Main Event 2006

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Au ramas mai putin de 2 ore pina la inceperea celui mai mare turneu de poker: WSOP 2006 Main Event. Aici vom discuta despre acesta.

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Se poate urmari undeva live?

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8532 participanti.
In fiecare zi de 'Day1' se va juca pina vor ramine 800 de jucatori.

Day 1A

Pentru prima oara in istoria WSOP, participantii au un buton de all-in si nu mai sint nevoiti sa impinga toate fisele in fata.

Primul jucator a fost eliminat dupa 7 minute.

55 de femei in prima zi.


Andy Bloch raises to $125 preflop from early position and Jeff Smith calls from the button. The player in the big blind also calls and the flop comes [10c][10d][5c]. The big blind checks and Bloch bets out $200. Smith raises to $500 and the button folds. Bloch calls and the turn puts the [5h] on the board. Bloch checks and the Smith bets $600. Bloch raises to $1,600 and Smith calls. The river is the [qs] and Bloch pushes all-in for $7,500. Smith asks if he is allowed to show his cards to Bloch in an attempt to get a read. He is informed that this is against the rules and would result in a penalty. Smith then asks Bloch if he has pocket Queens. Bloch does not respond and Smith eventually folds. Bloch is now up to $14,000.

Ryan Fisler re-raises his opponent all-in on a board of [7c][7d][5s][10d][8s]. His opponent quickly calls and flips over [10c][10s], for the second nuts, a full house, 10's over 7's. Fisler then flips over [7s][7h] for quad 7's. Not only is his opponent in shock, but now he's left with only $900 in chips. After this hand, Fisler is sitting with roughly $16,000.

On a board of [jc][10s][9s], a player bets $500 and Amir Vahedi ($11,000) raises to $1,500. Wayne Boyd ($10,000) re-raises to $2,000 more and the first bettor moves all-in for $5,000 total. Vahedi also pushes all-in over the top for $9,000 and Boyd calls. Vahedi flips up [9h][9c] for a set, Boyd shows [ksqc] for a straight and the other player turns over 8-7 for a lower straight. The turn and river come [as][8c], upgrading Boyd's straight and giving him the pot. Boyd is now up to $25,000, while Vahedi stack is down to $700 and the other player is eliminated.

Michael Mizrachi re-raises an opponent in early position to $2,500 and David Benyamine calls all-in for his last $2,000. The early position player folds and Mizrachi shows [js][jc]. Benyamine shows [as][kd] and the players are racing. The board comes [9d][9s][4d][7s][8d] and Benyamine is eliminated early on today's championship event. Mizrachi is now up to $13,500.

Paul "Eskimo" Clark is short stacked, putting his last $100 chip in preflop, and going against three other players heading into the flop. The board comes down [qc][6h][2c][6s][2s], and on the river one opponent bets out all remaining players. He pulls down the sidepot, then shows the [qh][10c]. Clark will need to show a either a queen with a better kicker, aces, kings, a six or a deuce. He reveals the [ac][10h], however, and is eliminated.

Mike Sexton raises to $350 preflop on the button with four players already in. All four call and the flop comes [qh][5d][3c]. It is checked to Sexton, who bets $800 and gets one caller. The turn puts the [10d] on the board and Sexton's opponent again checks. Sexton shoots out a $1,750 bet and is called by his opponent. The river brings the [9d] and it is again checked to Sexton. Sexton tries again and bets $2,500. His opponent folds and Sexton takes down a relatively large pot, now sitting with $12,500.

Joe Sebok has arrived at the tournament dressed as "Robin" from the Batman and Robin comic book. Sebok lost a bet to Gavin Smith on who would perform the best during the preliminary events at the 2006 WSOP. Sebok must make an appearance dressed as a different super-hero for each day of the main event (Smith gets to choose which character).

La masa featured ESPN cel mai cunoscut este Scotty Nguyen.

On a board showing [qh][8s][2h], Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi bets $1,100 and Ben Roberts calls. The turn puts the [10h] on the board and both players check. The river brings the Aclub and Mizrachi bets to $1,600. Roberts raises to $3,200 and Mizrachi calls, showing [7h][5h] for a flush. Roberts mucks and Mizrachi takes down the pot to put his stack at $18,850. Roberts is now down to $3,850.

