Jennifer Harman out... c'mon!
Tony Hachem gone.
Heidi Northcott's out of it too!?! (Nice parting shot picture of her though on PokerNews.com.)
Liv Boeree gets her Aces cracked AND she's out.
All the lovelies are being eliminated! What gives? Are the poker gods, gay as well as mean spirited?
Thank goodness at least there's mention of Tiffany Michelle chipping her way up.
Scott Clements is gone. Victor Ramdin continues to climb. Jeff Madsen had not shown up as his stack was slowly chipped ever downward. MeanGene mentions that his iPod (which he uses as his friggin' alarm clock) was out of juice and someone was going to have to go wake his dumb ass up. Okay I added in the dumb ass part...
Brian Schaedlich got tangled up with Jeff Kimber and chipped himself back into some lower chip levels. Schaedlich had AA, when Jeff Kimber found himself with QQ and another beatiful Q on the flop. Schaedlich shoved and was insta-called. Jeff Kimber dragged the largest pot thus far of the series at a whopping 681,000. Damn!
Oh and there's a report that Vanessa Rousso has climbed up a bit as well to 78,000 chips. : )
And Phil Gordon is now out, failing to improve with A-10. And then minutes later, so is John D'Agostino.
Hey, not long ago, just a coupla hours... Gus Hansen doubled up to 202,000. Men Nguyen appears to have gotten himself in good position just before the dinner break, and from reports appears quite jovial and entertaining the table. At the dinner break there remain only 733 players of the original 6,844. 67 more will fall before the bubble bursts and the rest in the room can at least breathe a sigh of relief assured of at the very least doubling up.
As of this writing, it looks like Jeremiah Smith has taken the chip lead with 766,000.
Regards,
cheer_dad
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
WSOP Main Event 2b or not 2b from way far away...
We had a short practice session tonight for baseball, so I was back in time to start my catch-up session on the WSOP Main Event Day 2b.
Somewhere along the line I realized my girlfriend Clonie Gowen was still in the Series albeit sitting on a short stack! BUT in bigger news she opted to leave the hallowed halls of the RIO and wander over to the Bellagio Cup IV, and play in the $5,000 NLHE event. According to the boys over at http://pokerati.com/2008/07/09/clonies-big-score-second-chance/ she bested the field of 235 players to take down a $437,775 payday!!! http://pokerati.com/author/danm/ posts that they should start hanging out all the time like best friends... but honestly Clonie, remember I was offerin' up a shoulder to cry on when times were tough over in another corner of Las Vegas. I'm here, don't forget me!?! But congratulations on the victory! I'm only just now sitting down to see where things stand in Day 2b, and I'm crossing my fingers for you!
Sorry gang a rotten work week required and demanded a trip to the Eagles for a minor skirmish with the accursed Jack Daniels. He and his evil horde will eventually be defeated. I for one will not rest... No, really sleep is optional!
Anyway, here's the random observations of your drunken (yet happy) servant. : P
Wait... did I mention Clonie... oops yes I did, moving on... (call me)
We rejoin our program already in progress.
The first article I see is by MeanGene a favored Pittsburgh blogger! He made mention of a hand involving Emanuel Seal and some other unknown player in which the unknown got it all in with QQ preflop, wherein the flop came 555, then an Ace fell on the turn for Mr. Seal but was invalidated by the rivered case 5!!! Joe Hachem, good guy that he is, had to call the "unknown" back to the table for the chop!!! : ) Honestly, how many times have you wished that happened for you?
Ahhhh hell, as I catch up, MeanGene also announces the fate of my beloved... Clonie has been eliminated, when her 8's were bested by 10's. Sorry. : ( No, really I'm not a stalker, honest.
Jerry Yang, defending champion, has also been eliminated, but as reported, he exited with class, shaking the hands of ALL those at his table and wishing "good luck to everyone." ( I know Allman, 'it's something you say, not something you mean.'
The agile, pretty Tiffany Michelle crossed the 100K chip mark just over 6 hours ago. I say agile based on pictures of her "perched" in her chair while at the tables. Okay, I'll stop.
Hmmm, Hevad Khan is keeping his mouth shut, and is just under the 100K mark.
According to http://my.pokernews.com/MarcC/ when Johnny Chan's not happy "nearly" no one's happy. Johnny's complained about the chairs in the Brasilia room as being "the worst in poker history!" Meanwhile behind him another player hit a royal in the same friggin' chair. Go figure...
Not long after, Mr Chan chips up to the 130K level, according to yet another of my fave bloggers Shamus... http://my.pokernews.com/Shamus/
Oh super, in Shamus' same breath, he announces the demise of one Shannon Elizabeth!
