Championnat de poker du Sud WPT

Championnat de poker WPT Southern (Biloxi, MS), jour 1 RECAP

Par BJ Nemeth

A larger-than-expected number of women entered the WPT Southern Poker Championship in Biloxi, MS, and they made their mark early, finishing Day 1 with the top two spots on the leaderboard and three out of the top nine.

On average, women have made up about 3% pour s'établir à 3.5% of major tournaments in recent years. With 17 women in this field of 283 players, making them 6% of the total. Even without names like Harman, Liebert, Duke, and Violette, the women had a strong day. Here's a look at the top ten chip counts from the end of the day:

1. Esther Taylor -  139,475
2.  Jacquelyn Scott  -  138,800
3. Bobby Suer -  118,125
4.  Hevad "Rain" Khan  -  117,275
5.  Gary Reed  -  112,475
6.  Bryan Devonshire  -  110,700
7.  Justin Dykes  -  108,800
8.  Woody Vanstratum  -  110,425
9.  Paula Halata  -  93,175
10. Jamie Rosen -  90,775

Grâce à 175 survivants, le nombre moyen de jetons est d'environ 48,500. Other women who survived Day 1 include Kathy Lehne (48th), Vanessa Rousso (63rd), Anna Wroblewski (107th), Jolyne Thompson (111th), Katie Lee Elliott (115th), Clonie Gowen (139th), Donna Blevins (146th), Tiffany Michelle (164th), and Jena Delk (165ème).

The other big news of the day was the prizepool, which came up just short of offering a million-dollar first prize. Even though this wasn't a guaranteed tournament, the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino cut into their own profits to add an extra $24,219 to the prizepool, enough to increase first prize to an even $1 million. It's the first million-dollar prize in the southeastern United States since John Stolzmann won nearly $1.5 million at WPT Tunica in January 2005, near the height of the poker boom. 

Jour 2 commence demain (jeudi) à 12:00 noon CT, with 175 survivors playing down to the final three or four tables. It should be a long day; the tournament staff projects that action will continue past 2:00 suis CT.

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Jour 1 se termine avec environ 178 players remaining. The chipleader appears to be Esther Taylor with roughly 125,000. We'll have a full list of official chip counts as soon as they are compiled and released by the casino later tonight. Stay tuned. 

This just in -- Layne Flack stopped by media row to Google some images of Megan Hauserman. Why? Because his agent contacted him with an offer to appear on a "Bachelorette" knockoff. Layne wanted to see what the woman looked like before he considered it. 

Would Layne's appearance on that show be "good for poker?" Maybe, and maybe not. But it would be far more hilarious and interesting than Jean Robert Bellande on "Survivor" or Annie Duke on "Celebrity Apprentice," don't you think?

Brandon Cantu ouvre le pot for a raise from the button and Tiffany Michelle reraises from the big blind.  Cantu puts in a fourth bet before the flop and Tiffany Michelle makes the call.  The flop comes [7d7c5d] and Tiffany Michelle bets enough to put Cantu all in.  Cantu makes the easy call and shows [7h6d] for trips, revealing that he made a fourth raise with that hand.

Although Tiffany did sense that she may have the best hand before the flop, her King-Jack is in bad shape against Cantu.  The board fills out [7d7c5d10s5c] and Cantu doubles up huge to 86,000.

Hoyt Corkins relance depuis le bouton pour 2,500, and Tiffany Michelle says, "I don't believe ya, Hoyt," and calls from the big blind.  The flop comes [Ad4d2d], Tiffany checks, Hoyt bets 1,200, and Tiffany says, "I'll bite," and calls. The turn card is the [6s], Tiffany quickly checks again, Hoyt bets 3,200, and Tiffany calls. 

The river card is the [Qh], Tiffany checks, Hoyt tosses out a 5,000 chip, and Tiffany does the same. Hoyt shows [AhJs] for a pair of aces, but Tiffany Michelle shows [As2s] for a flopped two pair to win the pot. 

After the hand, Hoyt says he could at least feel good about his queen kicker, while Tiffany said that she was worried about the three diamonds on the flop. Hoyt Corkins drops down to about 37,000, while Tiffany Michelle is up to about 53,000.

Le chip leader actuel est Esther Taylor avec 132,000.  Hevad Khan is right behind her with 128,000.

Tom McCormick double cependant Clonie Gowen with a set of queens after she overcommited herself to the pot with only Ace-King on a queen high board.  McCormick gets back to 30,000 while Clonie still has a healthy stack of 47,000.

After being down to only 900 chips earlier in the day, Anna Wroblewski is back up to 25,000.

"Boston" Rob Mariano of survivant fame is still in the tournament with around 44,000.  He is seated with Dan Heimiller and Scott Clements.

Layne Flack a été récemment éliminé.

Earlier in the day, tournament official Johnny Grooms got on the microphone and laid out the scenario...

Le tournoi a commencé avec 283 players.  At the current rate of players being sent to the rail, tomorrow will be a long, long day.  The Beau Rivage had stated in all printed material that only five levels would be played on Day One of the tournament.  However, in the interest of evening out the action, he offered that an additional level could be played tonight with the addition of a dinner break between level 4 ainsi que 5. However, it would have to be a unanimous decision among all the players.

