Poker Addict In The Money In WSOP Tourney

Published: Friday, June 24, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

POKER ADDICT IN THE MONEY IN WSOP TOURNEY

An exciting first time out ...

The respected online poker portal owner "Poker Addict" has had an exciting and educational first attempt at a 7 card stud hi/lo WSOP tournament, finishing in the money to the tune of $4875 after making it to a creditable 14th place out of a field of 595 poker players. The buy-in was $1 000.

"After being the chip leader for a while it was a bit disappointing to go out 14th but never having played a live tournament I certainly cannot complain," he said after the event, where he came up against some of the top professional players in the game at the final tables.

"The 14th prize was $4875 and 1st paid $157,000, eventually won by Steve Hohn for his first WSOP bracelet. I must say that being at the same table as Men the Master and Paul Darden (he sat next to me for at least 2 hours) was a pleasure. Beating Darden on a big pot was the highlight."

There were many notable names in the field. Among them were last year's seven card stud high/low winner Cyndy Violette, Andy Bloch, 2004 Main Event winner Greg Raymer, John Juanda, Mike Matusow, Mark Seif, Doyle Brunson, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, and Dutch Boyd. "Of these only Paul Darden, Men "The Master" and Barry Greenstein made it in to the money," Poker Addict reports. "I had the pleasure of knocking out Mike Matusow early on. I did not even know it was him until he was gone and several players at the table congratulated me."

PA has written the full story at Rke Rebate Rreview. It's very readable and certainly exciting and we recommend it to anyone interested in the game.