Dan Harrington - Live Updates

Level 15 Hour 2 Update: Mueller's Third Bracelet Will Have to Wait

Jul 11, '09

Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 659 out of 6,494

Chip Counts:

1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,600,000
2. Benjamin Jensen – 1,100,000
3. Ludovic Lacay – 925,000
4. Jason Brice – 858,500
5. Jordan Morgan – 811,000
6. Eli Adler – 810,000
7. Kasper Cordes – 796,000
8. James Akenhead – 794,000
9. Billy Kopp – 792,000
10. Tyler Patterson – 784,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jeff Shulman – 160,000
Phil Hellmuth – 240,000

Average Chip Count: 283,581

Notable Eliminations:

Greg Mueller
J.C. Alvarado
Brian Lemke
Hevad Khan

Big Hands:
Greg Mueller Eliminated

On the turn with the board reading 78810, Greg Mueller bet 18,000 and was called by Nichoel Peppe. They both watched the J fall on the river and now Mueller checked and Peppe took the initiative and bet 25,000. Mueller called and mucked his hand when Peppe showed him J10. That hand left him with 39,000.

Shortly after, he was in the big blind and it folded around to Jeff Norman in the small blind, who limped in. Mueller shoved all in and Norman called instantly. Norman tabled AA and Mueller held 66. The board didn’t improve Mueller and his quest for a third bracelet will have to wait until next year.

Tom Schneider Doubles Up

Tom Schneider found a way to get all of his 136,000 into the middle preflop and was called by Thai Tran. Tran held AQ and was in dire straights against Schneider’s AA.

Tran never picked up anything resembling outs as the board ran out 7583J, and Schneider would double up.

A few hands later, Tom Schneider raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and the small blind made the call. The flop came 1023 and the action was checked to Schneider and he fired 18,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 4. Action was checked again to Schneider and he bet 40,000. That was enough to chase away the small blind and Schneider took the pot. He was at 400,000.

Dan Harrington Makes a Big Raise, Takes the Pot

After some heavy preflop action that ended up with about 50,000 in the middle, there was a flop taken heads-up between Dan Harrington and Paren Arzoomanian. The flop was QJ7 and Arzoomanian led out for 20,000. Harrington made a huge raise to 135,000, leaving himself with just 84,000 behind.

Arzoomanian tanked for a few moments before letting his hand go and Harrington chipped up to 295,000.

J.C. Tran Gets Rolling

J.C. Tran doubled up again, this time through Lou Diamond Phillips. Tran moved in preflop with pocket queens and Phillips called with pocket tens. The board held Tran’s ladies and he doubled to 190,000.

A few hands later, the player in seat 2 raised to 10,500 preflop and Tran made the call from the small blind. The flop came down 10105 and both players checked. The turn was the 9 and Tran led out with 11,000. Seat 2 made the call and the river was the 8. Both players checked again and Tran showed 33 and it was good for the pot. He was up to 205,000.

Brian Lemke Eliminated

On a flop of A95, Brian Lemke shoved all in at his opponent. His opponent, who had less chips than Lemke, called and showed A5, good for two pair. Lemke had 23 needed a 4 to fill his gutshot straight. Lemke missed and was down to just 50,000 in chips.

Just a few hands later Lemke committed his last 50,000 with AQ and was called by another player who showed KK. Lemke flopped top pair, but never improved as the board ran out Q57102 and another bracelet winner was sent to the rail.

Left In The Deck:

One of the tournament directors has just gotten on the microphone to announce that the spectators that are on the rail, need to move to another area, as hand-for-hand play is going to start soon. With 670 players remaining, 22 players need to be eliminated and then the money bubble will burst.

Player Tags: J.C. Tran,   Dan Harrington,   Greg Mueller,   Tom Schneider

Level 14 Hour 2 Update: Kirk Morrison Eliminated

Jul 11, '09

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

Players Remaining: 810 out of 6,494

Chip Counts:

1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,380,500
2. Ludovic Lacay – 890,000
3. Christian Heich – 870,00
4. Saar Wilf – 820,000
5. Jordan Morgan – 773,000
6. Gabe Walls – 725,000
7. James Akenhead – 698,000
8. Brennan Hanson – 685,000
9. Owen Crowe – 650,000
10. Eli Adler – 604,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Phil Hellmuth – 500,000
Jeff Shulman – 188,000

Average Chip Count: 220,884

Notable Eliminations:

Jeff Lisandro
Kirk Morrison
Shawn Buchanan

Big Hands:

Kevin Saul Victim to Bluff

Kevin Saul raised from late position and a player in the big blind reraised to 35,000. Saul made the call and both players saw a flop of 844. The big blind bet 60,000 and Saul thought for awhile before finally making the call. The turn brought the J and the big blind fired out once again, this time for 85,000. Saul went into the tank for minutes before finally mucking. His opponent exposed the 32 for three-high. Saul is at 400,000.

Alex Kostritsyn Bluffed out of 400,000 Pot

On a flop of 842, Alex Kostritsyn bet out from the big blind and player in middle position made the call. The K hit the turn and Kostritsyn bet 39,000. His opponent called and the 9 fell on the river. Kostritsyn bet 58,000 and his opponent quickly went all in for 128,000 more. Kostritsyn went into the tank for minutes before finally mucking. His opponent showed the J10 for jack-high to take down the massive 400,000 pot. Kostritsyn is now at 350,000.

Kirk Morrison Eliminated

After a flop of 763, Kirk Morrison was faced with a 16,000 bet from an opponent. Morrison minraised to 32,000, leaving only 7,000 behind. His opponent moved all in and Morrison made the quick call. Morrison exposed the 88 and was up against the JJ of his opponent. The board bricked out for Morrison as it came AK, and he was eliminated.

