**OFFICIAL WSOP EVENT #2: $1500 NL***

[Nez477]

GL to all 2+2ers! And to us who are at work thinking of those 2+2ers.

Brad

[surfinillini]

good luck to my horse who's playing it right now

[Kevmath]

Hope it wasn't Eskimo, he's gone.

[DVaut1]

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Hope it wasn't Eskimo, he's gone.

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Hope it wasn't Ivey, he's gone too.

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Hope it wasn't Eskimo, he's gone.

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Hope it wasn't Ivey, he's gone too.

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Hope it wasn't me, I'm not even in the damn event.

[rageatm]

anyone recognize im the dirt, dirtyslick, or rageaddict

[dcviperboy]

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GL to all 2+2ers! And to us who are at work thinking of those 2+2ers.

Brad

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Ya...I'd rather be here at work than in some stupid WSOP event......errrrr....nevermind

[dcviperboy]

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After a flop of KJ9 Phil Ivey and John Phan put all their chips in the middle. Ivey has K,Q but is behind as Phan turns over pocket aces. The J on the turn gives each player two pair but reduces Ivey's outs to the two remaining kings. The 8 on the river seals his fate. John Phan is sitting at $2,300.

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Does this mean a 10 for a straight (4 more outs) is no good?

[bgoalie35]

Tue Jun 27 13:26:00 PDT 2006
Johnny Chan Wins

[from Cardplayer's live updates]

Damn, Johnny, that was fast. Took out 2200 people in an hour and a half.

[dcviperboy]

HAHAH, gg 2200 people go johnny

What was the starting stacks?? 1500??

[scottc25]

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Tue Jun 27 13:26:00 PDT 2006
Johnny Chan Wins

[from Cardplayer's live updates]

Damn, Johnny, that was fast. Took out 2200 people in an hour and a half.

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I was thinking the same thing. Must have been a hyper turbo where the levels were 1 second long.

[surfinillini]

$1500 starting stack

blinds 25/25 start

levels are 60 minutes long

[markum9]

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Tue Jun 27 13:26:00 PDT 2006
Johnny Chan Wins

[from Cardplayer's live updates]

Damn, Johnny, that was fast. Took out 2200 people in an hour and a half.

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I was thinking the same thing. Must have been a hyper turbo where the levels were 1 second long.

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Maybe everyone is colluding in a super-double-secret Kill-Phil strategy. Everyone in the whole tournament goes all-in every hand til a winner is declared.

I can't track it from work, but if anyone sees the name Jon Byars ever, can you post how he's doing? He's ArtVandeley on the forums.

[whipsaw]

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Hope it wasn't Eskimo, he's gone.

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Hope it wasn't Ivey, he's gone too.

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Hope it wasn't Layne Flack.

[dcviperboy]

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Tue Jun 27 13:26:00 PDT 2006
Johnny Chan Wins

[from Cardplayer's live updates]

Damn, Johnny, that was fast. Took out 2200 people in an hour and a half.

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I was thinking the same thing. Must have been a hyper turbo where the levels were 1 second long.

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Maybe everyone is colluding in a super-double-secret Kill-Phil strategy. Everyone in the whole tournament goes all-in every hand til a winner is declared.

I can't track it from work, but if anyone sees the name Jon Byars ever, can you post how he's doing? He's ArtVandeley on the forums.

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thats how johnny got so good

[MEJG2]

Damn, it looks Like StevePA is out...

From PokerStars Blog-
"And, I'm sad to report, the first Team PokerStars departure was none other than Steve Paul-Ambrose. Through a smile he said something about his opponent holding 4-5 suited in clubs."

[Kevmath]

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Hope it wasn't Eskimo, he's gone.

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Hope it wasn't Ivey, he's gone too.

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Hope it wasn't Layne Flack.

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Hope it wasn't Clonie Gowen, Farzad Bonyadi or Josh Arieh.

[mlagoo]

[ QUOTE ]
Damn, it looks Like StevePA is out...

From PokerStars Blog-
"And, I'm sad to report, the first Team PokerStars departure was none other than Steve Paul-Ambrose. Through a smile he said something about his opponent holding 4-5 suited in clubs."

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sooooooooooooooooooted

[surfinillini]

they're on first break right now

my friend he has T3500...blinds are gonna be 50/100 after the break

kenna james is sitting to his right

[TeamZissou]

How many people are in this event?

[ZBTHorton]

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How many people are in this event?

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2288 or so

[HSB]

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How many people are in this event?

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2200+

PokerStars blog says it's the biggest non main event tournament in history.

I'm sure that record will last at least until tomorrow.

[whipsaw]

Robert Varkonyi putting up a good showing so far, up to 3100 chips so far. Calling raises with KTo must be working for him today.

[Kevmath]

Over 2700, Pokerpages is saying the 500+ alternates will be in the event as well.

[Kevmath]

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Hope it wasn't Clonie Gowen, Farzad Bonyadi or Josh Arieh.

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Pokerwire stinks, since all three seem to be still in the tournament.

[ty2472004]

anybody know how Strassa is doing??

[vhawk01]

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Hope it wasn't Clonie Gowen, Farzad Bonyadi or Josh Arieh.

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Pokerwire stinks, since all three seem to be still in the tournament.

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Well, then Cardplayer sucks too because it shows Clonie just eliminated someone and built her stack up to 4k+.

[Caldarooni]

Caldarooni is out.

I was seated between Helmuth and Minh the Master.

Neat.

[cwsiggy]

Kind of annoying that the cardplayer updates have "play with him/her exclusively at Full Tilt" every other sentence. And the graph is stupid.

Raymer just added to stack nicely.

[proell]

Cardplayer shows him tied for 6th w/11k chips. Go Strassa!

[bsheck]

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A few hands later, Hellmuth from mid-position raises to $450. The big blind reraises all-in to $1,200 to go. Hellmuth makes the call, flipping over A/images/graemlins/club.gifK/images/graemlins/spade.gif. His opponent has 10/images/graemlins/diamond.gif9/images/graemlins/club.gif. The 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif7/images/graemlins/club.gif6/images/graemlins/heart.gif is friendly for Hellmuth, but the turn and river brings two nine's (9/images/graemlins/heart.gif9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif) to his opponent leaving Hellmuth with $10,500.

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Would've liked a report on the ensuing Hellmuth rant.

[Dynasty]

I went over to the Rio for a while. It's a bit of a madhouse in the tournament hall.

