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As you have probably heard, Gavin Smith bought himself out of his responsibilities in the prop bet against Joe Sebok and Jeff Madsen. Gavin wore his jester costume for about 20 minutes so ESPN could record it and he got to experience some humiliation, but then he played the rest of the day in his street clothes, surviving the day with 50,000 in chips. (Against the odds, all three players in the prop bet survived their respective Day Ones.)
Today, Jeff Madsen returns for his second day of play with 80,000 in chips -- and no jester costume. Madsen fulfilled his side of the bet on day one, and Sebok let him off the hook for the rest of the Main Event, saying he didn't have to wear the costume. But Sebok added, "If I were you, I'd still wear it -- except for the annoying hat. Show everyone what a stand-up guy you are, and how you stick to your bets no matter what."
Madsen chose comfort over Sebok's persuasive words, and since Sebok gave him a free pass after Day One, Madsen is still a stand-up guy. Now he can focus on his play, and they can get to work on a much more important bet -- a last-longer in the 2007 WSOP Main Event.
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There are a million bad beat stories in the big city, and Rob Kovar now has one of his own. After seeing a 10-10-7 flop Kovar and Cyrus Farzad ended up with all the money in the middle. Kovar held Kings, Farzad had Queens. A nine on the turn...and a Queen on the river to crack Kovar's Kings and send him out of the tournament.
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Joe Sebok entered the day short stacked with just 8,000, but he stole the blinds a few times in the early rounds (including on the first hand of the day) to build his stack up to about 13,000. He's still low, but he has a little more to work with.
Joe Sebok is not wearing his king costume today, and is just in normal street clothes.
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Table 173 was an interesting table, with Hendon Mobster Ross Boatman in seat 4, Jane Gold (mother of last year's champion) in seat 5, and Joe Sebok in seat 8.
Curiously, when ESPN swarmed the table early in the day, none of the attention was for the two pros, but for the mother of last year's champion. The early days of the WSOP are still for the "color" pieces.
Unfortunately, about 20 minutes into the action, this table was broken, and they were moved to other parts of the Amazon Room to continue their struggles to reach Day Three.
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Zeidman had already pushed once before, saying he wanted to gamble, and the pocket Tens he picked up were good enough to risk all his chips. He was called by a player with A-Q, and the A-A-J flop left Zeidman needing a Ten. He didn't find one on the turn or river, and he was eliminated.
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David Levi was all in on the first hand with A-K and was called by an opponent holding A-T. The board ran out J-8-7-3-A, and Levi doubled up to 35,000.
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Montel Williams, Johnny Bax, and David Levi
Table #78 features...
Seat 1: David Levi - 15,100
Seat 6: Montel Williams - 20,900
Seat 7: Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy - 117,700
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Montel Williams moved all in with K-Q and was called by an opponent holding . The flop was giving Williams trips. The turn was the , the river was the and Williams doubled up to 30,000.
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The first elimination of the day occured on the very first hand.
Shane Smith pushed all-in and was called by Phil Lifschitz. Smith turned over A-10 and Lifschitz showed A-K. Smith failed to improve and was our first elimination of the day.
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The "first shift" on the ESPN Feature Table today includes Scotty Nguyen, "Miami" John Cernuto, and 2006's highest-finishing woman in the Main Event, Sabyl Cohen.
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on the first hand of the day) to build his stack up to about 13,000. He's still low, but he has a little more to work with.
. The flop was 
giving Williams trips. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Williams doubled up to 30,000.