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		<title>WSOP-Circuit National Championship Set(ish) - Team Pokeratiers, friends succeed in quest for million-dollar freeroll seats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 23:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Michalski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: It&#8217;s official, both La n DC qualified! For the inaugural minor-league Champions League NIT 2011 WSOP-Freeroll World Championship. Whatever it turns out that people end up calling it &#8230; we can only hope here at Pokerati for a high-stakes poker lovers&#8217; quarrel at the final table. La N Dc MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!! Finally heading HOME! [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>UPDATE: It&#8217;s official, both La n DC qualified! For the inaugural <s>minor-league</s> <s>Champions League</s> <s>NIT</s> 2011 WSOP-Freeroll World Championship. Whatever it turns out that people end up calling it &#8230; we can only hope here at Pokerati for a high-stakes poker lovers&#8217; quarrel at the final table. </p>
<blockquote><p><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000128824411">La N Dc</a></u><br />
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!! Finally heading HOME! After 3wks of grinding I am happy and proud to say my Baby has successfully crawled his way into the 10k seat freeroll. Great job Baby, so proud of you!! <img src='http://pokerati.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' />  We now have 2shots at 300k <img src='http://pokerati.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></blockquote>
<p>For at least a few players, today is a day kinda like when high-school kids wait to get their college acceptance/rejection letters &#8230; waiting to see the final points tally to be official, so they know whether or not they qualified for the WSOP-Circuit National Championship &#8212; the $1 million freeroll that will kick off the 2011 WSOP. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wsop.com/circuit/2010-leaderboard.asp">Click here for the national leaderboard</a> to see who&#8217;s got a seat for sure, and who looks likely as we wait for WSOP officials to turn orange squares into red </p>
<p>Team Pokerati&#8217;s La Sengphet is a lock (8th among non automatic qualifiers with 155 points, 2 rings, 7 cashes, $67k)  &#8230; yay La! You go girl! &#8230; and, of course, she also won a non-points pendant for her 1st place finish in the WSOP-Caesars ladies event. And it looks like her other half, David Clark, also will make the cut but just barely (112.5 pts &#8211; 1 ring, 9 cashes, $59.5k) &#8230; DC made a final table in a non-ring PLO/8 event at WSOP-NOLA for good measure without the points &#8230; and he finishes just ahead of Steve Zolotow, who qualifies with the same point total, no rings, just 3 cashes, and $43k in earnings to give you an idea who got in at the bottom of the field. </p>
<p>At the very bottom, interestingly enough, with 100 points, is John Riordan, who won a ring and $210k in Florida. But he will not get a seat this year because he is not yet 21. Will be curious to see how the WSOP handles this case &#8230; will he simply get a rain check for when he comes of age? Because if so, when will we see bona fide WSOP-Teen events?!? You know, of course, that I am in the minority willing to admit that I think poker is good for kids. </p>
<p>Another late qualifier is longtime friend of Pokerati&#8217;s Josh Evans &#8230; who finished 3rd in the <s>WSOP Southern Regional championship</s> last week at Harrah&#8217;s New Orleans. Thrilled about that, as it gives us another excuse to re-run that highly acclaimed but not quite award-winning film we created about Josh as he got 6-figure deep in the &#8217;07 main event:</p>
<p>[CORRECTION: Josh got 3rd in the WSOP-NOLA $1,600 main event ... which still gives him enough to qualify (140ish pts, 7 cashes $81k) but did not give him the guaranteed seat as just making a Regional Championship final table does.]</p>
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		<title>(Way) Outside the WSOP &#8211; Day 12 Evening Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going over what&#8217;s happened so far this Tuesday at the WSOP: 10k Stud 8 Final Table Set The final table of the $10,000 Stud 8 or Better final table has been set, with plenty of big names looking to take down a bracelet this evening. Here&#8217;s how the final table will look when play resumed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Going over what&#8217;s happened so far this Tuesday at the WSOP:</p>
<h5> 10k Stud 8 Final Table Set </h5>
<p>The final table of the <strong>$10,000 Stud 8 or Better</strong> final table has been set, with plenty of big names looking to take down a bracelet this evening.  Here&#8217;s how the final table will look when play resumed at 9pm:</p>
<p>Seat 1: Jennifer Harman &#8211; 861,000<br />
Seat 2: Steve Zolotow &#8211; 684,000<br />
Seat 3: Frank Kassela &#8211; 800,000<br />
Seat 4: John Juanda &#8211; 787,000<br />
Seat 5: Vladimir Schmelev &#8211; 304,000<br />
Seat 6: Kirill Rabtsov &#8211; 882,000<br />
Seat 7: Allen Kessler &#8211; 467,000<br />
Seat 8: Dario Minieri &#8211; 316,000</p>
<p>Follow the split-pot action at <a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/event-15/">PokerNews</a>.</p>
<h5> Vance Still Best in $1k NL </h5>
<p>Matt Vance remains the chip leader (1,100,000) with 19 remaining on day 3 of the <strong>$1,000 No-Limit Holdem</strong> event.  <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=20710">David Baker</a>, no relation to 50k Player&#8217;s Championship final tablist David &#8220;Bakes&#8221; Baker, has 990,000.  It was hoped that they would play down to a finish, but that looks unlikely at this time, so they&#8217;ll stop when they reach the final 9.  See what does happen by following over at <a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/event-13/">PokerNews</a>.</p>
<h5>  $1,500 NL 6-max Day 2 </h5>
<p>The <strong>$1,500 No-Limit Holdem 6-max</strong> has under 50 players remaining, with Michael Myers the current chip leader with 385,000.  Other notables include Ray Henson (329,000), Jordan Morgan (240,000), and Mark Seif (200,000).  Follow the updates and results over at <a href="http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?grid=764&#038;tid=10837">wsop.com</a>.</p>
<h5> $5,000 NL Day 1 </h5>