Cash games had long waiting lists, presumably due to the large # of dealers being used for the tournament. I was dissapointed to see the Rio not using a computer system for their cash game waiting lists. Instead, they've got a big dry erase board with player initials on it.

The shops and setups outside the tournament hall are still incomplete. The "Poker Kitchen" was pathetic. Players expecting a good buffet setup to fix the dining problems of last year will be very dissapointed. The Poker Kitchen was nothing but a tent set up outside offering $6 hamburgs and $4 hot dogs (plus pizza an salads).

[Yuv]

I really think there's a need for a revolution in poker updates. Why isn't anyone offering a game cast type updates yet? That will fix the AWFUL writing skills in most of these updates as well. Either get qualified writers or some sort of visual technology.

[Dynasty]

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I really think there's a need for a revolution in poker updates. Why isn't anyone offering a game cast type updates yet?

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There are 200 tables to cover? Are they going to pick just one for the gamecast?

On the final tables, it could be possible. In fact, there seems to be a nice media setup near the final table stage. We might be getting better online coverage this year.

[Yuv]

ESPN can offer 10 gamecast for every NBA game running that day (and I assume other sports as well, that I don't follow). Obviously you can't cover 200 tables, but picking 10 is very much possible. But ya, I was mostly refering to final tables and final stages of tournaments, after seeing the awful updates from the TOC last night.

Hopefully you are right about this year.

[HSB]

I would think that if they had RFID chips that a gamecast thing for 200 tables would be doable. It wouldn't show you the cards necessarily but you'd get chip updates in a hurry, and you could have someone monitoring hole card cams and overhead cams to fill in the cards on big hands.

[hd03king]

Strasser is in 19th place with $10,500. You can dooo it. Do it for 2+2!!!

HD03King

[sarahbellum]

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What was the starting stacks?? 1500??

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WSOP starting stacks are always equal to the buy-in.

[surfinillini]

meh

my guy just busted...lost with KK to AK

sucks for me

[Photoc]

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What was the starting stacks?? 1500??

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WSOP starting stacks are always equal to the buy-in.

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Not true. 1st event $500 = T1000 chips. That is the only exception though.

[Caldarooni]

CrdShrpCook has 23k at the dinner break.

[rageatm]

looking for an update on player dustin holmes just in case anyone hears anything....

[DVaut1]

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anybody know how Strassa is doing??

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Strassa gets called out twice in CardPlayer's Live Updates:

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/3191/3002?page=3

"Tue Jun 27 17:01:00 PDT 2006

Gracz And Strasser Take A Hit

Michael Gracz makes a small raise, Jason Strasser reraises making it $2,600 to go. Fred Yazbek on the short stack calls all-in. After thinking for around two minutes, Gracz reraises all-in. Strasser folds and Gracz flips over Aclub6club. Yazbek shows KspadeQspade. Though the board has two 6's, Yazbek rivers a fifth spade. Though Gracz loses the main pot he did get some of his chips back on the side pot with Strasser."

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/3191/3002?page=2

"Tue Jun 27 17:49:00 PDT 2006

Gracz Eliminated

Michael Gracz moves all-in preflop with his short stack. He is called by Jason Strasser. Gracz reveals an A-7 off-suit, and Strasser flips over 9-9. With no help from the board, Gracz is eliminated."

[Botchman]

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CrdShrpCook has 23k at the dinner break.

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Whats his first name?? Joe??

[Caldarooni]

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CrdShrpCook has 23k at the dinner break.

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Whats his first name??

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Brendan. Keep in mind cardplayer misses alot of the unknowns during chip counts.

[Andykay]

Anyone know what happened to Rizen?

He's Eric Lynch

-Andrew

[Zinzan]

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Caldarooni is out.

I was seated between Helmuth and Minh the Master.

Neat.

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Zinzan is out. Posted a report here (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=6351729&an=0&page=0#Post 6351729).

-Z

[AllinDan]

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CrdShrpCook has 23k at the dinner break.

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GOOOOOOOO CSC

[TheNoodleMan]

does anyone have a clue how many players are left? Card player and pokerwire don't seem to be showing this info.

[Rizen]

I'm out, official day 1 report is on my blog. Pretty uneventful tournament for me other than never winning a single showdown /images/graemlins/wink.gif

-Rizen

[goofball]

what's your blog?

[Andykay]

Yea I read that, bad luck =/

I hate shallow stack play.

-Andrew

[rageatm]

according to card player 468 at dinner break about 1 hour ago

[heater]

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according to card player 468 at dinner break about 1 hour ago

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They have it at 127 right now.

[vhawk01]

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according to card player 468 at dinner break about 1 hour ago

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They have it at 127 right now.

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I think thats just the semi-famous people that they have chip counts for.

[heater]

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according to card player 468 at dinner break about 1 hour ago

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They have it at 127 right now.

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I think thats just the semi-famous people that they have chip counts for.

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My bad. Somehow that list has just grown to 130.

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[rageatm]

correct its around 300 \

[vhawk01]

247 at last update? Doing this from memory, could be off a little.

[Lloyd]

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Doyle Brunson is all-in preflop and is called by Carl Olson. Doyle shows K-J and Olson shows 8-8. The board does not help Doyle and he is eliminated.

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Good luck Carl (Colson10)

[rageatm]

looking for update on player dustin holmes\

[Lloyd]

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looking for update on player dustin holmes\

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www.cardplayer.com (http://www.cardplayer.com)

[Yuv]

Raymer ITM in yet another 2000+ WSOP event. Hellmuth breaks the cash record again. Strassa and colson still in.

Any news about CSC?

[MLG]

i had 8k by first break and 0k by 2nd break.


super ugh.

[TIEdup14]

Josh Arieh still in?

[Photoc]

More great reporting by cardplayer:
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Harman Doubles Up

Jennifer Harman doubles up on a set of Tens after going all-in pre-flop. Her opponent shows AclubQdiamond and hits the Qspade on the flop, but the Tdiamond on the turn puts Harman back in the lead. A harmless 4diamond falls on the river and Harman doubles to $23,600.

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No kidding it was harmless. Her opponent was drawing dead. Set of 10's on the turn against a pair of Q's, yeah...I'd say so.

[FieryJustice]

I just busted 171st. /images/graemlins/frown.gif Ohhhh well.

[Photoc]

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I just busted 171st. /images/graemlins/frown.gif Ohhhh well.

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Grats on the cash! Btw, latest update shows 92 players I think left. That's a lot of people out on day 1 of a 3 day event. I think it was 3 days.

