2010 World Series of Poker

Day 1d completed

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

Official Day 1D Chip Counts (full)

Posted 07-14-2010 04:12 GMT-8 by Jurasj

Chip Counts
1	Steve Billirakis		187,150	187,150
2	Khamsy Nuanmanee		170,525
3	Steven Tabb		170,275	170,275
4	Julien Foussard		166,175
5	Nestor Martinez		158,825
6	Roger Pruzansky		155,700
7	Daniel Springfield		150,100
8	Theodore Bort		146,825
9	Frank Gu		144,800
10	Aaron Gustavson		143,950
11	Andras Koroknai		142,250	142,250
12	Archie Karas		137,775
13	Eric Blair		137,550	137,550
14	Cole Miller		137,325
15	Samuel Oberlin		136,925	136,925
16	David Benyamine		130,800	130,800
17	Daniel Collins		130,100	130,100
18	Jamin Stokes		126,925	126,925
19	Benjamin Patterson		126,675
20	Jack Ellwood		126,500
21	Craig Swinney		126,200
22	Gary Brown		126,000
23	Paul Scaturro		125,325	125,325
24	Kenneth Baldrey		120,950
25	Elia Ahmadian		120,575	120,575

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Day 1d Concludes

Posted 07-08-2010 22:54 GMT-8 by Shamus

Steve Billirakis

The fourth and final Day 1 flight has come to a close. Today saw the largest field of all four flights -- 2,391 -- fill the Amazon and Pavilion Rooms. Added to our first three days, the overall total of 7,319 players means this year's Main Event is the second-largest tournament in live poker history (behind the 8,773-player 2006 Main Event).

That field together creates a $68,798,600 prize pool to be divided up between the top 747 finishers. And come November, the one player from this group who manages to accumulate every last chip will claim $8,944,138, the gold bracelet, and poker immortality.

A number of notables chose the last starting day, and for some their starting day was also their finishing day. Phil Gordon was an early exit, as were John Tabatabai, Justin Smith, Michael Craig, Jose "Nacho" Barbero, and the top two finishers from the 2005 Main Event, Steve Dannenmann and Joe Hachem. Others failing to survive to Day 2 included John Juanda, Allen Kessler, Cliff Josephy, Sorel Mizzi, and Wendeen Eolis.

Meanwhile, David Benyamine, Bill Chen, Phil Ivey, Kara Scott, and Jason Mercier all jumped out to good starts today, though they were soon overtaken by Khamsy Nuanmanee. She would be the first to six digits, then would spend much of the evening near or at the top of the leaderboard.

At night's end, though, it was Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis making a late charge to claim the lead, with Steven Tabb, Julian Foussard, Dan Springfield, and Lestor Martinez also ending the night filling their bags with extra chips. And a quick glance down the leaderboard shows other familiar names such as Archie Karas, Vanessa Rousso, Josh Arieh, and probable 2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela having done especially well for themselves today, too.

Of the 2,391 who started today's Day 1d, about 1,700 made it through, meaning we're still looking at more than 5,000 players whose 2010 WSOP Main Event dreams remain alive. Tomorrow those who made it through Days 1a and 1c will come back for Day 2a, with the rest (from Day 1b and Day 1d) continuing their tourney journeys on Day 2b.

Thanks for following our coverage today! And be sure to come back tomorrow at noon Vegas time when the cards go back in the air once again.

Day 1D Big Stacks

Posted 07-08-2010 22:50 GMT-8 by Reporter

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Boatman Remains Afloat

Posted 07-08-2010 22:50 GMT-8 by snoopy1239

Ross Boatman

For a moment, I thought Freddy Krueger had burst through the felt as a piercing scream emanated from the center of the room. Although I'm not a believer in such boogie men, there had indeed been a butchering, and the victim wouldn't be sleeping easy tonight.

It was Lyle Berman who started the nightmare, raising it up as he had done many times before. Another player then pushed all in for 18,000 leaving the decision on Ross Boatman who held pocket nines. Boatman, who later claimed that the man could easily have been steaming from previous hands, made the call, only to be shown picket aces.

But despite the predicament, Boatman spiked a nine in the window (hence the scream), and so eliminated his foe. As a result, Boatman will be joining his brother in Day 2 (although different days, if that makes sense) with 44,675.

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Pay the Boatman

Posted 07-08-2010 22:46 GMT-8 by danafish

A horrible noise coming from the throat of a player alerted our reporter to the fact that said player was all in with against Ross Boatman's . The board had run out . Boatman's stack increased to 38,000.

"There's no crying in poker," commented another player as the luckless gentleman busted out.

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Schwartz Rockets Propel Him to a Double Up

Posted 07-08-2010 22:44 GMT-8 by Chad_Holloway

On a flop of , Ylon Schwartz moved all in and was called by his opponent in Seat 8.

Schwartz:
Seat 8:

Schwartz's pocket rockets were good, but they needed to dodge the diamond draw. The turn was the and the river the . Schwartz managed to double up here at the end of the day and is up to 23,000.

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Eolis Exits

Posted 07-08-2010 22:43 GMT-8 by SantanaBandana

Just not her day at the Main Event

Wendeen Eolis, the first woman to ever cash in the Main Event, was all in and at risk with and was unfortunately dominated by an opponent's .

The flop was all she wrote and after the turn and river came , respectively, Eolis' tournament came to an end.

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End of the Line for Townsend

Posted 07-08-2010 22:40 GMT-8 by danafish

Brian Townsend has hit the rail after getting his last in with pocket jacks on the turn of a board, only to discover that his opponent was holding for a straight. The on the river was purely academic, and Townsend duly busted out.

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Vedes Teases

Posted 07-08-2010 22:40 GMT-8 by snoopy1239

I joined the action on the turn of a board, Tommy Vedes facing a bet of 5,000. After a brief pause, he threw in, reluctantly, it seemed, a single orange chip.

The river was the , and after the initial aggressor had checked, Vedes reached into his stack and flicked 7,700 across the imaginary line. His opponent took a quick peek at his cards to make sure they hadn't turned into quads before making the fold.

Vedes climbs to 62,000 with the final whistle looming.

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