<p>The only tournament to start this afternoon, the <strong>$5,000 No-Limit Holdem</strong> event drew a field of 792 players, up over 100 from last year&#8217;s edition.  Under 500 remain after the dinner break at the end of level 6 with Amit Makhija currently in front with 83,000 in chips.  Other notables near the top:  Chino Rheem (60,000), Perry Friedman (55,000), Scott Fischman (53,000) and defending champion Brian Lemke (48,900).  More updates and chip counts are available at <a href="http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?tid=10838&#038;grid=764">wsop.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>(Way) Outside the WSOP &#8211; Day 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recapping Monday&#8217;s WSOP, with another bracelet winner awarded: Yan Chen Lowball Winner The $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball, Single Draw champion was Yan Chen, a cash game veteran defeated Mike Wattel heads-up to earn his first bracelet, along with $92,817. The full results and Nolan Dalla&#8217;s tournament report are online at wsop.com. Check out a brief [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recapping Monday&#8217;s WSOP, with another bracelet winner awarded:</p>
<h5> Yan Chen Lowball Winner </h5>
<p>The <strong>$1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball, Single Draw </strong> champion was <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=38412">Yan Chen</a>, a cash game veteran defeated Mike Wattel heads-up to earn his first bracelet, along with $92,817.  The full results and Nolan Dalla&#8217;s tournament report are online at <a href="http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?rr=5&#038;grid=764&#038;tid=10835&#038;dayof=">wsop.com</a>.  Check out a brief documentary on Chen, which I believe appeared on Pokerati a while ago, <a href="http://www.vjmovement.com/truth/289">here</a>.</p>
<h5> 18 Left for Day 3 of 10k Stud 8 </h5>
<p>Day 2 of the <strong>$10,000 Seven Card Stud 8 or Better World Championship</strong> concluded with 18 players returning at 3:30 this afternoon, but only 16 will make the money.  The current chip leader is Frank Kassela (515,000), followed by Sergey Altbregin (497,000) and Kirill Rabtsov (388,000).  Other notables returning include John Juanda (368,000), Allen Kessler (316,000), Steve Zolotow (301,000) and Vladimir Schmelev (275,000).  <a href="http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=764&#038;tid=10836">Here&#8217;s the full list of the remaining field.</a></p>
<h5> Vance leads day 3 of $1,000 NL </h5>
<p>Matt Vance (547,000) will lead the day 3 field of <strong>$1,000 No-Limit Holdem</strong> event with 56 players remaining.  Other notables returning at 2:30 to maybe play down to a winner: Mats Gavatin (453,000), Carl Olson (325,000), Jared Hamby (217,000) and Ylon Schwartz (183,000). See the <a href="http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=764&#038;tid=10834">full list of chip counts here</a>.</p>
<h5> Teska Tops for Day 2 of $1,500 NL 6-max </h5>
<p>The <strong>$1,500 No-Limit Holdem 6-Max</strong> event drew a field of 1,663 players, with the field making the money near the end of play.  When the 146 players return at 2:30 this afternoon, <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=54722">Roger Teska</a> (221,000) will start with the chip lead, with familiar names David Sands (117,800), JP Kelly (92,900), Mark Seif (70,300), and Bryan Micon (65,500).  <a href="http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/chipcounts.asp?grid=764&#038;tid=10837">Event 16 chip counts here.</a></p>
<h5> Tuesday&#8217;s Tournament </h5>
<p>The only tournament starting today is at noon, the <strong>$5,000 No-Limit Holdem</strong> event should bring out a strong field of pros, both live and online.  Last year&#8217;s event was won by <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=58383">Brian Lemke</a>, cousin of <a href="http://rememberingshronk.com/">Justin Shronk</a>, for nearly $700,000.  Follow all the action this afternoon at WSOP.com or PokerNews.</p>
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		<title>(Way) Outside the WSOP &#8211; Day 2 Evening Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 03:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some of what&#8217;s been happening on Saturday: Donkament Disappointing? Day 1a of the Event #3 &#8211; $1,000 No-limit Holdem tournament drew a field of 2,601 entries today, a disappointment for those expecting a field of over 7,000 battling for this bracelet over the weekend. The 788 players who made it to the dinner break [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s some of what&#8217;s been happening on Saturday:</p>
<h3> Donkament Disappointing? </h3>
<p>Day 1a of the <strong>Event #3 &#8211; $1,000 No-limit Holdem</strong> tournament drew a field of 2,601 entries today, a disappointment for those expecting a field of over 7,000 battling for this bracelet over the weekend.   The 788 players who made it to the dinner break are returning shortly for another four levels of play.  The unofficial chip leader is <a href="http://www.pokerroad.com">PokerRoad&#8217;s</a> Joe Sebok with 27,000 chips.  Other notable chip counts:  Amarillo Slim (21,000), Chris Bjorin (20,000) and Bryan Devonshire, (17,500).  Track the action for this event over at <a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/event-3/">PokerNews</a>.</p>
<h3> First bracelet winner to be determined tonight </h3>
<p>Just 18 players remain in the first WSOP bracelet event the <strong>$500 Casino Employees Event</strong> have returned from their dinner break, with Kent Washington maintaining the chip lead at 332,000 in chips.  You can follow the action for <a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/event-1/">this event</a> over at PokerNews.com.</p>
<h3> Players&#8217; Championship Day 2 </h3>
<p>The <strong>$50,000 Players&#8217; Championship</strong> field is currently on their one-hour dinner break at the conclusion of level eight with 90 players remaining.  The current chip leader appears to be Steve Zolotow, with 420,000 in chips.  Some of the fallen who may be looking to watch UFC 114 include: Phil Galfond, Tony G, and Todd Brunson.  When play resumes, the field will play another three levels before the bag up their chips, sign their name, and hopefully don&#8217;t be recorded as busted when they decided not to report their chip counts.  To catch the action of this event over at PokerNews, head <a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/event-2/">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>(Way) Outside the WSOP &#8211; Day 26</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finishing up Saturday&#8217;s action from the WSOP&#8230; Lisandro Pulls the Triple Double at the Rio Jeff Lisandro became the third double bracelet winner of this year&#8217;s 2009 WSOP when he took down the $10,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better World Championship a couple hours ago defeated Farzad Rouhani at about 4am Vegas time. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finishing up Saturday&#8217;s action from the WSOP&#8230;</p>
