Busted...

From Linn: "Just busted out. UTG raised to 3200 and I three-bet to 7500 holding 66 (this guy typically folds to a re-raise). He just calls so I'm sure he doesn't have an overpair. Flop comes 678 all clubs. He leads out and I push for 50k. He calls with the AcKx. I'm all-in now but he is risking 90% of his stack. Of course a club hits on the river. The dream is over."

Mid-level update: 49k

Dinner break...

... Lin has 55k.  When the players come back at around 8:30 it will be level 9: 500/1000/100.  Our hero is still in good shape with more than 50 big blinds. 

54k avg 72k

Linn is still hanging in there...

From Linn: "1800 players left avg chip 66k im at 51k these guys never fold. Did i say that before lol"

Down a bit...

Linn is now at 48,000.  We don't have any other info right now...

Linn just reported a table change ....

... and he still has about 57k

Linns report at first break

From Linn: "Tough start..  card dead mostly  played three hands in two hours.  Last hand, i had A 10 on button...ace comes on flop...he leads out, i put him all in,..he thinks and calls...he is on a gut shot straight.  He  rivers the straight.   Im at 57k right now-very tough table,  these guys never fold...lol...any pair they are in it to the river"

Getting ready for day 2...

Our Syndicate winner, Linn, starts his Day 2 at the Main Event today at noon. He fnished his 1st day with 87,050 chips which ranked him 163 out of the 2,802 that started on day 1d. Overall, Linn ranked 459th out of the 4,521 day 1 players. That puts him in the top 6.7% of all contenders so far. If you want to check on Linn on the WSOP website he is listed as 'Jerry Holland'.

Here's what Linn's table looks like:
Seat1: Ryan Cox, amateur (11k); Seat 2: Mohsen Mousave, amateur (39k); Seat 3: Linn (87k); Seat 4 Matt Hyland, a solid tournament player with great results in 1k - 2k buyins (118k); Seat 5: Evan Sloves, amateur (16k); Seat 6: Andrey Zaichenko from Moscow, a pro with $1.6 mil winnings including 3rd in the 2011 WSOP 10k horse event (80k); Seat 7: Jesse Yaginuma, has 5 cashes in this WSOP series (88k); Seat 8: Jon Benkahalifa from Paris, amateur (60k); Seat 9: Peter Jetten, professional with over $2mil winning, 4 WSOP cashes, 5th in Aussie Millions and 4th in WPT event (97k).

Other big names that are sitting in Linn's section include: Todd Brunson, Jamie Gold, Grant Ninkle, Krity Gazes, Kenna James, Liv Boeree, Chau Giang, Joe Hachem and Men "The Master" Nguyen. That's it until we start getting some results. Good luck Linn and GO DEEP!

by the way...

...is anybody out there?

Linn takes a day off...

Today is day 2 for the 1a and 1c players. Linn goes again tomorrow at noon. Some numbers: there were 6,521 players and 4,521 remain for an avg stack size of 45,554. With 87,500 Linn is in great shape! The top 693 finishes get paid so he has a ways to go. Rest up Linn and we'll be here to follow the action tomorrow...

Linn ends night as chip leader of his table!

Linn's final report of night: "Hand of the day....blinds 200/400...I'm in sb with 55...everyone folds to me, i raise  to 1200, bb calls, he is chip leader,,flop comes Q 5 4 with diamonds,  i check, he bets 1200,,,i raise to 3600, he re-raises me to 10,000, i re-reraise to 25,000,  he pushes all-in,  at that point i considered folding,  i said fuck it,  if i'm beat I'm beat, i call,.he turns over a flush draw,,lol!.. turn and river are blanks...I double up!  Then I won a few more hands,  ended the day with $87,000  and am the chip leader at my table.  Have a whole new table starting tuesday"

Linn is still going strong...

It's the end of round 4 and Linn has climbed to 45k.  That's good news as he is staying ahead of the chip average.  For each of the previous starting days an average of 38% get knocked out.  So, by the end of the night the average stack size is about 48k and Linn still has two hours to play.  Next update will probaby be tomorrow morning.  Go Linn!

