#819 – 2009 WSOP #77 – Daily Tilt #36 – Monday, July 6, Interim Edition

We’ve played three of the four initial sessions of the Main Event and today’s last session could sell out. I’ve compiled some 1-A and 1-B lists, and will likely provide the same for 1-C and 1-D either after play today or, because I’m playing 2-A tomorrow, before 2-B on Wednesday.

OVERALL DAY 1-A (Friday) AND DAY 1-B (Saturday) NUMBERS

1-A Starters: 1,116
1-A Finishers: 873

1-B Starters: 832
1-B Finishers: 655

1-AB Starters: 1,948
1-AB Finishers: 1,428

Those 1,428 finishers will play Day 2-A tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7. The chip average is approximately 40,000. FYI, I have 42,975.

LEVELS

We played just four levels and Day 1-A and 1-B did the same. The day ended at 10:30 PM with the first ante level, 150-300/25 ante. We still start Tuesday with 200-400/50 ante.

I had questioned in this Blog the decision to make Day 1 so short. I thought it was entirely based on the sentiment of giving the players a lot of play for their buy-in. (I’m told the cynics among us believe it was to maximize the non-poker hours Main Event players spend at the Rio.) Although the structure was designed to give players a lot of value, the abbreviated initial sessions were, Jeffrey Pollack told me, an accommodation to ESPN.

I didn’t understand the exact rationale – something about how spreading out early play gives ESPN more usable footage for the initial episodes – but that was ESPN’s call. That Pollack is buckling to ESPN is a complaint of some players, but he’s not being entirely self- (or Harrah’s-) interested here. TV poker is simply not the hot commodity it was in the halcyon days of 2004 and 2005. ESPN wanted just three events this year: the $40,000 NLHE, Ante Up for Africa, and the Main Event. They didn’t even take the $50,000 HORSE as part of the package.

Harrah’s doesn’t make as much money when TV loses interest, but neither do any of us. Players benefit directly from TV exposure in endorsement opportunities (especially from online poker sites) and everyone connected with poker benefits indirectly from a compelling TV product. More viewers encourages more people to take a shot at poker in card rooms, online, at tournaments, and at the World Series. If more people fell in love with TV poker, more people would read this Blog. If more people fell in love with TV poker, my contacts in the publishing business would tell me to quit my day job and write another poker book. Harrah’s attempts to generate heat with ESPN – most notably with the November final table but also with kowtowing to its preference to spread out the initial acction – helps Harrah’s, but it also helps us.

That said, my prediction that someone will have to pay the piper for the leisurely schedule was accurate. Although 1-A and 1-B played four levels, 1-C played five levels yesterday and 1-D will play five today. Correspondingly, Day 2-A will play five levels and Day 2-B will play four, so the combined Day 3 will start with all players having played the same nine levels. This was apparently because the bust-outs in this structure were coming so slowly that there was some risk there would be too many players remaining after Day 2 to fit the entire field into the Convention Center for Day 3.

DAY 1-A FULL TILT PROS – WITH CHIPS

With the fields so large and the lists so long, I take full responsibility and apologize for errors of omission and transcription. Bring all errors to my attention (mrchaotic@aol.com) and I will correct them as soon as I can.

Amanda Baker 56,400
Isaac Baron 37,500
Andy Black 56,475
Richard Brodie 34,300
Taylor Caby 36,600
Michael Craig 42,975
Roland DeWolfe 31,000
Eli Elezra 83,375
Mike Gracz 59,375
Gus Hansen 38,075
Berry Johnston 25,275
Martin Klaser 63,725
Vitaly Lunkin 68,300
Greg Mueller 35,950
Claudio Rinaldi 59,250
Paul Sexton 70,350
Beth Shak 25,525
Gavin Smith 17,750
Brian Townsend 9,125
Jon Turner 13,350

DAY 1-A FULL TILT PROS – OUT

Andy Bloch
Diego Cordovez
Allen Cunningham
Perry Friedman
David Grey
Roberto Romanello
Keith Sexton
Mark Vos
Jerry Yang

OTHER NOTABLES ON DAY 1-A

Jason Alexander 89,575
Johnny Chan 7,800
John Duthie 25,050
Sam Farha 30,425
Brad Garrett 36,625
Tony G 42,325
John Hennigan 76,250
Orel Hershiser – out
Gabe Kaplan – out
Mike Sexton 41,000
Jennifer Tilly 13,325

