Nur noch neun der ursprünglichen 2.718 Spieler sind beim $1.500 No Limit Hold’em übrig geblieben. Gleich zwei davon sind Deutsche, denn sowohl Robert „Rockhound“ Kalb, als auch Christoph Köhnen werden um das Bracelet mitkämpfen.

Die Money Bubble war bereits am ersten Tag geplatzt und nur noch 215 Spieler gingen in Tag 2, darunter Gunter Wagner, Robert Kalb, Christoph Köhnen und Dominik Degott. Rasch ging es auch am zweiten Tag zur Sache.
Men „The Master“ Nguyen hielt sich immer weit vorne, ebenso wie Hevad Khan. Für Greg Mueller lief der zweite Tag nicht ganz so nach Plan. Als er schließlich mit Kx Tx all-in war, callte Rasmus Nielsen mit Ax Kx . Am Flop das Ass, am Turn der König und Greg Mueller musste gehen.
Christoph Köhnen, der sich über die Poker-Bundesliga für Las Vegas qualifiziert hatte, ließ es sich nicht nehmen, Kristy Gazes zu verabschieden. Am Flop Ax Jx Qx war er mit Ax Kx noch hinter Gazes Jx Qx . Doch am River die Tx brachte ihm die Straight und Gazes musste gehen.
Auch Hevad Khan scheiterte an einer Straight, nämlich der von Anderson Silva. Rasmus Nielsen schickte dagegen Andy Black nach Hause. Black zeigte Ax Qx , Nielsen Kx Kx . Das Board brachte zwar eine Dame, aber das war nicht genug. Kurz darauf hatte auch Men Nguyen ausgespielt. Den ganzen Tag über hatte er sich gut gehalten und auch JC Tran gegenüber behauptet. Doch langsam schwanden die Chips und mit 6x 3x im SB war er schließlich all-in. JC Tran hatte just in diesem Moment Ax Ax und schickte The Master vom Tisch.

Als nur noch zwei Tische übrig waren, hatte Deutschland noch Robert Kalb, Christoph Köhnen und Dominik Degott im Rennen. Doch Degott war es, der gleich mit Platz 18 gehen musste. Er trat mit K 10 gegen Ax Qx von Brett Schwitzer an. Die Dame kam im Board und Degott nahm $21.889.
Der Kampf um den Final Table stellte sich dann als recht zäh heraus. Jeder wollte unter den letzten Neun sein. Schließlich erwischte es Anderson Silva. Mit Kx Kx ging er guten Gewissens all-in, aber ebenso sicher war John Conroy mit Ax Ax . Die Asse hielten nicht nur, es wurde sogar ein Vierling daraus und Silva musste Platz 10 und $36.729 nehmen.
Christoph Köhnen und Robert Kalb werden um das Bracelet kämpfen. Zwar ist Rasmus Nielsen überlegener Chipleader, aber gewonnen hat bekanntlich der, der am Ende alle Chips hat.
Seat# | Player Name | Chip Count | Stadt | Land |
9 | Rasmus Nielsen | 2.998.000 | Copenhagen | Denmark |
6 | J.C. Tran | 1.438.000 | Sacramento | California |
2 | Joe Pelton | 1.093.000 | Irvine | California |
8 | Peter Nguyen | 870.000 | Tustin | California |
4 | John Conroy | 501.000 | Dublin | Ireland |
5 | Robert Kalb | 456.000 | Offenbach | Germany |
3 | Jesper Hoog | 320.000 | Stockholm | Sweden |
1 | Christoph Köhnen | 293.000 | Moers | Germany |
7 | Chad Siu | 185.000 | Vancouver | British Columbia, Canada |
Platz | Name | Preisgeld | Stadt | Land |
1 | – | $631.170 | – | – |
2 | – | $389.557 | – | – |
3 | – | $278.255 | – | – |
4 | – | $233.734 | – | – |
5 | – | $191.068 | – | – |
6 | – | $150.257 | – | – |
7 | – | $113.157 | – | – |
8 | – | $85.331 | – | – |
9 | – | $58.248 | – | – |
10 | Anderson Silva | $36.729 | Norwich | Connecticut |
11 | Kevin Nathan | $36.729 | Roseville | California |
12 | Jason Moungey | $36.729 | Foster City | California |
13 | Brett Switzer | $29.309 | Athens | Georgia |
14 | Parviz Razavian | $29.309 | Claremont | California |
15 | Steven Pierce | $29.309 | Manassas | Virginia |
16 | Paul Kim | $21.889 | Los Angeles | California |
17 | Karen Manfrede | $21.889 | Santa Monica | California |