<h5> Lisandro Pulls the Triple Double at the Rio </h5>
<p>Jeff Lisandro became the third double bracelet winner of this year&#8217;s 2009 WSOP when he took down the <strong>$10,000 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better World Championship</strong> a couple hours ago defeated Farzad Rouhani at about 4am Vegas time.  Lisandro pockets over $430,000 for his victory as well as several hours sleep before he comes back to the Rio Sunday to hear Italy&#8217;s national anthem this afternoon.  When he won his first bracelet two weeks ago in the <strong>$1,500 7 Card Stud</strong> event, the Australian national anthem was played, making him the first to have two anthems played. This is also the first time more than two players have won multiple bracelets since when six players (Chan, Ferguson, Juanda, Hellmuth, Flack, and Men Nguyen) won bracelets in 2003.  His second bracelet also moves him into a tie for first in the red-hot <a href="http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/players/2009.asp?sort=poypts">WSOP Player of the Year Race</a>.</p>
<h5> Texan Tops in NL Holdem </h5>
<p><a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=46180">Jordan Smith</a> from College Station, Texas took down the <strong>$2,000 NL Holdem</strong> event, pocketing $586,212 after defeating Ken Lennaard heads-up to take home a bracelet.  From Nolan Dalla&#8217;s tournament report, Smith had this to add about legalizing poker in Texas:</p>
<blockquote><p> â€œI think poker definitely needs to be legalized and regulated.  Legalize it.  Tax it.  Regulate it.  I donâ€™t think itâ€™s the governmentâ€™s job to tell me what to do or how to spend my money â€“ even though they sure want a cut of this (taxes) whenever I win it.â€</p></blockquote>
<p><del datetime="2009-06-21T20:00:27+00:00">This was event #36 of the WSOP, and after only one woman (Annie Duke) had made a previous final table,</del> there were two at this one.  <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=3291">Almira Skripchenko</a> who is more well known for her successes in chess, being an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almira_Skripchenko">FIDE Woman Grandmaster</a>, finished in 7th place, good for $78,644.  Laurence Grondin from Montreal, Quebec, Canada finished in 3rd for $237,537.</p>
<h5> Obligatory Limit Holdem Final Table Mention </h5>
<p>The final table of the <strong>$2,000 Limit Holdem</strong> consists of:</p>
<p>Seat 1: Jared O&#8217;Dell	189,000<br />
Seat 2: <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=9726">Danny Qutami</a>	323,000<br />
Seat 3: <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=59258">Ian Johns</a>	        113,000<br />
Seat 4: <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=55667">Marc Naalden</a>	755,000<br />
Seat 5: <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=69929">Tommy Hang</a>	202,000<br />
Seat 6: <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=68051">Steven Cowley</a>	322,000<br />
Seat 7: <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=21955">Rep Porter</a>	287,000<br />
Seat 8: <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=87239">Jameson Painter</a> 205,000<br />
Seat 9: <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=113927">Alex Keating</a>	284,000</p>
<p>O&#8217;Dell, Johns, Hang and Porter list Washington state on their bio sheet, which may be the first time Washington state has represented so strongly at a WSOP final table.</p>
<h5>  Charania in Charge </h5>
<p><a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=107283">Moshin Charania</a> finished day 1 of the <strong>$1,500 NL Holdem</strong> event the leader with 144,100 in chips with 327 players remaining, of which 270 make the money.  Brandon Cantu (86,600), Grant Hinkle (85,800), Jeff Williams (66,200), Eric Baldwin (63,400) and Shane Schleger (63,000) are some of the players who won&#8217;t be playing the Sunday tournaments online, as they&#8217;ll be returning to the Amazon room at 2pm.</p>
<h5> Nate is Great in PLO </h5>
<p>Nate Lindsay from San Francisco is the chip leader (482,200) at the end of day 1 in the <strong>$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship</strong> with 116 players remaining, only 27 getting paid.  Noah Schwartz (292,600), Ilari &#8220;Ziigmund&#8221; Saharies (229,400), David Williams (223,000), and Josh Arieh (220,600) round out the top five.  Steve Zolotow (220,200), Ben Grundy (191,000), Tom McEvoy (142,800), Erick Lindgren (120,900) and Jimmy &#8220;Gobbo&#8221; Fricke (108,000) are just some other notables back for more action at 2pm as they attempt to make the final table.</p>
<h5> Sunday&#8217;s Tournaments </h5>
<p>The 12pm tournament day is the <strong>$5,000 NL Holdem Shootout</strong> which was won by Phillip Tom in a field of 360 for over $475,000.  The WSOP Staff Guide projects a field of 396 for this event, but if it&#8217;s slightly above that, it could cause a bit of a problem for tournament staff.  <a href="http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/pdfs/2009/2009WSOPShootoutPayouts.pdf">The payout structure for the shootout event</a> pays 40 spots if the field is between 378 and 420, which would create 11-player tables for the first round if the field size is in the 401-420 range.  The 5pm tournament is the debut of the <strong>$2,500 8-Game</strong> event which consists of HORSE, NL holdem, PLO and 2-7 triple draw, with a projected field size of 250.  </p>
<p>More updates during the day at Pokerati and follow the WSOP at WSOP.com</p>
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		<title>(Way) Outside the WSOP &#8211; Day 21 Evening Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recapping the early part of Tuesday action at the WSOP&#8230; JC&#8217;s a Runaway Tran in PLO JC Tran took down his 2nd career WSOP bracelet in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event defeating Jeff Kimber in heads-up play to also adds $235,685 to his tournament database. Ross Boatman finished in 4th, John Juanda finished in 9th [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recapping the early part of Tuesday action at the WSOP&#8230;</p>
<h5> JC&#8217;s a Runaway Tran in PLO </h5>
