WSOP Pool 2009

[larrymcg421]

Time to get this started again. The World Series of Poker starts on May 26th.

Rules:

Pick 10 Poker Players

1 of the poker players must be female
1 of the poker players must not have a bracelet.
1 of your picks can be made "Money Man" and they will score double points for you.
1 of your picks can be made "Main Event Champion". If they win the Main Event, you win the pool by default. (This almost happened three years ago when Allen Cunningham made the final table, and last year we had deep runs by Matusow and Hellmuth).

Scoring is based on cash won by your players. You get 1 point for every $1,000 your picks earn.

Previous winners...

2008 - MollyMurphy
2007 - timmynausea
2006 - Barkeep49
2005 - Chubby
2004 - albionmoonlight

Picks due by May 26th. Late entries are accepted, but you will not get pts for any events that started before your picks were made.


Current Standings and Players Remaining:


Comey 1685.52

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


ntndeacon 1640.79


rockboy70 1564.706

Phil Ivey 2,695,000


Quiksand 1549.708

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


radii 1529.637

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


digamma 1510.13

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


MollyMurphy 1433.944

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


kccheif19 1399.839

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


jbergey22 1378.456

Phil Ivey (Main Event) - 2,695,000


cartman 1313.44

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


kingfc22 1279.829

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


hoopsguy 1025.681

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


larrymcg421 970.29

Phil Ivey - 2,695,000


Lathum 796.241


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[jbergey22]

1. Daniel Negreanu(money man)
2. Chris Ferguson
3. Mike Matusow
4. Erick Lindgren
5. Phil Ivey(WSOP winner)
6. Phil Hellmuth
7. Allen Cunningham
8. Michael Mizrachi(no bracelet)
9. Barry Greenstein
10. Vanessa Selbst(female)

[Radii]

1. Phil Hellmuth
2. Chris Ferguson
3. Barry Greenstein
4. Tom Dwan (money man)
5. Allen Cunningham
6. Phil Ivey
7. Daniel Negreanu
8. Andy Bloch (Main event champ)
9. Justin Bonomo (No Bracelet)
10. Jennier Harman (female)

[hoopsguy]

1. Non-bracelet - Tom Dwan
2. Woman - Vanessa Selbst
3. Main Event - John Juanda
4. Money Man - Barry Greenstein

5. Allen Cunningham
6. Patrick Antonius
7. Phil Ivey
8. Phil Hellmuth
9. Phil Galfond
10. David Benyamine

[ntndeacon]

1. J.C. Tran (money man)
2. Scotty Nguyen
3. Eric Seidel
4. Jeff Madsen (Main event)
5. Men Nguyen
6. Barry Greenstein
7. Michael Binger (no bracelet)
8. Chris Ferguson
9. Daniel Negreanu
10. Kathy Liebert (woman)

[jbergey22]

Bump...

2 days left

[larrymcg421]

Tom Dwan (Bracelet)
Jennifer Harman (Female)
Phil Hellmuth (Money Man)
Phil Ivey
John Juanda (ME Winner)
Erick Lindgren
Mike Matusow
Layne Flack
David Benyamine
Scotty Nguyen

[QuikSand]

John Juanda (M/E)
Phil Ivey
Phil Hellmuth
Barry Greenstein
Daniel Negreanu ($)
Kathy Liebert
Allen Cunningham
Nam Le (N/B)
Tom Dwan
Erick Lindgren

[rockboy70]

Phil Hellmuth (Money Man)
Tom Dwan (Bracelet)
Kathy Liebert (woman)
Daniel Negreanu (M/E)
Allen Cunningham
Chris Ferguson
Eric Seidel
Huck Seed
Phil Ivey
Mike Matusow

[ntndeacon]

lary you need a main event winner and Quik needs a money man

[Radii]

lary you need a main event winner and Quik needs a money man

looks like quik has negreanu has his money man.

[Comey]

Justin Bonomo (money man)
Theo Tran (bracelet)
Vanessa Rousso (woman)
Jeff Madsen (M/E)

5. Chris Ferguson
6. Tom Dwan
7. Elky Grospeller
8. Andrew Robl
9. Phil Ivey
10. Erick Lindgren

[kcchief19]

Phil Ivey
Daniel Negreanu
Phil Hellmuth
John Juanda (main event)
Scotty Nguyen (Money)
Bertrand Grospellier (bracelet)
Allen Cunningham
Barry Greenstein
Tom Dwan
Vanessa Rousso (female)

[ntndeacon]

looks like quik has negreanu has his money man.

Yes I see that now. I only saw three names mentioned and missed the symbol.

[ntndeacon]

Also what do we do about repeat Main event champs. I mean if two of us pick the same person and they win?

[cartman]

Andrew Bloch (no bracelet)
Phil Ivey
Daniel Negreanu
Danny Wong (money)
Jennifer Harman (female)
Scotty Ngyuen
Erik Seidel
Layne Flack
Johnny Chan
Gus Hansen (main event)

[larrymcg421]

Also what do we do about repeat Main event champs. I mean if two of us pick the same person and they win?

Co-winners.

[Lathum]

Chris Ferguson- Main Event
Phil Hellmuth- MoneyMan
Gus Hanson- Non braclet winner
anna wroblewski- Female

Daniel Negranue
Allen Cuunningham
John Pham
Joe Hachem
Nenad Medic
David Devilfish Ulliot

[MollyMurphy]

Vanessa Russo- Woman
Daniel Negranu-money man
Chris Ferguson
Phil Ivey
Phil Laak- Non Braclet
Mike Matasow
David Willams
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth- Main Event
Gus Hansen

[kingfc22]

1. Chris Ferguson - $$$
2. Erik Seidel
3. Jeff Madsen
4. Erick Lindgren
5. Phil Ivey
6. Phil Hellmuth
7. Allen Cunningham - Main Event
8. Nam Le - N/B
9. J.C. Tran
10. Vanessa Rousso - Female

[Lathum]

40K buy in event today, should give some people an early lead since I would imagine the field will be all pros

[Comey]

They're in the money in the 40k...I've got two alive (Bonomo, Robl) and Rousso cashed for me. I'll take three cashing to get me started here.

[ntndeacon]

Tran was my only cash there but he counts twice.

[hoopsguy]

Ugh, I'm the only guy with Galfond, and he finishes 29th, 2 out of the money, in a 40K entry fee event.

[Comey]

Tran was my only cash there but he counts twice.

Same with Bonomo for me.

[kcchief19]

ZeeJustin is working out to be a great pick for Comey as money man in the very first event. I think Bonomo is a great player but he was still a douchebag cheater.

For all the first-day talk about Moneymaker, he collapsed day two pretty quickly and look who made the final table ... Greg Raymer.

[Lathum]

Well in fairness to Moneymaker he lost with QQ to Ak then his 1010 ran into KK. Not like he made bad plays, just lost a coinflip for a big pot.

[larrymcg421]

And I wouldn't say it was quick. There were 89 people left going into day two and he finished 38th.

[Lathum]

yeah, the term collapse is suggestive of him calling off all his money with AJ or something.

