spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Very Unsatisfying A series of escalating preflop raises. Three players, all in before the flop. Two with their lives on the line, another facing imminent ruin. Each thinking that winning this pot would give them a big stack early in the event that could possibly, possibly, propel them to the World Championship. The players reveal their hands: Rainbow flop, chop it up. Back to the grind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Tuan Lam Eliminated 2007 WSOP Main Event runner-up Tuan Lam has just been eliminated. Lam got the last of his chips all in preflop with , only to find his hand dominated by his opponent's . A king hit the flop, but Lam could not improve and he hit the rail shortly before the dinner break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Glantzing Blow Matt Glantz and an opponent get it all in preflop. Glantz: Opponent: Board: Glantz is up to 56,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Gray Folds Kings Preflop! A player opened with a preflop raise to 1,000 before Craig Gray raised it up to 3,000. His opponent then moved all in, and Gray went into the tank. He must've picked up a tell as he decided to lay down his pocket kings preflop! What a read it was as his opponent flashed pocket aces! Gray survives the cold-deck and will go to dinner with a story to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Bluffing the Big Stack In the first hand back from break, we came on a table where one of our current leaders, David Rheem, was facing a 25,000 bet on the river. The pot held over 30,000. The board read . Rheem was in the tank for several minutes. He told his opponent he had queens. His opponent offered to show Rheem his hand if he folded, and Rheem did. His opponent showed . Rheem is still near the top of the board with around 80,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Juha Helppi Eliminated Juha was all in from the small blind with -X and had the misfortune of running into the big blind's pocket kings. His opponent made two pair on the flop and a full house on the turn to eliminate Helppi from the Main Event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Roland on Down the Road Roland de Wolfe just got it all in with pocket queens against an opponent with pocket aces who had him covered. No queen on board, and de Wolfe is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event I thought this only happened online!!! Quad Aces are Good, Right? ... RIGHT? Motoyuki "Moto" Mabuchi raises to 850 in middle position and the button calls. The flop is and both check. The turn is and Moto bets 1,600. The button calls. The river is and Moto bets 2,500. The button raises to 8,500 and Moto reraises all in. The button calls. Moto shows for quad aces, but the button has for the royal flush. Moto is eliminated in stunning fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Joe Sebok Eliminated Joe Sebok raises preflop with . Another player with reraises. Sebok pushes and the opponent calls. The board runs out -x and Sebok busts out. He kicks a door loudly on his way through the exit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Sick, Sick, Wasicka Paul Wasicka raises to 825 in the hijack and the small blind calls. The flop is and the small blind checks. Wasicka bets 825 and the small blind raises all in to 7,725. Wasicka turns to the reporters and says, "Don't write about this one, OK?" He laughs and eventually calls with . The opponent has . The turn and river are and Wasicka busts the player. Wasicka is up to 31,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Wasicka Lays it Down On the button, a player raises to 800 and Paul Wasicka calls in the small blind. The big blind calls as well. The flop is and all three check. The turn is and Wasicka bets 1,450. The big blind calls and the button folds. The turn is and Wasicka bets 3,950. The big blind raises all in for 11,650 and Wasicka folds. He's down to 24,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Now, now girls! Linda Lee vs. Erica Schoenberg Linda Lee had been turned around in her chair, talking to some rail friends while a hand was dealt in. The dealer paused rather than mucking her hand, and Erica Schoenberg raised a fuss about it. Linda turned back around and began jawing with Erica. The argument has spilled over to their respective boyfriends, with Linda extolling hers, Avery Cardoza, and picking on Erica's, David Benyamine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Adams Cracks Century Brandon Adams has moved to amongst our chip leaders after getting his chips in the middle on a flop of . Adams held pocket kings to be in great shape against his opponent's pocket queens. The turn was the and river the and Adams moves up to 110,000 chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Noah Can't Beat Two Pair With the board reading Noah Boeken faced a 15,000 bet from his opponent and ultimately made the call. Boeken slammed the table in anguish as his opponent rolled over the and raked in the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Slezak Seeking Another Deep Run Bob Slezak has moved to amongst our chip leaders to now sit with 93,000 in chips. Bob has a liking for the WSOP Main Event as he finished 15th in this same event last year for a payday of over $400,000. Bob is a bracelet winner from back in 1991 when he took down the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo event, and with one cash at this year's WSOP, will be looking for another deep run this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Was It Worth It? We recently had an interesting hand involving Simon "The Bubble" Zach in which before the flop there was a raise, a reraise, a third bet, then a fourth bet. Zach and his opponent made it to the turn with the board showing Q-8-2-2. Zach bet out, and his opponent folded. "I'll give you $100 if you show me your hand," his opponent said as he folded. "Make it $200," said Zach. "I don't have $200," came the reply. But after a quick wallet check he discovered that yes, in fact, he had right at $200. He paid the required sum, and Zach showed him J-9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Haley Lays Up a Brick Jack Haley, the former NBA player for the Lakers and Bulls, is all in with and his opponent has . The board