World Series of Poker Field Narrowing Down in Vegas

On Day 6 of the World Series of Poker's main event at the Rio All Suite Resort and Casino in Vegas, there are 1,541 players left, down from a record 8,773 entrants. Each player's $10,000 buy-in goes into a prize pool, and the winner will take home a top prize of $12 million.

Once you're in the money, who knows what could happen from there. Big name poker pros like defending champion Joseph Hachem, Daniel Negreanu, Kathy Liebert, and others continued to grind it out. Others, like Huck Seed and 2004 champ Greg Raymer, were knocked out.

Ted Forrest, a cash game specialist who won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in March, was at 56,000 in chips, after starting the day with just 1,000 more than that.

"I went all the way down to 19,000, got moved to this table and it took me an hour and eight minutes to win a pot. And now I'm back where I started," he said. "I'm wearing these 8,000 players down."

While working one player's stiff shoulders, masseuse Michelle Ardinez, 34, got two more requests for massages in the space of five minutes. Darren Nelson, a 34-year-old poker player from Rochester, had aches and pains in his back after sitting at the poker table for hours and hours, he said. But he had a philosophical view of the tournament, especially with a healthy stack of 80,000 in chips, more than enough to carry him into Friday, after the tournament takes a break on Thursday. The final table plays down Aug. 10.

August 3, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
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