That being said I think Raymer is a better player and will be rooting for him.

[larrymcg421]

yeah, the term collapse is suggestive of him calling off all his money with AJ or something.

That being said I think Raymer is a better player and will be rooting for him.

Like John Shipley did in 2002. Now THAT was a collapse.

Yeah, I'm rooting for Raymer also.

[kcchief19]

I hadn't read the hand-by-hand breakdown -- the quick overview on Cardplayer characterized it as a quick collapse and I went with that.

Those big hands that knocked him out though did come after he had already leaked half his stack away. It wasn't like he got unlucky and went from chip lead to the door -- he gave up the chip lead, had to make moves and lost two big hands to hit the rail.

[Lathum]

I hadn't read the hand-by-hand breakdown -- the quick overview on Cardplayer characterized it as a quick collapse and I went with that.

Those big hands that knocked him out though did come after he had already leaked half his stack away. It wasn't like he got unlucky and went from chip lead to the door -- he gave up the chip lead, had to make moves and lost two big hands to hit the rail.

IIRC he had over 800K when he lost to Tony G. and I would hardly call playing QQ making a move.

[digamma]

Late entry:

Negreanu (money)
Lindgren (main event)
Gavin Smith (no bracelet)
Ivey
Greenstein
Cunningham
Bernard Grosspelier
Vivek Rajkumar
Justin Bonomo
Vanessa Rouseau Brown (woman)

[kcchief19]

IIRC he had over 800K when he lost to Tony G. and I would hardly call playing QQ making a move.
Moneymaker Hurting After Tony G Double Up
Tony G was all in holding A-K against Chris Moneymaker’s pocket queens. The board ran out 8-6-2-K-J, giving Guoga the winning pair of kings and taking a huge chunk of Moneymaker’s stack.
After the hand, Moneymaker was down to just 230,000 while Guoga chipped up to over 830,000.
Cardplayer doesn't mention where Moneymaker was before the hand nor whothe blinds were. Even assuming Chris and Tony G were both in the blinds the most Moneymaker could have had at the time was 640k and would have been under $600 if others were in the blinds. His M would have been around 18 or so.

Cardplayer used colllapse and leaking to describe Moneymaker's play. Maybe they just hate Moneymaker but it sounds like same old Chris to me. He didn't make a bad play there and I think most of us would call in that spot in most circumstances. But he had been up over a million chips, so he'd already lost more than 40% of his stack before the Tony G or Ted Forrest knocking him out.

[Lathum]

you're pretty passionate about this

[kcchief19]

Not really. You and Larry seemed to think my read on it was wrong so I just wanted to see if I was. Whatever. Moving on.

[Lathum]

Not really. You and Larry seemed to think my read on it was wrong so I just wanted to see if I was. Whatever. Moving on.

I forgot this ;)

[larrymcg421]

Meh. I still think no one would describe it as a "collapse" if it was anyone but Moneymaker. It's not like he was gone early in day 2. He finished 10 short of the money.

I've just never understood the random hatred that Moneymaker gets, especially the bizaare criticisms of his play in the 2003 WSOP, which are so off the mark they've reached urban legend status.

[hoopsguy]

Hmm, this is not exactly a formula for my success in this format. Only guy on my roster that I'm sole person holding is Phil Galfond, who posted this after his 29th place finish (27 paid) in 40K event.

I'm not sure what I'm gonna play next. I need to rethink my view on the WSOP, which I might go into in another blog. Long story short, I was miserable while playing the event, and completely fine when I busted out. Seems like something is wrong there.


In an earlier blog entry, right before the start of the event, he posted the following which made me take a stab at him:
My hiatus from poker has finally started to get me hungry to play again. Usually, a week without much action makes me really wanna play, but this has been almost 3 weeks I think. I'm finally starting to want to play. Good timing too. I'm gonna be playing nonstop for the next month and a half.

Anyway, I think my hopes at this point (just 4 tournaments in) rest with Greenstein hitting really big and Benyamine playing/cashing a lot of tournaments. Otherwise, there is too much overlap with the rest of everyone else for me to realistically win this thing.

[digamma]

Galfond's video blog on pokerroad continues this theme and he talks about how much he likes cash games more than tournaments.

[hoopsguy]

Cashes so far (overall, not mine specifically):
EVENT 2:
Bonomo $413,166
Tran $71,858
Rousso $71,858
Robl $71,858

EVENT 3:
Lindgren $6,566
Flack $5,651

EVENT 4:
Tran $8,062

EVENT 6:
Negreanu $36,267

EVENT 8:
Lindgren $4,094
Greenstein $4,094
Rousso $4,094
Ivey $96,361
Flack $8,453

EVENT 10:
Grospellier $6,293
Negreanu $5,074

EVENT 11:
Hellmuth $12,761

EVENT 12:
Seed $102,286
Binger $21,357

EVENT 13:
Ivey $18,467

EVENT 14:
Greenstein $5,360
Negreanu $138,280

EVENT 15:
Liebert $21,026
Seidel $21,026
Medic $17,086

EVENT 16:
Juanda $25,634

EVENT 18:
Negreanu $130,401

EVENT 19:
Flack $5,404
Lindgren $11,839
M. Nguyen $20,117

EVENT 20:
Liebert $4,795
Seidel $24,919

EVENT 21:
Greenstein $5,277
Smith $23,777

EVENT 23:
Juanda $75,964
Benyamine $30,492
Binger $24,545

EVENT 25:
Ivey $220,538
Smith $6,434

EVENT 26:
Greenstein $3,405
Bonomo $4,871

EVENT 27:
Bloch $17,495

EVENT 29:
Chan $92,580

EVENT 30:
Ivey $4,883
Tran $235,685
Juanda $24,207

EVENT 31:
Rousso $5,906

EVENT 32:
Binger $13,819

EVENT 33:
Harman $41,040

EVENT 34:
Cunningham $2,745
Ferguson $2,745
Hellmuth $3,231
Grospellier $30,398

EVENT 35:
Ulliott $18,732

EVENT 36:
Binger $5,090

EVENT 37:
S. Nguyen $33,668

EVENT 38:
Hellmuth $8,019
Negreanu $6,169

EVENT 40:
Lindgren $25,817
Greenstein $82,746
Medic $34,552

EVENT 41:
Ivey $16,740
Harmen $16,740

EVENT 42:
Flack $30,674
Binger $7,050

EVENT 45:
Seidel $24,066
Rousso $43,091

EVENT 46:
Matusow $7,411

EVENT 47:
Cunningham $14,714
Bloch $7,030
Greenstein $57,671
Negreanu $5,757
Madsen $4,739

EVENT 48:
Hellmuth $11,347

EVENT 49:
Seidel $162,382
Seed $276,610
Hansen $123,895

EVENT 51:
M. Nguyen $5,314

EVENT 52:
Medic $6,929
Liebert $8,037

EVENT 53:
Bloch $4,487
Greenstein $2,696
Negreanu $2,696
Bonomo $2,696

EVENT 54:
M. Nguyen $2,923

EVENT 55:
Negreanu $7,223
Juanda $44,941

EVENT 56:
Hellmuth $26,824
Bonomo $11,297

[Comey]

Cashes so far:

EVENT 2:

Bonomo $413,166 (money man)
Robl $71,858
Rousso $71,858

EVENT 3:

Lindgren $6,566

So far, so good.

