WSOP M.E. Day 4 UPDATE

337 players started Day Four of
the Main Event of the 2007 WSOP;
two thirds of them would exit by
the end of the day's action.

Only 112 players remain, beginning
Day Five, chasing the Main Event
Championship and $8.5M first prize.

Among the casualties of Day Four
were three former World Champions,
a rock star, a couple of internet
celebrities, and one superhero.

Notable players still alive in the
Main Event include Gus Hansen,
Lee Watkinson, 2007 WSOP bracelet
winners Bill Edler and Alex Kravchenko,
Evad 'Rain' Khan, Jee 'Mr. Rain'
Banghart, Humberto Brenes,
Ed de Haas, Mikkel Madsen
and Chad Brown.

(My personal picks to make the
final table are Gus Hansen,
Chad Brown and Sven Heinecker)


Five former WSOP Main Event
champions started the day, but only
two finished with chips.

Robert Varkonyi, Carlos Mortensen
and Berry Johnston all went to the
rail, leaving only Scotty Nguyen and
Huck Seed with a shot at a second
main event title.

Premier Poker Tour

Our First Event was a Huge Success !

4 Full Tables with lots of great poker
action. We gave away a stack of
of poker magazines, hats and t-shirts
and everyone had a good time.

A bunch of comments about it being
"Quality" poker. I love to hear that !
I hope we can improve everyone's
skills even more over the next while.

Hope you can join us next
Wednesday at Chez Brunet
and check it out.

More venues will be announced soon.

Premier Poker Tour WINNER

DUSTIN LEWIS

July 11th 2007

WSOP Cashes

Congrats go out to 2 of the guys

from my Vegas group who were

not only there for some good times,

they were there to take care of business.

BRUNO MELIAMBRO from Ottawa

and KEVIN BROWN from Hamilton

both cashed cheques at the

WSOP $1500 NL Tournament.

Each busted out around 197-200

besting over 3000 other players.

Name Dropping

So who did i see in Vegas ?

Ben Affleck
Charles Barkley
Annie Duke
Howard Lederer
Susan Lederer
Phil Helmuth
Barry Greenstein
Doyle Brunson
Robert Williamson III
Montel Williams
Clonie Gowan
Jennifer Harman
Andy Bloch
Andrew Black
Sean Sheikan
Cheryl Hines
Michael Binger
Miami John Cernuto
Justin Bonomo
Steve Zolotow
Freddy Deeb
Eric Siedel
Chad Brown
Antonio Esfandiari
Brad Garret
Don Cheadle
Ray Romano
Mekhi Phifer
Lou Diamond Phillips
Jamie Gold
Jesus Ferguson
Jason Alexander
Chief Wiggum (Hank Azaria)
Dan Shak
Brandon Moran
Nolan Dalla
Phil Gordon
Shanon Elizabeth
Joe Hachem
Rafe Furst
Victor Ramdin
Barney Boatman
Dave Devilfish Ulliot
Robert Mizrachi
Ram Vaswani
Juha Helppi
Molly Hellmuth (I played beside her and got to see brother Phil's 11th WSOP bracelet)

I made it back from Vegas
with a few bucks in my pocket
and my ego mostly intact.

Got to play with some full time
grinders, a bunch of WSOP main event
entrants and a few drunk donkies too.

Mostly played $1/2 NL at the Golden Nugget
(Downtown on Fremont St.) Played at Caesars
Palace and Binions too. The line up to play
at Bellagio and Rio were rediculously long.
Next time I'm going to stay on the Strip
and play some of the big casino's.
During the world series, there's no shortage
of bad players itching to give away their
money at the Rio, Bellagio, Caesars, MGM, etc.

It surprised me how many 'new' poker players
shyed away from No Limit. They like the idea
of Limit poker and only being able to bet a
set amount per round. But for some reason,
they would end up losing more money in
big pots at limit, than they would have at NL.
During hands i had folded, i watched the 2/4
and 3/6 limit games over my shoulder, routinely
capping the bets and building $100-$200 pots,
and then someone takes it down with a King high,
or a rivered pair of 3's etc. It was so juicey, but
i just couldnt bring myself to move over and play limit.