‘Brat’ Out
Written by Tom Somach in Poker NewsBY TOM SOMACH
Eleven-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet-winner Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr. will not win a 12th bracelet at the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE).
He is the latest big-name casualty at the WSOPE Main Event in London, England, as action in the tournament continued into its sixth day, with 32 players remaining from the original field of over 350.
Other notables getting knocked out in the latest action include Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu, 10-time WSOP bracelet-winner Johnny “The Orient Express” Chan, Jamie Gold, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson and Barry Greenstein.
Also: Antanas “Tony G.” Guoga, Beth Shak, Pamela “Daughter of Doyle” Brunson, Todd “Son of Doyle” Brunson, Allen Cunningham, John Juanda, Dave Colclough, Jeffrey Lisandro, Greg “Fossilman” Raymer and Erik Seidel.
Lesser-knowns biting the dust include John Ridge, Huseyln Yilmaz, Vicky Coren, Farzad Bonyadi, Matthew Carter, Lee Nelson, Daniel Zink, Paul Ephremsen, Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke, Jani Sointula, Neil Pearson, Sergey Feklisov, Matthew Gilbert and Martin Johnson.
Also: Ian Frazer, Joe “Leave It To” Beevers, Krzysztof Gluszko, Stephen Rynne, R.W. Stain, Erik Joergensen, Sam Norman, Ryan Fronda, Mark McCluskey, Sergey Rybachenko, Martin Vallo, Rehne Pedersen, Simon Wing and Roland Isrealashvili.
Hellmuth, Gold, Raymer, Chan and Ferguson are all past winners of the Main Event at the Las Vegas-based WSOP, with Chan winning it twice.
So who’s left at WSOPE Main Event?
The biggest name that’s still alive is Annie Duke, considered the top female poker player in the world.
She has the 11th-most chips among the 32 remaining competitors.
If she goes on to win, it will be her biggest win ever, as she has never won the WSOP Main Event, although she does own a gold bracelet from winning a WSOP Omaha tournament.
All in all, she has earned about $3.5 million in poker tournament winnings lifetime.
A win at the WSOPE Main Event would give her another $2 million.
(E-mail Tom Somach at tomsomach@yahoo.com.)



