Monday WSOP and George Carlin's passing

Date: Mon, Jun 23, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em has crowned its winner, Davidi Kitai, who bested the field of 605 entrants. According to the reports I'm reading it was a long, hard fought battle waged before he final took down his first WSOP bracelet and the $244,546 top prize. Congratulations.

Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em is down to the final 9 of the original 2,720 who started the event. Day 3 will get underway today at 2:00pm PDT. Currently in the chip lead is Thom Werthmann. The action fires back up today at 2:00pm PDT.

Event 40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw is down from 238 to the final 30 players. Only the top 24 get paid in this event. So, there are still 6 who will go away empty handed. Still among the hopeful are Greg Raymer, Robert Mizrachi, Bill Chen, David Sklansky, and Dario Alioto. Still to be won is the bracelet and top prize of $151,896. It will start at 2:00pm PDT as well.
Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em is down to 98 of the intial 731 players. The top 72 will make the money, of course all are aiming for the top prize of $219,508. This one starts up at 3:00pm PDT.

Event 42 - $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship has been under way for nearly an hour now. Too much is still going on to provide you with any accurate reports at this time.

Stay tuned to the great reporting over at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/. I'll recap as best I can.

In other news... Whitney and Teresa made it back yesterday morning from NYC. Of course they were exhausted. And yes there were purses bought as is their norm. A bit of sight seeing was done. as well. I'm glad to have them back.

Today was the first day of the Cincinnati Reds "Legends" Camp, held in Marietta, OH. Cole and I headed up this morning, to join in the action. It was a lot of fun. I think Cole learned a lot, and actually I enjoyed it and learned some things from the professionals that were helping to conduct the event. Cole picked up a souvenier ball, and grabbed a few signatures. My favorite players were Henry Winningham and Ron Oester. These two really captivated the boys and made a real impact on thiem. 2 more days of the camp remain and I think we're looking forward to it all.

Still on tap for tonight, if it doesn't rain, is All Star practice is tonight. So, I think we're both just taking it easy for a while, so we don't fall asleep later.

Finally, I wanted to make mention of the loss of George Carlin. It was reported that the comedian was taken to the hospital following complaints of chest pain. According to this article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/23/carlin.obit/index.html?eref=rss_topstories, he was 71 years old. His wit, shocking nature, and cynicism were his absolute trademarks. He will be missed.

But now, I'm starting to nod off, from having too much sun today, I'm gonna lay down and unwind for about an hour and a half.

Regards,

cheer_dad

Sleepy Sunday at the WSOP

Date: Sun, Jun 22, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has been won by Jesper Hougaard. This makes his first WSOP bracelet and the $610,304 prize ain't too shabby either. Congratulations.

Event 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship has ended and atop the 235 initial entrants one came out on top, David Benyamine! This makes his first WSOP bracelet and the $535,687. Congratulations. Also, note that Mike Matusow scored a 5th place finish in the event.

Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em has been narrowed down to the final 9, which will reconvene today.

Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em will begin its Day 2 at 2:00pm today, with 218 of the initial 2,720 entrants remaining.

Scheduled to get underway today are Event 40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw and Event 41 - $1,500.

I'm looking forward to all the continued action. You can never have too much poker,,, right?

Hope all is well with each of you.
Stay tuned to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/ for all the continuing action.

Regards.

cheer_dad

Saturday update WSOP

Date: Sat, Jun 21, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys has been won by Layne Flack. The bracelet and $577,725 are all his. I know there's plenty to dispute about it being the year of the "big-name" pro, but there are an awful lot of them climbing to the top of the poker pyramid this time around! But this is still a game of the individual and therefore, congratulations Layne! The temptress Clonie Gowen continues to put her name out there for me to see among those who cash out. She finished 34th in the event. She knows I read all these results... Shameless. : ) But now I refuse to acknowledge you unless you're higher in the cashout listing.

Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud has crowned its winner Mike Rocco, for a cool $135,753. He bested the field of 381 players to take it down. Congratulations.

Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em will resume today at 2:00pm PDT when the final nine come together competing for the first place prize of $610,304.

Event 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship will also reconvene today with the remaining 18 of the original 235 fighting it out for the top prize of $535,687. A whopping 7 of the 18 are Full Tilt sponsored, including Mike Matusow, who is currently in 2nd place.

Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em enters Day 2 today with 63 of the original 605 players remaining. Pssst although short-stacked Clonie's still in there!

Getting underway today will be Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em and Event 40 - $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw.

