Figured I'd throw up our annual Main Event Chat thread. First two levels in the books and Greg Raymer and Nick Schulman are already gone. Raymer mainly gone when his top pair and flush draw crippled him vs. a set. Then was all in with his favorite 88 vs. AA.

Lots of pros and celebrities playing on Day 1A. Should be interesting to see what the official numbers turn out to be.

Chino Rheem gone too

loses 2nd nut flush to the nuts

ouch

This was a good one (via Pokernews.com)

Alejandro Quattrini and Scott Herd just had a super rare occurrence happen over at Table 295 in the Blue section of Amazon. First, Herd raised, Quattrini reraised, Herd moved all in and after some time in the tank, Quattrini folded pocket kings face up. Herd showed him that he made a good laydown, tabling two aces.
Just ten minutes later, Quattrini raised to 400 from under the gun before Herd reraised to 1,050 from the hijack seat. Quattrini moved all in for 22,675 and Herd went into the tank.
"You know what, I'm going to return the favor," said Herd as he tossed pocket kings into the muck face up. Quattrini showed that he had two aces.
What are the chances the same two players fold kings to aces preflop against each other in opposite spots within ten minutes of each other? And in the WSOP Main Event? WOW!

There has been an empty seat all day at the table featuring Ray Romano and Vitaly Lunkin. It belonged to Paul Wasicka, who apparently didn't think he was registered for Day 1a. Wasicka showed up at the Rio to sort things out and was able to switch to Day 1b, meaning ESPN will have to make do without a recognizable face in that empty chair.

Too bad Wasicka didn't sit down, nearly bust Dusty's friend John and then say, "hey isn't Day 1B great?". :-P

[quote=smd173;1515284]This was a good one (via Pokernews.com)
What are the chances the same two players fold kings to aces preflop against each other in opposite spots within ten minutes of each other? And in the WSOP Main Event? WOW!

Thats absolutely off the hook amazing !

Is there any live coverage online?

Originally Posted by PlayerPlayerAA

Is there any live coverage online?

No video coverage. ESPN holds the rights for that and they won't be showing anything early, not even on ESPN3.com.

You can get live blog updates from Pokernews.

Today's the day to watch... Annete Obrestad, Elky, Gavin Smith.. and our CC pros, Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt and Paul "GiantBuddha" Hoppe are all in Day 2.

Obrestad was down to just under 10k. She is now on 18k after hitting a set on the river with 99. Lucky indeed as she was against pocket Jacks.

GiantBuddha's up over 50K right now.

Mike Matasow out on day 1 for the 2nd time in 10 years

Liv Boree and Jamie Gold are both already eliminated.

I liked this one myself:

Toy Story

Posted 2 hours 42 minutes ago by SantanaBandana
During the Senior's Event this year there was an interesting character playing named David "The Toy Man" Cohen. Cohen had a chest of toys with him at the table and brandished different ones throughout the tournament.
The Toy Man is in the field today, and one of our expert field reporters asked him why he has the toys. His answer?
"I put them up and f*** with the other players."
Fair enough Toy Man, fair enough.

That's a boy.... Pay 10k just to screw with people all day long, Now that's entertainment.

lol

I have Brandon Adams on my fantasy poker list.... he took a horrific beat that has crippled him:


Brandon Adams and Paulo Rink just tangled up in a pot perfect for the TV cameras.

It was a preflop all in, and it was aces against kings. Adams had the and Rink the , and a big crowd of media and players gathered around the table as they heard, "All in and a call, Table 284!"

The flop drew a big reaction from the assembled group as it came out to give both players their set but leave Rink dead to the case king. The turn was most certainly not a king; The on the river, however -- that was in fact a king, the last one in the deck and the only saving card for Rink. Quads beat aces full every day, and Rink has doubled up to 63,000.

On the flip side, that sick beat has left Adams with just 3,900 lonely chips.

Sick sick hands at this main event!

Originally Posted by Hordling

I liked this one myself:

Toy Story

Posted 2 hours 42 minutes ago by SantanaBandana
During the Senior's Event this year there was an interesting character playing named David "The Toy Man" Cohen. Cohen had a chest of toys with him at the table and brandished different ones throughout the tournament.
The Toy Man is in the field today, and one of our expert field reporters asked him why he has the toys. His answer?
"I put them up and f*** with the other players."
Fair enough Toy Man, fair enough.

That's a boy.... Pay 10k just to screw with people all day long, Now that's entertainment.

lol

Pretty sure I've played him on Fulltilt MTT's..... actually I'm pretty sure I've played many of him.

