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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Rousso Rolls We caught up to this hand on the river. With the board reading , Vanessa Rousso's opponent check-called her bet of 5,000 on the river. Rousso showed for the missed flush draw turned runner-runner straight. It was good as her opponent mucked. Rousso is now sitting on a stack of about 33,000. Sherwood Prefer a Different River Rob Sherwood, holding , got all of his chips in the middle with the board showing and got called by a player with . "Come on King! Ace!" said Sherwood's opponent, and his wish was granted as a fell on the end. Sherwood is out.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Hansen Makes Super-Flush Thor Hansen and Eric Koskas pushed their short stacks into the middle before the flop with Hansen's trailing the of Koskas. However, the board ran out and seven clubs indeed make a flush, as Koskas is sent to the rail. Hansen is now sitting comfortably again with 33,000 chips. Set Over Set = Busto Jerome Ogrodzki must have liked his chances when he got all of his chips in the middle on a board holding and Ron Adams called. But Adams had the middle set, with , and the case five was nowhere to be found for Ogrodzki. He is out of the tournament and his chips have padded Adams' stack to 61,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Two's Company...Four's A Good Time! John Duthie was overheard to be discussing dinner plans with his friendly massage therapist and in between some flirtatious joking he appeared keen to accept the invitation to join her at dinner. The therapist then commented that she was going to leave early to avoid the dinner rush, but John said he had to play out the final twenty minutes of play. That is until the therapist said that there were going to be two other therapists joining them, which prompted John to jump out of his seat and jokingly run for the exit! Rare Day 1 Tables of Death Lee Watkinson is now sitting on the right of Alex Kravchenko in a little final table reunion from last year. Watkinson finished eighth in the 2007 Main Event while Kravchenko finished fourth. Also looking deathly are Tables 5 and 8 in the Orange section. David Grey and Steve Zolotow are seated together on Table 5, while Peter "Nordberg" Feldman was recently moved to Erik Seidel's right on Table 8.

[heniek31]

Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event No $12 million this year for Jamie Gold. Better Than Gold 2006 Main Event winner Jamie Gold is out of the tournament. He moved all in preflop for 2,700 from the small blind with . Pat Pezzin snap-called from the big blind with . "Look what I ran into," Gold said disbelievingly. Gold couldn't come up with anything that beat a pair of queens when the board came out . He shook the hand of every player at the table, wished them all good luck, picked up his bag and headed for the exit from the Amazon Room. The player in the 4-seat turned to Pezzin after the hand and said, "Jamie's mother is over there, you know. She's gonna want to know who you are because you just busted her son." "I don't care," replied Pezzin, drawing some smiles and laughter from the rest of the table as he stacked up his 51,000 chips.

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Knocked Down on All Fours Huge roar from across the room just now as we had an all-in on the river with the board showing . The one who was covered showed for quad fours. His opponent turned over for quad queens.

this is pretty much as sick as it gets.

[heniek31]

Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Cricketer Shane Warne-- one of many sunglass lovers in the Amazon Room The Sunglass Hut Here at PokerNews, we strive to bring you the most up-to-date, scientifically verified information in the poker world. During a recent lull in the action, we conducted an investigation to help answer one of the WSOP's most burning questions. How many players are wearing sunglasses? Based on a sample size of 40 tables, approximately 2.45 players per table have chosen to shield their eyes from the glare of the lights and the gazes of their opponents. That's about 315 players, or 27 percent of the field. Again, these numbers are highly accurate and scientifically calculated.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event "He has kings?! Say it ain't so!" Jabberjaw Is Out Humberto "The Shark" Brenes won't have to worry about asking his toy sharks for advice any longer. He got all of his chips in the middle with pocket queens and was called by a player with pocket kings. Nobody improved. Brenes is chum in the water.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Phillip Hilm Send a Player Home We caught up to this hand on the flop. With the board reading , Phillip Hilm bet 1,100 from late position and got a call from his opponent in the cutoff seat. The turn came the and Hilm checked. The cutoff moved all in and Hilm made the call. The players showed: Hilm: Opponent: Hilm had his opponent drawing dead and the on the river was meaningless. After the hand, Hilm is up to about 54,000 chips. Full Blown Kitchen Sink Greg Mueller is in for the long haul. If he needs to stay at a table and play for fourteen days straight he will. He's come prepared for it anyway as in a pile in front of him he has a packet of Starburst, Skittles (sour & original), Twizzlers, Mentos, Gum, a watch, a set of keys, lollies, money in a clip, sunglasses, an MP3 player and of course a few all important poker chips.

