Today's WSOP $1000 Rebuy...
 

From CardPlayer, as of a few minutes ago:

Oh my.

An older update:

I can't wait to see the video blog for this.

Meanwhile, Edog:

This is a fine example of why I won't be playing in any WSOP Rebuy Events any time soon.

Edit: How great is this? Edog rules.

I'd say a game like this is not for the faint of heart.

I just wish I had the bankroll to back JD in a game like this.

Sorry to repost all of this stuff that you can go read for yourself, but for those who just want the highlights, this is too funny:

I'd love to be railing this event.

Note the bold. :D

And I'm going to work tomorrow morning, this sux hard.

This is interesting:

How Many Does It Take?
Some of our notable professional players are in for more rebuys than they'd like to admit. Some are flaunting their high numbers with pride. Take a look at what your favorite player spent on rebuys for today's tournament:

Daniel Negreanu - 48
Gavin Smith - 12
Joe Sebok - 5
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi - 11
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow - 21
Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh - 3
Tony G. - 12
Michael Gracz - 4
Tony Cousineau - 2
Phil Hellmuth - 8
Allen Kessler - 4
Phil Gordon - 16
Greg Raymer - 5
Jennifer Tilly - 6
David Williams - 4
Clonie Gowen - 6
Phil "The Unabomber" Laak - 0

Check out Aeq's girlfriend (you remember, the new Poker Stars team member that he said is "ugly"):

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated.... Loses $1,000
A player under the gun raises all-in for his last $300. Vanessa Rousso is next to act and raises to $700. A player in middle position re-raises to $2,000. Mark Seif and Rousso are bantering back and forth with Rousso saying that Seif would double her up. Seif was telling her that he would bust her. All of a sudden, Rousso offers Seif $1,000 to move all-in and double her up. Seif responds, "I'll go in with any two cards." The two shake on the deal that Seif will move all-in with any two cards when the action gets to him. Sure enough, Seif looks at his cards and then moves all-in while Rousso makes the call. The middle position player folds and the players turn up their cards. The under the gun player shows K-K. Rousso is all-in for $6,000 with Q-Q and Seif shows... A-A. The board comes A-8-5-2-10, and Mark Seif eliminates two players in the same hand. After the hand, Rousso pays Seif $1,000 and leaves the room, laughing hysterically. After the hand, Seif is up to $42,000 in chips.

lol I love it... that would be a fun event to rail.

how long is the RB period?

I think it was 2 hours.

Daniel just got busted... Crazy how this $1000 tourney just cost him about as much as the $50k HORSE event. Wow.

I know their is a lot of value in that all in in the dark every hand until you have a nice stack strategy, but I can't help but wonder if it's really worth it? I mean, surely there is some sort of still super aggressive compromise where you are only pushing in (or worse yet - calling all in) 75% of the time or so, right?

Based on the rebuy counts above, it seems not all the top pros use the same strategy as Daniel. In fact, there were only a little more than 2 rebuys per player on average:

Official Numbers
Here are the final numbers for this event:
Total Players: 754
Total Rebuys: 1,691
Total Prize Pool: $2,340,238
Number of Players Paid: 72
72nd - $4,095
1st - $631,863

Wha????

Guess he was ready to bust or double up.

I noticed the same thing. I can't help but wonder about the accuracy of that post... unless of course, Patrik had a read on the guy that said he was weak - but EVEN SO, assuming he has no pair, you're still a sizeable dog to ANY hand (but I suppose it's safe to assume you have live cards).

I have to think it would be better to wait for one of the next few hands and be the first one to enter the pot, but then again, with a break coming and the blinds about to increase again and maybe his table was hyper aggressive - you just never know all the factors that went into his decision...

Phil Hellmuth #2 in chips after day 1... He might put together another run at #10, we will see.

to be continued....

He's actually only 100 chips behind first too... Phil's been having a pretty nice series this year.

Here's Daniel's take on the rebuy tourney:

Quote: "I was going all-in blind every hand....or something"

LOL.

I love that he dumped $48K on re-buys then didn't have a buck on him for a water. That's awesomer. :thumbsup:

I love how he's eating while doing the video. :D

While driving.

....and reading off his notes PDA thing....

