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Here are the 479 remaining players from the combined Days 1A and 1B, sorted by chip count and also listing their table and seat assignment for tomorrow:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
Anna	Wroblewski	211,325	45	8
Sam	Farha	210,700	42	5
Dan	Lowe	198,050	60	9
Danny	Alaei	187,050	6	6
Marc	Goodwin	177,225	22	10
John	Racener	175,925	12	10
Jack	Karban	173,850	40	10
Alan	Schein	171,575	46	9
Thien	Phan	167,300	25	1
Kirk	Morrison	167,075	42	6
Ronald	Haeri	164,150	58	10
Mike	Matusow	162,575	40	3
Shawn	Buchann	155,625	19	8
Keith	Gipson	151,775	50	7
Chris	Gentile	151,750	49	6
Paul	Begum	151,650	58	6
Shannon	Shorr	151,575	7	4
David	Baker	150,225	24	9
Steve	Wong	147,175	58	8
Lyle	Berman	142,475	7	2
Jim	Hanna	142,375	2	6
Raymond	Davis	141,950	56	9
Paul	Lee	140,950	50	2
Gevork	Kasabyan	138,725	61	2
Hoyt	Corkins	137,775	48	8
David	Benyamine	135,900	28	1
Jason	Fretag	135,525	61	5
Ben	Sabrin	135,350	47	5
David	Rheem	134,625	62	9
Peter	Muller	132,550	45	4
Neil	Chriss	132,250	17	4
David	Singer	132,250	49	8
Isaac	Haxton	131,700	39	3
Justin	Young	131,475	58	3
Eric	Hershler	131,325	62	2
Grant	Lang	128,400	64	9
Pramesh	Bansi	127,000	56	7
Alvin	Zeidenfeld	126,525	37	6
Quirt	Davis	124,875	42	10
Gavin	Simms	123,550	62	8
James	Lee	121,000	43	10
Bruce	Yamron	120,300	3	9
Tom	Werthmann	120,275	44	3
Patrik	Antonious	119,600	41	10
Casper Dahl	Hansen	118,900	57	9
Kevin	Keller	117,675	27	3
Henry Michael	Thuritz	117,625	51	4
Paul	Wasicka	116,725	11	8
Steven	Mclaughlin	115,275	27	9
Freddie	Deeb	115,250	42	1
Carlos	Mortensen	115,125	19	10
Matt	Keikoan	114,350	2	8
Lee	Markholt	114,050	38	4
Matt	Brady	113,875	21	4
Jared	Hamby	112,575	46	7
Bill	Blanda	112,400	25	9
Deepak	Bhatti	112,050	56	2
Marcel	Luske	112,050	21	7
Suk Min	Sung	112,025	45	2
Lars	Bonding	111,775	9	10
Chris	Kennedy	111,650	24	5
Elia	Ahmadian	111,250	63	3
Christian	Kruel	110,625	38	9
Isabelle	Mercier	110,500	38	8
Carl	Wong	110,300	40	9
Jay	Heimowitz	109,450	37	3
Juan Carlos	Alvarado	109,275	11	5
George	Marlow	107,500	38	5
Mohamad	Kowssarie	106,675	11	9
John	Bonetti	105,575	52	8
Robert	Mizrachi	105,500	60	6
Joe	Sebok	104,125	8	2
James	Worth	103,525	63	6
Gavin	Griffin	102,900	12	8
Jake	Minter	102,750	19	6
Carlos	Zambrano	102,750	21	1
Dennis	Almasy	102,250	42	9
Raul	Oliveira	102,000	8	8
Jason	Eakes	101,700	2	3
Billy	Pilossoph	101,700	59	5
John	Phan	101,675	12	7
David	Grey	101,550	16	2
Kathy	Liebert	100,325	19	3
Jamie	Gold	100,025	24	6
Harry	Kazazian	100,025	28	10
Kevin	Song	99,575	41	9
Mark	Stubbs	98,500	30	5
Hollis	Stabler	96,975	49	3
Richard	Harroch	96,625	9	6
Peter	Gould	96,575	37	4
Hassan	Habib	96,325	53	1
Billy	Baxter	95,925	60	7
Jim	Mc Crink	95,800	52	10
John	Spadavecchia	95,700	56	1
Johnny	Chan	95,600	57	2
Todd	Rebello	94,750	46	10
Phil	Hellmuth	93,800	37	7
Dustin	Woolf	93,675	52	6
Rick	Barstow	93,575	64	6
Josh	Arieh	93,325	43	6
Joe	Cassidy	93,200	49	10
Matthew	Glantz	93,125	49	1
Nek-Pal	Singh	92,500	51	7
Sorel	Mizzi	92,025	7	7
Daniel	Elizondo	91,800	44	4
Ed	Teems	91,425	42	4
Justin	Pechie	91,400	39	6
Paul	Snead	90,925	21	5
Jani	Vilmunen	90,775	59	1
Jani	Sointula	90,675	62	3
Vinny	Vinh	90,675	37	8
Franco	Brunetti	90,550	39	8
Jim	Parker	90,400	64	3
David	Oppenheim	90,100	58	7
Vanessa	Rousso	90,025	55	5
Eric	Kesselman	90,000	37	1
Robert	Nehrayan	89,975	22	3
Jaime	Ligator	89,000	64	10
James	Mackey	88,875	50	8
Johnny	Lodden	88,825	47	9
Erica	Schoenburg	88,725	11	3
John	Cernuto	88,700	41	7
Joseph	Pulliam	88,650	40	5
Joe	Bartholdi	88,475	7	8
David	Uliott	88,400	3	4
Andros	Ioakimides	88,000	21	6
Sean	McCabe	87,750	6	4
Peter	Feldman	87,725	46	5
Jeff	Cabanillas	87,450	58	5
John	Pires	86,775	9	7
John	Shipley	86,025	54	10
Daniel	Shiff	85,875	40	8
Alan	Engel	85,475	16	5
Michael	Sukonik	85,300	28	4
John	Barch	85,275	41	6
Chip	Reese	85,225	16	7
Thang	Pham	85,000	51	1
Herb	Montalbano	84,300	54	1
Mark	Gregorich	84,200	7	3
Ryan	Gafford	83,925	51	9
Ross	Boatman	83,375	17	6
Ron	Linden	82,625	64	4
Antonio	Salorio	82,525	7	5
Loi	Phan	82,500	18	6
Richard	Anthony	81,900	27	4
Luigi	Esposito	81,525	59	6
Scott	Mayfield	81,525	39	7
Per	Ummer	81,475	17	9
Barney	Boatman	80,850	20	7
Mike	Gracz	80,250	43	7
Bill	Ferrand	80,075	56	8
John	Myung	80,075	60	10
