***Official 2007 WSOP Main Event Thread***

[kutulu 1,675]

2007 Event #55 -- $10,000 no-limit Texas hold 'em 
Date  Day of Action  
July 6, noon  Day 1A - 3000 Players 
July 7, noon  Day 1B - 3000 Players 
July 8, noon  Day 1C - 3000 Players 
July 9 Day Off 
July 10, noon  Day 2 
July 11, noon  Day 3 
July 12, noon  Day 4 
July 13, noon  Day 5 
July 14, noon  Day 6 
July 15, noon  Day 7 
July 16 Day Off 
July 17, noon  Final Table 

 

No way do they get 9,000 people this year, IMO.

 

The WSOP main event will be broadcast every Tuesday night from August 21 to October 9 at 8 and 9 pm.

[Groundhog 24]

I'm guessing a grand total of 7,838 entrants in the main event, and a grand prize of $10 million.

[kutulu 1,675]

I'm guessing a grand total of 7,838 entrants in the main event, and a grand prize of $10 million.

 

Is that more or less than last year?

[Groundhog 24]

Is that more or less than last year?

If I remember correctly, last year was like 8,500 or thereabouts. So I'm assuming less than last year, but not that much less.

[Groundhog 24]

correction, last year they hit 8,773 players, and 1st prize was $12 million.

[kutulu 1,675]

Early Top 10

 

Julian Gardner 52000

Tom Schneider 35000

Barry Greenstein 33000

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospelier 31000

Jeff Madsen 29000

Mike Sexton 27000

Huck Seed 22000

Vince Van Patten 22000

Josh Arieh 21300

Amarillo Slim Preston 20000

 

 

Julian Gardner Cracks Aces

 

Julian Gardner was all in preflop with {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades} against an opponent with {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}. He trailed until the river when the {K-Hearts} spiked. Gardner busted his opponent and increased his stack to 52K.

[Greedo 13]

A 2-outer is a pissy way to lose 10 Gs.

[kutulu 1,675]

Johnny Chan Eliminated

 

A player raises from early position to 1,200, another player calls from middle position, Johnny Chan calls from the cutoff, and the big blind calls.

 

The flop comes {10-Spades}{6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}, the big blind checks, the early raiser bets 1,200, the middle position player folds, Chan calls all in for 600, the big blind raises to 3,000, and the early raiser folds.

 

Chan shows {A-Spades}{K-Spades}, and his opponent shows {K-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for a pair of tens. Chan is dominated, and needs to catch an ace or something runner-runner to survive.

 

The turn card is the {7-Spades}, and Chan picks up a flush draw to go with his ace.

 

But the river card is the {10-Diamonds}, giving his opponent trip tens to win the pot, and a story to bore his family and friends with for years, as he busts 10-bracelet winner, two-time WSOP Champion Johnny Chan.

[pVVn3d 0]

CardPlayer sez the following about seating for 1A.

 

UPDATE: Officially, 159 tables were seated, making the Day 1A total entrants somewhere between 1430 and 1590. Official count soon.

 

Looks like the seating for 3000 was a bit unnecessary.

[kutulu 1,675]

Liz Lieu Eliminated

 

Board: {4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{5-Spades}

 

On the flop, Liz Lieu in the big blind makes it 2,200. The cutoff raises to 7,200 and Lieu pushes all in. Her opponent calls and shows {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} for a flopped set. Lieu has {9-Spades}{7-Spades}. She is out.

[ArnieBragg 1]

Fewer entrants means the prize pool will likely be smaller. According to the payout structure sheet, this year's winner is likely to take home $7.6 million, less than the $12 million awarded to last year's winner, Jamie Gold.

[kutulu 1,675]

Lucky Sevens On 7-7-07

 

An early-position player raised to 300 and got two callers, including Noah Boeken. The flop was {6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}. The EP player bet 400 and Boeken called. The turn was the {K-Hearts}. The EP player checked, Boeken bet 1,500 and the EP player folded.

 

Boeken showed {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for quads as he dragged the pot.

 

 

 

 

John Juanda Eliminated

 

Darryl Ronconi raises, John Juanda reraises with a short stack, and Ronconi puts him all in for about 2,000 more. Juanda shows 9-9, but Ronconi has A-A. The board bricks out for Juanda, and he is eliminated from the Main Event.

 

Juanda had a good World Series this year, with five cashes, a final table, and $136,593 in winnings.

 

Simon 'Aces' Trumper Survives Quad Jacks

 

With the board showing {J-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{J-Hearts} on the turn, a player bets 5,000, and Simon 'Aces' Trumper calls. The river card is the {K-Hearts}, and the first player bets 7,000. Trumper thinks for a bit, saying, "There's only one hand that beats me here." He thinks a little longer, and simply calls, leaving himself 2,000 in chips as he shows {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} for top full house on the river.

 

Most people would have put their last 2,000 in the pot there, but Trumper's read was correct, as his opponent shows {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} for quad jacks.

 

Trumper is down to 2,000, but most players in his situation would already be headed for the exit.

 

 

 

Sam Farha Eliminated

 

 

 

 

Shirley Williams Likes Quads

 

On a flop of {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts}, Shirley Williams checked, a middle position player bet 15,000, Williams raised all in for 20,000 and the MP player called. Williams turned over {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for top set while her opponent showed {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}. The turn was the {5-Clubs} and the river was the {10-Diamonds}, giving Williams quads and the pot.

 

Williams was up to 41,000 after the hand.

