The Bubble Popped!

TOM CASHED!!   CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM AND TO THE SYNDICATE!!!

707 left - one of them is TOM!

WSOP update page says that players are dropping quickly in the opening minutes of Day 4. 707 remain...http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?tid=12161&grid=887

Scouting Tom's table

AP Phahuret - pro player with $279k career earnings

Everett Carlton - circuit event regular with wsop experience and a lot of solid results - $492k earnings

Dave Williams - unknown player - I don't think this is David Williams

Carl Maddy - Just a basic guy with a few decent results.

Luke Nettles - Has a lot of solid results in mid-level tourneys (Venetian, Fiesta Del Lago etc) $187k live earnings. Probably a pro.

Andras Korokami - Pro player that won the WPT LA Poker Classic in 2010

Eric Brix - Online pro with $438k earnings and limited live results

Tom Czyszczon - Hero

Grant Hinkle - Online pro with bracelet in 2008 $1500 event

Tom's day 4 table

Here's Tom's table (Amazon 393):
1  AP Phahuret          421,000
2  Everett Carlton      300,500
3  Dave Williams        310,000
4  Carl Maddy            133,000
5  Luke Nettles            44,500
6  Andras Korokami   242,000
7  Eric Brix                 255,000
8  Tom Czzz              123,000
9  Grant Hinkle          387,000

Tom Survives!

From Gail:
At the day three close, Tom is at $123k. He said 747 are left but I saw 719 on WSOP.com. Will confirm tomorrow. He begins day four action at noon tomorrow when the money bubble should burst at some point. Great summary at:http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/updates.asp?grid=887&tid=12161

Tom's Status

Here's Gail's report at the dinner break:
"At dinner break, Tom has $90k. With each orbit costing $6300 and going up, it's getting expensive to play or sit out. He lost a bunch on pocket 7s and is refueling now hopefully for some chip accumulation. He's in the middle chip stack wise at his table with the chip leader at $150k. 1017 left and 666 is the money. Blinds will be 1500/3000/400 when he gets back. C 'mon Tom!!"


And here is her most recent report from about an hour ago:
"Seriously?? Tom is being moved to the featured table with all the cameras and commentators!"

Day 2 is over

Tom ended day 2 at 80k.  During the last level he went as low as 50k but then got it back.  Now he has a day off as day 2C plays.  The players then combine for Day 3 on Thursday. When they come back they will be on level 11 - 800/1600/200.  Aproximately 900 players remain from the original day 1A and B fields that totaled 3180.  Today Dave Bernatz starts his day 2C with about 40k.

Tom just finished his last break of the night...

Tom just finished his final break of the evening and has about 86k. With the blinds going to 600/1200 he still has 71BB.

Here are a few recent big hands:
with the blinds at 400/800 Tom raisedwith J9dd from Mid-late position to 1700. The SB re-raised to 3500 and Tom called. The flop came A76dd and the SB led out for 4200. Tom calls. Turn is the Qd. SB checks and Tom bets 7000. SB calls. River is the 4c. SB checks with 25k behind. Tom has about 45k back now. Tom bets 10k and the SB folds. This hand got Tom up to 68k

Soon after that hand Tom chipped up again with this play: It folded to Tom on the button and with AJdd he raised to 1700. He expected the SB (internet/live pro with $500k earnings) to shove a wide range of holdings so he wasn't surprised when he did shove. The BB folded and Tom called. The villain showed 77 which was stronger than Tom expected. No worries though as the board ran out KdQd83dX to give Tom the butt flush and some more tasty chips.

Then soon after this hand Tom saw a flop holding 33 and flop came 332. It went check-check on the flop. The turn was a 7. Tom bet and his opponent folded. Sigh.

Keith is out...

His report:
Well my dream is over. I got shortstacked and down to 26,000 in Big blind and UTG plus one raises to 4,500 everyone else folds I shove with AQ diamonds and he calls with with QJ spades and he hits his J on flop. Brick, brick and im out. Sooo frustrating.

at the dinner break

Keith is at 46,500 and Tom is at 83,000

Keith is chipping up!

Keith just won a couple of monster pots and is now up to 59k!!

Tom knocks out a shorty

Tom just knocked out a short stack with QQ - he's up to 58k

Tom at the 1st break

At the first break Tom has about 50k still. He just got moved to Brasilia 82 and is laying low until he learns more about his table. We just gave him a scouting report on his new tablemates.

Keith at the first break

Keith has had a challenging day so far.  In the 9th hand of the day he got dealt 77 in the SB.  He called with 2 limpers and the BB checked his option.  The flop came 972 all hearts.  The first limper bets out, the second one folds, Keith called and the BB folded.The turn is the 2C - check, check.  The river is the JD.  The villain leads out and Keith shoves with his 777JJ boat. Villain shows 99 for the higher boat.  That knocked Keith down to 4,100 but he has doubled up a couple times and now has 19,650.  With blinds going to 300/600/75 Keith still has just over 30 BB to make a move...

