I'm following it very closely this year. Last year i tried to not know anything to watch it on TV, impossible.PokerNews has live updates

Daniel Negreanu Takes a Hit

Shortly before the dinner break, Daniel Negreanu raises to 1,600 in the dealer spot and the big blind calls. The flop is . The big blind checks. Negreanu bets 600 and the big blind calls. The turn is and the big blind checks. Negreanu bets 1,200 and the big blind bumps it to 2,400. Negreanu calls. The river is . The big blind checks. Negreanu bets 1,200 and the big blind calls, showing for the flush. Negreanu mucks.

Why did the BB just call with the nuts?

Meta-game.

Very cool to see Day 1 kick off with a new event. There seem to be a TON of sites covering everything, I know I've been using Poker News, Poker Tournament Coverage, Freerolls, Poker Magazine. CardPlayer.com and Poker Wire - Live Tournament Reporting so far today which both seem to be pretty nice. If anyone else has any good sites that offer quick updates, feel free to post them so we can all check them out.

Also, it looks like the WSOP will be broadcasting live video from the final tables of a lot of the events on their website (The World Series Of Poker presented by Milwaukee's Best Light), and ESPN has upwards of 50 cameras (up from ~30 last year) covering everything, and from what I've heard all of the coverage will be available in HD. Sounds like it is going to be awesome.

Event #3 will start today at 12 west coast time.

Here are the ending chip counts for day 1 of event 1. 451 players put up $5,000, less than 100 are left


End of Day 1 Chip Counts

Greg Mueller 130000
Frank Kassela 121500
Sabyl Cohen 118500
Louis Werman 110500
Mark Teltscher 100500
John Kroshvs 93000
John Younger 91500
Kirk Morrison 90500
Alex Bolotin 88000
Joseph Tehan 87500
Jason Strasser 79000
Ville Wahlbeck 78500
Jason Mann 76000
Paul Snead 75500
Miguel Proulx 74500
Eric Froehlich 74000
Jon Turner 72500
Matt Giannetti 71000
Todd Brunson 70500
Todd Keikosn 69000
Art Duncan 65500
Hieu Ma 65000
Sirous Baghchehsaraie 64000
Ali Eslami 63000
Staffan Rydin 63000
Matt Hawrikeuko 61500
Toto Leonidas 61500
Brett Richey 57000
Ted Lawson 56000
Steve Paul-Ambrose 55500
Isabelle Mercier 55500
Aaron Kanter 55500
Michael Castelli 54000
Hung La 54000
Vanessa Rousso 53500
Erik Seidel 52000
Randy Haddox 51500
Joe Bartholdi 51000
Michael Martin 51000
Michael Esposito 50500
Josh Arieh 50000
Mark Gregorzch 48500
Greg Debora 48000
Antonio Esfandiari 46500
Stephen Buchanan 46500
Joe Brandenburg 45500
Roger McDow 45500
Barry Greenstein 43000
Eryc Nickelson 43000
Minh Ly 42500
Alex Kravchenko 41500
Tam Hang 41500
Fred Berger 40000
Thomas Schreider 39000
Lonnie Heimowitz 38000
Cyndy Violette 38000
Justin Pechre 37500
Jeff Petromack 37500
Chris Carroll 36000
George Dunst 34500
Kenny Tran 34500
Hoyt Corkins 34000
Tony Georgue 34000
Emad Bastawros 33500
Tom Koral 33000
Frank Sasfy 30500
Steve Billirakis 29500
Lee Salem 29500
William Jensin 28000
Andreas Walwum 27000
Edward Brogdon 27000
David Strot 27000
Ben Johnson 25500
David Back 25500
Jorge Arias 23500
Danny Noam 22000
Millie Shui 21500
Pat Pezzin 21500
Stuart Rutter 21500
Nick Binger 21000
Carl Olson 21000
Ron Faltinsky 20000
Matthew Keikoan 19500
Jimmy Tran 19500
Can Hua 16500
JJ Travers 15500
Perry Friedman 14500
Johnny Chan 14000
David Grey 13000
Chad Layne 12000
Liz Lieu 11500
Theodore Park 11500
Chris Back 11000
Humberto Brenes 10000
Anahit Galajian 9500

Originally Posted by mischman

I'm following it very closely this year. Last year i tried to not know anything to watch it on TV, impossible.PokerNews has live updates


Why did the BB just call with the nuts?

Negreanu .................sorry had to edit, im seeing things that are not there. Maybe it was the big blinds last 1200

no bold for kenny tran?

Originally Posted by Mojomax747

Negreanu could of had a better club flush is why. king of clubs and any other club would have scooped the pot.

Yea, if you only need 4 cards for a flush. </sarcasm>

Originally Posted by joosebuck

no bold for kenny tran?

Eric seidel is not worthy either apparently and im not seeing things that are not there this time.

Originally Posted by mischman

Why did the BB just call with the nuts?

Funny, and also, how did Negreanu get to muck his hand since the BB smooth called his bet? Shouldn't he HAVE to show his hand first or I'm wrong?

The real answer here is that the reporting on these blogs is not always accurate. They are trying to compile alot of information quickly (usually by hand on a notepad) and then bring it back to the laptop. I've seen them mistype flushes and what not before and when you are reading it you go "Huh?".

Also, I'm surprised that there hasn't been mention of Hellmuth's tirade in here. He continues to embarass himself. I'm ok with the "Poker Brat" image, but not when you are berating your opponent who had pocket Qs to your pocket Js.

Day 2 of event 1 still hasnt started.

Over 3k and 800 alternates are signed up for event 3.

This is a first....from Event 3

Jamie Gold Eliminated

Jamie Gold held pocket Jacks, his opponent had pocket Kings, and all the money went in preflop. No help arrived and Gold has left the building.

Mike Matusow Crippled By Set Over Set...Over Set

This is pretty sick. After a flop of Q-8-3 Mike Matusow ended up all-in with two other players. Matusow turned over pocket threes, another player showed pocket eights, and the third player had, you guessed it, pocket Queens.

"I almost laid that down," Matusow said, afterwards. He's down to about 200 in chips.

I've had that happen in a tournament holding A/A the flop comes A/J/2

All-in with 2 players I show A/A, my opponents show J/J and 2/2

If it can happen in poker it will.

Event #1 5K Limit/No-Limit final table just started a few minutes ago. The WSOP has live audio coverage streaming on their website here:
The World Series Of Poker presented by Milwaukee's Best Light

Dinner break, 3 players left:

Greg 'FBT' Mueller - 1.51 million
Steve 'MrSmokey1' Billirakis - 2.27 million
Tony George - 740,000

Quick Question, if anybody knows- In honor of being HU for bracelet in event 1, was Mueller wearing pants or playing in his payamas?