Tobey Maguire raises to $600 preflop and his opponent re-raises to $1,600. Maguire calls and the flop comes [Ac][Qd][9c]. Maguire checks and his opponent bets $1,200, which Maguire calls. The turn is the [jh] and Maguire pushes all-in for his remaining $2,000. His opponent calls and shows [qh][qs], while Maguire flips up [as][10h]. The river puts the [10s] on the board, giving Maguire two pair, which is not enough against his opponent's set of Queens and Maguire is eliminated from the tournament.

Gus Hansen raises to $600 under-the-gun and a player in mid-position calls. The player in the big blind also calls and the flop comes [ah][7h][5c]. The big-blind player checks and Hansen shoots out with a $1,250 bet. The mid-position player folds and the big blind player moves all-in, having Hansen covered. Hansen calls all-in for his last $6,125 and shows [ad][qd] for top pair. His opponent flips up [8h][5h] for a flush draw. The turn puts the [3d] on the board and the river brings the [7d] and Hansen's Aces hold up. Hansen more than doubles up and now sits with $17,625.

On a board showing [Kd][Jd][10d][Ad][8c], Mike Sorrentino bets $2,000 and Ben Roberts takes some time before mucking his hand. Sorrentino opts to show his hand, [As][Qd], which gave him the royal flush. Sorrentino's stack is now up to $35,500.

On a board of [Ac][Kh][9d], with $4,000 already in the pot, Clonie Gowen pushes all-in for her remaining $2,400. Her sole opponent calls and shows [As][3s] for a pair of Aces. Gowen flips up pocket Queens and will need to improve. The turn is the [9s] and the river is the [2d], not helping Gowen and eliminating her from the tournament.

Jack Mahalingam is all-in for $5,000 and is called an opponent in late position. Mahalingam shows [8s][8c] and his opponent has [5h][5c]. The flop is [6s][5s][5d] and his opponent flops quads. The turn is a [9s] giving Mahalingam a gut-shot straight flush draw (his only way to win). The river is the [7s] giving Mahalingam the straight flush and the hand.

Dan Harrington is eliminated from today's event. He was greeted by a round of applause as he stood up and walked away from his table. Mike Sexton's [qh][qc] beat Harrington's [jh][7h] when the board brought a fourth heart on the river.

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Gus Hansen's aces are cracked by his opponent's pocket jacks after hitting a third jack on the turn. Hansen raised the hand pre-flop, on the flop, and on the turn. He called a re-raise on the turn and both players checked the river. Hansen is at $7,000.

Seat 5 raises to $2,500 from the cut-off and is called by Hoyt Corkins. The flop comes [As][10c][5h]. Corkins bets $3,000, seat 5 calls. The turn is the [2c], Corkins bets $4,200, seat 5 calls. The river brings the [2h], Corkins fires out $12,000 and is called by seat 5 once again. Corkins turns over [Ac][10d] for two pair and his opponent mucks his hand. Corkins now is at $52,500.

One player in the main event has had pocket aces nine times today.

On a board of [10s][9d][7s][Jc], David Sklansky checks and Danny Masterson bets $1,100. Sklansky makes the call and the river is the [7c]. Sklansky fires $2,400 and Masterson immediately calls. He mucks his hand when Sklansky shows [9c][9h] for a full house.

Daniel Negreanu has just entered the Amazon room and is walking through the 91 tables still remaining to see who is left in the field on Day 1A.

With a pot of $11,000 and a board of [9c][8c][6c][8s][5d], Juan Carlos Mortensen bets $4,000. His opponent goes all-in for $21,300 total. Mortensen thinks for a long time before folding his hand face up - [Ah][As]. His opponent shows the [Kc] as he rakes the pot. Mortensen is down to $8,000.

Seat 2 raises to $1,000 from late position. Barry Greenstein calls from the big blind. The flop comes [7d][4c][3c]. Greenstein checks and seat 2 bets $1,000. Greenstein re-raises to $3,000. Seat 2 calls. The turn is the [Kh]. Greenstein bets $4,000 and seat 2 calls. The river is the [3h]. Greenstein bets $7,000 and his opponent folds. He's now at $34,500.

