Hour One Recap
Jul 10, '07
Why So Quiet?
With only 1,037 players starting the day and no other activity in the Amazon room, things are eerily quiet. No cash games, no spectators, no satellites and the Amazon room at half capacity makes for a very different feeling on this day two. The sound of rustling chips usually evokes a feeling of being in a rainstorm, today it sounds more like crickets.
Early Eliminations
Director, actor, writer, these are all titles that apply to Nick Cassavetes. The title of Main Event Champion looks like it will not be added to that list. Cassavetes came into the day with a relatively healthy chip stack. With the board showing 10
8
3
and $60,000 behind him, Cassavetes found himself all in against only one opponent. Cassavetes showed J
J
and said to his opponent, "you got a set of eights?" His read was spot on as his opponent turned over 8
8
. The turn was the 2
and the river brought the K
. Cassavetes shook his opponent's hand and exited the Amazon room.
Joe Hachem, member of Team
Pokerstars, was also eliminated in the early hours of day two. Hachem got all his money in on a flop of A-10-10 with A-8. His opponent in the hand called him with A-Q and when the turn and river both bricked out, the queen ended up playing. Hachem was out kicked and eliminated from this year's Main Event.
Bringing a little bit of humor to the room today was Ivan Saul. Playing for
Pokerstars, Saul pushed all in before the flop from late position. The player in seat three asked the dealer to count out the bet and Saul immediately stood up and started putting on a show. "Seat open! Table 64!" shouted Saul, inciting laughter from Kirk Morrison who is seated at his table. Saul, clad in an Argentina hat and towel draped around his neck, looked more like a crazed World Cup fan than a poker player. "Seat open! Seat open! Table 64!" shouted Saul again. The player in seat three called and Saul showed A
4
. The player in seat three showed 3
3
. The board came Q
J
6
5
5
and Saul was sent to the rail.
Looks like Montel Williams won't be leaving his television show anytime soon, after busting out today he'll more than likely keep his day job. Williams was all in with A
4
up against his opponent in seat eight who was holding pocket sevens. The board bricked out for Williams when it came J
3
2
J
9
and he exited the Amazon room.
Up and Down Day for Sebok
Joe Sebok came into the day short stacked and has had a rocky day thus far. Sebok was able to double up early to almost $23,000 when he was all in with pocket kings against Pascal Perrault and his pocket eights. The board bricked out for Perrault and Sebok's kings held up. With things looking up for Sebok, he played the rush and took a stab at a point just a few hands later. Sebok made a large bet on the turn and was met with a large raise from his opponent. Sebok got away from the hand but now has only $13,000 to work with.
Hamby Passed the $100K Mark
Jared Hamby, one of poker's hottest new players, has just passed the $100,000 chip mark. The player in seat three at Hamby's table raised to $3,700 preflop and Hamby bumped it up to $10,700. The player in seat nine called from the small blind and the initial raiser got out of the way. The flop came J
4
3
and the player in seat nine checked. Hamby bet out $15,000 and the player in seat nine called without hesitation. The turn was the 5
and again the player in seat nine checked. Hamby pushed all in and the player in seat nine shook his head in frustration. Seat nine eventually folded and and Hamby asked him, "queens?" The player in seat nine nodded and Hamby showed the table his pocket kings. Hamby took down the pot and now has $105,000.
Featured Table
Sharing the felt at today's featured table are "Miami" John Cernuto, Mack Lee, Sabyl Cohen and Scotty Nguyen.
Notable Chip Counts
| Scotty Nguyen |
152,000 |
| Berry Johnston |
145,000 |
| David "The Dragon" Pham |
105,000 |
| John Cernuto |
91,000 |
| Alex Kravchenko |
84,500 |
| Brad Garrett |
81,000 |
| Barry Greenstein |
81,000 |
| Robert Mizrachi |
80,900 |
| Huck Seed |
67,500 |
| Minh Ly |
67,000 |
| Evelyn Ng |
67,000 |
| Shirley Williams |
62,700 |
| Raymond Davis |
60,300 |
| Nam Le |
57,100 |
| Jeff Madsen |
56,500 |
| Joe Tehan |
56,000 |
| Richard Lee |
55,200 |
| Bruno Fitoussi |
47,100 |
| Daniel Harrington |
44,800 |
| Tony G |
42,400 |
| Kirk Morrison |
42,000 |
| David Levi |
38,000 |
| Tom McEvoy |
37,400 |
| John Hennigan |
36,100 |
| Tobey Maguire |
24,200 |
| Sabyl Cohen |
24,000 |
| Joe Sebok |
24,000 |
| Paul Wasicka |
23,000 |
| Doug Kim |
18,000 |
Player Tags: John Cernuto, Scotty Nguyen, Mack Lee, Pascal Perrault, Joe Sebok, Joe Hachem, Nick Cassavetes, Sabyl Cohen-Landrum, Jared Hamby, Ivan Saul, Montel Williams
