WSOP 2009 thread [Spoilers only in here please]

NickyOD

HighFinance wrote: »

422 Muster, Raymond Dublin Ireland 192,000 (Ray Masters?)

It would appear it's not a makey-uppy name like it sounds Bren.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=70543

Monkeybonkers

Is Shane Warne still in this?

nicnicnic

yeah thats Ray Masters, I must of forgot to write my count when bagging. Playing on blue 6,

any table draws up, Nicky ?, hope to fcuk I dont draw Elky

White Knight

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

Is Shane Warne still in this?

shane warne is out .. was as high as 200k but lost them in 2 big hands

Wolves

nicnicnic wrote: »

any table draws up, Nicky ?, hope to fcuk I dont draw Elky

Go easy on him if u do nicky, i have both of you in the last longest.;) gl

NickyOD

nicnicnic wrote: »

yeah thats Ray Masters, I must of forgot to write my count when bagging. Playing on blue 6,

any table draws up, Nicky ?, hope to fcuk I dont draw Elky

Here you go dude. Not Elky but you did get an interesting draw. I'll post the other Irish draws seperately now also.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tna7qMVDQmQyNXhVgia1jDg

Power, Nicky DNR B6
Kennedy, Brian 285,000 B6
Greco, Michael 188,000 B6
Mayfield, Scott 399,000 B6
LI, Andrew 105,500 B6
Valkenburg, Paulus 151,000 B6
Holm, Uffe 78,500 B6
Bunch, John 203,000 B6
Rodman, Blair 526,000 B6

HighFinance

fatguy wrote: »

ZING!

Haha nice one. I still stand by it. Pokernews make money from advertising every time I view their site. They're not doing it for charity. The least they could do is jot down the name of the player who took a few chips off Helmuth and acknowledge him when they post about it.

It's laziness. They assume that people only want to know what the likes of Helmuth and Ivey are doing, so they only bother to post details of famous players. That's what gets the hits to the site and that's what brings in the ad revenue. Actually it wouldn't surprise me if the people on the floor gather all the details, and that the editors who post the updates are the ones I should be annoyed with.

I'm not gonna write them a strongly worded letter, boycott the site or start an e-poll to get them to change their demonic ways. I'm just venting my frustrations with their processes on an internet forum.

I have been a live reporter, managed live reporting teams, employed live reporters, sacked live reporters (and still regularly do) and i can assure you that generalising that "its laziness" is not a winning argument on so many levels.

However, you're entitled to you're opinion, my opinion is that you clearly don't know what you're talking about.

I mean, from your response you don't even seem to know how a poker media website makes money, cos you're way off the mark in thinking they make anything from an individual just viewing their site.

And live reporters are every bit as likely to feel frustrated at events for a host of reasons as a reader might at any given moment in time, and more often than not for reasons outside of their control.

Anyway, just trying to shed some light on the processes.

NickyOD

Day 4 Irish Table Draws:


Bo, Magne 185,500 B1 1
Mohler, Spencer 104,000 B1 2
Black, Andrew 277,500 B1 3
Jensen, Benjamin 835,500 B1 4
Kellstrom, Dana 129,500 B1 5
Ivey, Craig 290,000 B1 6
Kremenliev, Peter 587,500 B1 7
Patchell, Joel 316,500 B1 8
Key, James 234,500 B1 9


Nealon, Fergal 325,500 B18 1
Pettersson, Dean 223,500 B18 2
McLaughlin, Marc Etienne 701,000 B18 3
Erlandsen, Morten 162,500 B18 4
Cappello, Joseph 154,500 B18 5
Brubaker, Brian 127,000 B18 6
Sitron, Scott 214,000 B18 7
Fisher, Mark 336,000 B18 8
Powell, Brian 634,000 B18 9


Hein, Hans 326,000 B15 1
Szabo, Frank 138,500 B15 2
Heich, Christian 735,500 B15 3
Douglas, Shane 80,500 B15 4
Lococo, Daniel 15,000 B15 5
Vazquez, Roy 205,000 B15 6
Bjorin, Chris 252,500 B15 7
Geoghegan, Sylvester 89,500 B15 8
Ramirez, Jason 390,500 B15 9


Campbell, James 131,500 O82 2
Blackman, Scott 380,000 O82 3
Graydon, Michael 323,500 O82 4
Norup, Preben 137,000 O82 5
Curry, Clark 266,500 O82 6
Tamayo, Jonathan 287,500 O82 7
Radek, Chvala 290,000 O82 8
Carson, Rudy 108,000 O82 9


Hansen, Rasmus Gandrup 87,000 B37 1
Zackey, Waren 353,000 B37 2
Kang, Benjamin 36,000 B37 3
Martin, John 340,500 B37 4
Lundwall ,Todd 520,500 B37 5
Milligan, Steven 86,000 B37 6
Neilson, Daniel 304,000 B37 7
Poleshchuk, Vladimir 51,000 B37 8
DeMeulder, Mathias 57,500 B37 9



Castaldo, Michael 221,000 O81 1
Lee, Ronald 66,500 O81 2
Crabtree, Donald 268,500 O81 3
Miles, Timothy 136,000 O81 4
Muster, Raymond 192,000 O81 5
Abdalla, Jake 148,000 O81 6
Brewin, Will 113,000 O81 7
Toge, Susumu 72,000 O81 8
Suarez, Neil 75,500 O81 9


Brown, Randy 190,500 B33 1
Adler, Eli 624,500 B33 2
Lipkin, Robert 198,000 B33 3
Maxwell, Jason 224,500 B33 4
Carrier, Mateusz 249,500 B33 5
Weiner, Ken 179,500 B33 6
Levi, David 198,500 B33 7
Luu, Hieu 224,000 B33 8
Kenny, Albert 66,500 B33 9

NickyOD

I was going to ask why Ray has a different surname in the states but I can imagine why.

