WSOP Main Event

[robilaruk]

Re: WSOP Main Event semi bluff - he has a ton of outs - that is a play I would make (so maybe I can make the WSOP then!:ok ) Damo

3 minutes ago Power Poker from Scotty Nguyen Scotty Nguyen raised to 80,000 and Willie Tann called. The flop was . Tann checked, Nguyen bet 425,000-- enough to put Tann all in-- and Tann folded. Nguyen showed for the bluff.

[GaF]

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would you care to elaborate on this at all? :hope or am I out of order asking? (apologies in that case - so just delete the post Mr Mod) Damo

Last year the url of the transmission was widely available on the internet, to provide free access - I dont know if they've tightened things up this year.....

[robilaruk]

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Last year the url of the transmission was widely available on the internet' date=' to provide free access - I dont know if they've tightened things up this year.....[/quote'] cheers GaF :ok Damo

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Re: WSOP Main Event Is there anyway of knowing if it will be available in advance? It's just that i'm looking to pay the $20 PPV anyway, but if i can get it for free then i'll take that! :lol Cheers.

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Re: WSOP Main Event 2 1 Daniel Alaei 1,995,800 2 2 David Tran 10,280,000 2 3 Ray Henson 8,250,000 2 4 Philip Hilm 9,950,000 2 5 Lee Watkinson 3,500,000 2 6 Bob Slezak 2,115,000 2 7 Jason Welch 2,115,000 2 8 Jeff Bryan 2,100,000 2 9 Ryan Elson 1,785,000 3 1 Steven Garfinkle 2,115,000 3 2 Peter Darvill 2,430,000 3 3 Robin Bergren 520,000 3 4 Hevad Khan 7,585,000 3 5 Allan King 1,000,000 3 6 Mikkel Madsen 2,080,000 3 7 Roy Winston 1,071,000 3 8 Paulo Loureiro 1,645,000 3 9 Kevin Kim 610,000 4 1 Jason Koshi 1,175,000 4 2 Lee Childs 6,520,000 4 3 Jon Kalmar 2,665,000 4 4 Stefan Mattsson 3,260,000 4 5 Christian Togsverd 2,030,000 4 6 Jerry Yang 5,090,000 4 7 Kenny Tran 4,955,000 4 8 Tuan Lam 3,600,000 4 9 Hoa Nguyen 2,205,000 5 1 Ron Kluber 3,070,000 5 2 William Spadea 4,575,000 5 3 Bill Edler 2,680,000 5 4 John Armbrust 2,600,000 5 5 Scott Freeman 7,360,000 5 6 Kevin Farry 7,400,000 5 7 Scotty Nguyen 1,960,000 5 8 Alex Kravchenko 1,555,000 5 9 Raymond Rahme 3,100,000

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Re: WSOP Main Event Not too many household names there, am I right in thinking scotty nguyen is the only player left with final table experience.

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Alex Kravchenko and Bill Edler are two bracelet winners from this year still remaining. Either of them could put a tick box on a list of achievements if they made the final table to have a fairly remarkable year so far.

Not too many household names there' date=' am I right in thinking scotty nguyen is the only player left with final table experience.[/quote'] Scotty at 20-1 to win is great odds at this time, but my money is now on JC Tran:ok

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but my money is now on JC Tran:ok

I'll give you 20/1 on him, Morls. ;)

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I'll give you 20/1 on him' date=' Morls. ;)[/quote'] :lol :lol :lol :wall :wall :wall Meant David......bollox its been a loooooonnng week!!

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:lol :lol :lol :wall :wall :wall Meant David......bollox its been a loooooonnng week!!

Did you know the Hendon Mob database has 145 entries for players called Tran! :loon Bit of an upset that there are only two of them left in.

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Did you know the Hendon Mob database has 145 entries for players called Tran! :loon Bit of an upset that there are only two of them left in.

