Event #58: $10,000 Main Event Giorno 1b | 2011 World Series of Poker

2011-07-09 06:57 UTC

Not Apple Counts, Orange Counts

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Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ben Lamb	215,000 10,000	10,000
Bob Safai	130,000 -25,000	-25,000
Anton Ionel	130,000 75,000	75,000
Bryan Colin	100,000 24,000	24,000
	90,000
Patrik Antonius	85,000 2,000	2,000
Justin Bonomo	80,000
Dan Kelly	75,000 7,700	7,700
Sam Stein	70,000 -18,000	-18,000
Maxim Lykov	65,000 22,000	22,000

	58,000 -1,000	-1,000
Garry Gates	57,000 -3,000	-3,000
David Bakes Baker	55,000
Al Barbieri	55,000 -2,000	-2,000
Erick Lindgren	50,000 -5,000	-5,000
Tim West	45,000 20,000	20,000
Sam Trickett	42,000 19,000	19,000
David Chiu	40,000 1,000	1,000
Anthony Spinella	38,000 -2,000	-2,000
John Monnette	35,000 2,000	2,000
Ted Lawson	35,000 -2,000	-2,000
William Thorson	35,000 -8,500	-8,500
Andy Frankenberger	30,000 5,000	5,000
Allen Cunningham	30,000 9,000	9,000
	25,000 5,000	5,000

2011-07-09 07:11 UTC

Friedman Finds Aces, Doubles

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Perry Friedman came in for a raise under the gun, and action folded around to the hijack, who raised it up to 3,000. Action folded around to Friedman, who instantly went all in for 10,225, and the hijack called. The cards were flipped, and Friedman was on the right side of a classic cooler.

Friedman: {a-Clubs} {a-Diamonds}
Hijack: {k-Diamonds} {k-Spades}

The flop came out {3-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {9-Hearts} , and Friedman stayed out in front. The {q-Hearts} changed nothing, as neither player held a heart. The river brought the {10-Hearts} , and Friedman scored the double up to get closer towards his starting stack once again.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
	22,000 2,000	2,000

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2011-07-09 07:13 UTC

Fohrenbach Folds

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Ricky Fohrenbach raised to 1,050 from middle position and the woman in the big blind called. The flop came {a-Hearts} {10-Spades} {2-Spades} and the big blind checked to Fohrenbach who tossed out a bet of 1,300. She quickly called and the turn brought the {10-Clubs} . Both players checked and they saw the {a-Spades} fall on the river. The big blind bet out a rather small bet of 1,500 and Fohrenbach thought for a moment before releasing his hand into the muck.

After the hand Fohrenbach's stack was down to around 62,000.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ricky Fohrenbach	62,000 -7,000	-7,000

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2011-07-09 07:13 UTC

Lamb Poised for Another Deep Run

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Livello 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

The last deep run by Ben Lamb in the World Series of Poker Main Event came in 2009 when he finished in 14th place. Lamb earned himself a ton of poker recognition thanks to that deep run and pocketed $633,022 in prize money, but where did he finish on Day 1 during that quest?

Well, we checked back in our archives and found that Lamb played Day 1a in 2009 and bagged up 53,275 chips to end the day. Right now, he's sitting at approximately four times that amount as the day moves to a close here in the last level. That begs the question: Will bagging up nearly four times as many chips this year lead to an even deeper run in the Main Event?

In many, many tournaments, it's not so common that one of the early chip leaders goes on to win. In fact, in the WSOP Main Event, no Day 1 chip leader has ever gone on to victory. For one thing, it's quite a long ride to the end and plenty of things can happen along the way. Still, Lamb is setting himself up with the chance to do just that if he can hold onto the chip lead and emerge at the top of the pack when the day is done. Of course, he'll have to top the stack of 209,500 that Fred Berger bagged up last night and also hold off the other competitors from Day 1c and Day 1d in order to be the overall chip leader, but that could all very well happen.

If you'd like to relive Lamb's final hand from the 2009 WSOP Main Event, check it out here. He was eliminated by Jeff Shulman who went on to make the November Nine and finish in sixth place. Lamb has one other WSOP Main Event cash on record and that's in 2007 where he placed 156th for $58,570.

Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for our ongoing coverage of the 2011 Main Event just to see how far Lamb can go. He also currently sits second in the race for WSOP Player of the Year and we'll be keeping an eye on that, too.

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2011-07-09 07:15 UTC

Tables Left

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Livello 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We're down to 70 tables remaining in the Amazon Room which means there's between 621 and 630 players currently left in Day 1b.

2011-07-09 07:17 UTC

Gates Gets Rid Of a Short Stack

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When we got to Garry Gates's table, we saw him up against a short stack with all of his chips in the middle. The short stack held {k-Clubs} {10-Clubs} , and Gates was in the lead with {a-Diamonds} {j-Spades} . The flop came out {9-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} , giving the short stack an open ended straight draw. The turn helped neither, coming the {2-Clubs} , and the river did the same, as it brought the {5-Diamonds} . Gates collected the bounty, upping his stack to just under 60,000.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Garry Gates	58,000 1,000	1,000

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2011-07-09 07:20 UTC

Martinez, Antonius Going at it

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Patrik Antonius raised to 1,150 in the hijack and was met with a re-raise to 2,800 from Javier Martinez in the cutoff. Antonius made the call and both players checked the {A-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {6-Hearts} flop and {K-Spades} turn. On the {9-Clubs} river however, Antonius led for 4,025 and Martinez upped it to 12,000 straight. Antonius went into the tank and began shuffling yellow T1000 chips. He then put those back in his pile and started to shuffle orange T5000 chips. Eventually, Antonius slowly pushed his cards into the middle and Martinez took it down.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Javier Martinez	137,000 13,000	13,000
Patrik Antonius	93,000 8,000	8,000

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2011-07-09 07:22 UTC

Katchalov Knocks One Out

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We don't know exactly what happened, but we know a short stack player was all in and up against Eugene Katchalov.

Katchalov: {A-Hearts} {Q-}
Short Stack: {A-Spades} {9-Diamonds}

The cards came out {8-} {5-} {6-} {Q-} {4-} and with a pair of queens Katchalov was able to grab hold of some much needed chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Eugene Katchalov	35,000 -11,000	-11,000

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2011-07-09 07:28 UTC

Minieri's Queen High Is Good

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We caught up with the action to see Dario Minieri bet out 6,000 on a board of {k-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} and his opponent made the call. With about 19,000 in the pot, Minieri's opponent checked to him. Minieri announced that he was all in for his remaining roughly 52,000 in chips.

His opponent had him covered and pondered a call for a while. Eventually his opponent mucked and Minieri was awarded the pot.

"Show a bluff, it's good for the game", the player to Minieri's right said.

"Alright", Minieri replied, complying with his request by tabling the {Q-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} . His opponent could only shake his head as Minieri stacked his chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Dario Minieri	71,000 20,500	20,500

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2011-07-09 07:30 UTC

Chips for Vivek

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Vivek Rajkumar raised to 1,050 from under the gun only to have a player in middle position re-raise to 3,250. Action folded back around to Rajkumar who asked the other player "You have around fifty or sixty?" trying to determine what the players total stack was. He decided to call and they both saw the flop come {9-Spades} {5-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} . Both players checked and the turn brought the {6-Diamonds} . Rajkumar tossed out a bet of 5,500 and the other player gave up his hand allowing Rajkumar to rake in the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Vivek Rajkumar	62,500 8,500	8,500

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