Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-28-2009 08:50 UTC-12

Overheard at the Tables

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PokerNews blogger Marc Convey recently joined Noah Schwartz's table. "Not working today?" Schwartz asked. Convey's working, just not in his usual way.

At the front of the Blue Section, Tony Dunst was giving his views on playing limit hold'em. "Either you can play a limit tournament or you can take a trip to the dentist," explained Dunst.

Surprisingly, Humberto Brenes isn't talking to anyone at his table. We've caught him with his head bowed and eyes closed a few times.

And then there was the Texan explaining to a European player what life is like in Texas. "I've got a huge ranch in Dallas -- like you've seen on TV."

"Really? I want to come over!" the European player responded.

"Yeah it's a solid one-third of an acre," the Texan added, to laughter from the table.

"Where do the cows go?" another player asked.

06-28-2009 08:35 UTC-12

Last Wave?

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Players are running out of time to register. People who've recently been picked out of the 800+ player field include: Nam Le, Jared Hamby, Thomas Keller, Layne Flack, and Chino Rheem.

Then there are some players that we may have missed on our first pass through the Orange section: Alexandre Gomes, Sandra Naujoks, David Daneshgar and Michael Tureniec.

06-28-2009 08:18 UTC-12

Early Eliminations

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Unless we've missed the mark, Theo Tran and Vanessa Rousso are among the earliest ranks of the departed. Certainly, their seats are empty and there are no chips or rebuy buttons on the table in front of their chairs.

06-28-2009 08:11 UTC-12

Esfandiari Working His Magic

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"1,500," said the player in the 3-seat at Antonio Esfandiari's table.

"2,000," replied Esfandiari. "Going up." He jerked his thumb towards the ceiling.

"2,100," his table mate replied.

"2,300."

"2,500."

We didn't hear the final number that they settled on, but it was in the high 2000s. They then turned to Neil Channing.

"So doctor?" Esfandiari inquired.

"28,000 dollars," said Channing as the table erupted in laughter. It seemed that Esfandiari and his opponent had bet $600 on how much Neil Channing thought that the player in the 2-seat would ask to be paid in order to shave the huge nest of hair he had on the top of his head.

Esfandiari won the bet. He's also up to 18,000 in chips.

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari

06-28-2009 08:04 UTC-12

Montgomery Burns His Buttons

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With the board showing {j-Clubs}

, Scott Montgomery was all in for his first stack. He showed a set of jacks, {j-Hearts}

, against a baby flush {8-Spades}

. The river {k-Spades}

did not pair the board, forcing Montgomery to burn his two rebuy buttons and take an additional 6,000 chips.

Tags: Scott Montgomery

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-28-2009 07:53 UTC-12

Cousineau Not Robusto - He's Busto

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As we were scanning the crowd for faces, we overheard this brief exchange between David Plastik and Tony Cousineau.

"Hey Tony, you out already?" Plastik asked as Cousineau made a beeline for the rail.

"Heh yeah, been brutal" Cousineau replied. "First I flopped the nut flush draw against top pair and hey, I gotta gamble. Then I flopped a flush out of the big blind with {8-Diamonds}

and the other guy flopped a bigger flush. Third, I flopped top pair queens and was outkicked. What can ya do?"

Plastik nodded his head in sympathy. "Well you still got chips in the other one eh?" he asked, referring to Event 51.

"Yeah, I got 42,000," Cousineau replied. He'll get to start playing those chips in about an hour.

Tags: David Plastik Tony Cousineau

06-28-2009 07:46 UTC-12

Up, Up and Up

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We're forty minuets into the level, with the tournament clock showing 741 entrants so far. We still have about an hour and a half of late registration; expect that number to increase.

In the meantime, here's who else we've spotted:

Noah Schwartz
Steve Topakas
Vicky Coren
Rob Hollink
Maria Ho
Dwyte Pilgrim
Dag Palovic
Roland de Wolfe
Sorel Mizzi
Theo Tran
Archie Karas
Sam Chartier
Tony Dunst
J.J. Liu
Peter Feldman
Daniel Negreanu
Vanessa Rousso
Maria Mayrinck
Ted Lawson
Sam Khouiss
David Pham
Tom McEvoy
Liya Gerasimova
Toto Leonidas
Allie Prescott
Brandon Cantu
Kevin Saul
Christian Harder
John Juanda
Kelly Kim
Jacobo Fernandez
Mark Seif
Michael Mizrachi
Terrence Chan
Jason Lester
Marco "Hey! Look!" Traniello

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

06-28-2009 07:27 UTC-12

More Notables Filter In

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The next wave of notables has been spotted:

Barny Boatman
Russell Rosenblum
Ivan Demidov
Jason Somerville
Nikolay Evdakov
Ylon Schwartz
Roy Winston
Isaac Haxton
Mike Sexton
Eric Froehlich
Jon Van Halle
Christiane Klecz
Kathy Liebert
Berry Johnson
Chad Batista
Neil Channing
David Singer
Chad Brown
Jeff Lisandro
Eugene Todd

06-28-2009 07:23 UTC-12

Cousineau Off to a Rocky Start

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With the board showing {A-Diamonds}

, Tony Cousineau led out for 600. He was raised to 2,000 by the player in the Seat 6.

"Did you really flop the joint?" Cousineau asked. "Well I gotta raise you," he added. He moved all in. The player in the Seat 6 quickly called. Cousineau showed a small flush, {8-Diamonds}

. His opponent turned over the nuts, {Q-Diamonds}

.

Since Cousineau already redeemed his rebuy chips, he's down to just 3,000 chips with no barrels left.

Tags: Tony Cousineau