Nine players can look forward to the four most intense and probably profitable months of their lives. The nine of them early Tuesday morning qualified for the WSOP Main Event 2008 final table - to be played in November. By then they'll probably each have signed multiple endorsement deals, participated in a heap of reality shows and in general shoveled in money on activities left and right. No wonder the final table bubble this year was the most nervous and tense ever.
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Two consecutive hands saw Gus crash from top of the chipcount to the rail. A sick call in a good spot crippled Gus and a gutshot draw against finished the job. The first hand is sure to be the centre of many poker debates all over, but for Gus that's all academic. He's out of the Main Event 2008 in 160th place, cashing undoubtedly disappointing $41,816.
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Gus Hansen wins the WSOP Main Event ... could easily end up being the headline after the finale table is played in November. It's still just Day5 of the biggest poker tournament on the planet, but Gus Hansen sure looks like he's heading for the big one. With 189 players left, Gus will take his seat at noon Las Vegas time as 20th in chipcount with 1.367 million in chips.
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A few hours into Day3 at the WSOP Main Event on Thursday, Gus Hansen looked like he was tilting straight for the rail. An early double-up had put him way above average, but then two big lay-downs within half an hour saw him crash to the brink of extinction. Down to 59.000 with blinds of 1.000/2.000 and the average at more than 150.000, however, Gus pulled out a solid comeback and grinded his way back in the biggest poker tournament on Earth. At the end of the day, Gus bagged 355.000 - well above average.
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We're down to 1,307 players at the WSOP Main Event, and Gus is still in it. A horrible Day2 saw Gus go from 100K to .... 100K. Dull cards, ugly draws and nagging beats kept him struggling all day, ending up status quo for more than 12 hours of play. Today, Thursday, Gus sits down again to turn the tide.
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The WSOP Main Event Day1d, Sunday, treated Gus well. When play concluded, Gus could shove chips worth 105.000 into the bag (start stack 20.000), and that puts him in the fun part of the field, when he returns Wednesday for Day2b.
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It's Day 1d of the WSOP Main Event and time for Gus Hansen to take his seat at the tables. Sunday is the last of the Day1s and Gus will face a massive lineup with some of the biggest names of the game gunning for the most profitable title in poker. Cards will be in the air at noon Las Vegas time.
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NOTICE: June Final Postponed! It's going to be a busy Sunday this week for all you Playrs participating in the Playr League. The first round of Playr Leaguye July is on and make sure you donn't forget to take your shot at a free seat in the Yearly Final when we host the freeroll tournament "Second Chance". All Playrs can play in the freeroll, and the 18 top finishers will get a seat in the end-of-the-year freeroll, "Last Chance", with two absolutely free spots in the Yearly Final up for grabs. Also the 18 best placed Playrs in June should have battled it out in the Monthly Final, but due to a stupid mistake on Full Tilt's part, the tournament had been setup without the regular buy-ins as prizes. For this reason we've had to postpone the Final a week.
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Here are the latest updates from Vegas, where our own superstar Gus I am gonna try to win a bracelet by only playing six-seven tournaments during the WSOP Hansen has been in action yet again. He is preparing to make another entry in tomorrows Stud Hi/Lo Championship but in the meantime, it is always fun to hang out in the virtual Facebook world.
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Make way for Gus fourth WSOP performance. This time get ready for the ultimate personal challenge: Mano-a-Mano aka. my flush is bigger than your flush aka. The WSOP Heads-Up Championship.
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