Day 4
We pick up the action in the Amazon Room at the Rio Hotel and Casino. It is
the beginning of Day 4, and the 481 remaining players take their seats at
noon. The field has been reduced from 8773, and all of the remaining players
are guaranteed at least $26,000. The level 16 antes were at $500, with
2000/4000 blinds.
The early focus was on defending champ Joe Hachem, who started the day with
139,000 (about ¾ of the average stack of 182,000). Hachem couldn’t catch many
cards, and needed an early double up to stay close. Kyle Bowker, who became
the first entrant to accumulate more than 1 Million chips, stole the spotlight
temporarily. The cameras quickly rushed back to Hachem, who was all-in with
two other players preflop. The opponents showed AQ and JJ, so the Aussie’s AA
was looking good. A jack fell on the flop, however, and Joe Hachem’s title
defense came to an end (238th, $42,882).
Daniel Negreanu’s legions of fans couldn’t help him catch cards. Kid Poker
made many runs, but always took a hit that left him short again. He finally
was forced all in with Q
T, but his
opponent’s K J
proved superior (229th, $42,882).
Jamie Gold, a cardroom regular and internet player from Malibu, CA, makes a
living as an agent for television stars and producer. He became a star in his
own right on Day 4 by finishing with $3.7 Million chips, by far the poker
tournament leader over second place Max Reele (2.4 Million).
From the “Sometimes It’s Better to be Lucky than Good” file: Weikai Chang and
Adam Bragar call Bill Robertie and Chris Martin who are all-in preflop. (Bill
Robertie is co-author of the
Harrington
on Hold’em series with Dan Harrington.) The main pot contains 375,000,
and a side pot contains 120,000. The flop comes 532 with two clubs. Bragar
goes all-in for 310,000 more. Chang goes into the tank for a long time, and
finally calls with chips behind. Bragar shows QQ, Robertie AA, Martin JJ, and
Chang is on a two-outer with TT. The turn is a blank, but the river saves
Chang with a ten, knocking out three opponents in the process.
Pros surviving Day 4 included (with chip counts) Phralad Friedman (1.55 M),
Jeffrey Lisandro (1.2 M), Annie Duke (919K), Humberto Brenes (835K), and Allen
Cunningham (503K). The 135 players remaining have average stacks of 650,000.
One-time chip leader Dmitri Nobles is still in, with 1.25M, and popular
internet player Eric Lynch “Rizen” is still in with 1.1 Million.
Notables eliminated include Mark Vos (457th), Ted Forrest (408th), Tom McEvoy
(371st), Hoyt Corkins (364th), Surinder Sunar (324th), Kathy Liebert (275th),
and David Chiu (147th).
Day 5
The blinds are at 6000/12000 and antes are 2000 per hand for level 21, as 135
players take their seats for Day 5 of the Main Event. With the multiple
flights of days one and two, and a vacation day after day two, this is
actually the tenth day of Main Event play.
Tournament directors expect 85-90 players to be eliminated on Day Five. Very
few big-name professional players remained at this point, with internet
qualifiers dominating the field.
Annie Duke was one of the earlier casualties (88th, $51,129) as her A3 wasn’t
enough to beat Jeffrey Lisandro’s 88. Former chip leader and Poker Stars
qualifier Dmitri Nobles ended a great run in 76th place ($65,973). Internet
tournament guru Bryan Micon (of The Micon System) finished 63rd, good
for $123,699 – the first prize above the $100K mark.
In mid-afternoon, Allen Cunningham starts making his move. With a somewhat
small stack, he starts playing big bet poker. He gets all in with KJ, flops a
jack, and doubles to over a million chips.
The next prize level is reached at 54th place, with the next few players
receiving $164,932.
At 11:43 pm, the 46th place player exits the tournament, and play ends for the
day. Play will commence on Day 6 in the middle of level 25, with blinds at
15,000/30,000 and antes of 5000. The average stack is 1.95 Million.
Notables still in include Humberto Brenes (42nd in chips with 565,000), Allen
Cunningham (30th, 1.3 Million), Phralad Friedman (24th, 1.6 Million), “Rizen”
Lynch (19th, 1.94 Million), and Jeffrey Lisandro (9th, 3 Million). Chip leader
remains Jamie Gold, with 7.33 Million chips.Continue Reading:
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World Series of Poker Main Event Day 2 and 3 Report
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World Series of Poker Main Event Day 4 and 5 Report
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World Series of Poker Main Event Day 6 Report
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World Series of Poker Main Event Day 7i Report
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World Series of Poker Main Event Day 7ii Report
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World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table Report 1
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World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table Report 2
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