World Series of Poker: Events #5 & #6
Michael Banducci (first photo), a 23-year-old pro from Traverse City, Mich., wins the World Series of Poker's Event #5 (No-Limit Hold'em w/rebuys), while Thang Luu (second photo), a 33-year-old pro from Las Vegas, wins Event #6 (Omaha 8).
Event #5, No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys, $1,000 entry, 766 entrants
Ante Up guests
15. Clonie Gowen, $28,940
22. Daniel Negreanu, $16,496
34. Chad Brown, $13,602
Event #6, Omaha 8, $1,500 entry, 833 entrants
No Ante Up Nationals, guests or Tampa Bay area players cashed.
Ante Up WSOP totals
Ante Up Nation: 0 cashes, 0 bracelets, $0 prize money
Ante Up guests: 9 cashes, 0 bracelets, $820,828 prize money
Tampa Bay area players: 6 cashes, 0 bracelets, $31,892 prize money
World Series of Poker photos
Christopher Cosenza is co-host of the longest running poker podcast on the planet, Ante Up! He started playing poker seriously in 2003 and his favorite players are Phil Ivey and Kenna James, though he tends to act like Phil Hellmuth if you make a bad play against him.
Scott Long, Ante Up!'s other co-host, is the author of the monthly Bet on It column in tbt*. He began gambling way too young (don't tell the fuzz!) and in the seventh grade, named his state "Gambleland" for a school project (State Animal? Loan shark, of course).
is that a fisheye lens or is that guy's head abnormally large?
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Posted by: Erwin Blonk | June 07, 2008 at 03:29 AM
I played with the winner of Event #5, Michael Banducci, last year. He was the chip leader to start Day 2 and flamed out in 84th. I was on his immediate right the whole time he was the (very aggressive) chip leader. Yikes! I just outlasted him. Here's a photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfinn/627904558/
Posted by: ChicagoJason | June 10, 2008 at 08:26 PM