WSOP Main Event Day 1 Completed
July 7, 2009
Where we last left off was the end of Day 1a in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. Well, the end of Day 1 ended last night and at the time of writing, Day 2a is scheduled to start in 15 minutes. So let us get started with a little recap.
Overview of 2009 World Series of Poker Day 1
To be quite honest, I will be surprised if a well known player wins the Main Event this year, and may even go as far as saying that we may not see one at the Final Table. Now, what I am not saying is that it is impossible, but from what I have seen and read, many of the pro’s are either playing poorly, are sick, or are getting beaten with complete donkeys playing terrible hands. Of course this happens in any game, but with a field of over 6,494 players, the cards just simply have to start falling your way at some point.
For example:
Daniel Negreanu busted from his Day 1 complaing of being sick. Quoted from his twitter account, “Out of the wsop and don’t really care. So sick I just need a bed.” His bust out hand? Daniel had 33 and called on the button and then called a raise from the small blind with a player also calling in front of him. So he paid $2,200 to set mine with 3’s. The flop comes 10-10-7 and the SB leads out and Daniel calls after thinking for a bit placing himself all in. He ran into queens and had an early exit from the WSOP. He knew the play was bad and he was sick (still is by the way), so can you really blame him?
Maybe not, but what about the sick Mr. Matthew Marafioti who took on a $5k prop bet by table mate and Tom “Durrrr” Dwan that Marafioti could not take 10 shots of Patron within 15 minutes without getting sick. Well, Marafioti did in just under 12 minutes but just a little bit later on he was escorted home and needless to say, Dwan is $5k richer.
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Aside from sick players, what about just flat-out odd plays? For example, poker phenom Brandon Cantu decided to get sneaky while on the SB in a big blind vs. small blind battle. Holding nothing but K-8 of spades, Cantu decided to check raise his opponent on a As-Jd-6d board only to get re-raised. Brandon in a sense of desperation after the failure of his first bluff attempt decided to dig himself deeper and ask for a chip count and then moved all in. His opponent called without hesitation to table J-J for trips leaving Brandon Cantu screaming in obvious frustration. The trips held up and Cantu lost a huge pot. That was a bad play to say the least and one that set up the downward spiral that eventually led Cantu to the rail.
And of course, I could not write a World Series of Poker Main Event Update without sharing a hand from the Poker Brat himself. After battling it out several times against a player that was sitting to his right 5 seats, Phil was determined to “bust him.”
In the hand that led the Brat to one of his infamous tirades Hellmuth opened the pot holding Jh-8c and got called from his special friend to see a flop of 9s-Qh-10s, resulting in a flopped straight for the Poker Brat. Hellmuth led out but was re-raised. After putting on a show Hellmuth flat called and a 3s came on the turn. Hellmuth checked, his opponent put in a bet, and Hellmuth flat called. A 5 of spades came on the river and both players checked. Hellmuth tabled his J-8 for a straight and his buddy turned over Kc-Qs for a runner-runner flush. Uhhhh….as you can imagine Phil was a bit pissed off.
Those were a few of the interesting moments of the last 4 days of play. Here are the current chip leaders.
- Troy Weber 353,000
- Tyson Marks 196,500
- Stephen Costello 192,000
- Joe Cada 187,225
- Mads Wissing 185,750
- Joseph Sanders 175,800
- Mikael Ay 173,900
- Carter ‘ckingusc’ King 170,000
- Mark Weil 168,575
- Paul Wolfe 163,000
It is also interesting to note that 90% of these players all came from Day 1d.
End of WSOP Day 1
Well, it probably does not need to be said that Day 1 was quite interesting. Many players, both pros and unknowns alike, and went home while many others are still pushing along in hopes to become the next WSOP Main Event champ. Who will it be? Stay tuned and find out.
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