7.30.2006

WSOP highlights

The Associated Press is reporting on day two of the World Series of Poker. Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson are out within the first few hours in a stunning change of events..

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LAS VEGAS — Phil Hellmuth made his traditional grand entrance into the main event — late, of course, and with lots of fanfare. Not long after sitting down, though, the 10-time winner at the World Series of Poker was on his way out.

"Horrendous, horrendous luck," Hellmuth said Saturday after stunningly being knocked out of the world's richest poker tournament in only six hours. "I'm still half in shock."

Also out of the running for the estimated $11 million grand prize: longtime poker great Doyle Brunson, who lasted about five hours longer than Hellmuth, but lost when he went all-in on a pair of nines and got beaten by three 10s...

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