18 | Dominique Degott | $21.889 | – | Germany |
19 | Tuan Vu | $17.437 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
20 | Kirby Brewer | $17.437 | Imperial | Missouri |
21 | David Tran | $17.437 | El Monte | California |
22 | Neil Deutsch | $17.437 | New York City | New York |
23 | Augusto Cavazzini | $17.437 | Forte del Marmi | Italy |
24 | Kevin Brown | $17.437 | Los Angeles | California |
25 | Men Nguyen | $17.437 | Bell Gardens | California |
26 | David Pham | $17.437 | Cerritos | California |
27 | Andrew Black | $17.437 | Dublin | Ireland |
28 | Jonathan Frriedberg | $13.727 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
29 | Michael Lam | $13.727 | Toronto | Ontario, Canada |
30 | Matthew Matros | $13.727 | Brooklyn | New York |
31 | Hevad Khan | $13.727 | Poughkeepsie | New York |
32 | Young Phan | $13.727 | Garden Grove | California |
33 | Gregory Alexander | $13.727 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
34 | Kristy Gazes | $13.727 | Van Nuys | California |
35 | Vivek Rajkumar | $13.727 | Seattle | Washington |
36 | Jun Yan | $13.727 | Irvine | California |
37 | Christopher Drake | $10.759 | Leavenworth | Kansas |
38 | Shane Pacheco | $10.759 | Tahoe Vista | California |
39 | Cameron Wiley | $10.759 | Plainfield | Illinois |
40 | Jianhuan Chen | $10.759 | Cambridge | Massachusetts |
41 | Manelic Minaya | $10.759 | Tampa | Florida |
42 | Micah Raskin | $10.759 | Old Westbury | New York |
43 | Neil Channing | $10.759 | Maida Vale | London |
44 | Keith Johnson | $10.759 | Post Falls | Idaho |
45 | Gerry Kane | $10.759 | Scotland | |
46 | Frank Nichols | $9.646 | Santa Ana | California |
47 | Alarie Gabriel | $9.646 | Montreal | Quebec, Canada |
48 | Joshua Pollock | $9.646 | Silver Springs | Maryland |
49 | Paul Nobles | $9.646 | Eagan | Minnesota |
50 | Christopher Viox | $9.646 | Glen Carbon | Illinois |
51 | Jonathan Sarkisian | $9.646 | San Diego | California |
52 | Andrew Garza | $9.646 | Phoenix | Arizona |
53 | Jody Mitchell | $9.646 | East Wenatchee | Washington |
54 | Nancy Todd Tyner | $9.646 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
55 | Van Nguyen | $8.533 | Westminster | California |
56 | Tim Wiegand | $8.533 | – | Germany |
57 | Jeffrey Bajalieh | $8.533 | Birmingham | Alabama |
58 | John Green | $8.533 | Biggin Hill | England |
59 | Greg Mueller | $8.533 | Bramberger | Germany |
60 | Robert Vecchio | $8.533 | Mission | Texas |
61 | Timothy Krauskopf | $8.533 | Downers Grove | Illinois |
62 | Chris Skoldberg | $8.533 | Hauppauge | New York |
63 | Laith Salem | $8.533 | San Diego | California |
64 | Rickey Ribble | $7.420 | Meridian | Idaho |
65 | Fergal Nealon | $7.420 | – | – |
66 | Andrew Fields | $7.420 | Tiverton | Ontario, Canada |
67 | Jeffrey Kent | $7.420 | Chula Vista | California |
68 | Steven Schaet | $7.420 | Davie | Florida |
69 | Paul Kershaw | $7.420 | United Kingdom | |
70 | Thomas Culberson | $7.420 | Ellisville | Mississippi |
71 | Todd Lundwall | $7.420 | Scottsdale | Arizona |
72 | Taylor Douglas | $7.420 | Athens | Georgia |
73 | Xiao Dong Deng | $6.307 | Edmonton | Alberta, Canada |
74 | Joseph James | $6.307 | Willow Creek | California |
75 | Bradford Jensen | $6.307 | Fremont | California |
76 | Michael Katz | $6.307 | Manalapan | New Jersey |
77 | Bradley Anderson | $6.307 | Fresno | California |
78 | Antoon Kleijnen | $6.307 | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
79 | Peter Hansson | $6.307 | Hagersten | Sweden |
80 | Timothy Croston | $6.307 | Los Angeles | California |
