2005 WSOP & Mr Raymer
I can't even imagine being in the zone that Raymer must be in. I find it unbelievably amazing at what he is accomplishing. The odds of him winning 2yrs in a row with the size of these playing fields is astronomical. This would be like Bjorn Borg winning 5 Wimbledon's in a row.
In order for anybody to win this year the combination of their poker skills & mental stamina will have to be on another human level...perhaps like a zen master or even YODA!
I would love to see Raymer win again. It would go down in poker history as probably the greatest accomlishment ever.
In order for anybody to win this year the combination of their poker skills & mental stamina will have to be on another human level...perhaps like a zen master or even YODA!
I would love to see Raymer win again. It would go down in poker history as probably the greatest accomlishment ever.
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Place Poker Player Chip Count
1 Tim Phan $ 2,500,000
2 Phil Ivey $ 2,100,000
3 Tex Barch $ 2,000,000
4 Farzad Bonyadi $ 1,810,000
5 Hon Lee $ 1,800,000
6 Ray Sanchez $ 1,700,000
7 Mike Matusow $ 1,500,000
8 Steven Marx $ 1,450,000
9 Patrick Hayden $ 1,400,000
10 Minh Ly $ 1,350,000
11 Greg Raymer $ 1,300,000
12 Brad Kondracki $ 1,150,000
13 Johnny Howard $ 1,100,000
14 Tiffany Williamson $ 1,100,000
15 Joseph Hachem $ 1,000,000
16 Per Hildebrand $ 1,000,000
17 Shawn Sheikhan $ 1,000,000
18 Adam Friedman $ 1,000,000
19 John Juanda $ 960,000
20 Rod Pardey Jr. $ 950,000
21 Hung La $ 920,000
22 James Butt $ 880,000
23 Scott Lazar $ 850,000
24 Radu Butan $ 850,000
25 Russ Salzer $ 800,000
26 Larry Pugh $ 790,000
27 Kenna James $ 780,000
28 Lee Watkinson $ 780,000
29 Michael Kessler $ 780,000
30 Kevin Kaikko $ 750,000
31 D. Caldwell $ 720,000
32 Connor Joe $ 720,000
33 Joe Stillman $ 700,000
34 Sarah Bliney $ 700,000
35 Bart Rice $ 700,000
36 Bryant King $ 700,000
37 Aaron Kauter $ 660,000
38 Oskar Silow $ 650,000
39 Terry Burt $ 610,000
40 Will O'Brien $ 600,000
41 John McGrane $ 560,000
42 Manny Minaya $ 530,000
43 Dustin Woolf $ 520,000
44 Andrew Black $ 520,000
45 Tom Sartori $ 520,000
46 Karlo Lopez $ 500,000
47 Roland Isrealashvili $ 500,000
48 Louie Calvo $ 460,000
49 Tom Pnaik $ 445,000
50 Bernard Lee $ 440,000
51 Bing Wang $ 420,000
52 Daniel Bergsdorf $ 410,000
53 Jake Minter $ 400,000
54 Yakov Hirsch $ 400,000
55 Derek Dix $ 400,000
56 Bob Larson $ 370,000
57 Nick Gibson $ 360,000
58 Ayhan Alsaucak $ 330,000
59 Steve Dannermann $ 330,000
60 Alex Morales $ 330,000
61 Richard Kirsch $ 310,000
62 Kevin McCarthy $ 305,000
63 Russ Hamilton $ 300,000
64 Tony Abesamis $ 300,000
65 Vadim Shlez $ 300,000
66 David Richardson $ 270,000
67 Jarl Lindholt $ 260,000
68 Jason Lester $ 260,000
69 Joe Berry $ 260,000
70 Connor Tate $ 250,000
71 Jose Rodriguez $ 250,000
72 Dani Awad $ 240,000
73 Casper Christiansen $ 220,000
74 Mark Forrester $ 190,000
75 Niklas Flisberg $ 180,000
76 Ron Ware $ 150,000
1 Tim Phan $ 3,244,000
2 Mike Matusow $ 2,561,000
3 Farzad Bonyadi $ 2,402,000
4 Steve Dannenmann $ 2,143,000
5 Phil Ivey $ 2,027,000
6 Tex Barch $ 2,025,000
7 Tiffany Williamson $ 1,992,000
8 Johnny Howard $ 1,806,000
9 Scott Lazar $ 1,629,000
10 Tuan 'Tommy' Vu $ 1,571,000
11 Bart Rice $ 1,414,000
12 Raymi Sanchesz Thorn $ 1,288,000
13 Lee Watkinson $ 1,221,000
14 Tom Sartori $ 1,208,000
15 Daniel Bergsdorf $ 1,144,000
16 Brad Kondracki $ 1,136,000
17 Minh Ly $ 1,102,000
18 Terry Burt $ 1,080,000
19 Steve Marx $ 1,042,000
20 Per Hildebrand $ 1,017,000
21 Michael Kessler $ 986,000
22 Shahram 'Shawn' Sheikhan $ 983,000
23 Patrick Hayden $ 972,000
24 Dustin Woolf $ 968,000
25 John Juanda $ 841,000
26 Joseph Hachem $ 814,000
27 Nick Gibson $ 811,000
28 John McGrane $ 780,880
29 Aaron Kanter $ 778,000
30 Ayhan Alsancak $ 775,000
31 Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer $ 766,000
32 Radu Butan $ 762,000
33 Bing Wang $ 739,000
34 Oskar Silow $ 720,000
35 Adam Friedman $ 719,000
36 James Butt $ 716,000
37 Russell 'The Muscle' Salzer $ 710,000
38 Bryant King $ 702,000
39 Franklin Caldwell $ 690,000
40 Yakov Hirsch $ 658,000
41 Joe Connor $ 641,000
42 Mark Forrester $ 628,000
43 Karlo Lopez $ 607,000
44 Joe Stillman $ 584,000
45 Kevin Kaikko $ 571,000
46 Tony Abesamis $ 513,000
47 Kenna James $ 510,000
48 Hung La $ 505,000
49 David Richardson $ 501,000
50 Roland Israelashvici $ 469,000
51 Will O'Brien $ 423,000
52 Bernard Lee $ 379,000
53 Andrew Black $ 371,000
54 Conor Tate $ 368,000
55 Derek Dix $ 202,000
56 Rod Pardey Jr. $ 187,000
57 Larry Prugh $ 166,000
58 Jarl Lindholt Jorgensen $ 101,000
I still have 2 horsies in the running and know they were at the same table. How about Ivey going from 500k to over 2 million? I have to say I looked back at my picks and thought what the frack? Efandiari. Esfandiari?! I don't care they busted I should have chosen Lederer and Farha. Sammy is one of my fave players. I didn't go with Lederer just because he says he's better at limit!
Rob you are so right. I really want to know if there are odds on a blowup. Perhaps he got it all out of his system in the joint.
Title: Greg Raymer Eliminated in 25th Place ($304,680)
Log:
Hand 23 - Andrew Black has the button in seat 8, Alsancak raises, and Raymer calls from the big blind. The flop comes Kh-Kc-7c, Raymer moves all in, and Alsancak calls. Raymer shows Ac-9h, and Alsancak has pocket fives (5d-5c). Raymer needs to catch a nine, an ace, or running clubs to stay alive. The turn card is the Kd, and Raymer needs to catch a seven, a nine, a king, or an ace to stay alive. The river card is the 2s, and Greg Raymer is eliminated in 25th place, earning 304,680.
The entire crowd of spectators, media, and even members of the ESPN crew give Raymer a standing ovation as he is eliminated in his quest to repeat as the World Series of Poker champion.