Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 1b | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-07-2007 12:14 UTC-7

Words of Wisdom From Penn & Teller (& Chip Denman)

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Penn & Teller, with WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack

Penn & Teller were introduced by Jeffrey Pollack to give the opening line of "Shuffle up and deal." (Of course, since Teller rarely speaks in public, Penn did all of the talking.) Penn Jillette started by wishing everyone good luck, and then pointing out that players at this level understand that "Luck is nothing but probability taken personally."

It's a great quote, and one that often gets mistakenly attributed to Mr. Jillette. (He likes saying it because he firmly believes it.) But he'll be the first to tell you that it was first said by a statistician named Chip Denman.

Penn & Teller do a show six nights a week here at the Rio, and Penn sometimes plays in the local celebrity poker tournaments.

Tags: Penn & Teller

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

07-07-2007 12:08 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Cards are in the air and Day 1B has begun. The atmosphere is more intense today. Players are in their seats and ready to go. Off and running, we will bring you all the action, so stay tuned and here we go.

07-07-2007 12:06 UTC-7

A Word from Jack Effel

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Jeffrey Pollack introduced tournament director Jack Effel who welcomed all of the main event players. He briefly went over the rules, with emphasis on the following three...

1. You must be at your seat before the last card is dealt, otherwise you will have a dead hand.

2. You cannot be on a cellphone or text messaging when the first card is dealt. If you are, you're hand is declared dead.

3. You cannot put chips in your pockets or conceal them anyway or take them off the tournament floor, they will be taken out of play.

07-07-2007 12:04 UTC-7

Instant I.D.

[user37786]

As 2006 World Champion Jamie Gold tried to enter the Amazon Room he found he didn't have his seat card. And as security won't let anyone inside without their seat card, that posed a bit of a problem. Gold wanted to go to the registration window but security wouldn't let him in without I.D.

Well, there are HUGE posters of every Main Event champion hanging around the room and Gold reached inside the frame of the door, pointed up, and said, "Dude, look up, that's me!" Other people waiting outside the tournament room verified Gold's identity and the guard let him inside to get a new seat card.

Tags: Jamie Gold

07-07-2007 11:56 UTC-7

Three Minutes Away

[user24788]

Day 1b will beginning on time today. Stay tuned.

07-07-2007 10:41 UTC-7

A couple hours to go....

[user38334]

There is only a couple of hours to go before the start of Day 1B. Yesterday there were 1287 starters for Day 1a. Rumor has it there will be quite a few more today. Stay tuned as we bring you all the action as it unfolds from the Amazon Room.