World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007

[Crosby87]

Since the WSOP thread is getting too long, I'll post WSOP Main Event updates here starting tomorrow.

Day 1A Chip Counts
1. Fran Cipriano ($123,200)
2. Ken Jacobs ($119,106)
3. Paul McCaffrey ($110,650)
4. John Kinkaid ($107,500)
5. Joe Fuhriman ($98,250)
6. George Lopez ($98,125)
7. Mike Erstling ($94,075)
8. Sean Le ($94,050)
9. Paul Kitsos ($92,850)
10. WekKai Chang ($92,575)
11. Paramjit Gill ($85,650)
12. Mark Vos ($85,375)
13. Jeffrey Lisandro ($85,025)
14. Matthew Maroon ($83,150)
15. Eric Buchman ($82,450)
16. Justin Diamond ($81,850)
17. Nathan Wilt ($80,225)
18. Phil Cordano ($80,125)
19. Aaron Clark ($78,925)
20. Erik Friberg ($77,675)

Note - Other notables include: Layne Flack, Jason Strasser, John Hoang, Mike Sexton, Shane Schleger, Barry Greenstein, Tony Bloom, Kido Pham, Noah Boeken, Stan Goldstein, Casey Kastle, Andrew Black, David Sklansky, Scotty Nguyen, Lee Markholt, Jim Bechtel, Allen Kessler, Nenad Medic, Gabe Thaler, Tex Barch, Chris Tsiprailidis.

Notables eliminated: Andy Bloch, Farzad Bonyadi, Chris Bell, Dutch Boyd, Young Phan, Perry Friedman, Juha Helppi, Todd Witteles, Chris Karagulleyan, Joe Bartholdi, Mimi Tran, Lee Watkinson, Dan Harrington, Brett Jungblut, Clonie Gowen, Norm MacDonald, Tobey Maguire, Greg Mascio, Jean Gluck, Kianoush Abolfathi, Eskimo Clark, Jim McManus, Wil Wheaton, David Benyamine, J.J. Liu, Chip Jett, Kirill Gerasimov, Eli Elezra, Amir Vahedi, Ben Roberts, David Levi, Maureen Feduniak, Gus Hansen, Michael Mizrachi, Tony G, Matt Matros, Minh Nguyen, and William Chen.

Day 1B Chip Counts
1. Alex Minilsow ($94,350)
2. Cory Butler ($90,250)
3. Edward Brogdon ($90,200)
4. Lars Bonding ($88,600)
5. Eric Sonstegard ($83,000)
6. Theo Tran ($82,950)
7. Magnus Peterson ($82,575)
8. David Chiu ($78,225)
9. Daniel Clark ($77,750)
10. Allen Cunningham ($77,625)
11. Jose Verela ($76,900)
12. Al Barbieri ($76,050)
13. Todd Huynh ($75,800)
14. Sean Johnson ($73,925)
15. James Crowshaw ($73,500)
16. Christopher Budak ($70,125)
17. Akshay Kumar ($70,125)
18. Eric Peters ($70,000)
19. Nicholas Montuori ($69,745)
20. Rob Lederer ($69,475)

Note - Other notables include: David Chiu, Ernie Scherer, Al Stonum, Mickey Appleman, Men Nguyen, Aaron Bartley, Jeff Madsen, Eric Froehlich, Humberto Brenes, Prahlad Friedman, Padraig Parkinson, Annie Duke, Ted Lawson, Mike Caro, Al Krux, David Ulliott, David Grey, Chris Ferguson, Bill Gazes, Can Kim Hua, Phil Ivey, Thor Hansen, Rehne Pederson, Rafi Amit, Dave Colclough, John Juanda, Age Spets, Paul McKinney, Rafe Furst, Rob Hollink, Johan Storakers.

Notables eliminated: Howard Lederer, Phil Hellmuth, Gavin Smith, Patrik
Antonius, Joe Sebok, Barry Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Dewey Tomko, Mel Judah, Brad Garrett, Ron Jeremy, Greg Mueller, Shannon Elizabeth, Todd Brunson, Tiffany Williamson, David Oppenheim, Randy Jensen, Vanessa Rousso, Corey Cheresnick, Jason Lester, Steve Paul-Ambrose, John Cernuto, Pete Lawson, Evelyn Ng, Tim Phan, Lonnie Heimowitz, Brad Booth, David Singer, Doyle Brunson, Paul Darden.