<p>JC Tran took down his 2nd career WSOP bracelet in the <strong>$2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha</strong> event defeating Jeff Kimber in heads-up play to also adds $235,685 to his tournament database.  Ross Boatman finished in 4th, John Juanda finished in 9th place.</p>
<h5>  Wolpert Topples Duthie Heads Up </h5>
<p>The <strong>$10,000 NL Holdem Heads Up World Championship </strong> just conclude with Leo Wolpert taking the final two matches to defeat John Duthie 2-1 and pick up $625,682.  Duthie settles for the 2nd place winnings of $386,636.  Duthie won the first match in about 90 hands, while Wolpert won the second match in just nine hands.  The third match took 191 hands, ending when Wolpert flopped bottom two pair against Duthie&#8217;s top pair.</p>
<h5>  Micon Trying to Schock the World </h5>
<p>The <strong>$1,500 HORSE</strong> now has six players remaining at the final table, as <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=46592">Mitch Schock</a> is the current chip leader with Shannon Shorr, Tad Jurgens, Bryan Micon, Brian Malcolm, and James Van Alstyne round out the final table.</p>
<h5> Lennaard, Part 7 </h5>
<p>Ken Lennaard, a veteran Swedish pro, is the current chip leader with 77 players remaining in the <strong>$2,000 NL Holdem</strong> event.  Notables still in the field include: Michael Binger, Peter Feldman, Andre Akkari, Kelly Kim and Chau Giang.</p>
<h5> Go, Ho, Go! </h5>
<p>The <strong>$10,000 Limit Holdem World Championship</strong> is down to 48 players, only 18 get paid as they strive to reach a final table tomorrow.  The current chip leader is online high stakes cash-game specialist <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=45399">Matt Hawrilenko</a> with 272,000.  Maria Ho is currently 3rd (225,000) with Ralph Perry (180,000), Josh Arieh (170,000), Steve Zolotow (150,000) and Jennifer Harman (142,000) among the notables still in contention.  Ville Wahlbeck is still in the field, but towards the bottom of the field with just 54,000 in chips.</p>
<h5> Donkament 4: Voyage to the Rio </h5>
<p>The 4th <strong>$1,500 NL Holdem</strong> event started with a field of 2095, with only 669 players remaining.  Unfortunately an early chip leader hasn&#8217;t been announced yet, but check out the morning update or wsop.com for an update later this evening.</p>
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		<title>(Way) Outside the WSOP &#8211; Day 7  Stimulus Special Conclusion, Day 2 $1,500 PLO and $10k Stud, $1,500 NL Holdem, $2,500 NL 2-7 Lowball </title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finishing up business from Monday night before moving on&#8230; The $1,000 NL Holdem Stimulus Special finished at 3am today with 50 players returning at 1pm to play down to a winner. The chip leader is Robert Comegys from Grand Prairie, TX with nearly 1.2m million in chips. Danny Fuhs is close behind, with notables such [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finishing up business from Monday night before moving on&#8230;</p>
<p>The <strong>$1,000 NL Holdem Stimulus Special</strong> finished at 3am today with 50 players returning at 1pm to play down to a winner.  The chip leader is <strong>Robert Comegys</strong> from Grand Prairie, TX with nearly 1.2m million in chips.  <strong>Danny Fuhs</strong> is close behind, with notables such as <strong>Eric Mizrachi</strong>, <strong>Lee Watkinson</strong>, <strong>Dan Heimiller</strong>, and <strong>Jonathan Aguiar</strong> far down the leaderboard.  More details will be available in my PokerNews recap later today.   Today&#8217;s event is scheduled to be the first of over 20 WSOP final tables to be streamed online this year.  The scheduled 2pm final table will be pushed back at least a few hours, depending on how fast play is today.  Updates on Pokerati during the day today.</p>
<p>The <strong>$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha</strong> event finished their Day 1 with 81 players remaining, the exact amount needed to reach the money.  <strong>Jason Mercier</strong>, best known for his success on the European Poker Tour, is the chip leader with 227,000 in chips, over 60,000 more than second placed <strong>Matt Humphrey</strong>.  Other notables who&#8217;ve made the money include <strong>Eric Froehlich,</strong>, <strong>Dario Alioto</strong>, <strong>Josh Arieh,</strong> <strong>An Tran</strong>, <strong>Warren Karp</strong>, <strong>Shannon Shorr</strong>, <strong>Robert Mizrachi</strong>, and <strong>Kirill Gerasimov</strong>.  Those players and many more return at 2pm today to play down to a final table.</p>
<p>The <strong>$10,000 Seven Card Stud World Championship</strong> ended after eight levels with 101 of its remaining 142 entrants remaining.  High-stakes cash game player <strong>David Oppenheim</strong> emerged as the chip leader, with veterans <strong>&#8220;Miami John&#8221; Cernuto</strong>, <strong>Nick Frangos</strong>, <strong>Danny Robison</strong>, and <strong>Steve Zolotow</strong> helping make up the top 10.    Others who&#8217;ll be looking to work their way up include <strong>Eli Elezra</strong>, <strong>Todd Brunson</strong>, <strong>Eric Drache</strong>, <strong>Erick Lindgren</strong>, <strong>Andy Bloch</strong>, <strong>Cory Zeidman</strong> and <strong>Phil Ivey</strong>.  They also return at 2pm to play down to their final table.</p>
<p>The one event that was able to conclude Monday was the <strong>WSOP Champions Invitational</strong> as <strong>Tom McEvoy</strong>, the 1983 Main Event winner, knocked off <strong>Robert Varkonyi</strong>, the 2002 Main Event champion to win the first <strong>Binion Cup</strong> along with a 1970 red Corvette.  </p>
<p>The preview for today&#8217;s events:<br />
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Today&#8217;s festivities get underway at 12 noon with <strong>Event #7 &#8211; $1,500 NL Holdem</strong> and a field that could reach the 2,800 player maximum.  <strong>Vitaly Lunkin</strong>, who took down the 40k NL Holdem earlier this week, is listed as the defending champion of this event.  With several $1,500 NL Holdem events held during the WSOP the past few years, I&#8217;d say they winners are interchangable.  At 5pm is <strong>Event #8 &#8211; $2,500 NL 2-7 Lowball (Single Draw)</strong>.  This is the first year for this event, which serves as a warmup for the <strong>$10,000 World Championship NL 2-7 Lowball</strong> event on June 10.</p>
