Who exactly wouldn’t appreciate a proper rematch? Evidently the WSOP is convinced poker buffs will love to witness former foes go at it again. The World Series of Poker announced a series of rematches from past Main Event showdowns.
The WSOP is doing a quality job picking 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 vote 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 particular favourite is 2004 WSOP: Greg Raymer vs. David Williams
The WSOP is doing something just a little different with each of the events that is rather unique.
Moneymaker vs. Farha will be a best two out of three. The initial rematch will have 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’s a necessity for another game it’ll be set using even chip stacks.
Chan vs. Hellmuth is going to be a straight-up one match with equal chip stacks.
No particulars have been provided about the framework of the third, fan chosen, contest.
The Moneymaker vs. Farha event really should be a popular one. It was Moneymaker’s win of the 2003 WSOP Main Event title that is credited as the start of the online poker boom. The tale of a average guy participating in a $40 satellite and making his way through the top poker players on this planet to win the ultimate prize in poker was virtually too good to be real.
In the same way, Raymer vs. Williams was another saga of relatively undiscovered but extremely personable players making it a lot further than folks imagined possible.
The matches will be shot for ESPN on June 2 in the Rio in Vegas. If you’re in town the rematches are open to anyone and free to attend.
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