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• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 5

112 Players remain alive for the Bracelet for the WSOP 2007 Main Event Championship.

Day 5 will continue until 36 players remain. So 76 eliminations coming during Day 5.

Blind Levels         Sml   Big   Ante 

• Round 20        10,000  20,000   3,000 
• Round 21        12,000  24,000   3,000
• Round 22        15,000  30,000   4,000
• Round 23        20,000  40,000   5,000
• Round 24        25,000  50,000   5,000
• Round 25        30,000  60,000  10,000
• Round 26        40,000  80,000  10,000

Chip Counts provided by: Poker News

Going into Day 5 the Top Ten from Poker News looks like this :

Top 10 Chip Counts

Dag Martin Mikkelsen - 3,740,000
Charis Anastasiou - 2,672,000
Richard Harris - 2,662,000
Avi Cohen - 2,392,000
Jeff Tunkel - 2,323,000
Alex Kravchenko - 2,274,000
Hevad “Rain” Khan - 2,200,000
Ryan Elson - 2,137,000
Paul Spitzberg - 1,963,000
Sven Heinecker - 1,908,000

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Day 1A, Day 1B, Day 1C, Day1D, Day2A, Day2B, Day3, Day4

• Day 5 Eliminations provided by Poker News
• Round 20 Notable Eliminations
  • Alan Keating no relation to the ‘Dead Money’ blogger you are reading is eliminated in 102nd place. 
  • Pete de Best is eliminated with ‘Big Slick’ when he ended up against a caller with Pocket Js. Pete is eliminated in 101st place.
  • Chad Brown moved All-In with and was called by Noa Nguyen who showed the flop brought 2 hearts but Chad didn’t fill his flush or spike a Cowboy and is eliminated in 97th place.
  • Dario Minieri moved All-In for 1.1 million in chips on a flush draw after the flop. He was called by Reagan Silber who flopped a set of 3s. Dario missed his flush and is eliminated in 96th place.
  • Kelly Jo McGlothlin is eliminated in 95th place.

At the end of Round 20 there are approximately 90 players remain with hopes of capturing the WSOP 2007 Main Event bracelet.

• Round 21 Notable Eliminations
  • Francois Safieddine is eliminated in 90th place. 
  • John Bird is eliminated in 89th place. 
  • Jared Hamby is eliminated in 88th place.
  • Jeff Weiss is eliminated in 87th place. 
  • Justin Sadauskas is eliminated in 86th place.
  • David Wells is eliminated in 85th place.
  • Mark Ellerbe is eliminated in 84th place.
  • Humberto Brenes is eliminated in 83rd place.
  • Francis Cagney is eliminated in 82nd place.
  • Thierry van den Berg is eliminated in 81st place.
  • Sven Heinecker is eliminated in 80th place.

At the end of Round 21 Dag Martin Mikkelsen with 4.8 million to Lee Watkinson’s 4.6 million. 80 Players remain alive.

• Round 22 Eliminations
  • Tommie Le is eliminated in 79th place.
  • David Names is eliminated in 78th place.
  • Willie Tann is eliminated in 77th place.
  • Josh Evans is eliminated in 76th place.
  • Leonard Pruzansky is eliminated in 75th place.
  • Richard Murnick is eliminated in 74th place.
  • Huck Seed WSOP 1996 Main Event Champion is eliminated in 73rd place.
  • Billy Willis is eliminated in 72nd place.
  • Ed De Haas is eliminated in 71st place.
  • Warren Karp is eliminated in 70th place.
  • Brandon Adams is eliminated in 69th place.
  • Dennis Perry is eliminated in 68th place.
  • Diego Cordovez is eliminated in 67th place.
  • Ryan Lawrence is eliminated in 66th place.
  • Bjorn-Erik Glenne is eliminated in 65th place.
  • Julian Gardner is eliminated in 64th place.
  • Matt Keikoan is eliminated in 63rd place.
  • Jeff Tunkel is eliminated in 62nd place.
  • Gus Hansen moved his short stack All-In with K-5o and was called by Jason Koshi showing Q-4s and when a 4 spiked on the turn Gus was eliminated in 61st place.
  • John Spadavecchia is eliminated in 60th place.

At the end of Round 22 Dag Martin Mikkelsen with 5.7 million to Lee Watkinson’s 5.1 million. Scottie Nguyen is 9th on the chip list with 3.6 million. 59 Players remain alive with the hopes of winning the WSOP 2007 Main Event bracelet.

• Round 23 Eliminations
  • Naseem Salem is eliminated in 58th place.
  • Hyon Kim is eliminated in 57th place.
  • Kirk Morrison is eliminated in 56th place.
  • Paul Kershaw is eliminated in 55th place.
  • Richard Harris is eliminated in 54th place.
  • Mickey Seagle is eliminated in 53rd place.
  • Tom Peterson is eliminated in 52nd place. 
  • Richard Harris is eliminated in 52nd place.
  • Lamar Wilkerson is eliminated in 51st place.
  • Ken Smith is eliminated in 50th place.
  • Adam White is eliminated in 49th place.
  • Markus Gonsalves is eliminated in 48th place.

At the end of Round 23 Dag Martin Mikkelsen with 5.7 million to Lee Watkinson’s 5.1 million. Scottie Nguyen is 9th on the chip list with 3.6 million. 47 Players remain alive. Chip Counts information provided by Poker News.

Average Chip Count: 2,705,170

With 47 players remaining in the field, the average chip count is about 2,705,170. Here are the top five chip leaders:

1. Ray Henson - 6,650,000
2. Lee Childs - 6,040,000
3. Jerry Yang - 4,715,000
4. Philip Hilm - 4,400,000
5. Hevad ‘Rain’ Khan - 4,385,000

Play will continue until 36 players remain.

• Round 24 Eliminations
  • Nicolas Atlan is eliminated in 47th place.
  • Reagan Silber is eliminated in 46th place.
  • Stig Tap Rasmussen is eliminated 45th place.
  • Senovio Ramirez III is eliminated 44th place.
  • Avi Cohen is eliminated 43rd place.
  • Dag Martin Mikkelsen, who was Chip Leader for a long time during Day 5 is eliminated in 42nd place.
  • Jeff Banghart is eliminated in 41st place.
  • Phillip Yes is eliminated in 40th place.
  • Rep Porter is eliminated in 39th place.
  • Maria Ho is eliminated in 38th place.

 At the end of Round 24 the WSOP 2007 Main Event is down to just 37 Players remaining. Only 1 more elimination during Round 25 and Day 5 will be complete.

• Round 25 Eliminations
  • Ayaz Mahmood is eliminated in 37th place and is the last elimination of Day 5.

