WSOP Main Event, Day 1A

Tikay10

And a very good morning to all of you back home at the start of the biggest event in poker.

The weather here is much cooler today - 37C - which is something of a relief, but the atmo is sizzling as we prepare for Day 1A of the WSOP Main Event.
 
Please don't hesitate to ask questions, it can be quite difficult if there is no feedback or "bounce", especially as due to time difference we play tough the night.

I'll try & find a few photos, too, to try to keep the interest levels up.  

Tikay10

As far as I know, none of the Sky Poker qualifiers are playing today.

We met up last night for a drink in a posh par at Palazzo, and all of them seem to be playing Day 1B, which is Sunday (tomorrow).

Tikay10

Structure today?

50,000 starting chips.

Blinds start at 75-150.

2 hour levels.

5 x 2 hour levels will be played today.

There will be a 20 minute break after levels 1, 2 & 4.

There will be a 90 minute dinner break after Level 3.

Late registration is available through 3 levels & the dinner break.

15% of the field will be paid.

MAXALLY

For infomation...

Day one is 'live' (obv with a delay) on BTSports3 tonight @ 9pm, for those who can access that channel, of course.

aussie09

good luck everyone. 

sky poker people, that is.  not the other 7,000.

looking forward to your updates tikay.

glgl

Tikay10

In Response to Re: WSOP Main Event, Day 1A:

For infomation... Day one is 'live' (obv with a delay) on BTSports3 tonight @ 9pm, for those who can access that channel, of course.
Posted by MAXALLY

Yup, & I'm hoping that might prompt some questions for the thread.

I'll do "Request A Stack" & "Request A Photo" too, though it would help if you gave me a seat & table number. Pretty hard finding people here amongst a sea of faces. 

markycash

Best of luck to all the Sky players!

Tikay10

I stood in front of the Main Stage to get some photos of "Shuffle Up & Deal" for 20 minutes whilst ESPN, who were not ready, fifed & faffed about.

Just as Jack Effel got up on stage to announce it - 9 minutes late thanks to ESPN - a stroppy runner from ESPN came rushing in & told us all to "get the **** out of here, this is ESPN only".
 
Lovely job.
 
Anyway, play has started. 

Tikay10

Here's Phil Laak on one of the feature tables.

He & Jennifer Tilly are big pals with Mr Ambo.

Phil told me that Neil Channing is "my favourite curmudgeon".

Phil might look daft, but he's a shrewd judge. 

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Tikay10

The WSOP has a new Sponsor, "Ten Cent", who is not a rapper by the way, they are an Asian poker site or somesuch.

So their CEO got the honour of getting the WSOP started.

He said, in (almost) faultless English, "Shuffle uppa and a deal"  

NoseyBonk

In Response to Re: WSOP Main Event, Day 1A:

Here's Phil Laak on one of the feature tables. He & Jennifer Tilly are big pals with Mr Ambo. Phil told me that Neil Channing is "my favourite curmudgeon". Phil might look daft, but he's a shrewd judge.  CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTO  
Posted by Tikay10

Superb! 

You, Neil, Phil, and Jen are the biz Thanks for the reports.

Tikay10

Barny Boatman is off to a flyer, 70,000 (from 50,000) after 20 minutes.


 
 

FCHD

For those who have guessed the total number of runners in the Main, don't expect today's figure to come close to a third of the total figure. Last year, only 764 played Day 1A, and due to the large starting stack and two hour levels, 546 of those made it through to Day 2.

A couple of former ME winners are already seated, Martin Jacobson and Jerry Yang, plus Barry Shulman, Barny Boatman, Iraj Parvizi, Matt Ashton & Donnacha O'Dea

Tikay10

Name this man & tell me something interesting about him, poker & non-poker.

Clue - he's a paper millionaire. Literally. (Might actually be a paper billionaire). 



 

Tikay10

I was playing cash in the Pavilion Room last night, across the other side the WSOP Mega Sat was in progress.

It awarded 23 seats to the WSOP Main Event.

Think about that -  satellite with a prize pool of $230,000. Incred really.

Anyway, at around midnight there was a loud piercing scream, so loud everyone turned round to look at what was happening.
 
There then followed two more loud screams, they were blood-curdling, as if someone had been stabbed, or shot.
 
At the same time, a bunch of players - 20 or more - were high fiving each other, hooting & hollering.
 
Meanwhile, Screaming Bloke was now crying. I mean, proper crying, tears & everything.
 
The coup soon became evident - he had bubbled the Main Event seat.
 
Do you have any sympathy for someone behaving like that over a game of poker?

I don't. He needs to play smaller, or quit the game. When you allow poker to strip you of your dignity like that, it's time to quit.

We've all had painful bubbles, its the nature of the beast. When it reduces a man to tears though it's not a pretty sight. 

It hurt, of course it did, but a real man would never let it show. IMO, of course.    

Tikay10

Of course. 

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FCHD

Yun's done

It looks like the first player out of this year's Main is Samuel Yun. Doesn't sound a bad beat either, two pair losing to a flopped straight

tomgoodun

Splendid thread, loving the trivia.

craigcu12

Will this event have many loose passive players such as fish and calling stations or is this too expensive?

Tikay10

In Response to Re: WSOP Main Event, Day 1A:

Will this event have many loose passive players such as fish and calling stations or is this too expensive?
Posted by craigcu12

THOUSANDS of them.

A fella bet every street on a 9-J-10-K-K board. His last bet was 10,000 into 2,800.
 
Boat?

Trip kings?

The very obvious straight, with the queen?

No no no.

3-3.  

FCHD

Loads of "fish" (I hate that term), loads of calling stations, loads of intense online grinders, loads of experienced pros, loads of local home game players taking their one shot, a few "celebrities", even the occasional logger from Maryland. A real cross-section of the poker "community"