WSOP Features Classic Rematches
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Who exactly doesn’t adore a strong rematch? Unsurprisingly the WSOP is convinced poker admirers would like to witness former adversaries go at it one more time. The World Series of Poker announced a series of rematches from earlier Main Event showdowns.
The WSOP has done a great job deciding upon the matchups, Chris Moneymaker vs. Sammy Farha (2003), Johnny Chan vs. Phil Hellmuth (1989), and the final they’re leaving up to the supporters. You have the ability to opt for the third match up over at the WSOP Facebook fan page.
The fan options will be:
1988 WSOP: Johnny Chan vs. Erik Seidel
2004 WSOP: Greg Raymer vs. David Williams
2006 WSOP: Jamie Gold vs. Paul Wasicka
2010 WSOP: Jonathan Duhamel vs. John Racener
My personal favourite is 2004 WSOP: Greg Raymer vs. David Williams
The WSOP will do something a little different with each one of the matches that is very interesting.
Moneymaker vs. Farha is going to be best two out of three. The first match is going to have the two players with the same exact chip count as they had going heads up in 2003. The second rematch will reverse the chip stacks. And in the event that there’s a necessity for a third rematch it is arranged with even chip stacks.
Chan vs. Hellmuth is a straight-up one match with equal chip stacks.
No particulars have been supplied about the layout of the third, fan selected, contest.
The Moneymaker vs. Farha match should be a well-liked one. It was Moneymaker’s win of the 2003 WSOP Main Event title that was recognized as the start of the online poker boom. The tale of a regular guy playing a $40 online qualifier and making his way through the best poker players on the earth to win poker’s greatest prize in poker was just about too good to be real.
Additionally, Raymer vs. Williams was one more story of relatively anonymous but extraordinarily personable players making it a lot deeper than people assumed possible.
The events will be shot for ESPN on June 2 in the Rio in Vegas. If you’re in Vegas the events are actually open to anyone and free to attend.