2011 World Series of Poker

Taso 7 alkanut

Postattu 2011-06-05 03:21 GMT

Who's Hungry?

Postattu 2011-06-05 01:51 GMT • Taso 6: 100-200, 25 ante

Players just left for a 90 minute dinner break.

When they return they will either be playing four more levels, or down to 15% of today's starting field, whichever comes first.

The Brock Says

Postattu 2011-06-05 01:46 GMT • Taso 6: 100-200, 25 ante

We just saw Brock Parker’s stack grow as he was stacking the chips of an opponent that he eliminated. We missed the action but assume that the money got all in preflop with Parker holding . His opponent had and the board was giving Parker the unnecessary straight. He was up to 11,000 after the hand.

Tagit: Brock Parker.

Some Updated Chip Counts

Postattu 2011-06-05 01:27 GMT

Merkkimäärät
Dan Shak			24,500	-6,500
Maya Geller			22,000
David Chicotsky			20,000	8,500
Ian Wiley			18,000	1,000
Jerry Yang			16,500	-500
Chad Brown	PokerStars Team Pro (USA)		15,500	10,200
Vitaly Lunkin			9,300	800
Brock Parker			7,700	2,700
Alexander Kravchenko	PokerStars Team Pro (Russia)		6,800	4,125
Robert Varkonyi			6,300	1,800
Joe Cassidy			4,700
Eric Mizrachi			2,500	-3,500

Shak Slips a Bit

Postattu 2011-06-05 01:06 GMT • Taso 6: 100-200, 25 ante

Dan Shak has been staying active and we just caught him calling another player's all in. They were off to the races as Shak held the while the other player had the . The flop came but the fell on the turn leaving Shak drawing dead. The on the river was inconsequential and the other player doubled up.

Luckily for Shak the other player didn't have many chips to start with and Shak's stack is still at a very healthy 31,000.

Tagit: Dan Shak.

Jarzabek Takes One Down

Postattu 2011-06-05 00:56 GMT • Taso 6: 100-200, 25 ante

Casey Jarzabek's stack is moving in the right direction. He raised from under the gun to 525 only to have the player in the cutoff re-raise to 1,300. Jarzabek called and they saw a flop of . Both players checked and the fell on the turn. Jarzabek checked and the cutoff bet 2,500. Jarzabek shuffled his chips for a bit before putting out a raise that more than covered his opponents stack. The cutoff decided to call and Jarzabek stated, "If you call you probably win."

Jarzabek revealed his for a pair of sevens and found that he was ahead of the all-in player's . The river brought the and Jarzabek's stack grew to around 20,000.

Tagit: Casey Jarzabek.

Taso 6 alkanut

Postattu 2011-06-05 00:52 GMT

Day 1a Total

Postattu 2011-06-05 00:42 GMT • Taso 5

We've gotten the official count and there were a total of 2161 players that entered the tournament today.

Video: Event #1 Champion Sean Drake

Postattu 2011-06-05 00:30 GMT • Taso 5

Kristy Arnett catches up with the winner of the Casino Employees Event, Sean Drake.

Tagit: Sean Drake.

A Sizeable Field

Postattu 2011-06-05 00:23 GMT • Taso 5

The total number of entrants for the tournament (including pre-registration for day 1b tomorrow) is now listed at 2,989. It would not be surprising if this years field bested last years total of 4,345 after registration closes tomorrow.