Russ "Dutch" Boyd is eliminated from the tournament after pushing all-in with queens. His opponent calls with A-10 and hits an ace on the flop.

Gus Hansen is eliminated from the tournament after he pushes pre-flop with [6h][6s] and loses to his opponent's [Ah][7d].

Play ends for the night with under 800 players remaining out of the original field of 2,138. The players erupted in cheers as the tournament director came on the public address system to congratulate the players and explain the bagging process.

Day 1B begins tomorrow at noon. Players from day 1A will return on Tuesday, August 1, for day 2A of the main event.

CHIP COUNTS

Place - Player - Ammount - Trend

1 Paul McCaffrey 111,800 Down $-200

2 Mark Vos 93,000 Down $-11,200

3 Cuong Do 86,000 Up $17,400

4 Jeffrey Lisandro 79,000 Up $12,000

5 Pete Falk 68,200 Down $-14,800

6 Mike Erstling 67,000 Down $-20,000

7 Yervand Boyadjian 65,000 Up $7,300

8 Mike Epstein 62,000 Down $-6,000

9 David Pham 59,000 Up $8,700

10 Eric Buchman 56,500 Down $-500

11 Tom Richter 56,000 Down $-18,000

12 Matthew Maroon 52,500 Up $3,500

12 Aaron Katz 52,500 Up $12,500

14 Jesse Martin 51,000 Up $15,000

15 Hoyt Corkins 50,000 Down $-8,000

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Jack Mahalingam is all-in for $5,000 and is called an opponent in late position. Mahalingam shows <font color='black'>8♠</font><font color='black'>8♣</font> and his opponent has <font color='red'>5♥</font><font color='black'>5♣</font>. The flop is <font color='black'>6♠</font><font color='black'>5♠</font><font color='red'>5♦</font> and his opponent flops quads. The turn is a <font color='black'>9♠</font> giving Mahalingam a gut-shot straight flush draw (his only way to win). The river is the <font color='black'>7♠</font> giving Mahalingam the straight flush and the hand.

One player in the main event has had pocket aces nine times today.

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DAY 1B

Today marks Doyle Brunson's 30th anniversary of his first championship bracelet. Texas Dolly has just announced for the dealers to shuffle up and deal. The cards are in the air, and day 1B has officially begun.

1st Elimination, 1st Hand

Greg Nunley raises to $225 and Mark Lawlor re-raises to $600. Nunley re-raises to $1,500 and Lawlor makes it $3,000 to go. Nunley goes all-in and Lawlor makes the call. Nunley shows [Kc][Kd] and Lawlor shows [Ah][Ad]. The board comes [Jh][10c][2d][7s][3d], and Nunley is our first elimination of the day.

Has Anyone Seen Hellmuth?

ESPN is featuring Table 100 today. The player in seat 5 has yet to arrive...but we can probably expect Phil Hellmuth sometime within the next two hours. He will be playing for his eleventh bracelet.

AA vs. KK vs. QQ

A player under the gun raises to $150. Jarret McMillan re-raises to $400. Michael Hasday, in the big blind, makes it $3,900 to go. The under the gun player goes all-in while McMillan folds. Hasday makes the call and shows [As][Ah]. The under the gun player shows [Qd][Qc] and McMillan mucks K-K. The board comes [Kd][Jd][3s][2h][10h], and Michael Hasday eliminates an opponent and boosts his stack to $22,400. McMillan folded the winning hand.

Brunson Minimizes Loss

Doyle Brunson and his opponent check a board of [Jh][6h][5h][2h]. On the river ([Jc]), Brunson's opponent bets $600 and Brunson calls. His opponent shows [Kh][Kc] for the second nut flush. Brunson shows A-A without the [Ah] and expresses how glad he is that they didn't get all of their chips in pre-flop.

Celebrity Table
Dax Shepherd of Punk'd and Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond are both seated at Table 201.
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A player from the 5 seat raises $250 before the flop, and David Williams just flat calls his bet. The flop comes [Kh][7s][6s], and the 5 seat bets $600, Williams calls. The turn comes [2s], and the 5 seat bets $1,000, and Williams calls. The river brings the [10d], seat 5 bets $1,000, and Williams says, "I'll just call." Williams flips over [10s][10h], for a set, and the 5 seat turns over [Ah][As]. Williams says, "It was for the camera.", as there was an ESPN film crew looking on. Williams rakes the pot and brings his chip count up to $10,300. He looks back to the cameraman and says, "Keep that camera running, I'm playing another pot here buddy."

