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

07-06-2008 23:57 UTC-7

Monroe vs. Bellande

[user66118]

The table of Jean-Robert Bellande and Teddy "The Iceman" Monroe has been providing us with some great conversation throughout play today. We picked up the most recent good-natured banter between the two men. It followed a pot in which The Iceman had bet 7,000 into a pot of 3,500. The board showed {A-?}

, and Monroe ended up winning the pot with {K-?}

.

Bellande was less than impressed: "King-king bet 7K into a thirty-five hundred pot. Let's review the hand again."

"If you don't have an ace, what would you do? I'ma freeze you, sucka!" Teddy said. "You tryin' to get in my head, but it ain't workin'. I'm in your head."

Bellande humored him: "Ladies and gentlemen," he announced to the table, "It's official: Teddy is in my head." There was an elimination occurring at this exact moment on an adjacent table, yet ESPN's cameras remained fixed on the verbal tussle going on at this table. "I can't out-talk you. I'll let my chips and my cards do the talking."

Teddy was loving it. "Iceman needs more ice."

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Teddy Monroe The Iceman

07-07-2008 00:00 UTC-7

Not the Nuts, But Definitely Nutty

Shamus

Five WSOP bracelets tend to win one a bit of respect. Or fear. Or what the French call... I don't know what.

Allen Cunningham raised to 1,200 from the button and the player in the big blind called. Both checked the {2-Diamonds}

flop. The turn was the {2-Hearts}

. The player in the BB bet 2,200, and Cunningham called.

The river brought the {K-Diamonds}

. The BB player checked, and Cunningham bet 4,500. His opponent called.

Cunningham showed {8-Diamonds}

for the rivered flush. His opponent turned over {J-Diamonds}

for tens full of deuces. Not too much out there that could beat that.

After having been up around 60,000, Cunningham now has about 45,000.

Tags: Allen Cunningham

07-07-2008 00:00 UTC-7

El Doble for Andreas Torbergsen

[user75032]

The day has not been kind to Andreas Torbergsen. With a dwindling stack, he raised to 1,125 from late position. The small blind reraised to 2,500. Not to be outdone, Torbergsen put in the third raise to 6,000, which the small blind called.

On a flop of {9-Hearts}

, the small blind bet enough to put Torbergsen all in, about 5,000. Torbergsen made the call. His pocket tens were ahead of the small blind's pocket sevens, and held up through the river.

Torbergsen now has about 23,000 in chips.

07-07-2008 00:04 UTC-7

That Must Hurt

[user75032]

We recently sent a field reporter by Eric Sonstegard's table to get a chip count. He has about 5,000, well below his high-water mark of about 90,000 earlier this level.

"Nope," said Sonstegard. "I didn't move. I'm the same guy who had ninety thousand."

07-07-2008 00:06 UTC-7

Careful What You Wish For

[user75032]

Cyndy Violette moved all in preflop for her last 7,950. Jan Skampa went into the tank.

"Come on, double me up!" said Violette. As soon as the words left her mouth, Skampa called.

"No, no, I was just kidding," Violette said. Her {A-Diamonds}

was up against Skampa's {2-Diamonds}

. The board ran out ten high, sending Violette home early.

07-07-2008 00:06 UTC-7

Flack Removal

donpeters

Layne Flack raised to 1,350 from early position. Christian Oman called from middle position and the flop came down {J-Spades}

. Flack checked and Oman bet 1,800. Flack raised all in and Oman quickly called.

Flack held {K-Hearts}

but was way behind Oman's {Q-Diamonds}

. The turn was the {4-Clubs}

and the river the {2-Clubs}

.

Flack was eliminated from the tournament and stopped to give a quick interview on his way out.

Tags: Christian Oman Layne Flack

07-07-2008 00:07 UTC-7

Kiss Those Chips Goodbye

[user42991]

Preflop, Jerry Yang raised to 1,600 and he was reraised by Justin Marsh to 7,775. This was enough to put Marsh all in. Yang made the call. Before the board was run, Yang kissed the picture of his family.

Marsh: {J-Hearts}

Yang:

Board:

After the hand, Marsh is up to 19,500.

Tags: Jerry Yang

07-07-2008 00:08 UTC-7

Let's Get This Party Started

[user75032]

Sometimes all it takes to inject a little life into a room is an F-bomb. A player in the Blue section just let fly a very loud, very angry, "F*CK!" bringing lots of chatter from the whole room. When we sent a reporter to investigate, it turned out that the player was just frustrated from a long run of cold cards and folded (with authority) another poor starting hand.

07-07-2008 00:10 UTC-7

Charles Meaders Doubles Up

[user42991]

Charles Meaders moved all in preflop and Robert Cheung made the call.

Meaders: {Q-Spades}

Cheung:

Board:

After the hand, Meaders doubled up to 5,600. Cheung is down to 27,500.

Tags: Charles Meaders Robert Cheung

07-07-2008 00:10 UTC-7

Kaplan Eliminated

donpeters

A player raised to 1,100 and then Andrew Kaplan reraised to 3,100 from the button. The other player moved all in and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan had {A-Clubs}

and ran into a super-monster hand in {A-Hearts}

.

Despite flopping a king, Kaplan couldn't get any more help to come from behind and was eliminated from the Main Event.

Tags: Andrew Kaplan