79 players to start play on Sunday at nine tables. Make that 78 players as Phil Hellmuth has to sit out an orbit before he can look at his first cards. He’ll drop back to 640k in chips to start the day. I’m assuming one of the ESPN tables today will be Table G08, with Mike Matusow (7s, 1.17mil) sitting next to Tiffany Michelle (8s, 3.44mil). Thomas “Thunder” Keller is lightest in chips to start (245k) and probably has lost the most weight in the last year of any player left in the event.
With the starting pot at 81k (15k/30k with a 4k ante), 47 players have an M>15 with 17 players looking at an M<10. Here are the top three tables to start the day:
Table G05 (20.974mil) This is by far the monster table for today, with five of the top twenty in chips including the chipleader, Mark Ketteringham. Kettering started Saturday at the heaviest table in the Amazon Room, and he’ll do the same today. Jeremy Joseph 3,100,000 Mark Ketteringham 5,800,000 Gert Andersen 1,447,000 Brandon Cantu 2,288,000 David Benefield 2,490,000 Dennis Phillips 3,436,000 Sean Davis 861,000 Michael Carroll 957,000 Mark Owens 595,000
Table G02 (19.974mil) 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 21st, and 22nd in chips make this a very balanced, chip-laden table. Look for alot of very deliberate play here unless this table gets hit with some early coolers. Chris Klodnicki 2,496,000 Kido Pham 1,600,000 Aaron Keay 990,000 Anthony Scherer 2,245,000 Alfredo Fernandez 3,053,000 Peter Eastgate 2,629,000 Judet Christian 3,031,000 Scott Montgomery 1,669,000 Mauro Lupo 2,261,000
Table G04 (17.28mil) Nikolay Losev (3rd, 4.06mil) and Albert Kim (4th, 3.74mil) make this a top-heavy table, with no other players in the top 25 in chips. I’ll be rooting for Matt Matros to hang in there, one of the first players I interviewed. Geert Jans 1,633,000 Justin Scott 1,971,000 Alan Gould 1,838,000 Daniel Buzgon 876,000 Alex Outhred 699,000 Albert Kim 3,734,000 David Saab 1,705,000 Nikolay Losev 4,058,000 Matt Matros 766,000
The chip counts for the final 79 looks like this:
Mark Ketteringham Los Angeles California 5,800,000
Andrew Brokos Catunsville Maryland 4,080,000
Nikolay Losev Moscow Russia 4,058,000
Albert Kim Staten Island New York 3,734,000
Tiffany Michelle Los Angeles California 3,438,000
Dennis Phillips St. Louis Missouri 3,436,000
Aaron Gordon Brighton England 3,369,000
Jamal Kunbuz Venezuela 3,327,000
Terry Lade Ormond Beach Florida 3,225,000
Jeremy Joseph Buffalo New York 3,100,000
Alfredo Fernandez Miami Florida 3,053,000
Judet Christian Bucuresti Romania 3,031,000
Peter Eastgate Odense Denmark 2,629,000
David Rheem Los Angeles California 2,586,000
Chris Klodnicki Voorhees New Jersey 2,496,000
David Benefield Fort Worth Texas 2,490,000
James McManus Dublin Ireland 2,434,000
Kelly Kim Whittier Alaska 2,425,000
Cristian Dragomir Bucharest Romania 2,372,000
Brandon Cantu Las Vegas Nevada 2,288,000
Mauro Lupo Barrie Ontario, Canada 2,261,000
Anthony Scherer Truckee California 2,245,000
Nicholas Sliwinski Las Vegas Nevada 2,236,000
Jason Riesenberg Halbur Iowa 2,217,000
Nhan Le Orange County California 2,190,000
Ivan Demidov Moscow Russia 2,185,000
Justin Sadauskas Chicago Illinois 2,000,000
Justin Scott Detroit Michigan 1,971,000
Dean Hamrick Plymouth Michigan 1,905,000
Jonathan Plens Toronto Ontario, Canada 1,870,000
Garrett Beckman Gardner Kansas 1,860,000
Alan Gould Plantation Florida 1,838,000
Craig Marquis Arlington Texas 1,748,000
David Saab Mesbourne Australia 1,705,000
Scott Montgomery Perth Ontario, Canada 1,669,000
Geert Jans Blitterswijck DNR 1,633,000
Kido Pham Dallas Texas 1,600,000
Andrew Rosskamm Cleveland Ohio 1,593,000
Paul Snead Kings Park New York 1,572,000
Joe Bishop Cincinnati Ohio 1,570,000
Phi Nguyen Hawaiian Gardens City California 1,540,000
Larry Wright Montgomery Alabama 1,502,000
Gert Andersen Herning Denmark 1,447,000
Bob Whalen Cudahy Wisconsin 1,382,000
Rafael Caiaffa Belo Horizonte Brazil 1,338,000
Peter Neff Los Angeles California 1,275,000
Niklas Flisberg Stockholm Sweden 1,264,000
Gregory Byard San Francisco California 1,189,000
Chris Crilly San Clemente California 1,183,000
Suresh Prabhu Atlanta Georgia 1,175,000
Mike Matusow Las Vegas Nevada 1,169,000
Allen Kennedy Valdosta Georgia 1,153,000
Clint Schafer Baton Rouge Louisiana 1,123,000
Darus Suharto Toronto Ontario, Canada 1,057,000
Owen Crowe Halifax Massachusetts 1,050,000
Tim Loecke Highland Park Illinois 996,000
Aaron Keay Vancouver British Columbia, Canada 990,000
Michael Carroll Carson California 957,000
Jamal Sawaqdeh Denver Colorado 888,000
Daniel Buzgon Marlton New Jersey 876,000
Sean Davis Atlanta Georgia 861,000
Ylon Schwartz Brooklyn New York 816,000
Victor Ramdin Bronx New York 795,000
Felix Osterland Tuebingen Germany 786,000
Brian Tatum Lake Village Indiana 780,000
Adam Levy Orlando Florida 767,000
Matt Matros Brooklyn New York 766,000
Phil Hellmuth Palo Alto 721,000
Alex Outhred Los Angeles California 699,000
Keith Hawkins Middleton Tyas England 636,000
Jason Glass Buffalo Grove Illinois 629,000
Mark Owens Chicago Illinois 595,000
Lisa Parsons Franklin Tennessee 581,000
Jeremy Gaubert Lockport Louisiana 578,000
Mark Wilds DNR DNR 485,000
Eric Bamer Lacey Washington 479,000
Craig Stein Marcedonia Ohio 440,000
Christopher Zapf San Francisco California 297,000
Thomas Keller Scottsdale Arizona 245,000
