| Jesse May
Championship Reports : Latest |
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23rd -
28th May - $10,000 World Championship Event (No
limit Holdem)
The Prize Pool: $24,214,400 First Place:
$5,000,000 Entries: 2576
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| Day One |
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Chip Positions |
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(1)
MICHEAL LAING $129,525
(2) PAUL KRAUS $127,275
(3)
TIMOTHY WHITE $102,325
other
notables
JOHN HENNIGAN $74,025
DAVID ULLIOTT $55,050
GARY
LENT $53,800
RON ROSE $53,725
P. MARMORSTEIN $47,800
FREDDIE DEEB
$38,475
ERIK SEIDEL $34,450
PHIL HELLMUTH $33,350
GARY JONES
$32,800
ROSS BOATMAN $31,725
FARZAD BONYADI $25,975
JULIAN GARDNER
$24,975
ROBERT VARKONYI $24,975
KENNETH FLATON $23,500
MIKE MATUSOW
$21,275
DOYLE BRUNSON $17,850
JOHNNY CHAN $16,850
RUSS HAMILTON
$16,325
VICTORIA COREN $14,850
HOWARD LEDERER $13,000
STEVE VLADAR
$12,250
DEWEY TOMKO $10,250
JAMES BECHTEL $9,925
ALI SARKESHIK $9,500
MEL JUDAH $9,375
J. SPADAVECCHIA $8,600
BRUNO FITOUSSI $8,525
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The World Championship event started at 1 p.m.
Saturday 22nd May. With 2600 starters the field is split into two groups, each
to play through five levels of antes. Group 1 play Saturday and group 2 on
Sunday. Monday the whole field comes together to play down to a winner on
Friday.
The huge field reached the capacity of Binion's playing area
before Friday's Super-satellites could get underway and so people were actually
turned away from entering the Championship.
 Four days after picking up a
bracelet in the $5000 Limit Holdem, Johnny World Hennigan seems to have kept
his playing boots on and is in 5th place although there is still half the field
to play. 582 players were left in their seats at the end of the day from the
original 1300 (approx) starters.
| Structure for Day One and
Two |
| Level |
Antes |
Blinds |
| 1 |
- |
$25 -
$50 |
| 2 |
- |
$50 -
$100 |
| 3 |
- |
$100 -
$200 |
| 4 |
$25 |
$100 - $200
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| 5 |
$50 |
$150 -
$300 |
Each level will last two hours, with a
15-minute break after every level. A 75-minute dinner break will follow the
third completed level each day. The field will be split over first two days and
will combine on day three. Days three and four will play five levels each. Day
five will be played down to 36 players. Day six will be played dow to the final
nine players. Play Resumes at noon each day.
Jesse May Championship Reports :
Day 1 |
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| Day Two |
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Chip Positions
into Day 3 |
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(1) MICHEAL LAING $129,525
(2) PAUL KRAUS
$127,275
(3) CHUCK AGNEW 107,175
(4) TEDDY TUIL 105,075
(5)
DAVIN ANDERSON 103,600
(6) TIMOTHY WHITE $102,325
other notables
JOHN HENNIGAN $74,025
LUCIENNE ROKACH
$71,850
BOBBY BALDWIN $65,025
DAVID ULLIOTT $55,050
GARY LENT $53,800
RON ROSE $53,725
DANIEL HARRINGTON $51,250
CHRIS FERGUSON
$48,875
P. MARMORSTEIN $47,800
PADRAIG PARKINSON $47,425
CHRIS
TSIPRAILIDIS $42,050
ANNIE DUKE $39,375
FREDDIE DEEB $38,475
H.
DASTMALCHI $34,550
ERIK SEIDEL $34,450
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PHIL HELLMUTH $33,350
GARY JONES $32,800
RAM VASWANI
$32,550
ROSS BOATMAN $31,725
HARRY DEMETRIOU $31,200
TOM MCEVOY
$31,000
FARZAD BONYADI $25,975
JULIAN GARDNER $24,975
ROBERT
VARKONYI $24,975
KENNETH FLATON $23,500
MIKE MATUSOW $21,275
DOYLE
BRUNSON $17,850
AMARILLO SLIM $17,700
JOHNNY CHAN $16,850
RUSS
HAMILTON $16,325
Howard LEDERER $13,000
DEWEY TOMKO $10,250
JAMES
BECHTEL $9,925
ALI SARKESHIK $9,500
MEL JUDAH $9,375 |
After the first two days play the field is down
from 2,576 to 1,108. This would still be the largest starting field in history
if the tournament would start now.