I think next year im changing my name to Graeme Hellmuth Brunson Chan Tran Gotta be in with a shout of the money then!!:lol

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Re: WSOP Main Event Robin Bergren Eliminated in 36th Place ($285,678); Allan W. King Eliminated in 35th Place ($285,678) Two players were eliminated on the first hand. With the shortest stack remaining, Robin Bergren shoved from UTG for 560,000. In middle position, Allan King called. Roy Winston moved all in for 1,700,000. King called. Bergren: King: Winston: The flop was . The turn was the . The river was the . Winston won with a full house as Bergren and King headed to the rail. Paulo Loureiro, who was at the cut off, said that he folded pocket Jacks in that hand.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Featured Table - Hoa Nguyen Eliminated in 34th Place ($285,678) Featured Table Hand #1 - Hoa Nguyen has the button in seat 9, he raises to 160,000, and Lee Childs calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Childs checks, Nguyen bets 225,000, Childs raises to 500,000, and Nguyen goes in the tank. (While Nguyen is quietly thinking, everyone in the Featured Table Arena can hear somebody cheering for themselves during an all-in situation at one of the outer tables.) After about two minutes, Nguyen calls. The turn card is the , Childs bets 450,000, and Nguyen thinks for about a minute before he calls. There is already 2.34 million in the pot. The river card is the , Childs checks, Nguyen moves all in for 1,085,000, and now it's Childs' turn to stop and think. This has been a very slow hand, but understandably so. The cards were in the air over ten minutes ago. After about two more minutes, Childs calls. Nguyen shows for two pair, fives and deuces. Childs excitedly shows for two pair, nines and deuces, and he wins the pot. Hoa Nguyen is eliminated in 34th place, earning $285,678.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Featured Table - Christian Togsverd Eliminated in 33rd Place ($285,678) On the Feature Table - Jon Kalmar has the button in seat 3, Kenny Tran raises from early position to 180,000, Tuan Lam calls from middle position, Stefan Mattson calls from the small blind, Christian Togsverd moves all in from the big blind for about 1.8 million, Tran folds, and Lam thinks for a few minutes before he calls. Mattson quickly folds. Togsverd shows , and Lam shows . Togsverd needs to improve to survive. The flop comes , and Lam flops a set of queens to take a dominant lead in the hand. Togsverd needs something runner-runner to survive. The turn card is the , and Togsverd is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the .) Lam wins the pot with his set of queens. Christian Togsverd is eliminated in 33rd place, earning $285,678

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Re: WSOP Main Event Daniel Alaei Moves to the Featured Table With two eliminations at ESPN's Featured Table, Daniel Alaei is moving into seat #5, and he will start in the big blind for Hand #5. Seat 1 - Jason Koshi Seat 2 - Lee Childs Seat 3 - Jon Kalmar Seat 4 - Stefan Mattsson Seat 5 - Daniel Alaei Seat 6 - Jerry Yang Seat 7 - Kenny Tran Seat 8 - Tuan Lam

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Re: WSOP Main Event Kevin Kim Eliminated in 32nd Place ($285,678) Paulo Loureiro raised 200,000 and Kevin Kim moved all in for 700,000. Loureiro called. Loureiro: Kim: The flop was . The turn was the . The river was the . Loureiro outflopped Kim and won with a pair of nines. Kim headed to the rail in 32nd place. He won $285,678.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Ryan Elson Doubles Up Through Philip Hilm From early position Daniel Alaei raised to 165,000 and David Tran, Philip Hilm and Jeff Bryan all chose to call. That's when Elson moved all-in for an additional 1.54 million from the big blind. Alaei, Tran and Bryan surrendered but Hilm made the call with pocket Sixes. Elson turned over pocket Tens and they held up on the board, more than doubling Elson to 3.4 million.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Featured Table - Daniel Alaei Doubles Through Jerry Yang On the Featured Table, Daniel Alaei has the button in seat 5, he limps for 60,000, Jerry Yang raises from the small blind to 260,000, Alaei moves all in for 1.54 million, and Yang calls with . Alaei shows , and he'll need to improve to stay alive. Kenny Tran says that he folded A-10. The flop comes , and Yang retains the lead with his ten kicker. The turn card is the , and Alaei needs to catch a five on the river to stay alive. The river card is the -- ! The crowd applauds as Daniel Alaei catches a three-outer on the river to survive and double up to over 3.1 million in chips.

