On Thursday, a total of 52 players returned to play Day 2 of Event #5: Mixed Max (No-Limit Hold'em). Jennifer Tilly had the lead when the day started and Faraz Jaka was the closest opponent.
After several hours of 6-handed action, just as planned, the second day of the tournament ended when 16 players had chips left, and both Jaka (3rd place with 258,100) and Tilly (9th place with 163,300) [...] Read more » WSOPE Event #5: Mixed Max NLHE: Massive Chipleader Brandon Cantu To Face Phil Hellmuth
Joined: Apr '09
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Phil Helmut is everywhere. I don't know about the real statistics, but i believe he must look like one of those poker ghosts, he enters almost all big live poker action and he goes far in a lot of them. Even if he doesn't win (he happens to win some) he reaches the final table or the better paid places a lot of times. I know many consider him the leader of the top 5 best poker players nowadays, but i used not to put him on this list and now i defenetly have to do it, i read his name everywhere!
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Location: Romania
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I bet Phil Hellmuth will be back and wins against Brandon Cantu even if the difference is quite large Brandon Cantu 738,100 vs. Phil Hellmuth 127,400 Difference is 610,700 or almost six times ... Phill hellmuth must win 3 flip )
Prognosis any "matches"
1 Paul Tedeschi 278,600 vs. Roger Hairabedian 225,600 Paul Tedeschi will win
2 Kristijonas Andrulis 142,000 vs. Mike Watson 50,700 Kristijonas Andrulis will win
3 Martin Jacobson 164,900 vs. Joe Keuther 37,100 Martin Jacobson will win
4 Brandon Cantu 738,100 vs. Phil Hellmuth 127,400 Phil Hellmuth will win
5 Faraz Jaka 258,100 vs. Vladimir Troyanovskiy 66,300 Faraz Jaka will win
6 Konstantin Puchkov 183,700 vs. Bertrand Grospellier 18,000 Konstantin Puchkov will win
7 Jennifer Tilly 163,300 vs. Marvin Rettenmaier 191,100 Hope Jennifer Tilly will win :-s
8 Jason Mercier 16,800 vs. Jonathan Aguiar 212,200 5% chance i think Jason Mercier will win but no bet on this game
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The final 4 is now determined and there are no big surprises, it's Brandon Cantu, Roger Hairabedian, Jonathan Aguiar and Faraz Jaka. At this point i guess my choice to win this tournament is Roger Hairabedian because of his solid run in WSOPE so far and the fact that he is 2nd in chips at the moment.
Brandon Cantu, Faraz Jaka and Jonathan Aguiar for tha last 3 . Phil will bust out soon after they resume, his mental games will f... him up like most of the last tournaments he participated in. He should work on it more since he s the best player on this list.