Shawn	Chaconas	79,675	2	5
Amir	Nasseri	79,525	55	10
Mark	Newhouse	79,450	18	7
Allen	Cunningham	79,075	46	8
Doyle	Brunson	79,050	6	7
Danny	Fuhs	78,625	54	6
Ari	Goott	78,475	50	10
Jeremy	Joseph	78,275	3	3
Thomas	Wahlroos	78,100	54	9
Gregg	Merkow	77,175	50	1
Thomas	Schreiber	77,050	56	6
Hertzel	Zalewski	77,000	54	8
Don	Webb	76,825	42	7
Juha	Helppi	76,575	6	8
Christian	Grundtvig	76,275	38	1
Danny	Wong	76,100	19	4
David	Solomon	75,850	12	5
Bruce	Corman	75,825	37	5
Kyle	Carlston	75,800	46	3
Jennifer	Harman	75,600	17	10
Tom	Franklin	75,500	48	1
Robert	Slezak	74,325	41	3
Daniel	Shak	74,150	12	9
Fred	David	73,775	6	5
Padre	Parkinson	73,600	39	10
Jan	Sjavik	73,400	9	5
Surinder	Sunar	73,325	53	6
Lamar	Wilkinson	73,175	45	5
Steve	Mandelbaum	72,975	22	8
Greg	Mueller	72,675	18	3
Doron	Malinasky	72,550	25	7
Thomas	Schneider	72,300	28	9
James	Dawick	71,245	30	9
Paul	Testud	71,100	7	6
Noah	Jefferson	70,900	39	4
Roland	Gentner	70,875	53	7
Nick	Binger	70,650	55	8
Tony	Cousineau	70,325	48	6
Jacob	Fernandez	70,225	51	6
Roland	Dewolfe	70,100	52	7
Jimmy	D' Ambrosio	70,025	38	10
Fred	Goldberg	69,925	28	8
Ted	Kearly	69,750	51	5
Ben	Doud	69,675	41	2
Bill	Gazes	69,400	9	3
Joe	Chang	69,300	20	3
Franklin	Caldwell	68,450	27	5
Jesse	Jones	67,400	18	2
Martin	Deknijff	67,275	37	9
Stephen	Hooper	67,250	18	4
Gavin	Smith	67,225	27	8
Tomas	Umali	67,150	11	1
John	Harris	67,050	24	10
Mark	Rose	66,925	44	2
Can	Hua	66,525	12	1
Gregory	Alston	66,475	9	2
Danilo	Sahione	66,225	38	7
Johan	Storakers	66,150	27	6
Cornal Andrew	Cimpan	65,925	37	2
Kian	Kiarash	65,875	44	8
Rich	Salomon	65,525	55	1
Phil	Ivey	65,400	11	10
Eric	Koskas	65,375	6	2
Marcello	Del Grosso	65,350	28	2
Henry	Rondon	65,225	56	10
Narendra	Banwari	65,100	30	7
Rock	Cloutier	65,000	21	10
Flaminio	Malaguti	65,000	20	6
James	Patton	64,950	48	3
Philip	Tom	64,650	39	9
Daniel	Harrington	64,625	46	4
Rob	Hollink	64,500	53	2
Hoang	Ho	63,700	8	3
Alan	Sass	63,650	8	5
Philip	Matthews	63,400	21	9
Patrick	Poels	63,300	60	8
Alejandro	Tort	62,600	11	6
Daniel	Negreanu	62,400	53	8
Bjorn	Lindblom	62,275	42	8
Scott	Nguyen	62,200	25	3
Eric	Deregt	62,125	19	9
Chuck	Pacheco	62,125	9	1
Amir	Vahedi	61,725	2	1
Paul	Alterman	60,750	8	4
Tom	Dobrilovic	60,750	30	4
Mats	Rahmn	60,600	48	7
David	Stroj	60,000	64	2
Daniel	Quach	59,750	9	4
Jean Robert	Bellande	59,625	21	8
Chris	Bjorin	59,075	18	8
Tad	Jurgens	59,050	7	9
Connie	Kim	58,825	60	2
David	Wells	58,575	7	10
Dan	Alspach	58,500	61	7
Cliff	Josephy	58,475	63	8
Lance	Allred	58,450	51	2
Joseph	Beevers	57,900	46	1
Brett	Richey	57,900	41	4
Ronnie	Hofman	57,425	59	2
Jesse	Martin	57,375	54	7
Eric	Mizrachi	57,300	18	5
Dewey	Tomko	57,200	41	8
Tom	Koral	57,050	6	10
Tom	Barkas	56,750	57	3
Eric	Beller	56,675	19	2
Paul	Beresford	56,600	48	9
James	Shaw	56,300	63	4
Abel	Meijberg	56,250	43	5
Andrew	Micali	56,250	40	2
Joseph	Grebanier	56,025	21	3
John	Nathan	55,575	27	7
Adeeb	Harb	54,925	3	7
Jason	Lester	54,550	52	3
Erick	Lindgren	54,375	44	1
Berry	Johnston	53,900	46	2
Tom	Lee	53,850	63	9
William	Chen	53,800	9	8
Lonnie	Heimowitz	53,800	57	4
Scott	Clements	53,775	57	7
Michael	Xu	53,600	40	7
Quinn	Do	53,525	45	3
Zvi	Shiff	53,475	11	2
J C	Tran	53,475	8	10
Humberto	Brenes	53,425	47	4
Don	Zewin	53,100	24	7
Joseph	Graziano	52,500	61	1
Lawrence	Tovar	52,400	53	3
Tor	Gammelgard	52,325	20	8
John	Esposito	52,200	63	10
Bradley	Helm	52,175	28	6
Tom	West	52,025	30	2
Jim	Mcmanus	51,925	37	10
Alan	Cutler	51,875	57	6
Moto Yuki	Mabuchi	51,850	63	2
Michael	Greco	51,750	57	1
Rhynie	Campbell	51,675	53	4
Jonathan	Little	51,675	55	6
Ben	Roberts	51,600	55	9
Jordan	Siegal	51,075	11	7
Edward	Gross	50,950	47	6
Martin	Wendt	50,925	22	7
Robert	Goldfarb	50,800	20	2
Mark	Seif	50,625	30	1
William	Klein	50,350	17	5
Joe	Hachem	50,275	58	4
Peter	Neff	50,075	6	3
Aaron	Scott	50,075	48	5
Chris	McCormack	50,000	18	1
Eli	Eslami	49,725	62	7
Greg	Baird	49,425	38	6
Jeffrey	Blenkarn	49,400	12	2
David	Peat	48,000	24	3
Ram	Vaswani	47,850	3	8
Stuart	Fox	47,800	43	2
Thomas	Gosnell	47,750	16	6
Joe	Tehan	47,575	59	4
Nick	Cassavetes	47,525	47	8
Atsushi	Osawa	47,225	53	5
Maureen	Feduniak	47,200	27	1
David	Lambard	47,175	11	4
Steve	Dunning	46,625	43	1
Noah	Boeken	46,450	17	1
Todd	Keikoan	46,150	19	1
Jinhing	Chin	46,000	19	5
Vincent	Procopio	45,925	50	5
