Day Three Recap

Play has ended for the day and there are 337 players remaining. They are supposed to play 6 full levels tomorrow so it could be a long day for everyone remaining. There are 11 women left representing 3% of the field. Mimi Tran, pro and protégé of Barry Greenstein, is still in with 144K in chips. The chip leader at the end of Day 3 is Dario Minieri with 2.398 million in chips. Eleven players have crossed the 1million in chips including Gus Hansen. Still in the running is the “guy who says stacking chips is better sex”. I guess his last few days have been quite “satisfying”. Ya gotta wonder if after he wins a pot, he lights up a cigarette and turns to the loser and asks, “Was it good for you?” J

Former WSOP Main Event Winners still in the fray are Huck Seed, Robert Varkonyi, Scotty Nguyen and Carlos Mortenson. Chris Ferguson bit the big one yesterday and is out.

Spiderman is still in but evidently is trying to stay low profile. It is reported that he has asked some reporters not to photograph him and left the table when one reporter stopped by to interview him and the lead singer of God Smack.

Other notables hanging in there and advancing to day 4 include Lee Watkinson, Julian Gardner, Chad Brown, Humberto Brenes and Hasan Habib.

Sam Simon, Emmy winning TV producer who is credited with “Developing” The Simpsons is still in as is a player named Steve Austin, who sadly does not have 6 million in chips.

Day 2 Recap

In addition to the sad elimination of Susie Isaacs, the following high-profile players were eliminated in day two:

David Pham, Joe Sebok, Tom McEvoy, Jeff Madsen, Miami John Cernuto, Tom Schneider – the 2007 WSOP Player of the year, Evelyn Ng, Barry Greenstein, Paul Wasicka, Tony G, Dan Harrington, Mark Seif, Rhett Butler, Jane Gold, Joe Hachem, Hoyt Corkins, Montel Williams, Corey Zeidman, Chris Moneymaker, Prahlad Friedman, Paul X-22 Magriel, Rick Salomon (of Paris Hilton video fame),Bill Gazes, Daniel Negreanu.

Susie says espn was taping her elimination because Daniel is so loved by the viewers - as is Susie, I would like to add.

A little over 700 players will start tomorrow which means the bubble will occur sometime during day 3 at 631 players.

Former Main Event Bracelet Winners Carlos Mortenson, Robert Varkonyi, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Huck Seed remain for Day 3.

Other notables still in include:

Gus Hansen, Lee Watkinson, Robert Mizrachi, Pamela Brunson, Mimi Tran, Spiderman, the guy who thinks stacking chips is better than sex, Shirley Williams, Gavin Smith, Chip Jett and Todd Brunson.

What's Said in Vegas...

I read this post on the official WSOP "live updates" blog:

"---------- (I deleted the name) just won two monster pots in a row to take his stack up to 350,000. He won his first pot with pocket Queens against a player trying to run a stone-cold bluff, and he scooped so many chips that it took him nearly an entire orbit to stack them...which is when he won his second monster pot. "Stacking your chips, baby! It's the most fun you can have, it's better than sex!" he said."

Evidently what's said in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas because now it's on the internet - which means it has been broadcast worldwide.

But it got me to thinking - how does this player's wife/girlfriend/domestic partner/friend with benefits feel reading this on the WSOP site or worse hearing it from a "friend".

And which does it say more about - his sex life or stacking chips? Inquiring minds want to know... :)

Day One WSOP Re-Cap

The WSOP Main Event is my favorite poker event and I’ve only been in Vegas once when it was going on – back in the mid 80s when it was still a “small” event at Binions.

I thought it might be fun to tell you who’s in and who’s out after Day 1 – which was actually 4 days.

The best news for us eons.com pokerholics is Susie Isaacs is still in – and doing very well. She plays tomorrow in the second half of day 2. She has 67K chips – a very respectable chip count. The final number of entries was 6,358 with a total prize pool of $59,784,954. First prize will be over $8million. Not as much as Jamie Gold won in 2006 when the online poker industry flooded the WSOP but up above Joe Hachem in 2005.

