The main event in the World Series of Poker continued to ace out
big names as the field was narrowed down over the weekend. By Saturday
night there were only 135 players left, and by Sunday night that was
down to the last 45 with famous players like last year's champion
Joseph Hachem, Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh and Phil Ivey all busted
out.
They were all in the money though, and the size of this year's prize
pool can be gauged by the rewards reaped by the last player to go
out on Sunday, Sean Johnson who collected a cheque for $164 932 for
his trouble.
Play resumes at noon Vegas time today (Monday) and by the time that
round has finished the field will be down to just 27 from a starting
point of 8 773 players.
Jamie Gold from Team Bodog is holding a comfortable lead in the chip
counts on $7 330 000 with the nearest competitor, Eric Friberg some
way behind but still dangerous on $5 905 000.
Everyone now left will collect handsome cheques as they are eliminated,
but they will all have ambitions on the final table, where payouts
for each of the finalists will exceed a million dollars....and the
champion will take away $12 million.
PokerWire has the latest chipcounts.