36 players advance to Day 6 starting at Noon Vegas time Sunday July 15th. Day 6 will continue until the Final Table is filled with the 9 players remaining alive for the WSOP 2007 Main Event Championship.

With 36 Players remaining the Average Chip count is 3,531,750.

Top 10 Chip Counts provided by Poker News.

1. David Tran        10,280,000
2. Philip Helm         9,950,000
3. Ray Henson        8,250,000
4. Hevad Kahn        7,585,000
5. Kevin Farry         7,400,000
6. Scott Freeman     7,360,000
7. Lee Childs           6,520,000
8. Jerry Yang           5,090,000
9. Kenny Tran          4,955,000
10. William Spadea    4,575,000

WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 5,

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 4

337 Players are ready to compete for 5 Rounds today attempting to make it to Day 5.

Blind Levels         Sml   Big   Ante 

• Round 15        3,000  6,000    1,000 
• Round 16        4,000  8,000    1,000
• Round 17        5,000 10,000   1,000
• Round 18        6,000 12,000   2,000
• Round 19        8,000 16,000   2,000
• Round 20       10,000 20,000  3,000

Former WSOP Main Event Champions still Alive

• Berry Johnston 1986
• Huck Seed 1996
• Scotty Nguyen 1998
• Carlos Mortensen 2001
• Robert Varkonyi 2002

Feared Professionals looking to add 2007 Main Event Bracelet

• Brandon Adams 
• Humberto Brenes
• Chad Brown
• Donnacha O’Dea
• Julian Gardner
• Gus Hansen
• Thor Hansen
• Jason Lester
• David Levi
• Mimi Tran
• Lee Watkinson

Celebrities that have proven they can play hi-level WSOP tournament Hold ‘em

• Tobey Maguire ‘Spider Man’
• Sully Erna Lead singer of ‘Godsmack’
• Sam Simon co-creator of ‘The Simpsons’

Click here ====>  for Seat assignments and Chips Counts. Go to the 1st page of Day 4.

Day 4 Eliminations provided by Poker News

If you want to see the payouts for all the eliminated players click here. Also provided by Poker News.

• Round 15 Notable Eliminations
  • Hasan Habib moved All-In after a flop of Mike Souza called and turned over Hasan turned over and Hasan was an early casualty of Day 4.
  • Salvatore Passariello pushed with A10s and was called by Tommy Le who displayed Pocket Cowboys. Salvatore did not improve and is eliminated.
  • Mimi Tran is All-In with her opponent called with . Mimi didn’t improve and has lost her chance to win the WSOP 2007 Main Event Championship.
  • Sam Simon co-creator of ‘The Simpsons’ gets outdrawn when he is All-In with K-Qo and is eliminated.
  • Darrell ‘Gigabet’ Dicken is All-In pre-flop with Poket Ladies and is called by an opponent with ‘Big Slick’. ‘Gigaget’ is eliminated when a Cowboy lands on the river.
  • Tobey Maguire ‘Spiderman’
  • Tinten Olivier

At the completion of Round 15 there is somewhere around 290 players still in the running for the Bracelet.

• Round 16 Notable Eliminations
  • Gary Benson pushed All-In with and was called by Luis Velador who had  and Gary’s Main Event had ended.
  • Sully Erna lead singer of ‘Godsmack’ moved All-In with K-Qs and was re-raised to 600,000 that caused a previous raiser to Sully’s All-In to fold Pocket Ladies. The re-raiser showed ‘Big Slick’ and the board didn’t help Sully and he was eliminated.
  • Jason Lester moved his short stack All-In with A-5o and was called by an opponent that displayed Pocket Js. Jason didn’t improve and he was eliminated. 
  • Tinten Olivier who was chip leader at the end of Day 1A called an All-In bet by an opponent that had him covered. Tinten showed Pocket 8s and was up against K-Qo. When a Cowboy spiked on the flop Tinten was heading to the rail.

Round 16 ended with approximately 230 players with their eyes on the WSOP 2007 Main Event Bracelet. Five women remain in the field.

• Round 17 Notable Eliminations
  • Esfandiar Dara moved All-In with A-8o but was dominated by a called that displayed ‘Big Slick’. The board brought no relief for Esfandiar and the Main Event is ended for Esfandiar.
  • Robert Starkey moved All-In with Pocket Rockets and was called by an opponent with Pocket 8s. The board brought a gutshot straight to the caller when a 7 fell on the river and Robert headed to the rail.
  • Carlos Mortensen 2001 WSOP Main Event Champion is eliminated.
  • Mike Souza
  • Mike Laing

At the end of Round 17 about 190 players are alive.

• Round 18 Notable Eliminations
  • Donna Blevins moved All-In with A-10o and was called by Adam White, who is near the overall Chip Lead, who has Pocket 5s. Donna gets no help from the board an is eliminated.
  • Robert Varkonyi WSOP 2002 Main Event Champion moved All-In pre-flop with and was called by Mickey Seagle with A-Qo. The flop brought J-K-10 with no clubs to make Broadway for Mickey. Robert’s Main Event ended on Broadway.

Round 18 ended with about 140 players still in hopes of being the Main Event Bracelet winner.

• Round 19 Notable Eliminations
  • Nick Binger re-raised All-In from the Big Blind with 8-9s and was called by Kevin Farry with A-7s. The board didn’t help Nick and the Main Event ends for him.
  • Thor Hansen re-raised All-In with Nicolas Atlan called with Pocket Rockets and Thor’s Main Event ended.
  • Billy Baxter
  • Neil ‘Bad Beat’ Channing called a All-In re-raise and showed Jeff Bryan the re-raiser showed and the Pocket Rockets bested the Pocket Ladies.  
  • Patrick Huse is All-In with Pocket Cowboys but is called by Sven Heinecker with Pocket Rockets. Once again the Rockets hold on and Patrick is eliminated.
  • David Levi is All-In with ‘Big Slick’ and is called by Josh Evans with Pocket 9s and doesn’t get an Ace or King on the board and is eliminated.
  • Berry Johnston WSOP 1986 Main Event Champion is All-In with his short stack and displays 6-5s and us up against A-Jo. The board doesn’t help Berry and he finishes WSOP 2007 Main Event.

Play finished on Day 4 with 112 Players still playing. Day 5 will begin at Noon Vegas time on Saturday. Day 5 will play until 27 players remain alive for the WSOP 2007 Main Event Champion.

WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 4

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 3

800 Players have survived to play on Day 3 of the WSOP 2007 Main Event.

Today’s play will consist of finishing Round 11 from Day 2 and then 5 more 2 hour Rounds.

