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Fri Jul 06 2007 23:07 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Michael "The Grinder" MizrachiMichael Mizrachi Takes A Hit
After two players limped into the pot, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi raised to 1,200. One of the limpers called and they saw a
flop. The other player checked, Mizrachi bet 3,000, and his opponent called. The turn was the 
; this time his opponent check-called a 6,500 bet from Mizrachi. But when the 
hit on the river, the other player threw out a 10,000 bet and that was enough to get Mizrachi to fold. He's now down to 32,000. -
Fri Jul 06 2007 23:06 PST | Posted by shorton
Matt Sterling Hanging On
Matt "mattster24" Sterling is down to his last 8,100 in chips as we head to break.
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Fri Jul 06 2007 23:05 PST | Posted by gsqwared
20-Minute Break
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
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Fri Jul 06 2007 23:04 PST | Posted by loganmark
Lasse MelbyLasse Melby Doubles Up
On a flop of
, Lasse Melby bet 6,000. Melby's opponent re-raised all-in and Melby made the call. The players showed . . .
Melby: A-K
Opponent: A-Q
The turn and river were blanks and Melby doubled to 44,000. -
Fri Jul 06 2007 22:59 PST | Posted by jshronk
PokerNews Video: Bobby Baldwin
PokerNews was able to wrangle poker and Las Vegas legend Bobby Baldwin on dinner break from his Day 1 of the Main Event. We got to talk to Bobby about how things have changed in poker since the late 70s when he won the main event, some advice to the younger players, and about some of the business side of Las Vegas and the casino industry.
Click here to check out the interview with Bobby, along with all the other videos from this event. -
Fri Jul 06 2007 22:53 PST | Posted by shorton
Randall Amiel's Avatars
Randall Amiel has a shark and a donkey he's using as card protectors and good luck charms. Another player at his table has a rabbit. "All we need now is a fish," Amiel says. He's at 115,000.
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Fri Jul 06 2007 22:53 PST | Posted by Pojo
Crispin LeyserCrispin Down, Then Up
Crispin Leyser led out for 1,400 and an opponent moved all-in for 5,000 more. Leyser made the call and showed pocket eights while his opponent showed A-J. His opponent hit a jack on the turn and Leyser didn't improve.
Immediately after that hand, Michael Mizrachi made it 1,200 to go and Leyser made it 13,300. Tilt? The flop came
. Mizrachi checked the flop and Leyser made it 5,000. Mizrachi folded and Leyser is up to 27,500. -
Fri Jul 06 2007 22:51 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Maxime TalbotMaxime Talbot Has Been Eliminated
After seeing his stack dwindle during the day Maxime Talbot moved all-in with A-10 and was called by a player with A-Q. The percentages held and that brought an end to the Pittsburgh Penguin center's Main Event.
When asked how he played today Talbot had an unusually frank (and almost certainly erroneous) assessment of his game--"I suck at poker". But disappointed Penguin fans can at least breathe easy that Max won't be abandoning the ice to play poker full-time. -
Fri Jul 06 2007 22:44 PST | Posted by Reporter
Vos Sees One Card, Then Two
Mark Vos has taken hits in back-to-back hands. In the first hand, Vos raised in middle position to 1,300 and was reraised to 7,400 by the big blind. Vos made it 20,300, and the big blind raised again to 47,400. Vos thought for a while and released his hand. As the big blind mucked, Vos asked "Show me one?" and the player turned over the
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The very next hand Vos called a 14,100 all in bet from an early position player. Vos was holding
while his opponent had 
. The board ran out 
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Fri Jul 06 2007 22:30 PST | Posted by gsqwared
"Unbelievable!"
The word "unbelievable" and its collective synonyms can often be heard coming from the mouths of players who have been freshly eliminated from the Main Event. The large number of tables in play all but guarantees that a handful of players will go home with some pretty ugly bad beat stories.
Such was the case involving a hand with three amateur poker players we'll call A (for "pocket Aces"), B (for "bad luck"), and C (for "couldn't be happier"). "I had pocket Aces . . . " is probably the most commonly used opening line of most bad beat stories, and if this particular tale was being told by player A, that's exactly how it would begin.
These were the players' hands:
Player A:
Player B:
Player C:
The flop came down
, giving Player A top set, Player B bottom set, and Player C a pair of kings and a royal flush draw! Needless to say, fireworks ensued.
Player A led out with a bet on the flop, which prompted player C to move all-in. Player B just called with his set of 10's, and when the action got back around to Player A, he went all-in over the top of Player C's all-in; Player B called.
Still with me? Good. After all of the betting was complete, the players revealed their cards to the sounds of "ooohing" and "awwing" from players and spectators alike.
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fell on the turn, which did not affect the hand. As the players involved nervously awaited their fates, Player C continued to repeat, "I got every out in the book!" One of them was the 
which came on the river, giving Player C a pretty nice pot.
One thing's for sure -- the World Series of Poker is not for the faint of heart.
Started 6th Jul, 2007
