Tweets from WSOP 2012

There's a storm a brewing in TwitterLand
Daniel Negreanu ‏@RealKidPokerGuy mucks his hand face up. It hits the muck and he has 24 board is all high cards. He then jokes and says "All In" floor rules he is all in
$300 pot guy has $5000 in front of him and was essentially robbed by a horrifyingly awful ruling that breaks my heart. Poor guy geez.
Vanessa Selbst ‏@VanessaSelbst even worse is the guy who asked the floor to enforce the ruling. 1 of the most unethical things in a while.
RealKidPoker Whatever floor man & supervisor made this ruling should be pub;ic info. I'd love to hear what drugs they were on when they made this ruling.   

Floor people can make bad rulings, but Nevada Gaming cannot - player should have called NV Gaming immediately & froze the game

@RealKidPoker a casino can't actually make you give your chips to another player if they are not in the pot. He coulda racked and packed

@RealKidPoker

Re: WSOP cash game ruling. One of the most embarrassingly bad decisions by a floor staff in the history of poker. This is atrociously awful.         

2012 WSOP MAIN EVENT DAY 2

Updates from day 2
Lets start with the Irish. Currently in 494th is Eoghan O'Dea with over 61K. James Daly has 37k, Nicolas Newport 32K, Peter Scott Gray has 31K. Stefan Hendrick 25K. Nursing the short stack is Michael Craydon with just under 10K. 


Leading the way on day 2 are Mark Demirdjian (499,990), Shaun Deeb (460,900), Gerard Lubas (449,500), Kevin Davis (394,000), Vanessa Selbst (350,400), Jason Somerville (332,700) and Daniel Negreanu (277,200). Other notables include: Pius Heinz, Peter Eastgate, Daniel Nagreanu and Dan Harrington.

Pro's remaing in the field, including;  Eugene Katchalov, Maria Ho, Gavin Smith,, Sammy Farha,  David Pham, , Eric Baldwin,Liv Boeree  and the enigmatic Faraz Jaka.



A couple  interesting hands

Daniel Negreanu opened to 2,700 from early position, three players called, and the flop fell . The blinds checked to Negreanu, who fired 5,200, and one player on his left called.
The turn was the , and Negreanu fired again. This time the bet was 8,600, and his opponent called.
The completed the board, and Negreanu emptied the chamber, tossing out 10,200. His opponent folded, and Negreanu mucked the winner.

Daniel Negreanu

345,000

15,000

Liv Boeree fired 7,500 with the board reading . Her opponent raised to 21,000, and Boeree moved in for an additional 43,900.
Boeree's opponent tanked for the better part of four minutes, asking Boeree a myriad of questions. She didn't respond to any of them, rather she sat silently, staring at one spot on the felt.
The player eventually found a fold, and Boeree quietly raked in the pot.

As Day 1c was the largest ever single day field in Main Event history, it's no surprise that a slew of easily recognizable faces will be returning to the felt today. Brandon Adams is sitting on a stack of 153,100 and will be poised to make a strong run in Day 2c. Some players that will be joining Adams at the tables include Bradley Booth, Jake Cody, Ari Engel, Josh Arieh, Chris Moorman, Viktor Blom, Brett Richey, Matt Affleck, Joseph Cheong, Paul Wasicka, Gus Hansen,

 Here's some links to WSOP updates including an interview with Christopher Walken?
Some Pokerstars Pro chip counts 
Day 2 Preview
Maria Ho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Official updates for day 2

PCA missing Episode

Channel 4 issued a response to my inquiry as to where the final episode of the Pokerstars CPA 2012 went.

Thank you for contacting Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries regarding POKERSTARS.CO.UK

We are sorry to hear of your annoyance that the final was not shown. Pokerstars themselves provided the schedule and requested a 9-week schedule break at this point, which we are adhering to. Further, we have spoken to them and they have advised the following :

"PokerStars PCA programming will return later in the year. We understand that this may be frustrating and will look to ensure that programming gaps do not happen where a table is still in play for future shows."

