July 14, 200917 yr He is a student at UK but he also and online pro tourney player. He has tourney cashes of $83,000, 71,000 and 69,000 so far online. Thats prolly just a couple of his scores. He also made a final table earlier in this WSOP in a 10k Pot limit holdem event and won over 100k for that. So while he maybe won his way in he easily could have paid for it. Hope the IRS isn't reading this.
July 15, 200917 yr 1. Billy Kopp 15,100,000 2. Phil Ivey 12,200,000 3. Darvin Moon 12,000,000 4. Jeff Shulman 10,900,000 5. Antoine Saout 9,600,000 6. Francois Balmigere 8,980,000 7. Tommy Vedes 8,640,000 8. Joseph Cada 8,500,000 9. Jonathan Tamayo 8,200,000 10. Kevin Schaffel 7,900,000 11. Jamie Robbins 6,700,000
July 15, 200917 yr It's exciting to see a real pro and recognizable player still in it at that point, and really in the thick of things. And of course, great to see the local shining.
July 15, 200917 yr Author Players will return to the Amazon Room at noon on Wednesday for a very long day, when they'll play until only nine remain. The 2009 November Nine will have four months to prepare and let the public learn their stories. While the media might not know a ton about them now, we'll interview them and share their stories and hopefully allow everyone a little insight into the nine players who had an amazing run during the 2009 WSOP. Here are the current chip leaders: Darvin Moon ($20.1 million) Billy Kopp ($15.9 million) Steven Begleiter ($11.9 million) Phil Ivey ($11.4 million) Kevin Schaffel ($11.2 million) Antoine Saout ($11.1 million) Jeff Shulman ($10.2 million) Eric Buchman ($10.0 million) Jamie Robbins ($9.8 million) Ben Lamb ($9.4 million) Good luck to Billy
July 15, 200917 yr Meet Billy Kopp (Second Place in WSOP Main Event) Billy Kopp is from Erlanger, KY. He is 23-years-old and is attending the University of Kentucky as a full-time student. He is close to receiving a degree in hospitality management and tourism. Kopp was the chip leader late on Day 7, but feel to second place when Darvin Moon (at another table) made a late run and regained his chip lead. Currently, Kopp has nearly 16 million in chips while Moon is atop the leaderboard with 20 million. Other rivals are all 12 million in chips, and less. Kopp has come close to victory recently. He was the runner up at the WSOP Circuit championship held at Harrah’s New Orleans in May. Kopp admits to being brought into the game about six years as part of the so-called “Moneymaker effect,” which brought millions of new players to poker. When asked about the surroundings of playing in the WSOP Main Event, Kopp remarked confidently: “I am not really intimidated by anybody. I think it is my ball game….I think I can play with the best of them.”
July 15, 200917 yr Didn't realize that Billy Kopp was so young. Sounds like the time of a lifetime. Good luck to the young man.
July 15, 200917 yr Esfandiari still in..... Former WSOP gold bracelet winners still alive in the Main Event: Phil Ivey (7 wins) Antonio Esfandiari (1 win) Jordan Smith (1 win)
July 15, 200917 yr Day 8 Starting Seat Assignments and Chip Counts Play is scheduled to resume at 12:00 p.m. local time. (Table 1) Jesse Haabak - 2,750,000 Ian Tavelli - 4,385,000 James Calderaro - 6,475,000 Jonathan Tamayo - 3,300,000 Warren Zackey - 5,485,000 Eric Buchman - 10,005,000 Leo Margets - 1,530,000 Tommy Vedes - 5,070,000 James Akenhead - 8,615,000 (Table 2) Phil Ivey - 11,350,000 Jeff Shulman - 10,170,000 George Caragiorgas - 1,615,000 Nick Maimone - 1,545,000 Andrew Lichtenberger - 5,625,000 Marco Mattes - 5,285,000 Joseph Cada - 6,565,000 Darvin Moon - 20,160,000 Jordan Smith - 4,510,000 (Table 3) Jamie Robbins - 9,795,000 Antonio Esfandiari - 4,470,000 Francois Balmigere - 1,440,000 Ludovic Lacay - 5,610,000 Steven Begleiter - 11,885,000 Ben Lamb - 9,410,000 Antoine Saout - 11,135,000 Kevin Schaffel - 11,245,000 Billy Kopp - 15,970,000
July 15, 200917 yr Billy just knocked out a player and is chip leader again with 17.5 million. 24 players left.
July 15, 200917 yr They will play down to 9 players today which will make up the November 9. Those nine will return in November to play down to the winner.
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