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Message: [QUOTE="DESSERTLADY, post: 420846, member: 1240"] [b][PLAIN][Event 39] $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Day 1A)[/PLAIN][/b] [B][Event 39] $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Day 1A) [/B] [B]Recap of the Day:[/B] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 10:35:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The Main Event Has Arrived[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event is now upon us! [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]There are officially at least 8,532 participants, and the word on the street is that there will be up to 500 alternates per day. We will keep you updated as this situation develops. [/SIZE] This year there are four individual day ones, each playing down to 800 players by the end of the day. [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:02:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Players to Use All-In Button[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Players each have an all-in button to use for their all-ins rather than having to push all $10,000 of their chips into the middle. This is the first time the World Series of Poker has implemented such a device to improve efficiency. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:05:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The Characters Have Arrived[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Brett "Gank" Jungblut is seated next to a nun. At least, a player dressed as a nun. Card Player will keep tabs on this table to see if there are any F-bomb violations from the clergy. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:12:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]And They're Off![/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Cards are in the air for day 1 of the 2006 World Series of Poker, after introductions from WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack and James Garner. Blinds start at $25-$50 in the first level of the tournament. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:18:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]"You've Outlasted One Player"[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A tournament director just announced over the P.A. system, "Congratulations players, you've just outlasted one player!" marking under 7 minutes before the first bustout of the tournament. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:23:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Bloch All-In Early in Tournament[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Andy Bloch raises to $125 preflop from early position and Jeff Smith calls from the button. The player in the big blind also calls and the flop comes 10 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]10[/SIZE][SIZE=3]5[/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The big blind checks and Bloch bets out $200. Smith raises to $500 and the button folds. Bloch calls and the turn puts the 5[/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the board. Bloch checks and the Smith bets $600. Bloch raises to $1,600 and Smith calls. The river is the Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Bloch pushes all-in for $7,500. Smith asks if he is allowed to show his cards to Bloch in an attempt to get a read. He is informed that this is against the rules and would result in a penalty. Smith then asks Bloch if he has pocket Queens. Bloch does not respond and Smith eventually folds. Bloch is now up to $14,000. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:32:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]All-In Called with 8-High[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]On a flop of 10 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3]5[/SIZE][SIZE=3], Tim Rod bets $300 and his opponent raises to $600. Rod calls and the turn puts the 3[/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the board. Rod again bets out with $1,500 and is again raised by his opponent to $4,000. Rod calls and the river puts the 3[/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the board. Rod pushes all-in and his opponent immediately calls. Rod flips up K[/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3]for a turned flush. His opponent says, "Do I have a straight flush? Oh, no I don't," as he shows 8[/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3]for 8-high. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:36:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Wattel Takes a Hand Early[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]On a flop of 9-8-3, seat 7 checks, Mike Wattel bets $300 and his opponent calls. The turn is a 4 and Wattel bets $600. His opponent calls again as they go to the river. The river is a 10. Wattel fires out again and this time for $1,300. The opponent calls once again and Wattel turns over 8-8 for a set of eights. The other player mucks and Wattel is now at $12,500 in chips. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:38:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Jett Takes A Hit[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Chip Jett makes it $150 to go from early position, and is called by the small blind. The flop brings the J [/SIZE][SIZE=3]9[/SIZE][SIZE=3]4[/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The player in the small blind checks, Jett bets $250, and his opponent calls. The 4[/SIZE][SIZE=3]rolls off on the turn, and this time the small blind leads out for $350, which is called by Jett after a momentary pause. The 2[/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the river induces the small blind to bet $350 again, and Jett once again thinks for a short moment, but this time decides to muck. Jett now has approximately $8,500. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:49:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Laura Prepon Takes a Pot[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A player in early position raises to $150 and Laura Prepon re-raises up to $300. Prepon's opponent calls and the flop comes 7 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]5[/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Prepon's opponent checks and she bets out $400. Her opponent calls and the turn puts the K[/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the board. Prepon's opponent now bets out $700 and Prepon again calls. The river is the 10[/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Prepon's opponent again shoots out with a $1,000 bet. Prepon calls and shows A[/SIZE][SIZE=3]A[/SIZE][SIZE=3]for an over pair while her opponent flips up A[/SIZE][SIZE=3]K[/SIZE][SIZE=3]for top pair, top kicker and Prepon takes the pot. Prepon is now sitting with $12,400. