WSOP Pool 2010 - Main Event Thread

[larrymcg421]

Here's the scoreboard with everyone's picks listed. I'll delete them as they get eliminated from the Main Event, making it easier to track what chances everyone has remaining.

jbergey22 - 2508.629

Michael Mizrachi(No Bracelet)

Quiksand - 2053.713

rockboy70 - 2004.123

larrymcg421 - 1959.707

kingfc22 - 1725.439

MollyMurphy - 1558.743

Subby - 1405.526

TroyF - 1249.785

Lathum - 1053.168

albionmoonlight - 1003.928

cuervo72 - 964.044

digamma - 702.031

Theo Tran
Eric Baldwin

MIJB19 - 639.583

[CleBrownsfan]

When does the Main Event start?

[QuikSand]

Event #57: No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Structure Sheet
July 5,2010 12:00 PM Day 1A
July 6,2010 12:00 PM Day 1B
July 7,2010 12:00 PM Day 1C
July 8,2010 12:00 PM Day 1D
July 9,2010 12:00 PM Day 2A
July 10,2010 12:00 PM Day 2B
July 12,2010 12:00 PM Day 3
July 13,2010 12:00 PM Day 4
July 14,2010 12:00 PM Day 5
July 15,2010 12:00 PM Day 6
July 16,2010 12:00 PM Day 7 (play down to 27 players)
July 17,2010 12:00 PM Day 8 (play down to 9 players)
November,2010 TBD FINAL TABLE

[jbergey22]

I think finishing the Main Event 4.5 months after it starts is ridiculous.

[larrymcg421]

Raymer is already out.

I also noticed Jeff Sarwer has been playing several events this year. He's the real life version of the villain kid from Searching For Bobby Fischer.

[larrymcg421]

Chip counts for picked players...

Michael Mizrachi 142,650
Ted Forrest 6,000

Other notables

Chris Moneymaker 107,425
John Hennigan 61,000
Vince Van Patten 56,700
David Grey 54,000
Dewey Tomko 51,000
Matt Matros 50,000
Dutch Boyd 44,000
Miami John Cernuto 41,000
Beth Shak 38,000
Ted "I have a straight" Lawson 27,000
Lee Watkinson 21,000
David Alan Grier 6,000
Andy Black OUT
Mike Caro OUT
Ray Romano OUT
Greg Raymer OUT
TJ Cloutier OUT

So far I haven't noticed any picked players being eliminated. Mizrachi and Forrest are the only ones I see in the chip count list, although I did check a couple times to make sure no one had picked David Alan Grier.

[larrymcg421]

Happy to see Moneymaker off to a good start. Rooting for him as always.

[larrymcg421]

Eliminations on Day 1B

Picked players...

Joe Sebok
Justin Bonomo
Bertrany Elky Grosspellier


Other notables....

Erick Lindgren
John D' Agostino
Jennifer Tilly
Jamie Gold
Dan Shak

[SirFozzie]

Apparently they called a player today on a little known rule. If you have the absolute best hand on the river (say, QKc on a board of 9TJ all clubs), and you are the last to act, you CANNOT check.

Doing so is evidence of soft play/collusion. I bet it doesn't happen that often, but it happened today during the main event, and the player (who checked because he wanted to show everyone the straight flush he had), was penalized and had to sit out a round of hands.

[larrymcg421]

I remember when Chad Brown checked down the nuts (quads on board and he had an Ace) in a Heads Up Championship Match against Kristy Gazes. It was especially bad because she had misread her hand and would have called whatever he put out there. There's nothing easier to do in poker than betting the nuts in position on the river.

[Maple Leafs]

Doing so is evidence of soft play/collusion. I bet it doesn't happen that often, but it happened today during the main event, and the player (who checked because he wanted to show everyone the straight flush he had), was penalized and had to sit out a round of hands.
Ouch. Did he still win the hand?

[larrymcg421]

I've made some updates here, but I'm sure there are more eliminations that I just haven't seen reported. I'll do some more checking tonight.

