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Event 8 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed EventDay 1 completed
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Thu Jun 05 2008 08:03 PST | Posted by hintze
Day 1 Official Chip Counts
2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider had an excellent first day, establishing a clear lead when the Day 1 chip counts were officially tallied. Schneider's total of 142,300 was well ahead of second-place Gus Hansen's119,500, with Frank Kassela at 106,800 the only other 100,000-plus stack.
With 89 of an original 192 starters remaining, here's how the overnight top ten appear:
Tom Schneider 142,300
Gus Hansen 119,500
Frank Kassela 106,800
Johnny Chan 97,800
Jeff Madsen 87,500
Tom Dwan 86,600
Greg Mueller 84,600
Michael DeMichele 77,400
Brandon Adams 75,000
Nikolay Evdakov 73,900
The leaderboard is stuffed with big names below the top ten as well, and in this event, Day 2 is moving day. Action resumes at 3pm with collisions set to occur. Check back here for the latest reports. -
Thu Jun 05 2008 02:55 PST | Posted by change100
Jeff Madsen-- Over 100KDay 1 Concludes
Day 1 of Event #8, the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event has come to a close just before 3 a.m. PDT. The green 25-denomination chips are currently being colored up before players begin bagging and tagging their stacks.
Approximately 94 players remain from our starting field of 192. 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider is the chip leader with about 140,000 in his stack. Other big stacks include Jeff Madsen, Gus Hansen, Johnny Chan, Greg "FBT" Mueller, and Brandon Adams.
Join us tomorrow at 3 p.m. for continuing coverage of the $10,000 Mixed Game Extravaganza, when we'll play down to a final table of eight.
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Thu Jun 05 2008 02:49 PST | Posted by donpeters
"You Call That Equity?"
Pot-limit Omaha:
After a player raised the pot and Gus Hansen called, Tom "durrrr" Dwan thought for a while and then moved all in for 8,650 more. The original raiser made it 21,000 to go and Hansen called again. Three players took the flop, Dwan was all in.
Flop:
The third player in the hand checked to Gus who moved all in; the player called.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan:
Gus Hansen:
Third player:
Dwan flopped the straight and everyone at the table was baffled when they saw what he had shoved in with. The dealer then ran the turn and river, first the
and then the 
. Hansen was able to use his 6-7-x-x for a seven-high straight to win the side pot, while Dwan collected the main pot with an eight-high straight.
Hansen: "Durrrr, I know you're the world's best PLO player but... honestly, what is the point of pushing there?"
Dwan: "Because I know you're not folding now, but you'll fold most flops and he (the other player) will shove most flops."
Hansen: "Let me tell you, this guy has no fold option whatsoever."
Third player: "What the heck were you doing?"
Dwan: "I think my equity is good there."
Hansen: "Really?!?! You call that equity?"
Dwan: "Yeah, I think I even shove there online. If it's a PLO tournament online I shove."
Gus and the rest of the table looked confused as Dwan stacked his chips.
Dwan: "There's also only 16 minutes left in the day. That was a factor also. I don't want to come back tomorrow with only 7,000 chips."
Even though the hand happened a few minutes ago, the players at the table are still trying to figure what exactly was the method to Dwan's madness on that hand. Hansen is the most puzzled of all. -
Thu Jun 05 2008 02:35 PST | Posted by change100
Scotty babyScotty Gets Quartered, Baby
Omaha-8:
With the board reading
on the turn, Scotty Nguyen and his opponent broke into a raising war until they capped the betting.
"When you play with me, baby, you don't mess around," cautioned Nguyen.
The river was the. Nguyen's opponent bet his last 800 and Scotty made the call.
Nguyen turned over
while his opponent tabled 
. The high was split between the two, while the whole low half went to Scotty's opponent. He's now down to 16,500. -
Thu Jun 05 2008 02:22 PST | Posted by change100
More Eliminations
We've also lost Hasan Habib, Max Pescatori and Dario Alioto in this last level.
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Thu Jun 05 2008 02:21 PST | Posted by donpeters
Recent Eliminations
John D'Agostino and Gabe Kaplan have both been eliminated as another table breaks.
We're almost through the last level of the day and exactly 100 players remain. -
Thu Jun 05 2008 02:20 PST | Posted by change100
No "Raisy-Daisy" Here
Pot-limit Omaha:
Michael DeMichele opened with a pot-sized raise from middle position and Sam Farha called from the big blind. The flop was
. DeMichel bet pot and Farha called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Check-check again.
DeMichele turned over
for two pair, nines and eights, Farha mucked, and DeMichele increased his stack to 60,000. -
Thu Jun 05 2008 02:18 PST | Posted by donpeters
Ted Forrest Eliminated
Omaha-8:
Ted Forrest ran bottom two pair into a higher two pair with the last of his chips to get eliminated from the event. -
Thu Jun 05 2008 02:16 PST | Posted by change100
Daniel Alaei Eliminated
It was 2-7 Triple Draw that did Alaei in, with Marcel Luske making a 9-7 low to send him to the rail.
Started 4th Jun, 2008
