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• WSOP 2007 Main Event Day 1A

160 tables all with 10 seats but will start play with 9 players, the 10th seat will be filled as additional players register. Somewhere between 1250 and 1600 for Day 1A is the best guess so far.  

All players start with $20,000 this year but blind levels are doubled compared to previous years. A good representation of the effect of the changes to starting chips and blind increases can be seen at Hard Boiled Poker July 6, 2007 part 2. 

Will try and keep you ’posted’ on the happenings during Day 1A.  

12 hours of play is planned for Day 1a.

• Early Busts as reported on Poker News
  • 1st Player busted was Matt Jensen when a heart flush bested his pocket pair . Matt lasted approximately 20 minutes. 
  • Nick Frangos, his 2 pair  was beat by his opponents set ofs.
  • Chris Reslock called an All in on a diamond draw and the draw did not come in and his opponents 2 pair knocked him out.
  • Ram Vanswani just before the 1st break.
• 2nd Round Notable Bust Outs
  • Steve ‘MrSmokey1′ Billirakis
  • Doug Lee
  • Will Durkee
  • Marco Traniello
  • Beth Shak
  • Josh Arieh when his 2 pair went all in with 2 hearts on the board and his opponent turned over and the hit on the river.
  • Shane Schleger with ‘Big Slick’ to Richard Brodies pocket Js.
  • Eli Elezra pair of 10s lost to David Colclough’s 2 Pair - As and 10s.
• 3rd Round Notable Bust Outs
  • Dewey Tomko with ‘Blick Slick’ was bettered when his opponent had Pocket Ks.
  • Greg ‘FBT’ Mueller when his KJ didn’t improve against an opponents QQ.
  • John D’Agostino when his Pocket Js didn’t hold up against his opponents AQ and a Q spiked on the flop.
  • Armarillo Slim when his AK did not improve against his opponents Pocket 10s.
  • Marcel Luske when his went up against and the board did not help Marcel.
  • Mel Judah when his went up against and Mel didn’t improve.
  • Doyle Brunson who had 2 pair A-Q after the flop and went All-In, his opponent called and turned over Pocket Qs. Doyle was drawing to an A and didn’t hit it.
  • Arnold Spree
  • Gabriel Thaler
  • Guy Laliberte
  • Johhny Chan pushes with ‘Big Slick’ and loses when a opponent calls with A10 and a pair of 10s hit the board.

  Continue with rounds 4, 5 and 6 on Just Poker Talk Day 1A posts.

• Seen Playing on Day 1A
  • C.K. Hua, Beth Shak, Marco Traniello, Josh Arieh,  Andrew Black, Vince Van Patten, Lars Bonding, Richard “Quiet Lion” Brodie, Shane Schleger, Tony Ma, Arnold Spee, Keith Sexton, Greg “FBT” Mueller, Debbie Burkhead, Ram Vaswani, Mark Vos, An “The Boss” Tran, Huck Seek, Tobey McGuire, Jeff Madsen, Dewey Tomko, Alex Jacob, Johnny Chan, Marcel Luske, John Esposito, Mel Judah, Michael ‘The Grinder’ Mizrachi, Joe Tehan, Jon Little, John D’Agostino, Mike Sexton, Bobby Baldwin, WSOP POY, Tom ‘Donkey Bomber’ Schneider, David Grey, Amarillo ‘Slim’ Preston, Sherkhan Farnood, Dan Shak, Barry Greenstein, Andy Black, David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Joe Beevers, Joe Awada, Doug Lee, Doyle Brunson, Liz Lieu, Minh Ly, Perry Friedman, Eli Elezra
• Day 1A Chip counts by Poker News

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