900 Players Remain
Jul 11, '07
There are approximately 900 players remaining in today's day two field, meaning we have lost over four hundred players in just three short hours. The tournament area is condensing and level eight is halfway completed. The introduction of cash games and spectators has increased the energy in the room and the players are starting to loosen up as a result.
O Brother Where Art Thou?
We've mentioned the Binger brothers earlier and how this year's Main Event has seen plenty of family members and husband and wife duos but we have left out a special pair of brothers. Amnon Filippi is a household name in the poker world, but little is often said about his brother, David Filippi. Both are in the field today and are actually sitting at tables right next to each other.
Shake, Shake, Shake That MoneyMaker!
Chris Moneymaker, Main Event champion in 2003 and member of Team
PokerStars , has been haunted throughout his career by the title of "one hit wonder." Moneymaker is making a strong push to vindicate himself in this year's Main event and after a few large ups and downs has over $105,000 in chips. Moneymaker has found an arch nemesis at his table in the eighth level and his name is Brad Babiuk. Moneymaker made a large preflop raise and was called by only Babiuk, who was in the big blind. The flop came 8
8
7
and Babiuk bet out. Moneymaker came back over the top all in for around $100,000 and Babiuk instantly called. "You got an eight?" asked Moneymaker. Babiuk showed 8
7
for the flopped full house and Moneymaker couldn't believe it. Everyone at the table looked to see what Moneymaker was holding and in front if his chips lay A
A
. "Come on ace!" yelled Moneymaker. The turn brought the 6
and the river was the 4
. Moneymaker doubled up Babiuk and lost around $50,000 on the hand. Moneymaker steamed for the next few hands and finally looked Babiuk straight in the eye and said, "I want my chips back." The very next hand Moneymaker got his chance. Babiuk and Moneymaker got tangled up again on a flop of K
7
3
. Moneymaker bet out $2,500 and Babiuk instantly called. The turn was the K
and this time Moneymaker led out with a bet of $11,000. Babiuk called and added $11,000 to the already large pot. The river was the 10
and Moneymaker fired again, this time for $12,700. "I call." said Babiuk calmly. Babiuk turned up K
9
for three of a kind. "Jack plays baby!" said Moneymaker as he turned over K
J
. Moneymaker was right, the jack did play and he scooped the large pot, rebuilding his stack to over $105,000. "You get them all back?" asked Babiuk. "Most of 'em" replied Moneymaker as he stacked his newly acquired chips.
Pro Blogs
Hear more about Moneymaker's experience in this year's Main Event in our
Pro Blogs section. J.C. Tran and Daniel Negreanu are on board as well to share their thoughts and experiences about today's tournament.
Notable Chip Counts
| Chip Jett |
299,000 |
| Peter Feldman |
295,000 |
| J.C. Tran |
220,000 |
| Daniel Alaei |
205,000 |
| Chad Brown |
187,000 |
| Gus Hansen |
180,000 |
| Chris Ferguson |
180,000 |
| Sorel Mizzi |
176,000 |
| Carlos Mortensen |
170,000 |
| Bill Edler |
170,000 |
| Daniel Negreanu |
160,000 |
| Thor Hansen |
142,000 |
| Warren Karp |
135,000 |
| Ted Forrest |
130,000 |
| Maria Ho |
120,000 |
| Darrell Dicken |
120,000 |
| Dario Minieri |
113,000 |
| Lee Watkinson |
105,000 |
| Ralph Perry |
95,000 |
| Gavin Smith |
92,000 |
| Isaac Haxton |
90,000 |
| Jon "Pearljammer" Turner |
89,000 |
| Leif Force |
82,000 |
| Todd Brunson |
70,000 |
| Mimi Tran |
70,000 |
| Hasan Habib |
70,000 |
| Humberto Brenes |
58,000 |
| Chris Moneymaker |
58,000 |
| Prahlad Friedman |
47,000 |
| Michael Binger |
46,000 |
| Bernard Lee |
44,000 |
| Rene Angelil |
36,500 |
| Chris Grigorian |
35,000 |
| Amnon Filippi |
34,000 |
| Tony Hachem |
29,100 |
| Melissa Hayden |
23,000 |
Player Tags: Chris Moneymaker, Amnon Filippi, Brad Babiuk, David Filippi
