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Message: [QUOTE="DESSERTLADY, post: 414662, member: 1240"] [b][PLAIN][Event 11] $1500 Limit Hold'em (Day 1)[/PLAIN][/b] [B][Event 11] $1500 Limit Hold'em (Day 1)[/B] [B]Highlights of the day so far:[/B] [B]Thu Jul 06 11:25:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]$1,500 Limit Begins[/B] Today is a big day for the WSOP. The $1,500 limit hold'em event begins at 12pm [B]Thu Jul 06 12:05:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Cards are in the Air[/B] Play begins at Level 1 with blinds at $25-25 and limits of $25-50. Players begin with $1,500 in starting chips. [B]Thu Jul 06 12:22:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Liebert Wins with Kings[/B] Kathy Liebert and her opponent cap the bets pre-flop. The flop comes J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. Liebert bets and her opponent calls. The turn is the A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] and both check. The river is the 7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and again both check. Liebert shows her pocket Kings and her opponent mucks. Liebert now has $1,800. [B]Thu Jul 06 12:37:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Wrong Tournament[/B] One player in the tournament tries to go all-in. Upon hearing this, other players at the table tell him he could only bet $25 on the flop. The table folded to him after he bet. [B]Thu Jul 06 12:59:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Level 2 Begins[/B] Level 2 begins with blinds at $25-50 and limits of $50-100. [B]Thu Jul 06 13:06:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Goehring Takes the Early Lead[/B] Alan Goehring takes the early chiplead at $3,250, doubling his stack in just over one hour - no small feat in a limit tournament where the max bet is $100 on the last two streets. [B]Thu Jul 06 13:14:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]James Lets His Feelings Known[/B] Kenna James describes the limit tournament today as a "turkey shoot." He currently has $250 in chips. [B]Thu Jul 06 13:20:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Kenna's Own Private Poker Table[/B] Kenna James is singing along to "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffett on his headphones. One of his opponents asked for a seat change. James is still shortstacked at $250. [B]Thu Jul 06 13:22:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Alspach Busts[/B] Dan Alspach busts early from the tournament and is eliminated. [B]Thu Jul 06 13:32:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Zolotow Hits Big[/B] On a board of K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG], seat 7 bets and Steve Zolotow calls. Zolotow shows Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] for Quad Queens and takes the pot. Zolotow is now at $1,975. [B]Thu Jul 06 13:47:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Leading Ladies of Poker[/B] Jennifer Leigh, Jean Gluck, and Karina Jett all share a table. [B]Thu Jul 06 13:57:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Mimi Tran Busts[/B] Mimi Tran is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 13:58:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Karina Jett Cracks Broadway[/B] Karina Jett flops a flush on a board of A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] with T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] against her opponent's Ace-high straight with A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]. She eliminates that player and wins the $1,000 pot, increasing her stack to $2,375. [B]Thu Jul 06 14:00:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Players on Break[/B] Play stops for a 20-minute break. Play will resume at level 3. [B]Thu Jul 06 14:20:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Play Resumes; Level 3 Begins[/B] Play resumes with 615 players remaing of the original 713. Level 3 begins with blinds at $50-100 and limits of $100-200. Chip leaders include Tom McCormick, Chris Grigorian, and Cecilia Mortensen. [B]Thu Jul 06 14:38:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Tony Ma Eliminated[/B] Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma is busted from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 14:40:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]McCormick Takes a Big Lead[/B] Tom McCormick of Fargo, ND, takes a large lead with $6,100 chips. [B]Thu Jul 06 14:43:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]James Takes a Huge Pot with a Set of Kings[/B] Kenna James and his opponent got over 6 big bets into the pot by the river, when James shows a set of Kings and his opponent mucks. Kenna is up to $3,500 after being down to less than $1,000. [B]Thu Jul 06 14:43:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Cunningham Busts[/B] Allen Cunningham is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 14:48:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Mueller's Aces Cracked[/B] Greg Mueller got all-in preflop against his opponent. With $1,800 in the pot, Mueller flips Aces while his opponent shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Mueller looks to be in great shape until the board brings three clubs out. Mueller is out of the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 14:54:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Goehring Busts[/B] Alan Goehring is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 15:03:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Schlein Eliminated[/B] Josh Schlein is eliminated when his opponent shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] for trip Aces. [B]Thu Jul 06 15:19:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Phan Loses More Chips[/B] With $700 in the pot and a board of Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG], the small blind bets $100 and Phan raises $200. The small blind re-raises all-in and Phan calls. The small blind shows A-J and Phan shows T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]9[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. The turn is the J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG] and the river is the 5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. Phan loses the pot and is down to $275. [B]Thu Jul 06 15:20:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Level 4 Begins[/B] Level 4 begins with less than 520 players remaining out of the original 713. Blinds are $75-150 with limits of $150-300. [B]Thu Jul 06 15:24:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Liebert Doubles Up[/B] A short-stacked Kathy Liebert enters a pot in early position and a player in middle position raises after a flop of low cards and Liebert pushes in the remainder of her chips. The player in middle position quickly calls and flips over A-Q offsuit. Liebert shows K-Q. Neither player improves on the turn but a King spikes on the river, one of Liebert's 3 outs. Liebert more than doubles up to $850 chips. [B]Thu Jul 06 15:30:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Big Hands Cracked[/B] Joe Sebok's Aces were cracke by J-T and Cecilia Mortensen's Tens were cracked by pocket Nines. Sebok has about $4,000 and Mortensen has about $3,000. [B]Thu Jul 06 15:33:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Jett Eliminated[/B] Karina Jett is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 15:36:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Jean Gluck Eliminated[/B] Jean Gluck gets all her chips in the middle on a board of J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]. Her opponent calls and turns over 