<p>Time to amuse myself with a few predictions.  Monday, both the PLO and Stud events fell under both mine and the WSOP projections so I&#8217;m currently at 2-4.  The projection for today&#8217;s 1,500 NL Holdem event is 2,801 (curiously, over the 2,800 cap listed elsewhere in their Resource Guide).  They&#8217;ll be able to squeeze  a few more people into the field so take the over with a field of 2,840.  The $2,500 NL 2-7 Lowball is a bit trickier, being a new event at this buyin amount, as in previous years it would usually be a $5,000 event, usually with rebuys.  The projection is 150, so the hopes is that a few people will be adventurous and give this a try.  I&#8217;ll take the under, with at least 100, but not much more looking for some action.   More updates and other stuff from Pokerati during the day.</p>
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		<title>Late-Night Follows: $40k NLH</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 04:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Michalski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of interesting action going on tonight. The $40k NLH seems to have quite the storylines developing &#8230; Chris Moneymaker (@cmoneymaker) is still alive and strong, but the chip leader is now his new-poker-era successor, Greg Raymer. Justin Bonomo (@JustinBonomo) is still proving to be a big threat &#8230; all these boomtime champions, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a lot of interesting action going on tonight. The $40k NLH seems to have quite the storylines developing &#8230; Chris Moneymaker (<a href="http://twitter.com/cmoneymaker">@cmoneymaker</a>) is still alive and strong, but the chip leader is now his new-poker-era successor, Greg Raymer. Justin Bonomo (<a href="http://twitter.com/justinbonomo">@JustinBonomo</a>) is still proving to be a big threat &#8230; all these boomtime champions, yet plenty of old dogs there, too &#8212; Steven Zolotow, David Chiu, Ted Forrest, e.g. &#8212; representin&#8217; those pre-boom big-time days. </p>
<p>There are currently 38 players remaining, with 27 making the money. <a href="http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/tournament-chip-counts.asp?tid=7227&#038;grid=607">Click here to follow the official chip counts </a>&#8211; and <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html#5301587165901248773">Dr. Pauly is all over this one, too</a>. </p>
<p>UPDATE: Moneymaker just took a huge hit, losing 2/3 of his stack.</p>
<p>RE-UPDATE: <a href="http://taopoker.blogspot.com">Pauly is ahead of the official counters</a> &#8212; Moneymaker is out. So is Zolotow.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s also some potential excitement brewing in the ESPN Fantasy Pool, with <a href="http://pokerplayersinternational.com/blogs/mattglantz/">Matt Glantz</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/mattglantz">@MattGlantz</a>, one of my guys) way up near the top of the chip counts; and Mathers has Neil Channing hanging on for his team of fantasy scabs. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.gulfcoastpoker.net/"><img src="http://www.gulfcoastpoker.net/keithlehr.jpg" align="right" width="100"></a>Vanessa Rousso (<a href="http://twitter.com/vanessarousso">@VanessaRousso</a>) is also still alive, though barely. Wouldn&#8217;t it be something &#8230; </p>
<p>Last but definitely not least, <a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&#038;n=12446">Dallas/Shreveport baller Keith Lehr</a> (pictured) is currently 5th in chips. </p>
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		<title>(Way) Outside the WSOP &#8211; (Main Event Day 3 Evening Update)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[747 733 players survived to make the dinner break, trying not to crash eliminate themselves just short of the money at a devilish 666. Strangely, the current chip leader has less chips than the leader at the end of day 2 as Brian Schaedlich, who started with 801,000 in chips has gone under 300,000 in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><s>747</s> 733 players  survived to make the dinner break, trying not to <s>crash</s> eliminate themselves just short of the money at a devilish 666.  Strangely, the current chip leader has less chips than the leader at the end of day 2 as Brian Schaedlich, who started with 801,000 in chips has gone  under 300,000 in chips after Jeff Kimber flopped a set of queens to Brian&#8217;s AA in a 681,000 chip pot (he&#8217;s since recovered to be just under 500,000 in chips).  However, the leader going into the dinner break is Jeremiah Smith, with 766,000 in chips.  Kimber&#8217;s in 4th with the Satan-like 666,000, other notables with a pretty good stack include Victor Ramdin, prospective member of Team Pokerati Raja Kattamuri, Matt Matros, Adam &#8220;Roothlus&#8221; Levy, James McManus (not the author), Chip Jett, Brandon Cantu, and Steve Bilirakis.  Notable players who won&#8217;t have to worry about the bubble:  Chris Moneymaker, Phil Gordon, Tony Hachem, Andy Griggs, and Steve Zolotow. More updates can be found at the WSOP.com site <a href="http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/updates.asp?tid=4948&amp;grid=411">here</a>.  </p>
<p>Once the players return from dinner break, there&#8217;s a couple more two-hour levels left for today, but the bubble will be looming in that first level, we&#8217;ll see if the tournament staff adds time back to that level and maybe stop play after it&#8217;s broken, depending on the time of course.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Michalski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Lederer/Zolotow World Series of Barbecue at the Golden Nugget &#8230; after tearing it up on Guitar Hero, Jef Madsen challenged Phil Ivey&#8217;s cousin &#8220;Smokey&#8221; to a freestyle-rap &#8220;cuttin&#8217; contest&#8221;. The words are hard to understand on this video &#8212; too bad RawVegas wasn&#8217;t there &#8212; but Madsen impressively held his own before succumbing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the Lederer/Zolotow World Series of Barbecue at the Golden Nugget &#8230; after tearing it up on Guitar Hero, Jef Madsen challenged Phil Ivey&#8217;s cousin &#8220;Smokey&#8221; to a freestyle-rap &#8220;cuttin&#8217; contest&#8221;. The words are hard to understand on this video &#8212; too bad <a href="http://rawvegas.tv">RawVegas </a>wasn&#8217;t there &#8212; but Madsen impressively held his own before succumbing to the three-toothed Old-Dirty-Bastard lookalike that had some of us white folks at the party saying, &#8220;Who is that? He&#8217;s a real rapper, right?&#8221; Evelyn Ng and Matt Savage looking on:</p>
<p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r-t7LLUwU1g&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r-t7LLUwU1g&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>
