WSOP MAIN EVENT: DAY 1B - Interactive

[NoflopsHomer]

There's a queue as long as the Strip now to get into the 'Amazon Room' as it's called. God knows why, there's very little space for the audience and not much to see and no flash pictures are allowed, but still they queue.

Chip counts courtesy of Worldseriesofpoker.com

Tim Duckworth -- 46,250
Robert Cheung -- 42,075
Justin Bonomo -- 41,000
Ylon Schwartz -- 38,000   
Joe Sebok -- 34,000
David Einhorn -- 33,700
Kirk Morrison -- 33,000
Berry Johnston -- 32,000
Doug Kim -- 32,000      
David Oppenheim -- 32,000   

Simon Trumper is down to the felt after his Kings were no good on a K-J-J-9-5 board against Jacks, that one must have hurt.

EPT Monte Carlo runner-up Marc Karam lets go of a re-raised pot preflop after his opponent bet 4,900 on the turn of a board, after Marc had previously check-called his 2,500 bet on the flop.

Speaking of giving up on the turn, Mateyboy 1 bets 6,200 on the turn of an board only for Mateyboy 2 to move all-in. MB1 agonises and then mucks what looked like ....

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Once more into the breach, and like Tom of Antes Up who looked like Gandalf with his long camera tripod, I too was looking for a ring, a ring of requested players that included Maurice Kenter, Kevin O’Leary and Simon Stocken, and whilst I’m not sure if I’ve found the latter (pls confirm from top photo), I’ve definitely tracked down the former two.

With just 9.5k ad his stack sliced in half, the colourful Mr O’Leary isn’t a happy bunny, complaining of “5 people on his table” not being able to fold hands. He also mumbled something about Jacks versus Kings, and running into a flush draw that hit, so it appears as though it was in dribs and drabs rather than one big hit.

While American Maurice Kenter is similarly struggling with 14,275 (as is Harry Briggs on 15k), Dusk Till Dawn’s Kevin O’Connell is moving in the right direction, his 31k stack bringing him a new found confidence, although even he would confess to suffering from WSOP fatigue. Kevin is sharing a table with Johan Storakers (17.5k) and Evelyn Ng (28.5k) – lucky him!

In other news, I spotted Gutshotter David Buckle who hasn’t been doing anything too drastic, unlike WPT final tabler Mike Wattel, who exited the cardroom saying “f*** this” with a face that looked like a smacked bottom. Also spotted John Duthie, Sam Grizzle, Noah Boeken, David Murray, Jeff Lisandro, Juha Helppi, Viicky Coren, Howard Lederer, Age Spets, Erik Seidel and Tomas Brolin on my travels, the latter finally finding a sport/activity where he doesn’t have to move around too much.

Keith Hawkins also nipped me for my $20 Fantasy Poker League payment that was overdue. With only a few events needed and my score lacking on digits, I wasn’t overly keen, especially when I need all my picks to final to even stand a chance of winning. Sat next to Karin Lundgren (25k), The Camel has his head just above water after running a set of twos into a Turned set of Queens, before winning a Kings vs. Queens confrontation.

Another Brit, Phil Green of Birmingham, has 31k: “Aaah, not too much has happened. I’ve been nibbling, a couple of Ace Kings and a pair of Kings, no big hands.

Finally, I don’t like to throw too many Mateyboy anecdotes your way, especially Mateyboy squared scenarios, but this one was a corker.

Mateyboy #1 =

Mateyboy #2 =

All-in pre-flop.

Board =

Naughty me for laughing!

[Sheriff Fatman]

Final Chip Counts From Day 1A, courtesy of Snoopy, who was having problems posting them:
         
