In last year's WSOP, Dominik Nitsche won a bracelet in a similar $1,000 buy-in (Event #59A) and had five additional cashes. He recently posted his first cash of this summer with 82nd place in Event #14: $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em for $4,174. Nitsche is back on the felt today hoping to make it a long three days.
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Despite the relatively low $1,000 buy-in, Event #18 has attracted some stellar names including 2011 WSOP Main Event runner-up Martin Staszko, online legend Jon "Pearljammer" Turner and Faraz "The Toilet" Jaka.
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According to Bryan Micon's Twitter feed, he is heading home for the day when his pair failed to win the pot.
Top-top no good :( but at least I should be well rested for O8 tomorrow | glglgl $1k landmine lottery players @sketchy1poker u need ride?Follow @BryanMicon
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Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante:
"Mad" Marvin Rettenmaier has busted out after just two hands of this tournament. We caught up with him as he exited the tournament area.
"How's it going?" we asked Rettenmaier.
"I busted two hands in" came the reply
"Really?"
"Yeah. I had a straight flush draw and missed."
" At least you get a day off!"
"Not really. I'm going to play the $5k later. I'm going to spend a day by the pool."
After giving a hand shake and a hug Rettenmaier headed to the pool for some relaxation.
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We are rapidly approaching 1,900 runner in this $1,000 event and as that figure increases so does the number of established pros in the field.
A quick scout around the room resulted in brief chats with the likes of Sam Grafton, Sam Razavi and James "Flushy" Dempsey.
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Antonio Esfandiari is back at it today in the Brasilia Room. He is not only chasing another bracelet but he is hoping to do some good along the way. As the winner of last year's $ 1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop (Event #55), Esfandiari is pledging to donate even more of his winnings to the cause and is encouraging others to do the same. From Twitter earlier today:
@damonjoe000111 @onedrop First off I donated an ADDITIONAL $111,111.11 last year after I won AND I am hoping to get others to donate 1%Follow @MagicAntonio
I am pledging 2 donate 1% of my WSOP winnings to @onedrop I have witnessed 1st hand the work they do & the diff they make & am touched by itFollow @MagicAntonio
Annette Obrestad is back at work today hoping to earn her 2nd WSOP Victory and Gold Bracelet. She is the youngest player to win one of the coveted bracelets, when at 18-years old she took down the 2007 World Series Of Poker - Europe, London. Obrestad has been busy this summer playing in several events and has a 42nd place finish in Event #7: $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em for $6,051. Maybe this is the event where she will once again find gold.
The infamous game of "Lodden Thinks" has been given a new spin by the British pro otherwise known as Rhys "Floppinhel" Jones.
There are hundreds of players sporting WSOP merchandise and Jones is pondering how much money the WSOp has made from it!
Doing a lodden thinks on myself at the moment of 1743 players what is the total retail value of the WSOP clothing worn by players at tablesFollow @floppinhel
Winner gets nothing. Probably a slight increase in respect from me. Maybe not. It's worth more than 25% of my action in this timb. #trustmeFollow @floppinhel
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