[craigthedeac]

Wed Jun 28 01:02:00 PDT 2006
"Raymer Loses a Large Pot
Greg Raymer calls an opponent's all-in with pocket Queens. His opponent shows AheartKclub. The board comes KdiamondJspade2diamondAspadeTclub and Raymer drops to $15,500."

Hmmm... Raymer got robbed, a straight beats 2 pair. Raymer should know this.

[uclabruinz]

I am still in and so is Colson. We just finally broke for the night, about 120 left I think. Don't know if any other 2p2ers are left.

[Jourdain]

Nice stack-design:

http://www.gutshot.com/tempftp/images/carloschips1.jpg

[Jourdain]

Day One Comes to an End
Day 1 of the $1,500 No-Limit Texas Hold'em event at the 37th World Series of Poker comes to an end with 122 surviving players at 13 tables, all earning at least $4,500. The day started with 2,276 players. The tournament resumes tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Chip count
1. Juan Carlos Mortensen $127,000
2. Ali Zargari $101,000
3. Jack Rosenfeldt $98,000
3. Mike Bertolini $98,000
5. David "Devil Fish" Ulliott $90,000
6. Erik Seidel $80,000
7. Jordan Rich $74,000
8. Chad Burum $71,000
9. Mike LaBonte $70,000
10. John Bonetti $68,000

Notable players still in:
25. Greg Raymer $38,000
27. Shahram "Sean" Sheikhan $36,500
34. Phil Gordon $33,000
37. Phil Hellmuth Jr. $30,000
46. Jennifer Harman $28,000
51. Tuan Le $26,400

[Whitewash]

Devilfish is pulling in 05 and 06 what Fischman did in 04 and 05.

[bsheck]

Would be nice to see Phil Gordon get his first bracelet.

[Melchiades]

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Devilfish is pulling in 05 and 06 what Fischman did in 04 and 05.

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Huh?

[mlagoo]

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Devilfish is pulling in 05 and 06 what Fischman did in 04 and 05.

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Huh?

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he's doing really good

also, it's great to see the number of pros still in it, especially in such a shallow event.

[Nez477]

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I am still in and so is Colson. We just finally broke for the night, about 120 left I think. Don't know if any other 2p2ers are left.

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So freaking awesome. Take er down.

Brad

[Nez477]

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I am still in and so is Colson. We just finally broke for the night, about 120 left I think. Don't know if any other 2p2ers are left.

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UCLA is Paul Smith for those wondering.

Brad

[mlagoo]

GOOD LUCK today guys. Everytime a 2p2er makes an FT, God resurrects a kitten.

[Kevmath]

Find out who's left here. (http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php?option=com_simpleblog&task=view&id=1376)

[dcviperboy]

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GOOD LUCK today guys. Everytime a 2p2er makes an FT, I will drink a beer (or two).

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[bgoalie35]

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I am still in and so is Colson. We just finally broke for the night, about 120 left I think. Don't know if any other 2p2ers are left.

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UCLA is Paul Smith for those wondering.

Brad

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Thanks, I was wondering. Is Colson CSC or are they two different people? If not, does anyone know CSC's name?

GL 2p2ers. Does baby Jesus cry when a 2p2er bubbles a FT?

[mlagoo]

CSC is Brendan something (can't remember his last name), but it doesn't look as though he's still in. Colson is Carl Olson.

[Tulosba]

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GOOD LUCK today guys. Everytime a 2p2er wins a pot, I will drink a beer (or two).

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[Whitewash]

Is there anywhere we can see who has already been eliminated and cashed (and what # they placed)?

[cookieb]

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More great reporting by cardplayer:
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Harman Doubles Up

Jennifer Harman doubles up on a set of Tens after going all-in pre-flop. Her opponent shows AclubQdiamond and hits the Qspade on the flop, but the Tdiamond on the turn puts Harman back in the lead. A harmless 4diamond falls on the river and Harman doubles to $23,600.

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No kidding it was harmless. Her opponent was drawing dead. Set of 10's on the turn against a pair of Q's, yeah...I'd say so.

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This is the worst criticism of I have ever seen. Now the Raymer QQ hand was a legit error.

[DonT77]

I read that somebody is working on the RFID thing. Maybe we'll have it in place next year or the year after. That would be cool - having real-time chip counts available on a web page.

RFID tracking could also be used to make sure that chips don't wonder off the tournament floor or exchange hands except across the table.

[luthar]

Wed Jun 28 01:02:00 PDT 2006
Raymer Loses a Large Pot
Greg Raymer calls an opponent's all-in with pocket Queens. His opponent shows AK. The board comes KJ2AT and Raymer drops to $15,500.

Am I the only one that thinks Raymer won that hand with a straight? /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[heater]

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More great reporting by cardplayer:
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Harman Doubles Up

Jennifer Harman doubles up on a set of Tens after going all-in pre-flop. Her opponent shows AclubQdiamond and hits the Qspade on the flop, but the Tdiamond on the turn puts Harman back in the lead. A harmless 4diamond falls on the river and Harman doubles to $23,600.

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No kidding it was harmless. Her opponent was drawing dead. Set of 10's on the turn against a pair of Q's, yeah...I'd say so.

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You are the nittiest nit of all.

[seke2]

Take it down, Paul!

[bgoalie35]

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More great reporting by cardplayer:
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Harman Doubles Up

Jennifer Harman doubles up on a set of Tens after going all-in pre-flop. Her opponent shows AclubQdiamond and hits the Qspade on the flop, but the Tdiamond on the turn puts Harman back in the lead. A harmless 4diamond falls on the river and Harman doubles to $23,600.

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No kidding it was harmless. Her opponent was drawing dead. Set of 10's on the turn against a pair of Q's, yeah...I'd say so.

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You are the nittiest nit of all.

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I love to jump on a nit when I can, but I'm missing something here. Harmon has a set of tens. What can her opponent catch on the river to pull ahead of her? If a Q falls on the river, her opponent has 3 Qs and she has a full boat.

Harmon TT Villain AQ

Board: xQxT?

[heater]

[ QUOTE ]
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More great reporting by cardplayer:
[ QUOTE ]
Harman Doubles Up

Jennifer Harman doubles up on a set of Tens after going all-in pre-flop. Her opponent shows AclubQdiamond and hits the Qspade on the flop, but the Tdiamond on the turn puts Harman back in the lead. A harmless 4diamond falls on the river and Harman doubles to $23,600.