[Radii]

Negreanu finished 10th in the $10k 7 stud event for ~$36,000

[hoopsguy]

Awfully good job by Negreanu to hang around that long, as he was really short stacked for what seemed like two days.

[Lathum]

anyone else watching the 1K final table.

Really good stuff, it's amazing how much better poker is to watch when there is no hole cam and its unedited

[hoopsguy]

Bump - want this back on the first page to make updating it a little easier.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

The Ivey win should help some people in this pool.

[hoopsguy]

12 of the 14 entries have Ivey. Disadvantage - NTN and Lathum.

[Lathum]

ah well.

When anna Wroblewski wins the main event I'll have my revenge!

[larrymcg421]

I'll try to get some scores updates this weekend.

[Lathum]

Negreanu is lookinf like a solid MM pick. Ivey also going deep again

[hoopsguy]

Ivey is deep, but is really short stacked with 20 to play. He likely does not even have enough chips for one full orbit (depending on where blinds start today).

Negreanu is 2nd in chips with 11 left - really wishing I had him on my roster right about now.

[ntndeacon]

really need Men the Master and Michael Binger to step it up

[Lathum]

quick double up for Ivey

[Lathum]

and Ivey is out in 18th

[hoopsguy]

Negreanu wins a 550K pot without a showdown, now has nearly 50% of the chips at the table and twice that of his nearest competitor.

[Lathum]

Hoops, what site are you following from. the WSOP site just reported that hand

[MJ4H]

Live video stream: World Series of Poker (http://bm30342.edgeboss.net/wmedia-live/bm30342/58885/575_bm30342-pokerus_090604.asx)

I actually sort of know Tommi Horkko.

[Lathum]

nice find!!

[hoopsguy]

Lathum, I've been watching off of the bluffmagazine.com site.

[MJ4H]

It's the same stream, but this one you can open in any media player.

[Lathum]

I thought they weren't broadcasting any events today. Is this a special add on because of Negranue?

[MJ4H]

Yep.

[Lathum]

2nd place for Negruanu. Still a nice score for those who have him

[MJ4H]

Must've been brutal there for him because he was steadily building a big chiplead and his whole stack disappeared in about 15 minutes.

[larrymcg421]

On top of that, he lost $200k when Ivey won a bracelet.

[hoopsguy]

Anyone know if Durr is playing events this year? I have not been seeing much of him in the updates.

[Radii]

Anyone know if Durr is playing events this year? I have not been seeing much of him in the updates.

he played the 40k event early on and busted on day 1 I tihnk, I have not seen anything since(but have not followed closely either)

[Comey]

A whole host of pros are doing well in the PLO8...Hellmuth 3rd, Ivey 6th lead the way for now with 105 left.

[ntndeacon]

hoops I think you missed one. Michael Binger won $21,357 coming in 16th in event 12.

[hoopsguy]

Thanks, NTN. I'm sure I'll miss them here (for those who haven't seen, I'm posting cashes near bottom of first page) so please call them out if I don't have guys listed that should be.

Hopefully this makes it easier for Larry when he has time to post standings.

[Lathum]

Great final table in the Omaha 8 10K event.

[MJ4H]

WMP link to watch it coming up in about 5-10 mins:

WSOP2009 brought to you by PKR.com (http://w3.hidemyass.com/index.php?q=aHR0cDovL2Fub255bW91c2Uub3JnL2NnaS1iaW4vYW5vbi13d3cuY2dpL2h0dHA6Ly9ibTMwMzQyLmVkZ2Vib3NzLm5ldC93bWVkaWEtbGl2ZS9ibTMwMzQyLzU4ODU3LzU3NV9ibTMwMzQyLXBva2VyXzA5MDUzMS5hc3g%3D&hl=0)

[ntndeacon]

Event 20 will be bery bery good to me with both Liebert and Seidel cashing. With The Master finally cashing All i need is for Ferguson, Madsen, and Scotty Nguyen to get off the snide. I hope Mike Patrick cashes today too. but that is cuz it is fun to see celebreties do well.

[hoopsguy]

he played the 40k event early on and busted on day 1 I tihnk, I have not seen anything since(but have not followed closely either)

Durrrr busto early in the 10K 2-7 draw event. After reviewing my picks, I think it is pretty clear that they suck so far.

[hoopsguy]

Binger out 8th, Juanda and Benyamine still in the hunt for 10K 2-7 draw title.

[larrymcg421]

Updated scores in 1st post.

[ntndeacon]

Tran started out so strong but hasn'tt gotten close since! Though it looks like Event 26 just hit the money and greenstein got in to the money again. Hopefully he will get 5 digits at least

[hoopsguy]

Ivey is in final 3 players, along with Carlos Mortenson (pretty sure no one has him) in Event 25.

[larrymcg421]

Ivey looking really good right now.

[larrymcg421]

Ivey now heads up against Ming Lee and has a 3.5:1 chip edge.

[larrymcg421]

John Juanda at the final table of Event 30 - Pot Limit Omaha.

[ntndeacon]

John Juanda at the final table of Event 30 - Pot Limit Omaha.

as is JC Tran

[ntndeacon]

woohoo! Tran won the bracelet on event 30!

[ntndeacon]

bumpity bump bump bumpity bump bump the main event is on the way

[CleBrownsfan]

it is?

[Lathum]

in like, 2 weeks

[hoopsguy]

Lisandro picks up his 3rd bracelet of the tournament.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Lisandro picks up his 3rd bracelet of the tournament.

Amazing stuff. Seems like a good guy.

[ntndeacon]

hoops. Madsen and Negraneu cashed in Event 47...like 4 k and 5k respectively

[ntndeacon]

and FInally all of my guys have cashed!

[Lathum]

50K HORSE is underway

[Lathum]

dola- only 73 entrants, about half of last year

[Lathum]

I like this

After a bit of an extended break with a stop for the 2 p.m. bracelet ceremony (where $10K Pot-Limit Hold'em bracelet winner John Kabbaj had the Sex Pistols' version of "God Save the Queen" played"), the cards are back in the air.

[hoopsguy]

and FInally all of my guys have cashed!

I'm jealous, considering I have guys who have not played a single tournament this WSOP.

[larrymcg421]

Scoreboard update in the first post.