[heniek31]

Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event STOP! Dinner Time! Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. Cards will be back in the air at 8:30. And a bed time for others :zzz. Over and out.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event John Duthie Doubles Up Through Mike Schneider On a flop of , John Duthie moved all in against Mike Schneider and Schneider called. Duthie: Schneider: The turn of the helped neither player and the river of the gave Duthie a full house. After the hand, Duthie moved up to 62,500 chips. Schneider is down to 5,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Marc Goodwin Eliminated Marc Goodwin just joined the ranks of players who won't see Day 2. Goodwin got the last of his chips in the middle holding against the of Chris Bell. The board ran out and Bell's nut flush was enough to bust Goodwin and take his stack to just shy of 55,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Ross Boatman Eliminated Action folded around to Phidias Georgiou in the small blind and he raised to 875. Ross Boatman moved all in for just over 9,000 from the big blind and Georgiou made the call. The players showed: Georgiou: Boatman: Boatman was dominated from start to finish as the board ran out . Georgiou climbed to just over 36,000 on the hand and sent Boatman to the rail.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Eskeland Hits the Century Mark Sigurd Eskeland called out of the big blind after a player raised to 800. The flop came down and Eskeland called another player's all-in raise of 15,000 holding . His opponent held . The turn came the and the river the . Eskeland eliminated the player and moved over the century mark. He now has 102,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Great Call by Eckstut The flop was when Rob Eckstut bet 1,900 after Kathy Liebert checked. Liebert made it 4,400 and Eckstut called. The turn was the and Liebert bet 4,000. Eckstut made the call. The river was the and Liebert fired 8,000. Eckstut tanked and then made the call. Liebert slowly turned over and Eckstut showed for bottom pair. He is now up to 77,500 and Liebert down to 15,500.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event James Shot With His Own Bullets Kenna James was all in preflop hold the best hand he could have, . The other player in the hand had . James had the player covered and was looking to gain some chips. The board ran out and James' opponent made a full house to suck out on James. James said, "It took me seven hours and twenty-six minutes to get that hand." James dropped to 6,250.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Antonius Stays Active With the board reading , Patrik Antonius checked over to his lone opponent Christina Hall. Hall bet 2,500 and Antonius raised to 6,500. Hall called and the hit the river. Antonius led out for 9,000 and got a quick call from Hall. Hall showed but couldn't beat Antonius' . After stacking the pot, Antonius is now sitting on a stack of about 105,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Tom McEvoy Eliminated Tom McEvoy played his hand for a raise and took a flop of with one other player. McEvoy got all his chips in the middle and was way behind holding against the of his opponent. The turn and river blanked and McEvoy hit the rail.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Kristy Gazes Eliminated Kristy Gazes just became the latest player to have their Main Event dreams ended early. Gazes got the last of her chips in before the flop holding and was called by the of her opponent. Gazes caught the on the flop, but never improved and was eliminated.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Phillip Hilm Triples Up After falling all the way down to just 3,625 in chips, Phillip Hilm reraised all in from the small blind for his whole stack. He got action from the under-the-gun player who had opened for a raise, as well as from the small blind. The big blind player bet on the turn, prompting a fold from the initial raiser. The big blind flipped up but that was no match for Hilm's . The board helped neither player and Hilm tripled up to just over 11,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Kenna James Busts Kenna James was visited by Steve Dannenmann a few minutes ago. The two chatted and even sang some Elvis together. With Dannenmann watching from the side, James raised to 1,600. Edward Teems called from the small blind. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Teems checked again to James. James bet 1,500 and Teems made it 4,500. James called. The river was the and Teems put James all in. Kenna made the call with . Teems held for a full house. With his friend Dannenmann watching, James exited the tournament.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Shane Warne Doubles Up After a flop the player in the small blind checked and Shane Warne bet 6,000. Another player folded and the small blind announced he was all in. Warne made the call and his had out-flopped his opponent's . Warne needed to avoid a jack and he did just that as the board ran out and Shane's now up to 39,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Lee Watkinson Eliminated On a flop of , Lee Watkinson got the last of his chips in the middle against Daryl Yarosh. The players showed: Watkinson: Yarosh: The turn came the and the river was the . Watkinson was eliminated while Yarosh broke the 100,000 mark on the hand.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Antonius Takes a Huge Hit on the Last Hand of Day On a flop of , Patrik Antonius checked to Tor Gammelgard who bet 3,500. Antonius then raised to 9,500, which prompted a 25,000 reraise from Gammelgard. Antonius then moved all in, and Gammelgard made the call. Gammelgard: Antonius: Antonius was out-kicked and desperately needed a six. The turn fell the , which left Antonius drawing dead, and the river added insult to injury when the fell. This wound up being the final hand of the evening. After the hand, Gammelgard moved up to 81,850 and Antonius finished his night with 64,125.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Day 1b Concludes Day 1b of the Main Event started much like a major sporting event would, with the singing of the national anthem, followed by an opening speech from the reigning Main Event Champion Jerry Yang. Today was not just the start of the Day 1b of the Main Event, but also Independence Day. Not only Americans but players of all nationalities celebrated and honored their national heritage today. 1,158 players started today's field. Pros and amateurs alike came out to take their shot at a potential world title. Among those whose journey ended abruptly were Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, Dewey Tomko, Greg Raymer, Jamie Gold, and Humberto Brenes. The apparent chip leader for Day 1b is Ben Sarnoff. Brian Schaedlich is right on his heels, followed by Atlantic City pro Nick Caltabiano, Robert Mizrachi, Rob Eckstut, and Marc Karam. Other players of note include Barny Boatman, Markus Golser, Hoyt Corkins, and Patrik Antonius. In an attempt to improve on last years finish Hal Lubarsky has made a very strong Day 1b start and hopes to make another deep run in this year's Main Event. Updated chip counts will be posted later tonight. Day 1c will commence tomorrow at 12 p.m. PDT with another large field looking to take their first steps to this year's Main Event bracelet. Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow all of the exciting action.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event If the chip counts are up to date it looks like Philossiffy made it through to Day 2: William Rosenthal - 15,025