Brunson Wins Big Pot

With $2,500 in the pot the board reads [Jh][8c][5h][6h]. Doyle Brunson ($8,000) bets $1,000 from the small blind. His opponent in the cut off position ($7,000) calls. The [4d] falls on the river and Brunson leads out with $2,000. His opponent calls and Brunson shows [9h][7d] for a straight. Brunson improves to $12,200 while his opponent has $3,250.

Rafe Furst Makes A Great Laydown

A player in middle position re-raises Rafe Furst to $1,500 and Furst makes the call. The flop comes [10d][6d][3d] and his opponent bets $3,000. Furst immediately folds [Qh][Qs] face up. His opponent shows [Ad][Ac]. Furst is down to $11,200.

Caro Gets Slapped...by Himself, but Wins Pot

A player from middle position raises to $500. Another player calls. Mike "The Mad Genius" Caro raises $1,500. While the initial raiser is thinking Caro says, "I'm probably playing too aggressive. I should slow down, starting in the middle of this hand." He then puts out his hand and slaps it twice saying, "Bad genius! Bad!" The initial raiser folds and the other player calls. The flop comes [Qd][6s][2s]. Caro was apparently bluffing about slowing down, as he bets $2,025 putting his opponent all in. Caro's opponent immediately folds. Caro is up to $25,000 while his opponent has $1,925.

Eric Firestone Hits a Royal Flush

On a flop of [Ad][Qh][10d] an opponent bets $500. Eric Firestone raises to $1,500. His opponent reraises to $4,500 and Firestone calls. Both players check a turn of the [Kd] and the river is the [6s]. Firestone goes all-in and his opponent folds two pair. Firestone shows [Qd][Jd] for a royal flush and builds his stack to $15,600

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated
Phill Hellmuth was all-in with A-Q, versus an opponent's pocket 7s. The 7s hold up, and a once short-stcked Phill Hellmuth is now eliminated.

Gavin Smith Eliminated
Shannon Elizabeth Eliminated

Williams Eliminates Opponent
With a board reading [Ac][9d][7d] and about $4,500 already in the pot, David Williams bets enough to put his opponent all-in for about $3,000 more. His opponent calls, showing pocket Kings. Williams turns up [Ah][7h]. The turn and river fail to improve his opponent and David Williams takes down the pot. He now sits with $18,200.



On a board showing [Ac][7h][2c], with $3,000 in the pot, Robert Ozeran pushes all-in for his remaining $1,650. Brad Garrett, Ozeran's sole opponent, considers his hand in typical Brad Garrett fashion. ESPN cameras and Card Player reporters stand near the table to catch the action. "Go away! Why don't you go to Phil Hellmuth's house? He's home!" (Hellmuth had busted just over an hour ago).

After considering his hand for a minute more, the fire alarm goes off in the Amazon Room and Garrett yells, "Doyle (Brunson), can you turn your oxygen machine down?" Garrett then calls and shows [10c][10d], while Ozeran flips up [As][Jc] for a pair of Aces and the lead. The turn and river come [8d] and [Qs] and Ozeran takes down the pot to double up to $6,300. Garrett is now down to $5,000.

After the hand, Garrett drops the F-bomb and then covers his mouth. A tournament director is standing right behind him and gives him a warning, which prompts an argument from the rest of the table because two others sitting there had already gotten penalties for a language violations and had not received warnings. The warning stood and the other players at the table were assured that fairness would be observed. Garrett also reassured them, "Don't worry, I'll be out soon."

Brunson's Grandson Busts Brad Garrett

True to his word, Brad Garrett busts out of the tournament just over 20 minutes after he told his table he would. Ironically, after hazing Doyle Brunson at his roast two nights ago and then yelling friendly insults to him across the room all day today, it was Brunson's grandson that eventually knocked him out.