Hevad Khan Cracks a Set of Aces

On a board of A92, Hevad Khan moved his opponent all in with the 109 and was called by the AA of his opponent. Khan needed to hit a heart to win the pot and the turn wasn’t one as the 5 hit. The 6 fell on the river as Khan nailed his flush to win the hand. The former final table member from 2007 is now at 255,000.

J.C. Alvarado Takes a Hit

With a flop of 833 sitting on the table one player moved all in and J.C. Alvarado made the call. Their cards:

Alvarado: J8
Opponent: QQ

Turn and River: J4

Alvarado lost the hand and his stack dropped to just 70,000.

Shawn Buchanan Eliminated

Shawn Buchanan was in the big blind when the small blind moved all in for about 100,000. Buchanan made the call with the JJ and was ahead of the K6 of his opponent. The board ran out 1063K7 and Buchanan lost to the kings and sixes of his opponent. He was left with just 3,500 in chips and was eliminated shortly after.

Dan Harrington Takes a Hit

The small blind raised to 8,500 preflop and Dan Harrington made the call from the big blind. The flop was dealt AJ5 and the small blind bet 9,500. Harrintgon made the call and the turn fell Q. The small blind checked and Harrington bet 16,000. The small blind made the call and the river fell 5.

The small blind checked and Harrington bet 37,000. The small blind then raised all in for 36,700 more and Harrinton made the call. The small blind showed down A5 and Harrington flipped over K2. Harrington was knocked down to 200,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Dan Harrington,   Shawn Buchanan,   Kevin Saul,   Kirk Morrison,   Juan Carlos Alvarado,   Hevad Khan,   Alexander Kostritsyn

Level 15 Hour 2 Update: Mueller's Third Bracelet Will Have to Wait

Jul 11, '09

Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 659 out of 6,494

Chip Counts:

1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,600,000
2. Benjamin Jensen – 1,100,000
3. Ludovic Lacay – 925,000
4. Jason Brice – 858,500
5. Jordan Morgan – 811,000
6. Eli Adler – 810,000
7. Kasper Cordes – 796,000
8. James Akenhead – 794,000
9. Billy Kopp – 792,000
10. Tyler Patterson – 784,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jeff Shulman – 160,000
Phil Hellmuth – 240,000

Average Chip Count: 283,581

Notable Eliminations:

Greg Mueller
J.C. Alvarado
Brian Lemke
Hevad Khan

Big Hands:
Greg Mueller Eliminated

On the turn with the board reading 78810, Greg Mueller bet 18,000 and was called by Nichoel Peppe. They both watched the J fall on the river and now Mueller checked and Peppe took the initiative and bet 25,000. Mueller called and mucked his hand when Peppe showed him J10. That hand left him with 39,000.

Shortly after, he was in the big blind and it folded around to Jeff Norman in the small blind, who limped in. Mueller shoved all in and Norman called instantly. Norman tabled AA and Mueller held 66. The board didn’t improve Mueller and his quest for a third bracelet will have to wait until next year.

Tom Schneider Doubles Up

Tom Schneider found a way to get all of his 136,000 into the middle preflop and was called by Thai Tran. Tran held AQ and was in dire straights against Schneider’s AA.

Tran never picked up anything resembling outs as the board ran out 7583J, and Schneider would double up.

A few hands later, Tom Schneider raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and the small blind made the call. The flop came 1023 and the action was checked to Schneider and he fired 18,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 4. Action was checked again to Schneider and he bet 40,000. That was enough to chase away the small blind and Schneider took the pot. He was at 400,000.

Dan Harrington Makes a Big Raise, Takes the Pot

After some heavy preflop action that ended up with about 50,000 in the middle, there was a flop taken heads-up between Dan Harrington and Paren Arzoomanian. The flop was QJ7 and Arzoomanian led out for 20,000. Harrington made a huge raise to 135,000, leaving himself with just 84,000 behind.

Arzoomanian tanked for a few moments before letting his hand go and Harrington chipped up to 295,000.

J.C. Tran Gets Rolling

J.C. Tran doubled up again, this time through Lou Diamond Phillips. Tran moved in preflop with pocket queens and Phillips called with pocket tens. The board held Tran’s ladies and he doubled to 190,000.

A few hands later, the player in seat 2 raised to 10,500 preflop and Tran made the call from the small blind. The flop came down 10105 and both players checked. The turn was the 9 and Tran led out with 11,000. Seat 2 made the call and the river was the 8. Both players checked again and Tran showed 33 and it was good for the pot. He was up to 205,000.

Brian Lemke Eliminated

On a flop of A95, Brian Lemke shoved all in at his opponent. His opponent, who had less chips than Lemke, called and showed A5, good for two pair. Lemke had 23 needed a 4 to fill his gutshot straight. Lemke missed and was down to just 50,000 in chips.

Just a few hands later Lemke committed his last 50,000 with AQ and was called by another player who showed KK. Lemke flopped top pair, but never improved as the board ran out Q57102 and another bracelet winner was sent to the rail.

Left In The Deck:

One of the tournament directors has just gotten on the microphone to announce that the spectators that are on the rail, need to move to another area, as hand-for-hand play is going to start soon. With 670 players remaining, 22 players need to be eliminated and then the money bubble will burst.

Player Tags: J.C. Tran,   Dan Harrington,   Greg Mueller,   Tom Schneider

Level 14 Hour 2 Update: Kirk Morrison Eliminated

Jul 11, '09

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

Players Remaining: 810 out of 6,494

Chip Counts:

1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,380,500
2. Ludovic Lacay – 890,000
3. Christian Heich – 870,00
4. Saar Wilf – 820,000
5. Jordan Morgan – 773,000
6. Gabe Walls – 725,000
7. James Akenhead – 698,000
8. Brennan Hanson – 685,000
9. Owen Crowe – 650,000
10. Eli Adler – 604,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Phil Hellmuth – 500,000
Jeff Shulman – 188,000

Average Chip Count: 220,884

Notable Eliminations:

Jeff Lisandro
Kirk Morrison
Shawn Buchanan

Big Hands:

Kevin Saul Victim to Bluff

Kevin Saul raised from late position and a player in the big blind reraised to 35,000. Saul made the call and both players saw a flop of 844. The big blind bet 60,000 and Saul thought for awhile before finally making the call. The turn brought the J and the big blind fired out once again, this time for 85,000. Saul went into the tank for minutes before finally mucking. His opponent exposed the 32 for three-high. Saul is at 400,000.