Average stack size is 23,250. Many
of the worlds best are not in the Day 3 line-up. There is no Flack, Phil Ivey
or T.J. Cloutier. Neither last years winner and runner-up, Chris Moneymaker and
Sam Farha. There are though many previous Champions; Amarillo "Slim", Brunson,
Baldwin, McEvoy, Chan, Helmuth, Dastmalchi, Bechtel, Hamilton, Harrington,
Ferguson and Varkonyi in the order that they were victorious.
 Britains best lady player, Lucy Rokach, is however
exremely well placed to challenge and become the first woman World Champion.
She stands with $71,850 and is in the top dozen chip leaders.
Full size
picture on the
Full Pictures
Page
Jesse May Championship
Reports : Day 2
| Structure for Day
Three |
| Level |
Antes |
Blinds |
| 6 |
$50 |
$200 - $400
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| 7 |
$50 |
$250 -
$500 |
| 8 |
$75 |
$300 -
$600 |
| 9 |
$100 |
$400 - $800
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| 10 |
$100 |
$050 -
$1000 |
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| Day Three |
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Chip Positions
after Day |
3 |
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(1) ABE MOSSERI $335,300
(2) EDUARD SCHARF
$311,600
(3) CHUCK AGNEW $302,500
(4) GREG RAYMER
$297,300
(5) MARK WILDS $292,800
(6) DANIEL ALAEI
$281,000
(7) SAM LIBICKII $268,100
(8) BRAD PIERCE
$264,900
(9) TONY SALORIOI $250,500
(10) J.C. TRAN
$233,700
(11) JOHN MURPHY $229500
(12) FRANK BRABEC
$227800
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other notables
(20) JULIAN GARDNER $202,500
(21) MARCEL LUSKE
$201,000
(41) LUCY ROKACH $158,400
(46) GARY JONES
$149,900
(50) D. HARRINGTON $142,000
(58) DOYLE BRUNSON
$133,300 (64) C. FERGUSON $127,000
(69) GUS HANSEN
$123,100
(104) PHILL GORDON $93,300
(131) DAVID ULLIOTT
$77,900
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The third day of play saw mayhem and massacre
of the top names that had passed the test of the opening day. Previous World
Champions Baldwin, McEvoy, Chan, Helmuth, Bechtel and Slim have been
eliminated. Full Day 3 chips
positions.
 Runner up to Robert
Varkonyi two years ago, Britain's Julian Gardner and youngest ever millionaire
winner at the WSOP, is in good position at 20th with $202,500.
Full size
picture on the
Full Pictures
Page
In all, the 1108 starters of Day Three were cut down to 276
players who have made it to the middle day of the tournament. |
| Jesse May Championship
Reports : Day 3 |
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| Day Four |
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Chip Positions
after Day 4 |
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(1) JOHN MURPHY $765,000
(2) JOSH ARIEH
$754,000
(3) MARCEL LUSKE $613,000
(4) MICHAEL MCCLAIN
$604,000
(5) DAVIN ANDERSSON $598,000
(6) EDUARD SCHARF
$564,000
(7) JASON SAGLE $555,000
(8) GARY JONES
$536,000
(9) PATRICK OCONNOR $530,000
(10) VINH TRUONG
$529,000 |
other notables
(15) DAN HARRINGTON $479,000
(20) CHRIS FERGUSON
$439,000
(23) HARRY DEMETRIOU $394,000
(33) JULIAN GARDNER
$343,000
(67) DOYLE BRUNSON $151,000
(74) DAVID ULLIOTT
$129,000
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There were 276 players finishing day 3 and
now we are down to 83 players. The Dutchman, Marcel Luske, a man who has
blitzed through many a tournament in Europe is in a strong 3rd place. He
started the day in 21st place.
 Gary Jones of London made an even more
impressive move from 46th place overnight to 8th place and is a serious
contender and well known to be capable of taking on any quality
field.
Another Londoner, Harry Demetriou is in 23rd place and
Manchester's Julian Gardner sits 33rd.
Three former champions are still
in with a chance; Dan Harrington, Chris Ferguson and Doyle
Brunson.
