Hour One Recap
Jul 11, '07
The cards hit the felt and almost immediately players starting pushing all in. The field started today 1,303 strong and already 100 of those have hit the rail. "All in and a call!" can be heard in almost every corner of the Amazon room as the short stacks look to get lucky or look to go home.
Gordon Makes an Early Exit
Phil Gordon was one of those short stacks and pushed all in early in the first hour and put his opponent in a difficult decision. The player in seat four, and english fellow, stewed over his decision while Gordon sat calm. Gordon's opponent finally called and reluctantly turned over K
J
, still not sure of his call. Gordon showed 6
5
and said, "put a small five out there dealer." The dealer wasn't listening and laid out K
7
7
on the flop. The player in seat four cried out in joy and then quickly apologized to Phil for his outburst. The turn was the 10
and Gordon knew his tournament was over. The J
came on the river and Phil Gordon made an early day two exit.
Ladies Hold Up
Sparks were flying on table 22 and no they weren't between poker sweethearts Allen Cunningham and Melissa Hayden who are sharing the felt there. Will Turner, online qualifier on
PokerStars , just doubled up to $70,000. The player in seat one pushed all in and the action folded to Turner in the nine seat. Turner didn't hesitate to call and showed Q
Q
. The player in seat one flipped up pocket tens and knew he was in trouble. The board came 9
7
6
9
A
and Turner's queens held up. A player at the table commented that Turner was lucky that an eight didn't hit on the river. Hayden, who hand't been paying attention to the hand, commented that it was unlikely because she had folded pocket eights.
So Close, Yet So Far
It's always nice to have someone bet into you when you're holding a monster, just ask Mimi Tran. Tran bet out before the flop and the player two seats to her left reraised all in for $30,000. The action folded back to Tran who called and showed A
A
. Her opponent in the six seat turned over A
J
and looked utterly disapponted. The dealer put out K
Q
8
on the flop and the player in seat six perked up with a sense of new life. "Come on" he muttered under his breath. The turn was the 7
. "I heard you get a free massage for a royal," commented a player at the table. The river was the 5
and Tran's opponent was sent to the rail without his free rub down. Tran doubled up to a little over $60,000 after the hand.
Gus Misses the Re-Steal
Everyone knows that when you sit at a table with Gus Hansen, you're sitting with one of the most aggressive players in the game. Hansen bet out $2,800 before the flop and got two callers, the four seat and the player in the big blind. The flop came K
4
2
and the player in the big blind checked. Hansen fired out $6,100 and the player in seat four couldn't get out of the way fast enough. The player in the big blind calmly counted out the appropriate amount of chips and called. The turn was the 5
and both players checked. The Q
hit on the river and the player in the big blind checked to Hansen. Hansen looked at his chips and then back at his opponent. This happened two or three more times before Hansen eventually checked himself. The player in the big blind turned over K
3
for top pair and Hansen nodded and mucked his hand.
PearlJammer Doesn't Back Down
Jon Turner, no relation to Will Turner mentioned above, is known by many as a great online player. Bringing his aggressive online style to live play has worked well for turner and his chip stack usually reflects that. With the board showing Q
9
7
, Turner led out with a $4,100 bet. His opponent in the hand immediately popped him to $10,500. Turner stared down his opponent and must have sensed weakness. Turner brought in his original bet with his right hand and replaced it with a bet of $30,500 with his left. Turner's opponent angrily folded his hand and Turner scooped up his newly aqcuired chips.
Notable Chip Counts
| Chad Brown |
240000 |
| Bill Edler |
225000 |
| Carlos Mortensen |
195000 |
| Chip Jett |
195000 |
| J.C. Tran |
185000 |
| Ted Forrest |
174000 |
| Dan Heimiller |
152900 |
| Daniel Negreanu |
145000 |
| Daniel Alaei |
131000 |
| Darrell Dicken |
123000 |
| Warren Karp |
120000 |
| Thor Hansen |
118000 |
| Maria Ho |
114200 |
| Sorel Mizzi |
113400 |
| Gus Hansen |
100100 |
| Jason Alexander |
99400 |
| Andreas Krause |
98500 |
| Chris Grigorian |
94700 |
| Hasan Habib |
89500 |
| Paul Magriel |
88200 |
| Chris Moneymaker |
87000 |
| Jon "Pearljammer" Turner |
80000 |
| Michael Binger |
67000 |
| Prahlad Friedman |
66000 |
| Mimi Tran |
60000 |
| Issac Haxton |
57800 |
| Leif Force |
56400 |
| Chris Ferguson |
55000 |
| Amnon Filippi |
54000 |
| Ralph Perry |
54000 |
| Todd Brunson |
51600 |
| Humberto Brenes |
48400 |
| Dario Minieri |
36100 |
| Tony Hachem |
29100 |
| Gavin Smith |
23500 |
| Melissa Hayden |
22000 |
Player Tags: Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen, Phil Gordon, Melissa Hayden, Jon Turner, William Turner
