WSOP Main Event 2006 - Day 1b - Interactive

[Djinn]

Yep they're back and there's still a loooong way to go.  In fact, the phrase 'half way through the day' keeps buzzing round my brain.

Ah well, lets go see what we can see in the main room, but first, Womble update from Ariston, in case Snoops hasn't reported it - he's "done his chips with JJ, JJ, QQ and KK - losing with them all right before the break."  All that and he was about to nip off early, then saw his 'nice' set of hands.

[snoopy1239]

Willie Tann, Akshay 'ActionAxe' Kumar, Howard Lederer, & Kevin Daly

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[snoopy1239]

Norkage A & Norkage B

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[Djinn]

I heard that Akshay has one of the leading stacks at present - c.60k, after a very good start, and then a big confrontation when he had around 30k, with another deep stack.  Unfortunately, he had KK and the other guy AA.  But the King on the flop propelled him to right up among the dinner break leaders.

[snoopy1239]

The Shrew is hovering around 15k, which is pretty impressive considering he was down to just a few k not too long ago.

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[snoopy1239]

I heard that Akshay has one of the leading stacks at present - c.60k, after a very good start, and then a big confrontation when he had around 30k, with another deep stack.  Unfortunately, he had KK and the other guy AA.  But the King on the flop propelled him to right up among the dinner break leaders.

Ashkay currently has a mighty 66,800

[snoopy1239]

Doyle Brunson has doubled up.

All-in on a board of 8-9-9-K

Doyle = 9-7, MB = A-K - both players checked the flop

[snoopy1239]

Evelyn Ng is OUT

You heard it here first!

(I hope)

[The Sweeney]

Hendry still in?

[snoopy1239]

Just spotted Padraig Parkinson (fresh - well, almost - off his 3rd place finish in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'Em).

It's amazing how you can cover an Event for 9 hours and still not realise that a certain player is at the felt.

Anyhow, here he is, and he's sitting behind a stack of 17,450



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[NoflopsHomer]

Hurrah, I made my final table... 5th from 10 atm.

[Djinn]

Congrats Noflops....

Over here we have blinds of 200/400 ante 25.  Again it looks like half the giant room has been cleared, but there must be still two-thirds of it full...so 1500 players?  Something like that.  I'll go check in a second.

But first:

Padraig Parkinson    18,250
Womble                 2,300
Michael Greco         9,600
Jeff Williams           45,000
Patrik Antonius        6,300
John Juanda           24,000
Willie Tann             11,300
Kevin Daly              13,700
Howard Lederer      13,500
Aage Spets            21,200

This last guy is on Padraig's table, and I caught him asking - "Who are you?  I recognise you..." To which Padraig replied, perhaps expectedly, "Nope, my first time." Aage also just came fourth in the $1,500 NLHE here this week, and his clear good humour is apparently permanent, and not just to do with that nice result.

[Djinn]

It rather looks as though recent exiters include Dave Colclough - Michael Greco is now sat where he was. 

[snoopy1239]

1640 players left according to the board.

M3boy -- 12,800
Bill Gazes -- 8,150
Padraig Parkinson -- 17,750
Kevin Daly -- 16,350
Phil Hilm -- 12,425
Tony Broonham -- 20,400
Mad Turk -- 8,275
Nick Whiten -- 13.050
Devilfish -- 15,450
Doyle Brunson -- 7,500
Simon Hennessy -- 20,025
David Chui -- 41,600
Steve Cass -- 10,650
Mike Caro -- 15,775
Iwan Jones -- 16,900
Mickey Appleman -- 16,700
Ashtay 'ActionAxe' -- 64,100
Chris Ferguson -- 19,400
Vanessa Rousso -- 13,450
Willie Tann -- 4,825
Annie Duke -- 9,850

[snoopy1239]

The whole room stand up to applaud...

... which means two things.

(1) Doyle Brunson is OUT

or

(2) tikay has entered the room