Rene	Angelil	45,650	45	10
Ron	Faltinsky	45,650	3	10
Russell	Rosenblum	45,550	61	9
Jonathan	Westra	45,525	22	4
Thor	Hansen	45,500	51	10
Arnold	Compolongo	45,350	52	4
Victor	Campana	45,250	62	1
Jim	Bechtel	45,100	55	7
Tom	Mc Evoy	44,975	46	6
David	Plastik	44,950	56	4
Huck	Seed	44,950	38	3
Matthew	Wolf	44,950	52	2
Gary	Haubelt	44,850	25	5
Bob	Stupak	44,425	45	9
Stuart	Paterson	44,275	12	4
Kevin	O'Connell	44,000	54	3
Alex	Bolotin	43,975	47	2
Steve	Zolotow	43,975	20	1
Lenny	Martin	43,600	62	4
Gustav	Hansen	43,575	60	4
Sirous	Baghchehsaraie	43,550	59	7
Jason	Hardage	43,475	43	8
Chris	Santora	43,325	48	4
David	Daneshgar	43,275	3	1
Steve	Lott	42,800	52	5
Edward	Hansen	42,750	20	4
Liz	Lieu	42,725	2	4
Abraham	Mosseri	42,675	57	8
Binh Quoc	Nguyen	42,650	41	1
Agis	Leontakianakos	42,600	12	3
Timothy	Anders	42,550	22	5
Peter	Haslam	42,225	2	9
Danny	Hall	41,800	53	10
Timothy	McCarthy	41,675	56	5
Ian	Johns	41,550	16	1
Chris	Martin	41,500	38	2
Nathan	Doudney	41,475	7	1
Ted	Lawson	41,000	6	9
Matt	Leftowitz	41,000	16	3
Tom	Pniak	40,475	21	2
Bryan	Devonshire	40,400	48	10
Robert	Barnes	40,275	54	5
Kirby	Rogers	40,100	64	7
Jeff	Littlefield	39,875	2	10
Bob	Feduniak	39,825	60	3
David	Dicken	39,775	64	8
Steve	Simmons	39,550	44	7
Jeff	Shulman	39,300	20	10
Jason	Strochak	39,150	52	1
Barry	Greenstein	39,100	63	7
Daniel	Smith	39,100	16	4
Robeert	Wazelle	38,825	40	4
Louis	Werman	38,750	16	10
Mike	Landers	38,700	24	8
Derek	Harrington	38,275	47	10
Veronica	Dunn	37,525	54	4
Harold	Kirkpatrick	37,000	19	7
Tim	Hazlitt	36,975	6	1
Simon	Moussa	36,250	44	10
Steven	Zoine	36,250	22	2
Kristy	Gazes	36,175	8	1
Jeppe	Mikkelsen	36,150	47	7
David	Williams	36,025	47	1
Steve	Rash	35,775	16	8
Cory	Carroll	35,575	17	2
Chris	Mc Adams	35,250	30	3
Mads	Andersen	35,150	64	1
Tommy	Vu	35,025	40	1
Gina	Fiore	35,000	18	9
Amnon	Filippi	34,975	41	5
David	Sklansky	34,975	44	9
Jimmy Ngoc	Tran	34,575	61	8
Allen	Kessler	34,550	3	2
Mickey	Appleman	34,425	8	6
Tommy	Hang	34,125	20	9
Jorge	Arias	33,675	8	7
Ricky	Cummings	33,625	24	2
Emeline	Boich	33,450	61	10
Kenny	Tran	33,275	45	1
Di	Dang	32,825	55	4
Steve	Brecher	32,600	44	6
Steve	Crockett	31,850	42	2
Peter	Rho	31,550	49	7
Guy	Laliberte	31,375	17	7
Wayne	Boich	31,350	27	10
Harry	Demitriou	30,975	60	5
Eugene	Katchalov	30,650	49	5
Rocco	Bucci	30,525	63	5
Louis	Asmo	30,100	62	10
Lee	Watkinson	30,050	25	10
Chau	Giang	29,975	39	2
Rodney	Hurlbut	29,925	47	3
Justin	Bonomo	29,575	16	9
Benjamin	Johnson	29,175	25	6
Brian	Potashnik	28,500	50	6
Wei Kai	Chang	28,175	43	9
Ryan	Daut	27,725	51	3
Alan	Fixel	27,400	24	1
Burt	Boutin	27,350	53	9
Mike	Wattel	26,925	59	3
Valentino	Valentino	26,675	22	9
Joe	Aval	26,600	40	6
Toto	Leonidas	26,600	25	4
Young	Phan	26,575	58	1
Omar	Saeed	26,175	49	9
Danny	Rakovsky	26,150	63	1
Manousos	Vourkoutiotis	26,100	59	10
Cory	Zeidman	26,100	50	4
Kevin	O'Donnell	26,050	58	9
James	Pieczynski	25,500	56	3
Nestor	Ygborn	25,325	49	4
David	Levi	25,225	55	3
Haralabos	Voulgaris	25,225	52	9
Jack	Schanbacher	24,775	61	6
Begir	Salihu	23,750	44	5
Cary	Katz	23,725	42	3
John	Sherrill	23,325	30	6
Tai	Nguyen	22,475	50	3
Andrew	Black	22,325	62	6
Scott	Lundberg	22,000	60	1
James	Holmes	21,725	30	8
Gary	Margadonna	21,675	39	5
Stan	Fulton	21,650	49	2
Stan	Weiss	21,275	25	2
Doa Kim	Bac	20,675	22	6
Douglas	Mackinnon	20,475	62	5
Todd	Brunson	20,425	57	10
Paul	Kraus	20,300	8	9
Kevin	Saul	19,725	61	4
Erik	Friberg	19,550	2	2
Robert	Williamson III	19,400	57	5
J J	Liu	19,150	59	9
Terricita	Evanowski	18,750	9	9
Vadin	Trincher	18,475	25	8
Chris	Moore	18,375	55	2
Melissa	Hayden	18,000	59	8
John	D'agostino	17,600	64	5
Mike	Sica	17,325	17	3
William	Thorson	17,100	3	5
Eli	Elezra	17,000	43	4
Philippe	Rouas	16,900	17	8
Mimi	Tran	16,900	24	4
Amir	Shayesteh	16,250	45	6
Daniel	Heimiller	15,250	58	2
Eric	Weiner	15,075	3	6
Michael	Binger	15,000	54	2
Rodeen	Talebi	15,000	2	7
Bruno	Fitoussi	14,725	51	8
Rehne	Pedersen	14,675	48	2
Joseph	Rafferty	14,300	28	7
John	Shaak	13,700	12	6
Sam	Grizzle	13,650	50	9
James	Van Alstyne	13,200	61	3
John	Duthie	11,475	39	1
Pierre	Garand	10,925	22	1
Ralph	Perry	9,775	28	3
Annand	Ramdin	9,175	28	5
Edvin	Davoudi	9,000	27	2
Ghislain	Couture	8,750	45	7
Ron	Brown	8,475	18	10
Scott	Fischman	8,075	43	3
Kristian	Kjondal	7,575	20	5