81 | Gregory Wagner | $6.307 | Redding | California |
82 | Sherif Zaher | $5.565 | Sacramento | California |
83 | Lawrence Marshall | $5.565 | Helena | Montana |
84 | Jeff Cohen | $5.565 | Rye | New Hampshire |
85 | Trieu Hong | $5.565 | Markham | Ontario, Canada |
86 | Stan Jablonski | $5.565 | Henderson | Nevada |
87 | Alexandre Schwab | $5.565 | Belmont | Australia |
88 | Carlos Fernandez | $5.565 | Sunny Isle Beach | Florida |
89 | Joseph Chee | $5.565 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
90 | Robert Karr | $5.565 | Mission Viejo | California |
91 | Kevin Dwyer | $4.823 | Vacaville | California |
92 | David Bass | $4.823 | Fayetteville | Arkansas |
93 | Yury Kobtsev | $4.823 | Russihtver | Russia |
94 | Gerald Reed | $4.823 | Palo Alto | California |
95 | Matthew Heintschel | $4.823 | Escondido | California |
96 | Steven Josephsen | $4.823 | Granite Falls | Washington |
97 | Jeffrey Bragalone | $4.823 | Dallas | Texas |
98 | Brian Cousineau | $4.823 | Roseville | California |
99 | Mark Rubin | $4.823 | Avondale | Arizona |
100 | Jason Smith | $4.081 | Chandler | Arizona |
101 | Kekoa Ynigues | $4.081 | Kailua-Kona | Hawaii |
102 | Daniel Cole | $4.081 | San Antonio | Texas |
103 | Michael Rausa | $4.081 | Carlsbad | California |
104 | Jeffrie Charlton | $4.081 | – | – |
105 | Eugene Todd | $4.081 | Brooklyn | New York |
106 | Andrew Teng | $4.081 | London | England |
107 | Thomas Mccormick | $4.081 | Fargo | North Dakota |
108 | Russell Davies | $4.081 | San Francisco | California |
109 | Keith Wintermans | $4.081 | Vancouver | British Columbia, Canada |
110 | Talal Shakerchi | $4.081 | Esher | England |
111 | Matthew Alexander | $4.081 | Robbinsdale | Minnesota |
112 | Theos Rippis | $4.081 | Newtown | Australia |
113 | Phillip Vankuiken | $4.081 | Palos Heights | Illinois |
114 | Mark Sloane | $4.081 | Woodstock | England |
115 | Jan Tapken | $4.081 | Bochum | Germany |
116 | David Taylor | $4.081 | Amelia | Ohio |
117 | Allan Bieler | $4.081 | Plantation | Florida |
118 | Gregg Merkow | $4.081 | Plano | Texas |
119 | Richard Schwartz | $4.081 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
120 | Giovanni Nervo | $4.081 | Rome | Italy |
121 | Eugene Bauerlein | $4.081 | St Petersburg | Florida |
122 | Jesus Acosta | $4.081 | Venezuela | |
123 | Badei Khoury | $4.081 | Newport Beach | California |
124 | Savvas Zenonos | $4.081 | Australia | |
125 | Michael Krueger | $4.081 | Covington | Georgia |
126 | Randy Abraham | $4.081 | San Ramon | California |
127 | Michael Allis | $3.524 | Lancaster | California |
128 | Chad Boehnke | $3.524 | Marietta | Minnesota |
129 | Philip Hall | $3.524 | Kemah | Texas |
130 | Magnus Persson | $3.524 | Gothenburg | Sweden |
131 | Wayne Lovelady | $3.524 | Madera | California |
132 | Michael Capobianco | $3.524 | Irving | California |
133 | Christoph Torina | $3.524 | Debary | Florida |
134 | John Murphy | $3.524 | Walnut Creek | California |
135 | Kashif Aleem | $3.524 | Katy | Texas |
136 | Sean Deacon | $3.524 | Tempe | Arizona |
137 | William Shalhoob | $3.524 | Mandan | North Dakota |
138 | Douglas Kim | $3.524 | Hartsdale | New York |
139 | Roscoe Derrod | $3.524 | Chula Vista | California |
140 | Karan Radia | $3.524 | London | England |
141 | Dung Nguyen | $3.524 | Wichita | Kansas |
142 | Brennan Benglis | $3.524 | Lake Charles | Louisiana |
143 | Brian Friesen | $3.524 | Winnipeg | Manitoba, Canada |
144 | Gerald Lauderman | $3.524 | Suwanee | Georgia |
145 | Lander Valdez | $3.524 | Lima | Peru |