For all the latest stay tuned and be sure to check out the in-depth coverage over at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/.

Currently Cole and I are doing the bachelor thing while Big Red and Whit are off on their bus trip to New York City. We didn't get to sleep in at all, when I was called to come into work for an application restart, before 8:00am this morning. In other excitement today... laundry (shudder.)

We had our 2nd All-Stars practice last night and the boys look really good. I'm really looking forward to seeing how they perform. Good Luck boys. Our first tournament is scheduled for next weekend down at Tri C.

Regards,

cheer_dad

It's Friday at the WSOP.

Date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has its winner, Luis Velador, after besting the field of 2,304 players. He takes home the WSOP bracelet and $573,734. Congratulations to him!

Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship has been won by Sebastian Ruthenberg after coming out on top of the 261 entrants. Top prize for the event was $328,756. To get there he and Chris Ferguson battled it out heads-up for over three hours! According to the post at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-33-5000-seven-card-stud-hi-lo-wc/ when it came down to the final two, Ferguson enjoyed a 2-to-1 chip lead. Ruthenberg came from behind and got a slight edge, only later to get crippled back to 200,000 chips, and STILL managing to climb back out of the hole one more time to finally take it down. congratulations to him! Other notables who finished near the top were Marcel Luske in 4th, followed in 5th by Annie Duke!

Event 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys is down to the final 9 of 320 initial players. They will get started on Day 3 today at 2:00pm PDT. $577,725 awaits... Ted Forrest is currently 2nd in chips to Kyle Kloeckner. A couple of other notables with respectable chip stacks are Dario Alioto and Layne Flack.

Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud is down to the final 8 of the original 381. They start back up at 3:00pm PDT.

Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em will begin Day 2 at 2:00pm PDT, where the remaining 189 will continue to narrow the field.

Event 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship started Day 1 with 235, which has been weeded down to its final 123. A number of noted pros remain in this high-dollar event, among them and near the top in third and 4th in chips are Annie Duke and Erick Lindgren. Oh and Roland De Wolfe is in there too, so were bound to have more of those little cliches of "Hungry like de Wolfe" in the Live Reporting section of http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/.

Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em is slated to get underway today at noon.
There's so much more to come! Stay tuned.

Regards,

cheer_dad

Dario wins #31, Annie leads #33, and more about Clonie : )

Date: Thu, Jun 19, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 31 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed has been won by Dario Minieri. This makes his first WSOP bracelet and a $528,418 payday. Congratulations, and sorry about the whole Harry Potter thing. : )

Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em is down to the final table of 9 from the original 2,304. They will reconvene today at 2:00pm PDT. A top prize of $573,734 awaits.

Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship is STILL grinding away as of now. They are down to the final 10 of the initial 261 starters. Plenty of star power in this one, with Annie Duke currently in the chip lead, and still in the running Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Marcel Luske, and David Benyamine. I hope we get to see a little of this final table in the ESPN coverage as well! Oh and incidentally GO ANNIE!!!

Event 34 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys has ended for the night, with 49 of the initial 320 remaining. The top 36 get paid in this event, with a top prize of $577,725. There are a number of recognizable pros still in this one, but I'll mention only one... and cross my fingers and channel some luck and good fortune your way... CLONIE GOWEN, currently 11th in chip stack.

Event 35 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud is down to 70 of the original 381 and will get back underway today.

Scheduled to begin today are Events 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em and 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship. For all the latest and greatest head over to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/.

Regards,

cheer_dad

Flickr diversion

Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Okay, I don't know what it is, or what it's supposed to be, but the idea intrigued me. It also turned out kinda cool too! So, I'll credit who gave me the idea, and even back to the one who did it to them too. I saw it over here http://gadzooks64.blogspot.com/2008/06/flickr-meme.html and Gadzooks found it over here
http://pokerwolf.blogspot.com/2008/06/flickr-game.html.
All of us poker players, all of us bloggers, you do the math.

Here's how it works, go give it a shot...

Flickr game:

The Rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker).