Day 1C Chip Counts
1. Richard Gryko ($128,575)
2. Adam Jones ($125,525)
3. Daniel Pelletier ($107,850)
4. Jonathan Carlson ($106,375)
5. Charlie Sewell ($106,175)
6. Dario Roma ($103,625)
7. Brendan Lewis ($101,875)
8. Bob Binsky ($96,700)
9. William Thorsson ($96,225)
10. John Ambrust ($95,325)
11. Rob Roseman ($94,800)
12. Daniel Schlauch ($94,275)
13. Michael Petrillo ($92,000)
14. Brian Hansen ($87,025)
15. Daniel Negreanu ($85,800)
16. Shannon Shorr ($84,125)
17. Philippe Boucher ($82,575)
18. Mosa Mustafa ($81,775)
19. Jeff Banghart ($80,775)
20. Aaron Robbins ($80,275)

Note - Other notables include: Greg Raymer, Nam Le, Al Ardebili, Josh Arieh, Tom McEvoy, John Gale, Jan Sorensen, Haralabos Voulgaris, Burt Boutin, Mark Gregorich, Melissa Hayden, Brian Fidler, Aaron Kanter, Tony Hachem, Robert Mizrachi, Jesse Jones, and Sarah Bilney.

Notables eliminated: Jean-Robert Bellande, Chad Brown, T.J. Cloutier, Bob Stupak, Dustin Woolf, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Gordon, Jordan Morgan, Kirk Morrison, Jim Meehan, Mike Matusow, Tuan Le, Jennifer Harman, Richard Freire, Jeff Shulman, Anthony Reategui, Jennifer Tilly, John Esposito, John Phan, Josh Schlein, Brian Bonetti, Katrina Jett, Hasan Habib, Liz Lieu, Sam Farha, Steve Zolotow, Keith Sexton, Bobby Baldwin, Mark Seif, Joe Beevers, Phil Laak, Michael Craig, Harry Demetriou, Simon Trumper, Barbara Enright, Carl Olson, Steve Dannenmann, Marco Traniello, Cong Do, Kenna James, Chris Bigler, Don Zewin, Thomas Keller, Bruno Fitoussi.

Day 1D Chip Counts
1. Peter Tran ($142,000)
2. Alex Balandin ($120,000)
3. Daryn Firicano ($117,000)
4. Darrell Dicken ($110,000)
5. Jamie Gold ($107,000)
6. Jordan Rich ($106,000)
7. Paul Andrzejewski ($100,000)
8. Justin Ghogomu ($85,000)
9. Steve Conway ($80,000)
10. Mike Schneider ($78,000)
11. Robert Varkonyi ($70,000)
12. Mikael Thuritz ($70,000)
13. Steven Schulman ($70,000)
14. William Rector ($68,000)
15. Brandon Redmerski ($65,000)
16. David Dicken ($63,000)
17. John Lee ($62,000)
18. Henry Tran ($62,000)
19. Peter Feldman ($61,000)
20. Alex Azadpeyma ($60,000)

Note - Other notables include: Jeff Cabanillas, Ted Forrest, Freddy Deeb, Devin Porter, Joe Hachem, Barny Boatman, Tony Grand, Surrinder Sunar, Russ Salzer, Eric Haber, Kathy Liebert, Huck Seed, Pete Giordano, Joe Cassidy, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Karlo Lopez, J.C. Tran, Josh Spiegelman, Alan Goehring, Eric Mizrachi, Stuart Paterson, Marcel Luske, Cyndy Violette, Cecilia Mortensen, Steve Brecher, Tom McCormick, Paul Wolfe, Tom Franklin, David Plastik, Chris Hinchcliffe.

