WSOP Rail Thread

[bennymacca]

what a tool

Enter Hellmuth
Posted 4 hours 58 minutes ago by change100

It's become an annual spectacle that only gets bigger each year. He's shown up dressed as a NASCAR driver, Caesar, and now Phil Hellmuth can add MMA fighter to that list. Let's just thank our higher power that he did not take the costuming literally, showing up shirtless, barefoot, and in short shorts.

About 200 or so poker fans and media braved the 108-degree heat and flanked the red carpet laid out for Hellmuth's arrival. Following a lengthy hip-hop dance performance by some scantily clad women, Hellmuth emerged, wearing a silk black-and-gold boxer's robe and was trailed into the Amazon Room by a group of models holding cardboard signs in the shape of WSOP bracelets (although Hellmuth has 11, we counted only 10 bracelet-bearers. Oops).

Hellmuth is now ensconced on the secondary featured table, taking a seat on Mike Beasley's left.

[bennymacca]

does anyone know if darvin moon is playing this year?

[muzzington]

He's in Vegas, I know that. Apparently he was spectating on the rail earlier.

[muzzington]

Johnny F***in' Chan!
Posted 17 minutes ago by FerricRamsium

Johnny Chan raised to 800 in early position, and he was called in two places.

The three men took a flop of [3h][qd][9s], and the small blind led out with a bet of 1,100. That folded the big blind, but Johnny Chan promptly raised to 3,100. His opponent snap-reraised to 12,100 total, and Chan called.

The turn [2c] drew a tiny bet of 3,000 from the small blind. Chan instantly raised and his opponent instantly shoved, and Chan called, well... instantly. He turned up [qs][qh] for top set, and his opponent and his [ks][qc] were drawing dead and eliminated on the [4h] river.

With that, Chan has moved his way toward the top of the board with 130,000 just as the dinner break approaches.


Johnny Chan vs. 888 Regular.

[bennymacca]

Flipper Spun On Warne
Posted 3 hours 17 minutes ago by thkcduckworth

With around 3,500 in the pot and the board reading [9s] [4c] [9c], Shane Warne led out for 2,000 from the small blind.

His opponent - seated on his direct right - made it 5,100 to go to put Warne into the tank.

A few minutes went by before Warne made the call as the [qh] landed on the turn.

Warne checked, his opponent fired out 7,350, and Warne released his hand to slip to 20,700 in the process.

[bennymacca]

The Moon is Shining
Posted 3 hours 19 minutes ago by Chad_Holloway

Darvin Moon, last year's Main Event runner-up, has been spotted on the spectator side of the ropes.

A fan approached Moon and jokingly asked, "Are you a poker player?"

"Nope, I just watch. I don't play," Moon joked back.

Tags: Darvin Moon.

[bennymacca]

wtf

Shirt of the Day
Posted 1 hour 29 minutes ago by change100

"That's right! Jerry Yang! Praise the Lord!" the gray-haired man called out to his hero, ensconced in the seven seat at the orange section featured table.

This particular gentleman took fandom to a whole other level, donning an official "O Praise Jesus '07 WSOP Champion Jerry Yang Fan Club" bowling shirt.

Seriously. We're not making this stuff up.

[bennymacca]

Hellmuth Pinned to the Mat
Posted 13 minutes ago by FerricRamsium



Phil Hellmuth was just eliminated in a big pot over on the secondary featured table. The player who did the deed has since lost almost all of those chips, so we don't want to ask Mr. Grumpy for the details. What we do know is that Hellmuth had pocket jacks on his final hand, and he was up against pocket queens and ace-king.

The board came down king-high but with four diamonds, and the [qd] in the pocket queens hand scooped the pot and sent Hellmuth to the rail.

But not out of the room. The big ESPN boom camera swung around to the aisle to watch Hellmuth chat with the fans and the tape recorders for about 15 minutes. He signed autographs and posed for photos with fans and everyone was laughing and jolly as Hellmuth finished up his last tidbits of publicity and PR for the 2010 WSOP.

Perhaps trying to put a point on the spectacle, T.D. Steve took the mic and announced to both the Amazon Room and the Pavilion that Hellmuth had been eliminated.

A great and lengthy cheer ensued.

[David]

Tom Dwan is wearing an interesting accessory today. He's been branded, and we're not talking about a poker site patch. Dwan is wearing a button with a picture of Peter Jetten hugging a koala. We don't know the details of the prop bet. All we know is Dwan lost, so has to wear the button as long as he remains alive in the Main Event. Dwan tweeted at Jetten, "Everytime I win a pot it tilts me that I may need to wear a button imprinted w/ ur koala loving face longer. And if I lose I'm tilted b/c its the main event and I wanna win it."

[bennymacca]

warnie still in, on 32k at the moment.

seems to be posting regular updates here
http://twitter.com/warne888