WSOP

"After two hours of play, 262 players had been eliminated from the remaining field of 1,308. After four hours, 852 players were still at the tables. By the dinner break, there were 733 players left, 67 eliminations away from the money." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet

Negraneau also already out... - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet

"She is 19, two years shy of the minimum age to gamble in a Nevada casino. She is still at that age when statutes allow those under 21 only to pass swiftly through the land of slot machines and gaming tables, still like that high school basketball phenom good enough to compete in the NBA today and yet refused entry until a birth certificate catches up with the rules." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet

First bracelet for Scotty since 2001.... "Poker professional Scotty Nguyen won nearly $2 million at the World Series of Poker at the Rio on Monday, topping a field of 148 players and emerging from a marathon final table with his fifth gold bracelet." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet

"Winning a World Series of Poker event for the first time was a monumental achievement in the career of David Singer. But if his pregnant fiancee, Erin Warner, had gone into labor during the final table, Singer was ready to pick up his chips and walk away from the game. Luckily, Samuel Koster Singer waited a day for his arrival, allowing dad to collect $214,122 by winning the $1,500 buy-in pot-limit hold'em event early in the tournament, topping a field of 713 players." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet

"Greg Raymer, the 2004 World Series of Poker main event champ, survived an ordeal of his own 31/2 years ago. He was on the 20th floor of the Bellagio in December 2004 after leaving the poker room carrying more than $100,000 when two men tried to barge into his room." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet

...and check out the big names he beat, Erik Seidel (5th), Phil Ivey (9th), Daniel Negreanu (11th) - imagine how pumped the crowd was for the final two tables. - Gamblz