Notables eliminated: Alan Boston, Isabelle Mercier, Chris Moneymaker, Chip Reese, Hank Azaria, Dean Cain, Quinn Do, Ross Boatman, Jay Heimowitz, Sam Grizzle, Max Pescatori, Lennox Lewis, Amnon Filippi, Joe Awada, Ram Vaswani, Lyle Berman, Brandon Cantu, John Spadavecchia, Erik Seidel, Sean Sheikhan, Harley Hall, Amarillo Slim Preston, Scott Fischman, Brad Kondracki, Victor Ramdin, Martin de Knjiff, Eric Kesselman, Michael Gracz, Blair Rodman, John D'Agostino, Arnold Spee, Johnny Chan, Bill Edler.[/B]

Day 2A Chip Counts

Tomorrow.

Notables eliminated: Mickey Appleman, Ayaz Mahmood, Padraig Parkinson, Kristy Gazes, Lee Markholt, Kido Pham, David Ulliott, Danny Masterson, Ernie Scherer, Joe Tehan, Jeff Madsen, David Sklansky, Mike Sexton, Eric Froehlich, Chris Reslock, Men Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, John Juanda, Rafi Amit, Bill Gazes, Andrew Black, Allen Kessler, Eugene Todd, Noah Boeken, David Williams, Mike Caro, Tony Cousineau, Patrick Poels, Scotty Nguyen, Can Kim Hua.

[Ricketts]

Go Gus, or Daniel.

[grimlock]

Mark Vos among the early chip leaders

[Crosby87]

And Norm MacDonald.

Lol

And just for people who may get confused, the first day is split into four different groups, over four days. So the people who play today won't play for a few more days, etc.

[grimlock]

Tobey Maguire and Mekhi Phifer both eliminated.

[Crosby87]

Joe Tehan, Rafael Perry, John Hoang and Billy Chen also amongst the chip leaders.

[grimlock]

What sites are you using the follow the event?
I'm on poker wire and blonde poker forum.

[Crosby87]

cardplayer.com and pokerwire

[red+black]

Aussie Mark Vos, yes the same Mark Vos I created a wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Vos) page for, is chip leade with 78000 and second is back on 35500. That's some great start! I predict he'll cash easily.

Mark Vos is now sitting with $78,000 in chips, and Norm MacDonald, to his right, is now only sitting with $15,000. Vos took an enormous pot off of MacDonald when Mark cracked Norm's Aces with Q-J, making two pair.

[red+black]

Go Gus, or Daniel.
Guess it will have to be Gus.

Negreanu has reported on his video blog (http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/video_diary/) that he has to skip the WSOP main event due to a schedule conflict.

[red+black]

Clonie Gowen, the fish, very ****able though, is out. She obviously had to wash her hair or something and didn't have time for this poker thing.

And check this crap out:

Jack Mahalingam is all-in for $5,000 and is called an opponent in late position. Mahalingam shows 8s8c and his opponent has 5h5c. The flop is 6s5s5d and his opponent flops quads. The turn is a 9s giving Mahalingam a gut-shot straight flush draw (his only way to win). The river is the 7s giving Mahalingam the straight flush and taking the hand. :eek:

[grimlock]

Guess it will have to be Gus.

Negreanu has reported on his video blog (http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/video_diary/) that he has to skip the WSOP main event due to a schedule conflict.
Can't be bothered looking at the Negreanu video blog. What was more important than the WSOP main event?

pfft quads.

[red+black]

Can't be bothered looking at the Negreanu video blog. What was more important than the WSOP main event?

pfft quads.
You're obviously a very busy man with a long attention span. On other news, Mark Vos reports on his hand against the idiot Norm MacDonald (the "actor/comedian"):

Hand with Norm was sick. I was in the BB with QJs, he made it 800 @ 100/200 blinds and I called. Flop QJ9 with 2 diamonds. I checked he bet 1500, I made it 4000, he went all in for 47,000. :eek: I thought for a bit and called for 33,000 more. He was chip leader at that point and I was around 3rd in chips. Insane, thankfully board blanked.

[grimlock]

Playing videos sometimes hangs my (very old) machine. Not worth taking the risk at the moment.

[Crosby87]

He has to skip the Main Event? For what, golf? Lol

I was just about to post that hand. The guy with the quads must be the unluckiest guy ever.

He called a raise with QJ? Donk. Lol

[DoubleA]

The intro was basically made for people like you, as about 45seconds in he says ...AS IF I'D MISS THE MAIN EVENT. You just got punk'd.