[larrymcg421]

Day 2A chip counts

Picked players

Johnny Chan - 178,000
Annie Duke - 96,000
David Williams - 83,000
Scotty Nguyen - 80,000
Lex Veldhuis - 78,000
Daniel Negreanu - 66,800
Theo Tran - 65,090
Eric Baldwin - 60,000
Erik Seidel - 42,000
Heather Sue Mercer - 28,000
Greg Mueller - 23,000
Brock Parker - 18,000
Carlos Mortensen - 17,800
Kathy Liebert - 15,000
Ted Forrest - OUT


Other notables

Sam Farha - 205,000
Hoyt Corkins - 140,000
David Ulliott - 87,000
Chris Moneymaker - 83,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 73,000
John Hennigan - 58,000
Dennis Phillips - 30,000
Eli Elezra - 24,000
Leo Margets - 24,000
Gabe Kaplan - 21,000
Dutch Boyd - OUT
James Akenhead - OUT
David Allen Grier - OUT
Mike Sexton - OUT

[cuervo72]

Hey now, David Williams is on two lists. :)

[digamma]

A friend who made a deep run last year (finished like 141st) was eliminated today by Eli Elezra.

[larrymcg421]

Fixed the David Williams mistake and added Lex Veldhuis and Greg Mueller to thie chip counts.

Ted Forrest is out.

[SirFozzie]

Ouch. Did he still win the hand?

Yeah, he still won the hand, and was cool with it, he was laughing that he checked a straight flush. :)

[larrymcg421]

Phil Ivey is out.

[MIJB#19]

Day 2A chip counts

Picked playersYou missed my pick of Fatima Moreira de Melo.
Not like it matters, she got eliminated. :(

[SirFozzie]

Another interesting incident last night:

Two players left in the hand, one bets enough to put the second player all-in if he calls, the second takes several minutes to decide whether to call. Finally, the clock is called, and the floor person comes over and starts the 60 second countdown.

With three seconds left on the countdown, the second player says "call". The dealer hears it, the other players at the table hear it.... however... the floor person does NOT hear it. He finishes the countdown and declares the second player's hand dead. Queue up the controversy.

As it turns out, it saved that second player's WSOP tournament. He was beaten, so he saved some of his chips (although, if I was the first player I would gently suggest that the floor person listen harder next time, or invest in a hearing aid)

[larrymcg421]

Updated the rosters. Here are the chip counts....


Picked players:

Johnny Chan - 281,600
Vanessa Selbst - 265,000
Patrik Antonious - 258,600
Yevgeny Timoshenko - 240,000
Michael Mizrachi - 217,200
Jason Mercier - 186,300
Annie Duke - 176,600
David Beyamine - 173,000
Allen Cunningham - 156,000
Vanessa Rousso - 140,000
Kathy Liebert - 87,000
Barry Greenstein - 71,000
Scotty Nguyen - 67,800
Theo Tran - 59,000
Scott Seiver - 51,200
Jennifer Harman - 35,000
Erik Seidel - 32,300
Eric Baldwin - 32,000
Daniel Negreanu - 27,900


Other notables:

Sammy Farha - 226,500
Phil Galfond - 203,000
Billy "Meltdown" Kopp - 198,300
Matt Matros - 190,400
Vincent Van Patten - 174,200
Robert Varkonyi - 160,000
Kenny Tran - 140,000
Humberto Brenes - 134,000
Hoyt Corkins - 122,400
Joe Cada - 122,400
Hank Azaria - 110,000
Chris Moneymaker - 104,000
Evelyn Ng - 99,300
Jason Lester - 93,500
David Chiu - 92,000
Owen Crowe - 89,000
Jean-Robert Bellande - 78,000
Shawn Sheikhan - 78,000
David Ulliott - 70,000
Gavin Smith - 70,000
Prahlad Freidman - 50,000
Gabe Kaplan - 22,700
Phil Laak - 15,000

[k0ruptr]

really cool to see Chan doing well. Love the position that "The Grinder" is in too

[larrymcg421]

So, Johnny Chan Is Basically Crushing This Thing
On the flop of http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/9d.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/8s.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/5h.gif, Johnny Chan bet 4,500 and was called in two spots. The turn brought the http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/Td.gif and Chan checked. His two opponents also checked behind him.
The river completed the board with the http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/8d.gif. Chan fired a bet of 7,700. The first player called and then the next player called before Chan tabled the http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/Ah.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/8h.gif for trip eights. His opponents both mucked and Chan moved to a whopping, field-leading 425,000 in chips.

[larrymcg421]

Scott Seiver, Matt Hawrilenko, Phil Laak, and Lex Veldhuis all gone early in day 3.

[larrymcg421]

Ouch. It's gotta suck to be Billy Kopp. Last year ran into higher flush when he was assured a final table spot. And now this...