Originally Posted by Mortis

I have Brandon Adams on my fantasy poker list.... he took a horrific beat that has crippled him:


Brandon Adams and Paulo Rink just tangled up in a pot perfect for the TV cameras.

It was a preflop all in, and it was aces against kings. Adams had the and Rink the , and a big crowd of media and players gathered around the table as they heard, "All in and a call, Table 284!"

The flop drew a big reaction from the assembled group as it came out to give both players their set but leave Rink dead to the case king. The turn was most certainly not a king; The on the river, however -- that was in fact a king, the last one in the deck and the only saving card for Rink. Quads beat aces full every day, and Rink has doubled up to 63,000.

On the flip side, that sick beat has left Adams with just 3,900 lonely chips.

KK's beat AA's all the time on suckouts. No big deal.

But when the BOTH hit a set and KK's sucks out on the river with the case K? SOOOOOO SICKKKKKKK!!!!!!!

Poor Brandon!

Originally Posted by Pokerstudent

KK's beat AA's all the time on suckouts. ...
Poor Brandon!

Pretty sure the odds are maybe slightly in the A's favor. Although my math is a little rusty

Wow. The Hellmuth entrance. I don't even get the point anymore. So terrible. http://www.rawvegas.tv/watch/phil-he...3456b3b1785bc8

Originally Posted by coolnout

Wow. The Hellmuth entrance. I don't even get the point anymore. So terrible. http://www.rawvegas.tv/watch/phil-he...3456b3b1785bc8

It's the only time during the year that UB's promotions team is allowed to spend all of the money stolen from high stakes regs.

I thought it was funny that Bruce was wearing a Full Tilt coat.

Hellmuth is out!

Johnny Chan is the chip leader after the first three day ones.

Originally Posted by HomeBrewer

Pretty sure the odds are maybe slightly in the A's favor. Although my math is a little rusty

Not quite sure what you mean. I realize that AA's are better than KK's. What I said was that KK's suckout on AA's a lot (it seems). But the way it went down was very dramatic.

Maybe you can explain what you meant (I'll do my best to read through the sarcasm)......

Lame Hellmuth entrance - even funnier as he's gone already

You can actually download (or just see) a list of every entrant for each day here >>>>
http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/entr...878&dayof=1446


Go Barny Boatman

Anyone know how Hellmuth went out?

We do know for certain how he went in...

Originally Posted by M33K3R

Anyone know how Hellmuth went out?

According to the WSOP site, he had JJ, against QQ, and AK. King landed on the board, but the Queens took it with a diamond flush.

There's a guy playing it from my hometown (or at least where I've been living for the past 15yrs.). I discovered this when my neighbour told me about a friend of his having won a WSOP MnEv. pkg. in that Pokerstars 200seat guar. tourney. I scrolled the lobby & found who I thought was 'the guy.. his 'friend' ' but it turned out the guy I found was 'another guy' who is also from here (town/City of only ~7,000 pop., everyone knows everyone..... or at least knows someone from their family).
So... I run this 'other guy's ' name on Google, find him on P5's, & see that he's an MTT reg., playing avg. buyin $50+ with over 2,500 mtt's played. Search him some more & see that he's up in profit well over $100k ("stake me please!!", lol, joking... sort of). Then with his Stars sn I think... "hmm... perhaps that's part of his last name?" So I pull out the phone book & sure enough it is (I find him there). I pm him & discover he's made it through Day1 with ~45,000 chips so I'll be following his progress for Day2.
Kind of weird how it came about... hoping I've made a new contact to 'talk poker' with here in my area (not too many here who I speak with about it... actually really only one guy & he multi-tables PLO cash tables at limits way higher than I ever play & we don't share too much in common aside from suffering badbeats & making the odd score, lol.). Hoping I've made myself a new, local nlhe MTT contact (which could be very cool!!).

Wondering how onlybridge is doing? Does anyone have an update on him?

Dusty Schmidt is out in Day 1B.. but CC'er Paul "GiantBuddha" Hoppe made it to Day 2 with about 42K in chips.

Originally Posted by Poker Orifice

There's a guy playing it from my hometown (or at least where I've been living for the past 15yrs.). I discovered this when my neighbour told me about a friend of his having won a WSOP MnEv. pkg. in that Pokerstars 200seat guar. tourney. I scrolled the lobby & found who I thought was 'the guy.. his 'friend' ' but it turned out the guy I found was 'another guy' who is also from here (town/City of only ~7,000 pop., everyone knows everyone..... or at least knows someone from their family).
So... I run this 'other guy's ' name on Google, find him on P5's, & see that he's an MTT reg., playing avg. buyin $50+ with over 2,500 mtt's played. Search him some more & see that he's up in profit well over $100k ("stake me please!!", lol, joking... sort of). Then with his Stars sn I think... "hmm... perhaps that's part of his last name?" So I pull out the phone book & sure enough it is (I find him there). I pm him & discover he's made it through Day1 with ~45,000 chips so I'll be following his progress for Day2.
Kind of weird how it came about... hoping I've made a new contact to 'talk poker' with here in my area (not too many here who I speak with about it... actually really only one guy & he multi-tables PLO cash tables at limits way higher than I ever play & we don't share too much in common aside from suffering badbeats & making the odd score, lol.). Hoping I've made myself a new, local nlhe MTT contact (which could be very cool!!).