146 | Tingjian Xiang | $3.524 | Thousand Oaks | California |
147 | Walter Hunt | $3.524 | Playa Del Rey | California |
148 | Delmer Helvie | $3.524 | Fort Wayne | Indiana |
149 | Steven Karp | $3.524 | North Miami Beach | Florida |
150 | Carl Dahl | $3.524 | Goteborg | Sweden |
151 | Vaughn Willanger | $3.524 | Duvall | Washington |
152 | Logan Raskin | $3.524 | North Hollywood | California |
153 | Jorge Rodriguez | $3.524 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
154 | Michael Trivisonno | $3.524 | Lyndhurst | Ohio |
155 | Warren Watson | $3.524 | New Brighton | Minnesota |
156 | Erik Aiken | $3.524 | Dayton | Ohio |
157 | Steven Pilc | $3.524 | San Francisco | California |
158 | Stephen Plache | $3.524 | Manhattan Beach | California |
159 | Paul Balzano | $3.524 | Sunrise | Florida |
160 | Ian Nelson | $3.524 | St Helens | England |
161 | V Pinnamaneni | $3.524 | Westfield | Indiana |
162 | Julien Pouchain | $3.524 | Tarrascon | Spain |
163 | Silvio Formica | $3.153 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
164 | Emanuel Seal | $3.153 | Adelaide | Australia |
165 | Christopher Polster | $3.153 | Henderson | Nevada |
166 | Michael Labonte | $3.153 | Richfield | Wisconsin |
167 | Nicholas Leupold | $3.153 | Ponte Verda Beach | Florida |
168 | Jack Sumner | $3.153 | St Augustine | Florida |
169 | Alejandro Mangemendivil | $3.153 | Tuscon | Arizona |
170 | Kenneth Duggan | $3.153 | Corona | California |
171 | Ilya Ochakovsky | $3.153 | Oakland Gardens | New York |
172 | Patrick Ricci | $3.153 | Saratoga Spgs | New York |
173 | Michael Herrera | $3.153 | Fresno | California |
174 | Steven Goosen | $3.153 | Abbotsford | British Columbia, Canada |
175 | Simon Persson | $3.153 | Gothenburg | Sweden |
176 | Ricardo Cubas | $3.153 | Brasilia | Brazil |
177 | Christopher Howard | $3.153 | Hampshire | England |
178 | Robert Karr | $3.153 | Diamond Bar | California |
179 | Adrian Ridner | $3.153 | – | – |
180 | Jeremy Armstrong | $3.153 | Beverly Hills | California |
181 | Ayaz Mahmood | $3.153 | Houston | Texas |
182 | Alexander Case | $3.153 | San Mateo | California |
183 | Patrick Enright | $3.153 | Mississauga | Ontario |
184 | Declan Meagher | $3.153 | Lucan | Ireland |
185 | Raymond Bonavida | $3.153 | Redondo Beach | California |
186 | Joshua Richardson | $3.153 | South Jordan | Utah |
187 | Brandon Gerstein | $3.153 | Tallahassee | Florida |
188 | Tye Johnson | $3.153 | Spring | Texas |
189 | Gilles Sourd | $3.153 | Bagnolet | France |
190 | Benjamin Gilbert | $3.153 | Studio City | California |
191 | Michael Roth | $3.153 | – | Germany |
192 | Scott Shafer | $3.153 | Lewisville | Texas |
193 | Tyron Krost | $3.153 | – | – |
194 | Mitchell Siegel | $3.153 | Phoenix | Arizona |
195 | Jeremiah Degreef | $3.153 | Grovetown | Georgia |
196 | Dale Cebula | $3.153 | Mosinee | Wisconsin |
197 | Michael Bavonese | $3.153 | North Wales | Pennsylvania |
198 | Matthew Berkey | $3.153 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
199 | Adam Hudson | $2.968 | Highlands Ranch | Colorado |
200 | Anthony Ohagan | $2.968 | Warrington | England |
201 | Jonathan Gumapas | $2.968 | San Diego | California |
202 | Greg Silverstein | $2.968 | Davie | Florida |
203 | Dwayne Heide | $2.968 | Killeen | Texas |
204 | Galeno Suarez | $2.968 | Sherman Oaks | California |
205 | Eric Newsham | $2.968 | Encinitas | California |
206 | Paul Losino | $2.968 | Simi Valley | California |
207 | David Chicotsky | $2.968 | Fort Worth | Texas |
208 | Paul Harper | $2.968 | Glen Rose | Texas |