Table    Seat   Name   Hometown   Chip Count
24   6   Tinten Olivier   Paris, France   270,500
49   2   John Dutchak   Tampa, FL   209,600
45   6   Stephen Austin   LaQuinta, TX   205,000
22   3   Michael Tureniec   Solna, Sweden   203,900
55   3   Aurelio Arcano   Deer Park, WA   166,000
44   9   Kitai Davidi   Brussels, Belgum   164,700
4   5   Scott Yeates   Onchan, Isle of Man   163,200
16   2   Dane Lomas   San Diego,    161,800
3   8   Andrius Tapinas   Vilnius, Lithuania   159,100
10   5   Alex Michaels   Edison, NJ   155,500
11   5   Adam Weiss   Hartsdale, NY   151,400
47   4   Cyrus Farzad   Los Angeles,    150,000
33   6   Adam "Admo" Richardson   San Diego,    149,700
50   3   Tuan Lam   Kitchener, ON, Canada   148,400
51   1   Andras Kovacs   Falkenberg, Sweden   145,900
7   5   Matt Shepsky   Skokie, IL   145,400
56   9   Alexander Dietrich   Voelklingen   142,400
24   9   Jeff Weiss   Davie, FL   142,000
41   3   Casey Chldress   Dallas, TX   142,000
8   1   Francis Cagney   Laguna Niguel,    133,100
18   4   Ronald Crosswell   Hanford   130,100
21   7   Ray Henson   Houston, TX   128,000
46   2   Lars Bonding   Fairfax, VA   128,000
41   5   Kevin han   San Jose,    127,000
40   7   Justin Rollo   Boston, MA   125500
49   4   Mark Cole   Naples, Florida   125,100
20   7   Stevem Jacobs   Philadelphia, PA   124,700
5   5   Ricky Rodriguez   Ventura,    124,300
18   3   Joseph Fallows   Broomall, PA   123,700
48   9   Daniel Tarnopol   San Mateo,    121,800
32   7   Julian Gardner   Manchester, England   120,900
28   1   Brandon Adams   Cambridge, MA   120,400
42   3   James Williams   Albuquerque, NM   120,000
8   6   Jason Peed   Topeka, KS   119,600
49   5   Tom Lanham   Belton, TX   118900
8   8   Alan Schein   Miami, FL   117,500
51   3   Ismail Yilmaz   Danmark   116,300
34   6   Edgar Montero   Bakersfield,    116000
17   6   Ken Evanowski   Las Vegas, NV   115,400
51   8   Randall Amiel   Coconut Creek, FL   113,900
46   9   Kenny Rundh   Kartstad, Sweden   113,700
20   3   Scott Watkins   Henderson, KY   113,200
11   7   Brock Parker   Silver Spring, MD   110,500
10   7   Deborah Hinton   Odessa, TX   110,100
49   7   Kevan Casey   Houston, TX   109,400
55   7   Todd Lundwall   Scottsdale, AZ   109,200
4   6   Conor Tate   Lurgan, Ireland   109,000
27   5   Matthew Stout   Atlantic City, NJ   108,400
23   8   Marty Wolf   Valencia,    107,100
42   7   Allan King   San Diego,    107,000
49   1   Rick Barabino   New York, NY   106,800
14   8   Cohen Claude   Paris, France   106,000
22   9   John Reed   San Antonio, TX   105,200
48   2   Cory Carroll   Halifax, NS   105,100
3   9   Deb Blair   Tuscon, AZ   104,400
32   8   Luis Velador      104,100
2   2   Dirk Schweigofer   Rinteln, Germany   103,700
31   3   Christian Togsverd   Copenhagen, Denmark   103,700
22   6   Yakov Hirsch   Brooklyn, NY   102,300
13   4   Steve Miranda   Burlingame   102,300
4   7   Michael Homony      100,400
56   7   Billy Baxter   Las Vegas, NV   99,400
48   6   Robert Hovah   Manassas, VA   98,200
9   5   Ted Leva   Houston, TX   97,600
48   7   Joe Beever   Hendon, London   97,400
13   1   James Lewis   Washington, IN   97,200
5   2   Sebag Georges   Tourville-sur-Arques, France   96,600
47   8   Gabriel Alarie   Montreal   95,900
25   1   Kristof Harris   League City, TX   95,300
22   7   Steven Prentky   Las Vegas, NV   94,700
56   4   Jim Kasputis, Jr.   Rockford, IL   94,400
15   3   Keith Ogren   Windham, NH   93,800
4   3   Barry Greenstein   Rancho Pales Verdes,    93,600