Blind Levels         Sml   Big   Ante 

• Round 11        1,200  2,400  300
• Round 12        1,500  3,000  400
• Round 13        2,000  4,000   500
• Round 14        2,500  5,000   500
• Round 15        3,000  6,000  1,000
• Round 16        4,000  8,000  1,000

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• Player Eliminations provided by: Poker News
• Round 11 and 12 Notable Eliminations
  • Asger Boye pushed All-In with Pocket 9s and was called by a player with Pocket Ladies. The board did not help Asger and the Main Event end here for Asger.
  • Matt Lefkowitz pushed All-In with ‘Big Slick’ and was called by an opponent with K-3s and the board brought the flush and Matt was eliminated.
  • Tony Dunst re-raises All-In after he flopped a straight. He is called by an opponent that shows a set of 9s. When the board pairs on the river the full house sends Tony to the rail.
  • Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson WSOP 2000 Main Event Champion is eliminated.
  • Andy Philachack raised after a J hit the turn and was re-raised All-In by Kenny Tran. Andy called and turned over a J high straight while Kenny tabled a Q high straight. Andy was eliminated and Kenny became the overall chip leader.

At the end of Round 12 hand for hand play has begun as the money bubble is about to burst with around 650 players remaining alive on Day 3. 621 Players will end up ‘Cashing’ at the WSOP 2007 Main Event.

• Round 13 Notable Eliminations
  • Ted Forrest when a flop showed Ted moves All-In. Stephen Lynch calls with . Ted’s flush draw doesn’t come in and his Main Event is over.
  • Scott Grey was eliminated in 627 place when his J-10o was beaten by A-Js.
  • John Lawrence was All-In with Pocket Rockets and was called by K-Q of hearts. Runner runner hearts sent John to the rail just short of cashing.
  • Rob Thompson is the bubble buster. Rob moved All-In with J-9o and was dominated by Jon Moonves QJs. After the flop Rob had an open ender but it didn’t fill and Rob is the WSOP 2007 Bubble burster. All remaining players will receive at least $20,621.
  • Gavin Smith moved his short stack All-In and was called by Christian Togsverd. Gavin table and Christian showed . The board brought no help to Gavin and his Main Event ended with a in the Money finish.

At the end of Round 13 the bubble has burst and all remaining player have ‘Cashed’ in the WSOP 2007 Main Event.

Go to this Link provided by Poker News to see the complete list of Payouts.

• Remaining List of Bust Outs provided by: Poker News
• Round 14 Eliminations
  • Mike Ward 
  • Daniel Palmer
  • Yuri Bokkel
  • David Riley was All-In with Pocket 6s and was called by Jon Kalmar with K-Qo. The flop spiked a 6 for David but when 4 diamonds hit by the river Jon had a back door flush and David was eliminated.
  • Amnon Filippi is All-In with A-Q and is called by Liana Hakopian with Pocket 7s. The board doesn’t help Amnon and the Main Event ends for him.
  • J.C. Tran is eliminated by Darrell ‘Gigabit’ Dicken when ‘Gigabit’ hits a flush on the turn. 
• • Todd Brunson was All-In with Pocket Ladies and was called by an opponent that showed A-Qo and when an Ace hit the turn Todd joined his Father Poker Legend Doyle Brunson on the Rail.

At the end of Round 14 around 500 players are still dreaming of the Bracelet and the $8.2 million.

Jeff ‘Mr. Rain’ Banghart is the new Chip Leader with over $1.1 million in chips.

• Round 15 Notable Eliminations
  • Leif Force WSOP 2006 Main Event 11th place finisher is eliminated when he pushed All-In with Pocket Js and went up against Pocket Rockets.
  • Brent Sheirbon was All-In with A-Qo and when WSOP 2002 Main Event Champion Robert Varkonyi called with A-Ko, Brent was dominated. The board didn’t improve Brent and he headed to the rail.
  • Michael Cooper had ‘Big Slick’ and was All-In and was called by an opponent that turned over Pocket Ladies. Michael’s Main Event ended here.
  • Andrew Brokos

At the end of Round 15 337 players are still alive to continue on to Day 4. WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 4 will begin at Noon Vegas time Saturday.

Chip Leader at the end of Day 3 is Dario Minieri with 2.4 Million and heads into Day 4 900,000 ahead of Jeff Weiss.

Head over to Poker News for complete Chip Counts.

WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 3

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 2B

Play will continue until late in Round 11 to match the stopping time of Day 2A when they hit 350 remaining players. This is because when the field is combined for Day 3, all remaining players will have played the same amount of time to that point of the Main Event.

So for Day 2B just a little less than 5 two hours rounds with survivors advancing to Day 3 on Thursday July 11th at Noon Vegas time.

• Blind Levels         Sml   Big   Ante 
  • Round 7          500  1,000    100
  • Round 8          600  1,200    200
  • Round 9          800  1,600    200
  • Round 10      1,000  2,000    300
  • Round 11      1,200  2,400    300

Day 2B started with 1,303 players that made it through Day 1C and Day 1D.

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Day 2B Eliminations provided by: Poker News

• Round 7 Notable Eliminations
  • Vinnie Vinh with only 3,000 in chips on the 2nd hand of the day push All-In and the Big Blind called blind. Vinnie, by the turn had 2 pair, but when a K landed on the river it gave the Big Blind a bigger 2 pair and Vinnie was done for the 2007 Main Event.
  • Phil Gordon pushed his short stack All-In with 6,5 off and was called by a player that showed KJs. The board spiked a K and J and Phil was banished to the rail to cover the Main Event for ESPN’s
  • Brett ‘Gank’ Jungblut was All-In from the button with A3o and with 2 callers. A set materialized from the board for a caller and the ‘Gank’ was sent to the rail.
  • Steve Danneman 2005 WSOP Main Event Runner, up to Joe Hachem, moved All-In with Pocket Cowboys and was called by an opponent that tabled A10. When a 10 hit on the flop and again on the river Steve’s Main Event ended.
  • Russell Rosenblum, 2002 Main Event Final Table participant, moves All-In and both Blinds call. Flop is 3 Hearts to make a flush for the Big Blind and Russell has to move to the rail.
  • Susie Isaacs re-raises All-In after the flop of  with and the raiser moves All-In to force Daniel Negreanu All-In to call. Daniel calls and shows a pair of ducks for his set and the raiser has the turn and river are no help and Susie is eliminated. Daniel’s stack grows to 150,000. 
  • Allen Cunningham is in a big pot and ends up All-In after raises and re-raises on the Flop of K-6-3 rainbow. Allen show 6-3 for 2 pair and his opponent has K-J. When a J hits the river, Allen the WSOP 2006 Main Event 4th place finisher and the WSOP 2005 Player of the Year is eliminated from this year’s Main Event. 
  • Bill Gazes gets in a 3-way All-In pot and has Pocket Cowboys but is up against Pocket Rockets and the 3rd player has AJo. Bill doesn’t get the needed Cowboy and leaves the Main Event.