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 08:33 PM

That does it for today! I will post the Day 1B official chip count list later tonight. Be sure to stop back here tomorrow at noon PDT to see the full remaining field in action!

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 08:31 PM

Most tables have completed their three hands and players are bagging and tagging their chips.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 08:24 PM

David Singer just got the honor of drawing to see how many hands we will play to complete the session. He drew the three, which was the lowest card there. We have three more hands to conclude the evening's session.




	Brandon Cantu, Patrik Antonius, Surinder Sunar

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 08:22 PM

Patrik Antonius just busted Brandon Cantu.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 08:21 PM

Every time I walk by Mike Matusow's table, he is saying something quotable. I could just camp out there and get great stuff all day, but out of respect for my audience, I refrain from doing so.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 08:16 PM

J.C. Tran has rebuilt his stack to be close to his starting point of 50K.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 08:05 PM

Thirty minutes remain in today's session.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 08:03 PM

Sean McCabe just busted a player to build his stack a little.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:52 PM

Steve Sung bet 14K on the river with a board of 6

. Allen Kessler took about as long as a poker player can take without getting the clock called on him and then made the call. Sung rolled over Q

for top two pair. Kessler mucked and was visibly angry at himself.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:44 PM

Michael Binger reraised all-in preflop for his last 18.5K but his opponent folded.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:32 PM

Mike Matusow is sitting in seat 4 of table 50, which is in one corner of the Fontana Room. The opposite corner would be table 58, seat 9. While standing next to table 58, seat 9, I can clearly hear Mike Matusow's comments. Ergo, everyone in this room can hear him too. The nickname is well-deserved.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:28 PM

On a board of T

, Mark Newhouse bet 20K, which would have put his opponent all-in. The other player folded, and Mark showed his J

. The other player nodded to acknowledge that he was beat.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:24 PM

Lee Markholdt just eliminated a player to add to his stack.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:22 PM

On a board of 2

and about 35K in the pot, a player pushed all-in for 36K. Kevin O'Donnell, who had him covered, reluctantly folded. "Nice hand," he said to his opponent. I don't think he really meant it.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:19 PM

Freddy Deeb is down to about 70K after being well over 100K for a big part of the day.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:18 PM

Marco Traniello has busted out.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 07:08 PM

OK, here we go on our final level of the day.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:54 PM

We are on the fourth and final break of the day. When we start again, we will be at level five: 300/600 with a 75 ante.