If he wins wtf are we going to call him?

NickyOD

fatguy wrote: »

ZING!

Haha nice one. I still stand by it. Pokernews make money from advertising every time I view their site. They're not doing it for charity.

LOL! No.

They don't make a cent from you unless you sign up through one of their affiliates. Pokernews actually make a loss from many of the events they report from.

fatguy wrote: »

The least they could do is jot down the name of the player who took a few chips off Helmuth and acknowledge him when they post about it.

As far as I'm aware the WSOP doesn't use a player card system so getting the players name is not easy. Lot's of players don't want to talk to you or don't speak English. This is aside from the fact that you might not actually be able to get close to the player from behind a rope or TV cameras.

fatguy wrote: »

It's laziness. They assume that people only want to know what the likes of Helmuth and Ivey are doing, so they only bother to post details of famous players. That's what gets the hits to the site and that's what brings in the ad revenue.

Most people DO only want to know what the big names are doing, which is why they always get priority. Their sponsors are also the site's affiliates so mentioning them is important, but you're way off the mark anyway. Tonnes of unknowns get a mention, and an unknown always gets a mention if he's among the chip-leaders.

fatguy wrote: »

Actually it wouldn't surprise me if the people on the floor gather all the details, and that the editors who post the updates are the ones I should be annoyed with.

Again you're showing you're ignorance here. The people who are out on the floor gathering the info ARE the one's who post the updates. Why the **** would an editor do it?

Pokernews have what they call "shadows" who review the reporters post for consistency, spelling errors or explicit content. That is all.

fatguy wrote: »

I'm not gonna write them a strongly worded letter, boycott the site or start an e-poll to get them to change their demonic ways. I'm just venting my frustrations with their processes on an internet forum.

Don't get frustrated, it's not healthy. Just try not to pass comment about things you know nothing about.

I was a live reporter for Pokernews for a long time before I decided it wasn't worth what they were paying me, and others were willing to do it for less.

It's a thankless, tiresome and very monotonous task that I wouldn't wish upon anyone, especially having to deal with harrahs and espn at the main event.

HighFinance

What he said ^^^

grahamasters

NickyOD wrote: »

I was going to ask why Ray has a different surname in the states but I can imagine why.

If he wins wtf are we going to call him?

its cus my dads orignal name was raymond muster when my ma and da got married it was changed to masters somehow duno how but thats what happend anyway. but i think officaly my da's name is raymond muster and my ma and the rest of our names is masters.

doke

grahamasters wrote: »

its cus my dads orignal name was raymond muster when my ma and da got married it was changed to masters somehow duno how but thats what happend anyway. but i think officaly my da's name is raymond muster and my ma and the rest of our names is masters.

So your Da is Mister Muster and you and Dave are Masters Masters? And I thought the situation in our house was confusing.

Good luck to Ray today: he's playing a blinder. Also all the other Irish still in.

Grafter

Graydon Bets Wu Out

Bingjian Wu continued his aggressive play, raising to 10,500 from middle position. When he got called by Michael Graydon in the big blind, we saw a flop of {3-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{4-Hearts}.

Wu put in a continuation bet of 17,000 and Graydon made the call, taking us to the {Q-Clubs} on the turn. When Wu checked, Graydon bet 25,000 and took the pot.

doke

11 off the money, just got two updates.

Nicky Power 100K
Ray "Man of Mystery" Muster/Masters 160K

Omega28

hows albert kenny getting on?

a147pro

looks like bubble about to burst, hope he managed to scrape through and hope the other lads still in

KevIRL

pokernews back up..

boogey man

any news is bubble burst aaaaaaaaaaaghhhh suspense is killing me

lee_arama

Last check 651 left in...

boogey man

is that in the money cant get poker news here any news on nicky

lee_arama

648 get the bobs... No news on the Irish from what I'm reading, and I'm trawling a few sites at once.

boogey man

Thanks please post as soon as you know anything. I am in work computer doesnt let me see poker news

big_iain

mick g makes wsop website

Graydon Bets Wu Out
Bingjian Wu continued his aggressive play, raising to 10,500 from middle position. When he got called by Michael Graydon in the big blind, we saw a flop of . Wu put in a continuation bet of 17,000 and Graydon made the call, taking us to the on the turn. When Wu checked, Graydon bet 25,000 and took the pot.

big_iain

andy black on 277k

lee_arama

Pokahn00z says the bubble is about to go, 649 left.

big_iain

i have albert kenny on 66k but then i have nicky power as out

sorry Albert Kenny

633,500

maybe a a typo

Enzo Scifo

big_iain wrote: »

i have albert kenny on 66k but then i have nicky power as out

That is what they started today at, Nicky is down as 1 chip as they had no total for him at the end of yesterday. 1 off the bubble but still over 760 players with chips so at least 100 of these are busto..

big_iain

andy black 490K
big mick g 470k

WH BONNEY

big_iain wrote: »

i have albert kenny on 66k but then i have nicky power as out

sorry Albert Kenny

633,500

maybe a a typo

Pokernews have him on 700,000