[The Dice Man]

Jack Mahalingam is all-in for $5,000 and is called an opponent in late position. Mahalingam shows 8s8c and his opponent has 5h5c. The flop is 6s5s5d and his opponent flops quads. The turn is a 9s giving Mahalingam a gut-shot straight flush draw (his only way to win). The river is the 7s giving Mahalingam the straight flush and taking the hand. :eek:


That is insane!

How often does a 4 of a kind lose?:eek:

[red+black]

He called a raise with QJ? Donk. Lol
He had 33000 and had to call a mere 800 against a stupid actor/comedian, easy call. And donk Norm was eliminated soon after. Too many idiots at the WSOP that double up with a suckout then get eliminated within a few hands. Some of these morons think it's a race.

[red+black]

This would have been nice (from earlier):

On a board showing KdJd10d Ad 8c, Mike Sorrentino bets $2,000 and Ben Roberts takes some time before mucking his hand. Sorrentino opts to show his hand, AsQd, which gave him the royal flush. Sorrentino's stack is now up to $35,500.

[Crosby87]

He had 33000 and had to call a mere 800 against a stupid actor/comedian, easy call. And donk Norm was eliminated soon after. Too many idiots at the WSOP that double up with a suckout then get eliminated within a few hands. Some of these morons think it's a race.

I thought the "Lol" indicated that what I wrote was a joke. Of course he's going to call from the BB.

[red+black]

Action Man eliminated by the Ambassador:

Dan Harrington is eliminated from today's event. He was greeted by a round of applause as he stood up and walked away from his table. Mike Sexton's QhQc beats Harrington's Jh7h when the board brings four hearts.

Would be nice if there was more detail as to how the hand played out. I assume all the money was in by the turn and Dan got rivered.

[red+black]

Funny joke from 2p2. When a dealer deals a bad beat, such as the runner runner royal above: "He used to deal online!" :D

If you're unfamiliar with the history of the joke, check here (http://www.billrini.com/index.php/2004/11/30/proof-that-online-poker-is-rigged).

[red+black]

I'm a long way off feeling confident being either of these players and making the plays they do:

Under the gun, Michael Mizrachi raises to $600 and is called by both the 2 and 3 seats. The flop comes Jc10c8s,"The Grinder" checks, the 2 seat bets $1,000 and the 3 seat calls. Mizrachi then raises to $3500 total, and only the 2 seat calls. The turn is the Jh and Mizrachi leads out with $2,500. The 3 seat raises it up to $5,000 and "The Grinder" calls. The river is the Ad and both players check. Mizrachi shows Qd8c and seat 3 shows 9d9c, which is good enough to take out Mizrachi's pair of 8's. Currently Mizrachi has $13,000.

[red+black]

I'll keep talking to myself here.

Current estimated minimum for first prize is USD $11.7 million.

[red+black]

The former bridesmaid, Lee Watkinson, has been eliminated.

[DaSawx]

I'll keep talking to myself here.

Current estimated minimum for first prize is USD $11.7 million.

That's insane.

[red+black]

An annoying or great chop, depending which point of view you take:

Seat one raises to $1,500 in early position. Seat 10 calls from middle position and Russ Boyd goes all-in for $11,600 from the big blind. One player calls and shows AsKd. Boyd has Qd10h. The board comes Kc10c7c6c2c. Boyd and his opponent chop the pot. He's now at $12,700.

Imagine having 5c4c and the board shows Kc7c6cAcJs and you split it. That would be annoying.

[red+black]

Aussies 2nd and 4th:

1 Mike Erstling 84,000
2 Mark Vos 77,500
3 Paul McCaffrey 76,000
4 Jeffrey Lisandro 66,500

[DoubleA]

Greg Williams turns back time and enters Main Event :eek:

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/images/2006WSOP/md1a-robert-matos.jpg

[Crosby87]

Hehe, it does look a bit like him.

[red+black]

900 left, so I think Day 1A is over. Aussies still 2nd and 4th:

1 Paul McCaffrey 112,000
2 Mark Vos 95,750
3 Mike Erstling 87,000
4 Jeffrey Lisandro 79,000

And a player got dealt a nice pair of Aces earlier. The Ace of Spades, and the other Ace of Spades. (linky (http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2006/07/wsop-main-event-suited-aces.html))

[grimlock]

The ol' suited Aces. Top hand.