<p>Also, who knew J-Mad had such dope skillz?</p>
<p>Lo and behold he&#8217;s been getting practice while videoblogging for PokerRoad. <a href="http://pokerroad.com/blogfessional/jeff_madsen/2/">Click here to see/hear</a> the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year giving tourney reports in rhyme.</p>
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		<title>The Non-Calm Before the StormParties Abound With WSOP Main on the Horizon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>California Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WSOP party season has begunÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve hit two of the parties this week and plan for more as the week progresses, but I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t see myself getting crazy with it. I must say that itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a nice break from the daily grind of tournaments, though. On June 30th, I attended the All In party [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The WSOP party season has begunÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve hit two of the parties this week and plan for more as the week progresses, but I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t see myself getting crazy with it. I must say that itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a nice break from the daily grind of tournaments, though.</p>
<p>On June 30th, I attended the <strong>All In party</strong> at the Palms pool. The place was packed with more people than I expected. On the other hand, the door was completely disorganized. Some people got right in, while others who were supposed to be on the list were held up for quite awhile. I was supposed to be on the media list, but no one ever checked or even seemed to have a list, so I finally just got in on my word. And when I attempted to get a VIP pass through a friend, they had run out of them and looked a little panicked about it.</p>
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<p>Free drinks were evidently a short-lived offer, and the bar in the VIP area was completely understaffed, causing patrons to have to wait 20 minutes or more for a drink. All in all, though, it was a large enough space for everyone, and most seemed to be having a good time. The entertainment for the evening was a rap act, which obviously got me excited until I saw that it was the guy who did the All In rap video with <strong>Johnny Chan</strong>. <a href="http://pokerati.com/2008/04/02/p-tunes/">Yep, this one.</a> And he did that song, followed up by the playing of the video of that exact song he just performed. Hmmm. But once the DJ came back and spun some good hip-hop tunes, the normal party atmosphere returned.</p>
<p>All in all, so to speak, the All In crew didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t seem prepared for the kind of interest they generated, but the event went over well despite the snafus.</p>
<p>Last night, July 1st, the <strong>World Series of Barbecue</strong> took place at the Golden Nugget pool/shark tank. Howard and Susie Lederer team up with Steve Zolotow to have this shindig each year, and last year it was at the Zolotow home, but evidently there were some problems with the legality of shooting professional fireworks in a residential zone. So, they took the party to a public place this yearÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ It was my first year in attendance, and it was fabulous!</p>
<p><a href="http://pokerati.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wsob-party.jpg" title="wsob-party"><img src="http://pokerati.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/wsob-party.jpg" alt="" width="261" height="196" class="attachment wp-att-3751 alignright" /></a>Free drinks complimented the incredible buffet Ã¢â‚¬â€œ filet mignon, lamb chops, hummus and stuffed grape leaves, pork from a terrified looking dead pig, taco fixings, and an incredible dessert set-up. The music was great, though it was interrupted by a Guitar Hero competition hosted by Evelyn Ng. After Jeff Madsen competed, he did an impromptu rap, as did Phil IveyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s cousin. The two rappers ended up in a bit of a rap battle, which was more than entertaining to watch! (IveyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s cousin won hands down, but Madsen wasnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t half bad.) Karaoke then took over the majority of the late evening hours.</p>
<p>Shortly after 10pm, the fireworks went off in grand fashion. Honestly, it was an extraordinary display! The karaoke continued after that and the party began to wind down as midnight neared. All the while, <a href="http://pokerati.com/2008/07/02/a-night-of-charity-with-phil-ivey/">Phil Ivey hosted the charity tournament</a> through his <strong>Budding Ivey Foundation</strong> in Ã¢â‚¬Å“The GrandÃ¢â‚¬Â ballroom. Good times all around the Golden NuggetÃ¢â‚¬Â¦</p>
<p>Tonight, the Ante Up for Africa after-party is being held at PURE but invitations are scarce. I think IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll end up at the Bluff/DoyleÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Room party at Sapphire, which is where most of my friends are going. Besides, who am I to refuse an invitation to a <s>party with tons of sexually frustrated men</s> strip club party?</p>
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		<title>(Way) Outside the WSOP (Day 15 Evening Update)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Mathers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s happening tonight at the WSOP as I read a post that makes you want to take AP&#8217;s side for once: The $5,000 NL Holdem event is down to heads-up action as Scott Seiver has a slight chip lead over Dave Seidman. The $3,000 HORSE final table is down to six, with Doug Ganger in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s happening tonight at the WSOP as I read a post that makes you want to take <a href="http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?p=4626868#post4626868">AP&#8217;s side</a> for once:</p>
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<p>The $5,000 NL Holdem event is down to heads-up action as Scott Seiver has a slight chip lead over Dave Seidman.  The $3,000 HORSE final table is down to six, with Doug Ganger in the lead.  Marcel Luske, Hoyt Corkins and Steve Zolotow are the other notable names at the table.</p>