24   1   Pierre Guenette   Quebec City, QC, Canada   93,100
18   2   Farzad Bonyadi   Los Angeles,    92,900
29   4   Ian McDonald   Woodhall, Spain   92,700
36   6   John Svorick   Irvine,    92,700
14   1   Dwayne Moyers   Soutlake, TX   92,300
16   5   Michael Bakke   Ashland, OR   90,800
25   2   Daniel Elizondo   Monterrey, Mexico   90,700
7   1   Alvin Zeidenfeld   Los Angeles,    90,400
19   4   Michael Watson   St. Johns, NL   90,000
3   4   Yuri Bokkel   Tillburg, Netherlands   89,700
46   1   Viet Nguyen   Houston, TX   87,400
16   7   Marc Fratter   McKinney, TX   87,200
50   5   Armand Kurth   Middletown   86,300
18   5   Mickey Seagle   Marion, NC   84,700
55   2   Richard Crowell   Scottsdale, AZ   84,100
1   2   Andre Boyer   Acton Vale   83,500
54   8   Brian Senie   Westport, CT   82,300
39   3   Mike Giordano      81900
47   3   David Names   San Ramon,    81,100
38   9   John Smith   La Habra Heights    81,000
47   2   Fritz Bogausch   Osteen, FL   80,900
20   4   Mark Bryan   Irvine,    80700
42   6   Ivan Gannitski   St. Petersberg, FL   80,100
51   7   Jim Feist   Las Vegas, NV   79,800
2   1   Russell Kamer   Katonah, NY   79,500
36   8   Guy Edri   Givatym, Israel   79,500
5   8   Richard Fong   Toronto, ON, Canada   79,200
45   2   Don Dizon   Los Angeles,    79000
24   5   John Magill   Ballymena, UK   78,400
34   7   Stephen Weir   Jacksonville, FL   77,900
17   4   Hilbert Shirey   Winter Haven, FL   77,700
26   8   Jeff Madsen   Los Angeles,    76,100
27   8   Neil Chriss   New York, NY   76,100
49   8   Bennahmias Grancois   New York   75,600
10   2   Anthony Newman   Brooklyn, NY   75,300
15   6   Scott Epstein   Las Vegas, NV   75,000
45   5   Amir Lehavot   San Francisco,    75000
42   1   Phillip Castrvita   Glendora,    74,300
3   6   Henning Granstad   Lillestrom, Norway   74,100
27   2   James Davis   East Windsor, NJ   73,700
54   6   Doug Carreri   Sterling Heights, MI   72900
7   7   Mark Teltscher   London, UK   72,700
10   8   Smauel Bekerian   Sherman Oaks,    72500
22   4   Robert Ford   Johnstown, PA   71,900
5   7   Jason Heidema   San Francisco,    71,900
21   3   Paul Hersleth   Oslo, Norway   71,700
1   6   Scott O'Reilly   Torquay, England   71,400
13   9   Don Mullis   Mooresville, NC   70,900
44   2   Dan Owen   Napa,    70,400
28   2   Jac Arama   London, UK   70,200
8   3   David Farber   Heathrow, FL   69,800
10   4   Brad Garrett   Malibu,    69,400
38   7   Aaron Potter   Featon, MI   68,900
56   3   Jonathan Fhal   Paris, France   68,900
16   6   Penh Lo   Mankato, MN   68,800
47   6   Antonio Cauczza   Huntington Station, NY   68,800
36   5   Karga Holt   Atlanta, GA   68,600
41   7   Huck Seed      67,500
33   1   Raymond Rahme   South Africa   67,400
41   4   Adam Kliebert   Houston, TX   67,300
1   3   Minh Ly   Las Vegas, NV   67,000
31   9   James Gorham   Los Angeles,    66,700
44   7   Don Gala   Flagstaff, AZ   66,700
11   1   Paul Lindsey   Colorado Springs, CO   66,600
50   8   Tom Gity   North Providence, RI   66,500
24   2   Daniel Snowden   Arkansas City, Kansas   66,000
22   8   Liukku Kimmo   Kotka   65,900
12   7   Joseph Gotlieb   Hollywood, FL   65,600
8   5   Keith Gipson   Las Vegas, NV   65,100
46   5   Dennis Frederick   Philadelphia, PA   64,900
53   2   Steven Lynch   Aberdeen, Scotland   64,700
15   7   Alberto Romero   Tampa, FL   64,500
32   1   Jeffrey Nairin   West Hills,    64,100
16   8   Johnny Lodden   Jorpeland, Norway   64,000
12   4   Loi Tran   Irvine,    63,500
33   4   Terry Jacobs   Hindman, KY   63,500