Alex Kostritsyn Bluffed out of 400,000 Pot

On a flop of 842, Alex Kostritsyn bet out from the big blind and player in middle position made the call. The K hit the turn and Kostritsyn bet 39,000. His opponent called and the 9 fell on the river. Kostritsyn bet 58,000 and his opponent quickly went all in for 128,000 more. Kostritsyn went into the tank for minutes before finally mucking. His opponent showed the J10 for jack-high to take down the massive 400,000 pot. Kostritsyn is now at 350,000.

Kirk Morrison Eliminated

After a flop of 763, Kirk Morrison was faced with a 16,000 bet from an opponent. Morrison minraised to 32,000, leaving only 7,000 behind. His opponent moved all in and Morrison made the quick call. Morrison exposed the 88 and was up against the JJ of his opponent. The board bricked out for Morrison as it came AK, and he was eliminated.

Hevad Khan Cracks a Set of Aces

On a board of A92, Hevad Khan moved his opponent all in with the 109 and was called by the AA of his opponent. Khan needed to hit a heart to win the pot and the turn wasn’t one as the 5 hit. The 6 fell on the river as Khan nailed his flush to win the hand. The former final table member from 2007 is now at 255,000.

J.C. Alvarado Takes a Hit

With a flop of 833 sitting on the table one player moved all in and J.C. Alvarado made the call. Their cards:

Alvarado: J8
Opponent: QQ

Turn and River: J4

Alvarado lost the hand and his stack dropped to just 70,000.

Shawn Buchanan Eliminated

Shawn Buchanan was in the big blind when the small blind moved all in for about 100,000. Buchanan made the call with the JJ and was ahead of the K6 of his opponent. The board ran out 1063K7 and Buchanan lost to the kings and sixes of his opponent. He was left with just 3,500 in chips and was eliminated shortly after.

Dan Harrington Takes a Hit

The small blind raised to 8,500 preflop and Dan Harrington made the call from the big blind. The flop was dealt AJ5 and the small blind bet 9,500. Harrintgon made the call and the turn fell Q. The small blind checked and Harrington bet 16,000. The small blind made the call and the river fell 5.

The small blind checked and Harrington bet 37,000. The small blind then raised all in for 36,700 more and Harrinton made the call. The small blind showed down A5 and Harrington flipped over K2. Harrington was knocked down to 200,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Dan Harrington,   Shawn Buchanan,   Kevin Saul,   Kirk Morrison,   Juan Carlos Alvarado,   Hevad Khan,   Alexander Kostritsyn

The Champion Falls

Aug 25, '08

There will be no repeat in this year's Legends of Poker tournament. Action Dan Harrington has been eliminated joining a slew of new railbirds that have been busting out at a rapid rate.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Player Tags: Dan Harrington

Card Player TV - Dan Harrington

Aug 24, '08

During yesterday's flight, Card Player TV's own Lizzy Harrison spoke to Legends of Poker defending champion Dan Harrington about his approach to this year's tournament.

 

 

Player Tags: Dan Harrington

Getting Ready to Begin

Aug 23, '08

There is a slight delay to the start of the 2008 Legends of Poker, as players continue to file in from the harsh L.A. heat. The action is scheduled to begin at 2:15, though 2:30 is looking like the better over/under for those taking side bets.

Last year, "Action" Dan Harrington navigated his way through a tough field of 485 en route to his first World Poker Tour victory and a first place prize of $1.6 million. Harrington was joined at the final table by David "The Dragon" Pham, Tom Schneider, Joe Sebok and Lee Markholt.

 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Dan Harrington

The Champion Falls

Aug 25, '08

There will be no repeat in this year's Legends of Poker tournament. Action Dan Harrington has been eliminated joining a slew of new railbirds that have been busting out at a rapid rate.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Player Tags: Dan Harrington

Card Player TV - Dan Harrington

Aug 24, '08

During yesterday's flight, Card Player TV's own Lizzy Harrison spoke to Legends of Poker defending champion Dan Harrington about his approach to this year's tournament.

 

 

Player Tags: Dan Harrington

Getting Ready to Begin

Aug 23, '08

There is a slight delay to the start of the 2008 Legends of Poker, as players continue to file in from the harsh L.A. heat. The action is scheduled to begin at 2:15, though 2:30 is looking like the better over/under for those taking side bets.

Last year, "Action" Dan Harrington navigated his way through a tough field of 485 en route to his first World Poker Tour victory and a first place prize of $1.6 million. Harrington was joined at the final table by David "The Dragon" Pham, Tom Schneider, Joe Sebok and Lee Markholt.

 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Dan Harrington

The Champion Falls

Aug 25, '08

There will be no repeat in this year's Legends of Poker tournament. Action Dan Harrington has been eliminated joining a slew of new railbirds that have been busting out at a rapid rate.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Player Tags: Dan Harrington

Card Player TV - Dan Harrington

Aug 24, '08

During yesterday's flight, Card Player TV's own Lizzy Harrison spoke to Legends of Poker defending champion Dan Harrington about his approach to this year's tournament.

 

 

Player Tags: Dan Harrington

Getting Ready to Begin

Aug 23, '08

There is a slight delay to the start of the 2008 Legends of Poker, as players continue to file in from the harsh L.A. heat. The action is scheduled to begin at 2:15, though 2:30 is looking like the better over/under for those taking side bets.