Places already paid and prize monies on the
Championship Results page. Full
chip counts and positions on the Day 4
Chip page and all full size pictures on the
A-Z Pictures
Page |
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Day Five |
| 1 |
Greg |
Raymer |
$1,807,000 |
| 2 |
Dan |
Harrington |
$1,536,000 |
| 3 |
Davin |
Anderson |
$1,436,000 |
| 4 |
Marcel |
Luske |
$1,372,000 |
| 5 |
John |
Murphy |
$1,328,000 |
| 6 |
Robert |
Jarrett |
$1,310,000 |
| 7 |
Josh |
Arieh |
$1,280,000 |
| 8 |
David |
Williams |
$1,138,000 |
| 9 |
Michael |
McClain |
$1,001,000 |
| 10 |
Chris |
Ferguson |
$956,000 |
| 11 |
Eric |
Van Der Burg |
$914,000 |
| 12 |
Scott |
Carpenter |
$886,000 |
| 13 |
Glenn |
Hughes |
$861,000 |
| 14 |
David |
Troung |
$848,000 |
| 15 |
Gary |
Jones |
$802,000 |
| 16 |
Harry |
Demetriou |
$783,000 |
| 17 |
Jason |
Sagle |
$712,000 |
| 18 |
Dewey |
Archer |
$656,000 |
| 19 |
Richard |
Fullerton |
$562,000 |
| 20 |
Mattias |
Andersson |
$558,000 |
| 21 |
William |
Erickson |
$557,000 |
| 22 |
Al |
Krux |
$552,000 |
| 23 |
Eduard |
Scharf |
$523,000 |
| 24 |
Martin |
Feijo |
$421,000 |
| 25 |
Hung |
La |
$396,000 |
| 26 |
Matt |
Dean |
$357,000 |
| 27 |
James |
Grimes |
$352,000 |
| 28 |
Kevin |
Bott |
$340,000 |
| 29 |
Bradley |
Berman |
$337,000 |
| 30 |
Julian |
Gardner |
$304,000 |
| 31 |
Matt |
Lefkowitz |
$290,000 |
| 32 |
Glenn |
Cooney |
$190,000 |
So after five days we are down to 32 from 83 on
day four. Nornally the thing would be all over by now but the player who wins
this is going to be a true stayer because there is another 2 days of
torturously slow play to come.
 The very shrewd Dan Harrington seems well
poised to silence the critics of what the Championship has become. If this is a
crap-shoot then lets all play Craps. Never looking in trouble, Dan made steady
jumps upwards through the day, although failing to take Ferguson out having him
all-in on low chips at one stage. This is just the sort of tournament for Dan
and the previous winner, Chris Ferguson, to do well in with their methodical
analysis of what is necessary to get through until into the next day.
No
one can rule out Marcel Luske, a mercurial character at the table is ever there
was. He got very low and even all-in against a flush draw which didn't arrive.
In short fashion he got his chips back to 4th spot from where he will be heard
from, no one is in doubt about that.
Gary Jones, high stakes player from
London, didn't find much all day to get excited about and cruised along in
mid-field and finished in 15th, down from 8th at the start of the day. Harry
Demetriou, also from London, is one slot behind him and is one of the most
improved players over recent years.
Manchester's Julian Gardner had a
hard time of it and sits 30th. Still in with a chance of repeating his 2nd
place of 2002.
It all kicks-off at noon Vegas time, 8 p.m. London time,
and there is still a long way to go before anyone can make a mistake without it
costing them a potential five million dolloars.
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| Jesse May Championship
Report: Day Five |
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| Day Six |
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Chip Positions for
the Final |
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(1) Greg Raymer
$8,215,000
(2)
Matt Dean$4,920,000
(3) Josh Arieh $3,205,000
(4)
Glenn Hughes $2,275,000
(5) Dan Harrington $2,245,000
(6) David Williams
$1,575,000
(7) Al Krux $1,305,000
(8)
Michael McClain $885,000
(9) Mattias Andersson $740,000
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 Fifth
place John Murphy overslept on the most important day of his life and turned up
more than 1 hour late. Julian Gardner was first man out after just a quarter of
an hour. After the first break they went down to 27 players and just 3
tables.
 Ferguson had tried an all-in against Gary Jones and come out worst
with 4-4 vs K-K. Left with only 3 one thousand piece chips he made several
all-in triumphs and got back to near 200k. Finally though his luck could not
hold and he went in 26th spot with A-T vs. the 5-5 of Andersson.
 Londoner Harry Demetriou called an all-in from Josh Arieh with an
Ace matching the flop. Arieh had a straight flush draw and it came. A little
later against the same man he got all-in with A-K against A-7 only to see 2
sevens hit the board on 3rd and 4th street. He finishes a very creditable 18th
tied with Fullerton.
Immediately after Harry went out and after 5 hours
and twenty minutes, the last remaining British player, Gary Jones, played his
last hand against Kevin Bott and finished 17th for $175,000.
 After 13 hours, at one in the morning, Marcel
Luske found something to do with a pair of 4s and calling Dan Harrington's
pre-flop raise with Ace-Jack. When the flop developed Q-8-6 all clubs, Marcel
moved 700k all-in (one 4 was a club). Dan was ready to throw away but then
re-checked his cards only to find the Ace of Spades was infact Clubs. He
called.
 The fourth card was a Jack and the River card a blank. Just 45
minutes earlier Luske had been in 4th spot and way ahead of Harrington. He does
burn twice as bright and this time half as long. A very professional
performance from Harrington, previous champion and 3rd last year in the biggest
ever tournament until this one.
Prize Money and places paid so far
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