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Re: WSOP Main Event The Featured Table Has Played Six Hands Action started over 35 minutes ago, and the ESPN Featured Table has only played six hands so far. That's about six minutes per hand.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Raymond Rahme Doubles Through John Armbrust This is one of those situations that give poker players nightmares. Rahme raised in middle position and John Armbrust, looking down at in the big blind, raised to 900K. Rahme moved all-in for 2 million total and Armbrust called. And that's when Rahme then turned over . They held up on the board and he doubled up to 4 million.

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Did you know the Hendon Mob database has 145 entries for players called Tran! :loon

And there are 246 entries for players called Nguyen, including a Tran Nguyen and a Nguyen Tran, who seem to be batting for both teams.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Scotty Nguyen Color Blind? Scotty Nguyen had a problem with putting the wrong color chip out for his blig blind. There are three denominations of chips and they're all a varation of orange. The 5,000 chips are orange or tangerine as one staff member called it. The 25,000 chips are peach-colored. The 50,000 are salmon-colored. Depending on the lighting in the Amazon Ballroom and underneath the lights of the ESPN feature table, both players and dealers are having a difficult time figuring out what chips are in play. As one player said, he had to physically look at the numbers on the chips to determine what he's betting. Since all the chips are very similar to each other, action has slowed down while players make extra precautions before betting. Dealers are also having a tougher time counting down stacks and bets.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Featured Table Update - Tuan Lam Takes a Small Pot On the Featured Table, Tuan Lam limps from the cutoff for 60,000, and Jon Kalmar checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Kalmar checks, Lam bets 175,000, and Kalmar folds. Lam takes the pot. No, there wasn't a lot of action on this hand. But this is the most action we've seen in several hands.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Bob Slezak Seizes A Pot Slezak opened the betting by raising to 180,000 from late position, and after Jeff Bryan called on the button David Tran re-raised to 600K from the big blind. Slezak then moved all-in for an additional 1.54 million and both Bryan and Tran folded their hands. That lifted Slezak up to 3 million and dropped Tran down to 8.7 million

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Re: WSOP Main Event Featured Table - Lee Childs Takes a 1.28 Million Pot On the Featured Table, Lee Childs raises from late position to 180,000, and Jerry Yang calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Yang bets 400,000, and Childs thinks for about 30 seconds before he calls. The turn card is the , Yang checks, Childs bets 825,000, and Yang thinks for about 30 seconds before he folds. Lee Childs takes the pot worth 1.28 million in chips.

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Re: WSOP Main Event William Spadea Doubles Up to Over 9 Million William Spadea raises to 200,000 from middle position and Kevin Farry reraises to 800,000 from the cutoff. It is folded back around to Spadea, who moves all in. Both players have a mountain of multi-denominational chips that all look the same. Farry goes into the tank. He is looking at Spadea's stack, trying to calculate how much it will cost him. He eventually shrugs and makes the call. William Spadea has Kevin Farry has The flop comes and Farry will need to catch one of the two remaining nines, running diamonds to win - or running sixes to chop. The turn and river don't deliver and Spadea wins the hand. The dealer starts to count the chips, and it turns out that Spadea has 4,500,000.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Featured Table - 14 Hands in an Hour After one hour of play, the Featured Table was in the middle of their 14th hand. That's a little over four minutes per hand, and we've played several raise-and-take-the-blinds hands to bring the average down. Whether it's the stakes involved or the fact that their every move is being recorded by ESPN, most of these players are taking their time with every decision

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Re: WSOP Main Event Featured Table - Tuan Lam Reraises Kenny Tran Out of a Pot On the Featured Table, Kenny Tran raises from the button to 175,000, Lam reraises from the small blind to 525,000, and Tram thinks for about a minute before he folds

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Re: WSOP Main Event Quick Thinking? After Raymond Rahme raised to 200,000 Ron Kluber re-raised an additional 500K. Rahme called and they saw a flop of . Rahme bet 200,000 and Kluber moved all-in for 2 million in total. Because of the similarly-colored chips it took the dealer some time to count down Kluber's stack, and not long after Rahme began thinking about his response Kluber called the clock on him. Rahme surrendered his hand and Kluber showed . Rahme said he folded A-Q, which leads one to wonder what might've happened had Kluber given Rahme more time to think things over.

[GaF]

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Scotty Nguyen Color Blind?

Hows he doing in the focus game though? :tongue2