	John Phan

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:52 PM

John Phan just busted another player to build his stack up near the 100K mark.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:44 PM

Mike Matusow just took down a monster pot and now has 137K. The player to his right mocked him, in the Mouth's own voice, "I never get lucky. I never make a big hand. Oh boo hoo." Matusow just grinned.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:41 PM

Bill Gazes raised from the button, J.C. Tran reraised from the blind to 10K, and Gazes flung out four aqua 10K chips, which would have put J.C. all-in. Tran folded and is left with about 25K.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:30 PM

I finally got my hands on the payout schedule:

Place	Payout
1	$3,970,415
2	$2,011,135
3	$1,082,920
4	$696,220
5	$464,110
6	$309,405
7	$278,465
8	$247,525
9	$216,585
10	$185,645
11-15	$154,705
16-20	$123,760
21-30	$92,820
31-40	$77,350
41-50	$61,880
51-100	$46,410

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:26 PM

Jennifer Tilly has joined her boyfriend on the rail. With the board of 5

, Jennifer bet 3K, Seat 10 raised to 12K, and Jennifer pushed in for about 30K total. Seat 10 immediately called and turned over K

for the second-nut flush. Jennifer had 8

for the straight. The A

river made no difference.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:10 PM

When it comes to poker tournament reporting, it is a huge advantage to be ~~skinny~~ lean, like me. Just trust me on this one.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:07 PM

With a board of T

, a player bet 14K into a 12K pot. Bill Gazes, after some consideration, just called. The first player sheepishly showed his Q

and Bill Gazes showed his T

for the full house. When asked by his tablemates why he didn't raise, Bill said, "I'm pretty sure the only way I could get any more of his chips in the middle was if he made quad fives."

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 06:03 PM

Erik Seidel and Nam Le have both busted.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 05:53 PM

Nam Le just got his bell rung by Jason Fretag. On a final board of 7

, Fretag checked, Nam Le bet 24K, and Fretag, who had a sizeable chip advantage, made the call, flipping up Q

. Nam Le mucked and continued shuffling his chips, which count less than 20K now.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 05:50 PM

Jennifer Tilly just lost another chunk of her stack when she got reraised off her hand on the turn by Tommy Hang, sitting to her immediate left. She is below 20K now.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 05:40 PM

Bryan Sumner just busted in another set over set occurrence. With the board of A

, he raised all-in and got instantly called. Sumner had 5

but his opponent had A

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 05:37 PM

Phil Laak has lost his last few chips.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 05:31 PM

Paul Wasicka just made a courageous call. With the board complete, reading J

, and about 20K in the pot, his opponent went all-in for about 30K. Wasicka thought for a couple of minutes before making the call, which represented the majority of his chips. His opponent turned over Q

for top pair queen kicker. Wasicka turned over K

for top pair king kicker. How do they do that?

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 05:11 PM

We are on our third break of the day. Play will resume in ten minutes at level four: 200/400 blinds with a 50 ante.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 05:09 PM

With two limpers, Bryan Devonshire popped it from the button to 1K. Both limpers called. The flop came A

. Seat 6 checked, Seat 7 bet 1.5K, Bryan raised to 4.5K, Seat 6 folded, Seat 7 called. The turn was the K

and Seat 6 led out again, this time for 7K. Bryan raised again to 14K and got called again. Both players checked the 9

river. Seat 6 showed A

but Bryan had A

for the better kicker and scooped the pot.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 05:05 PM

Carlos Mortensen made a flush with his J

and took down a 30K pot, vaulting his chipstack to about 135K. Freddy Deeb, meanwhile, has slipped below 80K.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 04:52 PM

If J.C. Tran is going to impress during this tournament, he has a lot of wood to chop. Right now, he is sitting with about 29K in chips.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 04:47 PM

Nenan Medic, on the microstack, doubled through Mike Matusow. Medic had pocket tens and Matusow had an open-end straight draw which didn't get there. After the hand, Medic had about 8K.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 04:44 PM

Phil Laak just lost most of his chips. With an already sizeable pot and a flop of 6

, Laak bet 11K. John D'Agostino, after a long while, moved all-in for an additional 16K. Laak, who had just 21K left, made the call and turned over 8

for the overpair and the gutshot. D'Agostino turned over J

for the better overpair. The 4

turn and 6

river kept the pocket jacks ahead. After paying J-Dags off, Laak has just 4500 left.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 04:25 PM

Joe Pelton just busted when he got his last 20K all-in preflop with A-Q and his opponent held A-K.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 04:18 PM

Michael "Grinder" Mizrachi has busted.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 04:11 PM

One thing I've noticed about this $25K buy-in, deep stack tournament: players are less likely to make the big reraise all-in preflop with A-A or K-K. I have witnessed a number of river showdowns with only medium-sized pots and the two players turn over pocket aces and pocket kings.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 04:07 PM

Johnny Chan took a 10K pot from Joe Hachem when his K

was best on a board of K

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:58 PM

Freddy Deeb appears to be the tallest stack right now, with over 120K

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:52 PM

Phil Laak is playing one table away from Jennifer and he keeps getting up when he is not in a hand to check in on her.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:51 PM

Jennifer Tilly bet 5.5K on a flop of Q

and got raised to 12K. After taking off the sunglasses and earphones, she asked the villain, "Set?". The villain replied, "Would you like me to answer that honestly?". Tilly looked supremely frustrated as she folded her hand. The villain didn't show.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:49 PM

Erick Lindgren got moved from the poker room to the Fontana room and took a seat to Doyle Brunson's left.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:38 PM

Joe Hachem just arrived and took his seat.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:36 PM

Here we go in level three: 100/200 with a 25 ante.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:21 PM

We have just completed level two. Players are on a 15-minute break.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:19 PM

Brandon Cantu had a $1000 bet with a friend over the total number of players in this tournament. Brandon bet that it would be 640 or higher. It was 639.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:17 PM

Bryan Devonshire asked me to post: "Tell them to stop flopping sets against me!"