At the end of Round 7 about 981 players remain on Day 2B.

• Round 8 Notable Eliminations
  • Brad Daugherty, WSOP 1991 Main Event Bracelet Winner.
  • Anahit Galajian moved All-In with and was called by and a Ace came on the turn and Ahahit headed to the rail.
  • Eric Hershler moves All-In with K-Jo and is called by the Big Blind who flashes Pocket Rockets. Eric doesn’t outdraw the Rockets and is eliminated.

At the end of Round 8 approximately 810 players remain alive on Day 2B.

• Round 9 Notable Eliminations
  • Aram Zerounian was All-In with Pocket 10s and was called by an opponent with ‘Big Slick’. The flop came Q-8-7 and the turn brought Aram a 10 for his set he only had to avoid a J on the river. A Broadway straight showed up on the river J and Aram was eliminated with a brutal beat.
  • Yarom Limor called a raise after a  flop of K-Q-6 that put him All-In. He showed a Q but the raiser had a K and the turn and river were blanks for Yarom and his Main Event ended.
  • John Phan
  • Ciaran O’Leary
  • Chris Moneymaker, WSOP 2003 Main Event Champion and often cited as one of the primary reasons for the extraordinary growth of the WSOP with that Bracelet Championship as an unknown, was eliminated.
  • Prahlad Friedman re-raised All-In pre-flop with Pocket 8s and was called. Prahlad was behind when his opponent showed Pocket 10s. When the flop spiked a 10 Prahlad was all but out of the Main Event. The turn and river were blanks and Prahlad was eliminated.
  • Brian Fidler

At the end of Round 9 roughly 650 Players remain alive in Day 2B.

• Round 10 Notable Eliminations
  • Matt Russell pushed All-In pre-flop with and was called by Nico who showed . The board didn’t improve Matt and his Main Event is ended on Day 2B.
  • Gary Boxwell

At the end of Round 10 550 players remain and are trying to make it to Day 3.

• Round 11 Notable Eliminations
  • Michael Binger WSOP 2006 Main Event 3rd place finisher, pushed his short stack All-In with and was called by an opponent that tabled . The flop brought and Michael was in the lead. The turn brought an and Michael headed to the rail.
  • Daniel Negreanu called a raise that put him All-In on a flop of 8-7-6. Daniel show 10-8 but the raiser showed Pocket 8s and Daniel did not hit the straight on the turn or river and Daniel’s Main Event ended on Day 2B.
  • Jeff King moved All-In on a flop of with and was called by a player that showed and Jeff missed the back door Nut flush and headed to the rail.
  • Chris Bell
  • Farzad Rouhani
  • Jon ‘Pearljammer’ Turner was All-In with his short stack and showed K-9o and was called by Carl Olson who had A-4o. The board was all blanks and ‘Pearljammer’ was railed late in Day 2B.

At the end of Day 2B somewhere close to 459 players survived to play Day 3 starting Thursday July 12 at Noon Vegas time. They will be combined with the 350 players from Day 2A for a total of just over 800 survivors competing for the Bracelet and $8.2 million prize. The bubble will burst sometime during Day 3 when 621 players remain. 

At the end of both Day 2’s the un-official chip leader has amassed 580,000 chips.

• Head over to for Day 2B Chip counts

WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 2B, Vinnie Vinh, Phil Gordon, The Poker Edge, Brett ‘Gank’ Jungblut, Steve Danneman, Joe Hachem, Russel Rosenblum, Susie Isaacs, Daniel Negreanu, Allen Cunningham, Bill Gazes, Anahit Galajian, Eric Hershler, Aram Zerounian, Yarom Limor, John Phan, Ciaran O’Leary, Chris Moneymaker, Prahlad Friedman, Brian Fidler, Matt Russel, Michael Binger, Jeff King, Chris Bell, Farzad Rouhani, Jon ‘Pearljammer’ Turner 

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 2A

Five Rounds 2 hours each with survivors moving on to Day 3 on Thursday July 12th at Noon Vegas time.

update: Tournament directors have announced that Day 2A will play 5 rounds or until 350 players remain. If Day 2A is ended in the middle of a Round then Day 2B on Wednesday will play until the same point on the Round clock.

• Blind Levels         Sml   Big   Ante 
  • Round 7          500  1,000    100
  • Round 8          600  1,200    200
  • Round 9          800  1,600    200
  • Round 10      1,000  2,000    300
  • Round 11      1,200  2,400    300

Day 2A started with 1,037 players that made it through Day 1A and Day 1B.

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• Day 2A Bust Outs provided by: Poker News.
• Round 7 Notable Bust Outs
  • Shane Smith on the 1st hand of Day 2A is All-In with A10 and is dominated by Phil Lifschitz’s AK. Shane gets no help from the board and is busted. 
  • Corey Zeidman was All-In with Pocket 10s and was called by an opponent who turned over AQ. Corey was drawing to a 10 only when the flop provided a pair of Aces.  Corey’s 10 didn’t come on the turn or river and he was eliminated.
  • Bill Chen after a flop of 4,3,2 pushed All-In with AQ and was called by Bruno Fitoussi who showed 4,2. The turn and river didn’t help Bill and he went to the rail. 
  • Hoyt Corkins was busted from the Main Event when Vicky Coren hit a Broadway Straight on the turn.
  • Alan Smurfit who won the 2007 WSOP $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha was eliminated after re-raising All-In with  he was called by the raiser who had . Both Alan and the raiser ended up with a full house which left Alan heading to the rail.
  • Pete “The Beat” Giordano moved All-In with ‘Blick Slick’ and was called by the Big Blind who turned over KQ. The Big Blind ended up with Broadway to eliminate Pete and his pair of Aces.
  • Joe Hachem WSOP 2005 Main Event Champion re-raises All-In when the flop comes up . Joe is called by the Big Blind who shows and Joe is behind with . The river and turn are blanks and the Q Kicker sends Joe out of the Main Event.
  • Capt. Tom Franklin pushed a short stack All-In with Pocket Qs and was called by an opponent that had ‘Big Slick’. The flop hit the ‘Big Slick’ and the Capt. was ousted from the Main Event.

At the end of Round 7 around 820 players remained in play on Day 2A.