Kopp Coolered, Runs Second Nuts into Nuts
After a series of preflop raises, Billy "Patrolman35" Kopp and Nicolas Babel took a flop of [8s 8d 4c. They both checked.
Fireworks exploded after the http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/ac.gif turned. Kopp checked-raised Babel all in, and Babel snapped it off with the stone cold nuts.
Showdown
Kopp: [as ah
Babel: [8c 8h
Kopp needed the case ace to survive, but found no help from the http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/ks.gif on the river. Kopp hit the rail while Babel ballooned to 500,000 chips.

[larrymcg421]

Negreanu is out.

[larrymcg421]

Barry Greenstein, Vanessa Rousso, and David Williams also out. They're dropping like flies.

[CleBrownsfan]

Yikes - Kopp's exit was so sick. I couldn't imagine losing that way in the main event... I thought that shit only happens online ;)

[larrymcg421]

Barry Greenstein, Annie Duke, and Kathy Liebert were all eliminated before the bubble. We're getting close, so all the remaining players have a good chance to score points


Remaining picked players:

Johnny Chan - 753,000
David Benyamine - 680,000
Eric Baldwin - 435,000
Vanessa Selbst - 351,000
Jason Mercier - 325,000
Scotty Nguyen - 285,000
Allen Cunningham - 200,000
Michael Mizrachi - 190,000
Theo Tran - 70,000

Other notables:

Matt Affleck - 1,109,000
Jean Robert Bellande - 705,000
Phil Galfond - 640,000
Hoyt Corkins - 580,000
Matt Matros - 505,000
Patrik Antonius - 330,000
Sammy Farha - 310,000
David Chiu - 245,000
Robert Mizrachi - 220,000
Vince Van Patten - 210,000
Jason Lester - 195,000
Dan Harrington - 150,000
Humberto Brenes - 120,000
Donny Mizrachi - 115,000
Eric Mizrachi - 53,000

[Lathum]

Yikes - Kopp's exit was so sick. I couldn't imagine losing that way in the main event... I thought that shit only happens online ;)

how did he go out? I must have missed it glossing through the updates.

[larrymcg421]

Remaining Scenarios

jbergey22 - Just needs to maintain lead. Rooting for everyone but Michael Mizrachi to take a quick dive. Especially rooting against Jason Mercier, Scotty Nguyen, and Allen Cunningham who are taken by his closest competitors.

Quiksand - Needs Jason Mercier to finish in the top 15 (but not win) and for Michael Mizrachi to get eliminated quickly.

rockboy70 - Needs Scotty Nguyen to finish in the top 12 and needs to dodge points from Allen Cunningham and Michael Mizrachi.

larrymcg421 - Needs Allen Cunningham to cash for at least $50,000 or he cannot pass rockboy. If he does make it that far, then a combination of good scorres from Cunningham and Nguyen could do it.

kingfc22 - Cannot win, since Jason Mercier is picked by Quiksand.

MollyMurphy - The previous champ cannot win since Scotty Nguyen is picked by rockboy and larrymcg.

Subby - Has no players left in the main event.

TroyF - Needs Selbst to cash for at least $720,000 to pass larrymcg, who also has Cunningham. If that happens, then a combination of those two could do the trick.

Lathum - Needs Jason Mercier to win the whole thing.

albionmoonlight - Eliminated because Scotty Nguyen is picked above.

cuervo72 - Eliminated because Selbst is picked above.

digamma - With 4 players left and only one of them picked by someone ahead, Digamma has the most dangerous roster left. He still needs them to score a ton of points or for. Timoshenko as ME Winner is essentally meaningless because if he wins, Digamma would almost certainly win on points anyways.

MIJB19 - In last place by a ton, but can still win in a tie with Lathum if Mercier wins the whole thing.

[larrymcg421]

how did he go out? I must have missed it glossing through the updates.

It's a few posts above, but basically he had AA against 88. The flop x88. Turn Ace. All the money in here. Ouch.

[jbergey22]

Does no one have Chan or does everyone have Chan that he doesnt matter?

[larrymcg421]

No one picked Chan. I had him in the picked players update for a while until I realized he is not on anyone's roster.

[Lathum]

All 4 Mizrachi brothers make the money.

[SirFozzie]

Man. the Bubble Boy lost in a horrible fashion...

QQ vs A2:

Flop: AA2 :P

[digamma]

Man. the Bubble Boy lost in a horrible fashion...

QQ vs A2:

Flop: AA2 :P

Except according to Poker News, they got most of the money in post flop.

