Event 27 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-16-2007 12:36 UTC-7

Laundry Day for EFro?

[user14554]

We almost missed Eric Froehlich in the field today. The two-time WSOP bracelet winner is not wearing his usual jersey. With two weeks into the WSOP schedule, we're guessing it is laundry day for the pros that have been here since the start.

Tags: eric froehlich

06-16-2007 12:53 UTC-7

David Williams Wakes Up

[user14554]

David Williams is seated in the tent and had his head down on the table for the first twenty minutes of play. But the last time we passed by him, his stack was up to 6,200.

Tags: David Williams

06-16-2007 12:57 UTC-7

Big Names In The Field

[user37786]

Chris Moneymaker is playing in today's event, as are Andrew Black and Andy Bloch. Michael Binger, Joe Sebok, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner, and Nam Le are also in the field.

Tags: Andrew Black Andy Bloch Chris Moneymaker Joe Sebok Jon "PearlJammer" Turner Michael Binger Nam Le

06-16-2007 13:05 UTC-7

Other Names in the Field

[user37786]

T.J. Cloutier has taken his seat, and so has 2007 bracelet winner Burt Boutin. C.K. Hua, Kirk Morrison, Lee Watkinson, Joe Tehan, and Paul Wolfe are also playing.

Tags: Burt Boutin C.K. Hua Joe Tehan Kirk Morrison Lee Watkinson Paul Wolfe T.J. Cloutier

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-16-2007 13:12 UTC-7

Jason Strasser Takes a Nice Pot Early

[user38420]

Jason Strasser raised it up 150 and got three callers. The flop came {9-Hearts}

and was checked around. The {2-Hearts}

came on the turn, and the player in the big blind bet 250. Strasser raised to 1,200, two players folded, the big blind pushed all-in for 2,200 total and Strasser called. Strasser showed {A-Hearts}

against his opponent's {4-Diamonds}

. The

came on the river, and Strasser took a nice pot with two pair. After the hand, Strasser had 5,700 in chips.

06-16-2007 13:15 UTC-7

Are There Stars in This Galaxy?

[user39120]

We may be seeing a trend start to emerge with these "small" buy in No Limit Hold Em events. Yesterday, this reporter noted a slight, but noticable drop in 'big' names in the tournament. This could easily have been attributed to the 5pm H.O.R.S.E. event that many of them were going to play. Today, at least in one walk around the Amazon Room, this is even more noticable. Where you can usually go two or three tables and recognize someone, sometimes today it took me 10.

Make no mistake, there are 'name' players in the room today, but unless they are all out in the tent, or the other rooms that are hosting tables today, there are fewer than one would normally see in one of these events. Maybe day two of the H.O.R.S.E. event is contributing to this.

06-16-2007 13:21 UTC-7

Breaking Strategy

[user39120]

The floorpeople are using an interesting strategy to break tables today. They break a full row of 6 tables inside, then bring 6 tables in from the players pavillion at one time. They are about to do their third row, which means in a couple minutes, 1/3 of the players out in the tent will have been moved inside.

06-16-2007 13:23 UTC-7