• Round 8 Notable Bust Outs
  • Rhett Butler  who finished 5th in the WSOP 2006 Main Event and took home $3.2 million was eliminated early in Round 8.
  • Patrik Antonius is out kicked with his top pair by Danny Felix and his Main Event has ended.
  • Doug Kim is All-In with his short stack with Q3 and when his opponent calls with A2 and the flop brings an Ace Doug heads to the rail.
  • Mark Seif  moved all in and showed and was called by Richard Marshall who turned over  and when the landed on the river Mark was out of the Main Event.
  • Dan Harrington WSOP 1995 Main Event Champion and author of the Harrington on Hold ‘em trilogy, was All-In from the button with AQ but was dominated by the caller who tabled AK. Dan didn’t improve and he was eliminated.
  • Tony G re-raised All-In and 2 players called. When the cards were shown Pocket Rockets, Pocket Cowboys and Tony G’s Pocket 10s. Tony didn’t improve and now he is probably headed to Australia.
  • Paul Wasicka WSOP 2006 Main Event Runner Up is out early this year when his Pocket 8s were called by an opponent who showed AJs and when 2 Aces hit the flop Paul’s Main Event was ended.
  • Farzad Bonyadi pushed All-In with and was called by a player who turned over Farzad didn’t improve and headed out of the Main Event.
  • Barry Greenstein was All-In with Pocket Ladies but was called by Andrew Drokos with Pocket Rockets and Barry’s Main Event ended.

At the end of Round 8 around 650 players remained in play on Day 2A.

• Round 9 Notable Bust Outs
  • Ross Boatman eliminated when Daniel Snowden ended up with a full house and Ross missed his Nut Flush draw.
  • Evelyn Ng re-raises All-In from the cut-off and is called by Matt Sterling. Evelyn has but is well behind to Matt’s the board offers no relief for Evelyn and she is eliminated from the Main Event.

At the end of Round 9 there are just about 500 players left.

• Round 10 Notable Bust Outs
  • Raymond Davis moved All-In preflop with AJ and was called by a player who had him dominated with AK. The board provided no help for Raymond and he left the Main Event at the beginning of round 10.
  • Tom Schneider WSOP 2007 Player of the Year re-raised All-In for about 50,000 with Pocket 9s but was called by the raiser with Cowboys and Tom’s Main Event ended.
  • ‘Miami’ John Cernuto pushed his short stack All-In with Pocket 10s and was called by Dave Smart who showed the flop and turn were blanks but the river brought and ‘Miami’ John was eliminated.
  • Jeff Madsen pushed pre-flop with A9s and was called by an opponent with Pocket 5s. An Ace spiked on the flop and Jeff got no help on the turn or river and his Main Event is over.
  • Tom McEvoy WSOP 1983 Main Event champion was All-In pre-flop with KQo against Todd Phillip’s AKo and when the flop brought AK7 Tom was busted.
  • Joe Sebok got his money in with and was called by Will Wilkinson who was hit with . Joe didn’t get any help from the board and joined many others on the rail.

At the end of Round 10 384 players remained alive. Play will continue until 350 remain, which won’t take long in Round 11.

• Round 11 Notable Bust Outs
  • David ‘The Dragon’ Pham moved All-In pre-flop with and was called by a player who turned over  and ‘The Dragon’ was one of the last eliminations of Day 2A.

Play was stopped for Day 2A when there were 350 players remaining.

Day 2B with 1303 players will begin at Noon Vegas time on Wednesday July 11th.

Going into Day 2B 1653 remain alive for the $8.25 Million.

Head over to Poker News for Chip Counts for Day 2A.

WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 2A, Shane Smith, Phil Lifschitz, Cory Zeidman, Bill Chen, Bruno Fitoussi, Hoyt Corkins, Alan Smurfit, Pete “The Beat” Giordano, Joe Hachem, Capt. Tom Franklin, Rhett Butler, Patrik Antonius, Danny Felix, Doug Kim, Mark Seif, Richard Marshall, Dan Harrington, Tony G, Paul Wasicka, Farzad Bonyadi, Barry Greenstein, Andrew Drokos, Ross Boatman, Evelyn Ng, Raymond Davis,  Tom Schneider, ‘Miami’ John Cernuto, Dave Smart, Jeff Madsen, Tom McEvoy, Todd Phillips,  Joe Sebok, David ‘The Dragon’ Pham  

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 1D  

If you want to see what has happened in the 1st 3 Rounds of Day 1D go here to Just Poker Talk for the earlier action details.

Found the following great information over at Poker News:
WSOP Main Event Prizepools, 2003-2007
Here’s a look back at the prizepool data for the WSOP Main Events dating back to Chris Moneymaker’s victory in 2003.

2003 WSOP Main Event
Players: 839
Prizepool: $7,802,700
# Paid: 63 (7.50% of the field)
Minimum Prize: $15,000
# of Millionaires: 2
First Prize: Chris Moneymaker, $2.5 million

2004 WSOP Main Event
Players: 2,576
Prizepool: $24,224,400
# Paid: 226* (8.77% of the field)
Minimum Prize: $10,000
# of Millionaires: 5
First Prize: Greg Raymer, $5 million

2005 WSOP Main Event
Players: 5,619
Prizepool: $52,818,610
# Paid: 560 (9.97% of the field)
Minimum Prize: $12,500
# of Millionaires: 9
First Prize: Joe Hachem, $7.5 million

2006 WSOP Main Event
Players: 8,773
Prizepool: $82,512,162
# Paid: 876 (9.99% of the field)
Minimum Prize: $10,616
# of Millionaires: 12
First Prize: Jamie Gold, $12 million

2007 WSOP Main Event
Players: 6,358
Prizepool: $59,784,954
# Paid: 621 (9.77% of the field)
Minimum Prize: $20,320
# of Millionaires: 5
First Prize: $8,250,000

* Only 225 were supposed to be paid in 2004, but two players bubbled on the same hand and Harrah’s added money so each of them would receive a full prize, rather than splitting it.

Eliminations as Reported by Poker News:

• Notable 4th Round Eliminations
  • Cyndy Violette  being short stacked pushed All-In with A9 and was called by a player with Pocket 6s. The board provided no help and Cyndy was banned to the rail.
  • Jamie Gold  2006 Main Event Champion pushed his short stack All-In with his opponent called with  and the $12 million dollar man didn’t improve and his Main Event ended early.
  • Bryan Micon pushed with Pocket Js but his opponent drew a flush.
  • Erica Schoenberg had Pockets 9s against AQ and when a Ace spiked on the flop Erica was beaten.

220 players were railed during the 2 hour 4th round.

