2004 WSOP Eliminations

Date: 2004.01.15 | Category: Hand Of The Week | By: Phil Hellmuth   

Last time I told you how Annie Duke, Russ Hamilton, Erik Seidel and Antonio Esfandiari went out of the 2004 WSOP (World Series of Poker). Now were on to a few more players of note-Howard Lederer and Doyle Brunson.

When I reached Howard Lederer (“Bub” to his friends), he had just won $9.3 million playing heads-up poker at the Bellagio on the sixth day of the WSOP’s big one, in a $100,000-$200,000 match. As a side note: Jennifer Harmon Traniello and Todd Brunson also have done well playing heads-up for those kinds of stakes.

Howard was eliminated around 400th place by someone who is no stranger to anyone in the poker world today. “It was very strange, I happened to get high-carded to the TV table alongside Doyle; when the TV table went to eight handed, and I happened to be in the big blind, and nearest to the TV table. My tournament had been pretty uneventful, I ended day 1 with $13,000, and then I was up to $50,000 making steady progress. I bluffed a bit too much, found myself at $10,000 or so, and when I moved to Doyle’s table I had roughly $30,000.”