WSOP 2008 Main Event, Day 1c: Big Name Aussies Struggle

On the third day of action in the 2008 WSOP Main Event, there were 1928 players in the field. Of these players there were plenty of Aussies including Tony G, Mel Judah, Jeff Lisandro and 2005 World Champion Joe Hachem. Hachem made a promising start to the day firing up the leaderboard to over 50k, from the starting 20k. This would be as far as he would get though as he finished off with only 13 000 chips left at the end of the day. Mel Judah struggled throughout the day and had to settle with finishing on 14 150 chips. Tony G and Jeff Lisandro were knocked out of the tournament and will take no further part in the Main Event. The best of the Australian poker players in action on Day 1C was Stephen Koutzouvelis who finished on a healthy stack of 80 550. Jimmy Wong, Rayan Nathan, Mick Nolton and Tony Da Motta all finished in a solid position with over 50k in chips.

Moving on from the Australian poker players, the best of the rest of the on Day 1C was Norway’s Henning Granstad. He accumulated the most chips so far in the WSOP Main Event and will start Day 2 with 242 950. Other notable entries on Day 1C were Nenad Medic, David Singer, JC Tran, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, TJ Cloutier, the famous Larry Flynt and PokerStars‘ Chris Moneymaker.

With one more day left of the Day 1’s the 2008 WSOP Main Event is shaping up to be one of the biggest in history, if not the biggest. The team at pokershark.com.au will continue to keep you informed of the results of the Aussies competing. Check back for a recap of all the action from Day 1D.