With the final board showing and about 15,000 in the pot, the under-the-gun player bets 6,000, David Mitchell-Lolis raises to 16,000, and the first player reluctantly calls, saying, "I'll hook you up." Mitchell-Lolis shows for a flopped full house (eights full of sevens), and his opponent mucks.
David Mitchell-Lolis is on a strong run right now, increasing his stack to 82,000.
PokerNews was able to wrangle actor/poker player Jason Alexander on break from his day one of the WSOP Main Event. Jason talks about playing with Phil Gordon, if he thinks he’s hard to read, and how the table dynamic changes when people recognize him.
Jogi Karamshi was heads-up against an all-in opponent. Karamshi turned over pocket kings while his opponent showed pocket queens. His opponent spiked a queen on the flop and left Karamashi drawing to one of two remaining kings. Karamshi missed and is down to 11,800 after the hand.
On a flop of , Men "The Master" Nguyen called a 2,500 bet from an opponent on the turn. The river was the and both players checked. Men's opponent showed and Men replied, "I wanted to see a diamond and then it's all you can eat, baby!"
Men had disappeared earlier in the tournament, but returned well before the last break. After the hand, Men is down to 11,700 in chips.
Here's the break down so far that the 2007 WSOP main event:
Day 1a: 1,287
Day 1b: 1,545
Day 1c: 1,743
Day 1d: ???
There are currently 4,575 entrants who have played at this point. They are expecting another 1,600+ players on the final flight scheduled on Monday. That would bring the totals past 6,000 for this year's WSOP. It's not as many as the record setting main event from 2006, but it's more than 2005 when Joe Hachem won.
Here are the official number of entrants since 2000:
2006: 8,773
2005: 5,619
2004: 2,576
2003: 839
2002: 631
2001: 613
2000: 512
Todd Witteles and David Mitchell-Lolis reraise each other preflop until Witteles is all in for his tournament life. Witteles has A-K and Mitchell-Lolis has J-J. Witteles fails to improve, and he is eliminated.
PokerNews grabbed Mike Matusow on break from his day one of the WSOP Main Event. Mike talks about playing today despite not feeling well, his starting table competition, and his t-shirt tribute to Phil Hellmuth.
Allen Cunningham was heads-up against a single opponent. On the turn, the opponent made it 5,000 to go when Cunningham made a min-raise to 10,000. The raise was big enough to put the opponent all-in and he made the call. Cunningham showed for a fullhouse while his opponent showed A-Q. The player was eliminated and Cunningham is up to 45,500.
Tony Hachem limped in from early position, the button raised to 1,600 and Hachem called. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the . Hachem bet 1,600, the button raised to 3,600 and Hachem called. The river was the and both players checked again. Hachem turned over for a set of fives while the button showed He had 20,000 after the hand.
On the very next deal, Hachem raised UTG to 2,200 and the same player, now sitting in the cutoff, called all in. Hachem turned over A-A while his opponent showed K-T. The flop was a doozy for Hachem-- A-6-6 giving him a full house. The turn was a K and the river was a T, giving his opponent two pair, too late.
Jason Alexander is #1
On a board of , Phil Gordon shows 10-x for trip tens. But Jason Alexander got the best of him in the worst possible way -- his 5-5 rivered a full house to win the pot.
The owner of Vandelay Industries is up to 34,050, while Gordon is down to 22,350.
and about 15,000 in the pot, the under-the-gun player bets 6,000, David Mitchell-Lolis raises to 16,000, and the first player reluctantly calls, saying, "I'll hook you up." Mitchell-Lolis shows 
for a flopped full house (eights full of sevens), and his opponent mucks. 
and both players checked. Men's opponent showed 
and Men replied, "I wanted to see a diamond and then it's all you can eat, baby!"
for a fullhouse while his opponent showed A-Q. The player was eliminated and Cunningham is up to 45,500.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Hachem bet 1,600, the button raised to 3,600 and Hachem called. The river was the 
and both players checked again. Hachem turned over 
for a set of fives while the button showed 
He had 20,000 after the hand. 
