39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1b | 2008 World Series of Poker

07-04-2008 13:49 UTC-7

Daniel Negreanu Eliminated

[user37786]

It's a case of cruel and unusual punishment for Daniel Negreanu in today's Main Event. After seeing his stack slip a bit during the day, he was just eliminated when he flopped a set of sixes to his opponent's set of nines and all the money went in.

Making matters worse, Negreanu had some trouble leaving the feature table area because of the crowd thronging around to watch him play. Spectators were asking to take pictures as Daniel tried to make his way from the Amazon room.

07-04-2008 13:47 UTC-7

Ruthenberg Eliminated

donpeters

Mattias Toermae had Sebastian Ruthenberg all in preflop. Toermae held pocket fives and Ruthenberg had two suited overcards: the {A-Hearts}

.

The board ran out {J-Clubs}

and Ruthenberg couldn't improve to double up.

Ruthenberg paid his masseuse and went on his way.

Tags: Mattias Toermae Sebastian Ruthenberg

07-04-2008 13:46 UTC-7

Dealer Sarah on the Job

[user42991]

Dealer Sarah just got in the box over on Orange 27. As soon as she arrived she advised Markus Golser that he can only speak English while a hand is in play. She also made Farzad Bonyadi reveal his larger denomination chips that he had hidden.

This dealer is kicking aces and taking names.

07-04-2008 13:44 UTC-7

Reading Raymer

Shamus

With the board reading {A-Clubs}

, a player bet 2,000. Greg Raymer raised to 7,000. His opponent considered a moment, then made the call.

Raymer was hoping that raise would scare his opponent away, as he showed {8-Diamonds}

for a busted flush draw. His opponent showed {J-Spades}

for a set of jacks and dragged the pot.

Raymer has slipped to 14,500.

Tags: Greg Raymer

07-04-2008 13:42 UTC-7

Kollman Crushed

[user67765]

A late-position player limped into the pot before Erich Kollman raised it up to 350 from the button. The big blind called, as did the original limper.

They took a flop of {7-Diamonds}

, and the action checked to Kollman, who fired out 800. The big blind called before the LP player raised it up to 2,500. Kollman made the call as the BB stepped aside.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

and Kollman called the the 3,000-chip bet of his opponent. The river landed the {3-Clubs}

and the LP player fired out another 4,000, which Kollman called.

His opponent tabled {9-Clubs}

for a full house, as Kollman simply mucked his cards and slipped to 5,700 chips.

Tags: Erich Kollman

07-04-2008 13:39 UTC-7

WORLD Series of Poker, Indeed

[user37786]

There are nine players sitting at Table #6 in the Green section, including Australian cricket superstar Shane Warne. Of those nine players, just one is an American. This is doubtless a situation repeated many times throughout the Amazon Room.

07-04-2008 13:32 UTC-7

Shark Attack on Doyle's Girls

[user38368]

Humberto Brenes is chatting up four Doyle's Room girls and showing them his shark card protector.

07-04-2008 13:32 UTC-7

Kristy Gazes Sends a Player Home

[user40108]

After a raise to 400 from early position, Kristy Gazes reraised to 1,150 from middle position. Action folded back around to the original raiser and he made it 5,000 to play. Gazes moved all in and the player tanked. With a pained expression on his face, he eventually made the call and the players showed:

Gazes: {A-Spades}

Opponent:

By the turn, the board read {9-Hearts}

and as Gazes patiently watched the board, she heard someone yell "ten." The {6-Spades}

hit the river and as she stacked the pot, she laughingly asked, "Dealer, did you say ten?"

It was not the dealer, but was in fact the eliminated player, who was already halfway out the door, who called for the ten. Gazes now sits on a stack of about 39,000 chips.

Tags: Kristy Gazes