Under the gun limped, Howard "Tahoe" Andrew limped, another player limped and then the small blind raised to 575. After the big blind folded, all three of the limpers made the call.
The flop came down and the small blind fired 1,500. Only Tahoe made the call.
The turn brought the . After the small blind checked, Tahoe fired 3,000. His opponent asked if he could see how much Tahoe had left. Tahoe moved his hands so that his opponent could get a view of his chips and then thought for a bit. After a minute or so, the small blind folded and Tahoe won the pot, showing that he flopped a set of tens with the .
Charlie Wiper was all in for his last 2,925 before the flop, and the action passed around to player across the table who spent some time considering. The players on either side of Wiper began to talk about the hand in progress, drawing the attention of the dealer. She told them to hold their conversation, and Wiper asked, "Am I allowed to say I want a call?" The dealer told him no, and Wiper said, "Well, I do!"
"Floor!" the dealer immediately called. Floorman Allen was soon by the table, and he laughed it off and implored Wiper to watch his chatter. "Don't worry, I'm about to bust anyways," Wiper said.
Indeed he would. His opponent eventually called with , and Wiper's were drawing slim. The board ran out , and Wiper is off to crush some powder on the slopes.
It doesn't matter if it's Las Vegas or New Orleans, Southern California or Southern Indiana, if the banner says "World Series of Poker", Howard Andrew is coming to play. And with a nickname like "Tahoe", there was little doubt we'd see him in the field today.
"Tahoe" Andrew is a native of Pleasanton, California, and he is the proud owner of two WSOP gold bracelets. He won them a day apart from one another in 1976, taking down the $1,000 "Businessman's" and $2,500 preliminary events. Since that year, he's never missed the World Series of Poker Main Event, a streak that was extended to 35 consecutive years in 2010. That's more than you and me put together, and it's the longest streak running.
"Tahoe" was mentioned in the 1978 WSOP Media Guide alongside the likes of Johnny Moss, Chip Reese, Puggy Pearson, and Bobby Hoff. He was universally known as the guy most likely to get his chips into the middle light, always putting pressure on his opponents in a time when the game was admittedly more straight-forward. Since then, he's played just about everything you can think of, racking up close to $1.4 million in tournament earnings. Even well into his seventies, "Tahoe" is still booking results, finishing in 3rd place at the $5,000 Circuit Championship in Rincon earlier this year.
If "Tahoe" can cash here this week, it'll be his 20th career WSOP payday.
The board reads 228 right now and that's a great number for this event. That number should rise a bit more while registration stays open and all those late sleepers roll in. With expectations around 180-200 as the snow came in this weekend, well over 200 runners is amazing. When we get a final tally, we'll let you know.
Andrew Malott opened to 150 from the cutoff seat, and the gentleman on the button was the only caller as they went heads up to the flop.
It rolled out , and Malott check-called a bet of 225. The on the turn drew checks from both players, and Malott led out with 750 on the river. His opponent paid him off; Malott showed for two pair, and he's moving in the right direction to start the day.
As we mentioned before in our intro post, we've got Woody Moore, Howard "Tahoe" Andrew, Shiva Dudani and Ted Bort in the field today. Joining them, we've spotted Jim Pechac and Andrew Malott.
John "Cowboy" Land has also been spotted cutting out bets in the field. Land is from Frisco, Texas and holds not one, but two WSOP Circuit rings. Both came in prelim events last season at Harrah's Rincon and Harrah's Tunica.
We've also got a couple newly-minted Circuit ring winners in the field. Phillip Hui won Event #2: $345 No-Limit Hold'em. He bested a field of 407 to claim the first-place prize of $26,257. Matt Hughes is also sporting a brand new piece of jewelry after winning Event #17: 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em. He beat out 118 others and won $16,730. We'll see if either of these two can make a splash in the Main Event here in Tahoe or if any other of the prelim winners show up.
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and the small blind fired 1,500. Only Tahoe made the call.
. After the small blind checked, Tahoe fired 3,000. His opponent asked if he could see how much Tahoe had left. Tahoe moved his hands so that his opponent could get a view of his chips and then thought for a bit. After a minute or so, the small blind folded and Tahoe won the pot, showing that he flopped a set of tens with the 
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, and Wiper's 
were drawing slim. The board ran out 
, and Malott check-called a bet of 225. The 
on the turn drew checks from both players, and Malott led out with 750 on the 
river. His opponent paid him off; Malott showed 
for two pair, and he's moving in the right direction to start the day.