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If the chip counts are up to date it looks like Philossiffy made it through to Day 2: William Rosenthal - 15,025

Great stuff! I didn't check because for some reason I thought he was playing day 1c. :$

[heniek31]

Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Day 1c Begins at Noon Shuffle Up and Deal After the usual reminders regarding not taking chips off the table, avoiding excessive celebration, and other rules of play, country recording star Andy Griggs came on to perform his new song "It's All About the Money," accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. "Contrary to that song, it's all about the bracelet, too... and tradition," said WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. He then introduced a new WSOP tradition, the awarding of final table jackets to everyone who made a final table at this summer's series. Tournament Director Jack Effel ended the preliminaries by following another tradition, ordering the dealers to "Shuffle up and deal!" Good Luck Keith !

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Huck Seed Eliminated Board: Chris Miranda bet out for 6,000 on the turn and Huck Seed moved all in for an additional 16,000. Chris went into the tank before eventually making the call. Seed turned over while Chris showed . The on the river was of no help to Seed, who was eliminated from today's field. Early Sightings David Sklansky, Arnold Spee, Ayaz Mahmood, Jason Somerville, J.C. Tran, Isabelle Mercier, Joe Tehan, and David Williams' mother, Shirley, have all chosen today as their preferred start day. Who Else Is Here? Liz Lieu, Justin Bonomo, Daniel Alaei, David Chicotsky, Scott Seiver, Matt Graham, Jerrod Ankenman, Larry Flynt, William Rockwell, Evelyn Ng, Sorel Mizzi, Chris Grigorian, Alan Sass, Jesper Hoog, Jordan Rich, Terrence Chan and Matt Parvis are all playing today. Elsewhere in the Field Also playing in today's event are Scott Freeman, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Keith Sexton, Mel Judah, and Minh Nguyen. Notables T.J. Cloutier, Bill Chen, Marco Traniello, Gary Benson, Ryan Hughes, and David Plastik are all beginning their days in the Brasilia room.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Townsend Outflops Opponent We caught up with the hand on the turn, with the board reading and Brian Townsend made it 5,800 to go after his opponent checked. His opponent called and the river brought the . Townsend's opponent went all-in for his remaining 10,000 and Townsend insta-called showing for the flopped nut flush while his opponent turned over for top pair. After the hand, Townsend is up to 40,000. Sing of Happy... Not Sad A middle position player raised to 300 and David Singer made the call from the big blind. The flop was . Singer led out for 750 and the MP player called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Singer bet 2,000 and his opponent called. Singer rolled over for the flush and picked up a nice pot to start the day.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Farha Dashing Dreams We pick up the action on the flop in a hand between Sam Farha and an unknown player. There is about 900 in the pot already, and the board shows . With Farha in position, he sees his opponent bet out 650 chips and makes the call. The turn comes the . The bettor checks, and Farha comes out with a bet of 2,500. The player announces, "Raise," and makes it 6,500 to play; Farha calls. The river brings the . Check to Farha again, and he moves all in for a little less than 14,000 chips. His opponent goes into the tank for a few minutes before making the all in call, putting himself at risk of elimination. He flips over , but it's no good against Farha and his . With his full house, the pro and his unlit cigarette notch an early knockout, chipping up to 42,000.