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No kidding it was harmless. Her opponent was drawing dead. Set of 10's on the turn against a pair of Q's, yeah...I'd say so.

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You are the nittiest nit of all.

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What can her opponent catch on the river to pull ahead of her?

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Nothing.

[whipsaw]

Crosspost from the unofficial thread: Here's the list of players broken down by table for today, if anyone wants to see where their horse is sitting. FWIW, I think everyone on table 147 got screwed, and Krux and Darden got a sweet draw, as did Mortensen. Raymer got hosed as well, being in almost the top 25% in stacks going into the day, but he's 5th on his table. At least the big stacks at his table are to his right, mostly.

Shane Stephenson Pittsburgh, PA $58,400 133 1
Bruce Yamron Naples, FL $21,300 133 2
Shahram Sheikhan Las Vegas, NV $44,700 133 3
Jordan Smith Tool, TX $25,600 133 4
Tommy Hang Seattle $35,400 133 5
Dominick Cuzzi New York $17,100 133 6
Danny Adelson Los Angeles, CA $31,300 133 7
Preston Ritchie Metairie, LA $48,200 133 8
Ronnie Jackson Raleigh, NC $78,100 133 9
Phil Gordon Las Vegas, NV $31,400 133 10
Jeffery L. Peterson Corona, CA $35,300 133 11


Carlos Mortensen Las Vegas, NV $150,600 134 1
Emmett Burns Denton $38,400 134 2
William Maguire Robstown, TX $46,000 134 3
Tuan Le Los Angeles, CA $21,300 134 4
Reza Zand Henderson, NV $15,600 134 5
Tom Pniak Las Vegas, NV $32,100 134 6
Mark Schaech, Jr. Baltimore, MD $20,000 134 8
Derek Neuman Bothell, WA $26,800 134 9
Ben Boyd $15,400 134 10


Rick Burke Chicago, IL $24,600 135 1
Derrick Ho San Jose, CA $19,400 135 2
Darryl Dauenhauer Laughlin, NV $18,500 135 3
John Bonetti Houston, TX 135 4
Dao Nguyen San Jose, CA $20,200 135 5
Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Palo Alto, CA $25,000 135 6
Mike LaBonte Richfield $78,100 135 7
Tad Jurgens Phoenix, AZ $18,500 135 8
Brent Roberts Staten Island, NY $44,800 135 9
Kyle Burnside Somerset, MA $48,300 135 10


Charles Gambino Brooklyn, NY $26,700 136 1
Lee Padilla Modesto $32,800 136 2
Ken Koski Howell $20,600 136 3
Jack Rosenfeldt Hobro, Denmark $106,400 136 4
Stuart Krshey Tustin, CA $27,600 136 5
Brett Ciccarelli Modesto $15,800 136 6
Ty Takishita Kaneohe $17,300 136 7
Eric B Mellott Woodland Park, CO $7,700 136 8
James Weston $23,200 136 9
David Fischer Buffalo $13,100 136 10


Greg Raymer Raleigh, NC $40,400 144 1
Bob Sweedler Portland, OR $19,400 144 2
Don Zekrin Las Vegas, NV $71,600 144 3
Armen Kara Brea, CA $23,200 144 4
Greg E. Noren Phoenix, AZ $30,900 144 5
William Chen Lafayette Hill, PA $25,600 144 6
Michael Miller Northridge, CA $70,500 144 7
Brandon Canter Las Vegas, NV $68,400 144 8
Rohn Schutsky Freehold, NJ $6,900 144 9
Christopher Budak Cypress, TX $43,500 144 10


Tom Noble San Diego, CA $6,800 145 1
William Lin Denver, CO $20,800 145 2
Sagar Patel Morton Grove $17,000 145 3
Dan Nemec Menomonee Falls, WI $21,700 145 4
Tony Lay OKC $26,200 145 5
Brian Taylor Macon, GA $44,000 145 7
Adam Smith Mansfield, TX $21,300 145 8
Mark Swartz Phoenix, AZ $69,200 145 9
Phong Ly Los Angeles, CA $67,700 145 10


Ryan Even Henderson, NV $19,600 146 1
Arms Yongyuth San Diego, CA $18,600 146 2
Casey Kastle Chicago, IL $20,300 146 3
Michael Capener Phoenix, AZ $11,500 146 4
Dave Chaput Brookeville, MD $18,900 146 5
David Baker Katy, TX $70,600 146 6
Chris Larue Manteca, CA $16,800 146 7
Nick Voyatcis Los Angeles, CA $12,300 146 8
Victor Iemolo Sarasota, FL $33,400 146 9
Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV $70,700 146 10


Steve Hohn Overland Park, KS $36,000 147 1
Blair Rodman Las Vegas, NV $17,100 147 2
Eric Froehlich Washington DC $18,700 147 3
James Gentry Vancouver, WA $19,500 147 4
Ali Zargari Las Vegas, NV $104,500 147 5
Paul Smith San Diego, CA $42,600 147 6
Paul Tran Houston, TX $42,500 147 7
Chad Burum Novato, CA $45,100 147 8
Tom Nguyen Reno, NV $59,500 147 9
Bill Shanks Mays Landing $51,700 147 10


Jim Bechtel Gilbert, AZ $11,200 155 1
Don Leone Greendale, WI $44,800 155 2
Young Phan Irvine $71,400 155 3
Bernard "Beeno" Ko Chino Hills, CA $30,800 155 4
Paul Gratsch Cocoa, FL $26,000 155 5
Richard Talerico Brookshire $44,500 155 7
Jorge Walker Cerritos, CA $27,400 155 8
Rigo Vangarelli Acworth, GA $23,000 155 9
Chris Hinchcliffe Olympia, WA $27,700 155 10


Motoyuki Mabuchi Osaka, Japan $13,700 156 1
Michael Kim New York $55,600 156 2
Sam Chung Las Vegas, NV $33,900 156 3
Crispin Leyser Los Angeles, CA $20,500 156 4
Drew Rubin Hollywood, FL $22,400 156 5
Darrell Stoner Orlando, FL $5,200 156 6
Daniel Fuhs Las Vegas, NV $33,500 156 7
Trent Schuler Springfield, OH $32,000 156 8
David "DevilFish" Ulliot Hull $88,000 156 9
Tom Slater Danville, CA $53,900 156 10


