WSOP 2008
Repeat Performance?
by Brett on 06.11.08, 3:32 pm
James “mig.com” Mackey will look to defend his $5K NLHE title when the event kicks off this afternoon. Last year, Mackey (pictured left) weaved his way through 640 players and a final table that included Michael Binger, Tex Barch, Nick Schulman and Mike Gracz to earn $730,740 and become the third-youngest bracelet winner ever. Last year’s final table lasted just 48 hands and two and a half hours — the fastest final table at the World Series since 2003.
So far we’ve seen Nick “gbmantis” Niergarth, Amit “amak316″ Makhija, Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers, Court Harrington and Scott “gunning4you” Siever filing into the Amazon Room to take their seats in what is certainly one of the most anticipated events of the series.
Also getting underway today will be the $3K HORSE Event at 5:00 PT. It is the first HORSE event of the year and the entry was upped from the $2,500 buy-in last year.
Concluding play this evening will be the $5K No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys Event, which features a loaded final table of Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Erick Lindgren, Jeff Lisandro, Tony G, David Benyamine and Tom Schneider. Only 85 players entered but the first-place prize will be a monstrous $537,857.
The $1.5K PL Omaha Event will also resume today. Forty-six players remain in the field, including P5ers Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan (70K) and Jamie “The New” Robbins (60K), both of whom have healthy stacks.
One-Hundred twenty-five players will continue play in the $2K Limit Event at 3:00 PT and play down to the final nine tonight. Notable players still remaining in that event are Brett “gank” Jungblut, Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar and Mike Schneider.
It’s a busy day here at the Rio. Good luck to everyone playing!