WSOP 2005: Woke Up This Morning, Won Myself a Bracelet

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What would a Tuesday be without a little WSOP action on ESPN? Well, it’d be just like a Wednesday, but that’s a lousy punchline. Anyway, two new episodes of poker grace the tube tonight, highlighted by a classic match between Robert Williamson and Phil Ivey in the $2500 Pot Limit Omaha with rebuys tourney. Excuse the spoiler, but the circumstances of Ivey’s participation in this tourney are too good not to relay. From Las Vegas Vegas:

Phil Ivey wasn’t going to play in Event #27 $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys. He was sleeping at the time that the event was scheduled to start. Barry Greenstein noticed he was not registered, so he woke him up with a phone call. Barry knew that Pot Limit Omaha is one of Phil’s better games and insisted that Phil get over to the Rio to play. Phil Ivey mainly concentrates on cash games these days and he chose to play a light tournament schedule this year. It’s a good thing that Phil Ivey woke up and answered Barry Greenstein’s phone call because he picked up his fifth WSOP bracelet.

The PLO tourney is hour two, hour one is good ol’ Hold ‘Em action (Event 24, $2500 NL) with nearly no big names in sight. When Farzad Bonyadi is the guy you’re asking for autographs out of this bunch, you can probably guess the rest of these guys aren’t TV-table material.

WSOP on ESPN Tonight… [LasVegasVegas]
Event 27 (PLO) [Tao of Poker]
Phil Ivey Wakes Up to Win 5th Bracelet [LasVegasVegas]
Event 24 Wrapup ($2500 NL) [LasVegasVegas]
Event 24 [Tao of Poker]