1Phil Hellmuth Jr.315,700 $9,000

2Daryn Firicano224,000 $30,000

3Rafael Perry193,000 $-41,000

4Jordan Morgan131,000 $-2,000

5Jim McCrink117,000 $53,000

6Ryan Hughs110,000 $-18,000

7John Spadavecchia106,000 $33,000

8Jennifer Leigh104,000 $64,000

9Rob Hollink95,000 $56,000

10Paul Gianfriddo86,000 $39,000

11Shane Schleger85,000 $-48,000

12Antanas 'Tony' Guoga77,600 $23,600

13Humberto Brenes71,100 $-12,200

14Julian Gardner64,300 $-7,700

15John Taylor63,700 $39,700

16Joe Bartholdi57,100 $-61,800

17Ross Boatman53,000 $26,000

18Tad Jurgens44,200 $22,700

19Juha Helppi42,000 $25,000

20Brandon Blake40,200 $28,800

21Terris Preston40,000 $3,500

22Hilbert Shirey39,000 $-26,000

23Hoa Nguyen33,400 $4,200

24David Plastik33,000 $-37,000

25Phillipe Rouas28,000 $15,000

26Howard Perry24,000 $-14,000

27Elio Cabrera23,000 $-37,000

28Kevin Ho$8,191

Ugliest post of the year nominee.

i copied and pasted it , im pretty sure they can fuckin read it so fuck off.``

Did someone skip their anger management class this week?

LOL... easy there, big fella.

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Phil Hellmuth #1 in chips at the final table with 790,000...

#2 has 450,000 in chips...

tommorrow Phil will win #10... 3rd time is the charm.

This time, I believe you.

GL Phil.

Before I die, there will be a time when I can lose 48k in 1k buy-in increments by going in blind at a poker tournament and it will cause me to laugh and go get a sub while chuckling about it to myself.

Phil Hellmuth $1,315,000

Daryn Firicano $501,000

John Spadavecchia $357,000

Juha Helppi $328,000


at dinner break... Phils #10 bracelet will be on his wrist before long...

I seriously don't know which one is funnier.

LMAO!:thumbsup:

ty ty... I'll be here all week.

Oh wait - no I won't! :)

They are heads up right now... and Phil is #2 in chips. The leader is the one guy that I thought COULD give Phil a run when I saw the final table list: Juha Helppi. He started off fairly short, but he's got 2x the chips Phil has now.

Will this be another runner up finish for Hellmuth, or will he pull it off this time?

I'm going to bed, so I guess I'll have to wait until morning to find out.

Wed Jul 26 00:50:00 PDT 2006
Phil Hellmuth Wins 10th Bracelet!!!

238. Phil Hellmuth limps in from the button and Juha Helppi moves all in. Hellmuth immediately calls with A:s: J:h: . Helppi turns over A:d: 9:h: . The board comes Q:s: 8:s: 2:c: K:s: 6:c: and Phil Hellmuth has won the tournament.

Juha Helppi finishes in second place and earns $331,144.

Phil Hellmuth earns his 10th gold bracelet and $631,863.

congratulations to phil hellmuth. there is a hand there when [hil hell muth went all in with 55 and was called by Helpi's A6os. Hellmuth flopped a set but the flop was also three diamonds. Helppi improved and filled his flush with a Queen of Diamonds on the turn. At that moment i would love to see Phil's reaction. But then the river was another queen giving Phil the boat. That hand would be great to see on tv, congrats to phil.

It's also great to see Juha HU against Hellmuth. For those that don't know/remember/care Juha was/is an online player that won the first UB Aruba event. He defeated all the amateurs to earn the right to go HU against the winner of the 'Pro' division (can't remember if it was Hellmuth or Gordon he went up against. I remember it was a Phil).

I think this episode was the very first episode of WPT that I watched and, ultimately (pardon the pun), was what got me started playing online poker after I downloaded the UB client.

congrats Phil...

Hellmuth is probable the greatest holdem tourney player ever... 10 bracelets, all in holdem, doesnt get any better than that.

I also see him going deep in the ME as well, he has been playing through these bigger fields very well this year. The other fields are nothing compared to the ME field but still...

I'm going to disagree with the "greatest holdem tourney player" ever comment. I'm fairly certain that if the big game players (ivey, greenstein, etc.) basically dedicated themselves to solely playing NLHE tournaments (like Hellmuth), they would probably have a more impressive resume than Hellmuth would.

I would agree with Ivey on that comment...

Phil Ivey could be the greatest poker player ever period when it is all said and done.

thats why I said tournament player, if this was cash games Hellmuth would be at the bottom of my list