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Title: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 24, 2007, 07:58:21 AM Well, it's still the night of the 23rd here in Las Vegas, operating in Pacific Time, but we're already in the Rio in spirit, ready to bring you as live an update as possible from the sprawling horde assembled in the Convention Centre. Our first LV update will be this most pricey and prestigious of World Series events, the Hold'em, Omaha 8/b, Razz, Stud and Stud 8/b - limit poker at its most comprehensive and expensive. Will there be more entrants than last year? Who will be playing? Will we be able to notice differences in the enormous stacks until midway through Day Two? Join Snoopy, Homer and myself in rotation during the next five days and find out...12pm LV, 8pm London time.
This is the no-pics, no replies thread for this update...for full interactivity, you want http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=24972.0 (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=24972.0) Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 24, 2007, 07:57:26 PM Well, I've just had a quick check, and as expected they are indeed starting with a massive 100k in chips with the denominations as such:
Pink = 25k Blue = 5k Yellow = 1k Light Blue = 500 Dark Blue = 100 As expected, plenty of stars, of which I quickly noted the names of as I endured a quick sprint around the crowd-infested cardroom... Kirk Morrison Dewey Tomko Mike Wattel Ralph Perry Gavin Smith Minh Ly Mike Matusow Erik Seidel Ralph Peryy Captain Tom Franklin Lyle Berman Erik Lindgren Daniel Negreanu Marco Traniello Josh Arieh Steve Zolotow Annie Duke Bill Gazes Victor Ramdin Sam Farha David Gray Sam Grizzle Doyle Brunson Annie Duke Mickey Appleman Justin Bonomo Tony G Mike Sexton David Benyamine Greg Raymer Jennifer Harman John Kabbaj John Duthie Chris Ferguson John Juanda Jani Sointula Barry Greenstein Phil Ivey TJ Cloutier Alex Kravchenko Scotty Nguyen David Singer David Oppenheim Pat Bueno Jeff Lisandro Max Pescatori William Chen Jack Lester Jon Hennigan Noah Jefferson Andy Bloch David Chui Andy Black Jim Betchel Chip Reese Bruno Fitoussi Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 24, 2007, 08:00:32 PM They don't seem to be heading for a totally timely start... the twenty tables which look to have been earmarked for H.O.R.S.E (i.e. have those ludicrously large stacks on them) are still mostly empty, and I think they are taking a "wait and see who shows up" attitude. We hope at least 16 tables' worth of players turn up, as our accreditation doesn't allow us to wander freely between the tables once there are 15 or fewer. Either way, though, it seems a sedate start to today, and I don't foresee crowds five-deep standing on the rail watching them play 25-50 blinds Razz...
Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 24, 2007, 08:06:32 PM Actually, the structure, although pretty good, is remarked upon by Negreanu in his Cardplayer blog - it's different to last year and he foresees about a third of the field dropping early (Day One). The starting levels:
Hold'em 600-1200 Omaha HL 600-1200 Razz 800-1600 Stud 800-1600 Stud H/L 800-1600 So I was exaggerating just now. But not by a lot. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 24, 2007, 09:14:29 PM O
Right at the end of the row we find Isabelle Mercier! And, she's right in the middle of a hand... The board: 8h 3s 2c 8c, and her opponent is just calling her in-position bet. River: Td Bet-call and it's showdown... Isabelle shows: Ad 4d Jd Js Against: Ac 4h 8s 6c And she's not delighted as this means a three-quarter for her, as they tie the nut low while her two pair is beaten by 8-8-8... She's still smiling, though, and it's early early days yet. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 24, 2007, 09:22:34 PM TJ Cloutier (pictured) picks up a pot from Phil Ivey, uncalled on a board of 9d Ks 5c 9h Kh... His table is no picnic - in fact the announcements in the Tournament Area are still half-heartedly encouraging people to register for this event as it's, "A nice soft field...still half an hour to sign up, if you're hanging around the Convention Centre with nothing to do... just $50,000 and you too could join this tournament..."
Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 24, 2007, 09:29:48 PM It's not easy collating hands, due to a combination of ensuring you know what game it is and having the time to follow both the action AND the cards, but I thought I quickly jot down a few random hands witnessed, just to show you how the betting is going.