Linn just checked in...

He reports being basically card dead for 2 levels now and has stayed just active enough to not lose ground.  He currently has 36,000 chips.  The players are on a 90 minute dinner break now and the next level is #4 which is 150/300/25.  Linn still has 120 big blinds so he's still in good shape.

Chad out in 13 th on a cooler...

Chad raised holding A9 on the button and got one customer. The flop was 987 and his opponent checked. Chad shoved and the villain snap called showing 987.

Round 2 report from Linn...

"the game has changed    enter two new villiams to the table.  Lots more 4  and 5 betting    I'm at $35,000.  lost to flush over flush. Been card dead for last two hours"

While we wait for more news from Linn...

... Chad is in the Oceans 11 deep stack today (10k starting stack, 30 min. Blinds). There were 155 players and Chad just made the money and still has 180k left.  Blinds r at 6000/12000

1 round down and Linn is up...

From Linn: "End of round one, I have $43,000 in chips   i had flush over flush; set over set; and broadway.    surprisingly mild table.  two people tried to control the table but they got shut down.   FYI: Jennifer filly is right behind me."

And they're off (part 2)....

Moments ago Phil Helmuth was joined by girl next door Holly Madison to announce "shuffle up and deal!".  Go Linn!!

Linn is all set to go...

And now, for the first time in Syndicate history, we have a SECOND runner set to start at the Main Event!  Our runner up this past season Linn H. is ready to go in day 1d today at noon.  Stay tuned as we track his run toward the November 9!

Tom's out...

Tom's report:  I'm out. I call a raise from the button w a8 suited. the small blind called. flop is 8 with 74diamonds. I have top pair and nut flush draw. raiser bets 2k I raise to 6k. the small blind raises to 16k. the raiser folds I call. the turn is an ace. the small blinds puts me allin. there is 35k in the pot and I have 12k left, sick. I have 13 outs so am getting exactly the odds to call. so I do and miss.  Villain had 56 for a flopped straight.

The Basics at the dinner break...

There were 2181 entries today pushing the total over 4000 for the main event so far.  When the players come back from break they will start level four: 150/300/25.  Tom has about T31,000...

Tom's Dinner report - back to 31k...

 ..same thing again. I raise lp with nines. small blind rr I call. flp jj10 he bets I call trn j he goes allin I fold. lost about 8k. then got a bunch of pocket pairs. called raises missed flop and fold...

Sets are good!

Up to 50k with flopped set! Oh Yeah! (Think of the song from ferris bueller's day off)

Tom is up at 1st break

Tom has 41k after 2 hours. He played 6 hands and won 5 of them. The first was with AQ on a Q high flop with another player betting into him. Another big hand was with KK in which he bet every street...

And they're off!

Tom E. Starts at noon today!

Today's the day! Our season VI champ Tom E. Starts his Main Event campaign at noon in the day 1c field. Yesterday there were 978 runners so attendance is still down as expected after black Friday. There will still be plenty of loot to pass out when our guys go deep though! Good luck Tom!

From Jonkey...

Tom is posting his updates on the Syndicate FaceBook page and I will copy the posts here when I am able to.  So if you have FB then keep an eye on that; and if you don't have FB, what are you waiting for?  Really, you're going to have to relent and give in eventually (just like I did)! 

From Tom....

I'm off to Vegas. Lynn and I are on the same SW flight leaving at noon. I figure we will go register today when we get there. I play tomorrow, Lynn on Sunday. If we make it to day 2, we could line up a number of days here with posts!

Anyway, I will post my stack size and key hands every two hours while on break. On my facebook account I plan to post things I see and do in Vegas, so check out my facebook acct if you want to know what famous poker players I see!

WSOP Main Event started today!

Tom starts Saturday and Linn on sunday. You can follow the early action pn the WSOP site here: http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates