2009 World Series of Poker – Main Event Day 1b Pictures

AlCantHang — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:21:12 +0000

There were plenty of opportunities for more pictures yesterday during the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Day 1b and some great stories. 655 players of the starting 873 survived the day with even more Tilters moving onto Day 2.

Full Tilt sponsored two players in the Main Event with stories worthy of your interest. Marlon Shirley (pictured right) is a two time Paralympic gold medalist, the first amputee to run the 100 meters in under 11 seconds, and an avid poker player. He came to Las Vegas to play in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event and the Ante Up for Africa Charity event. I could tell you the rest of the story but it be better to let a proper writer do that duty. Fellow blogger Michael Craig has a great writeup with Shirley’s story here. Unfortunately he was not able to “outrun” his poker opponents to reach Day 2a and will not win WSOP gold.

Also wearing Full Tilt red and white was Jack Ury, at 96 he’s simply the oldest to ever play in the WSOP Main Event. Ury has been adding to his record each year since his first Main Event in 2007 at the chipper age of 94. He was enjoying himself and the ESPN cameras were a constant audience. Ury will have to get his rest over the next few days before he comes in Day 2a with just over 23,000 in chips.

You can see the rest of the Day 1b pictures after the jump:

Mike Matusow spent his Day 1b on display at the ESPN feature table.
He’ll start Day 2a with 37,875 chips.

Fabrice Soulier already has seven cashes in the 2009 World Series of Poker, he now he will be one of the top chips stacks heading into Day 2a with 97,725.

Five cashes during the 2009 World Series of Poker, 8 career World Series of Poker bracelets, over $4,000,000 in WSOP cash but zero Main Events bracelets thanks to Johnny (censored) Chan. He tries to fix that this year going into Day 2a with 18,550 chips.

David Pham was one of the victims of the day, he will gear for the WSOP-E events.

A contrast in Day 1b’s between Barny Boatman and Bill Edler. The Hendon Mobster was unable to add to his 2009 WSOP final table and will not be around for Day 2a but can look forward to the WSOP-E events in his native London. Bill Edler however is still alive in the Main Event but will need to do some work with less than 14,000 chips to start.

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2009 World Series of Poker – Main Event Day 1b Pictures

Heads Up: David Chiu Versus Barny Boatman

One Angry Monkey — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:02:14 +0000

Welcome back to another round of the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up Challenge, where we take 64 of our top pros and face them off against one another until we’ve determined who’s number one. This week’s match is a seven seed versus 10 seed affair, with David “Flag Draper” Chiu taking on Barny “Not a real mobster” Boatman. One quick note before we get started: I’m an idiot. I completely underrated Chiu as I was making the seeding for this competition. He deserves to be a much lower seed than he is, and I apologize to everyone out there for this grave injustice. With that said, let’s get this party started:

Category	David Chiu	Barny Boatman	Survey Says
Career Earnings	Nearly $6 million	More than $1 million	$6 million is greater than $1 million; it’s as simple as that. Very impressive stats here for David. Who the hell knew he’d made so much money? Certainly not me, otherwise he’d probably be rated higher than a seven seed. Round one goes to Chiu-baka. What a wookie!
Major Titles	Four WSOP bracelets, one WPT title	None	Once again, I’m a horrible, horrible idiot. Next time I put together a heads-up challenge featuring poker players I promise to actually look at their stats first. You know, because I’m smart like that and learn from my many mistakes in life. Anyway, round two obviously goes to David as well. He leads 2-0.
Tournament Play	Based on the numbers from the previous categories, I’m gonna say he ain’t not bad when it comes to donkaments.	Highly respected tourney veteran.	Did I mention that, in addition to being an idiot, I’m also fairly stupid? No? Well, it feels good to get that one out there. At any rate, my main man Barny is a great tourney player, but he ain’t no David Chiu. God, this is turning into a true beat down. Ship this one to David; the score stands at 3-0.
Cash Game Play	Known mostly as a tourney specialist, but I’m sure he’d still be more than willing to take your money.	See Chiu, David.	Yeah, so neither of these guys are really that big into the cash games. Like all poker pros though, I’m sure they’ve got enough skills to rock the sides games on occasion. At any rate, let’s give this one to Barny; he probably plays a higher volume of cash games than David. Chiu now leads 3-1.
Best Game	Limit Hold ‘em	No-Limit Hold ‘em (yeah baby, yeah!)	Uh-oh, here’s a big time slip up for Chiu-baka (what a wookie!). Nobody in their right minds should enjoy playing Limit, but David obviously has a different opinion on the matter (plus two WSOP bracelets in that game). Sucks to be him (except for all that money, I wish I had me some of that). Barny loves him some good old NLHE almost as much as I do. Don’t call it a comeback, but the score is getting closer and now stands at 3-2 in favor of David.
Nickname	David has no nickname, but I’m gonna lobby real hard for Chiu-baka (wait for it – what a wookie!).	Barny also has no nickname, what’s up with that? Come on people, everybody needs a nickname…	There’s not a whole lot to work with here folks. So until my new nickname for David catches on, I’ll have to go with Barny on this one. After all, with a name like Barny Boatman, who needs a nickname? The score is now tied heading into the final frame of action (oh yeah!).
Outside Poker	Former restaurant owner and poker dealer.	Poker commentator and creator of The Hendon Mob Database.	Well, as much as this one should go to Barny (because we all know the world needs at least a couple of good poker commentators), I just can’t snatch this victory away from Chiu. I’ve already screwed him over pretty badly once, and I’m not going to let it happen again. So this one’s for you Chiu – may all the former restaurant owners and poker dealers gain pride from having you as a member of their society. David takes down this category and the match is his.

So there you have it, Chiu takes a bite out of Boatman and wins the match by a score of 4-3. Check back next week for more fun, games, and idiotic stupidity from yours truly…

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Heads Up: David Chiu Versus Barny Boatman

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2009 World Series of Poker – Main Event Day 1b Pictures

Heads Up: David Chiu Versus Barny Boatman