The first two are from the Omaha Hi-Lo, as we crept onto Razz. O Flop = 5s 6d Tc Cyndy Violette bets 600 and receives two callers, one of whom is David Chui. Turn = 5h Cyndy bets 1,200, both players fold. On another table, two former Main Event winners clash. Board = Ts 2c 3s 6s Johnny Chan bets 1,200, Jim Betchell makes it 2,400 and Chan calls. River = Tc Chan bets 1,200, Betchell calls. Betchell = Ac Ahrt 4h 7h Chan = 4s 6h Kc Aspades Split pot, Chan taking the most with the nut flush high and half of the A-2-3-4-6 low. R Lindgren = ? ? Aspades 5d 3d 2d ? Mateyboy = ? ? Ad 4c 3s 4s ? Lindgren bets the River, Mateyboy fold, showing 2c 2s in the process. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 24, 2007, 09:38:49 PM Table Draw!!
20 Andy Bloch Robert Williamson Neal Friets Thomas Schneider Harry Thomas Jack Zwerner Noah Jefferson 19 Daniel Harmetz Chad Brown David Chiu Cynthia Violette Tuan Le Eli Elezra Andy Black 18 Sam Grizzle Sammy Farha David Grey Bari Sklar Daniel Shak Bill Gazes Chris Reslock 17 Howard Lederer Brandon Adams Chip Reese Bruno Fitoussi Luke Neely Jim Bechtel Vladimir Troyanovskiy 16 Kirk Morrison Ali Eslami David Singer TJ Cloutier Mike Sexton Dewey Tomko Phil Ivey 15 John Kabbaj Bradley Helm Gus Hansen Alexander Kravchenko Gregory Mascio Suk Sung Jessee Jones 14 Mark Tenner Rafael Perry Thomas Weideman Amnon Filippi Patrik Antonius Ted Lawson Mike Wattel 13 Meikle Partin Bart Hanson Patrick Pezzin Jason Lester John Hennigan Gabe Kaplan David Benyamine 12 Roy Thung Rafi Amit Tony Cousineau Benjamin Lin David Williams Rob Hollink 11 John Duthie David Sklansky John D'Agostino Sherkhan Farnood Greg Raymer Jennifer Traniello Robert Mizrachi 10 Charles Kaelin Scotty Nguyen Lyle Berman Charles Lehr David Levi Kristy Gazes 9 Chris Ferguson John Hanson Greg Mueller Mickey Appleman John Juanda Robert Feduniak Joseph Tehan 8 Jani Sointula Allen Cunningham Hasan Habib Nicholas Schulman Allen Kessler Barry Greenstein 7 Todd Brunson Tony G Matthew Hawrilenko Phil Laak William Edler Doyle Brunson Justin Bonomo 6 Mike Matusow Darrell Dicken Chau Giang Thor Hansen Jeffrey King Bon Phan 5 Nikolaos Frangos Erick Lindgren Ariel Schneller John Cover Daniel Negreanu Marco Traniello Shih-Ping Sun 4 Bill Chen Jerri Thomas Max Pescatori Thien Phan Mark Gregorich Jeffrey Lisandro Ted Forrest 3 Stephen Wolff Mark Vos Jerrod Ankenman Thomas Franklin Erik Seidel Maureen Feduniak Abraham Mosseri 2 Patrick Bueno Soheil Shamseddin David Oppenheim Isabelle Mercier Michael Mizrachi James Owens Raymond Dehkarghani 1 Annie Duke Josh Arieh Steve Zolotow Tad Jurgens Gavin Smith Minh Ly Annand Ramdin Just as I got to the end of typing this list, I noticed a felt-tip pen mark on the front which told me, and now you, that this is "Incomplete" - perhaps some of the members of the audience have taken up the TD's challenge and signed up spur-of-the-moment style... Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 24, 2007, 10:03:31 PM S
As I was watching Jeff Lisandro (? ? 8c 9h) fold to a bet from Andy Bloch (? ? 8d 6d), three Europeans (and neighbours, incidentally) in Alex Kravchenko, John Kabbaj and Gus Hansen all crossed swords. Kabbaj = ? ? 3h 9h Td Ts ? Hansen = ? ? 2c Qd 3d Ad ? Kravchenko = ? ? Ks Ahrt 8h 4s ? Kabbaj bets 1.6k, the other two call. The final card is dealt face down. Kabbaj checks, Hansen bets 1.6k, Kravchenko calls and Kabbaj folds. Bracelet winner and Russian citizen, Alex Kravchenko, takes the pot with (Kd) (Jd) Ks Ahrt 8h 4s (4c) Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 24, 2007, 10:15:31 PM Whilst we find more hands, photographs and whatnot, here are a handful (well, a big hand really) of blondepedia entries to keep you entertained.
