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

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Henning Granstad -- 8,100
Daniel Negreanu -- 45,200
Neil Channing -- 19,500
David Chavda -- 25,000
Phil Cooklin -- 3,225
John Gale -- 27,500
Steve Dannenmann -- 21,100

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TJ Cloutier is OUT.

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William Thorson is your current chip leader 77,500

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Nick Gibson's tablemate Ben 'Milkybarkid' Grundy says it's all about the slow patient wait as people seem "keen to pay you off if you hit."  He added, "I've given myself some rules today."  Things like, "No playing A10 or worse."  It looks like he needs to restrict himself to halt the looseness spawned from boredom/frustration.  That's where the two-hour levels come in - there's no need to succumb to such things when you can legitimately use the Force of Patience.  He's on 20,000.

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Average Stack = 15,478

Greg Raymer -- 11,00
Dan Samson -- 3,300
Nick Gibson -- 18,000
Mads Andersen -- 11,100
Mark Seif -- 5,675
Phil Laak -- 13,200
Lee Clifford -- 13,475
Josh Ariah -- 19,175
Paul Parker -- 6,200
Paul Barker -- 7,925
Joe Beevers -- 29,200
Stuart Nash -- 8,825

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Brian Wilson is down to 10k after paying off Jacks with Tens.

"I thought I'd gamble with him," commented a dejected 'Rookie'

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correction - Paul Parker has 6,200

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Simon Trumper -- 9,200
David Barry -- 31,475

Phil Laak calls an early position raise from the big blind. Flop comes 4-2-A (two diamonds). MB bets 3.5k, Laak folds. Down to 10,875.

Dale raises to 1.5k from the button. Limper Mark Seif dwells before folding. Up to 13,200

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About turn for Nick Gibson - well, just some slight damage, actually - just saw him playing a button-holding Matey on a board of .  Check, Matey bets what looks like a couple of thousand.  Call from Nick. 
River:    Nick checks, Matey moves in for his last 5,550 exactly (pot size around 4k).  A quick call from Nick.

Matey shows the clearly unexpected , and Nick mucks - he's down to around 17,000.

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Neil 'Bad Beat' Channing is currently on 8,775

He retold a hand in which he called a button raise from the blind with Q-J suited.

The three players involved checked the J-J-9 flop.

Mateyboy in earliy (ish) position bets 1.3k on the Ten turn and the button (original raiser) makes it 4k.

Neil decides to fold his trip Jacks, the button shows K-Q for the straight.

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Other counts from people I didn't notice the first time round (check the brutal honesty - my eyes aren't what they used to be):

David Lloyd      8,000
Richard Gryko   24,200

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It looks as though Paul Parker is OUT.

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Last year's runner-up Steve Dannenmann has been eliminated from the comp.

J-J v K-K

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I don't know about Mateyboy, Kev, but I remember somewhere back in the mists of time someone asked for a Chris Moorman update:

Saw him in the break (which I was actually using to collar players      )
He said he'd been playing against John Gale a good bit - which resulted in a loss, a tilt, and a win, like this:
He held , and raised (he raises a lot, by the way).  John Gale called.  Flop:  4 5 6, which Chris quite liked, but he check-called John's bet.  The turn brought a Jack, and this time John bet bigger, while Chris made what he called "a stubborn call, figuring the bigger bet meant he may have hit the Jack."
River:  Ace, which slowed John down with his J9.

Result:  A tilted Moorman, who raised even more.  Then another pair of Eights came his way, and John Gale called his inevitable raise.
Flop:   Chris bet out three quarters of the pot, John called.
Turn:     Again, Chris bet and got called.
River:    Now Chris checked, and got a chunky 3,600 bet from John.  Not scared of the backdoored flush, he called, and was rewarded by seeing John's losing busted flush draw - .

He's on around 18k.

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Bhups Kohli is playing today - after his success in previous events it bodes well for his rocky style this early on in the Big One... he's created a nice solid image for himself over the last six hours, and built up to 30k while doing so.

He said that earlier, "everyone was after the table maniac's chips." 
"So who got them?" I asked.
"I did!"
And how did it happen?  Well, apparently a raising-happy guy made it 250 to go (blinds 25/50) - the same raise he'd made when he'd found legitimately huge hands in the past.  Bhups had and decided to "call, and if no Queen on the flop, get out of the way." He'd already open-folded pocket Queens preflop before, so I believe this was his intention.  The big blind (chip leader) also called, and the flop came:  .

ProbableAcesMatey bet out 1,000, and not liking the chip leader being in there with those draws, Bhups raised another 3k.  The chip leader got out of the way, and Matey went for it- all in with .