DAY 1-B FULL TILT PROS – WITH CHIPS

Billy Argyros 8,575
Barny Boatman 58,600
Bill Edler 13,800
Chris Ferguson 24,050
Alessio Isaia 48,075
Mike Matusow 37,875
Erik Seidel 18,550
Fabrice Soulier 97,725

DAY 1-B FULL TILT PROS – OUT

David Pham
Jeremiah Smith

OTHER NOTABLES ON DAY 1-B

Doyle Brunson – out
Victoria Coren – out
Barry Greenstein 18,900
Chris Moneymaker – out
Amarillo Slim 48,075
Greg Raymer 43,750

FULL TILT BRACELETS

Vitaly Lunkin (#2)
Event #4 – $40,000 NLHE

Phil Ivey (## 6, 7)
Event #8 – $2,500 NL Deuce-to-Seven
Event #25 – $2,500 OEOB/SEOB

Nick Schulman (#1)
Event #23 – $10,000 NL Deuce-to-Seven World Championship

Roland De Wolfe (#1)
Event #27 – $5,000 PLOEOB

Greg Mueller (##1, 2)
Event #33 – $10,000 LHE World Championship
Event #50 – $1,500 LHE Shootout

Matt Hawrilenko – (#1)
Event #56 – $5,000 NLHE 6-handed

FULL TILT MONEY LIST

Name – Earnings – Cashes – Final Tables
Vitaly Lunkin – $2,695,912 – 4 – 3
Matt Hawrilenko – $1,142,638 – 4 – 3
Greg Mueller – $709,580 – 3 – 3
David Chiu – $520,218 – 6 – 1
Roland De Wolfe – $410,063 – 5 – 2
Scott Clements – $380,638 – 3 – 2
Huckleberry Seed – $378,896 – 2 – 2
Phil Ivey – $356,995 – 5 – 2
Nick Schulman – $279,742 – 1 – 1
Chau Giang – $269,718 – 5 – 1
Erik Seidel – $232,393 – 4 – 2
Ted Forrest – $230,317 – 1 – 1
John Juanda – $170,746 – 4 – 4
Lee Watkinson – $164,539 – 2 – 1
Isaac Baron – $141,079 – 4 – 1
David Pham – $136,099 – 3 – 0
Brian Townsend – $128,665 – 1 – 0
Andy Black – $125,086 – 4 – 1
Gus Hansen – $123,895 – 1 – 0
Michael Craig – $116,405 – 1 – 1
Peter Feldman – $105,759 – 5 – 0
Josh Arieh – $105,653 – 2 – 1
Howard Lederer – $101,501 – 3 – 0
Jon Turner – $99,411 – 3 – 2
Ross Boatman – $66,936 – 1 – 1
Fabrice Soulier – $65,111 – 6 – 1
Jennifer Harman – $57,780 – 2 – 0
Perry Friedman – $53,221 – 3 – 0
Erick Lindgren – $48,315 – 4 – 0
Roberto Romanello – $46,459 – 3 – 0
Claudio Rinaldi – $41,997 – 3 – 0
Toto Leonidas – $37,166 – 3 – 0
David Benefield – $34,341 – 1 – 0
Eric Froehlich – $32,400 – 3 – 0
Markus Golser – $32,266 – 2 – 0
Gavin Smith – $30,211 – 2 – 0
Sigi Stockinger $29,082 – 2 – 1
Andy Bloch – $28,912 – 3 – 0
Amanda Baker – $28,118 – 2 – 0
Bill Edler – $24,689 – 2 – 0
Ali Sarkeshik – $24,251 – 4 – 0
John Cernuto – $24,171 – 2 – 0
Eli Elezra – $18,664 – 3 – 0
Steve Zolotow – $17,987 – 1 – 0
Richard Brodie – $17,824 – 2 – 0
Allen Cunningham – $17,459 – 2 – 0
Barny Boatman – $16,740 – 1 – 0
Steve Wong – $16,517 – 1 – 0
Rafe Furst – $14,055 – 2 – 0
Jared Hamby – $13,748 – 3 – 0
Lee Markholt – $13,711 – 2 – 0
Jose Barbero – $13,655 – 1 – 1
Svetlana Gromenkova – $12,698 – 2 – 0
Jim McManus – $12,129 – 2 – 0
Rob Hollink – $10,951 – 2 – 0
David Singer – $10,168 – 2 – 0
Joe Beevers – $10,119 – 2 – 0
Diego Cordovez – $9,258 – 2 – 0
Marco Traniello – $8,061 – 2 – 0
Luis Velador – $7,918 – 1 – 0
Mike Matusow – $7,411 – 1 – 0
Jens Voertmann – $7,050 – 1 – 0
Roy Winston – $6,929 – 1 – 0
David Grey – $6,292 – 1 – 0
Billy Argyros – $5,994 – 1 – 0
Stefan Rapp – $5,695 – 1 – 0
Karina Jett – $5,556 – 1 – 0
Marco Liesy – $5,236 – 1 – 0
Greg Mascio – $5,197 – 1 – 0
Markus Lehman – $5,074 – 1 – 0
Chip Jett – $4,924 – 1 – 0
Jeff Madsen – $4,739 – 1 – 0
Ben Roberts – $4,566 – 1 – 0
Raul Oliviera – $4,356 – 1 – 0
Keith Sexton – $4,330 – 1 – 0
Alessio Isaia – $3,908 – 1 – 0
Scott Montgomery – $3,894 – 1 – 0
Bruce Buffer – $3,894 – 1 – 0
Bruno Stefanelli – $3,568 – 1 – 0
Chris Ferguson – $2,745 – 1 – 0
Christian Kruel – $2,745 – 1 – 0
Paul Wasicka – $2,745 – 1 – 0
Eric Liu $2,668 – 1 – 0
Berry Johnston – $2,044 – 1 – 0
Erica Schoenberg – $1,900 – 1 – 0

