Posted by Johnnymac 2:04 PM
Talk about a murderer's row. They're down to 27 players and here's the top nine. The final table should be set by the end of tonight.

1 Mike Matusow 5,140,000 Chips 0 117 1
2 Phil Ivey 4,635,000 Chips 0 118 6
3 Steven Dannenmann 4,300,000 Chips 0 129 8
4 John Barch 3,900,000 Chips 0 129 4
5 Greg Raymer 3,840,000 Chips 0 118 1
6 Brad Kondracki 3,160,000 Chips 0 117 9
7 Joseph Hachem 3,125,000 Chips 0 118 7
8 Scott Lazar 3,025,000 Chips 0
9 Michael Kessler 2,700,000 Chips 0 117 2

I didn't watch one second of last year's TV coverage, but I might have to this year. Personally, I would rather see Phil or Raymer win this thing rather than Matusow, but it really doesn't matter. What a game. And forget Dan Harrington - if Raymer makes the final table in a field of 5,600 we will have a new "greatest achievement" in poker, for sure. I love it.

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Posted by  Padilla, at 3:12 PM, July 14, 2005  

I played with #'s 21 and 22, Johnny Howard and Tom Santori. If there are any others I played with, it'll take seeing pictures for me to recognize them.

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Posted by  Junelli, at 4:37 PM, July 14, 2005  

If you haven't read the article John linked to, you should. It's very well written. I particularly liked the part about Phil Ivey:

"There’s also Phil Ivey. The moniker of the best player in the world is loosely thrown around, and on any given day it’s thrown to any media’s pen, but players themselves stop the ball when it comes, and to each and a man every player in the world stops the ball short and rolls it to Ivey. The best, the man, a game seven stories high, with the athlete’s focus of always intense. Ivey doesn’t have to say four words to keep people from raising his blinds. They get their cards, they look down and then up, and then they just know that Phil’s eyes are on them. Ivey’s gaze is a witherer, it’s a soul searcher extreme, and most like to give up and just play him straight. Because Ivey has the rep of always making the play, always doing the right thing, and always knowing where he is at. He knows when to push and he knows when to fold, the guy preys on weakness like a roomful of ants, marching on and marching on, roll on Phil Ivey. Ivey won’t be one to consider himself part of the Big Three, Phil will treat every player the same, with respect and contempt. Respectfully, he will steamroll them."

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Posted by  Dr Fro, at 8:30 PM, July 14, 2005  

I basically memorized the 2003 main event. The 2004 event was being played on tv while I was commuting and eventually while I was moving. I didnt even have cable tv hooked up during most of it. So, like John, I am not too familiar with it.

Anyway, I'd appreciate some insight on the incident referred to involving Raymer and Matusow.

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