Simply click their name to see the entry. Dewey Tomko (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=527) Gavin Smith (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=553) Mike Matusow (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=671) Erik Seidel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=545) Captain Tom Franklin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=770) Erick Lingren (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=541) Daniel Negreanu (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=515) Victor Ramdin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=895) Doyle Brunson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=532) Justin Bonomo (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=848) David Benyamine (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=518) Greg Raymer (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=561) Jennifer Harman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=842) John Duthie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=209) Chris Ferguson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=503) Barry Greenstein (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=478) Phil Ivey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=709) TJ Cloutier (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=767) Scotty Nguyen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=874) Jeff Lisandro (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=594) Max Pescatori (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=660) Andy Bloch (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=470) Andy Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Jim Betchel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=598) Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 24, 2007, 10:36:13 PM PRIZE BREAKDOWN:
Total monies contributed by the final count of 148 players: $7,104,000 1 $2,276,832 2 $1,278,720 3 $852,480 4 $586,080 5 $444,000 6 $337,440 7 $259,296 8 $188,256 9 $131,424 10 $131,424 11 $117,216 12 $117,216 13 $103,008 14 $103,008 15 $88,800 16 $88,800 Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 24, 2007, 11:31:44 PM We experienced some downtime there due to host problems, but we're back now. Apologies for the delay.
For a selection of photos, please visit the Interactive thread. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 24, 2007, 11:35:41 PM Here is the current top ten courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com:
1st Sam Farha -- $155,000 2nd Soheil Shamseddin -- $154,000 3rd Barry Greenstein -- $140,000 4th Joe Tehan -- $139,000 5th Eli Elezra -- $137,000 6th Andy Bloch -- $136,000 7th Phil Hellmuth Jr. -- $132,000 8th Doyle Brunson -- $130,000 9th Isabelle Mercier -- $128,000 10th David Grey -- $120,000 Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 24, 2007, 11:56:56 PM O
Johnny Chan has lost a chunk on a 4-4-A-K-J board, his opponent scooping with Aces full, so I can only assume Chan had the 2-3 and a decent high hand. ---------- O 4-way pot. Board = Ad 4c 8d Qh 4s Bueno bets 2k and is called in two places by Soheil Shamseddin and another player who I believe is James Owens. Bueno = Ac 4d 8h 2s Shamseddin = Ahrt Qc Ts 9c Owens = 2d 7s 3d 4d If my Omaha is up to scratch, that means Owens and Bueno split it (nut low and full house), whilst Shamseddin and his paltry two pair receive a big fat nothing. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 12:14:58 AM Courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com (who, of course, I am obliged to credit)
1st Soheil Shamseddin -- $154,000 2nd Joe Tehan -- $143,000 3rd Barry Greenstein -- $140,000 4th Eli Elezra -- $137,000 5th Andy Bloch -- $136,000 6th Sam Farha -- $132,000 7th Phil Hellmuth Jr. -- $132,000 8th Erik Seidel -- $130,000 9th Doyle Brunson -- $130,000 10th Isabelle Mercier -- $128,000 Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 12:17:44 AM H
