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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Tony G Runs Out of Powah Preflop, Tony G raised it up to 1,100 from early position and received one call from a player in middle position. They saw a flop of and Tony led out for 2,000. His opponent raised it up to 5,000 to go before Tony moved all in for 11,175 in total. His opponent called with for top pair as Tony showed for the flush draw. The turn was the to give Tony additional outs with a straight draw, but the river bricked the to eliminate Tony G from today's event.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Akenheads for the Exit All in preflop, James Akenhead on the button has and David Benefield has in the small blind. The board is . Akenhead has 16,000 after that hand. Soon after, though, he's all in again versus the same guy. This time, Akenhead has and Benefield has . The board runs out and Akenhead is eliminated. Benefield gets his chips back and then some, and has 80,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Nam Le Eliminated Nam Le moved all in against another player and was called. Le had against . Neither hand improved and Le's day is over. The players were befuddled as to why this happened as Le apparently had 20 big blinds left in his stack.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event "Congratulations everybody! You have made it to Day Two of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker!" Thus came the announcement as staff handed out bags to those who survived the night. Over a thousand of the 1,928 who began the day will be coming back to continue their quest on Wednesday for poker's most-coveted prize. Today saw several big name pros come and go. Former Main Event champ Huckleberry Seed was gone by the half-hour mark. Gavin Griffin, Justin Bonomo, J.C. Tran, T.J. Cloutier, Tony G, and Marcel Luske all followed him out the door before the day was over. Henning Granstad pushed out ahead of the field to flirt with the quarter million-chip mark. Others among the leaders of Day 1c play include Curt Kohlberg, Howard Berchowitz, David "Bakes" Baker, Arnaud Mattern, Diren Yildizet, Joe Marcal, Russell Rosenblum, and Mike Souza. Other notables with large stacks include David Singer, Andrew "Foucault" Brokos, and Brad "Yukon" Booth, Brian "Sbrugby" Townsend, and Nenad Medic. Updated chip counts for all Day 1c survivors will be posted later tonight. Day 1d promises to be just as exciting. A number of high profile pros have yet to make their appearance, and word around the Amazon Room is that tomorrow may well feature the largest starting field of all four days. So come back tomorrow at noon Vegas time, and thanks for following today's coverage!