Fred Yazbek Temecula $16,400 157 1
Kent M. Roman Wyandotte $22,900 157 2
Scott Lychwick Phoenix, AZ $18,600 157 3
Arsenio Javier Fullerton, CA $52,600 157 4
Matt Holtzcla Elk Grove, CA $29,200 157 5
Al Krux Fayetteville, NY $38,000 157 6
Nick Guagenti Westerville, OH $29,300 157 7
Adam Green Washington DC $22,200 157 8
Carl Olson Seattle, WA $22,300 157 9
Paul Darden, Jr. Las Vegas, NV $26,300 157 10


Michael Bertolini Las Vegas, NV $96,500 158 1
Greg Whiting Philadelphia, PA $11,400 158 2
Cathleen Tran Irvine $14,800 158 3
Jordan Rich Portland, OR $30,200 158 4
Frank Sinopoli Hollywood $50,800 158 5
Bob Rasmussen Seattle, WA $8,200 158 6
Ron Stanley Las Vegas, NV $35,200 158 7
Keith Sieradzki Boonton, NJ $13,500 158 8
Mike Ngo New Orleans $16,700 158 9
Vaughan Machado Red Bank, NJ $15,300 158 10


Unknown
Jennifer Harman Las Vegas, NV $32,800
Ali "Indigo" Eslami Los Angeles, CA $58,800 132 2
Bill Gazes Miami $23,600 148 6

[CardSharpCook]

I busted 219. Full name is Brendan Taylor. GL to Paul and Carl.

Oh, I busted The Grinder when we were AI on the flop of A64, he had A4, I had A3. I didn't make a flush. It was hot.

[whipsaw]

[ QUOTE ]
I busted 219. Full name is Brendan Taylor. GL to Paul and Carl.

Oh, I busted The Grinder when we were AI on the flop of A64, he had A4, I had A3. I didn't make a flush. It was hot.

[/ QUOTE ]

5, 2 FTW? or 5, 7?

[CardSharpCook]

57. Ship it.

[whipsaw]

[ QUOTE ]
57. Ship it.

[/ QUOTE ]

Gorgeous. Did he go off even a little bit?

[Perk76]

He talked of the hand a bit while playin at AP last night 75/150. He was telling Seif what happened. He was lookin forward to the upcoming events.

[Art Vandelay]

I went bust in the 700s somewhere. Open pushed from the CO very short stacked and button woke up with AA.

Good luck to all the 2+2ers still in it.

[Caldarooni]

I have the pic of the meet up yesterday before the event. If someone wants to help me post it (or I can just email it to someone and they can do it) since I dont know how.

[Philuva]

Lets go Chris Hinchcliffe!! Hopefully he scores big and plays in some side games while I am out there.

[mlagoo]

Hey Lloyd,

Should trip reports be made within each event thread as well, or is it a sort of amorphous, if the post is big enough it gets its own thread, sort of thing?

[Nez477]

I'm confused. Has play resumed for the day? I see that some players have already been eliminated, I see some sources saying that it starts at 4P PST...

Confused.

Brad

[Kevmath]

Day 2 of the $1500 NL started at 2pm PT

[Nez477]

NOOOOOOOOOO....

And it wasn't a [censored] 3-outer. God, can't they hire someone who knows SOMETHING about poker to write these thing?

Chad Burum Eliminates Carl Olson
Both players check a flop of K55, then Burum pushes on the 9 turn. Olson makes the call with AK, and Burum has him covered. Burum has only three outs for a gutshot straight with the 68, but hits the miracle 7 on the river, sending Olson home in 85th place.

[Kevmath]

This is what happens when someone gets the exclusive on live updates.

[mlagoo]

[ QUOTE ]
NOOOOOOOOOO....

And it wasn't a [censored] 3-outer. God, can't they hire someone who knows SOMETHING about poker to write these thing?

Chad Burum Eliminates Carl Olson
Both players check a flop of K55, then Burum pushes on the 9 turn. Olson makes the call with AK, and Burum has him covered. Burum has only three outs for a gutshot straight with the 68, but hits the miracle 7 on the river, sending Olson home in 85th place.

[/ QUOTE ]

sick /images/graemlins/mad.gif

i hope colson was already short or something so it wasn't that bad. that strasser beat was already bad enough. h8 pokah.

[AThermopyle]

[ QUOTE ]

And it wasn't a [censored] 3-outer. God, can't they hire someone who knows SOMETHING about poker to write these thing?

[/ QUOTE ]

7 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif gives both a flush.

[Kevmath]

7 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif would have given Olson the nut flush. He had A /images/graemlins/diamond.gifK /images/graemlins/diamond.gif

[Yuv]

7d gives random donk 56789 all in shiny red. I think that's a big hand. 4 outter.

[AThermopyle]

[ QUOTE ]
7d gives random donk 56789 all in shiny red. I think that's a big hand. 4 outter.

[/ QUOTE ]

....I confess...brainlock....

[Kevmath]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
7d gives random donk 56789 all in shiny red. I think that's a big hand. 4 outter.

[/ QUOTE ]

....I confess...brainlock....

[/ QUOTE ]

Same here, I stink.

[BlackAces]

Fossilman is out in 63rd.

[ZBTHorton]

Go Paul Smith

[mlagoo]

/images/graemlins/frown.gif

edit: BTW -- wtf?

The Fossilman Eliminated in 63rd Place
Brandon Cantu raises in middle position to $10,000 and Raymer calls in the big blind. Raymer pushes all-in on the flop of 6diamond4diamond4club for $13,900. Cantu calls with Kdiamond3heart, but Raymer is in the lead with A-5. But the board comes crashing down on Raymer with running diamonds to give Cantu the flush. The Fossilman is eliminated in 63rd place.

2nd edit: i mean i get that he's SNGing, and you "see right through him," but you have king high getting 3:1. let it go, my friend. or, have the best hand hold one time /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[FGators]

Lets go UCLA!

[Whitewash]

Hellmuth bluffs all his chips away, nice.

[jspur]

i have a friend who i havent spoken to in awhile who is listed in 22 place at cardplayer. i cant find him listed at any other site at all. His name is Andy Miller, just noticed his name dont even know for sure that he is there but i assume he is he plays all big tourneys will play the main for sure.

Just wondering which site is most reliable, gutshot dosent show him and pokerpages dosent show him, but at cardplayer he has 18500 in chips

[Nez477]

[ QUOTE ]
Lets go UCLA!

[/ QUOTE ]

It's frustrating that all we can hope for is no mention of his elimination, but he's obviously hanging in there.

Brad

[seke2]

Under 46 players left, UCLA still seems to be in the running...no mention of him in the writeups, at least.

