The Red Tornado wrote:From Day 1B:

Bad Beat Jackpot

Board:
8 J 8 7 3

On the river, a player with 8-8 goes all in and Gene Strickland with 9 10 calls. The player shows quads, but Strickland has the turned straight flush and busts the poor player. Strickland is up to 180,000.

OUCH

There was a worse one...I don't remember what day it happened in, but there was a hand where a player had AA and he got it all in on an A72 flop. Opponent tables 88. Turn 8. River 8.

At that point, you're pretty much obligated to kill everyone in the room, aren't you?

BTW-

July Tourney:

July 21st 6PM in Pensburg


August Tourney

August 4th at my place in North Wales


PM for details

RT where you at Reading Phils on Friday?

I'll be there for the July one, but once again I'll be missing out on the one at Brian's place. I think I've now missed 4 times in a row when Brian was hosting. Have a legit excuse though, my best friend's wedding is that weekend and I'll be out of town.

I think I'll just barely make my six this year again, I think I'm hosting in September and that will give me 6.

Woody wrote:RT where you at Reading Phils on Friday?

Tried but too many things kept popping up, will eventually get up there one day when Carrasco is pitching.

I was in Limerick on Saturday for a riverchasers event, was knocked out by a foul mouth octogenarian bitch.

seke2 wrote:I'll be there for the July one, but once again I'll be missing out on the one at Brian's place. I think I've now missed 4 times in a row when Brian was hosting. Have a legit excuse though, my best friend's wedding is that weekend and I'll be out of town.

I think I'll just barely make my six this year again, I think I'm hosting in September and that will give me 6.

Admit it, youre scared of me. Especially when I have home field advantage.

The Red Tornado wrote:

seke2 wrote:I'll be there for the July one, but once again I'll be missing out on the one at Brian's place. I think I've now missed 4 times in a row when Brian was hosting. Have a legit excuse though, my best friend's wedding is that weekend and I'll be out of town.

I think I'll just barely make my six this year again, I think I'm hosting in September and that will give me 6.

Admit it, youre scared of me. Especially when I have home field advantage.

I should be, the way you've owned me the last few times I played.

So which one do you think Woody will show up to if any?

People of note who have 40K or more of chips so far:

Daniel Alaei 190000
Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken 150000
Chad Brown 120000
JC Tran 100300
Todd Brunson 65000
Allen Cunningham 60000
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson 58000
Jason Alexander 58000
Robert Varkonyi 56000
Steve Dannenmann 54000
Chris Moneymaker 50000
Scotty Nguyen 135000
David 'The Dragon' Pham 130000
James Van Alstyne 88400
Kido Pham 85000
Mark Seif 70000
Robert Mizrachi 70000
Tom McEvoy 65000
Matt Matros 57000
Paul Wasicka 56000
Joe Hachem 45000
J.J. Liu 44000
Evelyn Ng 40000
Humberto Brenes 40000
Barry Greenstein 91000
Brad Garrett 87000
Jeff Madsen 80000
Minh Ly 47000
Huck Seed 45000

A couple of the best tournament guys on twoplustwo have like 100k+ ... hopefully they go deep so people can see some good poker on TV.

From Mike Matusow's brother Scott on Myspace:

Quick main event exit for Mike this year


Mike was not feeling well, had the runs all day long, so he basically sort of "tanked" (was the pun intended?) the main event on day one. Playing Poker especially the main event of the WSOP while having to use the potty every 10 minutes just don't cut it!!

pokernews.com had an interview with Matusow up shortly before he went busto. You could tell he wasn't feeling well.

He also said his table was full of terrible players who were easy to read.

Shortly afterwards, he pushed with 33 from the SB over a CO raise. CO guy had JJ and busted him.

seke2 wrote:A couple of the best tournament guys on twoplustwo have like 100k+ ... hopefully they go deep so people can see some good poker on TV.

I doubt espn would show it. all they did when raymer won was show his races

seke2 wrote:

The Red Tornado wrote:From Day 1B:

Bad Beat Jackpot

Board:
8 J 8 7 3

On the river, a player with 8-8 goes all in and Gene Strickland with 9 10 calls. The player shows quads, but Strickland has the turned straight flush and busts the poor player. Strickland is up to 180,000.

OUCH

There was a worse one...I don't remember what day it happened in, but there was a hand where a player had AA and he got it all in on an A72 flop. Opponent tables 88. Turn 8. River 8.

I think this beat is worse. The only way it coule have been more "devastating" is if they were all in after the flop.

After four days of Main Event play, the official numbers are in!

6,358 players entered the 2007 WSOP Main Event, creating a prizepool of $59,784,954. 621 places will be paid, and each player who cashes will be guaranteed at least $20,320. First place will win $8,250,000.

2,415 fewer players entered the Main Event in 2007 than in 2006, but this year's number is 739 higher than when Joe Hachem won it all in 2005.

definite fad

yup

pacino loves pogs

Check out this hand:

The other great story, which I’m proud to share with everyone as an EXCLUSIVE as far as I can tell, is what some witnesses are calling the Sickest Hand Ever Played in Poker. All capital letters, ’cause it deserves them. There are rumors out there about this hand and I’m setting the record straight after speaking with multiple players at the table including the man who made the play himself, EPT founder John Duthie.

The game was 50/100 NL with a 200 Ante from the button, and 30k minimum buyin. John Duthie raised from the CO to 400 and the button, only identified as David (more due to memory than identity protection), called on the button.

The flop came A92 rainbow, and Duthie checked. David bet 1500 into a 1300 pot, and Duthie check-raised to 4500. David called. The turn was another Ace and Duthie checked again. David pushed all in for around 20k (Duthie says 23k, others say 19k, we’ll hedge our bets and say 20), and Duthie called in a shot, flipping over Q4o with Queen High, no draw. David flipped over J8o and missed his 6 outs on the river.

“Sickest thing I’ve ever seen. EVER!” one player said. It borders on Stu Unger levels of greatness. In any case, now you know who the man is today… it’s Duthie.

http://www.expertinsight.net/blog/

WSOP ME Day 1A-1D is completed, and Day 2A starts today.

Some of the top internet guys who are still in it that you've never heard of but are probably better than most of the pros you have heard of, with their approximate stack sizes:
George 'Bond18' Dunst: 170k
Adam 'admo' Richardson: 150k
Justin 'jurollo' Rollo: 125k
Brandon 'wins_pots' Adams: 120k
Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy: 118k
Stephen 'MrTimCaum' O'Dwyer: 100k
Andrew 'Foucault' Brokos: 31k

That's just a handful of the names I know are decent players.

Not sure what notable pros are playing today...here's a few:
Barry Greenstein: 93k
Huck Seed: 67k
Bill Chen: 29k

I think there are approximately 1000 players who will be playing today and about 1300 playing tomorrow. Blinds start at 500/1k/100 or something like that, I think. Action starts around 3 PM EST.

Okay, some other pros in it today:
David Pham 140k
Scotty Nguyen 129k
Farzad Bonyadi 92k
Jeff Madsen 76k
Evelyn Ng 71k
Doug Kim 69k
Tom McEvoy 63k
Matt Matros 49k
Dan Harrington 44k
Tony G 42k
Hoyt Corkins 42k
Dustin 'Neverwin' Woolf 38k
John Hennigan 36k
Joe Hachem 35k
Paul Wasicka 22k
Joe Sebok 8.5k

And celebs/quasi-celebs/notables:
Brad Garrett 69k
Jane Gold 41k (mother of Jamie Gold)
Tobey Maguire 24k
Montel Williams 21k