Ya I think you're right re Maria's tank, not a nothing-ness tank in hindsight. Maria if you're reading this I'm sorry!

I just watched some of the day 1A video, and it's cool to be able to broadcast live these days compared to past years, but as far as enjoyment of watching the episodes, I still miss the edited WSOP Main Event episodes that came out in the fall. Two episodes per week. I looked forward to those so much. It just makes it a more concise and entertaining viewing experience.

Maybe I sound like an old man reminiscing, but I miss those days and hope/wish that those edited WSOP ME episodes would come back.

WSOP entrants numbers (so far)

1A: 523 (from pokernews)
1B: 845 (from pokernews)
1C: 600 (from pokernews)
1D: >2500 (from WSOP Twitter)
WSOP twitter: "Today flight has over 2,500 players."

1A+1B+1C+1D is > 4468 entrants so far.

Still have plenty of more entrants to come from days 1E, and 1F, plus the day 2 late entrants.

Dang. Big hand to end the night there for Berkey. Maybe went too big with that River jam. Probably gets paid on a 20-30k bet

Think I know what Day 2abd feature table will be, Doyle and Koon on the same table!

Crazy what some people will punt with in the first level of the main. This guy was apparently so tilted about playing with Dnegs he figured it was better to just bluff off his whole stack

https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop...ips.460692.htm

Dnegs out in level 2. AIPF KK v AA

Dude should’ve just waited for DNegs to punt off Day 1 with KK.

https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop...ips.460738.htm

no spoilers in this thread

Is it a “spoiler” if PokerNews.com has reported on it?

Yes, stupid to get 300bb or whatever it was with KK that early. I mean just flat the 4b then when the Ace came on the flop, that would slow you down.

Same thing with the Bonomo hand a few days ago, 1st level with 300bb he raise late pos with KTo and woman in SB called, flop KK9 she donks and he raises, turn small blank and she ships 54k into a 7k pot lol. He tank folded and she showed JJ. lol

oh sorry. stream isnt started yet. carry on

Wait what?

Did he just cram in 300bigs!?

Spoilers only refers to something that is currently streaming on PokerGo and you spoil it by posting a hand before the 1 hour delayed video streams it.

That is the way I see it anyway.

He 5b jammed KK in the 1st level. lol

That is correct.


If PokerGo is not actively showing coverage, it is not a spoiler.

PokerGo doesn't start till 4:30 pm Vegas Time, 7:30 pm EDT.

Anything and everything is fair game until PokerGo goes live!

Yeah anything that happens before 4pm is fine, stream starts 4.30 on a 30 min delay

2nd level, I believe ?


Dnegs can now go home, and concentrate on the important stuff, fantasy hockey.

looks like it was 121 BBs CO vs BTN

That’s terrible, jamming KK 121bbs on Day 1 pf, sure maybe he gets a 4-bet QQ or AK to fold, but where’s the confidence to navigate post-flop vs. those hands? When you’re snapped off after 5bet jam, your tourney is over, in the early levels of Day 1 ffs. Just lol at that play. It’s a Day 3 play, or Day 2 if you’re kinda short, not a Day 1 play when that deep to start.

I don't get how people are acting like getting kings in is so terrible. Whether it is the right move or not depends on the opponent. But since when is getting kings in pre-flop a punt XD

Answer: When you are 4 bet in the WSOP Main Event is one good example.

DNegs should be embarrased, but he won't be, because he's full of himself.

121 bigs doesn't seem like an epic punt if it was a punt at all, we don't know what happened at the table all day, perhaps he was getting three bet all day, or other stuff was going on that makes it ok

There's so much play in the early levels of these events that I don't see much value in going buck wild with any hand pre-flop except AA. If you rate yourself as having a big post-flop edge, it seems like you'd be incentivized to keep pots small and navigate post-flop. That could even apply to AA.

He understands this. I remember in his deep run in 2015, he was basically circumventing the Jamie Gold rule and telling people what he had. "You know what they call me, Mister Cold Four Bet." In other words, "I'm not bluffing. I have a huge hand. Please just fold." I think he rated his edge as being so big that he never wanted to gamble, and was just happy to win pre-flop to reduce any possibility of a suckout. Maybe he got away from that today, or just lost composure. Maybe it was a player-specific spot.

I'm not one of those rabid DN haters, but one thing I noticed is that he almost exclusively plays mixed games in pro-heavy fields during the WSOP. Then you turn around and try to pop right into a large field NLHE donk fest. It may not be ideal preparation. The Main seems to be a very specific type of tournament that favors people who excel at navigating these rec-heavy fields, and that's honestly not a space that DN seems to have splashed around in much lately. His senses may be calibrated to a different play style.

It's still just a really unlucky cooler, but I don't think KK vs. AA has to be a death sentence on day one.

If he were on 30 BBs, it would of course be a totally different situation.

Yeah I almost wonder if his mind was a little too much in "solved GTO mode" where a 5 bet doesn't have to be KK vs AA. But early on day one of the main it kinda does have to be AA....