Allen Kessler gets the rockets - and takes a pot of nearly 20k off Jani Sointula, after getting to the river with the board 6h 7h 7c 4h 3d. I think the river was checked, with the Ahrt Ac for Kessler (pictured with something in his eye) winning the pot. ____________________________________ Can anyone comment on Hellmuths ability at the non-texas games? It's impossible to tell really unless I watch his every move, and even then, I'm no genius on all the games. However, I did speak to John Duthie during one of the breaks, and he send that although people seem to think that the Hellmuths of this World only play this Event due to its status as 'The Real Main Event' and the one that identifies the true poker players, the standard is actually very high. He also stated that the reason why there aren't more Brits playing is because of the money rather than lack of skill in the 5 games. "Most of the Americans in this get bought in," he added. Had a very quick corridor-chat with Padraig Parkinson, who was walking towards the tournament area with John Duthie. I asked if they were playing, and Padraig said something along the lines of not being foolish enough to take on the Americans at their game for lots of money, making a parallel with how UK and European players "love to come play pot limit Omaha with Americans..." More Europeans willing to take them on, however, but seeming to continually be playing each other: Gus Hansen John Kabbaj The former taking a pot off the latter with Jc 9c (board 4c 6d Kc Js 3d), Kabbaj calling the Great Dane down but mucking at the end. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 12:30:20 AM Tony G -- couldn't see
David Benyamine -- couldn't see Andy Black -- 99k Bruno Fitoussi -- 122.5k John Kabbaj -- 101k Alex Kravchanko -- 133k John Duthie -- 108k E As I was accumulating counts, I witnessed Eli Elezra win the biggest pot of the night off Tuan Le (I beleive David Chui was also involved). Eli had 7c 5d 5c 5h and revealed 3c 4h 2d, whilst Tuan Lee simply mucked his Ac 9s 9c 8d without even showing his other three cards. 115k pot goes to the High Stakes Poker star. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 01:20:58 AM S
With 2s Kc 7h 6h showing, John Cover bets 2.4k, only to be re-raised to 4.8k by Daniel Negreanu and his 2h 2c 6d Tc. Cover called. After they were dealt their face card, I believe a bet was made and called (although I didn't see who did what) and Negreanu took down the pot with 6s 2d Jc vs. Ahrt 5h 3h, Kid Poker's full house pipping his opponent's concealed flush. Nice pot for Negreanu who moves up the ladder. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 02:53:48 AM S
As I complete what has become a routine circuit of the two rows of tables, I spot a slight kafuffle at Table Antonius. Calmly receiving a massage, which, incredibly, appears to be focussed on the ears, Antonius sits patiently and silently in his chair, awaiting the arrival of the Tournament Director. When the TD arrives, however, it is not Antoius who requires a ruling, but more the dealer, as Ralph Perry, the other player in the hand, had unfortunately been the victim of what I’d call ‘jumpy card disease’ in which his final ‘face down’ card managed to fall the wrong way up as it was dealt. As the two discussed what happened and what should occur next, Antonius continued to receive his ear massage in his familiar nonchalant manner. Shirt unbuttoned, upright posture, Antonius really has a supremely confident ‘I am a Greek God!’ look about him, and you can just tell that if the TD somehow announced his ruling of “I have decided that Patrick is to be disqualified”, the Flying Fin would probably still have the same expression on his face. Of course, that wasn’t the ruling, and the TD decided that the fairest thing to do was to have Antonius reveal his final face card too. As such, the hands looked like this: Perry = ? ? 3d 9h 3c Kh (Qs) Antonius = ? ? 7d 6s 4d Ad (5h) The previous street appeared to have been bet (2.4k), re-rasie to 4.8k and call (not sure who made the final call), but both checked the final card, perhaps due to the dealer’s faux-pas. Perry may have evaded a dead-hand situation, but he still lost the hand as Antonius revealed what appeared to be 5-5-Q for a set. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 02:54:00 AM --- apologies for the hour delay, we' weren't being lazy, just hampered by horrid host problems. Should be okay no though ---
Anyhow, back to the poker... As expected very few exits, although I do know that Jeff Lisandro has departed. Rumour has it though that mixed Limit poker isn't his strength and that perhaps he was out of his depth slightly. Still, he seems to be kicking ass elsewhere, he's already won one bracelet this year. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 02:54:32 AM We've been offline for about a half hour due to actual technical difficulties, so we have a bit of a backlog of stories, but that will make the next fifteen minutes seem action packed. Apologies for the delay.
