With the board reading and a couple thousand chips already in the pot, Doyle Brunson bet out 1,300 and was called by Duwayne Kosi while Balaz Biri folded his hand. The river brought the and both Brunson and Kosi checked. Brunson showed his for a set of sixes and Kosi mucked his hand. Brunson's stack has been slowly climbing over these first couple of levels and we wouldn't be surprised if that trend continues throughout the day.
A player in middle position raised to 525, Josh Arieh called from the cutoff, and the player in the big blind called as well. The flop came all spades -- -- and it checked around. All three again checked the turn.
The river was the . It checked to Arieh who bet 1,050, the big blind quickly called, and the third player folded. "I have a straight," said Arieh. "A seven?" asked his opponent, and Arieh showed . His opponent tabled , and the pair chopped the pot.
Arieh, who finished 13th in the just completed $50K Poker Player's Championship, has gotten off to a slow start today, and sits with about 22,000 now.
It was folded around to the player in the cutoff who min-raised to 400 and then to Tristan Clemencon who called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and Clemencon led out for 500 on the turn. The cutoff raised to 1,100 total, Clemencon made the call and then check-called a bet of 1,175 on the river. The cutoff turned over for just king-high after having missed his straight and flush draws while Clemencon showed for top pair to take down the pot.
Team PokerStar Pros are out in full force for Day 1a of the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. Vanessa Selbst, Jan Heitmann, Pat Pezzin, George Danzer, Lex Veldhuis, Jude Ainsworth, and Sebastian Ruthenberg all came out to play on Day 1a. Joining them is Randy Lew, PokerStars Team Online, Fatima Moreira De Melo, PokerStars SportStar, and Jason Alexander, Friend of PokerStars.
Jason Alexander is at the top of the leader board when it comes to Team PokerStars, he sits with 45,000 in chips and is 9th in chips here on Day 1a. Vanessa Selbst is not far behind with around 40,000 in chips, and rounding out the top three PokerStars is Jan Heitmann who has 38,000 in chips. We are just in the second level of play with blinds at 100/200 with players starting with 30,000 in tournament chips.
We will be keeping an eye out for all of Team PokerStars throughout the Main Event and updates can be seen here for the most up to date action.
Scott Montgomery opened the action by raising to 450. He received a call from the player on his left and then a player in late position three-bet to 1,750. It folded around to the player in the big blind who decided to make the call. Montgomery and the original caller also decided to stick around.
The four players saw a flop of and it checked around to the player who three-bet preflop. He continued out with a bet of 5,000 chips. The player in the big blind folded and Montgomery sat pondering before sliding 20,000 chips out into the middle. The remaining player got out of the way and action was back to the original aggressor.
After pondering for about a minute, Montgomery's opponent shook his head and tapped the table, mucking his cards with his other hand. From this fold Montgomery was able to pick up a nice sized pot.
On a flop reading , Jason Alexander led out for 1,400 from middle position. He was called by both of his opponents in the cutoff and the button.
The turn brought a and Alexander tossed in a bet to 5,500. The player in the cutoff shook his head and folded and so did the button after a little deliberation.
Sebastian Ruthenberg raised to 500 from the button and was called by the player in the small blind. The flop fell and Ruthenberg's opponent check-called a bet of 675. The came on the turn and both players checked to see the drop on the river. Ruthenberg's opponent tossed out 1,500 and Ruthenberg made the call. His opponent tabled and Ruthenberg shot his hand toward the muck.
Jeffrey Papola has made a name for himself by absolutely crushing 6-max tournaments here at the World Series, but today he did not fair so well in the 10 handed main event, as he has just been eliminated. We missed the hand that did most of the damage, but when we went to Papola's table, he was all in for a single black T100 chip. Two other players called before one player raised all of them out, meaning Papola was heads up for his tournament life.
Papola:
Opponent:
The board ran out , and Papola scored the quintuple up to 500 chips with his two pair. Unfortuately, his dreams of a chip and a chair comeback ended on the next hand. Papola got it all in with , and found one caller, who had . The flop was great for Papola, coming . The on the turn gave his opponent no help, but the river was the , giving his opponent a straight. That hand will mark the end of the 2011 World Series for Jeffrey Papola.
The board read and there was about 10,000 in the middle. Tom Schneider had checked, and Greg Raymer had set out a column of chips representing about a pot-sized bet. Schneider tanked for some time, looking over the 12,000 or so he had behind.
Finally he folded his face up. The Fossilman hesitated for a moment before responding. "That's a helluva fold," said Raymer, showing his .
"Wow," was the general consensus around the table. "I've flopped sets twice now," said Schneider with a grim grin. "You don't want to flop sets, they're no good," he added. "Yes, I'm waiting for Day 4," said Olivier Busquet from across the table, eliciting some laughs.
"That's how you become player of the year," said Raymer, referring to Schneider's 2007 WSOP POY performance. "You know where you are at, and you make good reads."
The conversation continued, with some confessing they wouldn't have been able to let go of Schneider's hand. Meanwhile the Donkey Bomber just shook his head as he attempted to find at least some humor in the situation.
"I did have one out," he grinned.
Schneider is making good reads, but is hoping to get rewarded for doing so soon. While he sits on the short stack, Raymer is back up to around 32,000.
and a couple thousand chips already in the pot, Doyle Brunson bet out 1,300 and was called by Duwayne Kosi while Balaz Biri folded his hand. The river brought the 
and both Brunson and Kosi checked. Brunson showed his 
for a set of sixes and Kosi mucked his hand. Brunson's stack has been slowly climbing over these first couple of levels and we wouldn't be surprised if that trend continues throughout the day.
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-- and it checked around. All three again checked the 
turn.
. It checked to Arieh who bet 1,050, the big blind quickly called, and the third player folded. "I have a straight," said Arieh. "A seven?" asked his opponent, and Arieh showed 
, and the pair chopped the pot.
flop and Clemencon led out for 500 on the turn. The cutoff raised to 1,100 total, Clemencon made the call and then check-called a bet of 1,175 on the river. The cutoff turned over 
for just king-high after having missed his straight and flush draws while Clemencon showed 
for top pair to take down the pot.
and it checked around to the player who three-bet preflop. He continued out with a bet of 5,000 chips. The player in the big blind folded and Montgomery sat pondering before sliding 20,000 chips out into the middle. The remaining player got out of the way and action was back to the original aggressor.
, Jason Alexander led out for 1,400 from middle position. He was called by both of his opponents in the cutoff and the button.
and Alexander tossed in a bet to 5,500. The player in the cutoff shook his head and folded and so did the button after a little deliberation.
came on the turn and both players checked to see the 
drop on the river. Ruthenberg's opponent tossed out 1,500 and Ruthenberg made the call. His opponent tabled 
and Ruthenberg shot his hand toward the muck.
, and Papola scored the quintuple up to 500 chips with his two pair. Unfortuately, his dreams of a chip and a chair comeback ended on the next hand. Papola got it all in with 
and there was about 10,000 in the middle. Tom Schneider had checked, and Greg Raymer had set out a column of chips representing about a pot-sized bet. Schneider tanked for some time, looking over the 12,000 or so he had behind.
face up. The Fossilman hesitated for a moment before responding. "That's a helluva fold," said Raymer, showing his 
.