50   1   Steven Thornton   Irving, TX   63,300
19   8   Glen Chorny   Waterloo, ON   63,100
30   8   David Wesson   Granbury, TX   62,600
53   9   Ang Pang Leng   Singapore   62,600
12   6   Lamar Wilkinson   Pacheco,    62,300
19   6   Gary Deardorff   Lee's Summit, MO   62,300
47   7   Robert Kovar   Toronto, ON   61,900
32   3   Michael Leahy   Fairview, NJ   60,900
51   4   Raymond Davis   Commerce,    60,300
30   5   Andor Daroczi   Budapest, Hungary   60,200
54   4   Lou Merlola   Fort Myers, FL   60,200
47   9   Oliver Rowe   Ancaster   60,200
27   4   Matthew Hilger   Atlanta, GA   60,000
24   3   Genci Hehu   Miami Beach, FL   59,700
13   6   Holly Bogausch   Osteen   59,600
45   3   Mars Lilia   Gothenburg   59,600
49   3   Peter Willers Jepsen   Copenhagen, Denmark   59,600
31   8   Jonathan Iacovelli   Philadelphia, PA   59500
2   6   Andrew Cohen   Las Vegas, NV   59,300
34   4   Cancer Outlaw   Sumter, SC   59,200
11   8   Robert Beck   Slidell, LA   58,600
20   5   Justin Kyriakides   London, UK   58,300
28   4   Saleem Tawil   Austin, TX   57,900
7   3   Ken Dickenson   Cypress, TX   57,900
45   4   Jeremie Carr   Atlanta, GA   57,800
23   4   Scott C Ehlermann   Wildwood, MD   57700
38   1   Phil Lifschitz   Livingston, NJ   57,700
4   4   Miles Dooley   Austin, TX   57,300
15   8   Dave Golder   Highland,    57,000
29   3   Javier Mendoza   Santa Ana,    56,900
30   4   Duane Harrell   Cloverdale,    56,900
42   8   Lee Markholt   Eatonville, WA   56,800
33   3   Christopher Becker   Mission Viejo,    56200
20   6   Frank List   Netherlands   56,100
40   9   Aaron Goulthard   Waterloo, ON   56,000
31   5   Radhames Vargas   Brooklyn, NY   55,900
12   3   Chris Crilly   San Clemente,    55,800
19   1   John Kroshus   Calgary, AL, Canada   55,800
29   9   Scott Mayfield   Grants Pass, Oregon   55,100
39   4   Daniel Germano   Las Vegas, NV   54,700
17   5   Matt Sterling   Brownstown, IN   54,700
9   7   Bob Laoria   West Haven, CT   54,700
48   1   Jeff Rogers   Russell, ON, Canada   54,300
23   3   Jerry Schlicting   Sykesville, MD   53,500
9   8   Suleiman Abueid   Chicago, IL   53,200
26   3   Jimmy Tran   Las Vegas, NV   53,200
55   5   Irving Lorenzo   New York   53,200
23   9   Willie Than   London, UK   53,000
8   9   Aurelien Guiglini   London   52,900
4   9   Raudy Holland   Los Angeles,    52,900
23   5   Henrik Bodholdt   Playa Potrero   52,500
31   6   Damian Perry   Columbia City   52,300
39   9   Peter Hill   Chicago, IL   52,200
15   9   Roy Winston   Brooklyn, NY   52,000
44   3   Gary Ringhofer   Las Vegas, NV   52,000
53   6   Dan Yaffe   Tel-Aviv   52,000
51   5   Jack Flanigan   Tybee Island, GA   51,900
55   1   Can Hua   Las Vegas, NV   51,700
25   4   Patrick Jackson   San Jose,    51,200
6   3   Samir Zoudo   Modesto,    51,200
15   4   Bill Babecy   Victoria, BC Canada   51,100
46   4   Paulo Carrillo   Caracas, Venezuela   51,000
8   2   Zanitti Beat   Zurich, Switzerland   51,000
18   1   Kia Hamadani   Los Angeles,    50,900
42   2   Jeff Burdeen   Providence, RI   50,900
44   5   George Dolofan   Miami, FL   50900
33   7   Martin Olusegun   London, England   50,300
9   9   John Spadavecchia   Lighthouse Point, FL   50,100
35   4   Eric Strong   Brooklyn, NY   49,700
19   9   Travis Nelson   La Quinna,    49,700
33   9   Per Hildebrand   Stockholm, Sweden   49,600
6   9   Paul Chakbazoi   Las Vegas, NV   49,600
14   4   Brian Spradun   Houston, TX   49,200
21   2   Yoon Kim   Milwaukee, WI   49,100
40   5   Larry Dragon   New Castle, CO   48,800
