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by **The Red Tornado** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 18:45:07

so how come you didnt qualify?

by **seke2** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 18:50:32

The Red Tornado wrote:so how come you didnt qualify?

this was a rather busy summer for me and i did not feel like i'd have been able to go even if i did qualify, so i didn't take any shots at it this year. i may in future years.

by **seke2** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 18:51:26

633 players left. Hand for hand play has begun and the bubble is at 622 (621 pays). Ted Forrest was eliminated in 634th.

by **pacino** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:13:32

They're in the money, they're in the money

Big story is Tobey Maguire and lead singer of Godsmack sitting side by side. Whoopitie do

by **philliesr98** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:21:13

pacino wrote:They're in the money, they're in the money

Big story is Tobey Maguire and lead singer of Godsmack sitting side by side. Whoopitie do

Sully??? I would have never thunk it that he was half decent at poker....

by **pacino** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:24:26

cashed in last year's main event too

by **philliesr98** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:24:54

pacino wrote:cashed in last year's main event too

really, hadnt heard till now.....

by **philliesr98** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:25:28

what celeb was out first hand last year, to farha I believe.... two full boats....

by **pacino** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:27:00

Oliver Hudson

by **philliesr98** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:33:51

pacino wrote:Oliver Hudson

thats, anyone would have had a tough time laying that down....

by **pacino** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:35:04

you can't lay that down, not if you like money

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc9I7DJqRWc[/youtube]

by **philliesr98** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 23:38:43

but for real, he must have honestly thought he was busting sammy farha in the first hand of the tourney..... that would make me atleast stop and think for a second, is Sammy actually risking goin out on the first hand....???

by **pacino** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 00:32:28

Feats of Strength

It's perhaps a bit surprising that this sort of thing doesn't happen more often, but still -- the player at Table 24, Seat 3 moved all in with {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and was called by Jimmy Blevins holding {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}. The {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop gave both players a pair, but on the turn Blevins hit the {K-Hearts} to make trips.

At which point the player facing elimination slammed his fist down on the table so hard that it made the chips on the table jump. And then, when the {10-Spades} hit the river and he knew he'd been eliminated, he LIFTED THE ENTIRE TABLE UP OFF THE GROUND and sent the chips and cards scattering all over the place.

The players were able to protect their chips to keep them from spilling into a great messy pile, and the player who lost the hand was quickly removed from the table. The security cameras caught the whole episode, and from what we've heard he's going to be paid out, and then escorted from the building. We're not mentioning his name because we want to make 300 percent sure we have the right name (the players at his table weren't sure) and we don't want to libel the innocent.

ESPN better freaking show this

by **Disco Stu** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 01:32:53

philliesr98 wrote:but for real, he must have honestly thought he was busting sammy farha in the first hand of the tourney..... that would make me atleast stop and think for a second, is Sammy actually risking goin out on the first hand....???

He didn't think he was busting Farha. He went all in first, he figured Sammy would fold. Once he called he had to think, eff me.

I never heard about that, but that might be the worst beat ever.

by **philliesr98** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 08:40:37

Disco Stu wrote:
philliesr98 wrote:but for real, he must have honestly thought he was busting sammy farha in the first hand of the tourney..... that would make me atleast stop and think for a second, is Sammy actually risking goin out on the first hand....???

He didn't think he was busting Farha. He went all in first, he figured Sammy would fold. Once he called he had to think, eff me.

I never heard about that, but that might be the worst beat ever.

ur right, hadnt seen it in awhile, just watched it now.....

by **seke2** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 08:43:53

Disco Stu wrote:
philliesr98 wrote:but for real, he must have honestly thought he was busting sammy farha in the first hand of the tourney..... that would make me atleast stop and think for a second, is Sammy actually risking goin out on the first hand....???

He didn't think he was busting Farha. He went all in first, he figured Sammy would fold. Once he called he had to think, eff me.

I never heard about that, but that might be the worst beat ever.

wait, what is the "beat" here?

by **The Red Tornado** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 09:08:53

Preflop was the only time he was the fave, it was a "cooler hand" not a bad beat.

by **seke2** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 13:21:16

So it's Day 4 of the ME today.

337 players remain and they will play about 12 hours today, which will take us down to somewhere in the neighborhood of 75-100 players left, probably. Tomorrow they will play down to 27, however long that takes.

Some names to watch still in it:

Former champs:
Scott Nguyen
Berry Johnston
Huck Seed
Carlos Mortensen
Robert Varkonyi

Known/semi-known pros:
Gus Hansen
Chad Brown
Humberto Brenes
Jason Lester
Lee Watkinson
Brandon Adams
David Levi
Mimi Tran

Online pros:
Sorel Mizzi
Jared Hamby
Darrell Dicken
Hevad Khan
Matt Sterling
Peter Feldman

Celebs:
Tobey Maguire
Sully Erna (lead singer of Godsmack)
Sam Simon (co-creator of The Simpsons)

Others:
Hal Lubarsky (blind dude)
Dario Minieri (very agro, current CL, purchased a Porsche with PokerStars frequent player points)

Twoplustwo guys:
Justin Rollo
Stephen O'Dwyer
Yuval Friedman

There's probably other notables I'm missing, but that's a nice list.

Lots of good names and stories in it today, but there's still a long way to go until serious money.

by **traderdave** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 14:12:25

philliesr98 wrote:but for real, he must have honestly thought he was busting sammy farha in the first hand of the tourney..... that would make me atleast stop and think for a second, is Sammy actually risking goin out on the first hand....???

That was actually painful to watch even when you know whats coming. I guess he figured Sammy had trip Aces, at best? It would suck to get knocked out on the very first hand but it isn't as if he totally screwed it up. Crap happens, right?

by **seke2** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 14:21:45

traderdave wrote:
philliesr98 wrote:but for real, he must have honestly thought he was busting sammy farha in the first hand of the tourney..... that would make me atleast stop and think for a second, is Sammy actually risking goin out on the first hand....???

That was actually painful to watch even when you know whats coming. I guess he figured Sammy had trip Aces, at best? It would suck to get knocked out on the very first hand but it isn't as if he totally screwed it up. Crap happens, right?

Yeah, it's a brutal board too, because Sammy reasonably could have AK or AQ or even AJ, but honestly, Sammy probably doesn't move all-in with any of those hands on the first hand of the ME. Basically, if I'm playing against Sammy there, I think his hand range is roughly exactly AT. And maybe AA. It can't be TT because we have a T. There's literally 0 other hands a really good pro would play that way against a relatively unknown player.

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