Last year, "Action" Dan Harrington navigated his way through a tough field of 485 en route to his first World Poker Tour victory and a first place prize of $1.6 million. Harrington was joined at the final table by David "The Dragon" Pham, Tom Schneider, Joe Sebok and Lee Markholt.

 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Dan Harrington

$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed - Level One Recap

Jun 26, '08

Blinds: 25-50

Entrants So Far: 780

Notable Names in Field:

Dan Harrington
Antonio Esfandiari
David Williams
Nam Le
Dave Ulliott
Jimme Fricke

Hands and Storylines:

Saul goes out just minutes in

Shortly after folding to a river bet in a pot with about 2,000 chips in it, Kevin Saul was at it again. After a J-6-3 flop with two diamonds, Saul moved all in for about 9,000 and, after thinking it over for about two minutes, was called by a player in the small blind. Saul held pocket kings but was behind his opponent's 6-3 for two pair. The turn and river were a five and deuce, respectively, and Saul's day came to a quick conclusion.

Action Dan takes down small pot

Dan Harrington plays just a few tournaments a year, and this event is one of them. It's a fact that is not lost with spectators; Harrington has had a group of people following his table the entire hour. With a board of 943A8, Harrington bet 300. One player called and the other folded. Harrington flipped over AJ to take down the pot.

Rousso loses chips early

After checking on the turn of a K924 board, Vanessa Rousso faced a bet of 1,200 and after a couple minutes of deliberation made the call. The river was the 8 and both players quickly checked. Rousso's opponent showed AK and took down the pot.
 

Off in the Brasilia Room, late registrations continued to expand the tournament field as tables were added throughout the first level.

One of the more experienced pairings had Ted Lawson and Barry Shulman seated together. In one hand Lawson came away with a disappointing chopped pot. Lawson was the button and limped to see the flop come 986. The big blind and player under the gun both checked, as did Lawson. The 10 came on the turn, and Lawson called a bet of 225. The river brought the 7 to complete the straight on board. His remaining opponent checked and Lawson checked as well, frustrated as he showed 107 for a flopped straight that wound up counterfeited. His opponent showed Q4 for the missed flush draw, and both players split the pot.

Myung Can’t Limp to Victory

John Myung was at a table of contented limpers in the first level. When he was in the big blind, Myung checked his option and was one of five players to see the flop come 732. The small blind bet and Myung stepped out of the way, as did the others. The next hand as small blind, Myung called and created four-way action. Again the flop came seven high, reading 744. All four checked, and when the J hit on the turn, the big blind bet and everyone folded again.

Player Tags: John Myung,   Dan Harrington,   Ted Lawson,   Vanessa Rousso,   Kevin Saul

Shooting Star: Dan Harrington Eliminated

Mar 11, '08

On a board of 1094K Dan Harrington gets it all in and turns up 96 after Hasan Habib calls him down and exposes pocket aces. The river brings the Q and Harrington is eliminated. Habib collects the $5,000 bounty on Harrington and then continues the hunt for more.

Player Tags: Hasan Habib,   Dan Harrington

Two Fallen Stars

Mar 11, '08

 

Both Eli Elezra and Dan Harrington have been eliminated and their opponents awarded the $5,000 bounty. Hand details coming soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Dan Harrington,   Eli Elezra

Hour Two

Jul 10, '07

Many top professionals remained in the hunt for their first world championship bracelet, while a few remained in the hunt for their second as hour two transpired.

The Contenders

Among the first-time hopefuls were Mihn Ly, Jimmy Tran, Jeff Madsen, Dustin Woolf, Chris Viox, Can Kim Hua, Kenny Tran, Brandon Adams, Brad Garrett, Barry Greenstein, Tom Schneider, David “The Dragon” Pham, Steve Sung, Mark Seif, Patrik Antonius, Bruno Fitoussi, Jared Hamby, David Levi, Cliff Josephy, Paul Wasicka, Kirk Morrison, Robert Mizrachi, and “Miami” John Cernuto, who is seated at the featured table. Young stars, Joe Sebok and Evelyn Ng were seated together at table 17. While James Van Alstyne and Sabyl Cohen were seated together at table 67, Cohen was the last woman standing in the 2006 main event.

The Champions

There were also a number of former world champions left in the field. Two of them, Scotty Nguyen and Berry Johnston, were among the chip leaders by the end of the hour. While Huck Seed, Dan Harrington, and team www.pokerstars.com member Tom McEvoy also held strong.

10!

On a flop of Q 10 4 Brandon Adams bet $2,000 from the button and his opponent called in small blind. The turn brought the 10 and the small blind led out for $5,000. Adams raised to $14,000 and his opponent made the call. The river peeled yet another 10 off the deck, this time the 10. The small blind cheked and Adams peered at his remaining stack. As Adams counted out the $25,000 that was left in front of his opponent, the small blind said, “Two hundred and eighteen thousand,” with a laugh escaping his lips and a grin spread across his face. Adams bet $5,000 and his opponent raised to $14,000. Adams made the call and flipped over Q 3. His opponent turned over Q 10 for quad tens, and he took down the pot.

Killing Time

The 15 hour days of the main event can turn into quite a grind. One player found a chance to catch up on his reading in between hands of poker though. He pulled out a copy of a Brad Meltzer novel and intently indulged himself into the story. He didn’t even happen to notice the ESPN camera peering over his shoulder to read along with him.