• Notable 5th Round Eliminations
  • Tuan Le had an inside straight draw after the flop and pushed All-In, John Leontakianakos who had pre-flop raised called with his 2 pair and eliminated Tuan. 
  • David Benyamine ran into an opponents full house to send him to the sidelines.
  • Chip Reese  2006 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. champion was eliminated when his flush draw didn’t come in.
  • Young Phan re-raises 50,000 All-In after a 7 high flop with his opponent called and showed the turn and river didn’t help Young and his Main Event ended.
• Notable 6th Round Eliminations
  • Dutch Boyd  was All-In pre-flop with Pocket 7s and his opponent showed A10 suited. The river filled an open ended Q high straight for Dutch’s opponent.
  • Freddy Deeb 2007 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. champion was busted when his opponent showed a King high flush.
  • Antonio Esfandiari with only 20 minutes left in Day 1D Antonio pushed All-In with QJo but ran into an opponent who called with Pocket Rockets to end Anotonio’s Main Event.
  • Timmi DeRosa

Around 650 players advanced to day 2B on Wednesday July 11 starting at Noon Vegas time.

Average Chip Stack is about 54,800. Head over to Poker News for Day 1D Chip Counts

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• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 1D

The Numbers You’ve All Been Waiting For

After four days of Main Event play, the official numbers are in!

Here’s the break down of the 2007 WSOP main event:

Day 1a: 1,287
Day 1b: 1,545
Day 1c: 1,743
Day 1d: 1,783

6,358 players entered the 2007 WSOP Main Event, creating a prizepool of $59,784,954. 621 places will be paid, and each player who cashes will be guaranteed at least $20,320. First place will win $8,250,000.  
Last 7 years official numbers for comparison:
2006: 8,773
2005: 5,619
2004: 2,576
2003: 839
2002: 631
2001: 613
2000: 512
Poker News provided the information above and the Payout Chart.

Because of the large field today at the Rio the ‘Poker Pavilion’ was in use again today. I just hope the air conditioning was on max high in the tent.

If you want to review Just Poker Talk posts for the 1st 3 days just click the day, Day 1A, Day 1B, Day 1C.

Just like the 1st 3 days six 2 hour rounds in 15 hours.

Day 1D Eliminations reported at Poker News.

• Round 1 Notable Eliminations.
  • Brad Booth  
• Round 2 Notable Eliminations
  • Travis Rice
  • Michael Gracz
  • Eric “Rizen” Lynch made a call that put him All-In and he showed  and the flop had provided a , the bettor showed and the turn and river did not help Eric and he went to the rail.
• Round 3 Notable Eliminations
  • Fred Goldberg was short stacked and went All-In with Gavin Smith called with and the board did not help Fred and he is out much earlier than in 2006 when he finished 10th in the Main Event.
  • Phil Hellmuth ended up playing about a Round and a half after showing up late he was eliminated with about 30 minutes to go in Round 3. He was All-In with a 400 big blind and lost when his opponent hit runner runner flush. I imagine he had some nice things to say for the ESPN camera crew following him.
  • Robert Williamson III got his money All-In when he flopped 2 pair and was called by an opponent with an open ended straight draw. The straight filled on the turn and the river did not get Robert his full house and he headed to the rail.
• Continue with Round 4, 5 and 6 eliminations on Just Poker Talk Day 1D posts. 
• Players who were seen at the Rio Playing on Day 1C reported by Poker News.

Trey Brabham, Shawn Sheikhan, Antonio Esfandiari, David Plastik, Brandon Schaefer, Everett Carlton, Mike Sica, Ernest Bennet, Cyndy Violette, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Chip Reese, Ralph Perry, Ed Moncada, Theo Jorgenson, Padraig Parkinson, Dan Nelson, Van Marcus, David Chiu, Maria Ho, Brett “Gank” Jungblut, Young Phan, “Syracuse” Chris Tsiprailidis, Alan Boston, Brad Booth, Jeff Cabanillas, Christian Grundtvig, Leif Force, Doug “Rico” Carli, Jamie Gold, Steve Zolotow, David Benyamine, Erica Schoenberg, Eric Froehlich, Devon Miller, Isaac Haxton, Joe Bartholdi, Fred Goldberg, Susie Isaacs, Martin de Knijff, Tomer Benvenisti, Maureen Feduniak, Matt Vengrin, Layne Flack, Andrew Scott, Bruno Portaro, Gavin Smith, Robert Williamson III, Erick Lindgren, Prahlad Friedman, Karina Jett, Jim Bechtel, Ted Forrest, David Chiu, John Phan, Freddy Deeb, Chip Jett, Leif Force, Michael Gracz, Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch, Phil Hellmuth, Tommy Vu, Carlos Mortensen 

 WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 1D, Trey Brabham, Shawn Sheikhan, Antonio Esfandiari, David Plastik, Brandon Schaefer, Everett Carlton, Mike Sica, Ernest Bennet, Cyndy Violette, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Chip Reese, Ralph Perry, Ed Moncada, Theo Jorgenson, Padraig Parkinson, Dan Nelson, Van Marcus, David Chiu, Maria Ho, Brett “Gank” Jungblut, Young Phan, “Syracuse” Chris Tsiprailidis, Alan Boston, Brad Booth, Jeff Cabanillas, Christian Grundtvig, Leif Force, Doug “Rico” Carli, Jamie Gold, Steve Zolotow, David Benyamine, Erica Schoenberg, Eric Froehlich, Devon Miller, Isaac Haxton, Joe Bartholdi, Fred Goldberg, Susie Isaacs, Martin de Knijff, Tomer Benvenisti, Maureen Feduniak, Matt Vengrin, Layne Flack, Andrew Scott, Bruno Portaro, Gavin Smith, Robert Williamson III, Erick Lindgren, Prahlad Friedman, Karina Jett, Jim Bechtel, Ted Forrest, David Chiu, John Phan, Freddy Deeb, Chip Jett, Leif Force, Michael Gracz, Eric ‘Rizen’ Lynch, Phil Hellmuth, Tommy Vu, Carlos Mortensen,

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 1C

If you haven’t already done so, please take a minute and go to this earlier in the week post and select your choice to win the 2007 WSOP Main from a poll at the bottom of the post. Time is running out.

If you want to see what has happened in the 1st 3 Rounds of Day 1C go here to Just Poker Talk for the earlier action details.