How many day 1s are there?

[Crosby87]

Four. I think, but I'm pretty sure.

Day one top twenty chip counts posted, as well as notable busts.

Ugh. I'm speed limited for two days. Cardplayer is going to be a bitch tomorrow.

[red+black]

Four day ones. Two day twos. There were not many big names on Day 1a.

[grimlock]

Hellmuth out!

[Crosby87]

Ivey has chips. I'm pulling for him.

[red+black]

Crosby, it appears the official Day 1A chip counts have come through:

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/results/3229
http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result13635.htm

2,138 starters; 782 remain. Avg chipstack 27,340.

Aussies:

12th........Mark Vos................85,375
13th........Jeff Lisandro...........85,025
111th......Jason Gray.............44,475
536th......John Dalessandri......16,900
674th......Jethro Horowitz.......10,700
567th......Andrew Lindsay........15,350

[Crosby87]

Updated.

Current 1B chip counts:
1. Al Barbieri $45,000
2. Lars Bondling $44,700
3. James Caldararo $44,300
4. Thomas Tope $43,500
5. Pat Bozeman $42,000

6. David Williams $39,300
8. Ayaz Mahmood $34,600
11. Ted Lawson $29,000
12. Chris Ferguson $29,000
15. Age Spets $26,700
16. Phil Ivey $26,500
20. David Chiu $23,400
21. Al Krux $23,200
24. Eric Froehlich $22,000
27. Bill Baxter $21,200
29. Pete Lawson $20,300

[Crosby87]

David Singer, Brad Booth out. Doyle out.

[Crosby87]

Updated.

I guess that isn't the official count, so I'll post that tomorrow.

[red+black]

Seems like David Williams is doing great. I've seen a few CP reports and it sounds like he's playing well. Even if he doesn't go deep, he's always got his other line of work.

[red+black]

http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/64/10563/320/P7307435.jpg

"Tao of Poker's Cleavage of the Day" from http://taopoker.blogspot.com/

They also have a Blonde of the Day, Cute Dealer of the Day, Hat of the Day, Pothead of the Day, Cardcapper of the Day, etc

And we all know what this dude is referring to:

http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/64/10563/320/P7276800.jpg

[Ricketts]

Guess it will have to be Gus.

Negreanu has reported on his video blog (http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/video_diary/) that he has to skip the WSOP main event due to a schedule conflict.

Yeah you got me.

[red+black]

Yeah you got me.
Well he got me too. I'd read a post over at 2p2 then went to the video and thought he was serious. I thought, how stupid, what a moron, of course it could go a couple weeks.

Video blogs are so much better than text blogs.

[jod23]

Some big names already gone, none bigger than Brunson and Helmuth. My man Scotty Nguyen still in and travelling well. Chan yet to play. As is Harman who im a fan of.

[localfooty]

Some big names already gone, none bigger than Brunson and Helmuth. My man Scotty Nguyen still in and travelling well. Chan yet to play. As is Harman who im a fan of.

jen harman is out!:thumbsd:

[Crosby87]

he's always got his other line of work.

Lol, nice one.

Current chip leaders:
1. Daniel Negreanu $41,000
2. Adam Schoenfeld $35,500
3. "RCW" (?) $30,500
4. Haralabos Voulgaris ($29,400)
5. Daniel Heimiller ($29,00)

8. Jan Sorensen ($25,000)
10. Joe Beevers ($23,600)
11. Steve Dannenmann ($23,200)
14. Chad Brown ($22,800)
19. Josh Arieh ($20,000)
22. Brian Fidler ($19,900)
26. Bruno Fitoussi ($18,400)
30. Steve Zolotow ($17,300)

[Crosby87]

Updated. Of those left, I'm pulling for Ivey or Cunningham.

[red+black]

A lot of players would not think this through as this guy did, but it's good thinking. With an Ace in hand, the only other hand you could be worried about is TT, and you'd have to decide whether the hand played out as if someone had pockets. If there was a raise preflop, then it should be safe to assume no one has the 2s, unless the BB decided to close the betting with 5s2s, 4s2s or 3s2s (which some players might be willing to play).

