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Yesterday, the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event day 1a started, and today day 1b is underway. Here are the chips from day 1a counts courtesy of Pokernews:
Eric Cloutier 150750
Redmond Lee 134275
Jean Docquier 122755
Marcucci Gianluca 118000
Peter Buermann 117400
Ebrahim Mourshaki 116025
Balazs Botond 113000
Alexander Grishchuk 111875
Jimmie Guinther 110425
Arthur Rhea 109275
Joe Luht 108125
Bryan Colin 106000
Kevin Schaffel [...]
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I ran across this on Bluff Magazine’s Europe site:

I could understand if they used a headline saying that someone was offering to pay Obama’s way into the WSOP main event but to imply this is even realistic is pretty sensationalistic journalism. Since when did Bluff Magazine become Gambling911?

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Playing satellites is a great way to earn a seat cheaply into a bigger buy in tournament, and it is also a great way to make a profit in itself. The World Series of Poker offers a range of single table satellites which pay a single winner. These satellites range from $60-$1,000, and they pay out according to a 10 person table. For a person who plans on playing multiple satellites, it can be a quick way to make a profit on the investment.

Generally, single table satellites attract a fairly weak field of players. These players are trying to take a shot at a cheap way to win a seat into a tournament. Especially at the WSOP, a large portion of the players are tourists who would not buy into the event without winning a seat. They usually don’t have much experience with multi table or single table tournaments. Thus, you can expect that their level of play is not that sophisticated. Count on obvious over bets preflop with large pocket pairs and AK, AQ, AJ. Usually players are pretty transparent post flop as well. They will over bet their top pairs, and definitely get it all in with two pair or better. Some of this corresponds to weak players, but a large part of it is the structure that is being played.

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Greg Mueller has become the fourth player to win two bracelets at the 2009 WSOP, a feat made even more impressive by the fact that prior to this years World Series Mueller had 13 career WSOP cashes but no bracelets. His first bracelet this year came in the $10,000 world championship limit hold’em event, where he topped a field of 185 and pocketed $460,836.

His second victory came on Monday in the $1,500 limit hold’em shootout, where he outlasted a much larger field (572 players) in a shootout format. Mueller ended up facing Marc Naalden heads-up for the championship, where after building a 5-1 chip lead he eliminated Naalden and earned $194,854 in the process.

Here are the final table results:

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The WSOP H.O.R.S.E World Championship event is widely considered to be the most difficult tournament at the WSOP, as the large $50,000 buy-in and mixed-game format usually results in only the best players in the world entering. This year, 95 players put up the cash for a chance at the $1,276,820 first-place prize money and the opportunity to call themselves the best all-around poker player in the world, and in the end it would be David Bach in the winners circle.

Bach had to endure an 18 hour and 44 minute final table that also included a seven-hour heads-up match against John Hanson, making it the second longest WSOP final table in history. “I never wanted to touch one until I earned it,” said Bach.

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You hear some of the funniest things sitting at a poker table. Stress, boredom, and alcohol often cause people to say the darndest things.

First on the list was a co-worker and good friend who is known for his passionate approach to poker (i.e. he tilts easily) letting me go through his player notes:

Prone to MASSIVE tilt…worse than me

Alicia Silverstone - absolutely f*ckin clueless.

SHIT player…a GERMAN…enough said

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David Bach wins the 50k H.O.R.S.E and the coveted David Chip Reese Trophy. David Bach had to beat one of the hottest and fiercest final tables of all time. And to get the final table, David had to beat about 95 of the best poker players in the world. David Bach is not [...]
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This has nothing to do with poker but I was just so blown away when I read it.

Man uses nail clippers in DIY circumcision A man who gave himself a DIY circumcision using nail clippers was taken to hospital for emergency treatment.

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