41   9   Chris Cobb   Albuquerque, NM   48,800
56   6   David Cheitel   White Plains, NY   48,800
9   3   Michael Whitton   Hilton Head Island, SC   48,300
15   2   Lowell Sharron   Santa Monica,    48,000
53   4   Daniel Burke   Denver, CO   47,800
6   8   Metin Aantar      47,800
19   2   Aaron Eckhart   Lake Havasu City, AZ   47,500
39   6   Marcos Simon   Sao Paulo, Brazil   47,400
40   3   Kailing Li   Las Vegas, NV   47,400
29   8   Kenny Holzer   Atlanta, GA   47,200
14   5   Dmitry Temkin   Fort Lauderdale, FL   46,800
35   8   Steven Seidman   San Diego,    46,700
44   4   Christoper Taylor   Frederick, MD   46,500
56   2   Sam Bernstein   Englewood, NJ   46,000
32   9   Salomon Cohen   Caracas, Venezuela   45,700
23   2   Pablo Zarnicki   Buenes Aires, Argentina   45,600
21   6   Daniel Harmetz   Sacramento,    45,400
16   9   Jorge Walker   Cerritos,    45,400
2   4   Kurt Fraser   Schaumburg, IL   45,400
53   1   Haeberlin Julien   Paris, France   45,000
45   8   Seng Saephan   Visalia   45,000
54   3   Brian Hearn   Los Angeles,    45,000
22   5   Brandon Greenhaw   Eastland, TX   44,800
54   1   Adam Minnella   Thunder Bay, Canada   44,700
3   5   Aditya Agarwal   Philadelphia, PA   44,600
44   6   Boynjor Valdimatsson   Reykjauik, Iceland   44,500
33   5   Barry Dubose   Beaumont, TX   44400
35   6   Rob Moore   Pacific Palisades,    44,300
48   4   Lasse Aspen Melby   Nybergsund   43,900
49   6   Phi Tran   Stockton,    43,900
25   3   Bill Campbell   Jupiter, FL   43,600
7   9   Samuel Ling   Gothenburg, Sweden   43,600
9   4   Roger Lu   Newport Beach,    43,500
11   2   Vincent Crooks   San Luis Obispo,    43,400
46   6   Fernandez Leonardo   Las Vegas, NV   43,400
51   9   David Goldberg   Margate, NJ   43,300
12   8   Adam King   Mt Pleasant, SC   43,200
17   8   Paul Zarcadoolas   Ocean Ridge   43,200
36   2   Robert Thompson, Jr.   Allenstown, NH   43,100
35   2   George Kopp   Balt, MD   43,000
55   9   Kenny Tran   Arcadia,    42,800
5   1   Ryan Brown   Roswell, GA   42,700
54   9   Jeffrey Lowenhar   Las Vegas, NV   42,300
12   1   Billy Ragatz   Orlando, FL   42,200
9   1   Brian Hollywood   Pasadena, MD   42,100
23   6   Nathan Lewis   Adelaide, Australia   42,100
13   7   David Kim   Las Vegas, NV   41,900
32   2   Ron Bressinger   Poway,    41,400
46   8   Mike Lovelace   Murfreesboro, TN   41,300
25   8   Richard Burns   Rancho Sante Fe,    41,100
32   6   Josh Templeton   Rossville, GA   41,000
56   5   Yuval Bronshtein   Atlanta, GA   41,000
28   8   Badih Bounahra   Belize City   40,700
28   9   Jeff Littlefield   Greenville, TX   40,700
7   2   Chris Bjorin   London, UK   40,700
18   6   Brian Cospolich   New Orleans, LA   40,100
42   4   Robert Stoll   San Francisco,    40,000
44   1   Greg Nunley   Tulare,    39,900
46   3   Tony Lee   Laguna Hills,    39,500
20   8   Russell Solomon   St. Clair Shores   39,500
24   4   Edward Nassif   Ames, IA   39,500
36   3   Paul Goldberg   Johns Island, SC   39,000
54   5   David Hasson    Shanghai   39,000
14   6   Roger Jensen   Reiser, OR   38,600
27   3   Petter Andersson   Linkoping, Sweden   38,500
39   2   Roger Tichenor   Sarasota, FL   38,300
50   6   Bradley Libson   Annapolis, MD   38,200
55   6   Keith Sexton   Dayton, OH   38,200
25   9   Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf   Los Angeles,    38,100
6   7   Chris Lovelace   Brandon, MS   38,100
15   5   Ed Hansen   Tustin,    37900
38   3   Joan Sorkjsjan   San Diego,    37,800
20   1   Craig Duffy   Gold Coast, Australia   37,600