[hoopsguy]

dola- only 73 entrants, about half of last year

Ended up at 95, but definitely a few names not in that were surprising to me. Per Pokernews:

Notable Absences

We've told you who's here. Then we got curious about who decided to skip this year's $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event and found ourselves scribbling down three entire pages of names. Here's a look at a few of the pros who did not buy in to this event:

Michael DeMichele (2008 Runner-Up), Lyle Berman (2008 5th Place), James Mackey (2008 Day 1 chip leader), Phil Hellmuth, T.J. Cloutier, Chris Reslock, Tad Jurgens, Mark Gregorich, Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Minh Ly, Rafi Amit, John D'Agostino, Mike Sexton, Katja Thater, Layne Flack, Brian "tsarrast" Rast, Dario Minieri, Tom Schneider, Michael Binger, Dan Harmetz, Brandon Adams, Keith Sexton, George Lind III, Robert Mizrachi, Michael Mizrachi, Lee Markholt, Kirill Gerasimov, Ram Vaswani, Hoyt Corkins, Dewey Tomko, Toto Leonidas, Phillipe Rouas, Amnon Filippi, David Williams, Isabelle Mercier, Raymond Davis (2008 10th Place), Ted Forrest, Kenny Tran, Tim Phan, Billy "The Croc" Argyros, Allen Cunningham, Marcel Luske, Shawn Sheikhan, Mickey Appleman, Robert Williamson III, Jan Von Halle and Markus Golser.

[Lathum]

thats a nice find Hoops.

If I ran a major online site I would be pissed as hell if my guys weren't in there. I am amazed Durr and Cunningham aren't in. Hellmuth doesn't surprise me, he really isn't great at other games.

[hoopsguy]

Hellmuth is in the money in another tournament at the moment, so he does have other things on his plate. If he was planning to make a deep run in that one then it is kind of hard to pony up 50K to get blinded off against a really tough field when he would be giving up an edge in the other games.

[hoopsguy]

Also, Cunningham's reward for skipping 50K HORSE to play in 1,500 Limit Shoot-out? Table with Shaun Deep, Jimmy Fricke, and Alan Goehring. Maybe not quite as tough as you would see in the 50K, but that sounds like a load for a 1,500 tourney with 600+ entries and missing 80 or so tough players due to the HORSE event.

[Lathum]

Also, Cunningham's reward for skipping 50K HORSE to play in 1,500 Limit Shoot-out? Table with Shaun Deep, Jimmy Fricke, and Alan Goehring. Maybe not quite as tough as you would see in the 50K, but that sounds like a load for a 1,500 tourney with 600+ entries and missing 80 or so tough players due to the HORSE event.

thats nuts

[hoopsguy]

In a stunner, Jerry Buss is bleeding chips in the 50K HORSE tourney early. Down to 58K from starting 150K, second lowest in the field. I'm guessing chip counts are pretty accurate early on with the high buy-in and low player count.

[digamma]

thats a nice find Hoops.

If I ran a major online site I would be pissed as hell if my guys weren't in there. I am amazed Durr and Cunningham aren't in. Hellmuth doesn't surprise me, he really isn't great at other games.

Why? If an online site wanted their players to be in the tournament, they would have bought them in.

[digamma]

As evidence to my theory, I present Barry Greenstein, who was at the final table of the mixed event during the day, all sported out in Poker Stars gear, while he was being blinded off in the Horse.

[Lathum]

I am sure the money they gget from the site is a decent amount.

It's like LeBron skipping the all star game, Nike would be pissed.

[Radii]

A guy I know who is a dealer in vegas said he'd heard talk about some players boycotting that event after the debacle that was ESPN's coverage of it last year. No details other than that, and no additional info that I can find on 2+2 or through some googling, so take that with a giant grain of salt.

I know if I was DeMichele I wouldn't play unless I wanted to answer questions about Scotty Nguyen non stop for days.

[digamma]

I am sure the money they gget from the site is a decent amount.

It's like LeBron skipping the all star game, Nike would be pissed.

pssssttt....the sites stake them. If it was really a huge issue, they would be in the tournament.

And I'm not even sure who you're really talking about. Of the Full Tilt pros, Lederer, Ferguson, Ivey, Harman, Lindgren, Seidel and Bloch are all in the tournament. Negreanu and Greenstein are in for Poker Stars. The Brunson's are in for Doyle's room. Annie Duke is in for Ultimate Bet.

Hellmuth is the only player with a big site deal on the list previously posted, and as discussed, he's deep in another tournament.

(And yes, I realize some of the other players have deals with sites, but not what I think most people would call "big site deals.")

[Lathum]

Cunningham and Durr

[digamma]

Tom Dwan has been pretty vocal about not having a site deal.

[Lathum]

Tom Dwan has been pretty vocal about not having a site deal.

I guess I am mistaken. Pat yourself on the back, I know you are always right. God forbid someone else has a theory or opinion that doesn't jive with yours.

[Radii]

I guess I am mistaken. Pat yourself on the back, I know you are always right. God forbid someone else has a theory or opinion that doesn't jive with yours.

If your theory is that Dwan should play in the 50K horse event because he has a site deal with Full Tilt, it really doesn't seem unfair to point out that he in fact has no site deal with Full Tilt.

[Lathum]

If your theory is that Dwan should play in the 50K horse event because he has a site deal with Full Tilt, it really doesn't seem unfair to point out that he in fact has no site deal with Full Tilt.

I agree, hence me being mistaken. That part was totally sincere. That doesn't change the fact that Digamma has an obnoxious know it all attitude about the subject.

[digamma]

Yeah, but I know how to spell Negreanu.

[Lathum]

and I know how to spell douche.

[digamma]

I could even let Schmidty take this one.

[Lathum]

You could, but then you wouldn't be able to hone your trolling skills. You showed me the kind of person you are a few months back and since then I really just avoid you. I blame myself for even getting involved, I should have been the adult. I'm just going to continue to ignore you.

[digamma]

OK, dude. I'm a bad person for disagreeing with you about something topical. That was totally worth being called obnoxious and a know it all.

At that point, I did make a TOTALLY AWESOME spelling joke, and you called me a douche.

Not sure any of that constitutes being a troll, but we can agree to disagree on that one too! Ship it! One time!

[kcchief19]

I agree, hence me being mistaken. That part was totally sincere. That doesn't change the fact that Digamma has an obnoxious know it all attitude about the subject.
It's not necessarily the high road to be obnoxious know it all about a subject and then accuse someone else of being obnoxious know it all about the same subject.

Take a breather, guys, and head to the corners. Let's not let whether Tom Dwan is playing HORSE disrupt the thread.

[digamma]

Not to beat the dead horse, but I just realized today that ESPN isn't televising the HORSE event this year. They're televising the $40K hold 'em from earlier in the WSOP, the main event and the Ante up for Africa charity tournament. Buried in a thread on 2+2 started by Allen Kessler, there's a post by Daniel Negreanu stating that the lack of television played into sponsors not buying their players in like they have the last couple of years and thus, the numbers being down.

On the tournament itself, big names are falling--Elezra, Juanda and Bonomo recently. I'm surprised Bonomo is out this early.

[Comey]

According to Daniel, ESPN's dropping of the HORSE event is the reason why 1/3 of last year's field dropped out. He also states that the main reason it was dropped was because there was no NLHE and, as a result, no ratings.

Unfortunately, he's likely right. Those of us that want to see HORSE, or any of the other games by themselves, are in the severe minority.

[hoopsguy]

That is a bummer.

Chan out - there are not a lot of lightweights in this field :)

[hoopsguy]

Not very close to the money, but most of our collective players are not in the running for the HORSE payouts.