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:14 PM

Nenan Medic popped a limp pot from the big blind and got one caller. The board came T

, Medic bet 2K and got called. The turn came 6

, Medic checked and his opponent checked and turned over his pocket jacks, not realizing that they were only at the turn. They continued the hand and the river was the Q

. Nenan bet 3.5K and his opponent rolled his eyes and mucked the jacks. The floor was called and the player was issued a warning for exposing his cards, even though it was inadvertent. Mike Matusow, at the same table, commented, "I don't think anyone at this table is thinking straight. That's about the tenth time someone - including me - has screwed up!"

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 03:00 PM

There is a new rule in effect. Actually, I saw it at the WSOP last year, but now it is being enforced differently. But first, I must set the scene. On a board of 4

, Freddy Deeb bet 11K on the river. His opponent finally flipped one card over - the A

- and then slid both cards to the dealer. The dealer then - without being prompted by any other player at the table - flipped over the other card, which was the T

. When the player objected, the dealer said that the "show one, show both" rule is in effect and now automatic for the dealers.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 02:56 PM

Gus Hansen - who by the way is playing at the same table as Doyle Brunson - looks distracted and/or bored. He continually gets up from his chair and chats with other players, and he barely pays attention to hands he is not involved in.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 02:44 PM

I nearly forgot ... there's a poker tournament going on here. I just noticed a chip stack getting blinded off. Next to it is a sticky note that reads, "Joe Hachem".

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 02:42 PM

OK, I took an aspirin and I'm feeling much better now.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 02:39 PM

And while I'm in a ranting mood, listen to me a bit more: What is it with some poker writers and websites listing a ten as "10" instead of "T"? A pair of tens looks plain silly as "1010", like a binary code or something. I have heard it said that "T" could be mistaken for a two or three. Oh really? Don't we already have one-character symbols for those - "2" and "3" - in use for some thousand years or so now? I say to those people, "F off!" I don't have to worry about them getting mad at me. They'll just take it as "Four off!" or "Five off!" and get mildly confused. So let's all agree now to use "T" for ten from here on out. Whaddya say?

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 02:31 PM

I wonder if any tournaments will ever take the step to ban headphones and Ipods? There must be about 30% of the players here using these, and it is all too common to see someone take their headphones off and ask, "What's the bet?" or "Is it on me?" or "What just happened?". Furthermore, they often miss tournament announcements. Will it ever come to being banned? Does a player's need to focus outweigh the lack of consideration to the table?

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 02:16 PM

According to the tournament staff, there are 335 players in today's session. That brings the total number to 639, a new record. I will post the payout schedule as soon as it is released.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 02:07 PM

Carlos Mortensen just got away with one. With the board reading 8

and less than 10K in the pot, Carlos bet 20K on the river. His young opponent took several minutes to fold. John D'Agostino, sitting next to Carlos, said, "Show them the bluff!". Carlos obliged by turning over J

, absolutely nothing. "How did you know?" he asked J-Dags. "I just knew ...", replied John.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:52 PM

We have just begun level 2 now: 100/200 blinds.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:38 PM

Level one has just completed and we are on our first break. I don't have a final count of players yet, but I do know that we have exceeded last year's record.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:36 PM

Bryan Devonshire, our PokerPages comrade, has just been moved from the poker room to the Fontana room. He is right about where he started, with 49K in chips.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:30 PM

David Singer took a nice pot from Cory Zeidman. With the board of 2

and the pot of 22K , Zeidman checked, Singer bet 10K, and Zeidman, after staring at those three deuces for a minute or two, slid his cards to the dealer.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:18 PM

A correction from that Eugene Todd hand. I had gotten there just as the hand concluded, and I read the board backwards. So for clarification, the flop was T

and it went bet/call. The turn was the 6

and it went check/check. The river was the J

and that's when the fireworks went off. Same tragic ending.




	Gavin Griffin

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:13 PM

I see that Gavin Griffin, after winning the EPT Grand Final for $2.4 million, is not taking his newfound fame and fortune too seriously.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:11 PM

Eugene Todd just knocked out on a bonecrusher of a hand. Get this: he got all-in with J

on a flop of J

and was up against 6

! The flopped over full house versus flopped quads! The T

turn and river were meaningless. Todd left in disgust.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:04 PM

Is it possible that the Bellagio tournament staff reads PokerPages.com? The floor is going around adding some 1K chips to the tables in exchange for 10K chips. Apparently, they read this blog and were moved to action. The power of the press! (OK, folks, I know I had nothing to do with it, so please don't write me.) Incidentally, it was this process which caused the 10K overage reported earlier.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 01:00 PM

The buzz going around the room is about Ted Forrest. Though I did not witness it, here is what I heard from the WPT staff that spoke with Ted after the hand: on the second hand of the day, Ted picked up pocket aces and raised. He got called from a player who had pocket queens. The flop came out K-J-x and the other player bet 3K but mistakenly put three 10K chips out there instead, thereby betting 30K. Ted correctly read that he had made a mistake and moved all-in. The other player reluctantly made the call for the rest of his chips. A queen came on the river, doubling up the other player and knocking Ted Forrest out of the tournament!