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:51:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Mekhi Phifer Loses The Minimum[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]On a board of 6-4-4-7-3, Mekhi Phifer faces a large re-raise on the river. Thinking for a moment, Phifer decides to just call the raise with the 6 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3], for the second best full house. His opponent shows the 7[/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3], and Phifer maintains about $5,500 in chips by simply calling on the river. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:54:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Masterson Loses One Early[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]On a board of K [/SIZE][SIZE=3]J[/SIZE][SIZE=3]10[/SIZE][SIZE=3]9[/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3]Chris Masterson's opponent moves all-in for about $6,000 total and Masterson makes the call. Masterson shows Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3]10[/SIZE][SIZE=3]but his opponent shows A[/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3]with the nut straight. Masterson is down to $3,800.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 12:59:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Table to Watch[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Gioi Luong, Russ "Dutch" Boyd and Matthew Lillard are all sitting at the same table, making for a good mix of solid play and interesting personality. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 13:02:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Chip Jett Eliminated[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Chip Jett has just been eliminated from the main event in the first round of the first day. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 13:11:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Chris Masterson Busts[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]On a flop of 10 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3], Chris Masterson checks in the small blind position and the player in the big blind position, Yarom Reuven, raises to $450. Masterson calls and the turn puts the 4[/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the board. Masterson pushes all-in for his remaining $550 and Reuven calls. Reuven shows J[/SIZE][SIZE=3]4[/SIZE][SIZE=3]for a pair and a flush draw, while Masterson flips up A[/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3]for the nut-flush draw. The river is the K[/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Masterson does not hit his draw and is out of the tournament. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 13:16:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Quads vs. 2nd Nuts[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Ryan Fisler re-raises his opponent all-in on a board of 7 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3]5[/SIZE][SIZE=3]10[/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3]. His opponent quickly calls and flips over 10[/SIZE][SIZE=3]10[/SIZE][SIZE=3], for the second nuts, a full house, 10's over 7's. Fisler then flips over 7[/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3]for quad 7's. Not only is his opponent in shock, but now he's left with only $900 in chips. After this hand, Fisler is sitting with roughly $16,000. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 13:34:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Mizrachi Doesn't Appreciate Actors[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]On a board of 10 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3], with around $650 in the pot, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi bets $650 and David Vaillancourt asks for time before finally making the call. The river puts the 5[/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the board and Mizrachi bets out $1,500. Vaillancourt raises to $3,500 more and the Mizrachi says "You don't have to Hollywood." Mizrachi mulls over the hand for five minutes before finally folding. Vaillancourt takes down the pot of $8,000 and now sits with $12,000. Mizrachi is down to $7,300. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 13:37:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Girl Power[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]There are 55 women playing today on Day 1A. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 13:40:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Bartholdi Ducks Danger[/SIZE] Joe Bartholdi checks in the big blind, and four players see a flop of A 4 2 . Bartholdi bets out 250, and gets called by the player under the gun. The 3 rolls off on the turn, making four to the straight on the board. Bartholdi bets $650, and is quickly called once again. The 10 hits on the river and Bartholdi doesn't slow down at all, betting $950. His opponent calls, and Bartholdi reveals the 2 2 , for a set, but any 5 makes a straight. His opponent mucks the hand, however, and Bartholdi rakes the pot, leaving him at roughly $12,300 in chips [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 13:54:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Vahedi Takes Pot from Paul "Eskimo" Clark[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]On a board of K [/SIZE][SIZE=3]4[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], with $775 in the pot, Amir Vahedi ($10,700 before the hand) checks and Paul "Eskimo" Clark ($9,800) bets $450. Vahedi calls and the turn puts the 10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the board. Both players check and the river brings the 2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], prompting Vahedi to bet $500. Clark calls and Vahedi flips up K-5 for two pair, Kings and 2's. Clark mucks and Vahedi takes down the $2,675 pot to put his stack up to $12,000. Clark's stack is down to $8,600. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 14:08:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]J.J. Liu Eliminated[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]In a three way pot, with a board showing 5-4-3, Bruce Liming moves all-in and J.J. Liu calls all-in, the other player folding. Liu shows 6 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]for a flopped straight. Liming shows a dominating hands with 7[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]for a better flopped straight. Liu does not improve and is knocked out of the tournament. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Fri Jul 28 14:09:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Bloom Takes A Hit[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]After a flop of 10 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], Joe Bartholdi bets out $500 and is raised to $2,000 by Tony Bloom. Bartholdi calls the $1,500, and the turn brings th 10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Bartholdi bets $2,500 and Bloom thinks for a couple of moments, before mucking. Bloom now has roughly $4,500, while Bartholdi is sitting around $16,000. [/SIZE] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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