WSOP Lake Tahoe Main Event Day 1 | 2007 WSOP Circuit Event - Lake Tahoe

11-17-2007 02:03 UTC-4

15-Minute Break and Color-Up

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The tournament clock has been paused while the dealers color up the $25 green chips. Once the color-up is complete, the players will begin a 15-minute break.

11-17-2007 02:00 UTC-4

Another Penalty at Churchill's Table!

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Not even ten minutes after Ken Churchill returned to his table, another player at the same table received a one-round penalty.

One of Ken's friends is observing his table just a few feet away and asked Ken what happened to the other guy. Ken replied, "He dropped the F-bomb."

11-17-2007 01:54 UTC-4

Ken Churchill Receives a One-Orbit Penalty

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Facing an opponent's preflop all-in bet, Ken Churchill considered making the call with pocket deuces. Ken held the last action in the hand and showed his cards to the table before announcing his intent to call.

Rule #31 of the TDA states: A player who exposes his cards with action pending may incur a penalty, but will not have a dead hand. The penalty will begin at the end of the hand.

According to Churchill, one of the tournament directors was standing over his shoulder and witnessed him expose his hand before making the call, subsequently issuing the penalty. Churchill told us that he made the call and lost the hand; he has since returned to his table.

Tags: Ken Churchill

11-17-2007 01:41 UTC-4

Winding Down

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With just 20 minutes remaining in level six, only 47 players remain across six tables. The average chip stack is 30,212.

At the end of level six, players will take a 15-minute break and will return for one last level of play before calling it a night.

11-17-2007 01:27 UTC-4

Kathy Liebert Eliminated

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A short-stacked Kathy Liebert just lost the last of her chips to Michael Beisner after her {A-Diamonds}

could not hold off Beisner's {K-Diamonds}

in a preflop all-in confrontation.

Beisner made it 1,800 to go from the cutoff and Liebert reraised all in for a total of 7,175; Beisner called. The flop came K-J-9, giving Beisner top and bottom pair and Kathy was unable to get the help she would need to stay alive in the tournament.

Tags: Kathy Liebert

11-17-2007 01:22 UTC-4

J.C. Tran Eliminated

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Having been the chip leader for much of the day, J.C. Tran was just eliminated from the tournament after running his king-high flush into the nut flush of his opponent.

J.C. made it 1,700 to go before the flop and his opponent called from the button. The flop came {6-Clubs}

and J.C. passed the first action to the button, who led out with a 1,700 bet of his own. J.C. responded with a raise, making it 4,000 to go, prompting the button player to min-raise, upping the ante to 8,000. J.C. quickly declared that he was all in and his opponent called, tabling the {A-Clubs}

for the absolute nuts; J.C. revealed {K-Clubs}

for second-best.

Tags: J.C. Tran

11-17-2007 01:10 UTC-4

Quickies

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The "Tuna" has chipped up to 35,000 since the break.

Kathy Liebert is down to 6,000 in chips.

There are currently 54 players remaining on six tables. The average chip stack is 26,296.

Tags: Hans Tuna Lund Kathy Liebert

11-17-2007 00:59 UTC-4

Banducci Takes the Lead

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The tides have turned since our last chip count update; J.C. Tran absorbed another big hit to his chip stack and has since dropped to just over 10,000 in chips. J.C. lost a majority of his chips on a coinflip, holding A-K against an opponent's pocket queens.

Meanwhile, just a couple tables away, Michael Banducci has chipped up to 75,000 and is beginning to take control of his table. He is currently the tournament's dominant chip leader.

Tags: Michael Banducci

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

11-17-2007 00:46 UTC-4

Ferguson Takes a Pot from Tran

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On a board showing {9-Hearts}

, Chris Ferguson passed the first action to J.C. Tran, who led out with a 2,500 bet. Employing his trademark patient, yet deliberate routine, "Jesus" made the call.

The river brought the {A-Diamonds}

and again, Ferguson checked to Tran, who rapped the table behind. Ferguson tabled pocket jacks which were good enough to take down the pot, upping his chip count to 28,100 at the break.

At the break, I asked Chris how J.C.'s presence changes the dynamic of the table and he had this to say (paraphrased): "Having J.C. at the table definitely changes the dynamic . . . though he hasn't been as active today as he usually is. You know, it's interesting -- he won a lot of his chips today by picking off bluffs."

Tags: Chris Ferguson