Notable Chip Counts

Robert Mizrachi	200,000
Berry Johnston	145,000
Scotty Nguyen	135,000
James Van Alstyne	127,000
Can Hua	109,000
David "The Dragon" Pham	105,000
Cliff Josephy	98,000
Joe Beever	97,400
Evelyn Ng	92,000
John Cernuto	87,000
Barry Greenstein	81,000
Minh Ly	73,500
Alex Kravchenko	71,000
Tobey Maguire	70,000
Huck Seed	67,500
Jeff Madsen	64,000
Shirley Williams	62,700
Raymond Davis	60,300
Nam Le	57,100
Lee Markholt	56,800
Richard Lee	55,200
Joe Tehan	53,000
Bruno Fitoussi	47,100
Daniel Harrington	45,000
Suk "Steve" Sung	43,800
Tony G	42,400
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf	38,100
Tom McEvoy	37,400
John Hennigan	36,100
Patrick Antonius	35,300
Mark Seif	29,000
Tom Schneider	27,900
Joe Sebok	18,000
Sabyl Cohen	17,000
Paul Wasicka	15,000
Doug Kim	6,000

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   Scotty Nguyen,   Huck Seed,   Dan Harrington,   Berry Johnston,   Brandon Adams,   Sabyl Cohen-Landrum

Final Post

Jul 07, '07

No Daut
Ryan Daut's day ended in as ugly a fashion as possible.  He got all his money in with 8-8 on a board of 87-8.  His opponent made the call with 109 and spiked the J on the turn, completing the straight flush and eliminating Daut.  Poker is a very sick game.

Dan Harrington Chips Up Late
Dan Harrington spent most of the day battling for his stack but he was able to make a few moves towards the end of the day to finish with a respectable stack.  On one hand the seat 6 player raised to $2,600 and Harrington made the call from the big blind.  The flop came down J 9 2 and Harrington checked.  Seat 6 bet out $3,100 and Harrington called once again.  The turn was the harmless 3 and Harrington decided to bet out $5,000.  Knowing Harrington's tight image, seat 6 decided to fold and allow Harrington to chip up to about $36,000.

Paul Wasicka Gets No Respect
During the last fifteen minutes of the day Paul Wasicka attempted to make some moves but was repeatedly denied.  During one stretch of six hands, Wasicka raised four times including once under the gun and each time he was reraised, forcing him to fold. 

Recurring Theme
It appears as though some players have trouble reading the board.  Three times in the last level during all-in situations the board produced a chop, keeping the short stacks alive.  Yet on all three occasions, the short stack did not realize he had chopped the pot.  To make matters worse, twice the dealers did not see the chop as well.

End of Day 1b
Day 1b has come to an end.  The board reads 610 players remaining, but that number will surly be revised as the official chip counts come in.  Some notable players to survive are: David Levi, Dan Harrington, Paul Wasicka, David Pham, Jared Hamby Rob Mizrachi and several others.  Day 1c will kick off tomorrow at noon local time.  Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for live coverage throughout the event.

Player Tags: Dan Harrington,   Paul Wasicka,   Ryan Daut

First Hour Gone

Jul 07, '07

Cards in the Air

The cards have been in the air for only one hour and already day 1B feels different than day 1A. Day 1A was filled with nervous anticipation and tons of hype. Today feels more like a poker tournament, a convention of gamblers if you will. The day started with World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack unveiling the 2007 Main Event Champion's bracelet. This year's bracelet is made of white gold with 120 diamonds and a 1.3 karat weight. Pollack handed the microphone to the Rio's own Penn and Teller who were given the honor of announcing "Shuffle up and deal!"

Stacked Field

Although many notable names played in yesterday's field, today may have it beat. Scott Fischman, Erik Seidel, Joe Sebok, Sam Farha, Evelyn Ng, David "The Dragon" Pham, Paul Wasicka, John Juanda, "Miami" John Cernuto, Roland De Wolfe and Jennifer Harmon are just some of the big names sharing the felt in today's heat of Main Event entrants.

Champions Present

On any day one of the Main Event it is easy to walk around the Amazon room and count anywhere from five to twenty bracelet winners littered amongst the field. Eric Seidel, Scott Clements, David Williams and Jeff Lisandro are a few of the notable bracelet winners in today's field but more noteworthy may be the number of Main Event bracelet winners that are all playing today. Tom McEvoy ('83), Berry Johnston ('86), Dan Harrington ('95), Scotty Nguyen ('98) and Joe Hachem ('04) have all elected to play on day 1B of this year's Main Event.

A Family Affair?

Poker skills may or may not be hereditary, the jury is still out on that one, but there is something to be said for families that play the game. Brothers Ross and Barny Boatman are both in the field today and sitting just a few tables apart are David Williams and his mother, Shirley. Barry Shulman, his wife Allyn Jaffrey Shulman and his son Jeff Shulman are all at different tables but playing on the same day as well, while father and son Donnacha O’Dea and Eoghan O’Dea from Ireland are also in the field.

Hollywood in the House

Tournament official Nolan Dolla announced over the loud speaker that TV personality Montel Williams was amongst the 1,300 or so that started the day. It is not uncommon on day one to spot a few celebrities either playing or watching. Director and writer Nick Cassavetes is playing today as well as Norm McDonald who is playing for PokerStars.

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The European contingent is out in force today. Some interesting tablemates include Neil Channing and Michael Keiner, Ross Boatman and Pat O’Callaghan, Dave Shallow and Alexander Kravchenko, Al Kelleher and Max Pescatori, Rob Taylor and John Juanda, Bruno Fitoussi and Dan Harrington, Kathy Liebert and George McKeever.

Early chip movements include popular Blonde Poker journalist and birthday girl Jen Mason down to $13,050 in chips and equally popular European Poker Tour honcho John Duthie up to $34,050 in chips.

Recent bracelet winner Alan Smurfit is also playing as are Carlo Citrone, Praz Banzi, Juha Helppi, Vicky Coren, Marc Goodwin, Bruno Fitoussi, Simon Trumper, Pascal Perrault, Martin Wendt, Noah Boeken and Martin Green.

