 |  | | | | 272 players left in the World Series of Poker12 Jul 2005 With the field slashed, almost all of the players left going into Monday will end up taking home at least $12,500. Of the 5,619 entrants who began play, most walked away empty handed - only 560 make money. But for many players lucky enough to survive the first four days of the no-limit Texas Hold'em event, the minimum payout - enough to cover the required $10,000 buy-in plus some expenses - is not likely to satisfy their gambling appetites. They'll be shooting for a spot at the final nine-person table in which the first one out will take home $1 million and the winning player will collect a record $7.5 million in first-place money.
In the running was patent lawyer Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, the 2004 champ, who was sitting on about $700,000 in chips and second place as the field was narrowed to 272 late Monday night. Raymer is one of two former champions of the World Series of Poker's main event still standing out of the 15 who started in the tournament. Russ Hamilton, the 1994 champion, is still competing. The late chip leader was Rod Pardey, Jr. of Las Vegas with about $702,000 in chips. But lurking among the remaining players were some top-notch pros, such as Phil Ivey, Mike Matusow, John Juanda, Paul Darden, Layne Flack, Howard Lederer. Sam Farha, who finished second to Chris Moneymaker in 2003, ran out of luck Monday night and was knocked out.
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