Or you can just start below:

Eliminations as Reported by: Poker News

• 4th Round Notable Eliminations
  • Clonie Gowen pushed All-In with but her opponent had her dominated showing and Clonie didn’t improve and was sent to the rail.
  • Brian Nadell with Pocket Kings was eliminated by an opponent that showed pocket 9s and the flop provided a 9.
  • Rafe Furst short stacked pushed All-In from the small blind for 9,000 and was called by the big blind. Rafe flopped 2 pair but the big blind hit a set to eliminated Rafe.
  • Scott Pendergrast
  • Amir Vahedi short stacked pushed All-In with pocket 6s and was called by an opponent with JQo and when a J came on the flop Amir was sent to the rail.
• 5th Round Notable Eliminations
  • Al Krux from late position was All-In with and was called from early position by Darrell ‘Gigabet’ Dicken’s , Al didn’t improve and was eliminated.
  • Chau Giang
  • Kristy Gazes with ‘Big Slick’ was eliminated by an opponent that turned over Pocket 9s that ended up as a set of 9s.
  • Katja Thater
  • Ted Lawson had his pair of Ks bested when an opponent had a 9 high flush.
  • Joe Cassidy with ‘Big Slick’ ran up against Pocket Ladies and the board did not provide Joe any help.
• 6th Round Notable Eliminations
  • T.J. Cloutier was All-In after the flop with his and a spiked, but his opponent called with and T.J.’s Main Event was ended.
  • Kenna James when his All-In with an A10 was dominated by an opponent’s ‘Big Slick’.
  • Steve Brecher ran his ran into an opponent who turned over .
  • Vanessa Rousso when her set of 5s ran into a caller’s set of Qs.
  • Gavin Griffin went All-In with a King high flush draw but an opponent had Pocket Rockets and eliminated Gavin.

Play has ended for Day 1C 15 and 1/2 hours after beginning. Six 2 hour rounds eliminated 1,063 of the 1743 that started. 680 players move to Day 2B on Wednesday July 11th. Average chip stack is right around $51,500.

Go over to Poker News for Day 1C Chip Counts.

WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 1C, Clonie Gowen, Brian Nadell, Rafe Furst, Scott Pendergrast, Amir Vahedi, Al Krux, Darrell ‘Gigabet’ Dicken, Chau Giang, Kristy Gazes, Katja Thater, Ted Lawson, Joe Cassidy, T.J. Cloutier, Kenna James, Steve Brecher, Vanessa Rousso, Gavin Griffin,

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 1C

For the 1st time this year all 160 tables have 10 players each and in fact the ‘Poker Pavillion’ has 8 tables set up. So the Rio will end up with over 1650 for Day 1C.

If you want to review the Just Poker Talk posts click Day 1A and Day 1B.

If you haven’t already made a choice, please go make your pick to win the WSOP 2007 Main Event at the bottom of this post. Time is running out to make a selection.

Just like Day 1A and Day 1B six 2 hour rounds taking around 15 hours to complete.

Here are the Official Numbers as provided by Poker News

Official Numbers

Here’s the break down so far that the 2007 WSOP main event:

Day 1a: 1,287
Day 1b: 1,545
Day 1c: 1,743
Day 1d: ???

There are currently 4,575 entrants who have played at this point. They are expecting another 1,600+ players on the final flight scheduled on Monday. That would bring the totals past 6,000 for this year’s WSOP. It’s not as many as the record setting main event from 2006, but it’s more than 2005 when Joe Hachem won.

Here are the official number of entrants since 2000:
2006: 8,773
2005: 5,619
2004: 2,576
2003: 839
2002: 631
2001: 613
2000: 512

Day 1C Bust Outs reported over at Poker News

• Round 1 Notable Bust Outs
  • Phil Laak
  • Frank Kassela
  • Greg Raymer
  • Per Ummer
• Round 2 Notable Bust Outs
  • Shannon Elizabeth  when her pocket Ks were outdrawn by an opponents 2 pair on the flop.
• Round 3 Notable Bust Outs
  • Phil Ivey with his stack above average and a board of pushed All-In with a flush draw. An opponent called and turned over 2 pair , the turn and river did not fill Ivey’s flush and he was banished to the rail.
  • John Gale was knocked out when his Pocket 7s All-In was called by a player who showed Pocket Ladies and the board missed both. 
  • Todd Witteles with ‘Big Slick’ lost to an opponent’s Pocket Js when the board didn’t provide either and Ace or King.
  • Jogi Karamshi
  • Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow was railed when his Pocket 3s went up against a caller with Pocket Js.
  • Andy Bloch when his Pocket Ks became a set on the flop but his opponent hit the Nut Flush on the turn and Andy probably will head to the Black Jack tables.
  • Men ‘The Master’ Nguyen when his set of 6s lost to a set of 9s.
  • Scott Lazar with his very short stack pushed All-In with AJ after a 9 on the turn, his opponent called and turned over his Pocket 9s.
  • Greg Raymer
  • Jennifer Tilley pushed All-In after the flop gave her an open ended straight draw but her opponent called and displayed Pocket Rockets to end Jennifer’s Main Event.

• Continue with Round 4, 5 and 6 eliminations on Just Poker Talk Day 1C posts. 
• Players who were seen at the Rio Playing on Day 1C reported by Poker News.

Shannon Shorr, Phil Ivey, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Steve Dannenmann, Bill Gazes, Greg Raymer, Gavin Griffin, Jennifer Tilly, Rafe Furst, Rene Angelil, Josh Prager, Daniel Alaei, Ted Lawson, Kenna James, Katja Thater, Jan Von Halle, Humberto Brenes, Lee Watkinson, Jonas Flug-Entin, Darrell “Gigabet” Dicken, J.C. Tran, Phil Laak, John Gale, Ayaz Mahmood, Ciaran O’Leary, Vivek Rajkumar, Amnon Filippi, Vanessa Rousso,T.J. Cloutier, Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, Chis ‘Jesus’ Ferguson, Brad Daugherty, Mike Matusow, Frank Kassela, Phil Gordon, Chris Bigler, Per Ummer, Chad Brown, Tex Barch, Scott Lazar, Jon Friedberg, Clonie Gowen, Kristy Gazes, Chris Moneymaker, Amir Vahedi, Andy Bloch, Toto Leonidas, Robert Varkonyi, Danny Alaei, Bernard Lee, Todd Witteles, Jogi Karamshi, Amnon Filippi, David Sklansky,

WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 1C, Shannon Shorr, Phil Ivey, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Steve Dannenmann, Bill Gazes, Greg Raymer, Gavin Griffin, Jennifer Tilly, Rafe Furst, Rene Angelil, Josh Prager, Daniel Alaei, Ted Lawson, Kenna James, Katja Thater, Jan Von Halle, Humberto Brenes, Lee Watkinson, Jonas Flug-Entin, Darrell “Gigabet” Dicken, J.C. Tran, Phil Laak, John Gale, Ayaz Mahmood, Ciaran O’Leary, Vivek Rajkumar, Amnon Filippi, Vanessa Rousso, T.J. Cloutier, Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, Chis ‘Jesus’ Ferguson, Brad Daugherty, Mike Matusow, Frank Kassela, Phil Gordon, Chris Bigler, Per Ummer, Chad Brown, Tex Barch, Scott Lazar, Jon Friedberg,  Clonie Gowen,  Kristy Gazes, Chris Moneymaker, Amir Vahedi,  Andy Bloch, Toto Leonidas, Robert Varkonyi,  Danny Alaei, Bernard Lee, Todd Witteles,  Jogi Karamshi, Amnon Filippi, David Sklansky,   

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 1B

If you haven’t already done so, please take a minute and go to this earlier in the week post and select your choice to win the 2007 WSOP Main from a poll at the bottom of the post.

