHER PAUL
Table 134 Seat 6 DANNENMANN STEVEN P.
Table 134 Seat 7 SALTNES ESPEN
Table 134 Seat 8 WATTEL MICHAEL J.
Table 134 Seat 9 CANTOR CLIFFORD
Table 136 Seat 1 STEIRMAN DAVID J.
Table 136 Seat 2 MARX STEVEN
Table 136 Seat 3 BARCH JOHN D.
Table 136 Seat 4 HOELLEIN JON C.
Table 136 Seat 5 SAVELKOUL DENNIS
Table 136 Seat 6 BROOKS RANDAL H.
Table 136 Seat 7 WATKINSON LEE H.
Table 136 Seat 8 SHANEBERGER TOM
Table 136 Seat 9 DEL GROSSO MARCELLO
Table 138 Seat 1 KING BRYANT S.
Table 138 Seat 2 RICHARDSON ERICK
Table 138 Seat 3 MCLAUGHLIN JOHN
Table 138 Seat 4 DOLLISON KUM NAN
Table 138 Seat 5 TOTH JOSEPH J
Table 138 Seat 6 MINAYA MANELIC
Table 138 Seat 7 PHAN TIM
Table 138 Seat 8 DIX DEREK
Table 138 Seat 9 MYERS TERRY D.
Table 142 Seat 1 CRIBB MICHAEL A.
Table 142 Seat 2 MENECHELLA CARMEN
Table 142 Seat 3 CAPENER MICHAEL L.
Table 142 Seat 4 TURNER ROBERT
Table 142 Seat 5 PARDEY RODNEY
Table 142 Seat 6 TENNER MARK
Table 142 Seat 7 KORAL THOMAS
Table 142 Seat 8 JAMES KENNA S.
Table 142 Seat 9 RAZI BABAK
Table 143 Seat 1 MATUSOW MICHAEL
Table 143 Seat 2 CHIOSIE JOSEPH
Table 143 Seat 3 WOOLF DUSTIN
Table 143 Seat 4 BEEVERS JOSEPH C.
Table 143 Seat 5 DEETZ STEPHEN
Table 143 Seat 6 BLACK ANDREW F.
Table 143 Seat 7 ALAEI DANIEL
Table 143 Seat 8 PRAESTTUN KJETIL
Table 143 Seat 9 RICE GREGORY B.
Table 144 Seat 1 SINGER ALAN
Table 144 Seat 2 WANG BING
Table 144 Seat 3 LAW BOBBY W.
Table 144 Seat 4 IVEY PHIL
Table 144 Seat 5 JUANDA JOHNSON
Table 144 Seat 6 BONYADI FARZAD
Table 144 Seat 7 HUA CAN KIM
Table 144 Seat 8 LOPEZ KARLO
Table 145 Seat 1 MOLLOY MICHAEL
Table 145 Seat 2 HEDLUND PETER M.
Table 145 Seat 3 PIRONE ANTHONY R.
Table 145 Seat 4 DARDEN PAUL
Table 145 Seat 5 HUBER GEORGE THOMAS
Table 145 Seat 6 MINH LY T.
Table 145 Seat 7 RICHARDSON DAVID
Table 145 Seat 8 BRYAN MARK
Table 145 Seat 9 BLANTON SEAN

[uuDevil]

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have we decided how many chips it will take to reach the final table yet? 10 million? 20 million?

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Average stack at final table will be ~6 million. When someone gets to half that amount, they can start to feel good about their chances to get there.

I hope Greg wins it all. I disagree with those saying that it wouldn't be good for poker. All sports need superstars. Jordan was great for basketball. Armstrong is great for cycling. Greg can be in that category if he pulls it off. Go Greg!

[Daniel Hoerr]

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Anyone posted this about Anna Benson

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CURSES! MET WIFE GETS BOOT

ANNA Benson, the outrageous wife of Mets pitcher Kris Benson, raised a whole lotta hell in Las Vegas last weekend. The buxom former stripper was ejected from the World Series of Poker at the Rio on Saturday for excessive cursing. After serving a 10-minute penalty for dropping the "f-bomb," a violation of tournament rules, Benson returned and asked her dealer, "Does that mean I can't say any other word? I can say c - - t, p - - - y and c - - k, but I can't say f - - k?"

Full article: http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix_u.htm


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FYP

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It will be a huge shock if he doesn't make the final table with where he stands now.

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Haha wtf not even close.

[Analyst]

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185 people enter today. Play starts at noon.

Here are some names to keep an eye on:

Place Poker Player Chip Count
1 Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer $ 1,064,000

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It will be a huge shock if he doesn't make the final table with where he stands now. 1st last year followed by a final table would by the greatest accomplishment in poker history, in my opinion.

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Still way too early for this kind of statement.

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In my opinion I don't think so, The way he worked his stack last year showed me he is one of the best big stack poker players in the game, to me this gives him a huge chance at making the final table. Anyway I guess I should take away the word "shock" and say I would be suprised if he didn't make the final table.

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Greg clearly has tremendous skills, especially with a big stack, and has to be one of the favorites to make the final table at this point, but it would still be a "surprise"; I'd say well less than 50-50 to make it, even as good as Raymer is. All it takes is a couple of hands being on the wrong end of AA-KK, AA-TT, etc., and you're stuck with a below average stack and an uphill climb.

[TylerD]

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It will be a huge shock if he does make the final table with where he stands now.

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FYP.

Greg's a great player, but making the final table in a world class field with 185 players left would be an outstanding acheivement and a big shock.

[Jbrochu]

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Saw Greg at the Pokerstars booth (WSOP Lifestyle Show) Friday. As usual, he was being a great ambassador for poker.

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I was fortunate enough to play with Greg at the final table of a super sat (Foxwoods Act III) this past Spring, and he was not only very funny, but seemed to me to be an overall really nice guy with no hint of an attitude.

We both qualified for the main event, and I had a chance to thank him for his contributions to 2+2 while they were printing out our winners coupons.

[Laomedon]

I agree it would be quite an accomplishment, however say you were in his shoes as the chip leader with 185 left, wouldn't you be mightily upset with yourself if you didn't at least get within striking distance of the final table?