World Series of Poker Past Half Way

The marathon that has become the world series of poker is now past the halfway point. They have handed out over 25 bracelets and the only person to take down more than one is John "The Razor" Phan. John is great fun to be around and is well known for having a few cocktails while participating in a poker tournament.

Locally speaking there hasn't been to much to report. Matt "Chili Cheese Dog" Glantz made a final table finishing 4th to just miss his first bracelet yet again. Svetlana Gromenkova who was a fixture in the card rooms at Borgata and the Taj Mahal took down the ladies event. Good on you kid. Matt "Allinat420" Stout just missed making his first WSOP final table by dropping out in 13th just 12 people from a half million dollar windfall. Sucker!

Overall the numbers for this year's event are about the same as they were last year. This big question is how many players will be entered into the 10k Main Event. Last year it was 60000 down from 8900 in 2006. The people over at Harrah's and ESPN have added a new twist to the Main Event this year. They are going to play down to the final table of 9 players on July 14th or so. Then they will stop play for 4 months to conclude the tournament in a pseudo live setting in November. The point is that basically everyone who is interested in poker knows who won the Main Event before it airs, so they want to create suspense and allow for more endorsement dollars to flow in. Who the fuck knows if it will work.