Mike Watson Leads $15,000 WPT Bellagio Final Table
Posted under: World Poker Tour on July 17, 2008Tags: david benyamine, erica schoenberg, gabe thaler, iweargoggles, john phan, luke staudenmaier, mike watson, ralph perry, sirwatts, tony g
The World Poker Tour’s $15,000 buy-in event at the Bellagio has reached the final table, and - boys and girls - it’s a good one. The final table is headlined by internet superstar Mike “SirWatts” Watson, who brings over $5,000,000 chips into the finale. Nipping at his heels is none other than David Benyamine, with $4,860,000 in chips.
Just behind those two are John “The Razor” Phan, Luke “IWEARGOGGLES” Staudenmaier, Ralph Perry, and Gabe Thaler.
All remaining players are guaranteed just over $129,000, but the top heavy payout structure will be awarding $1.67 million for first place.
Casual poker fans may know Ralph Perry as the guy that Tony G berated nonstop at the Aviation Club in Paris, yelling “Get on your bike, Russian! Go back to Russia!” And, if you haven’t heard of David Benyamine because of his poker prowess, maybe you’ve heard of him because of his beautiful girlfriend - Erica Schoenberg.
Either way, this is not a final table to be missed. You can read Mike Watson’s blog recapping his event to get a first person perspective of what it’s like to final table a WPT event.





What! No link to Erica Schoenberg!!