WSOP ON ESPN TONIGHT

Phil Gordon will be at tonight’s final table.

Two events from the 2005 World Series of Poker are scheduled on ESPN tonight beginning at 7:00 pm East Coast time. Tonight’s two events are event #7, a $1,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em tournament followed by event #9, $2,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em.

The first hour brings the $1,000 No-limit Hold’em match with $1,000 re-buys. A record (unofficial) number of re-buys (28) was made by Daniel Negreanu in this event in 2004. He had $29,000 invested in the prize pool of $1,261,700. Daniel then outlasted all but two of the 538 players to finish third and receive $100,940, giving him a net gain of just over $71,000, not bad pay if you can do it. Maybe that is why we watch and Daniel plays. Tonight’s 2005 edition of the same WSOP re-buy tournament doesn’t break Daniel’s record of re-buys; but, it did set another record, 826 players showed up making it the largest re-buy tournament in the history of the World Series of Poker. The following list namers the players making the final table, with their seat assignment and chip count going into tonight’s show:

Chuck Thompson (9) $544,000
CT Law (4) $516,000
David “The Dragon” Pham (1) $323,000
Shae Drobushevich (2) $248,000
Pascal Perrault (7) $225,000
Mike Gracz (5) $173,000
Shane Schleger (6) $134,000
Phil Gordon (3) $91,000
Meng La (8) $71,000

You can be there for much more of the final table action than tonight’s hour broadcast by clicking over to Tao of Poker and read Dr. Pauly’s live blog from his ring-side seat. Get the full illustrated story behind event #7 as experienced live by Pauly and Flipchip. Be sure to read Dr. Pauly’s Wrap-Up of event #7 on the Poker Prof’s Las Vegas & Poker Blog. The complete list of finishers and prize money for event #7 is available in the Poker Player Newspaper’s tournament library.

The second hour of tonight’s 2005 WSOP offering is the $2,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em tournament, event #9. The event set a record for players with 1403 players competing for a total prize pool of $2,581,520. The final table players with seat assignment and chip count are listed below.

Morgan Machina (6) $1,050,000
Paul Sexton (7) $362,000
Erik Seidel (3) $354,000
Cyndy Violette (2) $305,000
Soulier Fabrice (4) $224,000
Perry Friedman (5) $219,000
Harry Demetriou (9) $184,000
Chris Wunderlich (1) $110,000
Bill Blanda (8) $46,000

To be there for all of the final table action beyond the hour of TV, go to Tao of Poker’s record of event #9 blogged live as it happened from Dr. Pauly’s perspective sitting within a few feet of the table. Read Pauly’s Wrap-Up of event #9 on the Poker Prof’s Las Vegas & Poker Blog. Get the complete results of event #9 and all the WSOP events from the Poker Player Newspaper tournament library. Don’t forget that broadcast times may vary so check your local listings for ESPN in your area. Look beyond the players at the final table and you can probably see Dr. Pauly sitting behind the glowing screen of his laptop. LasVegasVegas offers the 2005 WSOP Photo Gallery by Flipchip with more than a thousand images of all the sights from the 2005 World Series of Poker.