32 left, 16 paid. Still in the mix:
Gus Hansen - currently 3rd
Patrick Antonius - currently 16th
Erik Seidel - currently 17th
Scotty Nguyen - current 22nd
Huck Seed - currently 31st

[larrymcg421]

$50k is in the money now. Remaining picked players left...

Erik Seidel - ntndeacon, rockboy70, cartman, kingfc22
Huck Seed - rockboy70
Gus Hansen - Mollymurphy, cartman, Lathum

Nobody picked David Chiu or Freddy Deeb this year.

[cuervo72]

You could, but then you wouldn't be able to hone your trolling skills. You showed me the kind of person you are a few months back and since then I really just avoid you. I blame myself for even getting involved, I should have been the adult. I'm just going to continue to ignore you.

You're an idiot.

[digamma]

This Lunkin guy is having a heck of a World Series. As is the Ville dude.

[hoopsguy]

Larry, any chance of getting updated scores heading into main event?

[larrymcg421]

Yeah, I'll work on that tonight.

[larrymcg421]

Standings have been updated before the Main Event starts tomorrow. Looks like this will be one of our closest contests ever.

[larrymcg421]

dola

Much lower scores than last year. This was last year's standings going into the ME:

MollyMurphy 5060.34
Maple Leafs 3660.739
Quiksand 3638.174
larrymcg421 3505.639
Ryche 3439.823
rockboy70 3390.612
CleBrownsFan 2729.241
st. cronin 2704.332
timmynausea 2278.241
jbergey22 2275.433
Lathum 2205.946
hoopsguy 1348.518
digamma 840.108

[hoopsguy]

Out of WSOP Main Event:
Day 1a - John Phan, Allen Cunningham, Men Nguyen, Andy Bloch
Day 1b -
Day 1c - Daniel Negreanu
Day 1d - Dario Minieri, Huck Seed, Phil Galfond (thanks for everything you brought to the table for me, dude), Jeff Madsen,

[SirFozzie]

David Pham, Chris Moneymaker, Doyle Brunson are some of the big names out on Day 1b

[SirFozzie]

David “Chino” Rheem, Daniel Negreanu, Evelyn Ng, Matt Matros, Marcel Luske, Brett Richey, Annie Duke, Eric Liu, Brandon Cantu, Erica Schoenberg, David Singer, Tom McEvoy, Liv Boeree, Alex Jacob, Chad Batista, Jamie Gold, Matt Graham and Jacobo Fernandez.

All out on Day 1C

[Comey]

I wonder if any of our guys got shutout of the event today.

[hoopsguy]

Glad you asked - I've been updating post #130 with the ones that I have seen.

[Comey]

I guess it doesn't matter, but are those guys who have been knocked out, or did not get the chance to play because of the registration closing? That's originally what I was after.

[hoopsguy]

Oh, have not seen a list of those who did not get to play.

[Subby]

Current Standings (through event 56):

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</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
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</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
:mad::mad::mad:

I am getting my ass handed to me in the lesser known FOFC World Series of Poker Pool Pool.

[kcchief19]

Patrik Antonius, T.J. Cloutier, Layne Flack and Ted Forrest are the biggest names I've seen who didn't make the field.

It's startling to me that so many people would wait to play the last day without pre-registering. Why would everyone wait until the last day and the last possible moment?

[Comey]

Wasn't a problem til this year. It is not the fault of the WSOP or Harrah's, either.

[kcchief19]

Wasn't a problem til this year. It is not the fault of the WSOP or Harrah's, either.
The part that baffles me is that the A,B and C fields had hundreds of open seats. What made everyone decide to wait until D-Day this year? My understanding is that registration for any day was open for months -- why not register a few days early to make sure you get the day you want?

I understand that since it's never been a problem before that no one planned for it, but I know if I'm playing a $30 buy-in at my local casino I try to register as early as I can. Seems like I do the same if this were the biggest tournament of the year. If I won a seat online and had to register, I'd probably get in at least a day early and head to the casino asap.

[digamma]

Yeah, the more I read about this the less sympathy I have for the players who got left out. There are a few genuine sob stories--guys who had flights delayed or something, but in general, it's just laziness and procrastination. Harrah's and the WSOP put out press releases early on Sunday (with at least four hours still to register for Sunday play) that Monday looked to be filling up fast and people should register early (or play Sunday).

[k0ruptr]

not to mention that registrations started in march... lol

[larrymcg421]

Notable players still alive heading into day three:

Phil Ivey - 325000
JC Tran - 249000
Josh Arieh - 225000
Paul Wasicka - 210000
David Benyamine - 199000
Lou Diamond Phillips - 190000
Justin Bonomo - 190000
Dan Harrington - 183000
Antonio Esfandiari - 164000
Jean Robert-Bellande - 160000
Dutch Boyd - 140000
Phil Hellmuth - 135000
Joe Hachem - 130000
Jordan Farmar - 110000
Toto Leonidas - 109000
Cliff Josephy - 107000
Minh Nguyen - 105000
Peter Eastgate - 98000
Nick Schulman - 87000
Miami John Cernuto - 75000
Bill Gazes - 75000
Kristy Gazes - 71000
Nate Silver - 68000
Chau Giang - 60000
Devilfish - 58000
Kido Pham - 56000
Lee Watkinson - 55000
Humberto Brenes - 44000
John Juanda - 39000
Nam Le - 37000
Jennifer Harman - 34000

[larrymcg421]

I've updated the first post and noted the players remaining in the Main Event. Should make for some interesting scenarios as we get closer to the money tomorrow.

[larrymcg421]

dola

And much thanks to hoops for all his help with the scoring this year.

[hoopsguy]

Happy to help, Larry - I'm checking out the sites anyway so it is easy enough to put in the info.

For next year, if you want to share a Google doc or something I can put the info directly in there and we can all view the live scoring along the way without you having to import stuff from my post into your spreadsheet.

[Barkeep49]

You can actually embed a google doc here such that as it's updated the page will also automatically be updated.

[digamma]

Someone who plays in a home game I play in from time to time is still alive in the main event. Currently he has a healthy chip stack, but finds himself sitting to the immediate right of Mr. Phil Ivey, who is sitting to the immediate right of Bertrand Grospelier.

[larrymcg421]

edit: nevermind, I overlooked the paired board.

