[user76023]
Matt Woodward has extricated himself from the possible grasp of chip oblivion in a couple of hands over the space of half an hour.
First, he eliminated a short stack's with his on a board.
He later called a bet of 2,600 on the turn of a against the player in the big blind. On the river, his opponent set him all in for his last 9,900 and Woodward eventually made the call with to beat out his opponent's .
Woodward is back up to 29,300 after having been as low as 10,000.
Shamus
"Uh oh... better have some fun before the table's done!"
Said one of the players at what has been a very animated Table #82 over in the Orange section. Looks like they are slated to be broken before too much longer.
While many of the surrounding tables have remained mostly silent over the first two-and-a-half levels of play, Table #82 has featured many loud discussions of hands as well as of the tournament rules. Indeed, the floor has been called over a couple of times to sort out the latter.
It's clear some of the players are enjoying all of the conversation and noise much more than others. As might be expected, the individual mood of each player appears to be directly tied to the relative amount of chips sitting in front of him.
"Will get to meet some new friends!" said one of the happy ones, referring to the impending move. Meanwhile the short-stacked player sitting to his left continued to brood, perhaps having other reasons for desiring the table change.
donpeters
Alan Smurfit with his bracelet laid out in front of his chip stack
Kirill Rabtsov raised to 1,100 after one limper. Alan Smurfit called from the big blind and the limper called as well. The flop came down and Smurfit checked first. The preflop limped checked as well and then Rabtsov fired a bet of 1,500. Smurfit stuck in a raise to 4,500 and only Rabtsov made the call.
The turn brought the , possibly completing a few straight draws. Smurfit fired out 10,000, which drew a fold from Rabtsov.
Smurfit won his first-ever bracelet in his first-ever WSOP event back in 2007, the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event. He now has 40,000 chips. Rabtsov dropped to 12,250.
donpeters
A world record, multiple gold medals, a couple ESPYs... maybe a WSOP bracelet?
Marlon Shirley is no stranger to competition and pressure. In fact, he seems to thrive in both worlds. Shirley is a lower leg amputee and a member of the United States Paralympic Team.
According to the team's website, Shirley was abandoned by his mother at the very young age of three years old. Forced to tough it by growing up on the streets of Las Vegas, Shirley hit another tragic road block in his life when he lost his left foot in a lawn mower accident. Years later, another injury suffered in football called for the entire lower section of that same leg to be amputated.
Despite all of the adversity he has faced, Shirley battled through and now holds the world record in the 100-meter dash. He owns a total of 13 gold medals from various competitions along with two ESPY awards coming in 2003 and 2005. Shirley is also the only athlete to break the 11-second barrier in the 100-meter dash.
Today's event hasn't been going so well for him thus far, but things are looking like they'll be turning around. Down to about 6,000 chips, Shirley was all in holding on a board of . His opponent held pocket jacks, . The turn brought the and the river the . Without his opponent improving, Shirley was able to earn the double up to 12,000 chips.
It may not be a gold medal, but certainly Marlon will welcome the addition of another certain piece of jewelry to his already stout collection.
[user46392]
Woe is Vicky
One lady who is not having a good Day 1b is Vicky Coren. It seems that every time we pass her table she's innocently staring at the felt like she wouldn't dream of accidentally losing most of her stack, but indeed, every time we stroll by she's down another five or six thousand chips.
We're not sure exactly how it came to pass (like we said, we haven't yet managed to catch her actually playing a hand), but she's now sitting on a rather lacklustre 9,500.
donpeters
The under-the-gun player raised to 800 and the cutoff seat flatted. Ian Somers was in the small blind and jacked up the action to 3,950. The big blind folded and then the original raiser moved all in for a hefty amount of about 20,000 total. Immediately after the cutoff folded, Somers snap-called with . His opponent held .
The board failed to do damage to Somers' aces and they held strong. He was able to eliminate the opponent and move up to 65,000.
donpeters
Another Main Event title will have to wait
Over on the second feature table, Doyle Brunson was just eliminated from action. According to one of the dealers working that table, Brunson held pocket threes against an opponent's . The board was .
We're not sure when the money went in, but Doyle's opponent flopped a double gutter against Brunson's set and was able to pick up his straight on the turn. Unable to fill up on the river, Brunson was eliminated from the tournament and received a standing ovation from the fans in the area.
[user76023]
Not. A. Happy. Bunny.
An UTG raise to 600 was called by Carlos Mortensen and two other players.
The flop was and it was checked to the original raiser who bet 1,200. Mortensen called and the other two players folded. The turn was the and now Mortensen called another bet, this time of 2,000. The river was the and Mortensen's opponent bet 4,100. Mortensen set him in for the rest with and received a speedy call from .
The former Main Event winner has about 14,800 left.
Shamus
After a flop of , Eddy Sabat, wearing bright-yellow rimmed sunglasses at the moment, checked, and Hoyt Corkins, donning his usual cowboy hat, checked as well.
The turn was the . Sabat checked, Corkins bet 1,500, and Sabat called. The river brought the . Sabat put out a tiny bet of 325, hardly enough to deter Corkins who raised to 2,200. Sabat made the call.
Corkins showed , and Sabat mucked. Corkins is now up to 46,300. Meanwhile, the day isn't looking so rosy at the moment through those sunglasses for Sabat. Shortly after that hand, Sabat dropped another one to Raymond Davis and has slipped to 16,500.
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with his 
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board.
against the player in the big blind. On the 
river, his opponent set him all in for his last 9,900 and Woodward eventually made the call with 
to beat out his opponent's 
.
, possibly completing a few straight draws. Smurfit fired out 10,000, which drew a fold from Rabtsov.
and the river the 
. Without his opponent improving, Shirley was able to earn the double up to 12,000 chips.
. His opponent held 
.
. The board was 
and now Mortensen called another bet, this time of 2,000. The river was the 
and Mortensen's opponent bet 4,100. Mortensen set him in for the rest with 
, Eddy Sabat, wearing bright-yellow rimmed sunglasses at the moment, checked, and Hoyt Corkins, donning his usual cowboy hat, checked as well.
. Sabat checked, Corkins bet 1,500, and Sabat called. The river brought the 
, and Sabat mucked. Corkins is now up to 46,300. Meanwhile, the day isn't looking so rosy at the moment through those sunglasses for Sabat. Shortly after that hand, Sabat dropped another one to Raymond Davis and has slipped to 16,500.