2011 World Series of Poker

Día 1 completado

Escrito 2011-07-03 11:08 GMT por donpeters

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Escrito 2011-07-03 11:08 GMT por donpeters

Chip counts/puntos
Doug Booth			324,600
Greg Mueller			322,700
Yan Chen			317,200
Alexey Makarov			266,200	200
David Bach			249,500
Vladimir Shchemelev			248,000
Jason Lester			245,200
Steve Sung			243,800
Steve Billirakis			239,500
David Benyamine			238,400
Barry Greenstein	PokerStars Team Pro (USA)		236,700
Justin Bonomo			229,300
Justin Smith			228,200	200
Hoi Cheung			226,400
Huck Seed			225,000
Fabrice Soulier			224,600
Rami Boukai			220,000
			218,500
Shaun Deeb			214,700
Jesse Martin			211,500
David Bakes Baker			211,100
Tristan Clemencon			207,700
Jennifer Harman			207,400
Scott Seiver			207,000
James Bord			200,000

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Booth, Mueller Lead after Day 1

Escrito 2011-07-03 10:23 GMT por SantanaBandana • Nivel 5

Feels good to be Greg Mueller

Day 1 of the 2011 Poker Player's Championship is history, and after five levels of play, Doug Booth is the chip leader with 324,600 chips, and Greg "FBT" Mueller is right behind him with 322,700.

Numbers have been up at the World Series of Poker this year, and this event did not disappoint. A total of 128 players - a 10 percent increase from last year - ponied up $50,000 generating a prizepool of $6,144,000. The winner will receive $1,720,328 to go along with a shiny new bracelet and the illustrious David "Chip" Reese Memorial Trophy.

Only five of the entrants busted during Day 1. Arturo Diaz was our first victim, and was eliminated by Phil Galfond during a hand of pot-limit Omaha. Galfond had a set of queens, Diaz a set of tens, and Galfond held when the river bricked. Phil Laak was the second to bust. He got his stack in against David "ODB" Baker during deuce-to-seven triple draw. They both held , Baker paired his deuce, and Laak paired his seven, eliminating him from the tournament.

Andrew Pantling, Jani Sointula, and Eli Elezra were the other two to bust on Day 1.

For a second it looked like Daniel Negreanu was also going to hit the rail. Kid Poker sunk as low as 23,000, but battled all the way back to 65,100 chips. During his comeback, he made the nuts in a deuce-to-seven hand against Robert Williamson III who drew the second nuts on the first draw. Negreanu is very excited to still be alive, tweeting, "So h[a]ppy to still be in it. Hope to run hot from here on out!"

Surprisingly, only two former champions participated in this year's event. David Bach and Michael Mizrachi were in attendance, while Freddy Deeb and Scotty Nguyen were notably absent. Bach did very well, bagging 249,500 chips, while Mizrachi struggled and only has 8,200 chips.

While Booth and Mueller lead, there are plenty of players biting their heels including Yan Chen (317,200), David Chiu (317,000), Alexey Makarov (266,000), Jason Lester (245,200), and Steve Sung (243,800).

Play will resume tomorrow at 3 p.m. PDT, where we will play five, one hundred-minute levels. Join us then for all of your up-to-the-minute updates.

Goodnight from the Rio!

Tags/etiquetas: Doug Booth, Greg Mueller.

Mizzi Pushes Hansen Out

Escrito 2011-07-03 09:56 GMT por 123md • Nivel 5

No-Limit Hold'em

Sorel Mizzi raised to 2,500 in the cutoff and Gus Hansen called from the big blind.

The flop fell and Hansen checked. Mizzi bet 3,700, but watched Hansen pop it to 11,100. We didn't hear the amount of the exact raise to come, but Mizzi threw in a 25K chip. Hansen, though, made it 33,300 to go. Not to be outdone, Mizzi made it 45,000 to play and Hansen finally surrendered the pot.

Mizzi - Up to about 190,000
Gus - Down to about 170,000

Tags/etiquetas: Gus Hansen, Sorel Mizzi.

Six More Hands

Escrito 2011-07-03 09:56 GMT por SantanaBandana • Nivel 5

The clock is frozen at "10:00," and each table will play six more hands before they bag-and-tag.

