WSOP Main Event down to 27 players

Tuesday, August 8, 2006 | Adrian Milewski

The World Series of Poker Main Event being held at The Rio in Las Vegas finds itself in ahead of schedule at the end of play on Monday. Originally the schedule said the day was supposed to end when they reached the 75 players left mark, but as this was achieved so early play continued and eventually finished with just 27 players remaining.

The organisors have announced that play will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday and they will play down until there is just the 9 players left for the final table. If this is achieved on Tuesday then there will be a rest day on Wednesday in preparation for the Final Table on Thursday.

All of the 27 players left in the tournament are guaranteed prize money of at least $329,865 and all are now in the hunt to become
millionaires. The top twelve places will all pay over $1 million with the winner taking home $12 million.

With the step up in prize money becoming greater as more players drop out, play is expected to slow down a bit tommorrow.

FullTilt Poker Qualifier Luke Chung is still in the hunt for the huge $10 million bonus he will earn from FullTilt Poker if he wins the main event. He is in 23rd Chip position holding $1.1 million chips.

Current Chip positions (end of play Monday 8 August)

1	Jamie Gold	13,000,000
2	Erik Friberg	7,735,000
3	David Einhorn	6,905,000
4	Rhett Butler	6,400,000
5	Dan Nassif	5,430,000
6	Richard Lee	5,275,000
6	Michael Binger	5,275,000
8	William Thorsson	3,765,000
9	Jeffrey Lisandro	3,750,000
10	Kevin Aaronson	3,670,000
11	Doug Kim	3,595,000
12	John Magill	3,275,000
13	Allen Cunningham	2,650,000
14	Leif Force	2,265,000
15	Kevin O’Donnell	2,130,000
16	Prahlad Friedman	1,850,000
17	Eric Lynch	1,785,000
18	Lee Kort	1,700,000
19	Rob Roseman	1,685,000
20	Fred Goldberg	1,611,000
21	Dustin Holmes	1,210,000
22	Sirous Jamshidi	1,190,000
23	Luke Chung	1,100,000
24	Paul Wasicka	700,000
25	Siddharth Jain	675,000
26	Mark Garner	635,000
27	Richard Wyrick	570,000