And we have our government to thank for the “dip” in entries; now that it are making it hard (the government calls it illegal; I call it restraint of trade. Tomatos; tomatoes) for banks to move money in and out of gambling site.

First of all my thanks to WSOP Official Site:

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I have been following their blow-by-blow; um, I mean play-by-play and any “Color commentary” is from their site and is copyrighted by them.


Still in:

Former Main Event Champs: Joe Hachem, Scotty Nguyen, Chris Moneymaker, Tom McEvoy, Carlos Mortenson, Robert Varkonyi, Huck Seed, Dan Harrington,.

Other WSOP Event Bracelet Winners: Susie Isaacs, Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson, Allen Cunningham, Hoyt Corkins, John Hennigan. There may be others; but I don’t know all the winners by name.

Other notables: Barry Greenstein, Robert Mizrachi, Evelyn Ng, Shirley Williams (mother of David Williams), Adam Schoenfield, Rhett Butler, Paul Wasicka, John Cernuto, Joe Sebok, Lee Watkinson, Pamela Brunson (daughter of the Godfather and sister of Todd), Humberto "The Shark" Brenes, Steve Dannenman (runner-up to Hachem in 2005), Phil Gordon (Celebrity Poker and one of the best players to never win a bracelet - think Phil Mickelson be fore he won The Masters), Bill Gazes, Chip Jett, Gus Hnasen, Leif Force (wonder if he's had a makeover?), Gavin "I'll bet on anything" Smith, Joel Fiscbein and Mimi Tran.

My apologies to those I should have recognized and didn’t.

But the list of those knocked out the first day is staggering: Matt Jansen – first player eliminated – 23 minutes into day 1a, Andy Black, Joe Awada, Mark Vos, Mike Sexton – WPT Commentator, Liz Lieu, David Grey, The Grinder – Mike "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson (both with 10 bracelets), Mel Judah, Amarillo Slim Preston, John D’Agostino, Dewey Tomko, Eli Elezra, Josh Arieh, Marco Traniello (married to Jennifer Harman, Chris Reslock, Erik Seidel (who won his 8th bracelet in event 54 – NL 2-7 lo-ball), Isabelle Mercier, Kathy Liebert, Scott Fischman, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (Poker Player Magazine), Jennifer Harman, Paul Sexton, Annie Duke and Howard Lederer, David Williams, Sam Farha, Aaron Kanter, Sam Grizzle, John Juanda, Jeff Lisandro, T.J. Cloutier, Joe Cassidy, Ted Lawson, Kristy Gazes, Al Krux, Amir Vahedi, Rafe Furst, Clonie Gowen, Jennifer Tilly (made my husband cry), Men “The Master” Nguyen, Andy Bloch, Mike “The Mouth” Matasow, “Gentleman” John Gale, Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Jose Canseco (should have taken his steroids), Nelly, the Grammy Winner (now that's a shocker), Phil “The Unabomber” Laak, Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari, Freddy Deeb, Dutch Boyd, Eric Lingren, Brandi Hawbaker (the Stripper – not a nickname; an occupation), Young Phan, Chip Reese, David Benyamine, Tuan Le, Jamie Gold (2007 Main Event Winner), Paul Darden, Steve Zolotow, Cyndy Violette, Robert Williamson III, and Phil Hellmuth (after winning his eleventh bracelet this year). Five former Main Event Winners were eliminated on Day 1.

The World Series of Poker 2007 - And they're off.

Days 1 and 2 were actually played over 6 days and today the 3rd day began. Thanks to the US Government enacting the law prohibiting banks and other financial institutions from transferring money to and from online gambling sites, the number of entries dropped to less than 6400 - it was over 8000 in 2006. The gambling sites had less satellites to win a seat and Harrah's refused to accept entry fees from online sites. The site that did provide opportunities to win a seat were forced to mail checks directly to the winners. And many just "took the money and ran" - never heading to Vegas to try their hand at winning the grand prize which is $8.25 million. In all honesty I would have done the same. $10K in the hand is a good day at poker...

Updates to follow.