[Hurricane Ditka 0]

Why are there less entrants this year?

[ArnieBragg 1]

Why are there less entrants this year?

 

less satellite tourneys online is my guess.

[kutulu 1,675]

Can We Describe This As Variance?

 

An extremely interesting hand just occurred at table 61. The dealer laughingly announced "Four all ins and four calls on table 61!!" There was quite a commotion at the table throughout the process but this is what it looked like when the dust settled...

 

Player 1: {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}

Player 2: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

Player 3: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}

Player 4: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

 

Community Cards: {5-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts}

 

With a straight on the board, the players chopped the pot. They all had a good laugh about it, including Hoyt Corkins, who wasn't in the hand, but still seemed mildly amused. It's probably safe to say he's seen something like this before.

 

 

Mark Seif Punishes Reraise

 

Board:

{2-Clubs}{J-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}

 

In a battle of the blinds, Mark Seif makes a standard preflop raise in the small blind, and the big blind goes all in over the top. Seif quickly calls and shows {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}. The opponent has {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} and is eliminated. Seif is up to 69,400.

 

 

Bad Beat Jackpot

 

Board:

{8-Spades}{J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}

 

On the river, a player with 8-8 goes all in and Gene Strickland with {9-Hearts}{10-Hearts} calls. The player shows quads, but Strickland has the turned straight flush and busts the poor player. Strickland is up to 180,000.

[pVVn3d 0]

less satellite tourneys online is my guess.

 

Yep. Online sites aren't sending nearly as many people because of the UIEGA. It would be interesting to see if registration would ever top 2006 again even if the act was repealed.

[kutulu 1,675]

Where's The Master?

 

Men "The Master" Nguyen has gone missing from the event. He was in his seat when the day started, but has been gone for some time now. We're not sure the reason, but we do know he's at 18,000 in chips and there is no sign of him right before break.

 

 

Nelly Eliminated

 

It's not so hot in herre after Nelly busted out. He had less than 10K left when he moved all in on a flop of {K-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. He held {K-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. His opponent showed {4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. The turn was the {2-Clubs} and the river was the {4-Diamonds}. Nelly's hand did not improve and he headed to the rail.

 

 

 

 

Phil Laak Eliminated

 

Phil "The Unabomber" Laak went busto when he was eliminated by Jerome Bradpiece. The board ran out A-K-5-K-x and Bradpiece won the pot with A-K. Phil Laak mucked his hand as he headed to the rail.

 

He snuck out the side service entrance, saying something about, "No more bad beats..."

 

Jennifer Tilly was sitting nearby and stopped by Phil's table asking the other players what happened. Apparently, he didn't tell her anything yet.

 

 

 

Some Heavy Hitters

 

As noted below, if there's an empty seat at your table after the first orbit or so there's a good chance a famous face will soon be joining you. And that's what happened at three different tables as Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson took their seats.

 

Phil Hellmuth Isn't the Only Pro Who Arrives Late

 

One of the differences between the pros and the first-timers is how early they arrive for the Main Event of the World Series of Poker.

 

For the first-timers, they want to get here early, and soak up the experience. They line up at the doors, rush to their tables, and get a feel for the room before play begins. Sometimes they start chatting up the others at their table, purely out of nervous excitement.

 

The pros? They've done this many times before. They often show up late, when there aren't long lines at the door. They don't care about listening to the opening announcements, and they don't mind missing a big blind or two when they start with 20,000 in chips and have two-hour levels.

 

So if there is still an empty seat at your table in the first 10-15 minutes, odds are good that you'll recognize the player when they finally show up. Of course, most pros take their seats long before Phil Hellmuth, who likes to show up in a limo in the afternoon with ESPN's cameras waiting for him at the door.

 

 

Tarver's Aces Cracked

 

Just before the break, Antonio Tarver had his Aces cracked. He only raised 300 preflop and was called by three opponents. The flop was {K-Clubs}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts}. One player bet out 300 and Tarver called, as did two other players. The turn was the {7-Spades}. First player checked. Tarver bet 1K and two players behind him folded. The initial player check-raised Tarver to 4,000. Tarver called. The river was the {Q-Clubs}. The player bet 4,000 and Tarver called. His opponent showed 10-7 while Tarver tabled A-A.

 

After that hand, Tarver slipped to 8K.

[ArnieBragg 1]

Imagine being at the table with those knuckleheads Nelly and Antonio Tarver

[LOD01 198]

Raymer showed that he was up to the task of being a total donk. Flopped trip 6's took him out with his trash open ended straight draw.

 

Ya see, it's easy when you flop top pair or the nuts. No so easy when the other guy does it and you don't dish out the bad beat.

 

What a donk. Here's how the donk showed he's no better than that moneymaker donk.

 

Greg Raymer's J-T couldn't hold up to his opponent's 6-6 on a board of {Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and he made an early exit from this year's Main Event.

 

Doesn't even matter how it went down, whether the tard went all in after the flop or after the river, the donk lost everything on a hand any pro would have survived....easily.

[Groundhog 24]

Doesn't even matter how it went down, whether the tard went all in after the flop or after the river, the donk lost everything on a hand any pro would have survived....easily.

 

This "donk" won it all in 2004 and finished 25th in 2005. The fields in both years were enormous. I have a hard time believing the guy isn't skilled. One hand doesn't change that.

[kutulu 1,675]

Some Yang won.

[KSB2424 3,148]

Some homng Yang won.

 

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