Day 2 tables...

Here is Keith’s table for Day 2A – Amazon Room/Table 428

Seat 1 Keith Morgan ENCINITAS, CA         32,250                  
Seat 2 Won Lee WHEELING, IL                    7,125                    
Seat 3 Dana Isaacson Bloomington, MN  18,875                  
Seat 4 Larry Karambis HOUSTON, TX        38,450                  
Seat 5 Steven Greenberg FLANDERS, NJ   105,750                
Seat 6 Colin Wickersheim San Diego, CA  43,675                 
Seat 8 Christopher Lastiwka  Canada       73,250                  
Seat 9 Alejandro Vargas  Italy                           30,675

There are no scary players at Keith's table. Most look like amateurs though there are a couple (Karambis & Greenberg) who have over $120,000 in earnings. Only one player, Christopher Lastiwka, looks to be a low-level pro
 

Here is Tom’s  table for Day 2B – Pavilion Room/Table 154

Seat 1 Thomas Czyszczon San Diego, CA   50,175

Seat 2 Sallie Avino Snellville, GA                17,650
Seat 3 Pim Van Wieringen DE DNR            ?????                   
Seat 4 Michael Watson TORONTO, ON     27,100
Seat 5 Daniel Toffel BANSTEAD, GB          29,475
Seat 6 Loic Csorgei Flaviac, , FR                  25,150
Seat 8 Daniel Perez VE                                 56,075
Seat 9 Patrick Eskandar Ladera, CA           58,500

The toughest opponent at Tom's table will be Michael Watson. He's a Canadianpro player with over $3,000,000 in live tournament winnings, including $1.7m in the 2008 WPT Bellario Cup. He has MANY other notable finishes. http://www.pokerpages.com/player-profile/michael-watson.htm

End of Day 1

Tom won a 12k pot late with AK.  He bagged up 50k last
night!

Tom's chip count

The last word we had was about 45 minutes ago and Tom had about 38k

Tom's making some progress

From Gail:
"Tom win a couple more hands--one in which he three bet Gavin pre flop with QQ. Gavin calls and flop is A44. Gavin mucks pre flop and purposefully knocks over tom's stack. Tom takes the pot. Lol. Gavin is fun. "

Dinner break for Tom

Tom is still at about 19k in chips.  He says he likes his table but hasn't found a spot to chip up.  Blinds go to 150/300/25 after the 90 minute dinner break so he is still sitting fine with 63 big blinds

Tom's new table-mate - Gavin Smith!

Tom's down a little at the first break...

From our sideline reporter Gail:

"At the first break Tom has $29k. His table isn't overly aggressive, although there's been some three betting and reraising. He's been down to $26k and up to $31k. Lost with pocket 10s and won $4k with a backdoor straight draw, and also with the nut flush. Jonathan Duhamel main event winner in 2010 is behind him and pro fighter GSP who kicked off the play today on the mic is at the next table as well."


Tom takes in a small pot early...

Eric Lindren sitting right behind Tom...

Vanessa Rouso is at Lindgren's table...

Tom's first table - just getting started...

Here's what they're playing for!

Keith makes it to the end of day 1

From Keith:
"Well it was quite the GRIND but I made it through day 1 and all in all it was very exciting one. Although not too many exciting hands, but it was strange that I got dealt QQ 11 times. Well I am bagging up 32,250 chips. Go Tom!!!"

Keith's still going...

from Keith:

"Last break of evening. Ive been up and down in the 25k to 30k most of last level im currently a 33k just above starting stack. Just grinding away."

Oops

Keith actually had 29,600 at the dinner break

Dinner break

Keith is on dinner break with 26k. Not much news otherwise.

2nd Break status

Keith is on his second break (after round 2).  He reports no big hands so far.  He was down to 24k at one point in the first round but got it back to even by the start of round 2.  He is now sitting on about 33k.

Keith is now playing!!

Keith just started in the Main Event!!  He's in Amazon Blue - Table 456 - Seat 6

Anyone following this should know that there will be more and more frequent updates on our Facebook page.  I will post here when there are any major developments.

Some info on the Main Event:2012 Main Event Structure and Rules
While it is a very deep-stack tournament it doesn't play THAT deep since they start the blinds at 50/100 or only 300 big blinds. However, each level is 2 hours long. There is a 20 minute brea...k after each level and a 90 dinner break after level 3. They'll play 5 levels today which means action will end at about 12:30am.