Go UCLA!! I thought he was eliminated because I saw him on AIM during the tournament. Guess he was on a break.

I smell final table...

[CardSharpCook]

fwiw, I didn't see him when there were 90 players left. Hope he was hidden from my view or taking a bathroom break.

[seke2]

Well, I checked back through the last few pages of live updates and didn't see anything about him busting...hmm

[ZBTHorton]

Yeah, I find it odd that we haven't seen his name a single place the whole day....but then again...he hasn't been online either.

Someone in LV should go investigate...*cough* Brendan*cough*

[jspur]

who is the guy your talking about they have chipcounts at cardplayer

[ZBTHorton]

[ QUOTE ]
who is the guy your talking about they have chipcounts at cardplayer

[/ QUOTE ]

Paul Smith

he hasn't been listed in the chip counts all day...and the one they have up now has Jason Strasser listed...so yeah...CP sucks.

[jspur]

yeah again my friend is listed but he is on no other list, i dont even know if hes in vegas yet or not

[seke2]

Still no mention of UCLA...moving up another payout level now.

Players Eliminated 45-37
45- Ty Takishita

44- Michael Miller

43- Don Leone

42- Arsenio Javier

41- Tony Lay

40- Bill Gazes

39- Ryan Even

38- Motoyaki Mabuchi

37- Vaughan Machado

[NapHead]

[ QUOTE ]

he hasn't been listed in the chip counts all day...and the one they have up now has Jason Strasser listed...so yeah...CP sucks.

[/ QUOTE ]

As long as Cardplayer keeps bawling Adam Friedman's chipcount at zero I'm happy. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[ZBTHorton]

UCLA is on AOL...but not responding to my messages.

[ZBTHorton]

UCLA's wife responded..he's still in.

[seke2]

Well he's getting at least 5 figures out of this, as the current payout is over $11k.

[ZBTHorton]

ucla: I am in bro.
ZBT: You on break?
ucla: very short break
ZBT: chips?
ucla: 100k
ucla: 5k bb
ZBT: Awesome. Keep it up.

[IWEARGOGGLES]

HOW MANY LEFT?

[ZBTHorton]

27

[seke2]

Moving up another paygrade to $13.6k with 27 left!

[Kevmath]

27 people left, Card Player has the chip counts of 13 people. Is Belsky doing the chip counts, how can you miss HALF the field?

[CardSharpCook]

go Paul, go!

[seke2]

Eliminations 36-28
36- Ron Schutsky

35- John Kurx

34- Jefferey Peterson

33- Mark Schaech

32- Paul Darden

31- Tam Hang

30- Ali Zargari

29- Rick Burke

28- Chris Larue

[juris]

Next pay jump when?

[ZBTHorton]

18

[n1232]

I would guess 18

[Kevmath]

[ QUOTE ]
Next pay jump when?

[/ QUOTE ]

1 $757,839
2 $416,816
3 $226,597
4 $176,579
5 $151,570
6 $126,940
7 $107,614
8 $88,668
9 $71,617
10 $56,081
11 $51,155
12 $46,987
13 $43,197
14 $39,408
15 $35,619
16 $31,830
17 $28,040
18 $24,251
21 - 19 $20,462
24 - 22 $16,673
27 - 25 $13,641

[DVaut1]

[ QUOTE ]
Eliminations 36-28
36- Ron Schutsky

35- John Kurx

34- Jefferey Peterson

33- Mark Schaech

32- Paul Darden

31- Tam Hang

30- Ali Zargari

29- Rick Burke

28- Chris Larue

[/ QUOTE ]

Finishing 35th in Event #2 at the WSOP in Las Vegas, NV while simultaneously hosting Baseball Tonight from Bristol, Connecticut. nh john, nh

Seriously, it's not as if Al Krux is a complete unknown.

[Whitewash]

[ QUOTE ]
27 people left, Card Player has the chip counts of 13 people. Is Belsky doing the chip counts, how can you miss HALF the field?

[/ QUOTE ]

They might be telling the media to lay off the players until dinner break.

[Kevmath]

Card Player is doing the live updates exclusively, they ought to do a better job than that.

[mlagoo]

GO PAUL ONE TIME@!!!!!!

[Whitewash]

I swear, Carlos has to be the master of accumulating chips. It's amazing how consistently he has built chips since the middle of Day 1.

[THEOSU]

mortensen is real real fun to watch play pokah.

cp shows ucla 18th of 20 with 66k.

[mlagoo]

[ QUOTE ]
mortensen is real real fun to watch play pokah.

cp shows ucla 18th of 20 with 66k.

[/ QUOTE ]

Step 1: FOLD
Step 2: FOLD
Step 3: PROFIT

[THEOSU]

bizarrely it now shows him 21st of 22nd with that same 66k.

cardplayer pwns!

[dlk9s]

At least we know who we can play with at FullTiltPoker.net.

[Whitewash]

/images/graemlins/frown.gif

To put it in the poker terminology of a friend...

Devilfish just got gayed.

[tedtodd]

wow- some serious $$$ on the line. GL UCLA!!!

[uclabruinz]

Thanks for the support everyone. Carl's beat was sick. I was at the table. I will have around 10bb's when I get back from dinner, so gonna need some help.

[bambam16]

gl UCLA!!

[colson10]

GL ucla

I started a blog for the series btw, and covered the bustout hand.

colson10.blogspot.com

[Nez477]

Wish I could be there to cheer you on Paul. Congrats and keep it up!

Brad

[Annulus]

Keep it up bro! I always knew you were a monster and this showing does not surprise me at all. Now bring it home!

[Zinzan]

You can do it! The good thing about less than 10 BBs is that you have no difficult post-flop decisions! Advantage, you! /images/graemlins/wink.gif

-Z

[professormike]

What is UCLA's name?

[Kevmath]

Paul Smith

[ZBTHorton]

He busted 20th. GG Paul.

[DemonDeac]

[ QUOTE ]
GG Paul.

[/ QUOTE ]

[bambam16]

GG Paul, nice run.

[NapHead]

Cardplayer's coverage of this is atrocious. 20 minutes ago they had Adam Smith at ZERO chips and the last update they show him gaining 70,000 chips for a new total of ....70,000 chips. No mention of Paul though.

[VOX]

8 clap?

[Caldarooni]

Cardplayer never mentioned Paul the entire tournament.

Its beyond embarrassing how bad their coverage has been.