Final Tables:
John Juanda – 4
Matt Hawrilenko – 3
Vitaly Lunkin – 3
Greg Mueller – 3
Scott Clements – 2
Roland De Wolfe – 2
Phil Ivey – 2
Huckleberry Seed – 2
Erik Seidel – 2
Jon Turner – 2
Josh Arieh – 1
Jose Barbero – 1
Isaac Baron – 1
Andy Black – 1
Ross Boatman – 1
David Chiu – 1
Michael Craig – 1
Ted Forrest – 1
Chau Giang – 1
Nick Schulman – 1
Fabrice Soulier – 1
Sigi Stockinger – 1
Lee Watkinson – 1

Cashes:
David Chiu – 6
Fabrice Soulier  – 6
Roland De Wolfe – 5
Peter Feldman – 5
Chau Giang – 5
Phil Ivey – 5
Isaac Baron – 4
Andy Black – 4
Matt Hawrilenko – 4
John Juanda – 4
Erick Lindgren  – 4
Vitaly Lunkin – 4
Ali Sarkeshik – 4
Erik Seidel – 4
Andy Bloch – 3
Scott Clements – 3
Eli Elezra – 3
Perry Friedman – 3
Eric Froehlich – 3
Jared Hamby – 3
Howard Lederer – 3
Toto Leonidas – 3
Greg Mueller – 3
David Pham – 3
Roberto Romanello – 3
Claudio Rinaldi  – 3
Jon Turner – 3
Josh Arieh – 2
Amanda Baker – 2
Joe Beevers – 2
Richard Brodie – 2
John Cernuto – 2
Diego Cordovez – 2
Allen Cunningham – 2
Bill Edler – 2
Rafe Furst – 2
Markus Golser – 2
Svetlana Gromenkova – 2
Jennifer Harman  – 2
Rob Hollink – 2
Lee Markholt – 2
Jim McManus – 2
Huckleberry Seed – 2
David Singer – 2
Gavin Smith – - 2
Sigi Stockinger – 2
Marco Traniello – 2
Lee Watkinson – 2
Billy Argyros – 1
Jose Barbero – 1
David Benefield – 1
Barny Boatman – 1
Ross Boatman – 1
Bruce Buffer – 1
Michael Craig – 1
Gus Hansen – 1
Chris Ferguson – 1
Ted Forrest – 1
David Grey – 1
Alessio Isaia – 1
Chip Jett – 1
Karina Jett – 1
Berry Johnston – 1
Christian Kruel – 1
Markus Lehman – 1
Marco Liesy – 1
Eric Liu – 1
Jeff Madsen – 1
Greg Mascio – 1
Mike Matusow – 1
Scott Montgomery – 1
Raul Oliviera -  1
Stefan Rapp – 1
Ben Roberts – 1
Erica Schoenberg – 1
Nick Schulman – 1
Keith Sexton – 1
Bruno Stefanelli – 1
Brian Townsend – 1
Luis Velador – 1
Jens Voertmann – 1
Paul Wasicka – 1
Roy Winston – 1
Steve Wong – 1
Steve Zolotow – 1

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