If you want to see what has happened in the 1st 3 Rounds of Day 1B go here to Just Poker Talk for the earlier action details.

Or you can just start below:

Eliminations as Reported by: Poker News

• 4th Round Notable Eliminations
  • Jennifer Harman was short stacked and pushed All-In after the flop with the nut flush draw, her opponent called with and Jennifer missed the draw and was eliminated.
  • Jeff Lisandro
  • Kathy Liebert with her short stack ran into Rockets and was sent to the rail.
  • Scott Fischman
  • Marc Karam
  • Isabelle Mercier
  • Max Pescatori
  • David Singer who was eliminated amongst much controversy, see Poker News Video the controversy had to do with cell phone rules for the Main Event.
  • Eric Seidel lost his short stack to an opponent with a full house.
• 5th and 6th Round Notable Eliminations 
  • Juha Helppi was eliminated by Tony G
  • Roland de Wolfe after the flop is All-In with and was called by an opponent who turned overand Roland ended up on the rail.
  • Dan Alspach got his Rockets cracked when his opponent turned over a pocket 10s to make a set.
  • Young Phan

Play has ended for Day 1B 15 and 1/2 hours after beginning. Six 2 hour rounds eliminated almost 800 of the 1545 that started. Average chip stack is right around $41,500. 

Go over to Poker News for Day 1B Chip Counts.

Just like Day 1A, eliminations accelerated right after players returned from dinner but then tailed off considerably the last 2 rounds. The suspicion is players having grinded through almost 12 hours since play started were then determined to make it to Day 2.

Players that survived Day 1A and Day 1B will play again on Day 2A Tuesday July 10th starting at Noon Vegas time.

 WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 1B, Jennifer Harman, Jeff Lisandro, Kathy Leibert, Scott Fischman, Marc Karman, Isabell Mercier, Max Pescatori, David Singer, Juha Helppi, Roland de Wolfe, Dan Alspach, Young Phan

• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 1B

If you want to review your ‘Dead Money’ bloggers Day 1A posts you can see the Posts Here. 

Scheduled just like Day 1A, six 2 hour rounds to be played over 15 hours or so.

Player totals reported by Poker News:

• Day 1A Players 1287
• Day 1B Players 1545
• Day 1C Registered 1606 no additional players will be allowed to register for Sunday. Any new registrations will be placed in Day 1D Monday.
• Total even if nobody plays on Monday = 4438.
• Chips Counts for Day 1B at Poker News 
• Round 1 Notable Eliminations reported on Poker News
  • Vanessa Selbst
  • Mike Wattel pushed All-In on the turn with Pocket Rockets, his opponent held and hit the back door Nut flush when the fell on the river.
• Round 2 Notable Eliminations from Poker News 
  • John Juanda called a re-raise that put his short stack All-In with Pocket 9s, his opponet had Rockets and Juanda did not improve and was sent to the rail early in the Main Event.
  • Barny Boatman lost an AKo vs AKo when his opponent drew a back door flush.

  Through the 1st two rounds very few notables have been busted. Here are more that are not noted above. Sam Grizzle, Mats Anderson and Bret Richey.

• Round 3 Notable Eliminations from Poker News
  • Aaron Kanter
  • Davidson Matthew when his did not improve and an opponent took the pot with .
  • Sam Farha
  • Howard Lederer when his Pocket 8s ran into Pocket Rockets.
  • Scott Clements
  • Simon ‘Aces’ Trumper
  • Robert Cheung was all in with and was called by a player with , Robert didn’t improve and was busted.
  • David Williams was short stacked and had a pair of 9s after the flop but an opponent flopped a Q and his pair of Qs busted David.
  • Annie Duke with ‘Big Slick’ lost when an opponent had pocket 6s and Annie didn’t improve.
  • Dan Shak
  • Dan Nassif
  • Justin Bonomo

Continue with Round 4, 5 and 6 eliminations on Just Poker Talk Day 1B posts.

Erik Seidel, Charlie Shoten, Tony G, Kirk Morrison, “Action” Bob Hwang, Vicky Coren, Scott Fischman, Juha Helppi, Marc Karam, Jeffrey Lisandro, Barny Boatman, Hoyt Corkins, Matt Matros, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Wendeen Eolis, Noah Boeken, Sam Grizzle, Evelyn Ng, Shirley Williams, Davidson Matthew, Scott Clements, Joe Hachem, Scotty Nguyen, Robert Mizrachi, Sammy Farha, Bill Chen, Gary Benson, Rolland De Wolfe, John Juanda, Joe Sebok, David Williams, J.J. Liu, David Singer, “Miami John” Cernuto, Sabyl Cohen, Mark Seif, Adam Schoenfeld, Jordan Morgan, Kathy Liebert, Paul Wasicka, Dan Harrington, Jason Lester, Jennifer Harman, Vanessa Selbst, Tom McEvoy, Berry Johnston, Dan Shak, John Strzemp, Aaron Kanter, Barry Shulman, Howard Lederer, Justin Bonomo,   

WSOP, WSOP Main Event, Day 1B, Erik Seidel, Charlie Shoten, Tony G, Kirk Morrison, “Action” Bob Hwang, Vicky Coren, Scott Fischman, Juha Helppi, Marc Karam, Jeffrey Lisandro, Barny Boatman, Hoyt Corkins, Matt Matros, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Wendeen Eolis, Noah Boeken, Sam Grizzle, Evelyn Ng, Shirley Williams, Davidson Matthew, Scott Clements, Joe Hachem, Scotty Nguyen, Robert Mizrachi, Sammy Farha, Bill Chen, Gary Benson, Rolland De Wolfe, John Juanda, Joe Sebok, David Williams, J.J. Liu, David Singer, “Miami John” Cernuto, Sabyl Cohen, Mark Seif, Adam Shoenfeld,   Jordan Morgan, Kathy Liebert, Paul Wasicka,