Daniel Negreanu has been getting chatty about this event on Twitter. Seems he has nothing but good things to say about the brand new event on the World Series of Poker schedule.
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuAnte Only players: this years $1500 structure is a quick one. It's the first one ever at WSOP and I'm sure it will be adjusted next year.June 27 2012
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuHaving more fun in this Ante Only WSOP event than I have all series. What an incredibly cool event! Love it.June 27 2012
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuAnte only is both more interesting and way more skillful than a standard NLH tournament. So many more variables and post fop play.June 27 2012
When we arrived at Ari Engel's table he was involved in a small pot that saw him and one opponent play it down on a board. Angel brought it in with a 25 chip preflop and only the player on the button made the call. On the flop, Engel led for 100 and his opponent called.
When both players checked the turn and river, Engel would muck his cards at the sight of his opponent's . Event though that was a small pot, Engel has struggled early and is down to only 700 in chips.
Greg Raymer didn't have a great start to the day, seeing his stack dip to around 1,500. He has won some of those chips back though. When we were at the table, there was a board showing and there were two players to act before Raymer on the turn. One player checked, another bet 400 and it was on to Raymer. After just a few moments, Raymer shoved for around 2,000 in chips. The player who checked, quickly folded, and it was back on the aggressor. The player opted to let his hand go and Raymer raked in the pot.
PokerNews has been covering tournaments for a long time, all over the world, but another very unique situation occurred.
A floorman pulled a player from the table because he had bloody sores on his arms. Apparently, the play had some sort of ointment he was using to treat the wounds, but no bandages, leaving the sores open. The player in question did not speak English as his first language and there was some difficulty in communicating that he was posing a health hazard to others.
"I've done nothing, it's OK," the player pleaded with the floor.
"Sir, I can't have you with open sores at the table," the floorman firmly, but politely stated. The floorman's goal was to have the player's arm wrapped and bandaged.
The player then took his case to the Tournament Supervisor at the podium. He got the same answer — he needed to have some sort of bandage put on the sores. From there, the player was escorted to with security personnel to have his arm bandaged.
Ari Engel was short early and now his seat is empty, we can only assume that he has busted! Matt Affleck also had a quick day at the felt, taking to Twitter to talk about his elimination.
mcmattopoker Matthew AffleckSigh quickest bust of series. Got in AQcc vs 55 on 935cc board in 3 way pot. Only started hand with 3300. #ReEntry??June 27 2012
When we arrived at Betrand Grospellier's table, there was a board showing and "ElkY" was in the hand against one opponent. At this point there was around 500 already in the pot and Grospellier checked. His opponent bet 250 and Grospellier called.
The completed the board on the river and again Grospellier checked. His opponent bet 600 and Grospellier called. When Grospellier's opponent tabled , his stright was enough to see Grospellier's cards into the muck.
In other news, Eugene Katchalov sat down at the table right next to Grospellier's during this hand.
Walking around tournaments we hear lots of exaggerations, stretching truths, nearly unbelievable claims and some straight up lies. Today we heard a quote that raised an eyebrow.
Austen Johnson, a well known Circuit player, called us over and was telling us how weird his table felt. The conversation developed about how each table is playing a little different than the others.
From an adjacent table a player joined the conversation and asked how much Johnson enjoyed the game. Johnson had positive comments and then we heard, "Yeah, I invented the game."
We must have looked puzzled because the player we were talking to was in fact PokerStars' own Bryan Slick. He did, in fact, invent the Ante Only structure for the site.
We asked what was like to play in a WSOP event that he invented. "I can't even describe what it's like. I just wanted to add something to poker."
Judging the turnout Slick has added an extra element that everyone seems to enjoy.
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board. Angel brought it in with a 25 chip preflop and only the player on the button made the call. On the flop, Engel led for 100 and his opponent called.
. Event though that was a small pot, Engel has struggled early and is down to only 700 in chips.
and "ElkY" was in the hand against one opponent. At this point there was around 500 already in the pot and Grospellier checked. His opponent bet 250 and Grospellier called.
, his stright was enough to see Grospellier's cards into the muck.