209 | Nicholas Hill | $2.968 | Phoenix | Arizona |
210 | Michael Racich | $2.968 | Stamford | Connecticut |
211 | Jared Okun | $2.968 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
212 | Daniel Spear | $2.968 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
213 | Eiji Matsumura | $2.968 | Kawasaki Kanagawa | Japan |
214 | James Forsythe | $2.968 | Clovis | California |
215 | Gunter Wagner | $2.968 | Muelheim | Germany |
216 | Guido De Bruijn | $2.968 | Amsterdam | Holland |
217 | David Leighton | $2.968 | Sherman Oaks | California |
218 | David Morrison | $2.968 | Victoria | British Columbia, Canada |
219 | Paul Keesey | $2.968 | Huntington Beach | California |
220 | Ronald Haeri | $2.968 | La Jolla | California |
221 | Jess Dioquino | $2.968 | San Francisco | California |
222 | Steven Landfish | $2.968 | St Albans | Vermont |
223 | Leroy Duran | $2.968 | Sun City | Arizona |
224 | Andrew Fisher | $2.968 | Harrisburg | Pennsylvania |
225 | Kevin Hale | $2.968 | Eureka | California |
226 | Richard Guenther | $2.968 | Tucson | Arizona |
227 | Brady Holiman | $2.968 | Mabank | Texas |
228 | Jay Serion | $2.968 | Seattle | Washington |
229 | Fawz Bennis | $2.968 | Los Angeles | California |
230 | Jeff Madsen | $2.968 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
231 | Jacob Jensen | $2.968 | Borkop | Denmark |
232 | Avelyn Navarro | $2.968 | San Diego | California |
233 | Bernard Compton | $2.968 | Ypsilanti | Michigan |
234 | Marco Naschberger | $2.968 | Kundl | Austria |
235 | Charles Lunn | $2.782 | Toccoa | Georgia |
236 | Mohamed Ahmedin | $2.782 | San Jose | California |
237 | Steve Russell | $2.782 | Coolville | Ohio |
238 | Christopher Hammond | $2.782 | Downingtown | Pennsylvania |
239 | Steven Etoch | $2.782 | Prospect | Kentucky |
240 | Daniel Doyle | $2.782 | Baltimore | Maryland |
241 | Timothy Woolston | $2.782 | Anchorage | Arkansas |
242 | Bruce Simberg | $2.782 | Boca Raton | Florida |
243 | Heather Schuchaskie | $2.782 | Lansing | Michigan |
244 | Dennis Maurer | $2.782 | Chagrin Falls | Ohio |
245 | William Soffin | $2.782 | Delray Beach | Florida |
246 | Jamie Mills | $2.782 | Winchester | Kentucky |
247 | Edmund Chui | $2.782 | San Leandrd | California |
248 | Brian Willis | $2.782 | Wayne | New Jersey |
249 | Stuart Marshak | $2.782 | Chicago | Illinois |
250 | Robert Sweeney | $2.782 | Denver | Colorado |
251 | Holly Dyas | $2.782 | Bothell | Washington |
252 | Alexander Maria | $2.782 | Los Angeles | California |
253 | Darren Grant | $2.782 | Toronto | Ontario, Canada |
254 | Michael Saunders | $2.782 | Madison | Wisconsin |
255 | Shannon Pratt | $2.782 | Salem | Oregon |
256 | Barry Earnshaw | $2.782 | Essex | England |
257 | Douglas Carli | $2.782 | Alliance | Ohio |
258 | Sean Harkin | $2.782 | Missoula | Montana |
259 | Adrian Gathright | $2.782 | Austin | Texas |
260 | Michael Laing | $2.782 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
261 | Richard Hattaway | $2.782 | Gilroy | California |
262 | Benjamin Story | $2.782 | Leighton Buzzard | United Kingdom |
263 | Joseph Patam | $2.782 | Downey | California |
264 | Krishnadev Telikicherla | $2.782 | Berkeley | California |
265 | James Warring | $2.782 | Rockville | Maryland |
266 | Michael Marquez | $2.782 | El Paso | Texas |
267 | Justin Foster | $2.782 | Homewood | Illinois |
268 | Jon Jiles | $2.782 | Las Vegas | Nevada |
269 | Charles Leonard | $2.782 | Carson City | Nevada |
270 | Byrne Dove | $2.782 | Mckinleyville | California |
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