41   1   Hal Sutlieff   London, England   37,600
27   6   Holger Vanisch   Boppard, Germany   37,500
1   7   Mathew Graham   New Orleans, LA   37,400
35   1   Doug Silverman   New York, NY   37200
40   8   David Cowan   Toronto, ON   37,100
51   2   Max Miyamoto   Humble, TX   37,000
6   5   Andrew Greenberg   Tampa, FL   37,000
48   3   Ronald Hertel   Camarillo,    36,800
54   2   William Pilossoph   Pittsburgh, PA   36,600
19   7   Karim Vegas   Brookline   36,500
44   8   Ed Jordan   Belle Mead, NJ   36,300
25   7   Will Leffingwell   Houston, TX   36,100
9   6   Al Adler   Bakersfield,    35,300
1   9   Alan Hart   Yuma, AZ   35,100
36   1   Mark Vronskiy   Saint Petersburg, Russia   35,100
50   4   Jesse Kirchner   Charleston, SC   34,900
3   7   Randal McLoughlin   Denver,CO   34,100
33   2   David Cai   Los Angeles,    34,000
47   5   Anton Nikaj   Putnam Valley, NY   34,000
21   7   Steven Cowley   Richmond, VA   33,900
29   1   Peter Christensen   Northfield, MN   33,700
2   3   Gary Friedlander   Bellaire, TX   33,500
42   5   James Griffith   Colonial Heights, VA   33400
39   7   Randy Clanton   Hermitage, Ark   33,300
30   3   Randall Brueckner   Acton, MA   33,100
10   1   Jeremy Brown   Brooklawn, NJ   33,000
36   7   John Arden   Hemet,    32,800
53   8   Leo Bernick   Washington, MI   32,800
26   9   Vachagan Zakarian   North Hollywood,    32,700
31   2   Richard Wild   Manchester, England   32,500
12   9   Robert Zack   Metuchow, NJ   32,400
47   1   Ewan Morgan   Melbourne, Australia   32300
5   6   Demitriy Shilnikov   Katy, TX   32,200
19   5   Travis Quinlan   New Britain, CT   32,000
18   7   Georges Yazbeck   Beirut, Lebanon   31,700
50   9   Shane Douglas   Priest River, ID   31,600
4   1   Andrew Brokos   Baltimore, MD   31,100
5   3   Jorge Arias   Caracas, Venezuela   30,800
53   5   Joe Simmons      30,700
24   8   Kiaran McLaughlin   Garden City, NY   30,200
16   4   Pete De Best   Yorba Linda,    30,100
7   4   William Arnold   Dallas, TX   30,100
22   1   Buddy Lavassani   Burbank,    29,900
28   5   Ronald Lee   Brooklyn, NY   29,900
50   7   Eric Lida   Miami, FL   29,700
4   8   Michael Leah   Las Vegas, NV   29,500
39   1   Tim Holt   Solomons Island, MD   29,400
12   2   Alan Hance   Bakersfield,    29,300
14   3   James Kirvin   West Palm Beach, FL   29,300
8   7   Max Killingsworth   Henderson, NV   29,200
41   2   Andy Slater   Miami, FL   29,100
56   1   Gary Burchfield   Key West, FL   29,100
40   6   Clyde Rice   New Bern, NC   28,800
35   9   Joanne Monteavaro   Bronx, NY   28,600
30   2   Jason Myers   Aliso Viejo,    28,500
34   3   Charlie Ng   Las Vegas, NV   28,500
35   3   Tom Schneider   Scottsdale, AZ   27900
21   4   Tom Pacelli   Latham, NY   27,300
51   6   G. Frank Ramsey   Pikeville, KY   26,500
45   7   Gavin Priestley   Cardiff, UK   26,400
41   8   Wayne Smith   Cincinnati, OH   26,100
29   7   Mikkel Askjaerfriis   Lyngby, Denmark   26,000
2   5    Whorlay   Fort Washington, MD   26000
55   4   Michael Pfeiffer   Westland, MI   26,000
21   8   Stuart Breakstone   Memphis, TN   25,900
24   7   Jose Rosenkrantz   Miami, FL   25,800
14   2   Juan Stinson   Kihei, HI   25,800
18   8   Kader Belbina   Coventry, UK   25,800
17   9   Jeff Odom   Huntley, IL   25,600
29   2   Matthew Molinari   New York, NY   25,600
3   1   Michael Kennedy   Joplin, MO   25,600
36   4   Kevin Maschino   Seymour, IN   25,400
34   9   Tomislav Gusic   Mississauga, Ontario Canada   25300
17   7   Christopher McGlincher   Norwell, MA   24,700
50   2   Jerry Atkins   New York, NY   24,600
