Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-25-2011 19:40 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Hachem	4,500
Chad Batista	4,500
Scott Montgomery	4,500
Jim Collopy	4,500
Ray Henson	4,500
Kelly Kim	4,500
Blair Hinkle	4,500
Ronald Lee	4,500
Adam Latimer	4,500
Michael Linn	4,500
Fatima Moreira De Melo	4,500
Sofia Lovgren	4,500
Jordan Young	4,500
Allen Kessler	4,500
Theo Tran	4,500
Chad Brown	4,500

On a flop of {6-Clubs} {9-Spades} {6-Hearts} , Soi Nguyen checked to his opponent who fired out a bet of 200. Another player raised to 525 from the button and Nguyen made the call. The original bettor folded his hand and the two players saw a turn. The turn came {3-Hearts} and Nguyen moved all in for 550 more.

Nguyen's opponent seemed to toss the idea of calling back and forth before eventually pushing his cards toward the muck. Although Nguyen scooped the pot, he's still down a significant bit from the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soi Nguyen	2,025	-2,475

Tags: Soi Nguyen

06-25-2011 19:34 UTC

Mayrinck Out of the Blocks

[user80015]

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Maria Mayrinck opened to 75 from early position and was met with a call from the hi-jack as the flop was spread {A-Spades} {2-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} .

Mayrinck fired out 125 and was called by her opponent before the {k-Clubs} on the turn was greeted by a 225-chip bet from Mayrinck. Once her opponent made the call and the river landed the {7-Diamonds} , Mayrinck fired her third barrel; this time amounting to 300.

Her opponent made the call, and when Mayrinck tabled her {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} , she collected the pot to move to 5,250 in chips.

Tags: Maria Mayrinck

06-25-2011 19:32 UTC

Nassif Folds

[user80015]

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Gabriel Nassif opened to 75 from the cutoff, and after the big blind made the call and checked the {8-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} flop, Nassif fired out 100.

The big blind check-called as the {6-Spades} rolled of on the turn and both players checked. The river of the {A-Spades} saw the big blind toss in 225 and Nassif quickly folded.

Tags: Gabriel Nassif

06-25-2011 19:30 UTC

Black is Slimming

[user80015]

A few more players have popped up in the Black section of the Pavilion room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Schoenfeld	4,500
Gavin Griffin	4,500
Dylan Linde	4,500
Stephen Chidwick	4,500
Heath Herring	4,500
Mike Sica	4,500
David Sands	4,500
Andrew Chen	4,500
Gavin Smith	4,500
Eugene Todd	4,500

06-25-2011 19:21 UTC

Akkari Slips

[user80015]

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

Catching the action on the {8-Spades} {5-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {J-Clubs} board, Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari fired out a bet from the cutoff of 225.

His lone opponent in the hand bumped it up to 600 from the button, and after a few moments Akkari made the call as the {K-Diamonds} completed the board on the river.

Akkari checked and the button casually tossed in a yellow 1,000-denomination chip. Taking his full measure of time, Akkari eventually kicked his cards to the muck while slipping to 3,550 in chips.

Tags: Andre Akkari

06-25-2011 19:17 UTC

Yellow Alert

Josh_Cahlik

Here are some of the players we've spotted in the yellow section of the Pavilion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soi Nguyen	4,500
Jonathan Aguiar	4,500
Maria Mayrinck	4,500
Jennifer Tilly	4,500
	4,500
Gualter Salles	4,500
Eric Baldwin	4,500
David Baker	4,500

06-25-2011 19:14 UTC

Black is Back

[user80015]

Here are some of the players that have been spotted in the Black section of the Pavilion room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mclean Karr	4,500
Gabriel Nassif	4,500
Larry Karambis	4,500
Barny Boatman	4,500
Bernard Lee	4,500
Matt Graham	4,500
Jonathan Little	4,500
Neil Channing	4,500
Jonathan Plens	4,500
David Vamplew	4,500
Matt Brady	4,500
Ross Boatman	4,500
Nichoel Peppe	4,500

06-25-2011 19:08 UTC

Online Poker Update

tayke2

Level 1 : 25/25, 0 ante

There has been a brief delay to the start of this event, as the WSOP had a distinguished guest saying a few words. Texas Congressman Joe Barton, who recently put through a bill to office that would work on the legislation of online poker, said a few words about the bill. He said that he hopes that this bill will be passed by the current Congress representativies, and that online poker will be back sooner rather then later. Let's hope he's right!

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/25

Ante: 0