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event GL PLers! Jerry Yang The Champ Is Here! Today's field includes none other than the 2007 WSOP Main Event winner and defending champion Jerry Yang. Last year Jerry overcame 6,357 other players to take down the biggest prize in poker and $8.25 million in cash. Jerry hasn't let fame and fortune go to his head, maintaining his humility as he carried the honor of poker's world champion for the past 12 months. Jerry is back today to try and do it all over again this year, but it won't be easy, as the cameras swarm his table with all eyes centered on him.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event 'Dolly' Comes Out Guns Blazin' An under-the-gun player raised to 300, and Doyle Brunson made the call. On a flop of , Brunson checked to his opponent, who bet out 400. Brunson made the call. The turn of the was checked around. When the river card of the hit, Brunson fired out 1,200 and his opponent folded. After the hand, Brunson departed out the room for a short break. Mortensen Off To Strong Start We caught the action on the turn on a board of with an under-the-gun player leading out with a bet of 800. Carlos Mortensen then raised to 2,500 and his opponent made the call. The river was the and it was checked to Mortensen, who fired out 5,000 with his opponent making the call. Mortensen tabled for a set of nines as his opponent cringed and showed for two pair. Mortensen is off to a great start and is up to 29,000 chips.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event David Williams - event #50 Williams Down Early The flop was when David Williams checked and was bet into by his opponent. The amount was 500 and Williams made the call. The turn came the and Williams checked again. His opponent bet 2,000 and Williams again made the call. The river was the and Williams check-called a bet of 3,000 from the other player. He wasn't thrilled to see his opponent table for two pair. Williams showed . On another hand early in the day, Williams held on a board that read . When his opponent bet on the river, Williams folded face up and mumbled something about being counterfeited. He has dropped to 12,200 in just the first few hands of the day.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Tight Play, or Good Laydown? We come upon a hand at the flop. The board showed . A player on the button pushed all in for around 19,000. An early-position player folded and showed face up. His opponent said, "Good laydown. OK, I'll show you this time." He then proceeded to turn over . Whether it was a tight fold or a good read we will never know. In either event, the player with the set of fours dodged a bullet early.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Donald Hobbs Moneymaker Gives Back As much as you hear about all of the bad sides of poker, there are plenty of good sides too. The story of Donald Hobbs is one example. Hobbs is a guy who was involved in a horrible automobile accident that ultimately caught the attention of Chris Moneymaker. One of Hobbs' therapists tried to get an autographed photo of Moneymaker to give to Hobbs, an avid poker player, as Hobbs was undergoing a long and painful recovery from his injuries. When Moneymaker heard the story, and realized it was just over the state line in Kentucky, a few miles from his home in Tennessee, he did one step better - he came to the hospital and played poker with Hobbs in person. After the poker session was over, Moneymaker promised Hobbs that, if Hobbs was up to it, Moneymaker would bring him out to Las Vegas and buy him into the Main Event. He was good to his word. Hobbs is seated at Blue #5, on the rail, with two family members and Moneymaker just behind him. Moneymaker arrived about fifteen minutes into Level 1 and asked Hobbs how it was going. "I'm bored," said Hobbs. "You can't be bored," laughed Moneymaker. "You're playing for ten million dollars! You have to play for ten more hours today. And you're playing with Dario Minieri, one of the best players in the world. You can't be bored." Then Moneymaker turned to Hobbs' family members and added, "He's bored. That's not good." We wish Donald Hobbs all the best luck in the Main Event.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Jerry Yang, during Event #7 Yang Stumbles Again Sebastien Moreau raised it up from the button to 600, with Jerry Yang making the call from the small blind. A middle-position limper also made the call. They took a flop of and it was checked through. The turn was the and it was checked to Moreau, who led out for 1,400. Yang then announced a check-raise to 4,000. The MP player folded before Moreau moved all in for about 20,000. Yang went into the tank for about five minutes as two camera crews and multiple media outlets swarmed around the table, as Yang's tournament life was hanging in the balance. However, he eventually laid down his hand, to be left with only 5,300 chips at the halfway mark of the first level.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Tim vance - event #46 Tim Vance Eliminated Tim Vance raised to 325 from middle position and Ray Henson called from the button. The flop came down . Vance checked and Henson bet out 500. Vance called. The turn was the and Vance checked again. Henson bet 1,200 and Vance raised it up to 4,000. Henson just called. The river was the and Vance checked. Henson tossed a stack out in the middle that was enough to put Vance all in, about 14,000. Vance made the call. Henson showed him for the nut flush. Vance had flopped the straight with . "F***ing moron," said Vance as he tossed his cards across the table. "It was a pleasure playing with you all, it's been like that the whole Series. Nice hand, sir."

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"F***ing moron," said Vance as he tossed his cards across the table. "It was a pleasure playing with you all, it's been like that the whole Series. Nice hand, sir."

Sounds like a nice guy! :ok

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event The Lucky Lotion a Minute Too Late From late position, Val Newman raised to 600. David Williams called from the button. The two players saw the flop come down and Newman checked. Williams moved all in for his last 2,350 and Newman made the call. Williams held for a set and Newman had a flush draw with and a gutshot straight draw. The turn came the and Williams needed to dodge the river to stay alive and double up. It just wouldn't be in the cards for Williams when the hit the river, completing a runner-runner straight for Newman. Williams was eliminated from the tournament just as his mother showed up to give him his lucky lotion. A little late for that.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Maria Ho It's a "Ho" Wide World That We Livin' In We caught up with a hand on Blue #23 between Maria Ho and David Spencer on the turn. Ho had bet 2,500 and Spencer called, with the board showing . The river was the , and both players quickly checked. Ho turned over . Spencer nodded, said, "Pair of eights," and mucked. Ho is up to 26,000. Spencer has about 22,000. Fashion note: Ho is wearing a black T-shirt which says on the back, "Look for Maria's hoes." We kept our eyes out for Maria's "hoes" and spotted three of them on the rail by Blue #25. They sported off-shoulder T-shirts which read on the front, "I [heart] Maria Ho".

