Here we go with Day 1B! Snapshots of Kido Pham, Jen Tilly, Joe Sebok, Dan Harrington and Erik Lindgren. Annette Obrestad is on Table 2 and the main feature table has Gavin Smith, with a cameo from Ivan Demidov.
Incredibly Gavin Smith persuades his entire table to show a card of their choice when they win a pot. Hand 1 sees Peter Jaros raise Q10cc to 250 and he gets called by three Ace Queens! Balazs Botond (who min-cashes), Smith with AdQd and George Karambinis. The flop is Kd 6d 4s, and despite being out of position against three players Jaros continues, betting 600 into 1150. Only Smith calls with his nut flush draw. The Jh hits the turn, giving Jaros an open ender, and he continues for 1500 into 2350, Smith flats. The river is the 3h, and Jaros finds the heart and commitment, making a nice 1500 value bet bluff into 5350. Extremely aggresive from Jaros, very tough for Gavin, other than raising the flop I can't find any other way to play it.
Hand 2 is joined on the flop multiway, Annete has 44 on a JJ4dd board, she bets and gets called in position by Brandon Steffens with J7. The 7d hits the turn to crack Annete's hand, she bets 2550 into 3600. It makes it even harder for Annette that the turn made a flush. The river is the Qh and Annette bets 5050 into 8700. Steffens raises it to 12k total and Annette makes an awesome laydown, again given the fact that a flush hit the turn it's even more difficult. Steffens gave a lot away during the conversation on the river but the fold is still a premium one. The rest of the episode isn't so kind to Annette but this fold will be difficult to top this year.
Dan Harrington is playing against Batman!
And Jamie Gold is out!
"Jesus the valet hasn't even parked his car yet!"
Hand 3 and Gavin makes it 250 with A6 off. Ken Croener calls him out of the bb with 7h6h. The flop is 532ss and Gavin bets 350, Croener raises to 1025 with his overcards and gutshot. Gavin calls with his overcards and gutshot. The Jc hits the turn and Croener bets 1250 into 2600. Gavin folds. Another tough spot for Smith. In my book he hasn't done anything wrong so far.
Hand 4 and Gavin makes it 250 with A10 off, Demidov makes it 800 from the button with 99. The flops is a dream one for Demidov, 10 9 2cc, Gavin checks and the Russian bets 1050 into 1750. The turn is the 2h giving Ivan a full house. Smith checks and Demidov bets 2800 into 3850. Smith is a non-believer. The river is the Qs. Smith checks and Demidov value bets 6550 into 9450. Smith pays him off. Hmmm. Again, nothing terrible, Smith clearly knows Demidov could be three-barelling. The river seems like a good card for a bluffer to fire a final bullet on, but really, Smith can only beat AK at this point. Ambitious.
Hand 5 is back with Annette. She has JJ on a 873 rainbow. She is checked to by 65off and KQ off, and fires 1125 into 1400. The button is Steve Wilson, an old guy with a beard.
"He says he is a socio-political philosopher, I assume that means he doesn't work."
He has 10 10 and makes it 3k total. Annette makes an understandable fold when it comes back round. If she calls she'll be out of position in a 7k+ pot against an old guy that raised the flop. She has to figure him for a set here. I know I would fold. For what it's worth I'm pretty sure Wilson thinks he has the best hand as well.
We get an Annette segment, talking about her early success.
Out in the field we see Liv Boeree angrily losing a hand to Kevin Iacofono. Next up is Thuy Doan making a studied fold. Erica Schoenberg is shown winning a pot.
"Like me she is a former model and personal trainer."
Over to her boyfriend Erik Lindgren, "Why would she date this guy?".
We see Lindgren get his last 8k in with Jc8c on a QcQs6c board. He's called by 99, hits the Kc on the turn but a 9 appears on the river to eliminate the '08 POTY.
Elky, Bellande and Phil Laak are featured, Laak is shown losing to Tristan Wade who finishes 113th.
Hand 5 is joined at the flop, pre-flop smith raised 99s from utg+1, Seth Thomsen 3-bet with AQ off from utg +2 (questionable) and the flop is Q97dd. Smith checks and Thomsen bets 3200 into 4650, Smith, who had under 15k (50bbs) to start the hand then shoves, it's cost Thomsen 10k more. I can't help but feel he did it to himself by turning this into a 3bet pot, the best he's going to see is a draw, Gavin never turns up KQ here surely? He calls and Smith doubles back to his starting stack.
Smith gets an interview now, focusing on his bracelet and his mindest coach, Sam Chauhan.
Gavin's table is strong. Botonds, Croener, Jaros and Karambinis all have decent cashes, and then there's Demidov. There's not too many weak spots there.
We go back to Annette for Hand 6, there's 2900 in the pot, she has 99 on a 10 5 3cc flop, Grantlin Hillman has JJ. Chad tells us that pre-flop Annette limped UTG and Hillman made it 6x with JJ from the button. Annette checks and he bets 1600 into 2900. Obrestad ships her last 8150 in, and Hillman tanks for a little and calls. She accuses him of slowrolling, which is harsh, she's disappointed to have 2 outs. It's ok cause the 9 arrives on the turn. She doubles up to half her starting stack.
