ROMAN GAMES AT WSOPE (Update)
2 October 2009
Vegas razzmatazz at Leicester Square as main
event starts
Marching Romans in full armour, white horses drawing a
gold chariot and Phil Hellmuth decked out as Julius
Caesar, breastplate and all, had the crowds in London's
Leicester Square gaping Saturday as Vegas razzmatazz
invaded the immediate environs of the Empire Casino.
A movie premiere, perhaps? No, it was the start of
the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe and
Hellmuth making his usual attention grabbing - and late
- arrival.
155 players registered for the first
day of the GBP 10 000 buy-in Main Event, among them many
of the big names in the game. And more are expected when
the second starter day kicks off.
Taking their
seats at the Empire were Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel,
David Pham, James Akenhead, Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey,
Vanessa Rousso and of course - eventually - Phil
Hellmuth. Raring to get into the action were Bruno
Fitussi, Brian Powell, Jason Mercier and Ben "Milkybar
Kid" Grundy.
Martin Hansen and Roland De Wolfe
were doing well as InfoPowa went to press, and Jonathan
Aguiar, Viktor Blom, Sami Kelopuro and Tommy Pavlicek
were all still in the hunt.
Not so fortunate were
Phil Ivey, eliminated by Todd Brunson, and Tom Dwan,
taken down by Mark Goodwin. Other early departures from
the main event included Vanessa Rousso, Huck Seed,
Robert Mizrachi, Patrik Antonius and Hoyt Corkins.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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