_______________________________________________ E Ante 300, bring-in 300, then 1,200/2,400 David Oppenheim and Isabelle Mercier get involved in a pot. Mercier: ? ? Ac 3c Qc 9d Oppenheim: ? ? 2c 5c 7h 8d Isabelle calls his 6th street bet and then faces another 2,400 when all their cards are out... thinking for a while, she eventually calls showing Jh Aspades Tc. Oppenheim's 6h 2d Kd made a comfortable low, but just a pair of deuces for the high hand. ;kc; Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 02:56:13 AM Meanwhile, on another and perhaps less menacing table, there was three-way action involving former bracelet winner Mark Vos, and veteran female player Maureen Feduniak.
There was an early 1.2k bet from Vos that was called in two places, a 1.2k bet from Maureen on the next street – again, called twice, a treble check next card, before Muareen called a final 2.4k bet on the end. By then, the hands looked like this: Maureen = ? ? 2d 6c 5h Ks Vos = ? ? Aspades Td Tc Jd Mateyboy = ? ? 4h 8d Qs 6d – fold On their backs, and Maureen takes the pot, with 3-2-K in the hole for two pair. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 02:59:52 AM Courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com:
1st Eli Elezra -- $355,000 2nd Abe Mosseri -- $203,000 3rd Bruno Fitoussi -- $194,000 4th Alexander Kravchenko -- $181,000 5th Barry Greenstein -- $175,000 6th Phil Ivey -- $175,000 7th Allen Cunningham -- $171,000 8th Andy Bloch -- $170,000 9th Scotty Nguyen -- $165,000 10th Gavin Smith -- $165,000 Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 03:04:50 AM Meanwhile Bill Chen took a pot off Max Pescatori at the end of the last round I was watching pre server-hiccup, betting after his final downcard came giving him ? ? ? Ac 2d Kc 6c
Max called the 2,400, but handed over the pot when he was shown Ahrt Th and what was probably the Kd although I was standing a table's length away and my eyesight isn't what it was. Plus I was distracted by the following: Mike Matusow, clearly having just won something he shouldn't have, saying, "See how skilful it was for me to hit that case Ace on the river? I'm playing my C game don't worry... _______________________________________________ O Just been watching the effortlessly smooth Bruno Fitoussi get cheerfully involved in pot after pot of the Omaha 8/b, first getting Chip Reese to pass on the turn with the board reading Th 7h 7d 2c, but showing him his hand after he passed - I glimpsed the A-A-3-x, then winning the next pot, also on the turn. Not showing that one. I wonder if that's his favourite H.O.R.S.E. game - I am sure they all have their preferred and least preferred rounds: does anyone actually like Razz? Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 03:08:58 AM They've just announced that the H.O.R.S.E. tournament is now going on dinner break. Does that mean a hotdog, a plastic cup of lukewarm Pepsi and a 20 minute power nap on a bench in the hall? No - not for those who pay $50k for one tournament - these high-rolling all-rounders get a complimentary trip to the steakhouse. For two hours. That probably includes four courses, after dinner cigars and a 20 minute power nap on a bench in the hall.
Back at 9pm US time - that's 5am UK time (eek!) - hope some of you insomniacs will join us for more... Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 05:24:43 AM The blinds are now 1,600 and 3,600 and we're on Razz. Looks like Eli Elezra is still your chip leader:
1st Eli Elezra -- $375,000 2nd Bruno Fitoussi -- $215,000 3rd Abe Mosseri -- $203,000 4th Sherkhan Farnood -- $188,000 5th Alexander Kravchenko -- $181,000 6th Barry Greenstein -- $175,000 7th Phil Ivey -- $175,000 8th Allen Cunningham -- $171,000 9th Andy Bloch -- $170,000 10th Phil Hellmuth Jr. -- $168,000 courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 05:34:32 AM R
Nice pot for the Duffster! John Duthie = ? ? 2d 4h 9s 6h Toto Leonidas = ? ? 5d Ac 6c Td Duthie bets 3.6k, Toto calls. Final card dealt, Duthie bets out again, Toto calls. Duthie shows 2s 5h 7h to take the pot. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 05:42:36 AM The board reads 143 players on 18 tables with an average stack of 103,496.