Trumper trumps opponent

Simon Trumper, from English crew Dusk Til Dawn, pulled what he described as 'an outrageous bluff' and was inordinately happy with his early play.

'I haven't made day two for five years and that has pi*sed me right off,' he told CardPlayer.com. 'I'm in the small blind with 8-6 and with three limpers i call. The flop came J-4-7 with two spades so if i hit a five i'm ahead or a spade i reckon i can represent the flush.' Cutting a long story short the limpers were weeded out when a spade came on the turn and another on the river. Trumper made it $2,500 into a pot of $4,500 on the river and the early raise dwelled.

Picking up the story Trumper said,' Just then they announced former world champion Berry Johnson was playing today so i took my hands off my cards and clapped. When the other guys saw how relaxed and casual i was he immediately mucked,' beamed an upbeat Trumper.

Notable Chip Counts

Berry Johnston	37,000
Joe Sebok	34,000
Kirk Morrison	33,000
Tony G	29,000
Justin Bonomo	28,200
Sammy Farha	27,000
Evelyn Ng	27,000
Scotty Nguyen	25,800
J.J. Liu	25,000
Joe Hachem	24,000
Barry Shulman	23,500
Bob Bright	23,100
Erik Seidel	23,000
Paul Wasicka	22,700
Robert Mizrachi	22,000
Norm MacDonald	22,000
Isabelle Mercier	21,500
Kathy Liebert	21,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	21,000
Scott Fischman	20,500
Tom McEvoy	20,000
Scott Clements	20,000
Sam Grizzle	20,000
Rett Butler	20,000
Jordan Morgan	20,000
Jeffrey Lisandro	20,000
Howard Lederer	20,000
Dan Harrington	20,000
Alexander Kravchenko	20,000
Sabyl Cohen	19,800
Jennifer Harman	19,650
Noah Boeken	19,000
Annie Duke	18,500
John Juanda	18,300
Kido Pham	17,500
'Miami John' Cernuto	17,000
David 'The Dragon' Pham	16,800
Barny Boatman	15,800
Roland De Wolfe	15,500
Hoyt Corkins	15,400
Juha Helppi	14,600
Mark Seif	14,500
Max Pescatori	14,000
Aaron Kanter	13,500
David Singer	13,000
Davidson Matthew	12,500
Dan Shak	11,000
David Williams	10,500
Bill Chen	10,000

Player Tags: Donnacha O'Dea,   John Cernuto,   Tom McEvoy,   Scotty Nguyen,   Allyn Jaffrey Shulman,   David Pham,   Erik Seidel,   Evelyn Ng,   Jeff Shulman,   John Juanda,   Scott Fischman,   Ross Boatman,   Dan Harrington,   Barry Shulman,   Jennifer Harman,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Barny Boatman,   Berry Johnston,   John Duthie,   George McKeever,   David Williams,   Sam Farha,   Simon Trumper,   Paul Wasicka,   Scott Clements,   Pascal Perrault,   Joe Sebok,   Shirley Williams,   Carlo Citrone,   Roland de Wolfe,   Joe Hachem,   Jennifer Mason,   Nick Cassavetes,   Martin Wendt,   Vicky Coren,   Praz Bansi,   Norm MacDonald,   Montel Williams

Hour Two

Jul 10, '07

Many top professionals remained in the hunt for their first world championship bracelet, while a few remained in the hunt for their second as hour two transpired.

The Contenders

Among the first-time hopefuls were Mihn Ly, Jimmy Tran, Jeff Madsen, Dustin Woolf, Chris Viox, Can Kim Hua, Kenny Tran, Brandon Adams, Brad Garrett, Barry Greenstein, Tom Schneider, David “The Dragon” Pham, Steve Sung, Mark Seif, Patrik Antonius, Bruno Fitoussi, Jared Hamby, David Levi, Cliff Josephy, Paul Wasicka, Kirk Morrison, Robert Mizrachi, and “Miami” John Cernuto, who is seated at the featured table. Young stars, Joe Sebok and Evelyn Ng were seated together at table 17. While James Van Alstyne and Sabyl Cohen were seated together at table 67, Cohen was the last woman standing in the 2006 main event.

The Champions

There were also a number of former world champions left in the field. Two of them, Scotty Nguyen and Berry Johnston, were among the chip leaders by the end of the hour. While Huck Seed, Dan Harrington, and team www.pokerstars.com member Tom McEvoy also held strong.

10!

On a flop of Q 10 4 Brandon Adams bet $2,000 from the button and his opponent called in small blind. The turn brought the 10 and the small blind led out for $5,000. Adams raised to $14,000 and his opponent made the call. The river peeled yet another 10 off the deck, this time the 10. The small blind cheked and Adams peered at his remaining stack. As Adams counted out the $25,000 that was left in front of his opponent, the small blind said, “Two hundred and eighteen thousand,” with a laugh escaping his lips and a grin spread across his face. Adams bet $5,000 and his opponent raised to $14,000. Adams made the call and flipped over Q 3. His opponent turned over Q 10 for quad tens, and he took down the pot.

Killing Time

The 15 hour days of the main event can turn into quite a grind. One player found a chance to catch up on his reading in between hands of poker though. He pulled out a copy of a Brad Meltzer novel and intently indulged himself into the story. He didn’t even happen to notice the ESPN camera peering over his shoulder to read along with him.

