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Wed Jul 01 2009 04:43 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Johnny Chan, the Master...Chan's Stack Slides
An early position player bet 900 and Johnny Chan called on the button. The flop came down
. The EP player led out for 1,500 and Chan called. Both players checked the 
on the turn. The river was the 
and the EP player bet 2,500. Chan made the call.
Chan mucked at the sight of his opponent's
and is down to 13,900. -
Wed Jul 01 2009 04:40 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Hershiser Down to Half of His Starting Stack
A player opened the pot from middle position for 900 and Orel Hershiser raised from the cut off to 2,300. His opponent made the call.
The flop came
and the player in middle position bet out 3,000. Hershiser raised to 10,000 and his opponent moved all in.
Hershiser was forced to fold his hand and is now down to 16,000. -
Wed Jul 01 2009 04:38 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Friedman Back to the Starting Gate
Perry Friedman is siting at Orange 76 -- right by our press box. His parents have two seats on the rail right in front of the press box so that they can keep close tabs on their son (and also engage in friendly conversation with any passers-by).
They were delighted to see Friedman increase his count to 26,000 in a hand in which he check-called 2,000 on a flop of
. When the turn came 
Friedman and his opponent both checked. That induced Friedman to bet 3,000 on the 
river. He was called and showed down the winner, 
.
A few hands later Friedman busted a player. Playing
, Friedman flopped 
against his opponents pocket aces. -
Wed Jul 01 2009 04:35 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
Berry Johnston - Mr. ConsistencyA Shout Out for Berry Johnston
Tournament Director Jack Effel just introduced Berry Johnston to the crowd in the Amazon Room. Johnston, the 1986 Main Event champion, stood up and waved to the room after Effel congratulated him on setting a WSOP record by cashing in at least one event per year for the past 28 years.
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Wed Jul 01 2009 04:30 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
Smith Still Can't Going
We caught Gavin Smith just as he limped into the pot from under-the-gun. No one but the blinds wanted to play, and the three players saw a limped flop of
.
Everyone checked the board, and checked around again when the turn brought the. The river brought the and a bet of 600 from the small blind. The big blind checked and Smith made the call. He mucked when the small blind turned over 
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Wed Jul 01 2009 04:29 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Day 1a Official Numbers
We've just received word that the official number of entrants for Day 1a is (drumroll please...) 1,116 entrants.
By comparison, 1,297 players entered the Main Event on Day 1a in 2008, 1,287 played Day 1a in 2007 and 2,138 played Day 1a in 2006. -
Wed Jul 01 2009 04:25 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
Eights Are Enough for Yang Too
Jerry Yang called an under-the-gun bet of 900 from late position and went heads up to a flop of
.
Both players checked and the turn brought the
along with a 2,700 bet from under-the-gun. Yang raised an additional 3,600 and got the call. Action checked to Yang when the hit the river and he bet 4,000. He got called again before turning over for trips. His opponent mucked, and Yang now has 43,000 chips. -
Wed Jul 01 2009 04:21 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
Eights Are Enough for Johnston
Berry Johnston made it 800 from under-the-gun and got called by the big blind, who then check-called for an additional 1,000 on a flop of
.
The big blind took the lead, betting 1,400 when the
landed on the turn, and Johnston called. The 
on the river brought a bet of 2,500 from the big blind and another call.
The big blind showed
and Johnston tabled to take the pot. His stack now stands at just over 30,000. -
Wed Jul 01 2009 04:20 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Grinding back up the chartsHot In Herre After Dinner
"All in and call table four," was screamed out by the dealer, and a quick rush of TV crews followed.
The reasoning? Nelly was in the action after he called an opponent's all in to be up against
with his 
.
The flop fell down
to keep Nelly in the lead, but when the 
landed on the turn, it gave his opponent additional outs for a straight.
When the river peeled the, hands were shook, Nelly raked the pot and the TV crews added another highlight to the reel as Nelly pushed up to over 16,000. -
Wed Jul 01 2009 04:06 GMT-70 | Posted by FerricRamsium
After-Dinner Poker
Most of the players are back from their dinner break, and the cards are in the air once again!
Started 3rd Jul, 2009
