World Series of Poker's main event Day 6

DAY: 6 (Officially known as Day 2B).

BIG NEWS: Tournament officials said registration for World Series of Poker was up 8 percent from last year, driven mostly by international growth of the game.

Tournament spokesman Seth Palansky said Wednesday that the series attracted more players from other countries than ever before this year, giving it a boost despite a weak U.S. economy.

Scattered in the 6,844 total participants in the $10,000 buy-in main event were players from 72 different countries, each hoping to win the $9.12 million top prize in the no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament to be awarded Nov. 11.

STUD OF THE DAY: Brian Schaedlich, a 22-year-old special education teacher from Cleveland, who will start play Thursday with 801,000 in chips, more than 400,000 ahead of the next closest player from Tuesday. With the possibility of play reaching the money round Thursday, Schaedlich conceivably could have enough chips to cover minimum bets and antes even if he folded every hand without playing.

BUSTED OUT: Defending champion Jerry Yang, actress and poker player Shannon Elizabeth, H.O.R.S.E. runner-up Michael DeMichele, poker pro John Juanda.

UP NEXT: Thursday, the 466 players who made it through Tuesday will join the players remaining from Wednesday, putting all entrants at the tables at the same time for the first time since the main event started.

POKER TALK: Overbet: Betting more than the size of the pot, in hopes of enticing other players to fold. Defending champion Jerry Yang bet 10,500 into a pot with a jack, four and five on the board. When all other players folded, he turned over pocket threes and told the table that the next time he overbet, he would be holding a big hand.

HE SAID WHAT?: "As far as quitting the job to do the poker life, I think I'd miss teaching too much." — Brian Schaedlich, who ended play Tuesday with a huge stack of 801,000 chips, more than twice his next closest competitor.

International Herald Tribune

News Added: 10 July, 2008

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