WPT $25,000 Final: Day 1A - Interactive

[AndrewT]

Marc Goodwin is finding life strange but rewarding at this WPT Championship final.

Currently on 70k, he first rivered a flush in a truly bizarre hand:

Raise and two calls (inc Marc) pre-flop.

Flop

Caller bet 1k, OR makes it 2k and Marc re-raised to 4k. Both players call.

Turn =

Caller bets 1k again, OR makes it 2k (again) and Marc ruins the cycle by smooth calling.

River =

Both check and fold to Marc's 13k bet with .

"The guy who'd been betting 1k each time had a set of Fours and the original raiser had Aces. Wierd hand or what?!"

A $25,000 buy-in event and people are not only betting 1K into at least a 12K pot but min-raising that bet to 2K.

*shakes head and tuts*

[snoopy1239]

Steve Zoine -- 73.5k
Marcel Luske -- 49.5k
Eli Elezra -- 52k
Tom Franklin -- 56.5k
John Cernuto -- 37.5k
David Williams -- 80k
Jess Jones -- 51.5k
Marc Goodwin -- 80k
Joe Bartholdi -- 84.5k
Vanessa Rousso -- 59k
Peter Haslam -- 49.5k
Kenna James -- 51k
Johnny Lodden -- 70.5k
JP Kelly -- 4k
Harry Demetriou -- 89.5k
John Hennigan -- 20k
Kristy Gazes -- 53k
Juha Helppi -- 58k
David Pham -- 45.5k
Barry Greenstein -- 43.5k
John Myung -- 57.5k
Jennifer Harman -- 56k
Scott Fischman -- 53k
Christian Grundtvig -- 68k
TJ Cloutier -- 32.2k
Dan Harrington -- 70k
Joe Rafferty -- 58k
Ross Boatman -- 44.5k

[Djinn]

Other counts:

John Gale    23,650
Dan Alspach  46,575
Ram Vaswani  50,650
John Juanda   60,800
Gavin Simms   53,200
Noah Boeken  35,600
Martin Wendt  53,800
Barney Boatman  65,000
Andy Black      61,850

[Chili]

Hi u 2 lucky people you.  Have you seen any sign of Praz?

[snoopy1239]

Dwayne Moyers is OUT.

Eliminated at the hands of early chip leader Anna Wrobelski.

With the board reading , Dwayne pushed in for his last 10k saying "Oh, I like you in the process."

"I've got a set," announces Anna as she reveals her Deuces to take down the pot and take out yet another player.

[Djinn]

When it's all looking slow (blinds are currently 100/200) you can always count on Phil Hellmuth to be doing or at least saying something.  Here's one I saw earlier:
He raises in early position to 1,200.  The big blind calls (Phil: "You were thinking about raising?  What, have you got a pair of Eights?") His guess was amusing considering how the board cards came - to start with:    His opponent bet out, and Hellmuth called, muttering something about A-K.
Turn:    Now Phil faced a 3k bet, saying, "Chance to be a hero Hellmuth..." and called.  No one talks about themselves in the third person with such self-assurance in England.  It's great to watch.
River:    Matey bet 5k and Phil announced, "Call!" before the chip landed on the central area of the felt.  He was shown ; his were good.

[HornswaggleU]

When it's all looking slow (blinds are currently 100/200) you can always count on Phil Hellmuth to be doing or at least saying something.  Here's one I saw earlier:
He raises in early position to 1,200.  The big blind calls (Phil: "You were thinking about raising?  What, have you got a pair of Eights?") His guess was amusing considering how the board cards came - to start with:    His opponent bet out, and Hellmuth called, muttering something about A-K.
Turn:    Now Phil faced a 3k bet, saying, "Chance to be a hero Hellmuth..." and called.  No one talks about themselves in the third person with such self-assurance in England.  It's great to watch.
River:    Matey bet 5k and Phil announced, "Call!" before the chip landed on the central area of the felt.  He was shown ; his were good.

Would you like me to speak in the 3rd person from now on?

HornswaggleU thinks this would be a great idea...

[snoopy1239]

John Hennigan is OUT. Didn't catch the hand, but I saw him leaving the table with a pile of chips sailing the other way, which is never the best of signs.

[Djinn]

Barney Boatman increases his stack by a good 13k or so:  saw him check-raising a 3k bet to 10k on a board.  He received a slow call - in contrast he announced "all-in" for his 40k or so on the river almost immediately.  This time he didn't face a long decision, but picked it up there in a matter of seconds.

[wsopin07]

Steve Zoine -- 73.5k


thats my boy

[snoopy1239]

Spotted Martin Wendt splitting a pot with Eli Eslami, Kings v Jacks but the board dealing a cruel 3-4-5-6-7 for a shared straight.

Also present on that table is Dutchman Noah Boeken.

[kinboshi]

How's Harry D getting on?

[Djinn]

Hi u 2 lucky people you.  Have you seen any sign of Praz?

He's not on the Day 1A player list (now that would just be masochistic) and so far he's not made it into the tournament area.  It's not in the actual card room, however, so there is a chance he's in there.   What a story, I am full of admiration for his gambling spirit - we'll be following him with the thumbs-up of good luck tomorrow. 

Oh, and if you ever flip a coin twice for something you were going to flip for once, you were never in two minds about the decision in the first place

[snoopy1239]

Isaac Haxton has the clock called on him, faced with a 3k River bet from Vanessa Rousso on a board of .

Isaac finally makes a very good call with to take the pot.

[snoopy1239]

A contemplative as ever John Juanda, sandwiched between Dan Alspach and Ram Vaswani with 59,500 in chips.