	Seidel and Liebert witnessing the error

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 12:44 PM

A player was inadvertently given 60K in starting chips instead of 50K. The mistake was not discovered until he was involved in a hand. Erik Seidel and Kathy Liebert, sitting just to his left, stared in disbelief as the floor came and rectified the problem.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 12:35 PM

J.C. Tran, the hottest man in poker right now, has his friend and protege, Nam Le, sitting two to his left. Hey may just regret some of those lessons.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 12:33 PM

Another example in the "stacked table" department: seats 6-10 at table 53 go like this: Phil Laak, Carlos Mortensen, John D'Agostino, Mimi Tran, and Amir Vahedi.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 12:23 PM

I could go to the trouble of naming all the big poker players who are here today, but let's simplify the procedure. Everyone who is anyone in poker, who didn't play yesterday and ... cough ... isn't presently suing the World Poker Tour, is here and seated.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 12:19 PM

Most of the players have arrived and things are beginning to get settled down. Table 56 is stacked with J.C. Alvarado, Mark Newhouse, Marco Traniello, Kevin Song, Freddy Deeb, Allen Cunningham, plus an empty seat mystery player.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 12:06 PM

Play ball! We are now under way!

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 12:02 PM

According to the clock, we still have six minutes before starting. I was chatting with some of the dealers, and there is some annoyance over the fact that there are four 10K chips but only five 1K chips. Making change is a constant hassle, as players often have to flick out a 10K chip, announce what they want to bet, and then have to get change from the pot or another player.

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 11:37 AM

I know there was some speculation that Doyle Brunson may not play this tournament. He has been noticeably absent from a number of recent events. However, I can report a Doyle sighting just ten minutes ago. So it looks like he will be among the field today!

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 11:11 AM

I just got set up here in the Fontana Room at the Bellagio. The cards go in the air in 50 minutes. A few minutes ago, they started the final one-table satellite with five-minute blind rounds. The floorperson said, "Don't worry, this will all be over within 40 minutes!"

Sunday, 22nd of April 2007 09:28 AM

We are scheduled to get underway with Day 1B in just a couple hours. It remains to be seen whether we will eclipse last year's number of 605 players. It's going to be close. Check back at noon PDT for all the action!

Yesterday's session was action-packed, as the nobody-had-ever-heard-of-her-until-five-days-ago Anna Wroblewski continued her near savant-like poker playing to amass more than 200K in chips. Daniel Alaei, however, made a big run late in the session to challenge Anna's lead, but fell a little short.

Here were the final results from yesterday's session:

End of Day 1A Chip Counts

	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	Anna	Wroblewski	211,325
2	Danny	Alaei	187,050
3	Marc	Goodwin	177,225
4	Jack	Karban	173,850
5	Alan	Schein	171,575
6	Keith	Gipson	151,775
7	Paul	Begum	151,650
8	Shannon	Shorr	151,575
9	Lyle	Berman	142,475
10	Raymond	Davis	141,950
11	Paul	Lee	140,950
12	Gevork	Kasabyan	138,725
13	Hoyt	Corkins	137,775
14	Ben	Sabrin	135,350
15	Peter	Muller	132,550
16	Neil	Chriss	132,250
17	Isaac	Haxton	131,700
18	Justin	Young	131,475
19	Eric	Hershler	131,325
20	Grant	Lang	128,400
21	Alvin	Zeidenfeld	126,525
22	Quirt	Davis	124,875
23	Gavin	Simms	123,550
24	Bruce	Yamron	120,300
25	Steven	Mclaughlin	115,275
26	Matt	Keikoan	114,350
27	Jared	Hamby	112,575
28	Marcel	Luske	112,050
29	Chris	Kennedy	111,650
30	Elia	Ahmadian	111,250
31	Christian	Kruel	110,625
32	Carl	Wong	110,300
33	Jay	Heimowitz	109,450
34	George	Marlow	107,500
35	John	Bonetti	105,575
36	Robert	Mizrachi	105,500
37	Joe	Sebok	104,125
38	Jake	Minter	102,750
39	Dennis	Almasy	102,250
40	Jason	Eakes	101,700
41	Billy	Pilossoph	101,700
42	David	Grey	101,550
43	Jamie	Gold	100,025
44	Mark	Stubbs	98,500
45	Richard	Harroch	96,625
46	Peter	Gould	96,575
47	Jim	Mc Crink	95,800
48	Phil	Hellmuth	93,800
49	Dustin	Woolf	93,675
50	Rick	Barstow	93,575
51	Josh	Arieh	93,325
52	Matthew	Glantz	93,125
53	Nek-Pal	Singh	92,500
54	Sorel	Mizzi	92,025
55	Justin	Pechie	91,400
56	Jani	Sointula	90,675
57	Vanessa	Rousso	90,025
58	Robert	Nehrayan	89,975
59	James	Mackey	88,875
60	Johnny	Lodden	88,825
61	John	Cernuto	88,700
62	Joseph	Pulliam	88,650
63	Joe	Bartholdi	88,475
64	Jeff	Cabanillas	87,450
65	John	Shipley	86,025
66	Herb	Montalbano	84,300
67	Ross	Boatman	83,375
68	Antonio	Salorio	82,525
69	Loi	Phan	82,500
70	Richard	Anthony	81,900
71	Scott	Mayfield	81,525
72	Barney	Boatman	80,850
73	John	Myung	80,075
74	Amir	Nasseri	79,525
75	Ari	Goott	78,475
76	Jeremy	Joseph	78,275
77	Hertzel	Zalewski	77,000
78	Juha	Helppi	76,575
79	Christian	Grundtvig	76,275
80	Danny	Wong	76,100
81	Bruce	Corman	75,825
82	Kyle	Carlston	75,800
83	Jennifer	Harman	75,600
84	Tom	Franklin	75,500
85	Daniel	Shak	74,150
86	Fred	David	73,775
87	Padre	Parkinson	73,600
88	Steve	Mandelbaum	72,975
89	Doron	Malinasky	72,550
90	Thomas	Schneider	72,300
91	Roland	Gentner	70,875
92	Tony	Cousineau	70,325
93	Roland	Dewolfe	70,100
94	Jimmy	D' Ambrosio	70,025
95	Ted	Kearly	69,750
96	Ben	Doud	69,675
97	Jesse	Jones	67,400
98	Martin	Deknijff	67,275
99	Gavin	Smith	67,225
100	John	Harris	67,050
101	Mark	Rose	66,925
102	Gregory	Alston	66,475
103	Kian	Kiarash	65,875
104	Rich	Salomon	65,525
105	Phil	Ivey	65,400
106	Rock	Cloutier	65,000
107	Daniel	Harrington	64,625
108	Philip	Matthews	63,400
109	Eric	Deregt	62,125
110	Chuck	Pacheco	62,125
111	Paul	Alterman	60,750
112	David	Stroj	60,000
113	Daniel	Quach	59,750
114	Chris	Bjorin	59,075
115	Tad	Jurgens	59,050
116	Dan	Alspach	58,500
117	Cliff	Josephy	58,475
118	Tom	Barkas	56,750
119	Eric	Beller	56,675
120	Andrew	Micali	56,250
121	John	Nathan	55,575
122	Adeeb	Harb	54,925
123	Jason	Lester	54,550
124	Berry	Johnston	53,900
125	Tom	Lee	53,850
126	Scott	Clements	53,775
127	Michael	Xu	53,600
128	Tor	Gammelgard	52,325
129	Bradley	Helm	52,175
130	Tom	West	52,025
131	Alan	Cutler	51,875
132	Moto Yuki	Mabuchi	51,850
133	Rhynie	Campbell	51,675
134	Jonathan	Little	51,675
135	Ben	Roberts	51,600
136	Edward	Gross	50,950
137	Martin	Wendt	50,925
138	Aaron	Scott	50,075
139	Eli	Eslami	49,725
140	Greg	Baird	49,425
141	David	Peat	48,000
142	Ram	Vaswani	47,850
143	Stuart	Fox	47,800
144	Joe	Tehan	47,575
145	Nick	Cassavetes	47,525
146	Maureen	Feduniak	47,200
147	David	Lambard	47,175
148	Steve	Dunning	46,625
149	Noah	Boeken	46,450
150	Vincent	Procopio	45,925
151	Rene	Angelil	45,650
152	Ron	Faltinsky	45,650
153	Thor	Hansen	45,500
154	Jim	Bechtel	45,100
155	Tom	Mc Evoy	44,975
156	David	Plastik	44,950
157	Matthew	Wolf	44,950
158	Gary	Haubelt	44,850
159	Alex	Bolotin	43,975
160	Jason	Hardage	43,475
161	Chris	Santora	43,325
162	Edward	Hansen	42,750
163	Liz	Lieu	42,725
164	Abraham	Mosseri	42,675
165	Binh Quoc	Nguyen	42,650
166	Agis	Leontakianakos	42,600
167	Timothy	Anders	42,550
168	Peter	Haslam	42,225
169	Ted	Lawson	41,000
170	Tom	Pniak	40,475
171	Robert	Barnes	40,275
172	Bob	Feduniak	39,825
173	David	Dicken	39,775
174	Steve	Simmons	39,550
175	Barry	Greenstein	39,100
176	Robeert	Wazelle	38,825
177	Louis	Werman	38,750
178	Mike	Landers	38,700
179	Veronica	Dunn	37,525
180	Harold	Kirkpatrick	37,000
181	Steven	Zoine	36,250
182	Kristy	Gazes	36,175
183	Jeppe	Mikkelsen	36,150
184	David	Williams	36,025
185	Cory	Carroll	35,575
186	Amnon	Filippi	34,975
187	David	Sklansky	34,975
188	Ricky	Cummings	33,625
189	Emeline	Boich	33,450
190	Steve	Brecher	32,600
191	Steve	Crockett	31,850
192	Guy	Laliberte	31,375
193	Wayne	Boich	31,350
194	Harry	Demitriou	30,975
195	Eugene	Katchalov	30,650
196	Justin	Bonomo	29,575
197	Wei Kai	Chang	28,175
198	Alan	Fixel	27,400
199	Burt	Boutin	27,350
200	Omar	Saeed	26,175
201	Manousos	Vourkoutiotis	26,100
202	David	Levi	25,225
203	Haralabos	Voulgaris	25,225
204	Cary	Katz	23,725
205	Tai	Nguyen	22,475
206	Andrew	Black	22,325
207	Scott	Lundberg	22,000
208	Stan	Fulton	21,650
209	Doa Kim	Bac	20,675
210	Douglas	Mackinnon	20,475
211	Paul	Kraus	20,300
212	Kevin	Saul	19,725
213	Erik	Friberg	19,550
214	J J	Liu	19,150
215	Terricita	Evanowski	18,750
216	Vadin	Trincher	18,475
217	Eli	Elezra	17,000
218	Rehne	Pedersen	14,675
219	Joseph	Rafferty	14,300
220	James	Van Alstyne	13,200
221	John	Duthie	11,475
222	Pierre	Garand	10,925
223	Ralph	Perry	9,775
224	Annand	Ramdin	9,175
225	Scott	Fischman	8,075
226	Kristian	Kjondal	7,575

After successful careers in the financial and high-tech industries, Michael Cheser became fascinated with poker in early 2006. Defying all probabilities, he managed to cash in the 2006 WSOP Main Event. When not tournament reporting for PokerPages, he can be seen at no-limit tables in Las Vegas, cheerfully calling large river bets with second-best hands. Contact Michael.

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