The Questions:
1. What is your first name? cheer
2. What is your favorite food? lasagna
3. What high school did you go to? south
4. What is your favorite color? tie dye
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Miranda Kerr
6. Favorite drink? Killian red
7. Dream vacation? Caribbean
8. Favorite dessert? dirt cake
9. What you want to be when you grow up? poker player
10. What do you love most in life? family
11. One Word to describe you. compulsive
12. Your flickr name. cheer_dad

Credit for the photos above:
1. Cheers!, 2. Escape, 3. Endure, 4. DSC03019adj Woodstock, 5. 01, 6. mmmm Killian's, 7. It's breathtaking!, 8. dirt cupcakes, 9. Untitled, 10. The Avenue in mist and sun, 11. Obsessive Compulsive Gardener, 12. Cheers, Dad! Pop-Up Card

Anyway, that's it. Thought some of you could use a diversion from the WSOP coverage. Me? Hell no! I've had the PokerNews Live Reporting window up the whole time I worked on this flickr thing. : )

I know... issues.

Regards,

cheer_dad

WSOP, still going strong

Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Continuing the coverage, WSOP

Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has been won by Vitaly Lunkin, for a cool $628,417 and the WSOP bracelet. Congratulations on the long fought victory over the initial 2,706 entrants.

Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys which was absolutely chock full of professional players in the mere 152 entrants has come to an end. When the dust settled Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond emerged as the victor. Actually, despite the all-star cast of pros, the final heads up competition came down to two online players, well known to the online community, Phil of course and ultimately the #2 finisher Adam "the houdini" Hourani. Both are regulars on Full Tilt's PLO (high stakes) area. Phil Galfond took down the bracelet and a staggering $817,781 top prize. Adam Hourani didn't fair too terribly either pocketing himself a tidy $493,748. David Benyamine took 3rd for $316,307, Johnny Chan $246,874 in 4th, PokerNews sponsored Kirill Gerasimov in 5th, with $192,870. John Juanda in 6th with $154,296, Daniel Negreanu continues his cashing ways in the number 7 spot with $123,437, and right behind him in 8th was Phil Hellmuth at $100,292, and the final member of the final table in 9th Brian Rast with a respectable $84,863. Congratulations to all, but well of course more so to Phil Galfond! : )

Event 29 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em will continue today beginning at 2:00pm PDT when the final 9 reassemble to play it down to the final winner. 1st prize payout is $434,789. Matt Vengrin starts the day with the chip lead with over 200K more than his next closest competitor. Only David Singer remains in the middle of the pack as a recognizable pro in the running. Stay tuned.

Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship will get under way today at 2:00pm PDT as well, when the final 9 return to the table. Among those still in the running that you might recognize are Andy Block and JC Tran. Top prize is $496,931.

Event 31 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed picks back up today with 73 of the initial 1,012 players continuing to battle it out for the top prize of $528,418. Most notable in the running are Dario Minieri (currently 2nd in chip stack), Scotty Nguyen, Bill Chen, and Max Pescatori.

Debuting today are Event 32 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em and Event 33 - $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low World Championship. According to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/ Eli Elezra is expected to return to defend his title in the event, which he won in last year's competition, earning his first ever WSOP bracelet.

I would have posted my updates sooner today, but work had a firm grip on some delicate portions of my person that I'd rather keep intact! It's just one documentation nightmare after another.

Regards,

cheer_dad

WSOP and NDPT updates

Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Good Morning All! I've got some catching up to do on the events and happenings at the WSOP 2008 and here at home, so let's get to it shall we...

In Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship Kenny Tran emerged as the victor after going heads up in 2 games with Alec Torelli, and takes home $539,056 and the WSOP bracelet. Congratulations on the win.

Event 26 - $1,500 Razz finally wound its way down to a winner, and when the dust settled we found Barry Greenstein to be the last man standing. He bested the 453 players and took home the bracelet and the $157,619 prize. Congratulations Barry!

Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em inched its way through Day 1 and 2,706 players to get to the final 20. This event will reconvene at 2:00pm PDT. Ultimately a top prize of $628,417 will be awarded. We'll just have to wait and see on this one.

Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys is still playing, as I'm writing this post up. They are down to 12 players of the initial starting 152. That's some grueling hours kids! A look at those who remain and it's no secret why. Among those still standing are Daniel Negreanu (the current chip leader) David Benyamine, John Juanda, Johnny Chan, Chris Ferguson, and Phil Hellmuth. Ultimately the top prize of $817,781 will be awarded.

Event 29 - $3,000 No Limit Hold'em has ended Day 1 with 81 of the initial 716 starting players remaining. Sadly, 9 of those who return tomorrow, will eventually bust out and get nothing as only 72 places payout in this event. However, there's still $434,789 and a bracelet being fought for.

Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship has ended for the day, just a couple of hours ago. 98 of the original 218 players remain to battle it out for the $496,931 top prize. Only the top 27 get paid in this event.