A Long Hand for Hellmuth's Tournament Life
Phil Hellmuth is known for doing things on a grand scale. He proved that again today in what may be the single longest hand we've ever watched. Things started out normally enough as Hellmuth check-called his opponent's 6,000 chip bet on a board of http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/9s.gifhttp://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/10h.gifhttp://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/3d.gif. Hellmuth checked the http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/Kd.gif on the turn and his opponent led for 6,000 more. Hellmuth raised to 16,000, and his opponent called. When Hellmuth led for 15,000 at the http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/3c.gif on the river, his opponent took just over a second before moving all in for an additional 104,900, completely confusing Hellmuth. "What is this? What in the world? Where did you find that card?" Hellmuth asked before falling deep into the tank. As he sat trying to work things through, the table attracted a huge crowd of camera people, reporters and eager spectators. Hellmuth appeared not to notice as he continued to puzzle things together. "You bluffing? You got it?" he asked. His opponent sat quietly listening to his iPod and doing his best to ignore Hellmuth's questions. "Wow, this is like my whole world series," Hellmuth added. "I don't think you'd move in with aces. I feel like I have you," he continued. A few minutes later, Hellmuth continued on. "I'm sorry I'm thinking so long guys, but this is my whole world series. My instincts say I have you buddy," Hellmuth said finally before making the call. Hellmuth: http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/Qh.gifhttp://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/Jh.gif Opponent: http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/As.gifhttp://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/Qd.gif "Yes! My tournament life on the line baby. Every time I tried to fold, my instincts wouldn't let me," Hellmuth exclaimed when he saw his winning straight. The 15-minute hand ended right at the break and took Hellmuth's stack to 320,000.

[larrymcg421]

Harman is out. Updated first post.

Both Phils are looking good.

[larrymcg421]

At this point, digamma and cartman are officially eliminated. They have no winning scenarios.

[Radii]

At this point, digamma and cartman are officially eliminated. They have no winning scenarios.

even though I have 3 left and doing well, it seems hard to imagine I could win, with the combination of bonomo/hellmuth/ivey that Quiksand, rockboy, and Comey have, Bonomo and Hellmuth each money men for others.

[larrymcg421]

even though I have 3 left and doing well, it seems hard to imagine I could win, with the combination of bonomo/hellmuth/ivey that Quiksand, rockboy, and Comey have, Bonomo and Hellmuth each money men for others.

I think some odd combination could still get you there. It's very unlikely, but still mathematically possible.

[larrymcg421]

Actually, rethinking that, you're right. There's no way for you to pass both of them. Either way, you're facing a double score and your other guy will be below that double score.

[hoopsguy]

Interesting names (or at least ones that I immediately recognize) and stacks reported at current dinner break:
Elky - 510,000
Kostritsyn - 500,000
Mizzi - 445,000
Jordan Morgan - 425,000
Benyamine - 402,000
Theo Tran - 401,000
Kevin O'Donnell - 390,000
Hellmuth - 390,000
Ivey - 360,000
Bonomo - 345,000
Lou Diamond Phillips - 345,000
Andy Black - 340,000
Kara Scott - 335,000
Kenny Tran - 308,000
Jeff Schulman - 300,000
Mike Sexton - 297,000
Hevad Khan - 295,000
Blair Rodman - 290,000
Greg "FBT" Mueller - 282,000
Esfandiari - 265,000
Dennis Phillips - 245,000
Arieh - 245,000
Kevin Saul - 240,000
Thor Hansen - 240,000
Tom Schneider - 230,000
Harrington - 229,000
Wasicka - 220,000
Lisandro - 211,000
Noah Boeken - 209,000
Eastgate - 201,000
Burt Boutin - 196,000
Costanza - 190,000
colson - 185,000
Nick Binger -178,000
JC Alvarado - 170,000
westmenlo - 162,000
Blair Hinkle - 160,000
Nick Schulman - 155,000
Surindar Sunar - 145,000
David Levi - 140,000
Fabrice Soulier - 140,000
Devilfish - 138,000
Shawn Buchanan - 135,000
Nam Le - 130,000
Kristy Gazes - 120,000
Kirk Morrison -110,000
Pat Poels - 110,000
Amnon Filippi - 108,800
JC Tran - 108,000
Amit Makhija - 104,000
Chau Giang - 100,000
Lee Markholt - 100,000
Van Nguyen - 98,900
John Monette - 98,000
Chris Ferguson - 85,000
Joe Hachem - 82,500
Joe Beevers - 76,000
Toto Leonidas - 57,000
Jim Bechtel - 55,000
Joe Sebok - 52,000
Prahlad Friedman - 51,000
Robert Mizrachi - 51,000
Vitaly Lunkin - 49,000
Kido Pham - 47,000
Lee Watkinson - 47,000
John Juanda - 45,000
Jordan Farmar - 43,000
Dutch Boyd - 40,000
Shaniac - 34,200

[larrymcg421]

Set over set puts Hellmuth up to $595,000.

Juanda is out.

[larrymcg421]

First post updated with chip counts heading into day four.

[larrymcg421]

It's hand for hand now as there's only 1 more player until the money.

[Comey]

Amazing. Ferguson is out. I thought he was out before. But he cashed. He isn't listed among those in the first post (I thought he was out too), but a few of us had him on our teams.

[larrymcg421]

Yeah I must have missed him. I'll add him to the totals.

[larrymcg421]

Updated the scores. Only change in the standings was jbergey moving ahead of kccheif.

[Comey]

Very quiet WSOP for him...only one other cash (Event #34).

My four horses are still going strong! Go Elky and Bonomo!

[larrymcg421]

Ivey is up to 900,000

Hellmuth had a rough start but worked his way back to 288,000

[Comey]

Where are you getting your information, sir? I'm checking CP every so often but updates are infrequent.

[larrymcg421]

Straight from the WSOP site:

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/updates.asp?tid=7283&grid=607&dayof=1118&curpage=1

[Comey]

Excellent. Thank you.

[digamma]

pokernews.com is also doing live updating.

[larrymcg421]

Hellmuth is out.

[larrymcg421]

Apparently Bonomo is out too. I must have missed that update.

[Comey]

Yeah, happened not too long ago.

[larrymcg421]

Ivey down to 220,000.

[Comey]

Ivey and Elky both falling quite a bit.

There's a Joey Lawrence with a lot of chips. You don't think...

[larrymcg421]

Ivey worked his way back to 600k. There's 232 players left.

Joe Sebok made a good point on Twitter, talking about how people panic and play too aggressive because theyre paying attention to how they stand in relation to the average stack instead of how they stand in relation to the blinds.

[digamma]

Ivey worked his way back to 600k. There's 232 players left.

Joe Sebok made a good point on Twitter, talking about how people panic and play too aggressive because theyre paying attention to how they stand in relation to the average stack instead of how they stand in relation to the blinds.

We just passed the same advice on to our friend who finds himself somewhat shortstacked for the first time in the tournament. He still has an M of over 10, but is well below average.

[larrymcg421]

Two November Niners are still left: Dennis Phillips and defending champ Peter Eastgate.

[hoopsguy]

Ivey double-up to 850K with KK vs 99, money in pre-flop, and he holds up.

Dennis Phillips just doubled a guy up, drops to 550K.

[larrymcg421]

Ivey picked up Kings and doubled up to 850,000.

[larrymcg421]

Actually, looks like it wasn't a double up because he busted the other guy.

[hoopsguy]

Yep, tweet said double-up but pokernews update showed him busting the guy. Fire Ivey's tweeting team!

[larrymcg421]

Maybe the chip counts were close, so they thought it was double up. If so, I question the guy's decision to move in preflop with 9's and an M of over 20.