Jeff Veach eliminates Garrett when his K-10 runs into Garrett's suited A-Q. Garrett ends up hitting his flush on the hand, but Veach takes it down when he completes a full house. Garrett let Brunson in on the irony by yelling the news across the room.

Players will now be on a dinner break until 8:15 pm PST.

[Eminescu]

"Two unknwon players were involved in an interesting pot. Player 1 moved all-in for his last $1,525, with pocket 4's, and Player 2 called with K-J. The flop came K-Q-J giving Player 2 two pair. Player 1 started walking away from the table, but the turn was an ace and the river was a ten, putting an ace high straight on the board. The pot was split and Player 1 was called back to the table."

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DAY 1C

First Player Eliminated
Robert Burton has the honor of eliminating the first player of the day - just three minutes into play - when his J-J beats his opponent's 3-3 on a board of J-4-3-7-9

John Phan raises pre-flop, and he is called by Joe Berry and Sam Farha. The flop comes [9h][6h][4h], Phan raises, Berry calls, and Farha re-raises. Phan folds and Berry smooth calls. The turn brings another 6, and once again, Farha bets into Berry who just calls. The river brings a 10, and Farha moves all-in. Berry calls and Farha flips over pocket 9s for a full house. Berry shows pocket 6s, and Farha can't believe his opponent turned quads against his top set. Farha is eliminated.

Raymer Can't Get Going
Greg Raymer has been battling to accumulate chips all day. After falling to the $7,000 mark, Raymer goes into another battle. The board reads [Ah][10d][7c][Js]. Tyler Wong bets $600 and Raymer calls. The river is the [Kd] and Wong bets $1,500. Raymer throws his cards into the muck and says he hopes Wong flopped a set. Raymer is down to $5,700 and Wong has $4,800.

Esfandiari Stays Alive
From the small blind, Antonio Esfandiari moves all in against the players in the cut off and on the button. The cut off thinks for a few moments, during which Esfandiari needles him, saying, "If you call I show you the nuts, if you fold I show a bluff." The cut off continues to ponder, then moves all in for approximately $7,000. The button mucks, and Esfandiari reveals his [As][3c]. He needs some help against the cut off's [8c][8s]. The flop is ugly for Esfandiari, bringing the [4c][4s][6s]. The turn brings [Qh], and Esfandiari is left needing an ace on the river. The [Ac] is a welcome sight as it hits the board on the river, giving Esfandiari the pot and leaving him with roughly $5,400.

Harman Loses Pot
A player in middle position makes it $700 to go. In the small blind position, Jennifer Harman calls leaving herself with $1,975. The flop comes [qd][3s][3c] and Harman bets $600. Her opponent thinks for quite a while and finally puts her all-in. Harman quickly folds. She now sits with $1,375.

Greg Raymer Doubles Up
On a flop of [10c][7c][5s], the big blind checks and Raymer bets $1,100. A player in late position raises to $2,200. The big blind and Greg Raymer call. The turn is the [As]. The big blind checks and Raymer moves in for $3,500. The player in late position folds and the big blind folds. Raymer shows [Ad][10d] for top two pair. His opponent shows [9c][8c] for an open-ended straight flush draw. The river is the 2heart. Raymer more than doubles up to $15,200.

Jennifer Harman has been eliminated from the Main Event.

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow Eliminated
At the ESPN featured table, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow calls all in on for approximately $10,000 on a flop of [9d][4d][7s], after heavy preflop betting. Both players flip up their hands, Matusow with [7c][7h] and his opponent with [Kd][Jd]. The [Ah] falls on the turn, and Matusow now has to dodge only a diamond or he will double up. The river brings the [3d], and a very dejected Mouth is sent to the rail.

Daniel Negreanu Wins a $21,100 Pot

Three players at Daniel Negreanu's table call $700 pre-flop. The flop comes [Ah][Jd][5d]. Negreanu bets $1,000 and gets one caller. He bets $3,000 on the turn ([8s]) and is called. He bets $5,500 on the river ([Kd]) and is called. His opponent shows A-K while he shows [7d][6d]. With the pot, Negreanu is up to $41,500 and is among the day's chip leaders.