Jean-Robert Bellande has eliminated Howard Lederer. JRB's pocket 9's held up against Howard's AKos.
Back to back picture posts on the PokerNews.com live reporting confirm to me that two lovely ladies still remain, Evelyn Ng and Jennifer Harman. Okay, they've both got much more than their looks on their side!
And yet again, round and round up and down Gus Hansen is still in there, now, back up to 102K.
Argh... someone has eliminated Ms. Isabelle Mercier!
About 3 hours ago, Evelyn Ng chipped up to 116K on AKos!!! (Honestly NDPT'ers quit bitchin' about that hand!)
Just under 2 hours ago, Antonio Esfandiari was eliminated when his pocket cowboys met pocket ladies and then it all went south on a "turned" queen. His opponent Paul Andrzejewski apologized... to which Antonio replied, "Never say sorry, it's poker."
And just like that... I'm all caught up! Hmmm, this bloggin' thing ain't so hard! Okay, sorry folks (guys and gals alike) I envy you the gig, but appreciate the job that you're ALL doing!!!
According to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/main-event/day2b/ the field is down to 1744 out of 6844.
I'll update tomorrow... I promise. The sandman demands it... as does my employer tomorrow morning.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Somewhere along the line I realized my girlfriend Clonie Gowen was still in the Series albeit sitting on a short stack! BUT in bigger news she opted to leave the hallowed halls of the RIO and wander over to the Bellagio Cup IV, and play in the $5,000 NLHE event. According to the boys over at http://pokerati.com/2008/07/09/clonies-big-score-second-chance/ she bested the field of 235 players to take down a $437,775 payday!!! http://pokerati.com/author/danm/ posts that they should start hanging out all the time like best friends... but honestly Clonie, remember I was offerin' up a shoulder to cry on when times were tough over in another corner of Las Vegas. I'm here, don't forget me!?! But congratulations on the victory! I'm only just now sitting down to see where things stand in Day 2b, and I'm crossing my fingers for you!
Sorry gang a rotten work week required and demanded a trip to the Eagles for a minor skirmish with the accursed Jack Daniels. He and his evil horde will eventually be defeated. I for one will not rest... No, really sleep is optional!
Anyway, here's the random observations of your drunken (yet happy) servant. : P
Wait... did I mention Clonie... oops yes I did, moving on... (call me)
We rejoin our program already in progress.
The first article I see is by MeanGene a favored Pittsburgh blogger! He made mention of a hand involving Emanuel Seal and some other unknown player in which the unknown got it all in with QQ preflop, wherein the flop came 555, then an Ace fell on the turn for Mr. Seal but was invalidated by the rivered case 5!!! Joe Hachem, good guy that he is, had to call the "unknown" back to the table for the chop!!! : ) Honestly, how many times have you wished that happened for you?
Ahhhh hell, as I catch up, MeanGene also announces the fate of my beloved... Clonie has been eliminated, when her 8's were bested by 10's. Sorry. : ( No, really I'm not a stalker, honest.
Jerry Yang, defending champion, has also been eliminated, but as reported, he exited with class, shaking the hands of ALL those at his table and wishing "good luck to everyone." ( I know Allman, 'it's something you say, not something you mean.'
The agile, pretty Tiffany Michelle crossed the 100K chip mark just over 6 hours ago. I say agile based on pictures of her "perched" in her chair while at the tables. Okay, I'll stop.
Hmmm, Hevad Khan is keeping his mouth shut, and is just under the 100K mark.
According to http://my.pokernews.com/MarcC/ when Johnny Chan's not happy "nearly" no one's happy. Johnny's complained about the chairs in the Brasilia room as being "the worst in poker history!" Meanwhile behind him another player hit a royal in the same friggin' chair. Go figure...
Not long after, Mr Chan chips up to the 130K level, according to yet another of my fave bloggers Shamus... http://my.pokernews.com/Shamus/
Oh super, in Shamus' same breath, he announces the demise of one Shannon Elizabeth!
Jean-Robert Bellande has eliminated Howard Lederer. JRB's pocket 9's held up against Howard's AKos.
Back to back picture posts on the PokerNews.com live reporting confirm to me that two lovely ladies still remain, Evelyn Ng and Jennifer Harman. Okay, they've both got much more than their looks on their side!
And yet again, round and round up and down Gus Hansen is still in there, now, back up to 102K.
Argh... someone has eliminated Ms. Isabelle Mercier!
About 3 hours ago, Evelyn Ng chipped up to 116K on AKos!!! (Honestly NDPT'ers quit bitchin' about that hand!)
Just under 2 hours ago, Antonio Esfandiari was eliminated when his pocket cowboys met pocket ladies and then it all went south on a "turned" queen. His opponent Paul Andrzejewski apologized... to which Antonio replied, "Never say sorry, it's poker."