[larrymcg421]

Big hand for Sebok:


Sebok Hits Flush on River; Eliminates Pat O'Malley

On a board http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/10h.gif http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/10s.gif http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/4c.gif http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/3c.gif http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/ac.gif Joe Sebok moved all in and Pat O'Malley called for his tournament life.

O'Malley: http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/kd.gif http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/kc.gif
Sebok: http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/7c.gif http://www.pokernews.com/i/cards_sign/5c.gif

Sebok eliminates O'Malley with a flush and moves to over a million for the first time.


Now we don't have any pre-river betting info, but it sounds like O'Malley played this very poorly.

[hoopsguy]

Under 200 left now, payouts are around 36K apiece. So already a nice score for your friend, Digamma.

[larrymcg421]

Lots of big names still left, including two former ME winners. Hopefully we'll get some notables at the FT this year.

[Radii]

Lots of big names still left, including two former ME winners. Hopefully we'll get some notables at the FT this year.

eastgate and ?

[larrymcg421]

eastgate and ?

Hachem.

[Radii]

ahh thanks. I have mostly been following through this thread heh ;)

[larrymcg421]

Didn't even notice that Esfandiari was still in, but he's up to $1.2 million now.

[larrymcg421]

Big names I still see:

Elky Grosspellier
Noah Boeken
Blair Hinkle
Joe Sebok
Phil Ivey
Joe Hachem
Blair Rodman
Peter Eastgate
Dennis Phillips
David Benyamine
Antonio Esfandiari
Lou Diamond Phillips
JC Tran
Theo Tran

[Comey]

I'm thrilled all three of mine are still around. Looked like Ivey and Elky would be gone early on.

[hoopsguy]

A couple of others I see:
- 2007 WSOP player of the year Tom Schneider (3rd in chips)
- Jordan Morgan (runner-up US Poker Championship from a couple of years ago that plays on ESPN pretty regularly)
- Prahlad "Spirit Rock" Friedman
- "Sick Call" Kenny Tran
- Jeff Shulman

[Comey]

Friedman's still in? Good Lord.

[Comey]

Joey Lawrence is still in. Still no confirmation if it's THE Joey Lawrence. It'd almost have to be. Unless you're Joey Lawrence, why would you want to be called that?

[larrymcg421]

On Pokernews, someone said it's an Australian guy and not the actor. I thinkt he actor goes by Joseph now, anyways.

[digamma]

Am I wrong in thinking THE Joey Lawrence made a push to be called Joseph Lawrence professionally a few years ago?

Our friend is still alive, though a little short...about $400k.

[digamma]

Larry beat me to it.

[larrymcg421]

Am I wrong in thinking THE Joey Lawrence made a push to be called Joseph Lawrence professionally a few years ago?

Our friend is still alive, though a little short...about $400k.

Still not that bad. His M will be 25 starting the next level.

[digamma]

Still not that bad. His M will be 25 starting the next level.

Unless I'm misreading the starting level for tomorrow, I think he's closer to around an M just under 10.

[Barkeep49]

I have to admit to being surprised to see Phillips still in. He seems like a really terrific guy so I'm quite happy for him. Even happier for Joe Sebok, whose various radio shows I've listened to for years.

[Comey]

Sebok is excellent. I <3 The Circuit and went back to PokerRoad for the first time in a long time today. He's come so close in the past and just couldn't break through...I think the TV time he'll get with this will finally push PokerRoad out there (that and Ivey, who does a video podcast and is wearing PokerRoad gear at this event).

[kcchief19]

I'm guessing this is the ESPN featured table starting today's round. Lot of chips at the table, three popular or well known names:
(Blue 38)
Thai Tran - 1,707,000
Billy Kopp - 2,100,000
Dennis Phillips - 1,009,000
Nasr El Nasr - 1,329,000
J.C. Tran - 720,000
Joe Hachem - 540,000
Leonard Greer - 397,000
Marty Zabib - 799,000
Adam Latimer - 1,052,000

Nice to see Phillips making another deep run. Doing it back-to-back is impressive. Didn't realize Esfandari was still in. Ivey is at the same table with Benyamine. Grosspellier and Sebok are paired too.

Interesting fact: This is just the second time Peter Eastgate has cashed in the WSOP.

[digamma]

Am I wrong in thinking THE Joey Lawrence made a push to be called Joseph Lawrence professionally a few years ago?

Our friend is still alive, though a little short...about $400k.

Out in 139th.

[larrymcg421]

Out in 139th.

That's too bad, but still a damn good showing.

Checking pokernews, I don't see any eliminations of notable players yet. Ivey is on a roll, up to $1.9 million.

[Comey]

Jordan Morgan is out, as is Blair Hinkle.

JC Tran can ride a short stack. He hasn't had chips for three days.

[Comey]

dola--

Pokernews seems to be down at the moment.

[Comey]

Well crap. Theo Tran and Elky are gone. And, with them, so are my fantasy hopes...I think. If Ivey outlasts JC Tran, I may still have a shot.

[larrymcg421]

JC Tran is out.

[larrymcg421]

Hachem and Benyamine out.

[Comey]

And Ivey's up to 2.6m.

[larrymcg421]

1st post updated. We have a new leader. The combination of Elky, Bonomo, and Theo Tran was enough to vault Comey into 1st place.

The pool is now down to two players. jbergey22 will win if Ivey wins the Main Event. Anything else, and Comey is the champion.

[hoopsguy]

Congrats to Comey on his performance this year.

[Comey]

Well, this is good news as I head to bed. First, free DMB tickets for Alpine, and now this!

I was kicking myself for picking Theo Tran. Now, not so much.

Here's to the 99 players NOT Phil Ivey!

[larrymcg421]

Ivey gets lucky with JJ vs QQ and busts a short stack to go over $3 million

[larrymcg421]

Noah Boeken is out.

We're starting to run out of notables.

[Comey]

Jeff Shulman is still doing quite well.

The guy that Ivey busted is one of the best online players in the world...Trex313. I believe he's an extremely talented omaha player.

Four of the five short stacks are Minh Nguyen, Joe Sebok, Kenny Tran and Blair Rodman. Friedman and Eastgate not doing so hot. Neither is Owen Crowe.

Still two women left. The one, Peppe, is kind of attractive (redhead, plays poker...that'd do it for me). But I just looked up the other, Leo Margets...wow. Wish I still had cable.

[Radii]

LOL at one of the recent pokernews updates

Table Talk:

Andrew Lichtenberger: "If I wear my hat backwards, will it make me look like a badass?"
Phil Ivey: "... Nothing you do will make you look badass."

[hoopsguy]

Noah Boeken is out.

We're starting to run out of notables.

95 left, I recognize 11 names at a glance but don't want to put some kind of FOFC whammy on them. A couple are very short at the moment ...

[larrymcg421]

Sebok has been nursing a short stack forever, and just won a race to stay alive, but he's still super short with less than $400k.

[larrymcg421]

People in the shoutbox in Pokernews are making all of these stupid Chuck Norris-style jokes about Dennis Phillips.

[larrymcg421]

Minh Nguyen busted, but is that even the same Minh Nguyen that is a protege of Men the Master? I know we had this issue in a previous year.