<p>The $2,000 NL Holdem event is down to 47 as they&#8217;re now on their dinner break.  Andrew Jeffreys appears to be the chip leader, with Matthew &#8220;mlagoo&#8221; Lagarde a close 2nd.  Other names left include Blair Hinkle (his brother Grant won a bracelet last week), friend of bloggers Maria &#8220;Maridu&#8221; Mayrinck, and Brock Parker.</p>
<p>The $2,500 PL Holdem/PLO event just hit their money bubble and with 41 left in the field go on their dinner break.  David Penly is the current chip leader, other notables include Minh Ly, Max Pescatori, Allen Cunningham and Sorel Mizzi.</p>
<p>The $10,000 NL Holdem Heads-Up World Championship got underway with a full field of 256.  Round 2 is over and everyone whose won their first two matches has earned at least $14,000.  Round 3 will start at 10pm, then finish for the night. </p>
<p> The $1,500 Razz event got underway at 5pm and a certainly older group of people turned out.  It also caused what may be a first, with Tournament Director Jack Effel inquiring on who was interested in having sushi for dinner, because the sushi kitchen would close at 8 (before the dinner break).  You can read that update, as well as more normal updating of information <a href="http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/updates.asp?tid=4920&amp;grid=411">here.</p>
<p>More from me tomorrow, more tales of energy drinks and Batfaces from Dan later&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Party Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Michalski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS&#8211;Text to Tom (who has been a gracious sounding board this WSOP on matters of game selection, bankroll management, and getting to know that leavin&#8217; feelin&#8217;) late last night: 5:11 am &#8212; I am good at poker, bad at drinky blackjack. In for 800, cashed out for 2800. This came after attending Z-Fest 2007 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LAS VEGAS&#8211;Text to Tom (who has been a gracious sounding board this WSOP on matters of game selection, bankroll management, and getting to know that leavin&#8217; feelin&#8217;) late last night:</p>
<blockquote><p>5:11 am &#8212; I am good at poker, bad at drinky blackjack. In for 800, cashed out for 2800.</p></blockquote>
<p>This came after attending <strong>Z-Fest 2007</strong> Ã¢â‚¬â€œ a 4th of July barbecue hosted by the Lederer family at Steve ZolotowÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s house. It also happened to be the site of the &#8220;World Series of Karaoke,&#8221; which meant getting to see Joe Reitman dance and scream while exposing/shaking/rubbing his belly, and a shitfaced Mike Matusow parading around like a drunken 7-year-old boy with balloons. Good fun. You gotta love a party that celebrates America&#8217;s birthday with great Middle Eastern food and an open bar. </p>
<p>From there, I was supposed to meet up with some Dallas friends to <s>chase a few skirts</s> engage in frotteurism at <a href="http://www.vegas.com/nightlife/bars/carnavalcourt.html">Carnaval Court</a>. But while waiting around I played a little tiny-stakes outdoor blackjack and somehow managed to lose $497 in less than an hour. Dammit! So I went to make it back playing poker across the street at CaesarÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s &#8230; </p>
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In true chase-your-losses fashion, I decided to play 2/5 instead of 1/3. I felt my game was on Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ and it was, until I lost my stack to a two-outer on the river. Was set to lose my second buy-in (and call it a night) a little later, when I caught my own two-outer on the turn. From there everything looked up, as I felt I definitely had a grasp on the table Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ and then, thanks to a friendly opponent who said a few hours later, Ã¢â‚¬Å“You know, it seems like all the bad players are goneÃ¢â‚¬Â &#8230; got up and left at what I believe was the exact right time. He was absolutely right Ã¢â‚¬â€œ we had busted them all while playing only for value bets against each other Ã¢â‚¬â€œ and the sun was just coming up, so it seemed a sensible point to break the game.</p>
<p>Buy-in(s): $800 (2)<br />
Cash out: $2,798<br />
Blackjack penalty: $497<br />
Net: +$1,501</p>
<p><a href='http://pokerati.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/bankroll7.jpg' title='bankroll7.jpg'><img src='http://pokerati.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/bankroll7.jpg' alt='bankroll7.jpg' width="550" /></a><br />
Click the image to see <strong>Dan&#8217;s WSOP Bankroll Graph</strong> as I get closer to my goal of earning <s>$4,000</s> <s>$8,000</s> $4,000 at the tables this summer. And <a href='http://pokerati.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/wsopsnapshot.htm' title='wsopsnapshot.htm'>click here to see</a> how we&#8217;ve gotten there.</p>
<p>I like where things currently stand, but am a little concerned about the noticeable instability over the past couple weeks. Look at the beginning and you&#8217;ll see a nice slow-and-steady climb. But that trend has long-since disappeared <s>damn wilding Batfaces</s> &#8230; and even though I have resumed some winning ways, now would be a good time to regain control of my balance. </p>
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		<title>InstaWSOP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 21:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Michalski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS&#8211;We&#8217;re coming to the tail end of WSOP Part I. And seeing the opening salvo of WSOP Part II &#8212; the parties, the Expo, the main event, yadda yadda. The biggest deal today is HOWARD AND SUZIE LEDERER&#8217;S barbecue (w/ STEPHEN Z) the final table of the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship &#8230; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LAS VEGAS&#8211;We&#8217;re coming to the tail end of WSOP Part I. And seeing the opening salvo of WSOP Part II &#8212; the parties, the Expo, the main event, yadda yadda.</p>
<p>The biggest deal today is <s>HOWARD AND SUZIE LEDERER&#8217;S barbecue (w/ STEPHEN Z)</s> the final table of the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship &#8230; with DOYLE BRUNSON looking to put the screws to <a href="http://pokerati.com/2007/07/03/world-series-of-t-shirts/">Phil Hellmuth</a>:</p>
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Seat 1 &#8211; Doyle Brunson &#8211; 510,000<br />
Seat 2 &#8211; Patrik Antonius &#8211; 650,000<br />
Seat 3 &#8211; Marco Traniello &#8211; 420,000<br />