Antonio Esfandiari Eliminated
Antpnio Esfandiari makes it $900 to go from the button, and is called by E.J. Folks in the big blind. The flop comes K-8-4, prompting Folks to check and Esfandiari to bet $1,100. Folks reraises all in for $1,850 more, and Esfandiari calls, showing pocket nines. Folks reveals his K-8 for flopped two pair, and Esfandiari is in trouble going into the turn and river. He receives no help, and is eliminated.

Daniel Negreanu raises $600 from middle position. A player later to act reraises all in for $2,400. Negreanu asks, "Do you have tens by any chance?" After not hearing an answer, Negreanu calls. His opponent turns over [Ac][10h] and Kid Poker excitedly flips over his [As][Jc]. The flop comes [Kh][8d][7c]. The turn is the [Kc]. Negreanu tells the dealer, "Give him an eight, keep him a round a little while." But the dealer doesn't listen and turns over the [5s] eliminating his opponent and giving Negreanu the $6,000 pot. Negreanu now has $41,000. After the hand Negreanu said, "It was a math call, I saw what he moved in with before and was getting three to two odds."

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Raymer Takes a Hit
Action is folded around to Greg Raymer in the cut-off who bets $1,200. From the big blind, seat six calls the raise. The flop comes [Qh][Jd][4s]. Seat six checks, and Raymer bets $1,000. Seat six calls. The turn is the [6s], and both players check. The river is the Kdiamond. Seat six bets $1,500, and Raymer folds. Greg Raymer is now sitting with $7,000.

Protege Won't Back Down
Brian Fidler raises under the gun to $600 and the player in seat 6 calls from the small blind. The flop is [6s][6d][5d], seat 6 checks and Fidler bets $1,000. Seat 6 then raises to $2,500, Fidler re-raises to $5,000, and seat 6 calls. The turn card is the [10s], seat 6 checks, Fidler bets $5,000, and seat 6 folds. Fidler now has $32,000.

T.J. Cloutier has just been eliminated from the main event.

In middle position, Daniel Negreanu makes it $800 to go. An opponent behind him then pumps it to $1,900. Negreanu calls. The flop comes [10c][Jd][8d] and Negreanu checks to his opponent who fires $2,200 at the pot. Negreanu then re-raises to $5,500 where upon his opponent moves all-in for a few thousand more. Negreanu calls and turns up [Qs][9c] for the nuts while his opponent shows [Ac][9h]. The turn and river fail to improve Negreanu's opponent. Negreanu now sits with $54,000.

Best Hand Of The Day
With a board showing [Jd][8c][3h], chip leader William Thorson pushes all-in, and Jean-Robert Bellande calls. A third player alive in the hand debates a call, as Bellande declares, "Come on in, baby! The water's warm!" The third player folds and Bellande flips over [8h][8d] as Thorson shows top-set with [Jh][Js]. The turn is the [3s] giving both players a full house, and the river is the [Ks]. Thorson takes down the humongous pot, as Bellande is eliminated. Thorson's chip-leading stack has now climbed to a whopping $112,000.

Steve Dannemann has been eliminated from the main event.

12 Hours Straight
Table 145 has only lost one player since play started at 12 p.m. today, meaning the 9 players that started the day there have been playing together for over 12 hours now. Tom McEvoy is one of those players in seat 7.

Raymer Gets Clocked
With the board showing [Jh][8h][7h][6s], Raymer bets $2,500, and the player in seat 5 trys to move all-in, but is cited for a string-raise by a floorman, and her action is reduced to a call. The river is the [10d], Raymer checks and seat 5 moves all-in for her last $5,525. Raymer thinks for a long time, and a large crowd with two cameramen form around the table. The player in seat 8 calls the clock on Raymer, and he lets it run down to the end before making the call. Seat 5 shows [Jd][9h] for the straight and Raymer mucks. Raymer is crippled down to $6,500.

Movie Marathon
A player on table 145 has just finished watching all the Rocky movies that he started at 12 p.m. The player now has to sit through the final hour of Day 1C without any other forms of entertainment while he finishes up the day.

