2006 WSOP Main Event...

Talking Poker · #1 07-28-06, 03:26 PM

Rather than clutter up the thread that is for , I wanted to start a new one for all Main Event talk.

The final numbers aren't in yet, but it looks like this year's tourney is going to be a LOT bigger than anyone expected - 8532 entrants plus alternates!

We are finally underway. Updates here:

Penguinfan · #2 07-28-06, 03:52 PM

Jealousy mounting, hatred for boss growing...............

Friend of mine is playing today, if you happen to get an update on Don Wooden please post it (I know, outside shot).

Do us proud.

omahilo · #3 07-28-06, 04:44 PM

I wish they had a list of all the big pros in the field for today...

do you know if Hellmuth is playing today?

also good luck to Penguins friend.

hiimbob12 · #4 07-28-06, 04:50 PM

HAHA

All-In Called with 8-High

On a flop of 10

7

5

, Tim Rod bets $300 and his opponent raises to $600. Rod calls and the turn puts the 3

on the board. Rod again bets out with $1,500 and is again raised by his opponent to $4,000. Rod calls and the river puts the 3

on the board. Rod pushes all-in and his opponent immediately calls. Rod flips up K

Q

for a turned flush. His opponent says, "Do I have a straight flush? Oh, no I don't," as he shows 8

6

for 8-high.

Talking Poker · #5 07-28-06, 05:04 PM

I'm pretty sure he's playing either tomorrow or Sunday, but I forget which.

It's just complete insanity - this whole thing... There are SO MANY people. I'm going to head down to the Rio in another hour or two, hang out for a while and then meet up with the TP folks tonight.

So far, I'm not al that impressed with CardPlayer's updates.

I would say that PokerWire is another source to keep an eye on, butthey are running the exact smae updates!

ashmc2 · #6 07-28-06, 11:21 PM

Sticky this.

BTW what's your name? Mark something right?

Tony Cheval · #7 07-28-06, 11:47 PM

Marky Mark.

We're the Funky Bunch.

Talking Poker · #8 07-29-06, 04:52 PM

I'm reading through yesterday's updates now... just spotted this. Ugh.

Ironically, I've checked my receipt at least a half a dozen times to ensure that it does indeed say TOMORROW, and not today.

Talking Poker · #9 07-29-06, 05:07 PM

This is funny. How great would it have been if the opponent sooth called and then raised on the turn though?

omahilo · #10 08-04-06, 09:29 PM

It was just announced that we lost 140 players in 15 minutes of play following the money bubble bursting.

NUTS!!

jaeh00d · #11 08-07-06, 04:04 AM

thats just said, that really takes away from the game.

Robbie Robb · #12 08-07-06, 07:35 AM

So now that we're waaaay ahead of schedule (well okay, apparently we're only one day ahead of schedule as they're planning on playing down to 27 players today - it's gonna be a short day I think as there are only 45 players left) as we trudge towards the final table, does anyone have any confirmed knowledge of what the plan is? What made me think about this is that I just saw a commercial for Bell ExpressVu's (our equivalent to Dish Network) PPV service where they're showing the final table of WSOP for $24.99CAD starting Thursday @ 5pm. Does this mean that the players will get a day off before final table? I can't see them changing the date/time of FT because of this live PPV thing.