And Were Off!!!!!!!

carrigeen

WSOP has started 27 playing in a tourny of champions including Andy Black $2m prizepool:D


(only 26 left)

Lafortezza

Where can you see updates?

carrigeen

im tracking on cardplayer

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/530

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Andy has near doubled up through Joe Hachem

califano

What did Andy win to get into this?

ocallagh

invitational as far as i know. final 9 of WSOP 2005, some WPT finalists and 6 additional pro's were selected.

ocallagh

11 players left - Current chip counts

1 Daniel Negreanu $58,500
2 Andrew Black $50,500
3 Aaron Kanter $42,000
4 Mike Matusow $28,200
5 Chris Ferguson $18,500
5 Mike Sexton $18,500
7 Thang "Kido" Pham$18,000
8 Daniel Bergsdorf$13,000
9 Darrell Dicken$12,500
10 Gus Hansen $9,500
11 Chris Reslock$8,400


9 player get paid.

1$1,000,000
2$325,000
3$250,000
4$150,000
5$100,000
6$75,000
7$50,000
8$25,000
9$25,000


nicked from http://www.cardplayer.com/

ocallagh

yes!! Andy just took Kanter out in a monster pot.

ATx board, Kanter got it all in with AK. Andy had AT and called. No miracle this time for Kanter!

Andy now has 97k.. closest to him is Daniel Negraunu on 44k

ollyk1

Nice one Andy! I was following this last night but I'm behind a firewall now so all updates are welcome ocallagh.;)

ocallagh

ollyk1 wrote:

Nice one Andy! I was following this last night but I'm behind a firewall now so all updates are welcome ocallagh.;)

think they've finished for the day. starting again later tnoight

NickyOD

Go Go Go Go Go!!!!!

carrigeen

im firewalled as well can someone post the end of day chipcounts if they get a minute

thanks

NickyOD

carrigeen wrote:

im firewalled as well can someone post the end of day chipcounts if they get a minute

thanks

1 Andrew Black $94,175
2 Daniel Negreanu $44,325
3 Daniel Bergsdorf $24,500
4 Thang "Kido" Pham $23,825
5 Mike Matusow $21,300
6 Chris Ferguson $16,600
7 Mike Sexton $16,100
8 Darrell Dicken $15,425
9 Gus Hansen $7,375
10 Chris Reslock $6,375

Bp!

carrigeen wrote:

im firewalled as well can someone post the end of day chipcounts if they get a minute

thanks

1 Andrew Black $94,175

2 Daniel Negreanu $44,325

3 Daniel Bergsdorf $24,500

4 Thang "Kido" Pham $23,825

5 Mike Matusow $21,300

6 Chris Ferguson $16,600

7 Mike Sexton $16,100

8 Darrell Dicken $15,425

9 Gus Hansen $7,375

10 Chris Reslock $6,375



Nice one Andy knockin out Kantor, glad it was him who knocked him out


EDIT: Feckin new someone would have them posted when I was postin lol thanks Nicky

ollyk1

This is one hell of a freeroll isn't it?

It just shows you the +EV of playing the WSOP. There may not be any money added and the reg is way too high but on the otherhand if you make the FT and are anyway commercially savvy there seems to be a lot of additional money to be made.

Lex

Good publicity for the main even alright. Another million dollar winner!

Kanter would need to be seriously commercialy savvy to overcome public opinion after dogging raymer!

As a matter of interest, how much do they take from the 10k as a reg fee?
Or is the reg extra?

5starpool

The main event has something like 2% withheld from the 10k for costs and dealers wages I think I read somewhere.

DeVore

Daily coverage will start today on Antesup.com. I'm just out of bed

I'll post when we have the latest news up.

DeV.

slegs

Is there any TV coverage of the WSOP events anywhere....I know challenge and player do the edited/recorded shows that will be on later in the year but surely some Sky or foreign satellite channel has rights to the ESPN coverage

5starpool

ESPN only shows them later in the year too. No live coverage on TV.

DeVore

Here's the short version:
ANDY'S DESTROYING THEM.

The longer version can be found here

I knew Andy was chip leader but omg.... He's on a rampage!

I'll try and get you updates as quickly as possible but none of the press are there yet (its waaay to early for Vegas just yet!)

DeV.

Lex

The word is ESPN will be doing live FT pay-per-view coverage in the states.
So hopefully I can get in touch with some cousins over there around that time...

WH BONNEY

Andy was crushing the field at last years WSOP & kept his foot on the accelerator until he ran into a very bad beat. My question is will he keep it in fifth gear & try to crush them all or will he gear down & let them cut one anothers throats ?

DeVore

The Andy that is there this year has another years experience behind him and this time at much higher levels thanks to his new found bankroll. I think he'll terrify them. I think he will also simply pressure the bigger stacks and only take on the smaller stacks with half decent hands. But what do I know, God only knows what Mr Black is thinking of doing... but its sure to be interesting!

DeV.

NickyOD

To say that he's destroying them is more than a little silly. I think He moved up 43K in chips on the last blind level primarily through outflopping Kanter's AK with AT and having kanter dump his stack to him. I think Kanter was 3rd in chips at the time. Sometimes massive chipleads just land right in your lap.

ntlbell

NickyOD wrote:

To say that he's destroying them is more than a little silly. I think He moved up 43K in chips on the last blind level primarily through outflopping Kanter's AK with AT and having kanter dump his stack to him. I think Kanter was 3rd in chips at the time. Sometimes massive chipleads just land right in your lap.