Event 31 - $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed gets underway today at Noon PDT.
For all the latest updates and the blow-by-blow head over and read all about it at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/.

In other news here close to home...

When I arrived this morning I found in my Inbox an email from Vince and Teresa Post letting me know that they had returned from their most recent Las Vegas trip. They had a great time, as always, and posted up a few pictures that they snapped at the Rio, while taking in the WSOP action for themselves!

In other happenings, the NDPT Tournament #8 of the year was held Saturday night as I mentioned before. Let's recap this one. Turnout was relatively light with only 20 players seated at 3 tables. It's the time of year, when a lot of other conflicting obligations and vacations kick in, so the lower numbers are expected and no I won't begin to lament on the decline in popularity of poker in the Mountain State. We'll show 'em next time just how popular it remains. After a hard fought battle Teresa "Big Red" found herself seated behind a mountain of chips and the winning hand. For her efforts she pocketed $200 plus I don't know how many $5 bounties at this point. She and Eric S went heads-up for quite a bit before she finally took it down. Eric took the 2nd place payday, followed by newcomer Charles Roberts and then Mike Westbrook. Congratulations to the winners! The NDPT Points Standings have been updated out on my Google Docs at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=ptNl6_cpXDHlDaBaHIU7NVA&hl=en. Very quickly though, Teresa has moved into the points lead with her most recent victory. This race is still anyone's to be won though, since we're only 1/2 through the year at this point, and the fact that only your TOP 10 finishes will count toward the total of the year. Once we reach the 10th game, things will start to heat up. I imagine there will be some oddball strategy crop up as a result of it.

But the story of the night, doesn't end there. In keeping with the spirit of the WSOP and the late nights that are the norm, the NDPT crew played on into the night and even what some might term morning. It was around 4:00am when some of us crawled out of the poker room to call it a night. Among those degenerates were Steve, Eric S, Mike, and Big Red and I. Earlier in the evening Del was probably one of the top cash game winners, but I don't recall exactly what he cashed out for. As the night went on and the Jack Daniels took a firmer group on us at the table, the pots and the stacks continued to get larger. Steve cashed out for well in excess of $100. Big Red and I combined had over $140, each with our initial buy-in of $20.

One incident in particular has occupied a great deal of my thinking since Saturday night. There was a hand at the final table that in which two players were all in preflop and turned up their cards to show one had a pair of 6's and the other a pair of 9's. Before ANY board cards were dealt and turned up, the deck was inadvertently dropped, cards exposed, and the deck could not be legitimately re-assembled. At the time... a discussion ensued between a number of us and the ruling at the time was to declare the hands dead and redistribute the chips to the players and replay the hand. Having re-evaluating Robert's Rules of Poker and a discussion thread over at the Home Poker Tourney Forums http://forums.homepokertourney.com/index.php/topic,16171.0.html, I have determined that my ruling was actually incorrect. Granted I can't do anything about it now, the ruling stands and cannot be retracted from that situation, BUT moving forward, the ruling will be should the situation arise in the future to gather ALL the cards from the "fouled" stub (all the cards in the dealers hand at the time the deck was dropped re-assemble them, reshuffle them, and then continue as before, (i.e. with burn and flop, etc...) That answer was sought out from Bob Ciaffone himself, who wrote the rulebook himself. Difficult to argue that. For an extensive dialogue on this head on over to Home Poker Tourney yourself and read the thread which already had 54 replies to it.

As always I hope everyone had a great time getting together for some poker. At the next tournament consider the gauntlet already thrown. Big Red, you're goin' DOWN!!! Just after we'd consolidated to 2 tables, I was beginning to feel the pinch of a short stack. and the blinds were at 50/100. The flop came Jack high, giving me top pair with a King kicker. I proceeded to make a big bet there on the turn insta shoved. Unfortunately for me, my wife began shaking her head letting me know I was crushed. She shoved in and then flipped over her A-J!!! Where's the loser's lounge? So, it's like I said, I've got some serious payback to do.
If you have any questions or comments respond to this blog post and I'll get back to you.

Regards,

cheer_dad

WSOP update

Date: Sun, Jun 15, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Blair Hinkle Wins $507,563 AND joins his brother Grant Hinkle in scoring a WSOP bracelet for 2008! Recall that Grant took down Event #2 for a $ 831,462 payday. Congratulations to them both for a phenomenal year!

Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha has finally been claimed by Max Pescatori for a payday of $246,471. Allen Cunningham was only able to hold on so long and claim the 4th place finish of $76,205. Congratulations to everyone in this event.

Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship is down to the semifinals, with only the final 4 remaining, still chasing the $539,056 payday. Vanessa Selbst will play Alec Torelli, while Kenny Tran will face off against Jonathan Jaffe. The winners of those battles will then compete in a best 2 out of 3 to claim the top prize of $539,056.

Event 26 - $1,500 Razz resumes today at 3:00pm PDT. The field is down to the final 8, and most notably still in the running with the 2nd largest chip count is Barry Greenstein. Good Luck Barry!

Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em will continue today with 224 of the initial 2,706 players still battling it out.

Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys continues today with 54 of the 152 remaining. The field is absolutely littered with Full Tilt Poker sponsored pros! Only the top 18 will get paid out in this event., with a top prize of $817,781.

Event 29 - $3,000 No Limit Hold'em is now playing, in early reports Jennifer Tilly enjoys the chip lead.

Event 30 - $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship will start today at 5:00pm PDT.

As always, head over to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/ for all the latest and greatest.

Cole and I are off to the movies now... so I'll check back later and give you the scoop on everything that went down in last night's NDPT #8! Pssst... BIG RED WON, but more later!

Regards,

cheer_dad

WSOP update, and NDPT #8 tonight

Date: Sat, Jun 14, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 21 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Scott Seiver won his first WSOP bracelet and the $755,891 first prize. Congratulations on a long, hard-fought battle.

Event 22 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Jens Voertmann finally bested the field of 414 entrants to take down the top spot, WSOP bracelet and $298,253 for his trouble. Sadly, Marcel Luske could not battle his way back and busted in 3rd place. Hopefully, his win of $110,264 will soften the blow just a bit. Jennifer Harman finished up in 8th position with $30,851 as well.

Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em has narrowed the field down to the final 9 from the original starting 1,344. The $507,613 prize awaits one of them, as action gets underway again today at 2:00pm PDT.

Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha has whittled the pack down to the final 9 as well, from its starting 457. Most notable remaining at the final table and currently 2nd in chip count, is Allen Cunningham. This event will reconvene at 3:00pm PDT.

Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship heads into Day 2 toay with 32 of the original 256 players remaining. A number of pros still remain in this heads up war, including Erick "E-Dog" Lindgren! He's on fire this year!!! Additionally, David Williams, Gavin Griffin, Kenny Tran, Robert Mizrachi, Sammy Farha, and Vanessa Selbst. (Sadly, Clonie Gowen went out in 60th place, but $14,438 kept her from leaving empty handed.) Clonie, if you're sad and need a shoulder to cry on... cheer_dad's here for you! : )

Event 26 - $1,500 Razz enters Day 2 with 104 of the initial 453 players remaining. They'll get under way today at 3:00pm PDT. The bracelet and $157,619 awaits the eventual winner. The current chip leader is Barry Greenstein. Not far behind him in 6th place is the Vanessa Rousso. Hang in there! She is another I would really like to see take down the WSOP bracelet this year. (Sorry Barry, but I'm sure you'll understand.)

Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em and Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys are on tap for today.

And then there's also this lesser known event known only to a select few of you as NDPT #8, that'll be a little further away from the Vegas glitz. That's right, cheer_dad plays host tonight to yet another gathering of the low-stakes and lower-standards crowd. The cards get in the air tonight beginning at 6:00pm EST. Last count had us at around 24 players. See you all real soon.

I'll also have to recap a little of the action from last night at the Yanok's poker night. Thanks to Brian and Shelley for being fantastic hosts. Big Red and I only made it for Game #2 of the night, but just couldn't really make anything materialise. We both made the final table, but just couldn't outlast the pack, with our short stacks. I got the remainder of mine in on a flush draw, with 2 callers, but there was no other spade to be found. To the rail I went. I'll have to find out how that ended up. In game #1 I believe JR (Uncle June) took it down, in a big way, but I think he has some commentary he wants to post up on this, so I think I'll let him do a guest post to recap the action that I wasn't there to see.

That's all for now... but as always stop back by for further updates, but for the in-depth blow-by-blow coverage, head on over to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/. What you haven't bookmarked it yet!!!