Notable Chip Counts

Robert Mizrachi	200,000
Berry Johnston	145,000
Scotty Nguyen	135,000
James Van Alstyne	127,000
Can Hua	109,000
David "The Dragon" Pham	105,000
Cliff Josephy	98,000
Joe Beever	97,400
Evelyn Ng	92,000
John Cernuto	87,000
Barry Greenstein	81,000
Minh Ly	73,500
Alex Kravchenko	71,000
Tobey Maguire	70,000
Huck Seed	67,500
Jeff Madsen	64,000
Shirley Williams	62,700
Raymond Davis	60,300
Nam Le	57,100
Lee Markholt	56,800
Richard Lee	55,200
Joe Tehan	53,000
Bruno Fitoussi	47,100
Daniel Harrington	45,000
Suk "Steve" Sung	43,800
Tony G	42,400
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf	38,100
Tom McEvoy	37,400
John Hennigan	36,100
Patrick Antonius	35,300
Mark Seif	29,000
Tom Schneider	27,900
Joe Sebok	18,000
Sabyl Cohen	17,000
Paul Wasicka	15,000
Doug Kim	6,000

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   Scotty Nguyen,   Huck Seed,   Dan Harrington,   Berry Johnston,   Brandon Adams,   Sabyl Cohen-Landrum

Final Post

Jul 07, '07

No Daut
Ryan Daut's day ended in as ugly a fashion as possible.  He got all his money in with 8-8 on a board of 87-8.  His opponent made the call with 109 and spiked the J on the turn, completing the straight flush and eliminating Daut.  Poker is a very sick game.

Dan Harrington Chips Up Late
Dan Harrington spent most of the day battling for his stack but he was able to make a few moves towards the end of the day to finish with a respectable stack.  On one hand the seat 6 player raised to $2,600 and Harrington made the call from the big blind.  The flop came down J 9 2 and Harrington checked.  Seat 6 bet out $3,100 and Harrington called once again.  The turn was the harmless 3 and Harrington decided to bet out $5,000.  Knowing Harrington's tight image, seat 6 decided to fold and allow Harrington to chip up to about $36,000.

Paul Wasicka Gets No Respect
During the last fifteen minutes of the day Paul Wasicka attempted to make some moves but was repeatedly denied.  During one stretch of six hands, Wasicka raised four times including once under the gun and each time he was reraised, forcing him to fold. 

Recurring Theme
It appears as though some players have trouble reading the board.  Three times in the last level during all-in situations the board produced a chop, keeping the short stacks alive.  Yet on all three occasions, the short stack did not realize he had chopped the pot.  To make matters worse, twice the dealers did not see the chop as well.

End of Day 1b
Day 1b has come to an end.  The board reads 610 players remaining, but that number will surly be revised as the official chip counts come in.  Some notable players to survive are: David Levi, Dan Harrington, Paul Wasicka, David Pham, Jared Hamby Rob Mizrachi and several others.  Day 1c will kick off tomorrow at noon local time.  Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for live coverage throughout the event.

Player Tags: Dan Harrington,   Paul Wasicka,   Ryan Daut

First Hour Gone

Jul 07, '07

Cards in the Air

The cards have been in the air for only one hour and already day 1B feels different than day 1A. Day 1A was filled with nervous anticipation and tons of hype. Today feels more like a poker tournament, a convention of gamblers if you will. The day started with World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack unveiling the 2007 Main Event Champion's bracelet. This year's bracelet is made of white gold with 120 diamonds and a 1.3 karat weight. Pollack handed the microphone to the Rio's own Penn and Teller who were given the honor of announcing "Shuffle up and deal!"

Stacked Field

Although many notable names played in yesterday's field, today may have it beat. Scott Fischman, Erik Seidel, Joe Sebok, Sam Farha, Evelyn Ng, David "The Dragon" Pham, Paul Wasicka, John Juanda, "Miami" John Cernuto, Roland De Wolfe and Jennifer Harmon are just some of the big names sharing the felt in today's heat of Main Event entrants.

Champions Present

On any day one of the Main Event it is easy to walk around the Amazon room and count anywhere from five to twenty bracelet winners littered amongst the field. Eric Seidel, Scott Clements, David Williams and Jeff Lisandro are a few of the notable bracelet winners in today's field but more noteworthy may be the number of Main Event bracelet winners that are all playing today. Tom McEvoy ('83), Berry Johnston ('86), Dan Harrington ('95), Scotty Nguyen ('98) and Joe Hachem ('04) have all elected to play on day 1B of this year's Main Event.

A Family Affair?

Poker skills may or may not be hereditary, the jury is still out on that one, but there is something to be said for families that play the game. Brothers Ross and Barny Boatman are both in the field today and sitting just a few tables apart are David Williams and his mother, Shirley. Barry Shulman, his wife Allyn Jaffrey Shulman and his son Jeff Shulman are all at different tables but playing on the same day as well, while father and son Donnacha O’Dea and Eoghan O’Dea from Ireland are also in the field.

Hollywood in the House

Tournament official Nolan Dolla announced over the loud speaker that TV personality Montel Williams was amongst the 1,300 or so that started the day. It is not uncommon on day one to spot a few celebrities either playing or watching. Director and writer Nick Cassavetes is playing today as well as Norm McDonald who is playing for PokerStars.

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Euro news

The European contingent is out in force today. Some interesting tablemates include Neil Channing and Michael Keiner, Ross Boatman and Pat O’Callaghan, Dave Shallow and Alexander Kravchenko, Al Kelleher and Max Pescatori, Rob Taylor and John Juanda, Bruno Fitoussi and Dan Harrington, Kathy Liebert and George McKeever.

Early chip movements include popular Blonde Poker journalist and birthday girl Jen Mason down to $13,050 in chips and equally popular European Poker Tour honcho John Duthie up to $34,050 in chips.

Recent bracelet winner Alan Smurfit is also playing as are Carlo Citrone, Praz Banzi, Juha Helppi, Vicky Coren, Marc Goodwin, Bruno Fitoussi, Simon Trumper, Pascal Perrault, Martin Wendt, Noah Boeken and Martin Green.

Trumper trumps opponent

Simon Trumper, from English crew Dusk Til Dawn, pulled what he described as 'an outrageous bluff' and was inordinately happy with his early play.