[Lathum]

I'll admit I would fold aces on the bubble of the ME as long as I had a decent M.

[larrymcg421]

I'll admit I would fold aces on the bubble of the ME as long as I had a decent M.

I understand why an amateur would do this to ensure $$, but my argument is if you're willing to fold Aces preflop, then you should just walk away from the table and blind yourself into the money.

[Lathum]

I understand why an amateur would do this to ensure $$, but my argument is if you're willing to fold Aces preflop, then you should just walk away from the table and blind yourself into the money.

I would likely do that as well and just play my BB for a walk or limped pot and hope to flop the nuts.

[larrymcg421]

Selbst and Timoshenko out. Mercier hurting.

[Lathum]

good, Selbst is such a cunt.

[Comey]

I wish I could've defended my title...but I didn't see it until much too late.

Mercier is out, by the way.

[jbergey22]

Mercier, Selbst, Cunningham and Timoshenko all out

[QuikSand]

I had a pretty interesting bubble story two years ago in a $1500 WSOP event. Not quite folding aces, but I had to make a fairly tough call on "play or pray."

[Lathum]

I had a pretty interesting bubble story two years ago in a $1500 WSOP event. Not quite folding aces, but I had to make a fairly tough call on "play or pray."

What did you do?

[QuikSand]

Well, there was a good deal of context... but as the money bubble was approaching, a hand was folded to me on the button, and I had AK. My stack was such that the BB was pretty much obliged to call with any two cards. In my head, I thought it was likely but not certain that I could just fold the next 6 or so hands and eke into the money... or I could push my AK and take my chances (fairly likely to be only something like 60/40 against two random unpaired cards below my K).

(This was after a couple tough hands pushed me from a solid stack to a weakling stack, and I had basically folded my way through about 75 minutes of play to get to this point)

Anyway... I really did agonize over it (maybe 2-3 minutes, I'm not an in-the-tank sort of guy really) and then pushed. He called with J2o, I won the hand, and I had enough chips then to actually last into day two (http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/42519-michael-sanderson/overall/results).

[jbergey22]

Well, there was a good deal of context... but as the money bubble was approaching, a hand was folded to me on the button, and I had AK. My stack was such that the BB was pretty much obliged to call with any two cards. In my head, I thought it was likely but not certain that I could just fold the next 6 or so hands and eke into the money... or I could push my AK and take my chances (fairly likely to be only something like 60/40 against two random unpaired cards below my K).

(This was after a couple tough hands pushed me from a solid stack to a weakling stack, and I had basically folded my way through about 75 minutes of play to get to this point)

Anyway... I really did agonize over it (maybe 2-3 minutes, I'm not an in-the-tank sort of guy really) and then pushed. He called with J2o, I won the hand, and I had enough chips then to actually last into day two (http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/42519-michael-sanderson/overall/results).

Good choice! Which tourny was it? The one where you finished 27th?

[QuikSand]

That story was from the June 2008 WSOP event... the bottom tier of cashes was about $2800, but by virtue of that double-up+, I got enough chips to survive one level beyond mincash for a few hundred more.

[larrymcg421]

Alas, Scotty Nguyen is out.

Picked players left:

Michael Mizrachi - 1,793,000
Theo Tran - 340,000
Eric Baldwin - 250,000

jbergey22 (with Mizrachi) and digamma (with Tran and Baldwin) are the only ones left with winning scenarios. Looking at those chip counts, it's gonna be a tall order for digamma.

[SirFozzie]

Did anyone see the details of Ted Forrest's prop bet win over Mike Matusow? Forrest weighed in at 188 at the beginning of the WSOP, if he could lose 50 pounds by September 15th, he'd win $1 million from Matusow. If he could lose the 50 pounds by the end of the WSOP (not including the November Nine), he'd win $2 million.

Well, yesterday, Ted Forrest weighed in at 138. He hadn't eaten solid food in nine days (relying on a mixture of water, a touch of maple syrup and other things, as well as laps around the UNLV track in a sauna suit with additional layers of clothing on. I may joke about my weight loss plan being hell, but that's downright dangerous!

[larrymcg421]

Johnny Chan is out after running Kings into Aces cost him most of his stack and then ran Jacks into Aces when he was short.

[cartman]

Johnny Chan is out after running Kings into Aces

I know how that feels

:(

[Lathum]

Just goes to show how lucky you need to be in this.

[larrymcg421]

Mizrachi is on fire and with $5.85 million chips is the #2 chip stack with 99 remaining. I think winning the $50k and the Main Event in the same year would rank as one of the best accomplishments in poker history.