[Comey]

It is.

[hoopsguy]

People in the shoutbox in Pokernews are making all of these stupid Chuck Norris-style jokes about Dennis Phillips.

After watching the final table - and not a ton else - from last year I'm stunned to see this guy on another deep Main Event run.

[hoopsguy]

Kenny Tran is out in 86th.

Digamma, is your friend still in the event?

[larrymcg421]

Eastgate also out.

Still alive are:

Phil Ivey - 6,345,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 5,610,000
Jeff Shulman - 4,745,000
Leo Margets - 3,650,000
Tom Schneider - 2,895,000
Dennis Phillips - 2,305,000
Blair Rodman - 2,130,000
Joe Sebok - 1,000,000
Prahlad Friedman - 840,000

Ivey is 3rd overall in chips with 64 players left.

[larrymcg421]

Kenny Tran is out in 86th.

Digamma, is your friend still in the event?

He posted earlier that his friend went out 139th.

[hoopsguy]

He posted earlier that his friend went out 139th.

Oops - upon the initial read I thought that was saying Joey Lawrence was out in 139th :eek::p

[larrymcg421]

Much respect to Sebok for the way he plays a short stack.

[larrymcg421]

Prahlad Friedman out in 64th place.

[Subby]

Hey CardPlayer updates website I was wondering if JEFF SHULMAN was playng in the Main Event. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON HIM????

[larrymcg421]

Sebok in trouble, down to $500k. 60 players left.

[larrymcg421]

Ivey Makes a Hero Call

Phil Ivey opened for 135,000 from late position and Christopher Bach called from the big blind. Both players checked the http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/9c.gif http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/3s.gif http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/3h.gif flop. The turn came the http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/9d.gif and Bach bet 150,000. Ivey made the call. The river was the http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/7s.gif and Bach fired a second barrel for 360,000. Ivey looked him up. Bach had nothing more than http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/Qh.gif http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/10h.gif. Ivey's http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/As.gif http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/images/cards/Qc.gif was good and he raked in the pot. He's now up to 7.1 million while Bach fell to 2.2 million.

57 left.

[hoopsguy]

Sebok out, per Dad's twitter.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Ivey's an absolute freak. Really would love to see him at the final table. Would make for 8 other players pissing their pants, especially if he has a big stack.

[larrymcg421]

Too bad about Sebok. He played terrific the last couple days.

I bet ESPN is really rooting for Ivey and Margets. Imagine the adgasm that we will see if those two are part of thee November Nine.

[Comey]

Antonio too. He has more marketing power than given credit for.

[larrymcg421]

Ivey on a roll. He's up to $11.8 million now.

37 left.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I bet ESPN is really rooting for Ivey and Margets. Imagine the adgasm that we will see if those two are part of thee November Nine.

And on the other end of the spectrum, imagine the nightmare scenario that's unfolding for them if they aren't. They're getting dangerously close to the verge of a final table that doesn't include anyone that even hardcore fans have ever heard of and that would be hard to distinguish from the average tourist at Circus Circus.

[larrymcg421]

Blair Rodman out in 34th.

For the notables, that leaves:

Phil Ivey - $11.3 million
Jeff Shulman - $7.1 million
Antonio Esfandiari - $5.35 million
Leo Margets - $1.8 million

Ivey is 2nd overall in chips.

[digamma]

I don't really think that's the case. ESPN has a ton of great stories for its prelim broadcasts. Ivey going deep, Phillips' run, Sebok, Kara Scott, Jason Alexander's first two days of play, the sell out on the last day. They didn't market the final table guys at all last year. If we are sans Ivey and the Magician, I imagine we'll see a similar strategy.

[larrymcg421]

LOL. Apparently Matusow has two bets going with Andy Bloch.

Bloch is giving him 100:1 odds on Ivey winning and 10:1 on him making the final table. Matusow putting up $1000 for each bet.

Matusow is now making fun of Bloch on Twitter, and Bloch is trying to settle the bet now for $10,000.

[kcchief19]

There haven't really been any household names for even hardcore poker fans the last few years. Rheem, Montgomery and Schwartz weren't superstars by any stretch. ESPN airs enough hours and repeats that they will make stars of anybody who makes the final table by November. I think Phillips, Eastgate, Demidov, Kim and the like were very well know.

That said, ESPN has to be orgasming at the notion of Ivey making the November 9. Leo Margets would be a nice get story too but ESPN would faint if Esfandari made it. They might stretch out the final table to three or four hours.

[kcchief19]

Are they playing down to 27 today? Might be another early night.

[larrymcg421]

That was the plan, but there are some people pushing to play all 5 levels tonight. They're already down to 29.

Matusow counters that he'll only settle the bets for $30k.

[Radii]

Chatting with a poker playing buddy of mine we both agreed that we'd settle the Matusow bet for 20k.

[JonInMiddleGA]

ESPN airs enough hours and repeats that they will make stars of anybody who makes the final table by November.

I guess I'm just not perceiving that the random final table people are actually becoming "stars" from the ESPN coverage at this point. Hell, I'm not sure they're even becoming semi-stars.

My feeling is that various notables on the various shows like Poker After Dark, which tend to be established poker celebrities (i.e. I follow it only casually but I have an image in my mind of virtually every one of those players when I hear their names) are at a much higher elevation than last year's final table, roughly half of which I couldn't distinguish today by name from the practice squad of the Wilmington Hammerheads USL Second Division soccer team.

[Barkeep49]

But the funny thing is that Phil Ivey is no where as good for a final table as Esfandiari would be in terms of marketing. Ivey has never been into self-promotion the way a lot of others are, he's simply above that. He gave a long Poker Road interview a while back where he talked about that in depth and how he's just not into that. I wonder if the November 9 thing would change him, but I don't think it would. If you're looking for a face for poker to promote I think The Magician would be a great one.

[hoopsguy]

If you're looking for a face for poker to promote I think The Magician would be a great one.

Rocks and rings, FTW?

May not need to think too deeply on this, as he just shipped half of his stack and is now below 3 million chips. Blinds will be 50K/100K with a 10K ante upon return from the break.

[Subby]

lol Rocks and Rings :D

Gogogo Ivey!!!

[Subby]

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5060/iveyblackshirt.jpg

[larrymcg421]

Esfandiari would be great for marketing, but the thing about Ivey is he wouldn't need to do any promotion. He's definitely the bigger name, and outside of maybe Hellmuth, the biggest name in all of poker. FT with Ivey gets much higher ratings than a FT with Esfandiari.

[Barkeep49]

Esfandiari would be great for marketing, but the thing about Ivey is he wouldn't need to do any promotion. He's definitely the bigger name, and outside of maybe Hellmuth, the biggest name in all of poker. FT with Ivey gets much higher ratings than a FT with Esfandiari.
I'm not sure that's true. I think Esfaniari has a much better chance at growing the market. I think Ivey would do a better job of ensuring people who are already interested in poker, or who had been at one time, watch. I'd like to see poker make another advance into the mainstream. I don't think Ivey can deliever it for us. Antonio might be able to help some though.