Nicky,

We're not in the world cup, it's the end of june and it's still p*ssing out of the heaven's.

Let us have something to brag about eh!

NickyOD

ntlbell wrote:

Nicky,

We're not in the world cup, it's the end of june and it's still p*ssing out of the heaven's.

Let us have something to brag about eh!

Brag when he's won!!! We all know he has a tendency to get overaggressive with a big stack.

ollyk1

I think an interesting factor is Andy is going to be a lot less tired and mentally drained at this FT then he was at the WSOP FT at the end of a very long month of poker.

He may not win this but I don't think he'll blow it and the coverage a win here would get him could be absolutely massive.

G'wan the Andy!

DeVore

94,175 chips when your next nearest opponents have 44,300 and 24,500 is "destroying them" in my book. He had 50k when he took out Kanter but that only makes it worse because each of them has LESS then Kanter had when Andy took him on with half his current stack.
Besides, how did he manage to get 50k in the first place?

I'm with NTLBell... I think supporters have a tendancy to shout for their team BEFORE they actually win
(unless you are Man U.... then the supporters arrive after the silverwear. oh no he didnt!!)

Dev.

carrigeen

you can subscibe to see the final table live next month (sorry august )

will we be able to do this outside the states?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=2476712

califano

wrote:

Brag when he's won!!! We all know he has a tendency to get overaggressive with a big stack.

Hey what you got against homer anyway!?

mdwexford

definitely be a nice way to start the wsop campaign
about 35% of the chips in play he should take a lot of stopping

NickyOD

Reporter wrote:

Joe Hachem had the best hand when he moved all-in with Q-Q. Steve Dannenmann was all-in as well, holding 8-8. Daniel Negreanu had A-Q and caught an ace on the flop, eliminating the top two finishers of the 2005 WSOP in one single hand.

Reporter wrote:

Strom was low on chips and moved all-in with A-Q against Daniel Negreanu, holding an embarrassingly bad hand – 5-2. When the flop came A-3-4 giving Negreanu a straight...

Reporter wrote:
Mike O’Malley busted-out when his A-Q was crushed by Daniel Negreanu’s 3-2

Stoopid game!! :rolleyes:

Samson

5starpool wrote:

The main event has something like 2% withheld from the 10k for costs and dealers wages I think I read somewhere.

It's actually 6%.
From: http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/structures/MainEvent/Event39.html

The following percentages will be withheld from each buy-in for each event:

Buy-in Take-Out
$500 10%
$1,000.00 9%
$1,500.00 9%
$2,000.00 9%
$2,500.00 8%
$3,000.00 8%
$5,000.00 6%
$10,000.00 6%

DeVore

And last year they gave the players a 10 dollar voucher for a 16 dollar buffet.

DeV.

carrigeen

yeah but the 6% was worth it for the quality of the loos

roryc

any updates on this?

Hitman Actual

roryc wrote:

any updates on this?

They've just started back.

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/530

From that link:

Cardplayer wrote:

New Chip Stack and Level
Tournament officials have increased everyones chip stacks by ten times and increased the blinds accordingly.

Anyone know the reason for this?

carrigeen

just started no action yet

you can follow on the thread below


http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/530

lenny ur too fast

Hitman Actual

carrigeen wrote:

lenny ur too fast

LOL, I'm a boards addict.

Andy just knocked out Gus Hansen, 99 v AK, nines held up. G'wan Mr Black!

delanec8

lenny_leonard wrote:

From that link:
Anyone know the reason for this?

I would imagine just to make it better for TV

mewso

Gotta love it. They increased all of the final ten players' chips. Presumably so the dumb audience would be wowed by 20k bets.
Also my fussy web dev side coming out. Why can't these updates be in order of when they occur. I can jump to latest happenings if I wish but otherwise most would like to read from where they left off to the current situation.

mewso

Andy has 3 times his nearest rival in chips.

delanec8

Andy just knocked out Kido Pham. Its down to 7 and Andy has just over 40% of the chips

Hitman Actual

delanec8 wrote:

I would imagine just to make it better for TV

Ok, kinda obvious I suppose.

Pokerwire are doing updates as well, but it looks to be identical to cardplayer: http://www.pokerwire.com/

There's also some discussion on the full contact forum: http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-forum/index.php?showtopic=65255&st=0

Andy has a bit of respect over there.

Doc Farrell

Negreanau's (can't spell it) video diary will be the coolest thing in the WSOP this year.

I hope he can continue to be such a positive ambassador for such a cruel game.
got gethem Danny!

BigDragon

lenny_leonard wrote:

Ok, kinda obvious I suppose.

Pokerwire are doing updates as well, but it looks to be identical to cardplayer: http://www.pokerwire.com/

There's also some discussion on the full contact forum: http://www.fullcontactoker.com/poker-forum/index.php?showtopic=65255&st=0

Andy has a bit of respect over there.

Lenny - you had me bashing my keyboard (theres a P in poker apparently :rolleyes: )

MadsL

I like the chip count graphs on cardplayer!

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/chip_counts/530

Danny making ground...

Hitman Actual

BigDragon wrote:

Lenny - you had me bashing my keyboard (theres a P in poker apparently :rolleyes: )

I dont know how I managed that, it was a simple copy and paste! Post edited.

cooker3

Oh dear, Andy lost a huge hand with Daniel Negreanu, he had AK but ran into Kings and didn't catch an Ace and is now 5th of 6 players with just 173,000 chips, Negreanu is first with 1,500,000 chips.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

heard that - painful. going to be hard for him to get back in now. still a fine paycheck to start the WSOP.