Chris Ferguson Plays Brilliant at WSOP on Tuesday
Chris Ferguson, former champion of the World Series of Poker, was the one making the noise in today's games as he was brought to the brink of elimination twice Tuesday only to be saved by miracle river cards.
In a interesting exchange, the poker pro raised and re-raised his way into a gigantic pot holding pocket kings, with the board showing a harmless-looking queen, five and four.
Opponent Robert Ozeran, a 21-year-old student from the University of Southern California, held a queen and five, giving him the dominant two pair. Fergispm went all in.
The flop showed a jack and a four, pairing the board and giving Ferguson the unlikely best hand of kings and fours.
"At least I can say Jesus Ferguson sucked me out," Ozeran said.
"Get in line," Ferguson joked.
After about three hours of play on Day 5 of the world's largest poker tournament, 1,085 of the 1,637 players who played Tuesday remained in the hunt for a top prize of more than $11.5 million.
On Wednesday, a second group of 1,736 starts play. The survivors from Tuesday and Wednesday will be combined into single field which will run on Friday. The final table gets under way August 10.
"I've been all-in with the worst hand and won both times," said Ferguson, who won the World Series main event in 2000. "I'm willing to get my money in on a coin flip." Both times, he acknowledged, his odds were worse than 50-50.
The chip leader by the afternoon was James Crowshaw with 231,000. Other names on the leader board were Ken Jacobs, son of poker pro Tom Jacobs, with 186,000, Daniel Alaei with 110,000 and Allen Cunningham with 107,000.
Pros Men "The Master" Nguyen, Eric Froehlich, Barry Greenstein, John Juanda, Andrew Black and David Williams were all knocked out.
August 2, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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