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Gus Hansen and Durrrr Survive WSOP Main Event Day 1C Sitting Out

Immense Open Face Chinese poker action has been going on in the Aria Casino in Las Vegas for the past days. The game has even seduced some of the best pros from the WSOP Main Event tables, causing some controversy.
author-picture Admin - 2013. July 11.

In the last couple of days, huge high stakes Open Face Chinese poker action has unfolded in the Aria Casino in Las Vegas, with one point valued at $3,000. Some of the richest businessmen and leading poker professionals have submerged in the game, endangering even their participation in the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Gus Hansen and Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan had paid the $10,000 buy-in on Day 1C of the Main Event before they noticed the Open Face game. True to their natures, the two poker aces headed to the Aria right away, not playing a single hand in the WSOP that day. Due to the deep structure of the Main Event, they survived nevertheless; they were left with 17,975 and 17,825 in chips, respectively. They have eventually showed up on Day 2C but Dwan busted out after hardly an hour of play and Hansen followed less than another hour later.

The two of them had been seen playing Open Face non-stop for the 24 hours before their Main Event Day 2C appearance, next to other renowned pros like Jason Mercier. Hansen, in fact, has been having a huge upswing with over $1.5 million in chips before him at one point. He could definitely use the money with a total of $3.4 million in losses at the online high stakes tables this year.

Gus Hansen

The Dane’s and Dwan’s sitting out of the WSOP Main Event has raised some controversy; while many players are interested in the OFC game at the Aria, they condemn the two pros for not taking the world championship main event seriously enough, decreasing its prestige.

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