18   9   Sarkis Marashlian   Montreal, Canada   24,400
46   7   Willy Weber   Binningen, Switzerland   24,400
39   8   Isaac Galazan   Miami, FL   24,300
10   9   Chris Pietrarosso   Bloomingdale, IL   24,300
12   5   Dennis Waterman   Sedona, AZ   24,300
14   7   Tobey Maguire   Los Angeles,    24,200
27   7   Gunther Sissi   Schwabach, Germany   24,200
27   9   David Lambard   Rancho Cucamonga,    24,200
42   9   Thang Tran   Houston, TX   24,100
1   5   Steve Kuhn   Beijing, China   24,000
38   8   Brian Tracy   St. Louis, MO   23,800
10   6   Jim Hanna   Slidell, LA   23,500
56   8   Irwin Berlat   Tucson, AZ   23,400
11   6   Thang Duc Nguyen   Schenefeld, Germany   22,900
5   4   Roger Brooks   Pembroke Pines, FL   22,700
53   7   Gary Litterest   St. Genevieve, MI   22,700
21   9   Morgan Machina   Mission Viejo,    22,600
16   3   Jeremy Schwartz   Philadelphia, PA   22,500
48   5   Markus Ross   Eppstein   22,500
27   1   Stanley Statkiewicz   Itasca, IL   22,400
48   8   Christopher Lindholm   Stockholm, Sweden   22,200
31   4   Michael Shammas   Chesapeake, VA   21,800
39   5   Gerhard Mayer   Reichersthofen, Germany   21,700
45   9   Alejandro Morales   Soledad,    21,100
1   8   Thomas Pettersson   Kumla, Sweden   21,000
13   3   Brian Gray   Coral Springs, FL   20,900
21   5   Grospellier Bertrana   Bertrana   20,900
11   9   Mario Filho   Brazil   20,500
41   6   Aytac Apaydin   Monterey,    20,500
33   8   Judi Glidewell   Canyon, TX   20,300
22   2   Donald Crabtree   Mt. Juliet, TN   20,100
29   5   Brett Worton   Edmonton, Canada   19,900
26   4   Shawn Hattem   Montreal, QC, Canada   19,900
28   3   Tim Morgan   Pompano Beach, FL   19,900
38   2   Veronica Dabol   Buenos Aires, Argentina   19,700
31   1   Charles Mohler   West Palm Beach, FL   19,300
25   6   Reuben Peters   Telluride, CO   18,800
38   5   Randall L Myers   Tipp City, OH   18700
25   5   Anthony Orr   Poynette, WI   18,300
34   8   Clint Brotherton   Phoenix, AZ   18,300
7   6   Joe Tehan   Utica, NY   18,300
2   8   Micah Cade   Seattle, WA   18,200
32   5   Ryan Curry   Fresno,    17,500
29   6   Magnus Karlsson   Heredia, Costa Rica   17,500
55   8   Adrian Hanauer   Seattle, WA   17,400
20   9   Thomas Kelley   Delhi, NY   17,300
53   3   Bobby Baldwin   Las Vegas, NV   16,800
36   9   Kourken Matossian   Durarte,    16,500
26   6   Allan Newland   Carson City, NV   16,000
30   9   Johnny Sanchez   Lancaster,    16,000
28   7   Steve Flacco   Delray Beach, FL   15,800
13   2   Bruce Carter   Aurora   15,700
26   7   John Horon   Andover, MN   15700
6   6   Joe Gualtieri   Toronto, ON   15,600
16   1   Tony Cousineau   Daytona Beach, FL   15,000
11   3   Massimo DiMarco   Papasidiro, Italy   14,800
49   9   Chan Ping San Peter   Scarborough, ON, Canada   14,800
28   6   Bruce Gerstein   Boca Raton, FL   14,700
35   5   Edward Roberts   Greenbrier, AL   13,100
2   7   Roy Tselentis   Lorenskog, Norway   12,800
2   9   Ron Stanley   Henderosn, NV   12,700
13   5   Des Wilson   Nancegollan, Cornwall   12,200
54   7   Ethan Steinberg   Jackson, WY   12,100
9   2   Corey Zeidman   Coral Springs, FL   11,400
11   4   Qinghai Pan   Clarendon Hills, IL   11,000
7   7   Debbie Burkhead   Las Vegas, NV   10,800
13   8   Stephen McCann   Sydney   9,000
32   4   John Stolzmann   Madison, WI   9,000
30   1   Jonas Gram   Copenhagen, Denmark   8,900
1   1   Bill Lam   Denver, CO   5,500
38   4   Shane Smith   Albany, NY   4,500
34   5   Beqir Salihu   TX   3500
1   4   Oberbauer   Munich, Germany   2700