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Gus Gets Jack'd Up On a flop of , Gus Hansen made it 1,125 preflop and a player from middle position called. The turn brought the and Gus fired 2,450 into the middle. His opponent went into the tank, played with some chips, then decided to call. The river was the and Gus led out for 4,100. His opponent called and Gus turned over pocket jacks for a straight. His opponent mucked and Gus is now up to 35,000. More Things You Can Do With Chips Antonio Esfandiari, seen earlier teaching chip tricks to tablemate Layne Flack, put in a big raise to 650, and the player in the big blind called. The flop came . The BB player checked, Esfandiari bet 700 (about half the pot), and he was called. The turn was the . Again the BB player checked, and this time Esfandiari bet 1,200. Again came the call. The river was the . Again Esfandiari's opponent checked, and this time the Magician bet 3,300. All those bets finally did the job, as his opponent folded. Esfandiari won another nice-sized pot just after that one, and is now up to 48,000.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event :rollin:rollin:rollinwot a ******. General Phil Hellmuth Arrives Ladies and Gentlemen... The Poker Brat, Phil Hellmuth has just arrived here at the Rio, in style as he always does. Phil was standing up in the front vehicle of a three-truck convoy of camouflage army vehicles. Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon assisted General Hellmuth out of his vehicle and ordered the nine UB Army girls to "Attention!" Phil walked up and down the line of girls, inspecting them for duty. When they met his satisfaction, the General made his way up the red carpet, greeted by a throng of curious onlookers and shutterbugs. After shouldering his way through the masses, Hellmuth has just taken his seat in the ESPN Featured Table, alongside Mark Seif and UFC'er Chuck Liddell.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event :lol Lunch Time An unknown player busted out of the Main Event and left the tournament floor. A few minutes later he returned to collect a half-eaten sandwich that he had left behind. When the other players gave him some strange looks, he defensively replied "Well...I can't afford lunch now!"

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Annie Duke Duke Dented Annie Duke opened with a raise preflop to 525 from middle position and found two callers, from late position and the big blind. They took a flop of and the big blind checked to Duke, who fired a 1,350 continuation bet. The late-position player folded with the big blind making the call. The turn was the and again it was checked to Duke, who fired out 2,300. The BB then check-raised to 8,300 and Duke was forced to give up her hand. She was down to 24,500 before the following hand came up. Duke raised to 600 from the button and Duc Pham called in the big blind. They took a flop of and Pham checked to Duke, who fired out 700. Pham made the call. The turn was the and Pham this time led out for 2000, before Duke popped it up to 6,600. Pham called. The river was the . Pham checked, Duke bet out 10,000 and Pham once again called. "You got it," said Duke, as Pham showed for two pair, which was good to take down the pot. Duke is now left with less than 6,000 chips.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event That's Why They Call Him "The Master" With 6,500 chips in the pot, and the board showing , Men "the Master" Nguyen bet 3,000 after his lone opponent checked. That opponent then raised all in to 7,225. After some deliberation, Nguyen called. Nguyen: Opponent: The river bricked out the , allowing Nguyen to sweep the pot with a pair of nines, ace kicker. "I made a great f*ckin' call," Nguyen said afterwards to nobody in particular.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Duke Nuked Annie Duke committed the last of her short stack on a flop of , holding , but found herself in trouble against the of her opponent. The turn ended it all when the peeled off to give her opponent an unbeatable set of queens. The river was the and Annie Duke makes an early exit from this year's WSOP Main Event.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Dario Minieri, with one of his many scarves Minieri's Scarf Not Working Dario Minieri bet 625 on a flop of and was check-called by one opponent. That opponent check-called again on the turn when Minieri bet 2,200, and again on the river when Minieri bet 3,900. Minieri never showed his hand once his opponent showed for the nut flush. A curious play by Minieri's opponent, but it netted him almost 6,000 chips. Minieri falls to 8,400. Gus Plays the Ladies Just Right Preflop, a player in early position led out for 800 and Gus Hansen called from the big blind. The flop came and Gus check-called his opponents bet of 1,500. The turn was the and both players checked. The river brought the and Gus fired out for 4,200 and his opponent called. Gus turned over pocket queens for a flopped set and his opponent mucked. Gus is up to 35,000 after the hand.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Andy Bloch eliminated Andy Bloch Eliminated Andy Bloch called a raise to 700 from the big blind from Ken Costanzo. The flop came down . Bloch checked, Costanzo bet 1,000, Bloch called. The turn was another queen and both players checked. The river was a blank and Bloch bet out 2,000. Costanzo raised all in and Bloch called. Bloch flopped a straight with , but Costanzo made a full house on the turn with . Bloch is out.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event glceud and runadrum still in and well alive after the first 3 2hr sessions of day 1D - hopefully they'll still be in after next two sessions.....

