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As we near the money, I will begin to bring you hourly updates as we creep near the bubble and beyond. Tournament Director Jack Effel announced that we’d be playing 4 levels today or down to 400 players, whichever comes first.
2:00pm: Received the announcement at 1:45pm that we are just 20 players from making the money. All spectators have been asked to move away from the rail between the Orange and Blue sections so they will be able to see each table during hand-for-hand action. Greg “FBT” Mueller and friend-of-the-blog Brian Lemke were both eliminated during the first level.
The players will head out on break and return very near Main Event money. The first rounds of players to bust in the money will receive $21,365. Walking between the tables there is definitely a nervous tension in the air, the big wigs are all huddled around a newly setup TD table, spectators are twitchy and a lot of the players can’t seem to keep still. It will be interesting to see how they deal with the constant instructions to stay in their seats during hand-for-hand.
Jordan Morgan continues to lead all members of Team Full Tilt and “ElkY” Grospellier lead the entire field. Notables still remaining include Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul, Dan Harrington, Mike Sexton and actor Lou Diamond Phillips.
Update: Nolan Dalla has announced that hand-for-hand play will begin 5 from the money.
Back in an hour when we’ll probably be in the money.
WSOP Commish Jeffrey Pollack and team prepare for the money bubble
2:30pm: We officially went hand-for-hand at 2:30pm with strict instructions from Jack Effel to keep all media out of the tournament area and players would need to keep their seats for the duration. Anybody ignoring those instructions would be given a penalty and watch the bubble from the rail. The clock was paused at 1:50:00 of Level 16.
653 players remain and 648 get paid.
The rail has been pushed back to the center of the Amazon Room so floor staff can see all the tables
Read the rest of the live blog after the jump:
Tags: 2009 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Kelly Kim, Kevin Saul, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
With all the excitement of the Day 1d sell out, massive amounts of Ante Up for Africa pictures, and trying to track down our players scattered amongst a sea of over 2,800 players I just never had the time to share with you the pictures from Day 1c. I will quickly remedy that as well as bring you some of the best photos from yesterday.
Enjoy.
More pics after the jump:
Tags: 2009 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Craig Marquis, David Oppenheim, Erica Schoenberg, Erick Lindgren, Jeff Madsen, Kelly Kim, Lynette Chan, Maya Antonius, Mike Stout, Phil Ivey, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
It was another great week for Team Full Tilt. Final tables were populated with players patched up in FTP gear and make a lot of noise. Three bracelets would be brought into the fold by Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman and Greg “FBT” Mueller. If the rest of the poker world wants to catch up, they better start working hard.
It’s Friday so that means it’s time for the Week in Pictures. These are just some of the collection that did not make any posts during the week but are worthy of your time
View of the final table of Event #27 Pot Limit Omaha/8. Three Full Tilt members were present but Roland De Wolfe would defeat Omaha-guru Scott Clements for the title.
![ev 34 day 1 imm3008 impdi 2009 World Series of Poker Week 3 in Pictures](/poker-from-the-rail/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ev-34-day-1_imm3008-impdi.jpg "Amanda \\"Mandy B\\" Baker at the 2009 World Series of Poker")
More pictures after the jump:
Tags: 2009 World Series of Poker, AlCantHang, Allen Cunningham, Amanda Baker, Bloggers on the Rail, Cyndy Violette, Fabrice Soulier, Jon Turner, Josh Arieh, Kelly Kim, Lee Watkinson, Nick Schulman, Perry Friedman, Pictures of the Week, Richard Brodie, Roland de Wolfe, Ross Boatman, Scott Clements, Steve Zolotow, Vivek Rajkumar, WSOP
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Craig Marquis is one of 9 players vying to become the next World Series of Poker Champion
When they first announced a plan to delay the 2008 WSoP final table until November I was skeptical. It seemed this idea would change the dynamics of the tournament by pausing play for several months but was willing to let that detail go if they were able to really promote the November Nine in the name of the all-powerful cliche, “it’s good for poker”.
I’ve been surprised over the last few months at how little hype was coming out about the WSoP other than the weekly broadcasts of the Main Event. Luckily things have started to ramp up with the final table to be played this weekend at the Penn and Teller Theater in the Rio (and broadcast on Tuesday, November 11th). The poker media and bloggers are starting to pick up the pace as we count down the days. Tuesday evening ESPN aired their Final Table preview with player interviews and commentary from some of the big poker names.
After the jump you can find the ESPN clips on the three members of the Final Table representing Full Tilt Poker.
Tags: AlCantHang, Bloggers on the Rail, Craig Marquis, Kelly Kim, Scott Montgomery, WSOP
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