Former Hollywood agent keeps lead at World Series of Poker
| 08 August 2006 |
As reported by: CFRB 1010
Former Hollywood talent agent Jamie Gold kept his lead Monday at the World Series of Poker, wiping out two players in the space of an hour and amassing a chip stack almost twice the size of his nearest competitor's.
Gold, a 36-year-old Malibu, Calif., resident, nearly doubled his stack to 13 million in chips by the end of play Monday. In second was Erik Friberg, a 23-year-old online poker pro from Sweden, with 7.7 million.
David Einhorn, a 37-year-old hedge fund manager from New York leaped into third with 6.9 million after winning a massive three-way all-in pot.
"I'm playing for charity," Einhorn said, as players'jaws dropped around him. "The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Anything I win goes to that. My grandfather had Parkinson's. I'm on the board of the charity, and Michael said if I make it to the final table, he'll fly out."
Popular Costa Rican pro Humberto Brenes busted out.
At the noon start, the 45 players left in the hunt for the $12 million US grand prize after nine days of no-limit Texas Hold 'em were greeted with plastic bags full of chips placed at their assigned seats at the Rio hotel-casino.
Gold's was so huge he said he spent the first hour "just stacking" them.
Gold got to work early, getting an opponent to call with a pocket pair of 10s to Gold's pocket aces.
"The only hand 10s can beat are nines or eights ... or a bluff," Gold said. "It makes no sense to me. But what do I know?"
Article By: CFRB 1010
Gold, a 36-year-old Malibu, Calif., resident, nearly doubled his stack to 13 million in chips by the end of play Monday. In second was Erik Friberg, a 23-year-old online poker pro from Sweden, with 7.7 million.
David Einhorn, a 37-year-old hedge fund manager from New York leaped into third with 6.9 million after winning a massive three-way all-in pot.
"I'm playing for charity," Einhorn said, as players'jaws dropped around him. "The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Anything I win goes to that. My grandfather had Parkinson's. I'm on the board of the charity, and Michael said if I make it to the final table, he'll fly out."
Popular Costa Rican pro Humberto Brenes busted out.
At the noon start, the 45 players left in the hunt for the $12 million US grand prize after nine days of no-limit Texas Hold 'em were greeted with plastic bags full of chips placed at their assigned seats at the Rio hotel-casino.
Gold's was so huge he said he spent the first hour "just stacking" them.
Gold got to work early, getting an opponent to call with a pocket pair of 10s to Gold's pocket aces.
"The only hand 10s can beat are nines or eights ... or a bluff," Gold said. "It makes no sense to me. But what do I know?"
Article By: CFRB 1010
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