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Event #57 Main Event Day 1A
Number of players entered Day 1A: 1,125
Day 1 11:45 AM
Today will be the start of the Main Event. All players will have 30,000 chips to begin with for their $10,000 entry fee. The goal is to last until 60 minutes into the
5th level of play, with each level lasting 120 minutes each. Even though players may select their first day of play until that day based upon availability, it would not
be wise to repeat the mistakes of over 800 players on Day 1D and wait until the last minute to enter, only to be turned away. With each day having the capacity to
handle 3,000 entrants each, we will see how many come to the tables this year.
On the entrants list were Chris Moorman, Richard Ashby,
Al Barbieri, Thor Hansen, Matt Matros, Praz Bansi, John Spadavecchia, Diego Cordovez,
Juha Helppi, Francois Safieddine, Eric Molina, Lee Watkinson, Dwyte Pilgrim, Raymond Rahme, Svetlana Gromenkova, Matt Glantz,
Leo Wolpert, John Myung, Ted Lawson and Mel Judah.
12:09 PM
It was 2004 Main Event Champion Greg Raymer who announced to the to dealers that it was time to "Shuffle Up and Deal!". And with that, the Main Event begins. Seen
so far are 2003 Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker, Lee Watkinson,
Barry Shulman, Dewey Tomko, Jordan 'iMsoLucky0' Morgan, Steve Wong, Peter Gelencser,
Michael Mizrachi, Beth Shak, David Sklansky, Nikolay Evdakov, Juha Helppi,
T.J. Cloutier, Berry Johnston, Rob Hollink,
Vitaly Lunkin and comedian Ray Romano.
12:47 PM
Greg Raymer is off to a bad start as he went from 30,000 chips to 1,200 in less than 30 minutes. Even good players have bad days.
1:32 PM
Raymer is among the first to bust out of the Main Event. Following close behind was Nick Schulman
after his pocket K's were run over by the set of Q's made by his opponent.
2:04 PM
David "Chino Rheem got busted out of the Main Event after his opponent made the nut flush on the river. Rheem moved in with two pair but they unfortunately
would not hold up. Keith Ferrera was placed on the list of the fallen after his move with pocket Kings failed when the other player paired his Ace card
on the flop.
2:53 PM
For all you beef jerky fans out there, Jack Links Beef Jerky is still giving players who make quads a free bag. Thiago Nishijima got one after making
quad Jacks on the flop. All you have to do is pay $10 grand and make the quads. Simple.
4:02 PM
Victor Ramdin made the walk to the rail after elimination. But those players who are doing well today after the first break include Michael Mizrachi with 90,000 chips,
Markus Golser 57,000, Vitaly Lunkin 51,300,
Chris Moneymaker and announcer Vince Van Patten both with 44,000, Dutch Boyd 40,200, actor Ray Romano 39,000,
Chris Moorman 33,300 and Rob Hollink with 41,000.
5:17 PM
Jimmy Fricke said goodbye from the tables after watching his opponents pocket K's become two pair (K's and 5's) on the turn. Jameson Painter has also
recently been eliminated. Painter moved all-in preflop with A K with his last 10,500 and was called by another player with pocket Q's. The flop produced
another Queen for a set and the win.
6:12 PM
Lots of players are bein highly cautious, with many top pros even folding pocket A's preflop if they are not confident. The dinner break for the field will
run from 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM.
8:35 PM
Total number of entrants for Day 1A was 1125. And there have not been many eliminations with the current player count at 907. New busts that have happened include
Mike Caro, Issac Haxton, Andy Black,
Al Barbieri and Ray Romano. What happened with Romano is that he lost a huge chuck of his stack when his A K suited could not hold up to another player with pocket J's.
Then he went all-in with the 6,000 chips he had left with a pair of 4's and he was called by a player who ended up with a straight flush (4 thtu 8 of diamonds)
by the turn card. With all the ESPN cameras around, you should see this hand on TV.
9:18 PM
Issac Haxton is now on the sidelines. Taking an all-in move with what he had left and pocket 2's, Haxton was okay until an Ace came on the turn which
paired the ones the other two players in the hand held. But that was all she wrote for the young player as he got up to exit the Amazon Room the ESPN
cameras naturally followed.
10:09 PM
David Steicke also fell to the pain of a player with pocket K's that held to the river, ending his chance at the last bracelet of the season. And
Kirill Gerasimov holds railbird status after elimination from the field.
Right now, the top 5 players in terms of chip counts are
Dwyen Ringbauer -- 188,000
Corwin Cole -- 107,000
Kevin McGowan -- 104,500
Michael Mizrachi -- 103,000
Chris Moneymaker -- 98,000
11:39 PM
Johannes Strassman was busted after his all-in move with a straight draw did not happen to help him fend off the set of 9's made by the other player. T.J. Cloutier
just said he had a race that he could not win and scooted out of the Amazon Room after elimination. Beth Shak
took her chips to the middle with pocket Q's, only to be defeated and busted out of the Main Event by the set of 7's made by her opponent on the flop. She was followed by
Event #21 bracelet winner Richard Ashby,
Nikolay Evdakov, Chris Moorman, Markus Golser and Billy Baxter.
11:50 PM
Tournament officials have told the remaining players to bag their chips as they have successfully survived 4 1/2 levels of play. Join us tomorrow at 12 noon for Day 1b action.