Nevertheless, please be assured your complaint has been logged and noted for the information of those responsible for our programming.

Regards,

Dylan Redmond

Channel 4 Viewer Enquiries

So there you go a nine week break to see the final episode.I cant wait..If you cant, have a look at these links to the the FULL final day. These are not the highlights but every hand dealt. I have also included a link to PokerstarsTV for the  missing highlights episode. So if you cant wait another six or so weeks check these out courtesy of Pokerprochannel
PCA EP 1/9
PCA EP 2/9
PAC EP 3/9
PCA EP 4/9
PCA EP 5/9
PCA EP 6/9
PCA EP 7/9
PCA EP 8/9
PCA EP 9/9
Or if you prefer to watch the condenses all the above into one episode that will be shown later on Channel 4 
The Missing Episode 9 (This will be shown on Ch4)

Main Event and The Poker Lullaby

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Players Championship Braclet 2011

Event #61 here that means only one thing for poker lovers THE MAIN EVENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I was in the Rio for the first time last year and let me tell you the atmosphere is electrifying. I played a €1000 buy in, let the nerves get the better of me and didn't play my best game and was out in a couple of hours. I didn't enter the main event ; too rich for me, maybe one day though. I went down on day one of the main to event to soak up the atmosphere. What left me with a lasting impression wasn't the thousands of excited faces, nor the big name players mixing effortlessly  with the wannabes. It was the sound of poker chips rattling from hand to hand like the march of a million crickets. 
I was also lucky enough to find myself close to the action for the Poker Players Championship. Brian Rast defeated Phil Hellmuth to deny him his ,then historic 12th bracelet..

Today thousands of players are gathering in one place and the predominant sound is that of  millions of poker chips clashing and dancing with each other on the green baize. The sound becomes hypnotic as players seem to sync with each other to produce 'The Poker Lullaby'. It's mesmerising, comforting and above all when you hear it at that level you know you're somewhere very special.

The main event is the biggest poker tournament on the planet. Thousands will sit down dreaming that it could be their bracelet, their picture that unfolds and is hung in the historic winners gallery alongside Scotty Nguyen, Phil Hellmuth, Jr. Peter Estgate, Joe Hasmen, Doyle Brunson.Stu Ungar, Johnny Chan, Joe Hachem and Jonathan Duhamel.

Will an Irish player make the final table again this year and maybe go better than the heroic effort of Eoghan O’Dea. Could one of the older generation come through, Padraig Parkinson or will one of the young guns like Jason Tompkins fulfill his obvious promise. 


Watch it here from 1pm on Sunday 8th July GMT Main Event on Veetle

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Negreanu Super Read in 2-7 LOWBALL

Day two of event #60 2-7 Lowball Draw with some notable exits without cashing, including Jennifer Harman, Barry Greenstein and Phil Ivey.
During the game Daniel Negreanu made a hand read of biblical proportions. He read all five cards that Bob Bright held in his hand..That's right all FIVE cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Action folded around to Bob Bright's small blind and Bright announced a fold. Daniel Negreanu then proceeded to call out Bright's five card hand with Bright turning the cards up as Negreanu said them."King," said Negreanu. Bright flipped up a ."Queen," continued Negreanu. Bright proceeded to turn over a ."Jack," said Negreanu. Once again Bright turned over the corresponding card, a .Okay, perhaps those three were easy. Two more to go."Nine," Negreanu said. Bright did not disappoint as he showed a .And the big finale: "Four."Bright tabled a  and the table as well as the rail went nuts. Negreanu simply has the ability to call out cards in situations like this and this is yet another insane example of his amazing natural instincts."

 Check out the full report by following the link below at poker news 

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-60-2-7-draw-lowball-no-limit/post.207808.htm

Earlier a bit of banter broke out between Juanda  and Eslami. Juanda opened to 19,000.  Eslami three-bet to 56,000. Juanda tanked and called. Eslami patted, Juanda drew one. It was checked to Juanda who went deep before shoving all in for 113,500.

