2005 WSOP Poker Night on ESPN
Doyle Brunson salutes his many fans.
Another Tuesday is upon us and that means a new installment of the 2005 WSOP on ESPN. Tonight we will see the final table for event #28, a $5,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em tournament with a cast of nine characters setting down to play for a gold WSOP Bracelet and shares of the $1,264,300 prize purse. The final nine players are a diverse bunch best described by a quote from Dr. Pauly's event #28 wrap-up posted on LasVegasVegas.com direct from the floor of the WSOP tournament.
...a former professional athlete, an actor, a mother of four, the son of a famous poker player, a law student, a small business owner, a magazine publisher, and a seasoned tournament veteran who's seeking his first bracelet.
Read Pauly's event #28 live-blogged on Tao of Poker for all the details you don't get on the ESPN WSOP television series.
Event #28 final table.
The nine players remaining from the 269 that began this event are listed with seat assignment, hometown and chip count:
Seat 1: Joe Sebok (San Francisco, CA) $184,000
Seat 2: Annie Duke (Portland, OR) $150,000
Seat 3: James Kwon (Chicago, IL) $227,000
Seat 4: Gabe Kaplan (Los Angeles, CA) $290,000
Seat 5: Dan Schmiech (Houston, TX) $219,000
Seat 6: Young Phan (Irvine, CA) $144,000
Seat 7: Luke Neely (Austin, TX) $94,000
Seat 8: Jeff Shulman (Las Vegas, NV) $38,000
Seat 9: Greg "FBT" Mueller (Vancouver, BC) $89,000
Annie Duke watches the flop at the final table.
We get our first look at professional poker player Annie Duke along with actor/professional poker player Gabe Kaplan. Complete results of the event are available at PokerPlayerNewspaper.com.
Gabe Kaplan at the final table.
The second hour of poker from the 2005 World Series of Poker at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas is event #31, a $5,000 buy-in No-limit Hold'em Short handed 6/table tournament. The event attracted a field of 301 entrants playing for a piece of the $1,414,700 prize pool.
Doyle Brunson and Minh Ly square off in the heads-up play of event #31.
The surviving six players making the final short handed table includes poker legend, Doyle Brunson, looking to win his tenth WSOP bracelet and regain a share of the record held for only a few days by ten-bracelet-man, Johnny Chan. The list of players for tonight's poker star studded second hour with seat assignment, hometown and chip count:
Seat 1: Scotty Nguyen (Las Vegas, NV) $254,000
Seat 2: Doyle Brunson (Las Vegas, NV) $309,000
Seat 3: Minh Ly (Temple City, CA) $305,000
Seat 4: Layne Flack (Las Vegas, NV) $350,000
Seat 5: Jason Lester (Miami, FL) $119,000
Seat 6: Ayaz Mahmood (Houston, TX) $169,000
Read the first hand account of event #31 from one of poker media's best know bloggers, Dr. Pauly, of Tao of Poker fame. He was right there for every minute of this 2005 WSOP final table and fills in the details with his live blog of the event. Get the stuff that TV had to cut, written in the Dr's trademark style of often gritty descriptions and always up-close observations.
The complete wrap-up of event #31 compiled and posted by Dr. Pauly at the conclusion of tonight's historic final table is available here on The Poker Prof's Blog. A complete list of finishers and prize money is on PokerPlayerNewspaper.com.
Scotty Nguyen talks with Doyle Brunson during a break in the action.
Tonight's broadcast brings us some more great tournament poker from the "big show" at the Rio. The second hour alone is worth the price of tonight's ticket. It doesn't get much better than watching Doyle Brunson, the grandmaster of the game, play a final table at the WSOP. The author of Doyle Brunson's Super Sytem, the most celebrated poker book of all time, shows why he is the best.
Tonight's first hour is listed as starting at 8:00pm East Coast Time. Check the local listing for times in your area.
Doyle Brunson working his way to the final table in event #31.