[ItsJzH]

211th for me out of 2770 or whatever it was, my first wsop event and i cash, what a freaking rush

[MicroBob]

I know it's kind of tough to observe and take notes and get it up on the blog. Kind of hectic and chaotic in there.
And the players aren't exactly wearing name-tags (unless that has changed).

But I agree that it seems like they would have to actually TRY to do a worse job.

[uclabruinz]

Nobody ever asked my name until right after we got back from dinner with 22 left. I was totally anonymous the entire tournament. Part of treading water and never really getting involved in anything dramatic, I guess. I could care less, obv, but my family and friends were pretty freaked out that they couldn't find out at any point how I was doing.

[dlk9s]

[ QUOTE ]
I know it's kind of tough to observe and take notes and get it up on the blog. Kind of hectic and chaotic in there.
And the players aren't exactly wearing name-tags (unless that has changed).

But I agree that it seems like they would have to actually TRY to do a worse job.

[/ QUOTE ]

Obviously, it's not easy to cover a billion tables, but they really should be able to do a better job as the table count gets lower. They have a fleet of staff members here, and the ones sweating the tables aren't the ones posting on the site - they communicate "back to base" with radios.

But, like I said before, at least I know who I'll be able to play with at FullTiltPoker.net. I was worried I wouldn't ever find out.

[entertainme]

[ QUOTE ]
211th for me out of 2770 or whatever it was, my first wsop event and i cash, what a freaking rush

[/ QUOTE ]

Congratulations on your first WSOP cash!

[Photoc]

Jen Harmon just went out 11th when I was watching the event live. They were going to play to 9 and break till 2pm tomorrow.

[MicroBob]

[ QUOTE ]
Nobody ever asked my name until right after we got back from dinner with 22 left. I was totally anonymous the entire tournament. Part of treading water and never really getting involved in anything dramatic, I guess. I could care less, obv, but my family and friends were pretty freaked out that they couldn't find out at any point how I was doing.

[/ QUOTE ]


Yes, I think a lot of non-poker types think it is easy to keep up with every individual's chip-count.

Lots of people asked where they could get updates of how their friend was doing in the main-event.
Ummmm, nowhere dude. There are 6k or more players total. Nobody is wearing name-tags.
If you are one of the anonymous masses (meaning that your name isn't Chan or Raymer or something) then nobody will even know when you bust-out unless you make the money or do something spectacular.


I set things up with a friend of mine.
I called him with my updates when I could (every 45 mins or so) and he posted on my blog what I said.

You have to step away from the table to make a cell call so you have to do it quickly if it's not during a break or else you'll miss a hand. But it obviously works better than trying to lug a computer down there and type it up yourself.

Also better than the 'chain/rumor-mill' type process of just having a few friends who happen to know your AIM contact your girlfriend who is on your account who then gives the update of whatever latest info she has.


Doing it my way (via telephone to a guy ipdating your blog) there's also the danger that an ESPN camera will be pointed at you when you say that "Johnny Chan is at my table" and they'll make you look like an idiot on national TV.

However, my family and friends really enjoyed getting to check my blog throughout the day to see how I was doing.

Kind of inconvenient to always step away and make those calls. But my parents were really digging it.

[Caldarooni]

Bob,

This year the rule is no cell phone calls within the ropes. It was being sporadically enforced.

Also, Cardplayer has little excuse for not having one of the runts find out who Paul is when there were only 3 tables left. Just as they have little excuse for screwing up the action so often in their reports. Its not as though its the local news trying to recount what happened, its a poker site reporting on poker.

[billyjex]

[ QUOTE ]
Under the gun, Ron Stanley pushes all-in $130,000 with AJ. From the small blind Tom Nguyen calls all-in with 99. The flop comes AAQ giving Stanley three aces, and leaves Nguyen praying for runner-runner neeners. Once the turn shows the 2, Nguyen's night is over and Ron Stanley doubles up.

Tom Nguyen exits in 10th place and collects $56,081.


[/ QUOTE ]

do the people that work at cardplayer even play poker?

[Clayton]

i just saw that too. oh my god how terrible.

this confirms that i dont want to work for Cardplayer anymore.

[NCAces]

I asked this last year and I will again this year ... why does everyone get so bent out of shape about their coverage?

1. It is free ... you aren't paying for it.

2. While one would think they would get the last few tables, prior to that, how many dozens of runners would they need to check all the tables.

3. If anyone thinks that they can do it better, have at it. I think you will find that what they are trying to do for no direct income is pretty tough stuff.

Although I would do a pay-for-view of some type, until that happens, I am just glad that between 2+2 and CardPlayer I can keep up with what is going on. Actually it sucks because my work productivity seems to take a dive.

NCAces

[pineapple888]

[ QUOTE ]
Jen Harmon just went out 11th when I was watching the event live. They were going to play to 9 and break till 2pm tomorrow.

[/ QUOTE ]

She was at my table and had about 5BB right after the bubble. Her second beer had just arrived when she got all-in with AK against a PP and caught a K on the river to double up. I guess she ran well after that. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[pineapple888]

[ QUOTE ]
I asked this last year and I will again this year ... why does everyone get so bent out of shape about their coverage?

1. It is free ... you aren't paying for it.

2. While one would think they would get the last few tables, prior to that, how many dozens of runners would they need to check all the tables.

3. If anyone thinks that they can do it better, have at it. I think you will find that what they are trying to do for no direct income is pretty tough stuff.

Although I would do a pay-for-view of some type, until that happens, I am just glad that between 2+2 and CardPlayer I can keep up with what is going on. Actually it sucks because my work productivity seems to take a dive.

NCAces

[/ QUOTE ]

Good points.

OTOH, one would think "understand the rank of hands in Texas Hold' Em" would be a basic qualification for the live update writer, at the premier poker magazine, when they are covering the premier poker event of the year.

[Caldarooni]

You make it sound as if CardPlayer runts arent getting paid for what they are doing.

[smilingbill]

The coverage is truly dreadful. Misread hands, neeners, awful subject line puns and non-stop full tilt advertising make me cringe while reading the updates.

[uclabruinz]

[ QUOTE ]
vn job sir, way to represent 2p2

o and sorry for wishing you luck while you were in a hand, i didn't see you were in one until after i had said something

[/ QUOTE ]

No problem, but it was pretty funny. I was facing one of my toughest decisions of the tournament, with my head down in my hands, at the time, when along comes Degan to pat me on the back and wish me luck. Everyone at the table, including me, had a good laugh.

