Alex Kravchenko just dropped down to 24,000 after he fired out 1,400 on the turn of an board only for his next door neighbor to raise all in for his 4,975. Kravchenko gave it some real thought and ended up calling with but was already drawing dead against the short stack's .
The river was meaningless and the Russian has lost about 20% of his stack, not a great start but still there is plenty of time.
Ray Henson is among those who finds himself up early here on Day 1d.
We picked up his latest pot as the dealer spread out a flop. Henson check-called a bet of 1,500 there, and he and his opponent checked through the turn. The filled out the board, and Mr. Opponent tried again with another 2,500 chips. Henson made the call, and the other player coud not have mucked quicker. He had to show to win the pot, and Henson's was the best hand, moving him up to about 41,000.
We've picked up on a couple more players here in the Blue section of the Amazon Room, with Phil "The Unabomber" Laak over on table 291, seat three.
We also noticed in the WSOP featured players list that Dario Alioto's name was on the table table in seat five, however, we can confirm that Alioto played yesterday in Day 1c.
In his place now is James Van Alstyne, so we'll be sure to keep a close eye on the action there throughout the day.
We managed to get to Table 76 right after the dealer put out the turn. The board read and a player on the button fired out a bet of 1,625 into former Main Even Champion Huck Seed. Seed calmly sat and pondered for a few moments before ultimately raising to 6,525. Seed's opponent then stared blankly at the table for a minute or so deciding what his best option was. Eventually Seed's opponent made the call.
With the river Seed wasted little time before putting 12,000 in the middle. Seed's opponent seemed a bit distraught as he slumped over and stared at his lap with his head in his hands. A few more moments passed before the button folded and Seed was awarded the pot
The diligent workers at the WSOP released a "Stat Pack" this morning for the media to incorporate into their updates; as such, we thought it'd be fun to share it with all of you fine readers. We'll be sprinkling these tidbits into the blog throughout the day, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled:
Age Demographics (thru 57 events)
· Average Age of Entrants: 37.33
· Average Age of Cashers: 36.31
· Average Age of Final Tables: 33.61
· Average Age of Winners: 31.10
We came in on the turn with the board reading and a middle position player bet out 1,350. Shannon Elizabeth in late position raised it up to 3,000, the player called, and the two saw the river . The middle position player bet out 5,500 and Elizabeth made the call.
The other player showed for a turned set, and Elizabeth giggled and shook her head as she flashed
She is down to 22,500, but it's ok because she is still gorgeous.
David "ODB" Baker has been mixing it up early during Level 1. We caught him in two hands, neither of which went to showdown, which Baker took down with a river bet.
On the first, the board read and an opponent check-called 1,275 from Baker. The hit the river and when it was checked to Baker, he fired 4,150. His opponent folded, giving Baker the pot.
Shortly after that, another opponent called 825 from Baker on a board. When the fell on the river, Baker's bet of 2,650 also forced a fold.
We came into this hand on a board reading and the big blind checked to Eddy Sabat on the button who bet out 525. The big blind then check-raised it to 2,125 and Sabat called.
The river came the and both players checked. Sabat showed for a flopped straight and took down the pot. He is up just a little, but it's better than being down!
board only for his next door neighbor to raise all in for his 4,975. Kravchenko gave it some real thought and ended up calling with 
but was already drawing dead against the short stack's 
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river was meaningless and the Russian has lost about 20% of his stack, not a great start but still there is plenty of time.
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river Seed wasted little time before putting 12,000 in the middle. Seed's opponent seemed a bit distraught as he slumped over and stared at his lap with his head in his hands. A few more moments passed before the button folded and Seed was awarded the pot
. The middle position player bet out 5,500 and Elizabeth made the call.
for a turned set, and Elizabeth giggled and shook her head as she flashed 
board. When the 
and both players checked. Sabat showed 