[Karabiner]

I like the "Ian McDonald from Woodahall Spain" (sic)

[hlmsdog]

Jen Mason Busts a Player
The small blind is all in for 2,500 with  against Jen Mason in the big blind with . The board comes  , and Mason's pocket jacks hold up to win the pot. The small blind is eliminated, and Mason increases her stack to about 29,500.pokernews.com

[booder]

GO JEN

[JacArama]

iv just simmered down now ,sick really .

the guy one behind the button raisses my blind ,i look down and find a  suited  diomonds ,i call.

flop is 2 3 5 diamonds ,nuts flush whippee,i bet he calls .

turn 4 of diamonds ,str8 flush ,now i cant possibly put him on a 6 of diomonds ,maybe a king of diamonds .

so how can i get away from this .

by the way im using jackaramas account .

never mind 100k up for the fortnight ,theres always next year.

[JacArama]

all the best barry.

[NoflopsHomer]

Break time has arrived. The blinds will go to 200/400 next level followed by dinner for two hours, which seems overly long to me. The funniest thing I've seen so far is the microphone and camera man permanently camped at Patrick Antonius side. The guy hardly ever speaks and yet they hang the boom-mic above his head as though he's about to utter a cure for cancer or something.

Jen came in during the break, and wrote a hand for me, she limped UTG with , one guy raised and she flat-called. She check/called 1500 on the K-6-x flop, and the check-called the 3k bet on a brick turn, before finally check/calling 6k on the Ace river. Combined with busting out the short stack, she now has 25k. Perhaps she should have this poster.

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I’m finding it pretty difficult today. After just 5 hours sleep last night, and 5 hours the night before, the franticness of the World Series is gradually beginning to take it’s toll. The other bracelet events are a jovial affair, but come Main Event time, the Rio becomes hustle and bustle with people pushing passed each other, the 1,300 players to update makes you reminisce of fond 7 table memories in Luton and the pressure to accrue all those vital stats for the requesting players becomes mission impossible.

However, we’re doing our very best to bring you what we can and I have turned to my ipod for aid, my Air album providing just about enough relaxation to block out the noise in the pressroom and subsequently prevent my head from exploding. If someone accidentally activated Metallica or Motorhead on my ipod then I probably would cry.

If we’ve forgotten or overlooked anyone, then please give us another poke and remind of us of who you’re following. On my last outing, I believe I managed to find (and photo) Mark Newlands, Raj Modha and Richard Mail who have 16,500, 23,500 and 32,000 respectively. If they’re not the people in the photo, then please say.

Meanwhile, one face that I am sure of is Barny Boatman’s. Unfortunately, it’s a sniffly face today after (1) having his stack halved and (2) suffering from some sort of Vegas virus. The hand that put the Hendon Mobber down to 10k was a nasty one, Barny flopping a straight but losing out to a Rivered boat. The good news is that he managed to get away as cheap as possible when his opponent attempted a trap check on the end. Barny didn’t bite.

State side, David Pham is riding high, his latest pot being a slight nerve wracking affair as his opponent attempted to outdo the renowned pro with a mere flush draw. With the board reading , Pham’s 2.3k bet was raised to 5k, to which he responded by adding another 6k with what was clearly, by now, a set. After considering his options, Mateyboy decided to go for it with his and pushed for his final stack of chips. Pham called the 9.6k and breathed a sigh of relief as the Turn and River brought black cards. As a result, Pham is up to 59k and looking more confident than Jamie Oliver in a big tongue contest.

Back to the Brits, big drinker Ben Grundy (he has three cokes under his chair – “Helps with the boredom,” he claims) has been as active as usual, managing to get up to 36k by “getting lucky and having a bluff turn into a hand”. He’s not a complete mover and shaker though, finding a pre-flop fold with Kings in Level 1. It sounds incredible, but there was plenty of raising, and Ben had invested 3k before he knew he was beat.

Top 10 chip counts courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com:

1st  Scott Bohlman -- $86,000
2nd  Scotty Nguyen -- $68,700
3rd  Daniel Makowsky -- $62,000
4th  Rep Porter -- $61,000
5th  Doug Kim -- $61,000
6th  David 'The Dragon' Pham -- $59,100
7th  Gary Benson -- $55,000
8th  Joe Sebok -- $55,000
9th Niel Channing -- $49,000
10th Montel Williams -- $46,500

Right, back to the cesspit.

[sofa----king]

all the best barry.

ul m8 i was reading it thinking bloody hell that happened to barry lol.,.,.,wp m8 you cant put him on that 6 dims.,.,.,

[kinboshi]

GO JEN

                                               GO JEN

[KingPoker]

GO JEN

                                               GO JEN

                         GO JEN

[bobby1]

iv just simmered down now ,sick really .

the guy one behind the button raisses my blind ,i look down and find a  suited  diomonds ,i call.

flop is 2 3 5 diamonds ,nuts flush whippee,i bet he calls .

turn 4 of diamonds ,str8 flush ,now i cant possibly put him on a 6 of diomonds ,maybe a king of diamonds .

so how can i get away from this .

by the way im using jackaramas account .

never mind 100k up for the fortnight ,theres always next year.

horrid Barry, good luck for the rest of the comps you play mate.

[Robert HM]

GO JEN

                                               GO JEN

                         GO JEN

GO JEN

[hlmsdog]

sorry to lower the tone......but it is nearly bedtime....................any norkage pls guys ?   

[sweepstr]

hello and thankyou for the updates.can you pls let me know if rudders is still in and how the other welsh boys are doing,esp iwan,paul curtis,mr romanello and ude.also mike bolous.gutted i wasnt there this yr .gl to you all