Day 2 results are up on Cardplayer. It's down to the Final Table. Hellmuth has a pretty good chiplead. Matusow is still in second too. Pretty crazy.
There also seems to be a lot of controversy in the poker world, because this was supposed to be a freeroll reserved for anyone who finished Top 20 in any WSOP circuit event last year as well as the people who final tabled the Main Event. This was supposed to be one of the perks of playing in the circuit events. But at the last minute, they invited, Phil, Johnny Chan, and Doyle to play. Several pros, like Daniel Negreanu (you can read his blog about it), were pretty pissed for the sake of all the players who earned their way into it. It really doesn't come off as a jealous rant either. Probably more of a comment on the state of poker promoters right now, who don't really care about the players and only care about the bottom line.
Not to say that this won't make amazing television with Phil and Mike at the final table.
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11-08-05, 03:07 AM
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