I couldn't see Johnny Chan on my last outing, so it looks like one of the many legends playing today has bitten the dust. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 05:56:19 AM S
David Grey = ? ? Ks Qh 8s Tuan Le = ? ? 2s 2c Qd Grey bets 3.6k, Le calls. Grey = 4s Le = 5d Greay bets 3.6 again, Le calls. Grey then bets 3.6k (although he shoved in a brown chip and announced a bet of 25k), but this time Le folded. ---------------- To prove that the price of poker has gone up, Patrick Bueno is struggling with just 39,400, after losing a chunky pot to well-respected cash game pro, David Oppenheim. Oppenheim was showing Ts 6h and Bueno Aspades Qd. The Frenchman bets, and the American called. Next cards out were Ad for Oppenheim and 7d for Bueno. This time it's Oppenheim leading the way, Bueno calling the 3.6k. Final face up card is an Ahrt and 9h respectively. Bueno bets out what is currently showing as Ace high, but Oppenheim makes it 7.2k, which Bueno hesitantly called. Cards dealt face down, and Bueno check-folds to a bet, but the hand on a whole cost his a decent amount. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 06:04:59 AM R
Carlos Mortensen and Bon Phan play a hand against each other, caught from when Mortensen was showing X X 6h 7d and Phan X X Kh Ac. It was the recent WPT Final champion doing the betting, and Phan stayed with him all the way. On 6th street Carlos Mortensen had X X 6h 7d Aspades Ad vs. X X Kh Ac 6d 6s. He bet the final street without looking, but Bon Phan called revealing his Td 4c 5c and taking the pot. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 06:08:47 AM Top of the poker pops courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com
1st Eli Elezra -- $400,000 2nd Allen Cunningham -- $230,000 3rd Alexander Kravchenko -- $221,000 4th Bruno Fitoussi -- $215,000 5th Abe Mosseri -- $204,200 6th Sherkhan Farnood -- $188,000 7th Barry Greenstein -- $175,000 8th Erick Lindgren -- $170,300 9th Erik Seidel -- $170,200 10th Phil Hellmuth Jr. -- $168,000 And here are a few more chip counts: Erik Seidel -- 129,400 Victor Ramdin -- 129,400 Howard Lederer -- 85,300 Jim Betchel -- 47,400 David Skalnsky -- 89,500 John Duthie -- 68,500 Jennifer Harman -- 75,500 Chris Ferguson -- 75,000 Mickey Appleman -- 128,500 Justin Bonomo -- 98,500 Phil Laak -- 143,500 Tony G -- 76,500 Mark Vos -- 36,300 I had to exlude a few as it was too difficult to state their count with considerable affirmation due to poor lighting, badly designed chips, dodgy colour choices, etc. 25k is a hell figure if I miscount just one of those browny pink chips. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 06:28:28 AM Bad news
Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 06:46:03 AM Isabelle Mercier -- 89,200
Ted Forrest -- 138,100 Todd Brunson -- 107,500 David Oppenheim -- 200,700 David Singer -- 100,700 Michael Mizrachi -- 62,400 Mike Sexton -- 40,200 Kirk Morrison -- 77,800 Phil Ivey -- 203,800 Dewey Tomko -- 141,200 Mike Wattel -- 89,900 Rob Hollink -- 122,300 Noah Jefferson -- 76,800 Kristy Gazes -- 130,200 David Grey -- 143,000 David Levi -- 89,400 Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 07:04:03 AM H
Watching Limit Hold'Em is easier for us to follow, but doesn't seem to create as much action as you might expect. I did notice that Howard Lederer is struggling after being check-raised off a 9d Jd 8c Flop by Sam Farha. The Professor is currently tootering along with a vulnerable but no-need-to-panic-just-yet 60,800. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 07:08:23 AM H
Elezra marches on! Flop = Kd 8s 3h Elezra bets 2k, Hassan Habib makes it 4k, Elezra calls. Turn = 8d Both players check, Habib rather tentatively as if suspicious of Elezra. River = 3s Elezra bets 4k, Habib calls, Elezra wins with Queens. Nice value bet. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 07:10:40 AM H
Rob Hollink is finding life difficult, passing ferociously (those cards flew into the muck) after David Williams check-raises him on 7c 5c 9d Flop. Williams laughs and reveals Pocket Nines. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 07:12:16 AM H