Regards,
cheer_dad

Daniel Negreanu wins Event 20, and other WSOP coverage

Date: Fri, Jun 13, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 19 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, Vanessa Selbst finally took down the win, the bracelet and the $227,965. Congratulations! She bested the field of 759 players on the roller-coaster that is Pot-Limit Omaha. Reading through Shamus' and MarcC's posts over at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-19-1500-pot-limit-omaha/ when play came to heads-up between Selbst and Jamie Pickering, Pickering would routinely raise pot, without looking at his cards.

Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em has ended as well, and on top of the mound of chips we find none other than Daniel Negreanu! I recall catching up on the action last night and at the time they were down to 3 players and Daniel was the short-stack. His playing style and raw talent undoubtedly served him well. This makes Kid Poker's 4th WSOP bracelet. He not only takes home the $204,874 prize money but thus far in the series (due to a side bet between he and Phil Ivey that each would pay the other $200,000 each for every bracelet the other wins) he has some excess cash (nearly the equivalent of his win) to throw around. Congratulations Daniel on the win and once again proving why you are one of the best!

Event 21 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em has FINALLY come to end for the day (just about an hour and a half ago!) They are down to the final nine and will resume play today at 2:00pm PDT. A whopping $755,891 payday will await one of them. I do see that Michael Mizrachi, Humberto Brenes and Eli Elezra busted (but cashed) not long before the final table was set. We'll have to wait and see who ultimately makes the it to the top.

Event 22 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. was narrowed down to the final 16 of 414 players about a half-hour ago. Play will resume at 3:00pm PDT today. Marcel Luske is currently in the chip lead and heads up an all-star cast of players. Currently third in the chip count is the ever popular Jennifer Harman. I would really like to see one of these two come up with the win in this one. I have always liked Marcel's table demeanor and Jennifer's drive and spunk. Good luck! $298,253 and the bracelet await a winner, which will come likely in the early morning hours tomorrow.

Event 23 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em has concluded Day 1 play having thinned the herd from 1,344 to 136 players. Top prize in the event is $507,563 but action is far from over in this one. Just sit back and wait and see.

Event 24 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha has concluded Day 1 as well, getting the 457 initial players down to 85. Play will resume at 3:00pm PDT.

Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship and Event 26 - $1,500 Razz will both begin today.

This is my short day at work (not short enough) but tonight we are scheduled for our final baseball game of the season, and then as soon as that's over we'll all be heading over to the Yanok's to make Poker Game #2 of the night. Then, again tomorrow night poker is on the agenda at our house where we play host to NDPT Tournament #8 of the 2008 season. This one (so far) has a lighter turnout, because Summer is upon us and schedules are tight, but to all those who show up as always it'll be a great time.

See many of you tonight at the Yanok's and the rest tomorrow night at my house.

Regards,

cheer_dad

Mike Matusow takes down Event #18, and other updates

Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Event 18 - $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys Mike Matusow took down the top prize of $537,862, and adds to his collection a THIRD WSOP Bracelet. Yes, I was rooting for E-Dog, but I can't begrudge The Mouth! You can't help but like the guy! You gotta give him his due. Winning the 100K prop bet for losing the 60lbs, and now winning this. Congratulations Mikey!!! Good luck to you in the rest of the Series!
Event 19 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha is now down to the final 9 from the original 759. Currently, Vanessa Selbst is at the top of the heap with nearly 3X the chips of her closest competitor. A $227,965 payout and a shiny bracelet awaits!

Event 20 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em is STILL GOING ON! Talk about your marathon sessions! They are finally down to 9 of the original 480. Daniel Negreanu still remains in this game, and has recovered more than a few times from losses. $204,874 still awaits its winner.

Event 21 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em has completed Day 1 and 121 players remain of the original 732. There's still a lot of poker to be played in this one, for now though, hopefully they're getting some sleep.

Event 22 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. has called it a day as well, down to 144 of the original 414. A large contingent of pros still remains in this event and things are too close to call.
Stay tuned to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/ as always...

Regards,

cheer_dad

Good night boys and girls...

Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I have no clue now... for whom I should hope to win. Tough crowd... "E-Dog" I had hopes for you making the two-bracelet year (it can still happen.) Mikey "the mouthed one" I was ready for that too. Now yet another favorite Barry Greenstein is still in the running. Jeffrey Lisandro however holds quite the commanding lead. Take down what is due!

Regards,

cheer_dad

P.S. Eagles drawing tomorrow night, Friday at the B-Ball fields, and the Yanok's dual tournament on Friday, then follow up for Saturday with the NDPT #8 at my "F-ing" house. Get over it... Nikki, expect to see a lot more of my dumb ass. By the end of the year you will have out-played us all!