2008 WSOP Diary, June 5: Event 5 and Event 6 Winners Are Crowned

  Event #5 ($1,000 No Limit Holdem with Rebuys), eventually managed to crown a winner, but for a while those participating in the final table seemed content to treat each other like a Pit Bull's chew toy. Steve Gross and Jamie Rosen both went on tandem Kamikaze runs during the fifth hand of the final table. Lyric Duveyoung took this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, and eliminated both players.  Michael Banducci seemed to be unwilling to jump into the fray, and basically stayed out of the way while everyone else was busy trying to de-construct each other. Seeing as at the end of the day he was awarded a bracelet for being the last guy standing, you really can't fault his logic.  Michael Banducci was not the only person sporting a new fashion accessory today, Thang Luu came away from Event #6 ($1,500 Omaha Eight-or-Better) with a WSOP win as well. In the end the last two left to fight for the victory were Thang and Spencer Lawrence. An hour later the only one left was Thang Luu who got his first World Series of Poker bracelet.  Event #7 ($2,000 No Limit Holdem) started the day with every player knowing they were walking away from the poker room with money in their hands. After some rather spirited play, at the end of the day the final table roster was all set. The following players will be competing for the bracelet in the final day of this Holdem event:Theo Tran 145,800Nick Romano 126,500Scott Montgomery 117,100John Myung 106,800Rocco Pace 106,000Thong Tran 105,800Pawel Andrzejewski 98,100JC Tran 93,200Robert Morgan 90,700Christopher Wiggins 89,700  While the smart money is on Theo Tran, the way the WSOP events have been going this year, you can't count Christopher Wiggins out either.  The story of Event #8 ($10,000 World Championship Mixed Event) is the fact that Doyle Brunson is still in the hunt. The structure of this particular event is tailor-made for a pro like Doyle. The high buy in will keep a lot of the internet kids out of it, and keep the whole thing a skill vs. skill affair. In that sort of situation anybody who knows anything about the game has got to like Doyle's chances.  He is not going to be just handed an 11th bracelet though, standing between him and the promised land is a wall of high powered, big reputation pros who are just as capable of snatching the Championship. There is no doubt that this is the event to watch. It has cast such a big shadow that most didn't even seem to notice that Events 9 and 10 had started their first days today.  The day is pretty much done and most of the players are snoring away in their beds, getting in a morning workout, or trying to find out when the cocktail waitresses shift is up. In a few hours everyone gets up and goes back at it again.