Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em Day 1d | 2009 World Series of Poker

07-06-2009 07:47 UTC-12

Over In The Miranda Room

[user80015]

Lisa Hamilton after collecting her Ladies World Championship bracelet

Another room in the Rio is packed full of players, and over in the Miranda Room we find huge collection of notables.

David Benefield, Vivek Rajkumar and Jordan Morgan are representing the online community, while Adam Schoenfeld, Shawn Sheikhan, Antonio Esfandiari, Paul Snead, Farzad Bonyadi and Michael Binger have also taken their seats.

Film and TV star Lou Diamond Phillips is also in the field along with Australian's Jimmy Siu, Rob Campbell and Chris Chronis. Chip Me Up players Andrew Barter, Scott Neuman and David Lewis are also in attendance.

However it is the ladies that are out in force for the predominately male event with Mimi Tran, Lisa Parsons, Shannon Elizabeth, Clonie Gowen, Lynette Chan, Esther Taylor and Lisa Hamilton all taking on the blokes.

07-06-2009 07:47 UTC-12

How Many Tens Does J.C. Tran Have?

[user46392]

The

flop checked around to J.C. Tran in the cutoff, who bet 525. He got one caller in the form of the gent in the big blind.

Mr. Big Blind checked the {10-Hearts}

turn, and Tran bet 1,300. "Are you serious?" asked Mr. Big Blind; Tran was, and he folded.

Tran told Mr. Big Blind he could see one of his hole cards, and allowed him to choose. He turned over a ten.

Tags: J.C. Tran

07-06-2009 07:45 UTC-12

Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before?

Shamus

There's a middle-aged gentleman here today wearing an autographed St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap, a white long-sleeved "Broadway Truck Centers" shirt, and sporting various patches for Ford, PokerStars, and the Poker Players Alliance.

It's not what you're thinking. Dennis Phillips -- who finished Day 1c with an above-average stack of 62,325 -- did not manage to sneak in to play a second Day One.

Rather it is Phillips' friend, Bryan Swift, who's here to try and follow in the St. Louis account manager's footsteps and make the November Nine. We'll keep an eye on Swift's progress as the day proceeds.

Oh, and the autograph on Swift's cap? Dennis Phillips, of course.

Tags: Bryan Swift Dennis Phillips

07-06-2009 07:43 UTC-12

Steve Davis In the House

[user46392]

We have a legend in our midst -- today's field features six-time world snooker champion Steve Davis, doing his very best, and entirely succeeding, in looking inconspicuous.

Tags: Steve Davis

07-06-2009 07:40 UTC-12

High Rollers Flock Together

[user46392]

One interesting table currently features diminutive Italian Dario Minieri and funny-haired American Yuval Bronshtein, sitting side by side in, appropriately, what is usually the high rollers' enclosure of the cash game section.

07-06-2009 07:39 UTC-12

Earliest Exit?

[user76023]

It appears that the Swiss player Anton Allemann will be really cheesed off by his day here at the Rio as he's become probably one of the very first casualties of Day 1D.

According to Roman Yitzhaki at the table, in a reraised pot preflop, Allemann had bet 1,300 on a {K-?}

and found himself raised to 4,500. He called that bet and 8,000 on the {8-?}

before calling all in on the {9-?}

river.

Allemann asked, "Do you have sixes?" but he got shown {K-?}

instead which was good. Yitzhaki presumed by that question that Allemann was holding {2-?}

.

07-06-2009 07:38 UTC-12

Another Jackpot

Shamus

We just had a second "jack"-pot over in the Blue section as well -- yet another player winning a bag of meat snacks for getting four of a kind with jacks.

07-06-2009 07:35 UTC-12

Ship Him the Jack Link's

donpeters

On a board of {A-Clubs}

, Tony Lay showed down {A-Hearts}

for quad jacks. Not only did he win the hand, but he also won the bonus prize that Jack Link's Beef Jerky is giving out for anyone that makes quad jacks. Lay won a $100 gift pack from the company. A decent way to kick off your Main Event.

Tags: beef jerky Jack Link's Jacks Link's beef jerky Tony Lay

07-06-2009 07:28 UTC-12

A Sea of Blue

[user67765]

Vanessa Rousso is one of rare notables amongst a sea of unknown amateur players that have filled the blue section of the Amazon Room for Day 1d. She finds herself seated with two other females to start the day.

"What are the odds of having three females at the same table? This always happens to me! I'm like a chick magnet!"

Also spotted in the sea of blue are Glen Chorny, Tom Hall, Scott Clements, Will Mitchell, Blair Hinkle, Alec Torelli, Sam Simon, Josh Arieh, Rafe Furst, Lauren Kling and popular actor Marlon Wayans.

07-06-2009 07:19 UTC-12

Good News, Bad News

Shamus

Imagine you've come to your first ever World Series of Poker Main Event. Nervous and excited, you check your registration card for your seat assignment, and after making your way through the throng of other hopefuls, you arrive to your table to see a sheet of paper resting in the center: "PLEASE PROCEED TO FEATURE SIDE TABLE."

Such was the case for the nine arriving at Blue Table #30 today. "Do we just leave our stuff here?" asked one player. No, came the reply. You better take that with you. "What about this?" The player held up the complimentary seat cushion provided to each player. Don't worry, came the answer. You'll probably have one over there, too.

Those who'd been scheduled for Blue #30 will be finding 2008 WSOP Champion Peter Eastgate over there as one of their tablemates. As if they weren't already nervous.

Meanwhile, it appears Erick Lindgren will be at the other "main" feature table to start the day. As usual, our access to those two tables will be somewhat limited today, but we'll nonetheless try to provide periodic updates from those tables.