Level 1 Hour 1 Update: Day 1d Sold To Capacity
Jul 06, '09
Blinds: 50-100
Big Hands:
Ivey Takes An Early Pot
Picking up the action on the flop of 10
6
3, Phil Ivey bet 300 and his opponent in seat 3 made the call. The turn then brought the K and Ivey led out again, this time for 600.
The player in seat 3 decided to muck his hand and Ivey took down an early pot. He was around 31,000.
G.I. Joe In The House
Star of the upcoming movie G.I. Joe Marlon Wayans has decided to take in some poker today during day 1d. He got involved early in the level against the player in seat 7.
The flop came down A79
and Wayans led out with 1,000. Seat 7 called and the turn was the 10
. Wayans bet again and seat 7 called again. The river was the A and Wayans bet 3,200. Seat 7 called and tabled AK and Wayans mucked his cards. He was down to 22,000.
John Salley Making An Appearance
Former NBA star John Salley tangled with his opponent in seat 7. With the board showing Q752, seat 7 bet 200 and Salley made the call. The river brought the 9 and seat 7 bet 500.
Salley called again and seat 7 tabled KQ and Salley mucked. He was at 28,000 after the hand.
Brown Bests Big Slick
With the board reading 6107K, Chad Brown bet 1,600 on the button after his opponent checked. His opponent quickly put his chips in the pot for a call and they watch a 7 fall on the river.
Brown’s opponent checked one more time and Brown thought for a few seconds before checking behind on the river. Brown’s opponent confidently turned up AK and Brown just shrugged and turned up K10, good for top two pair and the pot.
Left In The Deck:
The Day 1d field has been sold to capacity. The Rio staff has even added tables to accomodate the massive amount of entrants that have registered for the final day 1 flight of the main event. Despite this, there are still 200 people lined up to register for the event. The tournament staff has indicated that these people will not be accommodated due to the sellout. This notice has fallen on deaf ears, however, as the people have refused to leave until they are allowed to register.
While there are 200 people still in line, there were many more who just left after receiving the news that the event was sold to capacity. Mickey Appleman and Richard Ashby are among the players who have been shutout of the event. Appleman has said that he has not missed the main event for 30 years. The people who have stuck around tend to be people who have flown in from the U.K., Austrailia and other places strictly to play this event.
These people could be accepted if the WSOP accepted alternates as there have already been over 30 bust-outs early in day 1d. If these people were allowed to register as alternates, they could have filled those empty seats. However, the WSOP staff has a policy not to accept alternates. It will be interesting to see how long the people hold their protest in line. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we will have a full story on this later in the day.
Player Tags: Mickey Appleman, Phil Ivey, Richard Ashby
Rajkumar Ramakrishnan raised to 90,000 preflop and Elliot Smith made the call. Richard Ashby moved all in and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 4
Patrik Antonius bet 22,000 on a board of J
Clements chips up with bluff