I L-O-V-E to watch poker on TV, especially the World Series of Poker. It's so much fun to see the big name players go at it. Ivey, Hellmuth (who hasn't made a November 9 since I started watching), Brunson, Negreanu, Phillips, Mercier, Cada, Tran, Eastgate, and the list goes on. In the WSOP 2010 Main Event though, WHERE ARE THESE GUYS? Here's the final 9, along with their chip counts, for the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
Seat 1: Jason Senti (7,625,000)
Seat 2: Joseph Cheong (23,525,000)
Seat 3: John Dolan (46,250,000)
Seat 4: Jonathan Duhamel (65,975,000)
Seat 5: Michael Mizrachi (14,450,000) - happens to be #1 in 2010 WSOP earnings.
Seat 6: Matthew Jarvis (16,700,000)
Seat 7: John Racener (19,050,000)
Seat 8: Filippo Candio (16,400,000)
Seat 9: Soi Nguyen (9,650,000)
Don't get me wrong - one day, I hope to be one of these guys that nobody has heard of yet, but seriously - where are the big names? The cost of entry into this No-Limit Texas Holdem is $10,000 and in 2009, over 6,500 entered into the Tournament. That's 10 times the number of entrants just a few short years ago! I don't yet know how many entered the tournament this year, but I'd be willing to be that it's more. The field is getting younger. More "youngest players ever to win" are winning. In the world today, the poker cream is definitely rising to the top.
But, with player volume, comes watered-down names, and famous players sell. They sell me for sure. I just hope that the 2010 final 9 doesn't disappoint. The winner will take home over $8 Million. 2nd place - over $5 Million. Nobody at the final table gets less than a million. What? Everyone gets to become millionaires? OK nevermind. Let's just watch some poker.
PS: For anyone who wants to tell me that any of these final 9 could beat me. Maybe. The cards sometimes fall funny ways. Just ask Ivey, Hellmuth, Negreanu, and the others. You just never know.
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