It's impressive how some of the guys who are expected to do good at the WSOP are really living up to the expectation.
Durrr for example. He is considered by many one of the best poker players out there, and wsop.com even named him as the #1 young player to look out for. It's his first world series, and we barely started the series and Durrr has already a final table under his belt. He finished 7th at the event #8, the World Championship mixed event, earning $67,680 for that one. Given his usual results, we surely can expect a better result from him during the wsop this year. The man has 5 $60k+ cashes in the last 7 months, including 3 $150k+ cashes.
I can't forget the lper James Mackey, aka mig.com, who already got a bracelet last year, and came very close to winning his second bracelet this year. Mig played in the same event as Durrr, the World Championship Mixed Event, and got an outstanding result, as he finished 2nd for $297,792. The tournament was filled with awesome players. In the top20 you could see Eli Elezra, Jeff Madsen, Gus Hansen, Johnny Chan, Durrr and Mig. Mixed is, as the name suggests, a big mix of many games: NLHE, LHE, PLO, O8, Stud, Stud 8, Razz and 2-7 triple draw.
 
Besides those two guys, there is, of course, Jeff Williams, aka "YellowSub86". He won the EPT grand final back in 2006, when he was like 20. He had to wait until this year to finally be allowed a seat at the world series. Now he is here and he got a brilliant start. Jeff Williams came in 2nd at the Event 5, the NLHE with Rebuys, and got $406,330 in his first WSOP final table. Williams is one of those great guys we always expect to do great.
One of the big guys we are sadly not going to see this year is CardPlayer's online player of the year 2007 Isaac Baron. He makes 21 EXACTLY 1 week after the start of the Main Event. Baron, aka the guru11, is widely considered among the very very best of the game, and he proved that by finishing this year's EPT grandfinal in 4th place. Other player we are not seeing is Maxime Villamure, aka beepbeepimajeep on FTP. He also had a great start this year, when he finished 3rd at the EPT Monte Carlo, one position ahead of Baron.
We are definitely going to see more great results from these guys who are popping everywhere.
By: Raidern |
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