Live Tournament Updates
Day 1b RECAP
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Day 2 of the 2006 WPT Championship at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino gathers the remaining 322 players for the second flight of Round 1. Amongst the players were heavy hitters Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Mizrachi, Tuan Le and many more. Most notably today was the overwhelming presence of The Ladies taking control. In the game we had; Jennifer Harmon, Evelyn Ng, Liz Lieu, Jennifer Tilly, Maureen Feduniak , Vanessa Rousso, Mimi Tran, Lily “Mrs. Grinder�? Elviro, and Kathy Liebert. Not only have they proved they can play with the boys, some of our Ladies are dominating their tables. Lily Elviro is playing extremely strong, taking down monster pots, proving that the south Florida native is a genuine poker pro. Evelyn Ng shows that she is a force to be reckoned with when she nearly doubled up while knocking out Andy Black with a set of 10’s. Our player of the day has to be the beautiful and talented Vanessa Rousso. Being a devoted Law student, she went to class this afternoon and was over three hours late for the tournament. She arrived in business attire but was as bubbly as a school girl. Her table might have taken her lightly but not for long. Her first two hands showed that despite her diminishing chip stack due to a late arrival, Rousso was here to win and was prepared to take out whoever stepped in her way. Her first hand was versus Liz Lieu where she doubled up with quad Q's. The very next hand she was dealt Cowboys (pocket Kings) and took out a player who went All-In with 25k. We hope to see more of Rousso's winning streak carry into the week. Texas Dolly Doyle Brunson was off to a rough start but kicked it into second gear and made a comeback from 5k in chips to currently 75k. Some of the big upsets today were the simultaneously busts out of both Phil “the Unabomber�? Laak and his “Poker Queen�? Jennifer Tilly. Others eliminated late today were Liz Lieu, Scotty Nguyen, Andrew Black, and Maureen Feduniak Paying out 100 places with the top prize rewarding over 3.7 million in cash; we are sure to have a week full of live cards and monster pots. Flight 1 and 2 will be merged and tables will be redrawn tonight for tomorrow's Day 3 action. 12 noon is the start time, so come back for all your exclusive live updates, video and photos of the WPT World Championship.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, WPT World Championship, Season IV08:58 PM, 04/19/06
Tournament Announcement
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Play has ended for DAY 1B (flight 2). Stay tuned for the RECAP of DAY 1B. Tomorrow the players from both flights will redraw for chips and color up their 25 chips. Nearly 500 competitors will duel it out for the $3.75 million first place prize. Blinds will start at 400-800 with a 100 ante.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, WPT World Championship, Season IV08:46 PM, 04/19/06
Scotty Nguyen's Aces are cracked on the flop...
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Scotty Nguyen calls Nicola Boscola's ALL-IN after the flop of 10h-6c-3s.
Nguyen shows A-A
Boscola shows 6
6
Turn and river were blanks and Scotty's gone.
08:42 PM, 04/19/06
Marcel Luske loses a showdown...
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Under the gun, Marcel Luske raises 2300 and player in middle position calls.
Flop comes 4K5
; Both players check.
Turn comes K
; Luske bets 3k and player calls.
River comes A; Luske bets 8k and player calls.
Player shows 1010 and Luske mucks.
08:34 PM, 04/19/06
Paul Darden Jr loses his first hand...
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Paul Darden joins Men "The Master" Nguyen and David Plastik at the same table and loses his first hand.
Player in middle position raises 2200 preflop and Darden calls from the big blind.
Flop comes 875; Darden checks, player bets 3500 and Darden calls.
Turn comes 2; Darden bets 5k and player raises to 11k. After a minute, Darden folds. Player shows him an Ace.
08:15 PM, 04/19/06
Chau Giang loses on the river.
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Chau Giang raises 2k and player on the button calls. Flop comes 5-10-9; Giang raises 5k and player goes ALL-IN...Giang calls. Player shows Q-J Giang shows K-Q Turn comes Deuce River comes 8; giving player the Queen high straight and the pot.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, WPT World Championship, Season IV08:02 PM, 04/19/06
Hasan Habbib doubles up with big slick....
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Player (cut off position) raises to 2200, Hasan Habib (button) pushes ALL-IN for 5600, and Player reluctantly calls.
Player shows 53.
Habib shows AK.
The board comes 6AAK4.
Habib makes a full house (Aces full of Kings) and doubles up.
07:56 PM, 04/19/06
Jennifer Harman avoid some major traps.....
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Jennifer Harman (mid position) raises to 1200 and is called by 4 players.
The flop comes K69.
Everyone checks.
The turn comes J.
Player 1 bets 1600, Player 2 calls, and everyone else folds.
The river comes K.
Player 1 checks, Player 2 bets 3000, and Player 1 calls.
Player 2 shows 66.
Player 1 shows Q10.
On the turn, Harman was facing one opponet with the nut straight and another with a set of 6's. Luckily for Harman, she got out of the way just in the nick of time.
07:34 PM, 04/19/06
Steve Zione takes down a pot......
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Player (mid position) raises to 1500, Steve Zione calls, the button calls, the small blind calls, and Michael Simon (big blind) calls.
The flop comes K53.
Checks around to Zione, who bets 6000 and everyone folds to him.
07:30 PM, 04/19/06
Liz Lieu busts out with pocket Rockets
Level 28: 400,000-800,000, 100,000 ante
Player bets 2k preflop and /X208//Liz Lieu/ raises to 5k; player calls. Flop comes K-x-x; Player checks, Lieu bets 10k...player goes ALL-IN and Lieu calls. Lieu shows A-A Player shows K-K; giving player a set of Kings. Turn and river were blanks and the tournament loses a beauty.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, WPT World Championship, Season IV07:21 PM, 04/19/06
