WSOP Main Event 2006 - Day 1b - At A Glance

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Patrik Antonius bets 7k into a several k pot (a bet which leaves very little behind)

His oppoent dwells for an age before folding to a flop.

As a result, Antonius is now on 18,500

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Mad Turk is OUT

He reraised all-in from the small blind for about 4.5k after the button had raised preflop.

Turk called the clock on his opponent and even started singing that timeless tune 'It's Now Or Never'

Eventually, MB opted for the call and flipped over

Mad Turk announced he had an Ace and showed

"Put an Ace down. Put and Ace down," demanded Turk.

Flop =

Turn =

River =

drowned at the River

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Joe Sebok is OUT

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Jeff Madsen moves all-in for around 12k on a board of . With over 10k in the pot, MB folds after a lenghty dwell.

The two time bracelet winner is now up to just under 25k

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Well, it looks as though Willie Tann may have bitten the dust.

His seat has been filled by another Mateyboy and the table seems less boyant as a result.

Meanwhile, former tablemates David Williams and Ken 'KP Nuts' Powell are still pluggin away, the latter holding something around the 30-35k region.

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Iwan Jones is OUT

The Welshman flopped two pair, but his opponent had a better two pair.

Dust firmly bitten

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Gwion Jones, a Blue Square player who qualified for $3 is up to 15,000 after being as low as 3,000 not too long ago.

In his first WSOP appearance, he managed to find a seat opposite the legendary Doyle Brunson (even took a few chips off the ol' fella)

Not bad considering there are over 8,000 players participating.

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Akshay Kumar threw a 20k bet on the river of a board rag-7-7-rag-K

MB folds, but Kumar (your current chip leader) is up to over 80k.

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Just crossed paths with Lawrence Gosney in the corridor.

I didn't realise he played today, but that was probably due to him (1) being an alternate and (2) only playing 5 hands, all of which he lost.

His final swan song was a 7-7 versus Q-Q confrontation which didn't bring him that much required set.

Anyhow, he's still in fine spirits and bracing himself for a tourney at the Bellagio.

This is only Lawrence's second appearance in the Main Event, but he's yet to win a single hand.

Maybe next year he'll rake in that elusive first pot...

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Play has resumed with blinds of 200 and 400 with a 50 ante

This will be the final Level of the Day, meaning that there are only 2 hours left

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Talked to Simon Hennessey in the break - he's up to 35,000.  "More 'slow and steady'?" I inquired.  No, came the answer.  He'd "played KK very well" to lose the minimum against an opponent who'd flopped a set, but then became so tilty that he "played K 10 really badly" to win a bigger pot.

Apparently he flopped top pair on a 10-high board, and called 2k on the flop, and 6k on the turn (when a flush draw materialised), leaving himself 15k.  His opponent thought forever on the river, and then checked, in Simon's words, "because he figured me for a good player after that Kings hand."  Simon checked behind, and ended up winning with his Tens, but according to him the right move would have been "push on the turn to not look like a donkey."

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Recently eliminated is Gwion Jones - who'd brought his stack up over 22k, but lost it all on one big hand with raising and re-raising craziness holding on a Q 2 2 board.  His opponent wasn't going for the Deuce representation, and at this late stage he's gone.

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Late night chip builder Michael Greco is up to 50k - and with the leaders not breaking 100k yet he's looking safe.
Bluesquare qualifier John Exley is the last one still in - and looks to make Day Two along with Greco.

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Norseman Anders Berg doubles up his RHS neighbour, with against (probably just what he didn't want to see the shorter stack turn over).
Board:    and at the 11th hour (well, 12th actually) he drops to 13,200.

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Other counts from the last 3-miler (less, actually, now there are only 930 players remaining):

Padraig Parkinson     28,000
Ingemar Backman     5,300
Chris Ferguson         18,300
Paul Garnham          18,000
Phil Ivey                 15,000 
Kevin Daly               38,525
Simon Hennessey     39,000

No obvious sign of*   Michael Greco, Vanessa Rousso, Davood Mermand, Mel Judah, Dave Ulliott, David Singer, Howard Lederer, Evelyn Ng.










*Could easily have escaped my blurry eyes, however.  Listed players, if you're secret blondeites, and still in, please refrain from wrathfulness.