WSOP Tournament of Champions continues - Ivey, Juanda and Farha out
The WSOP Tournament of Champions started yesterday. 20 poker professionals chosen by a public vote and seven other players who qualified in the tournament started the chase for the million dollar prize pot.
The first day already demanded five big names - John Juanda, Barry Shulman, Greg Raymer, Sam Farha and even Phil Ivey himself were all eliminated from the tournament.
The tournament lead, instead, was taken by Erik Seidel (72,075), Johnny Chan (71,325) and Mike Matusow (70,575).
Below all the remaining players and their chips:
| Erik Seidel | 72,075 | |
| Jon Chan | 71,325 | |
| Mike Matusow | 70,575 | |
| Barry Greenstein | 56,775 | |
| Joe Hachem | 55,650 | |
| Huck Seed | 51,875 | |
| Bertrand Grospellier | 51,175 | |
| Allen Cunningham | 49,300 | |
| Scotty Nguyen | 48,900 | |
| Dan Harrington | 38,250 | |
| Daniel Negreanu | 36,125 | |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 25,925 | |
| Howard Lederer | 25,750 | |
| Chris Ferguson | 25,125 | |
| Phil Hellmuth | 21,825 | |
| TJ Cloutier | 20,125 | |
| Jennifer Harman Traniello | 19,275 | |
| Andrew Barton | 18,200 | |
| Mike Sexton | 18,125 | |
| Annie Duke | 12,500 | |
| Joseph Cada | 12,125 | |
| Doyle Brunson | 10,200 |
So who will eventually be the champion of this ultimate high-level tournament?
The tournament continues today and then on the 4th of July, and the whole event will be broadcasted as a part of ESPN’s WSOP 2010 TV-broadcasts.
Source: PokerNews
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