After one player raises $6,000 on a board of 2h2d2c As 10h, another player mulls it over for a long time before calling. After calling the player shows Ah3h, while the other player shows the Ac to split the pot. After the hand is over, the player says to Greg Raymer, who is sitting next to him, that the only hand he would have believed his opponent could have to beat him would be As2s because "you can't play A-2 offsuit." Since the As was already on the table, he was sure she didn't have it. Raymer laughs and says, "There's no sure thing in poker."

[Crosby87]

No, I'm pretty confident he doesn't have a two there. I would have called instantly. It's easy to say that, but I would have. Depends on position and pre-flop action, though.

[jod23]

Harman is out? That sucks? Is Chan yet to play, I havent seen him in any of the live updates so he must be playing in 1D??

[jod23]

Oh and where is the mouth? Does anyone wanna do a run through of the big names in professional poker and what there sitting on and who's out and who's in.

[red+black]

Oh and where is the mouth? Does anyone wanna do a run through of the big names in professional poker and what there sitting on and who's out and who's in.
Whether you refer to Hellmuth or Matusow, they're both out.

Johnny Chan is playing today.

For official chip counts, wait for today, Day 1D to end. Or even Day 2B to end when they might be down to about 2000 (I think).

[grimlock]

I see Hachem is among the early leaders today. Go Joe!!

[Crosby87]

If you look on the first post of the thread, every notable name out is listed.

[red+black]

You're in hijack or the cutoff, and its folded around to you. You look down at A6o. With blinds at 200/400, do you push like this or wait?

Johnny Chan Eliminated

On the last hand before the break, Johnny Chan moves all-in for $1,650 in late position. Seat 9 calls from the button. In the small blind, seat 10 re-raises $4,500 more. After some thought, seat 9 folds. Seat 10 shows JdJs. Johnny Chan has Ad6c. The flop comes KsQsTd. The turn is the 5c and the river is the 3h. Johnny Chan is eliminated from the main event.

[Borgsta]

With an M of 4 I'd probably move all in. Not only an M of 4, last hand before the break so the blinds were about to go up and his M would have been <3. Thats pushing time.

[red+black]

Cowboys? Pfft!

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/images/2006WSOP/ME1D-quads.jpg

[red+black]

WSOP update on SEN radio live from Vegas in 15 minutes.

1116 AM in Melbourne or online: http://www.sen.com.au/

[Crosby87]

Of course you push there last hand before the break. Plus, Chan probably had to get back to the big game.

Lol

[red+black]

This ****ing sucks, but's it's nice to hear some stories of Aces actually holding up.

Haber Eliminated
On a flop of A-K-7, Eric Haber and Paul Andrzejewski get all-in. Haber shows K-K and Andrzejewski shows A-A. Haber is eliminated from the main event after the turn and river bring blanks. Andrzejewski has $100,000.

[Crosby87]

Ugh. Absolutely nothing he could do there.

[Crosby87]

Updated Day 1D notable eliminations.

[jod23]

Plenty of the big stars are goooooone.

[red+black]

Plenty of the big stars are goooooone.
Big stars have little chance of winning anyway.

Australia's leading playing slept in and arrived just 15 minutes before the first break. It looks like that might have cost him a quarter of his $85000 stack :rolleyes: It currently costs $1650 per round of the table, and 12 missed rounds would cost you $20,000. But he couldn't have lost that much in 105 minutes so I assume he's also taken a hit or two.

The chip leader is on $212,000.

David Williams, Barry Greenstein, John Juanda, Mike Caro out

Announcements:
- 270 of the 8,773 entrants were female (3.1% of the field) (I reckon that's low)
- 1st prize > $12 million
- top 12 payouts > $1 million.

[Daytripper]

Is Billy (The Croc) Agros still in ?

[red+black]

Is Billy (The Croc) Agros still in ?
Busted Day 1C or 1D

[red+black]

Mark Vos says he lost more chips after he came back to play than when he was being blinded out, but is back to about where he started with 80k.

