Poker Notables

$2000 + $200 Championship Event
$500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool (Day 1A)

They're down to nine tables now, (90 players) all in the back of the Poker Room. On my last pass, I spotted a couple of WSOP bracelet holders among the crowd.

Farzad Rouhani

Farzad 'Freddy' Rouhani (Gaithersburg, MD) won his WSOP bracelet in 2008 playing Omaha Hi/Lo and Stud Hi/Lo mix. He narrowly missed earning his second bracelet in 2009 when he finished second to Jeffrey Lisandro in the Stud Hi/Lo World Championship. His lifetime tournament earnings are over $1.6 million.

Chris Tsiprailidis

'Syracuse' Chris Tsiprailidis (Brigantine, NJ) won his WSOP bracelet in 2000 playing Limit Hold'em. He has numerous other wins and cashes in a variety of games. His lifetime tournament earnings are over $2.1 million.

Also still alive in the field are:

Ed Corrado, Bobby Wisiak, Alan Colon, Larry Klur, and Eric Panayiotou.

Ed Corrado

At the end of level 4, players took a ten minutes break.

Play has resumed with level 5, blinds 150/300 with 50 antes.