7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG], way behind Gluck's K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]. Unfortunately for Gluck, the 8[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG] falls on the river and gives her opponent a straight. Gluck is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 15:56:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Mortensen Loses Chips[/B] Cecilia Mortensen raises to $300 pre-flop and gets one caller. The flop is Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]. Mortensen bets $150 and her opponent raises to $300. Mortensen folds and is down to $550. [B]Thu Jul 06 16:09:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Payvar Vying for Chip Lead[/B] Reza Payvar, winner of the 2005 $2,000 Limit Hold'em tournament, is one of the chipleaders with $11,100. [B]Thu Jul 06 16:12:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Liebert Hangs On[/B] Kathy Liebert calls all-in from the big blind. Liebert has K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] and the small blind has K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. The flop Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. The flop gives Liebert more outs, but puts her opponent ahead with the 4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. Liebert hits one of her outs when the river comes T[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and she doubles up to $500. [B]Thu Jul 06 16:18:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Liebert Busts[/B] Kathy Liebert doubled and re-doubled, but is eliminated after hanging on with less than $1,500 chips for most of the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 16:20:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Mortensen Busts[/B] Cecilia Mortensen busts after her trip Fours loses to her opponent's rivered Straight. [B]Thu Jul 06 16:21:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Players on Break[/B] Play will resume in 20 minutes at Level 5. [B]Thu Jul 06 16:47:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Play Resumes[/B] Players are back from break and cards are in the air. The $25 chips are gone from the tables - blinds are $100-200 with limits of $200-400. [B]Thu Jul 06 17:15:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Leigh Busts[/B] Jennifer Leigh is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 17:22:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Bax Battles Back[/B] Cliff "Johnny Bax" Josephy is battling his way back and now has $2,100 in chips, up from less than $1,000. Though still short-stacked, he's in better position than 30 minutes ago. [B]Thu Jul 06 17:38:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]King Eliminated[/B] Bryant King is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 17:46:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Level 6 Begins[/B] Level 6 begins with less than 270 players remaining. Blinds are $200-300 with limits of $300-600. [B]Thu Jul 06 17:59:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Josephy Eliminated[/B] With $900 remaining, Cliff "Johnny Bax" Josephy folds both his big and small blinds to raises, leaving him only $400. On his button, he pushes all-in and is called by one player who is holding pocket Nines. Josephy A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Josephy misses the flop and the turn brings a third Nine for his opponent. Josephy draws dead and is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 18:02:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Recent Eliminations[/B] Melissa Hayden and Raymond Bitar are eliminated. [B]Thu Jul 06 18:19:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Devonshire Busts[/B] Bryan Devonshire is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 18:25:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Grigorian Busts[/B] Chris Grigorian is eliminated from the tournament. [B]Thu Jul 06 18:31:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Giardina Doubles Off Feldhouse[/B] Short-stacked Mark Giardina raises to $600 pre-flop. Jim Feldhouse decides to just call. The flop comes A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Giardina bets the last of his chips, about $500, and Feldhouse calls. Giardina shows A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]. Feldhouse shows K-K. The turn is the 6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG] and the river is the 2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]. Giardina now has $3,600. Feldhouse has $12,000. [B]Thu Jul 06 18:42:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Tourney Moving Quickly[/B] With five minutes left until the end of round 6, less than 150 players remain out of a starting field of 713. More than 2/3 of the field has been eliminated in six hours. [B]Thu Jul 06 18:48:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Bartley Busts[/B] Aaron Bartley is eliminated from the tournament during the last hand before the dinner break. [B]Thu Jul 06 18:49:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Players on Dinner Break[/B] Play will resume in 90 minutes at level 7. [B]Thu Jul 06 20:13:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Play Resumes[/B] Play has resumed at level 7, with $200-$400 blinds and stakes at $400-$800. [B]Thu Jul 06 21:02:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Brodie Eliminated[/B] On a flop of 9-8-2, Richard Brodie gets his chips in the middle with the K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG], and is called by the A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] of Adam Wallace. The turn pairs the board with a 9, and the river brings a 6, giving no help to Brodie and sending him to the rail. [B]Thu Jul 06 21:07:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]Blinds Increase[/B] Blinds and stakes are up for level 8. Blinds raise to $300-$600, with the stakes at $600-$1,200. [B]Thu Jul 06 21:07:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]A-K vs... A-K[/B] On a board of J[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]4[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]5[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG], the player in seat 3 bets ($800). The player in seat 7 thinks for a very long time and makes the call. Seat 3 flips over A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG] and seat 7 flips over A[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]K[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]. Seat 7 is rewarded for making the call with a chopped pot. Each half of the pot is worth $4500. [B]Thu Jul 06 21:12:00 PDT 2006[/B] [B]"The Shamrock Kid" Hits Two-Pair[/B] On a board reading 7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/diamond.gif[/IMG]6[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]Q[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG]2[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/spade.gif[/IMG] Tom "The Shamrock Kid" McCormack bets. His opponent calls and McCormack shows 7[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/club.gif[/IMG]3[IMG]http://www.cardplayer.com/images/common/suits/heart.gif[/IMG] for two-pair. His opponent mucks. McCormack wins the $6,400 pot and increases his stack to $12,000. His opponent has $14,000. [B]Chip Leaders - [Event 11] $1500 Limit Hold'em (Day 1)[/B] Place-Name-Chip Count 1-Richard Okazaki-26,000 2-Rory Duncan-17,500 3-Adam Smith-16,000 3-Steven Diano-16,000 5-Tom McCormick-15,500 6-Brent Shaw-14,000 7-Mike Schneider-13,000 8-Joe Sebok-12,000 9-Chris Bell-10,200 10-Russ Floyd-8,500 [/QUOTE]

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