Then according to The WSOP site  Eslami went in the tank, Erik Seidel came over to see what was happening.

@LuckBoxJuanda

"I'm all in," Juanda told Seidel, and the two shared a laugh. "This is a big moment for me in the tournament."

Seidel left, and Eslami continued thinking.
"I don't have a good hand," he admitted.
"I broke a jack," Juanda told him.
"Jack what?" Eslami shot back.
"I can't tell you," Juanda said, grinning.
"Boy oh boy," Eslami sighed. "It doesn't matter what I have. You're so polarized."
Eslami eventually released, and Juanda showed four cards - .
"You probably didn't even look at your card," George Danzer said to Juanda. "You're a sicko.

Juanda is currently in third position with roughly half the stack of that of the chip leader Aston Griffin. My moneys on Juanda.
Watch the progress here WSOP on Veetle as the final 10 players return for day 3 of this fantastic event from 10pm tonight 7th July 2012

Follow the link below for more news as it happens from WSOP 

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Sam Trickett

Sam Trickett,an ex plumber, who finished 2nd in he 'One Drop' event and picked up $10 million, was beaten up after leaving the Rio whlie with a friend. He wrote on  twitter
'Was having a great day until 6 guys did this to me.Seriously Wtf? Couldn't be more angry... #cowards http://pic.twitter.com/vZD79ad5  'Is this what happens when ur successful? They litterly beat the shit out of me'. He also said they spat in his friend, Natasha Sandhu's face. 

One lame duck on Twitter said he 'deserved' what he got for 'disrespecting' Phil Hellmuth during the mega bucks game and called him an 'arrogant twat'. Which is kind of like saying all athletes deserve a good kicking for winding up their opponents. I've watched Sam play a lot and read countless interviews by him. He always comes across as nothing but professional and down to earth. Remember this is a guy who was a plumber, he had aspirations of becoming a professional footballer but a knee injury put paid to that, and started playing home games for a pittance like the rest of us.  He is now living the dream and 6 yobbos attack him for it. Anyway Phil Hellmuth is a big man, ( he's over 6ft) has been in the game for years and has completely disrespected almost everyone he has ever played with. That's his style and good luck to him for it.

Winning that kind of money brings all sorts with it. He probably needs to hire a couple of heavies in future to protect him, or have a chat with Sensi Channing who might show him a few moves.

WSOP Irish in the money inc Jason Tompkins

In event #54, young Kildare man Jason Tompkins finished a very impressive 6th to take home over $85000. Jason also cashed in another event bringing his take home pay to over $90,000 so far.

Tompkins got a couple of mentions on the WSOP official site including this impressive five bet to put his tournament on the line

Nghi Van Tran raised it up to 60,000 to start out this most recent hand, and action folded over to Jason Tompkins in the big blind who three-bet to 145,000. Tran's response was to four-bet to 265,000, an action that cause Tompkins to move all in for around 935,000. Tran went into the tank, and came out of it thinking a fold was the right move and threw his cards away.

James Waldron, from Dublin,  is currently in 93 place of 2477 players in $1000 WSOP  No limit holdem event #59. James cashed in event 54 for over $16k.

 He has just over 22k in chips with the chip leader just shy of 80k.  Other notables in this field include Phil Ivey currently in 11th position with 50k, and  trailing below James is JC Tran in 256th with 3,400k. Lurking below JC are former November 9ers Dennis Phillips and Sam Holden. Professionals nursing the shorter stacks include one of my personal favourites, Neil Channing who finished second in an earlier event and Chris Moorman, Melanie Weisner.

Players who busted and didnt make day two include  Phil Hellmuth, Barry Shulman,  Erik Seidel,  Alexander Kravchenko, Fabrice Soulier and Barry Greenstein these all tried but didn't manage to do what James has; lasted into day two. Congratulations and good luck in day two James.

In event #56 Mixhael Graydon from Dublin finished 12th to take away $38000.


I wonder has he got Irish blood ? http://lockerz.com/s/222783414

 

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