Theo Tran is out, but Digamma still has Eric Baldwin. Baldwin is a bit short with only $850,000 chips and an M of 13.

[jbergey22]

I was always a fan of the grinders aggressive style. He reminds me of Phil Ivey in a lot of ways.

I looked at one point yesterday and he was around 400k. He must be having a day and a half dreams are made out of.

[larrymcg421]

This was one of the hands that did it:

Big Call by the Grinder
Duy Le opened for 40,000 from middle position, then Getty Mattingsley made it 105,000 from the button. Michael Mizrachi called from the small blind, the big blind folded, and Le called.
The flop came http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/8s.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/Th.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/4s.gif and all three checked. The turn was the http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/Kh.gif. It checked to Mattingsley who bet 196,000, and both Mizrachi and Le called.
The river was the http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/5s.gif. Mizrachi checked, and Le bet 500,000. Mattingsley got out, and the Grinder went into the tank for a good while before making the call.
Mizrachi showed http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/7d.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/7s.gif. He'd made the right decision, as Le just had http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/Jd.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/9d.gif.
Le has 2.5 million now, while the Grinder moves up to 3.9 million.

[Lathum]

Winning the 50K and ME in the same year would be by far the greatest accomplishment in poker history. I would venture to say even making the FT along with winning the 50K would be the greatest.

[CleBrownsfan]

This was one of the hands that did it:

This is why I would never become a "good" poker player. I would no way in hell make that call on the turn....

[Lathum]

This is why I would never become a "good" poker player. I would no way in hell make that call on the turn....

Yeah, that is a pretty sick call, the funny thing about a call like that is either a great player or a terrible player are the only ones that would make it. Mizrachi had to have his opponent on that exact hand to call.

[jbergey22]

This is why I would never become a "good" poker player. I would no way in hell make that call on the turn....

Exactly!

I think the better/worse call was after the turn where the was 3 over cards and both players in the pot.

Of course with a flush possibility and 3 overs after the river it was pretty amazing as well. I am thinking the grinder had to be the most worried about the flush on how that river card was bet out. He likely figured Le wasnt going to bet into a possible flush like with just a pair after how he played that hand.

In any case yes it was a difficult call and one that seperates the average/great players.

[QuikSand]

Bellande out in 78th.

Rio is quite empty today, I was hoping for some side action but no dice. 9 tables and a couple hundred railbirds and dozens of media monkeys...that's it. Off to Venetian.

[larrymcg421]

Mizrachi has had an awful day and is now down to $1.8 million chips.

Benyamine is out in 58th.

More importantly, Baldwin out in 59th, clinching the championship for jbergey22. jbergey22 made a nice run last year with Phil Ivey as his ME winner pick and almost stole the championship. This year he wins going away thanks to his pick of Mizrachi, who had a dominating World Series run.

[larrymcg421]

Crucial double up for Mizrachi and he now sits at $3.59 million.

[larrymcg421]

Grinder back up to $9 million in chips and a top 10 stack.

[larrymcg421]

Down to 12 players left. Mizrachi is the short stack with only $2.5 million left.

[larrymcg421]

Ouch. Poker is brutal....

Matt Affleck Eliminated in 15th Place ($500,165)






There are monsterpotten and then there are MONSTERpotten. It's a silly game, sometimes, poker is. Matt Affleck's chance at fortune and glory just slipped through his fingers after a stunning beat for a monsterpotten at the hand of Jonathan Duhamel.


Duhamel started things with a raise to 550,000 from the cutoff position. Affleck had the button and three-bet to 1.55 million. His re-raise folded the blinds and brought the action back to Duhamel. Duhamel four-bet to 3,925,000 and was called by Affleck, creating a pot with 8.0 million chips in it before the flop!


Duhamel seemed to sense he was in trouble. He checked a ten-high flop, http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/10d.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/9c.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/7h.gif, and soon faced a 5.0-million-chip bet from Affleck. Duhamel called that bet to see the http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/qd.gif hit the turn. Again he checked. Affleck did the only thing he could do -- he moved all in for 11.6 million chips.
Duhamel had Affleck covered, but it was still a huge decision. He asked for a count, which due to the size of Affleck's stack took about a minute to determine. Then Duhamel went into the tank. The leading speculation in the media tower was that he had pocket jacks and was stuck with a horrible decision.