Deeb Doubles Through Chiu

Escrito 2011-07-03 09:50 GMT

Pot-Limit Omaha

We don’t quite know what happened but all we saw was the board and Shaun Deeb with the winning hand for trips over David Chiu who’s hand was already gone. Deeb’s stack was counted down and he had 77,400 total which was taken from Chiu’s stack.

Chip counts/puntos
Shaun Deeb			170,000	122,000
David Chiu			155,000	-85,000

Tags/etiquetas: David Chiu, Shaun Deeb.

Number Two No Good

Escrito 2011-07-03 09:44 GMT • Nivel 5

Robert Williamson III was on the button and raised. Daniel Negreanu was in the small blind and three-bet. George Lind was in the big blind and four-bet. Not to be outdone, Williamson capped it and both players called.

Negreanu drew two, Lind and Williamson both drew one. Negreanu had checked dark and Lind checked as well. Williamson bet, Negreanu called and Lind check-raised. Williamson made it three bets which Negreanu and Lind both called.

On the second draw, Negreanu took just one while Lind and Williamson stood pat. Negreanu checked dark again and Lind checked as well. Williamson bet out and Negreanu raised. Lind folded and Williamson called.

On the final draw both players stood pat and Negreanu bet. Williamson seemed aware that he was probably beat but made the call. He tabled but it was no good. Negreanu had to ship the pot.

Negreanu begins a comeback march with 78,000 while Williamson falls to 155,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Daniel Negreanu, Robert Williamson III, George Lind.

Rivet Richer

Escrito 2011-07-03 09:36 GMT por SantanaBandana

No-Limit Hold'em

Gabe Kaplan checked to Guillaume Rivet with the board reading . Rivet bet 4,100, Kaplan raised to 11,200, and Rivet called.

The turn was the , and Kaplan led for 22,000. Rivet called.

Both players checked when the fell on the river, and Rivet opened up for top two. Kaplan mucked, and Rivet raked in the pot.

Chip counts/puntos
Guillaume Rivet			170,000	55,000
Gabriel Kaplan			90,000	-73,000

Tags/etiquetas: Gabe Kaplan, Guillaume Rivet.

Chippies!

Escrito 2011-07-03 09:31 GMT por SantanaBandana

Chip counts/puntos
Rami Boukai			238,000	18,000
Steve Billirakis			226,000	48,000
Ashton Griffin			225,000	35,000
Jesse Martin			222,000	72,000
Gus Hansen			220,000	42,000
Abe Mosseri			215,000	70,000
Jennifer Harman			210,000	30,000
David Bakes Baker			210,000	-5,000
Dan Shak			207,000	27,000
Joe Cassidy			199,000	46,000
Scott Seiver			197,000	-13,000
Doyle Brunson			190,000	70,000
Brian Rast			186,000	46,000
John Hennigan			170,000	2,000
George Danzer	PokerStars Team Pro (Germany)		170,000
Robert Mizrachi			165,000	37,000
Richard Ashby			160,000	15,000
Chad Brown	PokerStars Team Pro (USA)		160,000	-10,000
Josh Arieh			154,000	-36,000
Sorel Mizzi			150,000	20,000
David Benefield			145,000	15,000
John D'Agostino			145,000	-15,000
Shawn Buchanan			142,000	-3,000
Andrew Brown			140,000	10,000
Chau Giang			136,000	6,000

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Glantz Shoves Klodnicki Out

Escrito 2011-07-03 09:28 GMT por 123md • Nivel 5

No-Limit Hold'em

We picked up the action on a flop where Matt Glantz called what appeared to be a check-raise from Chris Klodnicki. The hit the turn and Klodnicki checked. Glantz bet 8,500, but was met with a Klodnicki raise to 29,000. Again Glantz called, leading to the river card. Klodnicki bet 25,000, but Glantz re-raised all in.

Klodnicki sighed before giving it up, dropping to about 80,000. Glantz, meanwhile, upped his stack to about 200,000.

Tags/etiquetas: Chris Klodnicki, Matt Glantz.