'I haven't made day two for five years and that has pi*sed me right off,' he told CardPlayer.com. 'I'm in the small blind with 8-6 and with three limpers i call. The flop came J-4-7 with two spades so if i hit a five i'm ahead or a spade i reckon i can represent the flush.' Cutting a long story short the limpers were weeded out when a spade came on the turn and another on the river. Trumper made it $2,500 into a pot of $4,500 on the river and the early raise dwelled.

Picking up the story Trumper said,' Just then they announced former world champion Berry Johnson was playing today so i took my hands off my cards and clapped. When the other guys saw how relaxed and casual i was he immediately mucked,' beamed an upbeat Trumper.

Notable Chip Counts

Berry Johnston	37,000
Joe Sebok	34,000
Kirk Morrison	33,000
Tony G	29,000
Justin Bonomo	28,200
Sammy Farha	27,000
Evelyn Ng	27,000
Scotty Nguyen	25,800
J.J. Liu	25,000
Joe Hachem	24,000
Barry Shulman	23,500
Bob Bright	23,100
Erik Seidel	23,000
Paul Wasicka	22,700
Robert Mizrachi	22,000
Norm MacDonald	22,000
Isabelle Mercier	21,500
Kathy Liebert	21,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	21,000
Scott Fischman	20,500
Tom McEvoy	20,000
Scott Clements	20,000
Sam Grizzle	20,000
Rett Butler	20,000
Jordan Morgan	20,000
Jeffrey Lisandro	20,000
Howard Lederer	20,000
Dan Harrington	20,000
Alexander Kravchenko	20,000
Sabyl Cohen	19,800
Jennifer Harman	19,650
Noah Boeken	19,000
Annie Duke	18,500
John Juanda	18,300
Kido Pham	17,500
'Miami John' Cernuto	17,000
David 'The Dragon' Pham	16,800
Barny Boatman	15,800
Roland De Wolfe	15,500
Hoyt Corkins	15,400
Juha Helppi	14,600
Mark Seif	14,500
Max Pescatori	14,000
Aaron Kanter	13,500
David Singer	13,000
Davidson Matthew	12,500
Dan Shak	11,000
David Williams	10,500
Bill Chen	10,000

Player Tags: Donnacha O'Dea,   John Cernuto,   Tom McEvoy,   Scotty Nguyen,   Allyn Jaffrey Shulman,   David Pham,   Erik Seidel,   Evelyn Ng,   Jeff Shulman,   John Juanda,   Scott Fischman,   Ross Boatman,   Dan Harrington,   Barry Shulman,   Jennifer Harman,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Barny Boatman,   Berry Johnston,   John Duthie,   George McKeever,   David Williams,   Sam Farha,   Simon Trumper,   Paul Wasicka,   Scott Clements,   Pascal Perrault,   Joe Sebok,   Shirley Williams,   Carlo Citrone,   Roland de Wolfe,   Joe Hachem,   Jennifer Mason,   Nick Cassavetes,   Martin Wendt,   Vicky Coren,   Praz Bansi,   Norm MacDonald,   Montel Williams

Round One, Hour Two

Jun 19, '07

Action was off to a fast start in the first level of round one, but picked up even more this level. The majority of matches ended this level, and here are the outcomes of a number of notable pairings.

Round One Winners

Patrik Anotnius won his match against Max Pescatori. Freedy Deeb overcame Daniel Negreanu. John Phan called Isablle Mercier's short-stacked all-in with 10-8 and caught an eight on the flop to beat Mercier's K-6. Mike Matusow got short on chips early in his match, but came back to win when his Q-Q made a flush on the river to take out his opponents' flopped pair of aces. Andrew Black and Carmel Petresco both won their matches as well.

Mayfair Match and the Online Poker Pair

Dan Harrington and Howard Lederer were both highly respected locals of the Mayfair Club in New York. The pair found themselves head to head in this tournament, and ultimately Harrington came out on top when his 7 7 held up against Lederer's A 6. If Harrington and Lederer represented the old school, Jon Turner and Jason Strasser were the archetypal new school pairing. Their heads up battle was long, but Strasser eventually prevailed when his Q-4 made two pair on a flop of K-Q-4, with Turner holding K-J. Strasser's two-pair held up and he advanced to round two.


Quick Turn Around In Harman- Forrest Match

Jennifer Harman had Forrest on the defensive for much of the match. Though he kept afloat, Harman kept Forrest from getting back above even. That is, until he doubled up with two black aces to take the lead. The very next hand Forrest raised with pocket tens, and Harman pushed with the 8 7. Forrest's hand held up, and he was on his way to the second round.

European update

Andy Black beat James Kilarjian – ‘I hope they’re all as easy as that,’ said a relaxed Andy while eating his fruit lunch.

Barny Boatman lost to Jose Tavares of Mexico when he pushed 98 with one spade on a three spade board but couldn’t connect with a fifth for his flush and was trumped by Tavares’ KK.

Ben Roberts lost to Taylor Caby and was disappointed but still upbeat. ‘I felt I had the best of it,’ he said. I was happy with my play so I’m going home smiling again.’

Ram Vaswani beat Stephen Wise, Jani Sointula beat Vivek Rajkumar, and Roland De Wolfe beat Grant Lang to progress to round two. Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott lost to Dan Francis and Marco Traniello is also out.

Other pairings included:

Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier Vs Pieter Nordin
Jeff Kimber Vs Joe Capello
John Shipley Vs Isacc Haxton

We'll bring you news of these Euro hopefuls when play resumes.

Only a few pairs are still playing, and they are likely to wrap up before the scheduled start of the second round at 5 p.m. Make sure to check back for hourly updates and the Pro Blogs of Nam Le, Phil Laak and Shannon Elizabeth here at Cardplayer.com.

Player Tags: Ted Forrest,   Howard Lederer,   Dan Harrington,   Jennifer Harman