Seat 4 raises from early position to $1,100. Josh Arieh and seat 8 call. The flop comes [Ah][5c][4s]. Seat 4 bets $2,200. Arieh calls and seat 8 folds. The turn is the [3c]. Seat 4 bets $3,500 and Arieh goes all-in for about $8,000 more. Seat 4 thinks for a long time as the ESPN cameras roll. After a few minutes, she folds and Arieh shows the [Ac] and says, "I had it, I had it," to the rest of the table. He's at $29,000.

Raymer Eliminates Opponent
With $4,000 in the pot the flop is [Ks][4h][2s]. Seat seven pushes all-in for $7,875. Seat two folds, and Greg Raymer contemplates a call. After about ten seconds, Raymer calls revealing a [Kc][10c], but his opponent reveals [As][Ad]. The turn comes the 10spade, and the river is the [Qs]. Raymer looks to the gentleman, and apologizes for the bad beat. Raymer is now up to $33,000.

Hellmuth Sweats Arieh
Continuing his run through the Amazon Room, Phil Hellmuth stops behind Josh Arieh and sweats him on a hand. Arieh ends up folding the hand, and Hellmuth moves on to the next table.

Raymer on a Run
With less than 30 minutes remaining in the final level of the night, Greg Raymer hits a few hands and builds his stack up to nearly $50,000. He's been under $15,000 for nearly the entire day

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Negreanu Eliminates Player
With $5,000 in the pot and a flop showing [6c][6h][3d], Daniel Negreanu checks. The 5 seat bets $3,500, the 7 seat calls, and Negreanu calls. The turn is the [2c] and once again Daniel checks. The 5 seat checks and the 7 seat fires out another $3,500. Daniel calls and the 5 seat folds. The river is the [9d] and Negreanu pushes all-in. After a brief debate the 7 seat reluctantly calls and flips over [Jc][Jd]. Negreanu flips over [5s][4s], for a straight, and eliminates the 7 seat. Currently, Daniel Negreanu has $78,500

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Day 1D

Sean Sheikhan Eliminated

On a flop of [9h][7s][3h] and $675 in the pot, the player in seat 2 bets $700. Sean Sheikhan raises to $2,000 and the player re-raises all-in for $10,000 more. Sheikhan makes the call and shows [Qh][Q] while his opponent shows [9s][9c] for a set. The turn and river come [8c][Ks], and Sheikhan is eliminated.

Mark Aubin Flops the Royal Flush

A player in the 7 seat raises $125 before the flop. Mark Aubin just calls. The flop comes [Kh][Qh][Jh], and the 7 seat bets out $250 this time. Once again, Aubin just calls. A brick hits the turn and both players check. The river brings another Jack, pairing the board, and the 7 seat bets $350. Aubin raises to $800, and unfortunately for Aubin, his opponent folds. Aubin shows his cards anyway, revealing [Ah][10h]...he flopped the royal flush.

Lennox Lewis in the House
The tournament staff just gave a nice shoutout to Lennox Lewis, who is playing in the main event today. Lewis receives a standing ovation and says to field, "Let's get ready to rumble!"

Joe Hachem Eliminates A Player
Over at the featured table, Joe Hachem calls an all-in of his opponent. Hachem shows A-A and his opponent shows Q-Q. The flop brings an Ace and Hachem sends his opponent to the rail. After the hand, Hachem is up to $16,500.

Erik Seidel Eliminated
Erik Seidel has been eliminated when his Aces were cracked by his opponent's Queens.

Rene Angelil Makes A World Class Laydown
Rene Angelil raises preflop in early position. Another player in late position makes a big re-raise and Angelil instantly folds K-K face-up. The table is stunned and even more suprised to see his opponent turn over A-A. After making an almost impossible laydown, Angelil is down to $9,200.

On a flop of [Ks][3h][2s][10d], the big blind checks and Ted Forrest bets $1,500. The player in seat 4 calls and the big blind folds. The river is the Jdiamond. Forrest bets $2,000 and his opponent calls. Forrest shows AheartAdiamond. His opponent mucks K-Q face up. Forrest rakes in the pot, saying that he was a little scared of K-J. He is up to $15,000 in chips.