Seat 4 &#8211; Rene Mouritsen &#8211; 775,000<br />
Seat 5 &#8211; Tommy Ly &#8211; 1,895,000<br />
Seat 6 &#8211; Jonas Flug-Entin &#8211; 445,000<br />
Seat 7 &#8211; Steve Sung &#8211; 175,000<br />
Seat 8 &#8211; Stephen Ladowski &#8211; 360,000<br />
Seat 9 &#8211; Robert Mizrachi &#8211; 1,090,000</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2007-wsop/event-50-pot-limit-omaha/">Click here to follow the Best of Omaha, semi-live.</a></p>
<p>If you want to follow it closer-to-live, it&#8217;s being <a href="http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/news/article.asp?newsID=798">video broadcast today</a>. <a href="http://genebromberg.com">Mean Gene</a> tells me word is that the event won&#8217;t be sequestered &#8230; instead it will be broadcast without the hour delay, but no hole cards visible.</p>
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<p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/707309725_640fcabd26.jpg?v=0" width="200" align="right">Meanwhile, at the secondary final table of $1,000 SHOE, <a href="http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/29152/pat-poels.htm">PAT POELS</a> (above) looks to reclaim the ARIZONA POSSE bracelet lead as he is gunning for his third. He was chip leader for most of the day yesterday, but took a big hit right at the end. </p>
<p>The Final Table:</p>
<blockquote><p>Seat 1: Vladimir Shchemelev &#8211; 168,000<br />
Seat 2: Chip Jett &#8211; 40,000<br />
Seat 3: Dao Bac &#8211; 266,000<br />
Seat 4: Imre Leibold &#8211; 250,000<br />
Seat 5: Patrick Poels &#8211; 53,000<br />
Seat 6: Raymond Davis &#8211; 235,000<br />
Seat 7: Adam Geyer &#8211; 293,000<br />
Seat 8: Michael Craig &#8211; 161,000</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2007-wsop/event-51-shoe/">Click here to follow today&#8217;s most important mixed-games action.</a></p>
<p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/707309861_1c22cf6e4d.jpg?v=0" width="200"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1337/708184286_f1d88f831f.jpg?v=0" width="200"></p>
<p>Mad props to fellow <s>Andy Beal stalker</s> <a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-blog/">blogger MICHAEL CRAIG</a> (left), who has made his second final table of the WSOP (and also has some ARIZONA roots apparently). CHIP JETT (right), who I believe hails from Arizona originally, is fighting to hang. </p>
<p>Tomorrow he and his wife KARINA are hosting an party at a <a href="http://www.minxx.net">Las Vegas strip club</a>, by the way:</p>
<p><img src="http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2505/poker2hs7.jpg"></p>
<p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1030/708584990_158b53dcbc.jpg?v=0" width="350"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1147/707310537_3a2d9479bd.jpg?v=0" height="262"><br />
Another player to watch &#8230; RAYMOND DAVIS (left &#8212; not from Arizona) has also been kicking butt this year, and seems due for big score. LUCKY LIU (right) just missed the final table. He is STEVE WONG&#8217;S poker mentor. Shout out &#8230; nice go, LL!</p>
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<p>Both TOM SCHNEIDER and MICHELE LEWIS are competing in the<a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2007-wsop/event-53-limit-holdem-shootout/"> $1,500 Limit Hold&#8217;em Shootout</a> today. Tom made the final table in this event last year, and <a href="http://michelelewis.net">Michele </a>made a final table in Limit Hold&#8217;em, and cashed in a No-Limit shootout.</p>
<p>Since shootouts dictate that only one in 10 move on, Pokerati swears we don&#8217;t want to see them at the same table for the sake of PHOTOGRAPHIC CONVENIENCE. </p>
<p>DONKEY BOMBER wants to cash really bad in this &#8212; the deeper the better &#8212; to lock up <a href="http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/players/2007.asp?sort=poypts">Milwaukee&#8217;s Best Light Player of the Year</a>. He&#8217;s trying to hold off JEFF LISANDRO, who is well-chipped going into <a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2007-wsop/event-52-no-limit-holdem-rebuys/chip-counts/day2/">Day 2 of the $1,000 No-Limit Hold&#8217;em w/ Rebuys</a> event. Interestingly enough, these two have a pending $5,000 bet &#8212; not on who will finish higher in the POY standings, but over the NUMBER OF ENTRANTS into the main event. Tom has the under on 5,850.</p>
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<p>If you have an opinion about the rightness of Ladies events, JENNIFER NEWELL has <a href="http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/archives/newell07.htm">an interesting article &#8212; and new perspective</a> on tournaments lacking a Y chromosome. </p>
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A different view of the POKER TENT you hear so much about:<br />
<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1253/695316184_02766e2ef7.jpg?v=0"></p>
<p>Looks like something out of E.T., no?</p>
<p>This presumably has something to do with why a fourth Day 1 for the main event was added. Really would be unfair to any players who had to start in the &#8220;poker superstructure.&#8221;</p>
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Totally unrelated to poker but by a WSOP-conscious poker player &#8230; If you want to know what little things you can do in your everyday life without doing anything extra to preserve the environment, be sure to check out <a href="http://thegreendiet.blogspot.com/">Lisa&#8217;s blog here</a>.</p>
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<p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1269/695316380_26350d155d.jpg?v=0"></p>
<p>As the WSOP rolls on, the cash games are getting bigger and bigger &#8212; but where are the pros? Follow <a href="http://pokerworks.com/cash-game-and-satellites/">coverage of the LIVE ACTION</a> at PokerWorks. </p>
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<p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1339/694444695_c70b5fc029.jpg?v=0"></p>
<p>Dallas Dealer BETH LAIRD, seen here with ALLEN CUNNINGHAM and STEVEN Z(olotow) in the $1,000 2-7 Triple Draw w/ Rebuys.</p>
<p>RAFI AMIT <a href="http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2007-wsop/event-48-2-7-triple-draw-rebuys/payouts/">won that event</a> in the early Monday a.m. As they tend to do in mixed games, the ARIZONA POSSE represented &#8230; with <a href="http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/26081/danny-fuhs.htm">DANNY FUHS</a> just missing the final table, but still scoring a POSITIVE EV cash.</p>
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