Level 9B Recap Part 1
Jul 11, '07
639 players returned from the dinner break on 71 tables, and after it was announced that they would play only this level and an hour and twenty minutes into the next before play was stopped for the day, many of those players must have taken this to mean turn on the gas.
No Agony Just Yet
Michael McClain 2004 Main Event 9th place finisher is more widely known for being the player immortalized as the "Agony of Defeat" as his infamous pout was replayed on all telecasts of the 2003 World Series Poker on ESPN. McClain is currently a short stack, and got a reprieve when he was able to sniff out a river bluff by his opponent and double up. With the board reading J
6
2
9
2
, McClain's opponent bet $30,000 which more than covered his remaining chips. McClain announced, "I think your weak here," and made the call. His opponent showed K
Q
, and McClain showed 9
8
for the win. We won't be seeing McClain's agony face just yet.
I'll See Your 56 And Raise You 25
Table 56 was already impressive, but with the addition of one more notable player, it truly becomes worth mentioning. Two poker's old guard are seated alongside, two of the up-and-coming young internet players. In seat 1 Hans "Tuna" Lund sets up shop, while seated across in seats 4-6 are Thor Hansen, Carl "colson" Olson, and Jon "PearlJammer" Turner. So far no large confrontations have occured, but there's plenty of play left tonight.
This table is nothing compared to Table 25 which features 3 of the players in the top 5 in chips in tournament. The most recent addition to the table is Sorel "ImperIum" Mizzi, who was recently seen struggling to carry 6 full racks over to the stacked table (albeit 3 of these racks are black chips). He greats the Great Dane Gus Hansen in seat 7, and
PokerStars Supernova Hevad "RaiNKhaN" Khan, both who are nursing huge chip stacks. Currently two ESPN cameras, about 5 media reporters, and the kitchen sink are camped out around the table waiting for some fireworks.
John Murphy Loses Freeroll
Action is folded around to John Murphy who raises from late position to $6,000. Seat 7 reraises all in for $30,000 from the cutoff. Seat 1 raises to $60,000 from the big blind to isolate, but Murphy then moves all in over the top for about $180,000. Seat 1 folds Q
Q
face up, and Chip Jett commends him for a good fold, but then Murphy flips up A
K
, while Seat 7 holds 5
5
. The board runs out 8
6
5
6
3
, and Seat 7 manages to double up, while Murphy ends up almost where he started the hand.
Dario Wins Big
PokerStars wunderkind Dario Minieri collected a huge pot after his pocket Kings were outflopped. Mineri pushed all in over the top of Seat 2's raise on the flop of Q
10
9
with K
K
, and was called fairly quickly, elicting a frustrated response from Mineri, as he was behind Seat 2's Q
9
. The turn caught Mineri up quick as the J
peeled off giving him the straight. The J
on the river was not enough to save Seat 2 and he was eliminated sending well over $100,000 to Mineri.
Notable Chip Counts
| Gus Hansen |
480,000 |
| Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi |
365,000 |
| Carlos Mortensen |
255,000 |
| Mickey "Mouse" Mills |
250,000 |
| Darrell Dicken |
225,000 |
| Fabrice Soulier |
220,000 |
| Chip Jett |
215,000 |
| Ted Forrest |
205,000 |
| Thor Hansen |
180,000 |
| J.C. Tran |
138,000 |
| Chris Ferguson |
115,000 |
| Gavin Smith |
90,000 |
| Humberto Brenes |
70,000 |
| Mimi Tran |
42,200 |
| David Chiu |
27,800 |
Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Chip Jett, Gus Hansen, Hans Lund, John Murphy, Michael McClain, Jon Turner, Carl Olson, Dario Minieri, Sorel Mizzi, Hevad Khan
