You may have noticed that the first four levels of this tournament are 200/400 with a 50 ante. That's to give the players plenty of play, a change that at least one player likes:
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuIntroducing new limit structures in #wsop10 5k Stud starting with 15k in chips and open with 4 hours of 200-400 Love the change.June 03 2012
devopoker Bryan DevonshireBored playing poker with two cards and no antes? Come try stud! You ante every hand, get seven cards, and there's 5 rounds of betting!June 03 2012
After a player brought it in and another player completed, Josh Arieh called and Phil Ivey put in two bets. The bring-in and completer both folded while Arieh made the call. The two-time bracelet winner proceeded to check-call a bet on the turn before check-folding on fifth.
Arieh: (x-x) /
Ivey: (x-x) /
Arieh may have identified the problem as he pointed out on Twitter:
golferjosh Joshua AriehI late reg'd the 5k checkers tournament. But one guy at my table is playin chess. Good to see u mr. IveyJune 03 2012
christryba christopher trybacant run worse, jus lost Aces up on turn to 4 runnin hearts of Leah drawin for a miracle on every street....lolJune 03 2012
PearlJammed Jon TurnerCan't win a pot... Just got called by split 9s after raising w split Qs, he makes two pair to win even though Devo folded buried 9sJune 03 2012
A short-stacked Chris Tryba found himself all in from the get go and watched as the other two players in the hand, David Oppenheim and David "Bakes" Baker, duked it out. The latter check-called a bet on the turn before leading out on fifth street. Oppenheim responded with a raise, Baker called, and then the latter check-called a bet on sixth. Baker proceeded to check-raise seventh and Oppenheim call, disgusted at what he saw.
Baker: / /
Oppenheim: (x-x) / / (x)
Tryba: / /
Baker spiked the river to fill up, which left Oppenheim shaking his head. Tryba was drawing live to headed to seventh, but the failed to pair him and resulted in his elimination.
christryba christopher tryba666 < 55jj + oppenhiems probable Ks or qs up...niceJune 03 2012
victorramdin victor ramdinWsop2012 5k 7 card stud I am card dead ..I am down to 7500 From 15k starting stack I need a rush of cards or this will be Over soonJune 03 2012
We're not sure of the details, but we can confirm that Bill Munley, who if you recall won his way into this event through a satellite last night, will not be able to parlay his investment into a gold bracelet as he was recently eliminated from the tournament.
Meanwhile, here's some bad news from Chris Klodnicki's Twitter:
SLOPPYKLOD Chris KlodnickiOut of stud. Didnt win many hands #JBLJune 03 2012
We didn't see the hand, but Eugene Katchalov's latest tweet informed us of a big hand. From what we could piece together, based upon the only open seat at Table 366, Katchalov's victim was none other than Dario Alioto.
EugeneKatchalov Eugene KatchalovJust got a short stack all in with JJTT vs my AA88 in Stud and after I caught an 8 on 5th and he caught a J on 6th, I made quad 8's on 7thJune 04 2012
Daniel Negreanu came in for a raise, and got calls from Cory Zeidman, Mike Sigel, and two other players. Negreanu bet again on fourth, and was only called by Sigel and Zeidman. Negreanu was all in on fifth street after Zeidman led out, and Sigel raised it up. Zeidman called, and called bets from Sigel on sixth and seventh street. Sigel showed in the hole for a straight, and Zeidman showed for trips before mucking. Negreanu showed aces and sixes before he hit the rail, and tweeted the following:
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuI ran pretty terrible in the Stud, finally picked up AA made aces up and lost to a straight. That was very disappointing but I played well.June 04 2012
At a different table, we saw that John D'Agostino has also busted.