[red+black]

20 minutes ago:

Chris Ferguson's table has just broke and he has been moved to seat 4 at table 125. Mark Vos is sitting directly to Ferguson's left in seat 5 with $81,000. Ferguson sits on $81,000 as well.

[DaSawx]

It sucks it wont be on till like November/December

[red+black]

David Sklansky, Jeff Madsen out

[red+black]

It sucks it wont be on till like November/December
ME FT PPV on ESPN, but that might just be in the USA.

enough acronyms for ya? :)

[DaSawx]

ME FT PPV on ESPN, but that might just be in the USA.

enough acronyms for ya? :)

I got the PPV part LOL

[grimlock]

The winner will get $12m this year. Wow.

[DaSawx]

The winner will get $12m this year. Wow.

That's insane

Glad the Shannon Elizabeth's and Jennifer Tilly's are out, I know she has a bracelet but didn't like the way she celebrated lol

[red+black]

The winner will get $12m this year. Wow.
I already mentioned that above. And it's likely to be greater than 12 mill exactly.

[Daytripper]

Busted Day 1C or 1D

Cheers mate.

Just one more.
ESPN's The Sports Guy - Bill Simmons.

Can't access poker sites at work unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it :D ).

[red+black]

This sucks. Love Jesus, but want Mark to do well.

Vos Makes a Big Laydown Against "Jesus"

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson raises preflop and Mark Vos calls. The flop comes AdJsTs and Ferguson checks. Vos bets $13,000 and Ferguson calls. The turn puts the Jd on the board and Ferguson again checks. Vos bets $15,000 and Ferguson again calls. The river brings the 5s and Ferguson pushes all-in for his remaining $20,000. After thinking for around 3 minutes, Vos shows the Jc and folds his hand. Ferguson now sits with $90,000, while Vos is down to $57,000.

NB: Blinds at 400/800 with 100 ante.

What do you think Chris had? Flopped straight? Rivered flush? Turned boat?

[red+black]

ESPN's The Sports Guy - Bill Simmons.
Can't find him.

[Daytripper]

This sucks. Love Jesus, but want Mark to do well.

Vos Makes a Big Laydown Against "Jesus"

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson raises preflop and Mark Vos calls. The flop comes AdJsTs and Ferguson checks. Vos bets $13,000 and Ferguson calls. The turn puts the Jd on the board and Ferguson again checks. Vos bets $15,000 and Ferguson again calls. The river brings the 5s and Ferguson pushes all-in for his remaining $20,000. After thinking for around 3 minutes, Vos shows the Jc and folds his hand. Ferguson now sits with $90,000, while Vos is down to $57,000.

NB: Blinds at 400/800 with 100 ante.

What do you think Chris had? Flopped straight? Rivered flush? Rivered boat?

What was the raise pre-flop ?

[DoubleA]

It sucks it wont be on till like November/December

Day 1a/b are being produced early and shown in late August, meaning we should get it a few weeks later.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=2203310

[Crosby87]

An unknown will win it. Might not be a "donk", but he'll be unknown like Hachem.

I can't see a known pro winning. I'd say at least 1-2 will make the final table, like last year.

[red+black]

What was the raise pre-flop ?
Chris raised to 3k. Someone over at PNW guessed Jesus has 10s, but I was thinking about the hand over lunch, and I'm not convinced that Mark was beat. I think Chris made a play and knew that Mark was good enough to lay it down.

EDIT: Chris has revealed the hand he had.

[Daytripper]

Chris raised to 3k. Someone over at PNW guessed Jesus has 10s, but I was thinking about the hand over lunch, and I'm not convinced that Mark was beat. I think Chris made a play and knew that Mark was good enough to lay it down.

EDIT: Chris has revealed the hand he had.

Jesus must have had QK.
I can't believe a player of his ability would call on the flop looking for a flush with the odds available and do it again on the turn. Therefore he must have flopped the straight.

That said, laying down trip Js when you are getting 7/2 for your money is a bit strange as well.

[red+black]

So do you wanna know what Chris had?

[Crosby87]

I would have folded. Jesus called the flop and turn. Do you really think he didn't flop a monster? Why would he check/call the flop after raising, then call the turn, and move all-in on the river?

