LIVE UPDATE WCOAP #11(1a) NLHE Main Event Structure, Entrants and Photos

[MarkTheShark]

Seb Kerrian, who won the APAT Irish championship in Dublin last October, takes down a healthy 10k pot thru Valentin Babicev when he hits trip Queens way too much for Valentin



Sebastien Kerrian - APAT Irish Poker Champion

[MarkTheShark]

Some pretty looking chip stacks are being formed as the tournament progresses deeper....none more so than on Table 13, as Alan Moore has a tower that is currently battling gravity to stay intact!

[MarkTheShark]

J-P Round, 2nd in the Razz Championship last night, which finished around 6am, has just exited the Main Event.....his conqueror in the Razz however, Rieubert Freer, is going strong in the PLO8 - so fatgiue cannot be used as an excuse!!!

[marcus6]

hi guys, how many breaks is there on each day 1 and how long are they for?? just trying to work out, if i will miss my train tomorrow if i play this??

[MarkTheShark]

hi guys, how many breaks is there on each day 1 and how long are they for?? just trying to work out, if i will miss my train tomorrow if i play this??

breaks are every 3 levels - so 2 hours play.

usually are 20 min breaks, with a 40 minute dinner break at the end of L6

[marcus6]

hi guys, how many breaks is there on each day 1 and how long are they for?? just trying to work out, if i will miss my train tomorrow if i play this??

breaks are every 3 levels - so 2 hours play.

usually are 20 min breaks, with a 40 minute dinner break at the end of L6

Thanks mark!

[MarkTheShark]

Largest stack at second break undoubtedly goes to Table 10 Seat 2 - take a bow Stuart Greenan. A tower that put the Babylonian one to shame in 6 levels. And quality as well as quantity there....just under 100k.

[Matt D]

Just bumped into Stuart Greenan, on my way back from (finally) checking into my hotel. He"s been on the wrong end of a series of dominated hands, TT vs JJ the one causing major damage, and is now out of the tournament,...

[Matt D]

137 players remain in day1a of the Main Event, blinds are 300/600.

[Hutch]

 15k in big chips out of 20k starting stack not great, especially with running antes. We"re making change every single hand. Perhaps this could be looked at for tomorrow"s flight.

[Matt D]

Bumped into a newly chipless Paul Wilson, who would like to give a big shout out to his wife Rachel who is following at home, and 8 and half months pregnant

[MarkTheShark]

Tristan Chaplin hit this straight flush on the flop, but look at the rest of the board, where Zak Ly held the nine of spades in his hand, but made the fold to stay alive, Chaplin winning a 30k pot.

Elsewhere, Dawn Cooke is out, having been "two-outed" (?) earlier on, she lost all-in with 9-T against A-A.



Dawn Cooke

[Matt D]

Scott Berridge up to a 95k stack, and must be amongst the chip leaders.

Almost 10k of that is from Chris Webber via the following hand. On a board of , Chris leads out for 2.4k. Scott makes the call.



Chris leads out for 5.2k. Scott makes the call again, and tables , which is good enough to elicit a fold from Chris.

[Matt D]

Claire MacGregor is up to 60k.

JP Round is asked how many blues he has in his stack. His reply of "one blue" is immediately admonished by the dealer: "English only at the table".

[Matt D]

John Patten, who final tabled 2 tournaments earlier this week, is not going to make one in the Main Event, as he is now out...

blinds 500/1000, John shoves 11k in the cutoff with . Folds to the big blind who asks "Have you got a pair?". John replies "Do I need a pair?"... The big blind makes the call and shows a pair of Fives.

Despite picking up a flush draw on the turn, John missed his 14 outs, and is despatched to the rail.

We are now down to 91 players.