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Tim Vance. What a tool.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event How Loh Can You Go? Paul Loh raised from late position to 1,500. Paul "Eskimo" Clark made it 4,000 from the small blind and Loh called. The flop came down with two diamonds. Clark checked and Loh bet 5,000. Clark then raised to 11,000. Loh announced, "All in," and Eskimo made the call. Clark: Loh: According to some players at the table, the turn was a blank and then the river smacked another queen on the board for Loh. "That's just sick. That's just sick," said Eskimo as he got up and left the tournament area.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Jennifer Harman Jennifer Harman Doubles In a multi-way limped pot, the big blind fired out a bet of 1,500 on a flop of . Jennifer Harman and another player flat called. The turn brought the and the BB bet out 7,000. Harman moved all in for 12,700, the third player folded and the BB made the call. The big blind player showed for the flopped straight, but Harman flipped for the top end of the straight to have a lock in the hand. The river was the and Harman doubles up to 34,000 chips.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Doyle Brunson Eliminated Doyle Brunson Rides Into the Sunset On a flop of , Shrini Kelkar bet 2,000 and Doyle Brunson moved all in for 7,925 more. Kelkar: Brunson: Turn: River: Doyle Brunson headed out of the tournament room as ESPN camera followed in tow. Brunson will have to wait until next year to capture bracelet number 11, at least in Vegas. There is always the WSOP Europe.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event The Rollercoaster Ride Continues For Yang We've reported plenty of hands from Jerry Yang today, and not just because he's the defending champion, but because he's providing plenty of action on his table this afternoon. In recent action, Jerry Yang limped from late position before the player on the button raised to 2,000. The action folded around to Yang who raised to 15,475, enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent made the call with and Yang was in trouble with . The board ran out and although Yang spiked a two-outer on the turn, the river was a cruel blow for him as he doubled up his opponent and fell to 22,000. A few moments later, Yang was all in on the turn on a board of . His opponent showed and despite having a dominating hand preflop, Yang had snagged the lead with his . The river was the and Yang eliminates his opponent to jump back to 40,000 chips. All of this and it's only Day 1 -- it's going to be a fun ride if Jerry can survive deep into this event once again! Could he go back to back?

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Lederer Still Better Than Yu Just before the dinner break, there were 2,300 chips in the pot preflop when a heads-up flop between Howard Lederer and Charles Yu came down . Yu checked to Lederer, who bet 2,000. Yu made the call. On the turn, Yu checked to Lederer a second time, who obliged with a bet of 5,000. Yu went into the tank for about a minute, then said, "If the queen didn't come, I was going to put you all in." He open-mucked two red fives. Lederer did not say anything in response, choosing instead to open one of his cards as the dealer pushed him the pot -- the . "The other one had to be a seven," said Yu. "You think I called you with queen-seven?" asked Lederer. "No, four-seven," replied Yu. "I played four-seven from early position?" asked Lederer. He then engaged in a side conversation when someone suggested they could justify pocket fours. "There's no justifying fours," said Lederer. "You just have to pray they fold." Then he turned back to Yu. "I've been bluffing you all day." Yu mentioned a hand that we reported earlier, where he folded top pair on the turn. A player in-between Yu and Lederer laughed and said, "You still remember that hand from six hours ago!" The mind-games are afoot on Blue #1. We'll see how Lederer uses them to his advantage after dinner.

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Re: Live reporting for WSOP Main Event Nikolay Evdakov Will Outflop You Nikolay Evdakov raised to 1,100 from middle position, the small blind reraised to 2,200 and Evdakov called. The flop was . The small blind led out for 1,000 and Evdakov called. The turn was the . The small blind bet another 2,000 and Evdakov called. The river was the . The small blind checked, Evdakov bet 1,000 and the small blind called. Evdakov showed which had outflopped his opponent's and dragged the pot. He's up to 34,000. Newhouse In Need of Repair We caught up with this one on the flop. With the board showing , two players checked to Mark Newhouse who bet 2,000. The first called, then the second raised to 9,500. Newhouse then reraised all in. The first player folded, and the second, whom Newhouse had covered, made the call. Newhouse showed , but his opponent held for two pair. The turn was the and the river the , and Newhouse has been knocked back to 9,000.