First Disqualification of the Series

A player has just been disqualified from the main event. He was putting chips into his pocket when he was caught by a floorman. The player claimed that he was told he could transfer his chips in his pocket, but the tournament director explained why it was against the rules at the World Series. If a player takes tournament chips out of sight, they are no longer in play. This is done to prevent chip dumping and counterfeit chips from entering tournament play. The player has been disqualified, and the floorman went on to say that this was the first disqualification of it's kind for this year's WSOP. Last year, a player was also eliminated by carrying his chips in his pocket. His chips were confiscated and removed from play. If a player were to only put some of his chips in his pocket, only those chips would be removed, and he would still be able to continue playing with the remainder of his chips. When players are moved or tables are broken, the tournament directors make sure to give the players chip racks and tell them not to remove the chips from sight. The eye in the sky is always watching.


Lennox Lewis Never Bluffs
With a $700 pot and a board reading [4d][4c][3d], Lewis fires a $1,000 right-hook at the pot. All of his opponents fold and several players say to him, "We know you were bluffing that time." Lewis responds, "I never bluff!", and laughs as he rakes the pot.

Erick Lindgren Eliminated

Cecilia Mortensen Takes Down Big Pot
A player in early position makes it $600 to go. Cecilia Mortensen then bumps it to $1,600. The action folds back around to the original raiser who pushes all-in for an additional $5,050. Mortensen thinks for a short time before calling, showing Q-Q. Her opponent shows A-K offsuit, and they are off to the races. The flop comes 10-9-2. The turn brings a Jack and the river brings a 5. Cecilia Mortensen now sits with $24,000.

Craziness at Table 127

Kevin "Lucko" O'Brien takes a big hit down to $7,200 when his opponent flops Quads.

Shortly afterwards, Hank Azaria raises to $600 in middle position. Pete "The Beat" Giordano, raises him to $1,600. When the action gets around to Azaria, he re-raises to $5,600. Giordano immediately goes all-in and has Azaria covered. Azaria has $2,900 left, and he asks Giordano if he has Aces. Giordano says he doesn't know, but that he would like Azaria to stick around for awhile. Azaria is torn on his decision. He already has about 2/3 of his chips in the middle, but he hesitates to make a decision. The cameras swarm around him, and he eventually folds the [Ks][Kd] face up. Giordano tells him he made a good decision, and turns over the [As][Ah]. Michael O'Deh, who is one table over, comes over to tell him what a great laydown he made. Someone tells O'Deh that even celebrities can play, considering Rene Angelil made the same laydown earlier in the day. Unfortunately, O'Deh doesn't know who Azaria is, and asks for his credits. Azaria doesn't seem to be in the mood, but he does a few voices from The Simpsons, including Chief Wiggum and Moe Sizlak.

The next two hands, Azaria takes down both pots and builds himself right back up to $5,000 in chips.

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Hand of the Day? Bad Beat of the Day?
With $4,000 in the pot and a flop of [9h][8d][3d], Adam Meyer bets $1,200. Jeremiah Smith raises to $6,000 and Meyer immediately moves all-in. Jeremiah calls and shows [9s][9d] while Meyer shows 8heart8club. The turn is no help to Meyer as the [6d] falls. The river, however, brings a miracle for him as the [8s]e comes. Meyer doubles up to $30,000 and Smith has fallen to $10,000 following that hand along with a hand he lost 5 minutes later.

Lennox Lewis KO'd By a Girl
Lennox Lewis calls Cecilia Mortensen's pre-flop raise and then gets all of his chips in on a flop of A-6-5. Lewis shows A-10 and Mortensen counter punches him with A-Q. The turn and river bring a 2 and an 8, no help to Lewis. Mike Tyson couldn't knock out Lennox Lewis, but little Cecilia Mortensen sure did, and after this hand she now has $30,000 in her corner.

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Lennox Lewis KO'd By a Girl
Lennox Lewis calls Cecilia Mortensen's pre-flop raise and then gets all of his chips in on a flop of A-6-5. Lewis shows A-10 and Mortensen counter punches him with A-Q. The turn and river bring a 2 and an 8, no help to Lewis. Mike Tyson couldn't knock out Lennox Lewis, but little Cecilia Mortensen sure did, and after this hand she now has $30,000 in her corner.

E buna shi la poker... LOL... N-ajung eu cu ea la masa..? Hm.... Mai vorbim noi....