runs and Haley hits nothing but air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event He's Not Asleep "Someone wake up Barry, it's his big blind!" says Joe McGowan. Barry Greenstein's not asleep, though, even though he might look tired. In the following hand, Barry Greenstein and another player are all in, with Greenstein "waking up" to in the small blind and the opponent holding on the button. The board is and Greenstein doubles up to 21,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Some People Call Me... Maurice Hawkins has an interesting story of how he ended up here in the Main Event. It seems he played in the $1,000 at Bellagio and an opponent folded J-J to Hawkins' Q-Q. Hawkins called him the best poker player he had ever seen. On another day, they run into each other at the $1,000 at Bellagio again. They strike up a friendship and the player offers to stake Maurice in the Main Event, 50/50. So now Maurice is here, and has 60,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Schoenberg Shown Door A short-stacked Erica Schoenberg just found herself all in before the flop against Ellen Narkis, with a third player whom Narkis also had covered also having committed the last of his chips. Schoenberg had , the other all in , and Narkis . The board ran out , and Narkis' pocket rockets had blasted two players out of the tourney. Narkis now has 39,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Everybody Loves Kings The middle position limps and the cutoff raises to 1,500. Ray Romano reraises to 6,000 and the MP player folds. The cutoff calls all in. Romano: Cutoff: Board: The player is eliminated and Romano is up to 56,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Paul Wasicka Doubles On a flop of , Paul Wasicka is all in with and his opponent calls with . The turn and river are and Wasicka doubles to 30,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Phifer Flatlines With the board showing , star of ER Mekhi Phifer got the rest of his chips in the middle versus Maurice Hawkins. Phifer turned over for top pair and a flush draw, but Hawkins held for a set of fives. The river was the , and Phifer is out. Hawkins currently has 65,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event End of Day 1a After months of anticipation, poker's greatest spectacle, the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, has finally begun. Following a grand introduction by Wayne "Mr. Vegas" Newton and the UNLV Marching Band, the first of our four "Day Ones" finally kicked off sometime after noon today. Day 1a saw a total of 1,297 players come out to test their fortunes. Many more have already registered, although the total number of entrants for the event is yet to be determined. Even so, many in the Amazon Room are currently speculating that number may well exceed last year's total of 6,358. Our end of day chip leaders were able to grow their starting stacks of 20,000 up toward and past the 200,000-chip mark, with Mark Garner, Kellen Hunter, Patrick Fortin, Stefan Mattsson, Jeff Frerichs, Todd Rebello, Brandon Adams, Mojgan Stringham, Bryan Colin, and Kido Pham ending the day among our most prolific collectors of others' chips. About half of those who came out today made it through the first five levels and will be back to play on Day 2a. Several notables saw their 2008 WSOP Main Event dreams dashed before the day completed, including Josh Arieh, Kevin "BeL0WaB0Ve" Saul, Dan Harrington, Joe Sebok, Freddy Deeb, David Benyamine, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Eli Elezra, Lyle Berman, Erica Schoenberg, "Miami" John Cernuto, Gavin Smith, J.J. Liu, and 2007 Main Event runner-up Tuan Lam. Official updated chip counts for Day 1a participants will be posted later on tonight. Thanks for following today's coverage, and be sure to come back tomorrow at noon Vegas time for Day 1b of the 39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spannerjago Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event And we are up to date. Day 1a Official Chip Counts Released Final overnight tallies from the WSOP show that 636 players survived Day 1a action in the Main Event. Complete chip counts for all but a handful of non-reporting players have now been posted. The overnight Day 1a leader is Mark Garner at 194,900 in chips. The official top ten players are: Mark Garner 194,900 Brandon Adams 176,450 Kellen Hunter 155,200 Stefan Mattsson 154,275 Patrick Fortin 145,275 Jeff Frerichs 138,025 Soren Peterson 135,475 Adam Hudson 127,750 Wayne Brown 124,575 Todd Rebello 123,925 Other names of note finishing in the top 50 included Kido Pham, Mark Vos, Alexander Borteh, Svetlana Gromenkova and Bob Slezak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhornet Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Nice one Hen and Spanner:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Duke Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Nice one Hen and Spanner:ok Second that :ok Can someone pm which site your using for updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goater14 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Any of our guys playing today(1B)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heniek31 Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/main-event/ I dont know Goaty. Shuffle Up and Deal! Reigning champion Jerry Yang calls out "Shuffle up and deal!" and with that, we are underway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heniek31 Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event No I.D. for Forrest Ted Forrest sat down at his table a little while ago and was asked for a photo I.D. from the dealer. He pulled out his Total Rewards cards and gave it to the dealer. The dealer looked at it, but then still requested a photo I.D. of Forrest. Forrest checked his pockets, but didn't have any identification with a photo on it. He tried giving the dealer another card, but it still didn't work. After a few moments, the floor was called over and when the floor person looked at the Total Rewards card they chuckled and said "Don't worry, he's okay." First Bust of the Day On a river of , Stephan Ladowsky is all in with to his opponent's . The kings get cracked, and what a way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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