[uclabruinz]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Jen Harmon just went out 11th when I was watching the event live. They were going to play to 9 and break till 2pm tomorrow.

[/ QUOTE ]

She was at my table and had about 5BB right after the bubble. Her second beer had just arrived when she got all-in with AK against a PP and caught a K on the river to double up. I guess she ran well after that. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

I played with her at two separate tables. She played passive and tight. She was on my left for quite awhile before I went out. One time, it folded to me and I limped in the SB with 76o because I wasn't about to raise Jen Harmon and we checked it down to the river where a Q came so I figured I stab with a smallish bet and she folded. Given how substantial the blinds/antes were and the fact she had me covered, I was pretty surprised she put up no fight whatsoever.

[NCAces]

[ QUOTE ]
You make it sound as if CardPlayer runts aren't getting paid for what they are doing.

[/ QUOTE ]

I am saying that for the quality of production that you expect, they are very likely understaffed, and have a lack of talent to pull it off.

To hire more staff (which would be required to cover more tables, and get summaries posted more quickly) of better quality (which would be required for no "neeeners" and better writing) would require that they spend a lot of money.

How much are you willing to pay for that? How much more will that increase their advertising or subscription base, which as far as I can tell is their only revenue from this coverage?

I am guessing they are already losing money, or breaking even at best, to provide coverage that we didn't have a couple years ago. To me, it is the whole gift horse mouth thing. Glad to have what I can get, even it means every now and again I have to say ... "that ain't right ... Raymer would have made a straight."

NCAces

[vikefan24]

Are there any video streams for final tables?

[mlagoo]

[ QUOTE ]
Are there any video streams for final tables?

[/ QUOTE ]

nah

[FeliciaLee]

You are so right. I did some tourney coverage back in 2004, and it was TOUGH. No one has any idea until they have to do it, 12-18 hours per day, almost no pay, no food, no drinks, bright lights shining down on their heads, players who cover their stacks, hide their cards, give false names, etc.

And I won't even go into the nightmare that is "TV kicking you out so that they can get in..."

Felicia /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[pineapple888]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Jen Harmon just went out 11th when I was watching the event live. They were going to play to 9 and break till 2pm tomorrow.

[/ QUOTE ]

She was at my table and had about 5BB right after the bubble. Her second beer had just arrived when she got all-in with AK against a PP and caught a K on the river to double up. I guess she ran well after that. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

I played with her at two separate tables. She played passive and tight. She was on my left for quite awhile before I went out. One time, it folded to me and I limped in the SB with 76o because I wasn't about to raise Jen Harmon and we checked it down to the river where a Q came so I figured I stab with a smallish bet and she folded. Given how substantial the blinds/antes were and the fact she had me covered, I was pretty surprised she put up no fight whatsoever.

[/ QUOTE ]

I had a discussion with Adam Friedman about this (and many other topics because the dude can't keep quiet).

Apparently there's a whole bunch of weak-tight play from the pros in these events because people just donate money to them when they do get a hand because they assume the pros are "making a move".

So there's basically no reason to take any chances.

Plus guys tend to assume chicks always chase. Even Jennifer Harmon.

Of course, she just could have been sitting on an awful hand in BvB, so that particular hand doesn't mean anything. But I'm not surprised by her play otherwise.

[Yuv]

Some guy wins bracelet. Some guy finishes 2nd. Mortenson loses 3 flips in a row to finish 9th. I have a slight feeling we gonna watch a lot of "some guy"s winning fts.

[AThermopyle]

[ QUOTE ]
Some guy wins bracelet. Some guy finishes 2nd. Mortenson loses 3 flips in a row to finish 9th. I have a slight feeling we gonna watch a lot of "some guy"s winning fts.

[/ QUOTE ]

The Fossilman Eliminated in 63rd Place
"some guy" raises in middle position to...

[uclabruinz]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
vn job sir, way to represent 2p2

o and sorry for wishing you luck while you were in a hand, i didn't see you were in one until after i had said something

[/ QUOTE ]

No problem, but it was pretty funny. I was facing one of my toughest decisions of the tournament, with my head down in my hands, at the time, when along comes Degan to pat me on the back and wish me luck. Everyone at the table, including me, had a good laugh.

[/ QUOTE ]

o man, thats horrible. i'm so sorry. i ran by to do a quick once over to see if any name pro's were in...i thought i'd have heard if a 2er was in still. i was pretty stoked to see you there. i owe you a beer for that one man lol

[/ QUOTE ]

Seriously man, no big deal at all, although that is really a hand I would like to have back so I will blame my busting all on you. I can honestly say there were three hands I really regretted in this tournament that may have cost me a bracelet, but at least I learned from them quite a bit. I hope I get another chance someday, I won't misplay those situations again.

Look forward to taking you up on that beer, degen, and it was great meeting you.

[Mahriq]

Well, not so good for me in my first WSOP. I clearly need to spend more time here and elsewhere studying! I won exactly one pot (pocket Js, took the 25-25 blinds with a raise to 4x BB). I busted with pocket Ks the first hand after the first break on day 1. I was UTG+1 and went in with T425 and got called by the BB with AsJs. Flop was AA8 followed by 3 and Q. I estimate I finished in the top 2200. :-) At least I outlasted Robert Williamson who was at my table and the seating of 500 alternates.

[uclabruinz]

[ QUOTE ]
Well, not so good for me in my first WSOP. I clearly need to spend more time here and elsewhere studying! I won exactly one pot (pocket Js, took the 25-25 blinds with a raise to 4x BB). I busted with pocket Ks the first hand after the first break on day 1. I was UTG+1 and went in with T425 and got called by the BB with AsJs. Flop was AA8 followed by 3 and Q. I estimate I finished in the top 2200. :-) At least I outlasted Robert Williamson who was at my table and the seating of 500 alternates.

[/ QUOTE ]

I hope you're kidding, because while we could all spend more time studying, the results of your first tourney are meaningless. The decisions you made have meaning, though. Do you think you made any errors?

And I'm not in the camp that raises to 100 with 25/25 blinds especially with JJ. Raise to 75, get a bunch of donks to call you, and then spike a J and triple up.

[Mahriq]

I definitely made a number of poor decisions when I played, though I did make a few decent ones. My poor decisions tended to be calling when I should have folded (or raised) and getting too conservative (scared, really) post-flop when I was in a hand. I went out there to have the experience of the WSOP, and I did. Now, I have that much more experience and can go work on my game and get ready for next year (and all those other home tournaments and stuff, too!).