Yes. He's here. We don't even have to introduce him, but for the record, Phil Ivey just sat down. He's probably the last player to sit down in this event as registration closed about 30 minutes ago.
Ivey is playing against, among others, David Chiu, Leo Margets and Derek Raymond and their day just got a whole lot tougher.
Level: 5
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
The players are on an extended break of 30 minutes.
Over in the Amazon Orange section we just spotted a very interesting looking table. We recognized all but one player, and he'll be in for a treat since some of these really like to talk. Gavin Smith is sipping on a drink while Marsha Waggoner is very talkative. It sure is fun to play some split pot games!
This is what the table looks like.
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavin Smith | 6,000 |
| 2 | Brian Brubaker | 10,200 |
| 3 | Jesse Martin | 9,200 |
| 4 | Scott Fischman | 7,000 |
| 5 | Donald McNamara | 4,000 |
| 6 | Christopher George | 5,200 |
| 7 | David Sklansky | 6,000 |
| 8 | Marsha Waggoner | 5,800 |
We just overheard Daniel Negreanu and David Williams talk a bit about the $50,000 Players Championship that will start this Sunday. Negreanu said that he thought the event was gonna get 93 players, a drop of 35 compared to last year. This is what the $50,000 Players Championship has looked like over the years.
| Year | Entrants | Winner | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 143 | David 'Chip' Reese | $1,784,640 |
| 2007 | 148 | Freddy Deeb | $2,276,832 |
| 2008 | 148 | Scotty Nguyen | $1,989,120 |
| 2009 | 95 | David Bach | $1,276,806 |
| 2010 | 116 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,559,046 |
| 2011 | 128 | Brian Rast | $1,720,328 |
| 2012 | - | - | - |
We will have to wait and see what the event will have in story for us, but PokerNews will be there with five days of live coverage on the most prestigious event of the World Series of Poker.
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