WSOP Launches Rematches
Who doesn’t love a decent rematch? Funny enough , the WSOP thinks poker fans will love to watch former adversaries go at it one more time. The World Series of Poker launched a series of rematches from previous Main Event showdowns.
The WSOP is doing an excellent job selecting the matchups, Chris Moneymaker vs. Sammy Farha (2003), Johnny Chan vs. Phil Hellmuth (1989), and the third they are leaving up to the fans. You will be able to vote for the third match up 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 very own favorite is 2004 WSOP: Greg Raymer vs. David Williams
The WSOP is doing something slightly different with each of the events that should be rather interesting.
Moneymaker vs. Farha will be a best two out of three. The initial contest provides each of the players with the same actual chip count that they had going heads up in 2003. The second battle will reverse the chip stacks. And in the event that there exists a necessity for another rematch it will be arranged with equal chip stacks.
Chan vs. Hellmuth is going to be a straight-up one match with even chip stacks.
Zero particulars have been supplied about the format of the third, fan chosen, event.
The Moneymaker vs. Farha match should really be a hot one. It was Moneymaker’s win of the 2003 WSOP Main Event championship that has been credited as the start of the online poker boom. The story of a normal guy playing a $40 qualifier and making his way through the top poker players on earth to win poker’s most presitgious prize in poker was just about too good to be true.
In the same way, Raymer vs. Williams was another tale of relatively unheard of but exceptionally personable players making it a lot further than some people imagined possible.
The rematches will be shot for ESPN on June 2 at the Rio in Vegas. If you’re in town the matches will be open to everyone and free to watch.
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