And just like that... I'm all caught up! Hmmm, this bloggin' thing ain't so hard! Okay, sorry folks (guys and gals alike) I envy you the gig, but appreciate the job that you're ALL doing!!!
According to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/main-event/day2b/ the field is down to 1744 out of 6844.
I'll update tomorrow... I promise. The sandman demands it... as does my employer tomorrow morning.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Monday, March 10, 2008
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King --a review
A while back I picked up a copy of Michael Craig's book, The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King. I finally got around to reading AND thoroughly enjoying it! The periods of time that I get to dedicate to reading are unfortunately limited, so there were times that I only got to read a chapter or so at a time. But what I usually wound up doing was sharing everything that I'd read with many of my fellow, local, poker players. What most of them usually got to hear was that I couldn't wait to read the rest of the book.
The story covers a series of poker games held between February 2001 and March 2004. To classify what transpired as "games" seems to trivialize what actually happened though. A series of heads-up limit Texas Hold 'em poker was played between a self-made Texas billionaire named Andy Beale and a collection of professional poker players at Table One at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. These were nosebleed stakes, that challenged even the upper boundaries and constitutions of the professional players involved. The stakes ranged from $20,000/$40,000 and culminated at an insanely high $100,000/$200,000! THIS was the biggest game ever played, and in the end nearly a staggering $20 Million dollars was in play! I'm still trying to comprehend and fathom the amounts and shudder to think how I would fare under the pressures of these lofty amounts. Who am I kidding? I WOULDN'T!
The professionals involved over the time frame varied, but included for the most part Doyle Brunson, Ted Forrest, Chip Reese, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, Howard Lederer, Barry Greenstein, Hamid Dastmalchi, Chau Giang, John Hennigan and Gus Hansen (although a number others were invovled as well.) The insights into the various lives of these fascinating professional players were both entertaining and informative. The stories behind the story were intriguing in their own right. Of particular interest to me was the in-depth telling of Jennifer Harman's story. The diminutive little lady, while I have always admired her and her poker playing ability, she has been magnified 100-fold in my eyes after absorbing all that Michael Craig had to say about her. As well the interaction among the professional poker players was the stuff of a fantastic story in itself. The thought processes, the motivations to play at such epic stakes. The glimpse into such high stakes poker was both riveting and terrifying at the same time.
I don't want to cover any more of the actual occurrences and outcome of the games that Craig fully covers, since I recommend HIGHLY to anyone and everyone who drops by this blog and this review in particular to pick up your own copy today. You will find The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King. to be a real page turner, and very thought provoking.
My thanks and applause to Michael Craig for a masterfully crafted book. I'll be checking out your additional titles in the very near future!
Regards,
cheer_dad
The story covers a series of poker games held between February 2001 and March 2004. To classify what transpired as "games" seems to trivialize what actually happened though. A series of heads-up limit Texas Hold 'em poker was played between a self-made Texas billionaire named Andy Beale and a collection of professional poker players at Table One at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. These were nosebleed stakes, that challenged even the upper boundaries and constitutions of the professional players involved. The stakes ranged from $20,000/$40,000 and culminated at an insanely high $100,000/$200,000! THIS was the biggest game ever played, and in the end nearly a staggering $20 Million dollars was in play! I'm still trying to comprehend and fathom the amounts and shudder to think how I would fare under the pressures of these lofty amounts. Who am I kidding? I WOULDN'T!
The professionals involved over the time frame varied, but included for the most part Doyle Brunson, Ted Forrest, Chip Reese, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, Howard Lederer, Barry Greenstein, Hamid Dastmalchi, Chau Giang, John Hennigan and Gus Hansen (although a number others were invovled as well.) The insights into the various lives of these fascinating professional players were both entertaining and informative. The stories behind the story were intriguing in their own right. Of particular interest to me was the in-depth telling of Jennifer Harman's story. The diminutive little lady, while I have always admired her and her poker playing ability, she has been magnified 100-fold in my eyes after absorbing all that Michael Craig had to say about her. As well the interaction among the professional poker players was the stuff of a fantastic story in itself. The thought processes, the motivations to play at such epic stakes. The glimpse into such high stakes poker was both riveting and terrifying at the same time.
I don't want to cover any more of the actual occurrences and outcome of the games that Craig fully covers, since I recommend HIGHLY to anyone and everyone who drops by this blog and this review in particular to pick up your own copy today. You will find The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King. to be a real page turner, and very thought provoking.
My thanks and applause to Michael Craig for a masterfully crafted book. I'll be checking out your additional titles in the very near future!
Regards,
cheer_dad
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