A minute and a half after he got Affleck's count, Duhamel peeked at his cards and puffed his cheeks out in a big sigh. Thirty seconds later he stole a glance at Affleck. Another minute. Duhamel shook his head. Then thirty seconds later, almost five minutes after Affleck pushed all in, Duhamel called!


Duhamel: http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/jh.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/jc.gif
Affleck: http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/ac.gifhttp://www.wsop.com/images/cards/as.gif


Affleck immediately stood up. The pot was huge, a total of 42 million chips. If his aces could hold, he'd be almost assured a berth in the November Nine.



The entire rail leaned forward in anticipation...


River: http://www.wsop.com/images/cards/8d.gif


A collective gasp was let out. Duhamel filled a queen-high straight! Affleck bowed his head to the rail, burying his face in his hat. It was impossible not to feel for him, how close he had come and how brutally everything had been snatched away from him. He looked as though he was doing his best to fight back tears as he watched his stack slide over to Duhamel. By the time he departed, his face was bright red, overcome with the emotion of what just transpired.

[larrymcg421]

Down to 10 players. Grinder is 9th of 10 chip stacks.

[SirFozzie]

Still at 10 players, no one wants to be the November bubble boy

[hoopsguy]

And Grinder will be playing in November.

[larrymcg421]

Really happy for the Grinder. He was even able to move up to 7th chip stack.

[jbergey22]

Thank you grinder.

[jbergey22]

Duhamel played that hand so poorly and ended up getting rewarded. That is just horrible. WTF could he have possibly thought Affleck had they he could have beat at that point???

[larrymcg421]

I don't know. Even if Affleck's cards are turned up, he's got 10 outs and he's calling $11 million into a $30 million pot.

[Lathum]

Seems like the main event dirma last few years is in big pro a lesser pro and a bunch of no names. I actually think that works well. Creates new blood but gives people a rooting interest.

[Maple Leafs]

So a girl I know was dating a guy who played poker. I've never met him and don't much about him, except that he had played in Vegas a few times. They'd been dating for a while but broke up last year, although they're still on reasonably good terms.

Anyways, turns out he's some guy named Jonathan Duhamel. I wonder how he's doing these days.

[k0ruptr]

lol nice.

[Lathum]

Final table being streamed live on ESPN3 starting Saturday @3:30.

[SirFozzie]

Not quite live.. 5 minute delay, no hole cards.

[Lathum]

I meant to add no hole cards, as for the 5 minute delay, semantics.

[Lathum]

This starts in a little over an hour...

[CleBrownsfan]

Oh really? I thought they played Nov 9th??

But good to know... I'll be following

[saldana]

I meant to add no hole cards

not seeing the hole cards makes it a lot different to watch than normal. ive never watched poker where i couldnt see the players cards...makes it a little bit boring, but can be fun trying to figure out what they might have.

[SirFozzie]

Wow. That Jarvis-Grinder hand is going to make huge TV

[saldana]

Wow. That Jarvis-Grinder hand is going to make huge TV

yeah...that was off the hook.

[Lathum]

another sick hand with Senti-Cheong.

[SirFozzie]

Oh WOW... there has been some RIDICULOUS FUCKING HANDS tonight. race to start, (AK vs 10 10), AK flops trips (KKQ), turn J, River 9. Runner Fucking Runner.

[Lathum]

Oh WOW... there has been some RIDICULOUS FUCKING HANDS tonight. race to start, (AK vs 10 10), AK flops trips (KKQ), turn J, River 9. Runner Fucking Runner.

So sick, crazy levels with the eliminations, Norm Chad must be creaming his pants.

[SirFozzie]

WSOP

Updated chip counts - Cheong 46.3m DOlan 15.7m Duhamel 41.4m Mizrachi 65.4m Racener 21.1m Candio 29.6m 150k ante 500k/1m blinds

[SirFozzie]

get on the stream...

[SirFozzie]

Grinder went out in fifth when his flopped top pair ran into slow-played aces.

Call me a pessimist, but I don't think Heads Up tonight will take very long, 188M-30M is a hard row to come back from.

[Lathum]

Final table started. Probably a pretty short table unless Racner doubles up early. One thing I like is neither of them are Hollywooding.

[Lathum]

Racner doubles up early. He is just flat calling a lot of flops from the SB despite being the small stack, I think he feels he can outplay Duhamel after the flop.

[kingfc22]

Finally caught up on my DVR. Some very sick hands at the final table and Cheong just flat out donated his chips to Duhamel.