I doubt he had the flush, but I also think he didn't put Mark on it. He could have been making a play, but I don't think Jesus would risk all his chips on the river to a guy firing both streets. I think he trapped him.

But who knows. He could have bluffed him out of it.

[red+black]

Chris had the 2nd nut hand.

[Daytripper]

Chris had the 2nd nut hand.

QsKs ?

[red+black]

The final straw in a truly ****ly organised WSOP: the all-in chip :rolleyes:

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-blog/2006/07/a_truly_stupid_idea.php

There have been no shortage of problems at this year’s WSOP. Most difficulties stemmed from poor planning; other cropped up because the staff had little experience. But in the Main Event, the tournament organizers put their heads together and came up with an incredibly stupid idea: The All In Chip.

I guess it was conceived as a time-saving device. Rather than take the four seconds that’s required to push a stack toward the pot, a player can simply flip out the All In Chip. This chip is the same shape and size as any other poker chip. The only difference is that it’s blue, which doesn’t match the shade of any of the other chips.

You see the potential problem? I thought you might.

Yesterday, a player who was using the All In Chip as his card marker accidentally pushed the chip forward as he attempted to muck his cards. The dealer declared him all-in, and he was called. His opponent had Aces, and he busted from the tournament, having inadvertently put his 16k stack at risk with 9-5 off-suit.

When told about the incident, Howard Lederer said, “the first thing I did was throw that thing on the floor. Last I saw it was sitting under my chair.”

[Crosby87]

I'm officially on Allen Cunningham for this years World Series.

[red+black]

The winner will get $12m this year. Wow.
You are correct, it was just confirmed:

1st: $12,000,000
2nd: $6,102,499
3rd: $4,123,310

Joe wins 7.5m last year and this year 2nd pays 6.1m! Amazing.

[DoubleA]

You are correct, it was just confirmed:

1st: $12,000,000
2nd: $6,102,499
3rd: $4,123,310

Joe wins 7.5m last year and this year 2nd pays 6.1m! Amazing.

Danneman got roughly $4.5m last year for 2nd, minus taxes and the fact that he split it 50-50, he only ended (i dont mean ONLY but u know wat im saying) roughly $1.8m of his magnificent $4.5m cheque.

[red+black]

So any more responses on Chris Ferguson's 2nd nut holding?

[Crosby87]

Wait. The nuts would be four Jacks, Lol.

So Aces full?

[Daytripper]

So any more responses on Chris Ferguson's 2nd nut holding?

I'll go for TT or my first thought QK suited.

[Crosby87]

If it's the 2nd nuts, I would say A-A, which was part of my initial thinking. So Chris raises with A-A, he hits a third Ace, and checks. He sets the trap, and the J falls on the turn, which is why he doesn't raise, as his hand improves. He moves in on the river as he knows if he checks, and Mark is scared of the spade, he'll check behind.

[red+black]

Wait. The nuts would be four Jacks, Lol.

So Aces full?
Indeed (http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-blog/2006/08/hand_of_the_tournament_thus_far.php), which probably proves how good a player Mark is. A lesser player would have called. But was Jesus trying to humiliate him by pushing? He must have expected a call.

[red+black]

Place Prize
1 $12,000,000
2 $6,102,499
3 $4,123,310
4 $3,628,513
5 $3,216,182
6 $2,803,851
7 $2,391,520
8 $1,979,189
9 $1,566,858
10-12 $1,154,527
13-15 $907,128
16-18 $659,730
19-27 $494,797
28-36 $329,865
37-45 $247,399
46-54 $164,932
55-63 $123,699
64-72 $90,713
73-81 $65,973
82-126 $51,129
127-189 $47,006
190-252 $42,882
253-315 $38,759
316-378 $34,636
379-441 $30,512
442-504 $26,389
505-567 $22,266
568-621 $20,617
622-666 $19,050
667-720 $17,730
721-774 $16,493
775-819 $15,504
820-873 $14,597

[Ricketts]

Yeah i couldnt have seen a pro like him call to the river like that for a flush. Also very hard to lay down the 3 jacks!

The all in chip?! Thats disgraceful. If they don't want to push their stack in the middle they can just verbally declare their "all in"

[Ricketts]

Sean Sheikhan eliminated - disappointing.