The Night Shift
Jul 06, '07
Always a Comedian
Brad Garrett's comedy act at table 8 continues. In one hand the board showed A
Q
2
9
, a player in seat six checked and Garrett moved all in. As the cameras and media gathered, the deaerl instructed Garrett to move a stack into the middle of the table. Garrett asked, "Just one stack?" then went to his neighbors chips and gestured as if he was going to move them in. Everyone had a laugh except seat six, who dejectedly mucked.
Nightmare Situation
Brandon Adams found himself in nightmare situation preflop, getting all of his money in with K
K
against A
A
. The flop of Q
9
6
improved neither player and things where looking even more dire for Adams. The turn completely flipped the situation when it brought the K
giving Adams a dominating lead and leaving his opponent with only a 5% chance of winning the hand. The J
on the river sealed Adam's victory and doubled him up to just over $50,000.
Molina Busts
Eric Molina, who got a lot of attention from camera crews at last years main event, will no grace the small screen for long in this years coverage. Molina was eliminated this past hour, and against precedent he left quietly and quickly after busting.
Ian Johns Eliminated
A player limped in early position and the cutoff limped behind as well. Ian Johns raised to $2,000 from the button. The early position player then asked Johns how much he had behind which was about $11,000. With this information he decided to just flat call, as did the cutoff. The flop came J
5
4
and the cutoff bet out $3,000. Johns raised all in and the cutoff made the call, showing 5
4
. Johns reluctantly turned over the A
J
and needed help. The turn and river came 2
4
, giving the cutoff an unnecessary full house and eliminating Johns.
SPA Doubles
Team
Pokerstars member Steve Paul Ambrose (SPA to his friends and fanboys) has doubled up. He pushed A
Q
from middle position and was called by 8
7
from the big blind. The Board came A
2
2
5
10
, doubling him up to $7,000.
Preflop Posturing
Mark Vos raised to $1,350, he was called by a player in seat nine and raised by the big blind to $2,400. Vos reraised to $20,300 and the big blind over $50,000 more. Vos thought then folded. He asked the big blind to show one card, and he tabled the A
.
Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Tony Ma, Dustin Woolf, Brandon Adams, Alex Jacob, Mark Vos, Thomas Wahlroos, Timten Olivier
Hour 7 Recap
Jul 06, '07
Official Numbers
Just following the dinner break the tournament officials announced the final numbers for the day. A total of 1,287 players began the day, and there are about 850 remaining. We will have wait and see how the other "Day Ones" stack up to this one.
Don't Want To Be Embarassed
Dustin Woolf used the attention his chipstack has gotten him. Woolf, with over $80,000 in chips, has been sought out by the ESPN cameras recently, and he prompted an opponent to fold in their presence. A player raised from middle position and Woolf defended from the big blind. The flop was J
8
7
, Woolf bet $2,100, and his opponent began to think. Woolf then said "You know this is gonna be on ESPN," grinning. His opponent folded and he raked in the pot.
Redrawn
In our Pro Blogs section Barry Greenstein has talked about the passivity of his table up to this point. Recently his table was upgraded when Brandon Adams was moved there. Greenstein needled him as he sat, "We asked for the worst player from your table, are you sure you want to own up to that?" Adams simply smiled and took his seat.
Jacob and Wahlroos Filled Out
Alex Jacob was knocked out when he made a full house with pocket fives only to run into his opponent's King's full. Jacob and his no longer magic hair have been eliminated from the Main Event. Thomas Wahlroos also ran into a full house to end his day. Wahlroos raised to $3,000 and the player in seat 7 called. The flop was 9
8
3
, Seat 7 checked, Wahlroos moved all in, and Seat 7 called. Wahlroos held Q
Q
, but his opponent had outflopped him with 9
9
. The turn was the 8
and the river the K
, and Wahroos hit the rail.
Ma Outdrawn
Tony Ma, representative of
www.PokerStars.com, raised to $1,600 from the button, the big blind moves all in for $1,150 more and Ma calls. Ma holds A
J
against the big blind's A
4
. The flop Q
7
5
kept Ma in the lead, but the turn and river were the K
and the 8
, giving the big blind a runner-runner flush.
Big Shoes
Nolan Dalla just announced over the microphone that the first player to break $100,000 in chips (he actually has $120,000) is Tinton Oliver. A few players let out a few boos, but they should cheer up. Its a kiss of death to be chip leader early in the Main Event. Just ask Barry Greenstein about having that distinction in 2003, or better yet does anyone remember Dimitri Nobles?
Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Tony Ma, Dustin Woolf, Brandon Adams, Alex Jacob, Thomas Wahlroos, Timten Olivier
