2010 World Series of Poker

Day 1b completed

Posted 07-20-2010 08:37 GMT-8 by Jurasj

Official Day 1B Chip Counts (full)

Posted 07-14-2010 04:10 GMT-8 by Jurasj

Chip Counts
1	James Danielson		201,050
2	Filippo Candio		167,300	167,300
3	Robert Miller		155,225	155,225
4	Jason DeWitt		149,950	149,950
5	Balazs Botond		147,500
6	Filip Verboven		146,595
7	Jacob Petersen		143,625	143,625
8	Gabriel Walls		141,050
9	Kyle Brossia		136,625
10	Alex Michaels		133,150
11	Chad Lauderback		132,350
12	Alexander Kostritsyn		131,800	131,800
13	Jim Collopy		128,828
14	Alex Bonnin		127,275
15	Bryn Kenney		127,000	127,000
16	Jay Shumsey		125,350
17	Antoine Berube		125,150	125,150
18	Sam Haddad		123,750	123,750
19	Hien Nguyen		121,025	121,025
20	Tristan Wade		120,850	120,850
21	Arturo Pierantoni		120,800
22	Dennis Ethier		119,475
23	Jon Van Fleet		116,300
24	Pablo Ubierna		115,500	115,500
25	Martin Hansen		115,300

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Day 1b is Dead, Long Live Day 1b!

Posted 07-06-2010 23:05 GMT-8 by EricRamsey

It was nearly twelve hours ago that players began to file into the Amazon Room and Pavilion to kick off the second Day 1 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. After four and a half levels of play, those lucky enough to still have chips in front of them are bagging them up and heading home for the night.

We started the day with 1,489 players. That's nearly 400 more than we had for yesterday's Day 1a. Not only was the entire Amazon room occupied by Main Event entrants, but there were another 450 players who started their day off in the Pavilion. Of those who started out today, it appears that just over 1,000 have been fortunate enough to make it through the day.

As was to be expected, it was another day full of appearances by high-profile players. Those who had their Main Event dreams cut short include Ivan Demidov, Joe Sebok, Erick Lindgren, Justin Bonomo, Bertrand Grospellier, Liv Boeree, Jamie Gold and Arnaud Mattern.

On a more positive note, we have plenty of players gearing up for Day 2. Our chip leader for the day appears to be James Danielson who will kick off his Day 2 with an impressive 201,050 chips. Trailing not far behind are Filippo Candio (167300), Robert Miller (155,225) and Jason DeWitt (149,850).

Some of the fortunate few to break the 100,000-chip mark include Alex Kostritsyn (106,000), Florian Langmann (100,000) and Kido Pham (114,000).

Other notables we can expect to see when they return on Day 2b include Gavin Griffin (97,200), Dan Kelly (74,000), Brandon Cantu (72,000), Johnny Lodden (62,500), Phil Laak (58,000), Jon Turner (63,825), Dan Harrington (45,000), George Lind (11,975), Gavin Smith (40,000) and on it goes...

Completing Day 1 is a goal for many in and of itself. It is, however, just the first necessary step on a long journey down the road to our final table in November. Join us tomorrow for our coverage of Day 1c and stick with us through to the conclusion of poker's grandest tournament!

End of Day Big Stacks

Posted 07-06-2010 23:00 GMT-8 by FlipChip

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Buchanan Busto

Posted 07-06-2010 22:47 GMT-8 by danafish

Shawn Buchanan check-called 3,000 on the flop and check-called another 5,100 on the turn with just 2,200 behind. Come the he checked again and then called all in to a 5,000 bet from his opponent.

"Nines," announced his opponent, but as he tabled we assumed that he was guessing what Buchanan had. Whatever cards Buchanan was holding we shall never know, as he merely mucked and headed for the door.

Tags: Shawn Buchanan.

Clocking Out Early

Posted 07-06-2010 22:44 GMT-8 by EricRamsey

On Table 295, it's become apparent that someone is ready to go home. The dealer went through the riffle-riffle-box-riffle routine, and he cut the deck and pulled in the 50 ante from each player. He then burned a card and dealt the flop... before dealing hole cards to the players. Everyone at the table got a good chuckle, and the dealer pulled the flop back and tried it again.

The players aren't the only ones anxious to get out of here tonight.

DeWitt Delivers the Hit to Pacifici

Posted 07-06-2010 22:44 GMT-8 by donpeters

Nick Mitchell started off this hand by raisied to 925 from early position. Newly crowned bracelet winner Jason DeWitt reraised to 2,600 from the next seat over. Jared Pacifici four-bet to 5,200 from the small blind and that knocked the big blind and Mitchell out of the way. Action fell back on DeWitt and he five-bet to 10,600. After tanking for a minute, Pacifici made the call.

The flop came down and both players checked. The turn added the to the board and both players checked again, making for a rather uneventful pot after there was plenty of preflop action.

The river completed the board with the and Pacifici checked. DeWitt wasn't about to check again and fired a bet worth 12,500. Pacifici mucked his hand and DeWitt took the pot to move to 121,000 in chips.

Tags: Jared Pacifici, Jason DeWitt.

Take Five!

Posted 07-06-2010 22:39 GMT-8 by EricRamsey

The clock has been paused at that magical ten-minute mark. We'll play five more hands at each table, and then those that have been lucky enough to survive Day 1 of the Main Event will bag and tag their chips for the overnight soak.

Suited Connectors Help Bardah Eliminate a Player

Posted 07-06-2010 22:39 GMT-8 by donpeters

Ronnie Bardah called a player's all-in bet for less than 10 big blinds with the . The at-risk player held the .

The board ran through to give Bardah the best hand on the river. He's now up to about 60,000 in chips.

Tags: Ronnie Bardah.

The Mysterious Box

Posted 07-06-2010 22:38 GMT-8 by snoopy1239

In the far corner of the room there's a man in a wheelchair who's playing with a mysterious miniature chest on the felt. Whenever he receives a card, he slides the card up a ramp and inserts the top half into a slit in the chest. I watched on blankly but simply couldn't work out the function of the box. I even asked two tournament directors, and neither could shine any light on the issue. Answers on a post card please.