189 survive Day 4 of the 2008 Main Event

...and there's not a single Bodog player left in the mix of the 189 remaining.

If that's not a wake up call to the decision makers behind Bodog's poker room they need better WSOP Qualifiers next year, i don't know what is.

subtle hints: the 5 seat WSOP Main Event guarantee was cute but a midget compared to PokerStars 200 and Full Tilt's 150 seat behemouths. the 5 seat guarantee seemed like an afterthought. it wasn't announced until weeks before the start of the Main Event. 1k WSOP Qualifiers are sorely needed as well as weekly Qualifier with a $500-$600 buy-in. Satellites to all should be running 24/7.

the good news is Bodog has announced a 250k Guarantee ($250+20 buy-in) scheduled to run 4pm ET Sunday August 10th. A monster overlay is anticipated. A minimum of $55k will be awarded to the winner.

on to Day 5 of the 2008 Main Event

well-known players left: Shawn Sheikan, Brandan Cantu, Mark Vos, Gus Hansen, Victor Ramdin, Allan Cunningham are among the chip leaders. Matt Matros, Tiffany Michelle, Jeff Madsen, Phil Helmuth, Mike Matusow, Chip Jett, Kido Pham, Hoyt Corkins, Kara Scott, Ben Roberts and Jon Friedberg.

who got the boot in Day 4: Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner, Evelyn Ng, Hevad Khan, Dag Mikkelsen, Alan Jaffray, Thayer "Thay3r" Rasmussen, Hasan Habib, Johnny Chan, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy, Jason Lester, Adam Schoenfeld, Tim West, John-Robert Bellande, Robert Mizrachi and everyone's favorite vertically challenged poker blogger Iggy.

Chip Leaders as reported by PokerNews heading into Day 5:

2,187,000 Jeremy Joseph - Buffalo, NY
2,110,000 Nikolay Losev - Moscow, Russia
2,065,000 Cristian Dragomir - Bucharest, Romania
1,981,000 Brandon Cantu - Las Vegas, NV
1,958,000 Davor Lanini - Parma, Italy
1,851,000 David Rheem - Los Angeles, CA
1,764,000 Andrew Rosskamm - Cleveland, OH
1,761,000 James McManus - Dublin, Ireland
1,695,000 Geoffrey Herzog - Jacksonville Beach, FL
1,688,000 Albert Kim - Staten Island, NY

this is the structure scheduled for day 5:
Round Blinds Ante
(19) 5000 / 10000 1000 Duration: 39 min.
(20) 6000 / 12000 2000 Duration: 120 min.
(21) 8000 / 16000 2000 Duration: 120 min.
(22) 10000 / 20000 3000 Duration: 120 min.
(23) 12000 / 24000 3000 Duration: 120 min.
(24) 15000 / 30000 4000 Duration: 120 min.

Follow today's action starting at noon PST here and here.