And after getting on for 12 hours, I witnessed my first all-in! It was a big blind A-Q getting it all in on the fourth bet preflop against A-7 and doubling up. I was still excited to see some cards on their backs and admit hung there like a vulture. I think Charles Lehr was the doubler-upper with the cutoff rag-ish Ace, but he's probably not bothered about that now because he won an enormous pot soon thereafter. It looks like this particular table may have been a bit dominated by Scotty Nguyen, however, who looks like he has over 180k. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 07:22:26 AM E
I forgot to mention that before the most recent game change I was kind of resting my feet standing still in front of the Patrik Antonius table. The statuesque Finn was coolly winning hand after hand of the game, the last one I watched being one where having bet until his board showed X X 5c 2s 5s 2h, against a showing of X X Qs 8d 4h 8h, at which point he check called. A good thing clearly happened for him on the river, as he scooped that pot revealing his down 6c 3h 4d... At which point a certain couple of young Dutch players on the rail shouted: "You're our hero, Patrik!" They received the same quiet treatment as everyone else, but I'm sure he was grinning inside, at least a little bit. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 07:36:21 AM The game is now turning to 2k/4k limit Omaha 8/b... after a brief break. We are looking probably at another couple of hours of play tonight, but we're not sure of anything yet. The last hold'em round I saw Thor Hansen take down a good couple of pots, once with a pocket paint pair (I tell you, my distance vision is really shaky). Also Thien Phan re-raised from the small blind after Bill Chen raised in the cutoff, and proceeded to bet out every street, until with the board Tc 4h Jh 2d Qs his river bet saw off his opponent without showdown.
Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 07:47:04 AM O
Raisy daisy hand between Ade Mosseri and Erik Seidel. Flop = Ac 7d 6c Abe bets 2k, MB calls, Erick raises to 4k, Abe re-raises to 6k, MB folds, Erik calls. Turn = Qc Abe checks, Erik bets 4k, Abe makes it 8k, Erik calls. River = 9d Abe check calls 4k, Erik scoops with 3d Jc 2h Tc. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 07:55:20 AM Courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com
1st Eli Elezra -- $427,000 2nd Bruno Fitoussi -- $310,000 3rd Gavin Smith -- $237,000 4th Alexander Kravchenko -- $235,000 5th Toto Leonidas -- $224,000 6th Scotty Nguyen -- $215,000 7th Allen Cunningham -- $198,000 8th Phil Hellmuth Jr. -- $192,000 9th David Oppenheim -- $191,000 10th Matthew Hawrilenko -- $190,000 Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 08:09:22 AM Oh, and I was just about to stun everyone with my chip count coup that Bruno Fitoussi was probably chip leader, or close, with 300k. Well, did you know he'd just moved tables as the second one of the evening was broken? Next to John Juanda? He has, giving a noncommital modest shrug when I gave him the stack-counting-thumbs-up.
I was entirely wrong about the predicted finish of tonight - it's actually at the end of this level, which is Razz, in about 15 minutes' time...they don't make the $50k H.O.R.S.E.rs run a marathon, just a five-day jog. Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on June 25, 2007, 08:30:49 AM And with that, the poker referee has blown his final whistle, and we're done for the night. It's been an odd day, as the HORSE tends to be, but an interesting experience nonetheless. I believe we lost around 15 players today, which is a big difference to the 2 we lost on Day 1 of last year. If you want to learn more about that, then it's certainly worth reading Daniel Negreanu's blog where he comments about the structure of this weeks 50k event.
Anyhow, I believe the chip counts (or hope) will arrive in my inbox as soon as they are available, but until then, check out these top 10 chip counts from worldseriesofpoker.com... 1st Eli Elezra -- $520,000 2nd Bruno Fitoussi -- $360,000 3rd David Oppenheim -- $270,000 4th Gavin Smith -- $237,000 5th Alexander Kravchenko -- $235,000 6th Barry Greenstein -- $231,000 7th Toto Leonidas -- $224,000 8th Scotty Nguyen -- $215,000 9th Darrell Dicken -- $200,000 10th Erik Seidel -- $190,000 Title: Re: WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on June 25, 2007, 08:35:37 AM ;stickaforkinme;
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