Wondering how onlybridge is doing? Does anyone have an update on him?

haha, that's nuts! I hope ur friend does well in it. Keep us upto date on how he does if u can m8.

Hope Annette.O does well!!

Originally Posted by Poker Orifice

There's a guy playing it from my hometown (or at least where I've been living for the past 15yrs.). I discovered this when my neighbour told me about a friend of his having won a WSOP MnEv. pkg. in that Pokerstars 200seat guar. tourney. I scrolled the lobby & found who I thought was 'the guy.. his 'friend' ' but it turned out the guy I found was 'another guy' who is also from here (town/City of only ~7,000 pop., everyone knows everyone..... or at least knows someone from their family).
So... I run this 'other guy's ' name on Google, find him on P5's, & see that he's an MTT reg., playing avg. buyin $50+ with over 2,500 mtt's played. Search him some more & see that he's up in profit well over $100k ("stake me please!!", lol, joking... sort of). Then with his Stars sn I think... "hmm... perhaps that's part of his last name?" So I pull out the phone book & sure enough it is (I find him there). I pm him & discover he's made it through Day1 with ~45,000 chips so I'll be following his progress for Day2.
Kind of weird how it came about... hoping I've made a new contact to 'talk poker' with here in my area (not too many here who I speak with about it... actually really only one guy & he multi-tables PLO cash tables at limits way higher than I ever play & we don't share too much in common aside from suffering badbeats & making the odd score, lol.). Hoping I've made myself a new, local nlhe MTT contact (which could be very cool!!).

Wondering how onlybridge is doing? Does anyone have an update on him?

So cool dude!

with my calculations so far without anymore buyins i believe there are 7.2k people entered according to the WSOP for 1a 1b 1c and 1d, but more people can buy in right?

That means something like a 72 million right?

Hellmuth needs to concentrate on poker and stop with the stupid entrances.
He always claims that the WSOP Main Event is "this is my life" but he arrives late,
makes some stupid entrance and then thinks the chips should just come his way.

If he wants to get another bracelet I think he needs to make an adjustment to his attitude

Just MHO

Originally Posted by Pokerstudent

Not quite sure what you mean. I realize that AA's are better than KK's. What I said was that KK's suckout on AA's a lot (it seems). But the way it went down was very dramatic.

Maybe you can explain what you meant (I'll do my best to read through the sarcasm)......

That is what I was getting at...

Good job at reading through the sarcasm

Originally Posted by Poker Orifice

There's a guy playing it from my hometown (or at least where I've been living for the past 15yrs.). I discovered this when my neighbour told me about a friend of his having won a WSOP MnEv. pkg. in that Pokerstars 200seat guar. tourney. I scrolled the lobby & found who I thought was 'the guy.. his 'friend' ' but it turned out the guy I found was 'another guy' who is also from here (town/City of only ~7,000 pop., everyone knows everyone..... or at least knows someone from their family).
So... I run this 'other guy's ' name on Google, find him on P5's, & see that he's an MTT reg., playing avg. buyin $50+ with over 2,500 mtt's played. Search him some more & see that he's up in profit well over $100k ("stake me please!!", lol, joking... sort of). Then with his Stars sn I think... "hmm... perhaps that's part of his last name?" So I pull out the phone book & sure enough it is (I find him there). I pm him & discover he's made it through Day1 with ~45,000 chips so I'll be following his progress for Day2.
Kind of weird how it came about... hoping I've made a new contact to 'talk poker' with here in my area (not too many here who I speak with about it... actually really only one guy & he multi-tables PLO cash tables at limits way higher than I ever play & we don't share too much in common aside from suffering badbeats & making the odd score, lol.). Hoping I've made myself a new, local nlhe MTT contact (which could be very cool!!).

Wondering how onlybridge is doing? Does anyone have an update on him?

Thats pretty cool, would be nice if I knew some people in rl who play poker,

Good Luck Giant Budda and OB hope you guys go deep. Wow helmuths enterance this year was pretty much horrible and embarrasing. I bet the money he got for it wasnt embarrasing though.