Quelques-uns ont levé la main pour s'y opposer, ce sera donc le dernier niveau de la journée. 

All railbirds at worldpokertour.com prepare yourselves for a long day of sweating tomorrow.  204 players remain in the field - by the end of Day Two we will need to be down to 27 players.  When a proposed line of 3am tomorrow was given to Scott "BigRiskky" Clements, he emphatically took the over.

The players return from break to level five with increased blinds of 200-400 avec 50 jeton ante.

Niveau 4 arrive à sa fin, et le reste 200 les joueurs ou alors prennent un 15-minute de pause.   

Un joueur relance en position médiane et le Cowboy de l'Alabama, Hoyt Corkins, sur-relance à 4,000 depuis le bouton. Le relanceur initial fait alors une autre sur-relance pour 15,000. Corkins réfléchit quelques minutes avant d'abandonner sa main. Son adversaire montre une paire d'as et remporte la pot.

Corkins est originaire de l'Alabama et le poker dans le Mississippi voisin lui a été bénéfique. Il y a un an, Corkins a gagné 100 000 $458,000 au World Poker Open à Tunica, situé de l'autre côté du Mississippi. 

Longest standing woman at the 2008 Événement principal des WSOP (17th place), Tiffany Michelle, raises the pot à 1,000.  A player behind her calls as well as Brandon Cantu in the big blind. The flop comes [AhKd4c]. Cantu checks, and Tiffany continues her aggression with a 2,300 bet.  The player behind her calls and Brandon Cantu, who finished three spots behind Tiffany Michelle at the Main Event, check raises both players to 8,000.

Both players tank for several minutes before releasing their hands.  Cantu takes down the pot without having to see another card.

Un joueur en position précoce ouvre la pot | 800 chip raise and a player behind him reraises to 2,600.  Action folds around to "Captain" Tom Franklin in the big blind who moves all in for 3,625.  Both of his opponents call.

The board brings [Js7c3c4h5c] with both remaining players checking action down.  Captain Tom says "one pair" and flips over [AsAd].  His opponents muck and the Gulfport Mississippi native takes the pot down, tripling up to 10,900.

Kristy Gazes est éliminée avec une paire de Dames contre l'AK de son adversaire. 

Les joueurs reviennent de la pause pour commencer le niveau 4, avec des stores augmentés de 150-300, et 25 des portes.  

As Level Three comes to an end, players are on a 15-minute de pause.

Curt Kohlberg raises from early position to 625.  Two players call and Shaun Deeb reraises to 3,825.  Kohlberg reraises and places 13,925 dans le pot.  The other two players fold and Deeb moves all in for just a few thousand more.  Kohlberg is forced to call and shows [3c5c]. 

Oups.

Deeb flips over [9h9c] and is in good shape to double up.  The flop comes [Kd6d4c] giving Kohlberg a chance to bust Deeb with an open-ended straight draw.  The turn is the [Kc] and Kohlberg  picks up the open ender plus the club draw.  The river brings the [2s] giving Kohlberg the straight and the best hand.  After getting sucked out on, Deeb immediately leaves the table without saying a word and dials his cell phone to give someone a call about his bad beat.

Scott Montgomery and Kevin "BelowAbove" Saul have both been eliminated in level three of today's action.

The magic number of players needed for a  $1 million first prize was 288. But with only 283 entrants, the field came up five players short; first place would be worth about $975,000 (plus the $25,500 seat into the WPT World Championship in April). 

While it could be claimed that first place was worth $1 million if you combined the cash with the seat in the championship, the Beau Rivage really wanted a million-dollar cash first prize for this, the premier tournament in the Southeastern United States. However, they didn't want to alter the prize distribution, which would come at the expense of players further down in the payouts. 

So the Beau Rivage added money to the prizepool; first place is now worth $1 million in cash, PLUS le $25,500 siège au Championnat du Monde WPT. 

Maintenant, gardez à l'esprit que ce tournoi a ne pas have any prizepool guarantees, and they never advertised a million-dollar first prize. But, recognizing the marketing benefits, the casino kicked in an extra $24,000+ as a thank you to all the players. 

The amount of money added to the prizepool is equivalent to the tournament entry fee ($300) pendant environ 80 players. Looking at it another way, the entry fee for all players was lowered to about $215, with the rest of that money going straight into the prizepool. 

Quoi qu’il en soit, il s’agit d’un bonus inattendu pour les joueurs. 

Après avoir été confronté à un tirage au sort difficile avec Hoyt Corkins et Brandon Cantu à sa droite, ainsi que Tiffany Michelle à sa gauche, Erick Lindgren a été éliminé du Southern Poker Championship.

Trois joueurs voient un flop de [Qh5d2d].  Kristy Gazes is in the big blind and leads out for 5,500.  The player under the gun folds and Chuck Kelley makes the call from middle position.  The turn is the [7h] and Gazes doubles her flop bet and places 11,000 in front of her.  Again, Kelley smooth calls.  The river brings the [6h] and Gazes, after betting the two previous streets decides to check action to Kelley.  Kelley takes the opportunity to move all in for his last 9,500 and Gazes feels compelled to call with [AhAd].  Kelley flips over [7d6d] for runner-runner two pair, instead of the diamond flush he was looking for. He doubles up and is now at 55,000.  Gazes drops down to 34,000.