Monday, April 23, 2007

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Dollars in the eyes of WPT Championship contenders

By Erin Warner

Those who hung around for Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Championship aren't going to relinquish their seats without a fight. The hundreds of poker stars and no names still circling the tables have no doubt already daydreamed about posing with a $4 million pile of cash at tournament's end.

This year, 639 players peeled $25,000 from their bankroll to send the total prize pool soaring above the $15 million mark.

Poker royalty too numerous to bother mentioning (pretty much any familiar face who doesn't have a beef with the WPT) has turned up at Bellagio's Fontana Room for a crack at the nearly $4 million first prize.

They aren't likely to turn their noses up at final table spots, though, with six figures promised to the top 20 players and more than a million earmarked for the top three finishers.

In the meantime, player-of-the-moment Anna Wroblewski - hereby known as A-Wrob - is carrying a $211,325 purse into Day 2, putting her just ahead of Sam Farha's $210,700 for the chip lead.

But though two first days are in the books, there's still plenty of poker left between now and the final day April 27.

For our always entertaining version of events, please visit the PokerListings.com Live Tournaments Section to find the all the updates, poker gossip, analysis, chip counts and photos you can choke down in one sitting.

Stay with PokerListings.com from now until the last player does the walk of shame to the rail.

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