We get the usual Barbara Enright story about women in the main event. Then we see Elky getting knocked out, he has a flush vs a full house. Phil Galfond arrives on our screens! OMGClayAiken bets Thuy Doan out of a pot.
Aaaanddd it's time for a Thuy Doan cancer survivor tearjerker. I prefer this to the usual sob stories we get in the Main Event, as she is someone that's semi-known in poker circles, rather than some random ESPN picks up.
After the interview we see Sebok knocked out in a race.
Hand 7, Smith makes it 800 with AJhh, Demidov flats in position with 88. The flop is A76 raibbow, Smith bets 1150 into 2050, Demidov calls. The turn is the 9d. Gavin checks, and Ivan checks his up and downer. It's the 4d, Smith bets 1625 into 4350. Demidov makes what I think is a great fold. He could have made this pot bigger but he kept it small, and still managed to make a good fold.
Robert Iler of the Sopranos is here, as is Orel Hershiser. Jen Tilly is knocked out, then we see Laak play a monsterpotten with Tristan Wade, the money going in on the turnm Laak having two pair vs Wade's set. Wade has over 100k and Laak still has 58k, he must have had a huge stack!
Hand 8, Gavin makes it 800 UTG and is flatted in the HJ but John Mousseau, definitely the weakest player we've seen on Gavin's table. the flop is K108 all spades, Mousseau has a set. Gavin checks and the Moose bets 1200 into 2k. Gavin makes an ambitious call. The 9h appears on the turn giving Smith a straight. Mousseau bets exactly the same amount, 1200 after Gavin checks to him. Gavin calls. The river is the 9c giving the Moose a full house. There is 6850 in the pot and this time Gavin leads for 3800. For some reason known only to himself the Moose flats. There's no way Gavin ever has 10 10 or K K and checks the tree spade flop, and for that matter K9 either. The moose has to raise for value ger especially as their are straights and flushes on the board. Smith is startled not to have won. I don't like the way he played it either, but Mousseau played it a lot worse.
Hand 9 is with Annette, she has As10s against ultra experienced pro Chris Bjorin, the flop is 873cc and it looks like Annette raised pre and was called out of the bb by Bjorin. She bets 1000 into 1575. The turn is the Jh, and Obrestad tries 2300 into 3575. Bjorin sticks around to the 8s river. Bjorin goes for the sneaky check but Annette gives up. She moans a little but Chad is a little harsh in his criticism.
Liv Boeree is out, Thuy Doan doubles.
Wild card time at the feature table. Hand 10 and Botond makes it 800 with AJ off from the HJ (he has the wildcard). Gavin flats the cut off with Qs8s and Demidov joins from the bb with 87cc.
"So we're going to have a Russian a Hungarian and a Canadian being analysed by an American nutjob."
The flop is AcQc9s. Chad has Botonds pegged for a weak ace.
"It's a weak ace whether you're from Birmingham or Budapest." I hope he meant our Birmingham but probably not.
There is 2775 in the pot and Demidov checks his flush draw, Botonds checks, Smith bets 1650. Demidov makes a great raise with his flush draw, correctly analysing that Smith was taking a stab in position. He pops it to 4450. Unfortunately he falls victim to Botond's weird play/fantastic read of the situation. Botond flats. 13325 in there, the 2c hits the turn giving Demidov his flush. He bets 6k and Botond calls. 25325 in there and the fourth club hits, the 9. Kc, Jc and the 10c beats Demidov. Botond bets 10,900 which is the remainder of Ivan's stack. I don't know what Botond was up to herem whether it was good or bad, but it worked out for him. I honestly have no idea.
Hand 11 sees Demidov all in with AKs vs the KQ off of his nemesis Botond. Botond hits the Q and takes out the 2008 runner up.
Botond finished the day in 5th overall.
We see Galfond in 4th, sitting next to Gabe Walls in 2nd, he gets it in pre with 10s7s vs Steven Thomsen (wearing a Germany shirt) who has AhQh. Walls flops trips but Thomsen goes runner runner and then does a ridiculous celebration.
We then see Fillipo Candio, who they say is chipleader (he was actually 2nd). Maybe we'll see more of him?
Hand 12 is our last one, Bjorin raised to 900 with QQ from early, Annette flatted with AJ off from the button and Steffens joined them with Q10 off in the bb. the flop is 922. Steffens leads with air, 1800 into 3225. Bjorin raises to 4500 and Annette shoves 19,950. Wowww. A cold 3 bet all-in on the flop. Bjorin makes the call. When she sees his hand she comments that she thought she could get him to fold his hand, and gives him a bit of "nice call" needle. She either has Quad 2s or 9s full and surely she woudn't cold 3-bet shove for 60bbs with those hands? It's an easy call for Bjorin as her hand doesn't make sense. She is unlikely to have KK or AA either having flatted the button. It was a very bad, needless bluff.
Day 1C coming soon!
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