WSOP Main Event: Will the real Dennis Phillips
please stand up

In the climax of the Hollywood film "The Thomas Crowne Affair," the protagonist, a lovable yet mischievous super thief, avoids the authorities by dressing up dozens of people in a museum exactly as he is--a bowler hat and finely-tailored black suit. The gambit works and Crowne escapes.

The scene in the Amazon Room today is reminiscent of the big screen show. Every few minutes, you'll think, "There goes Dennis Phillips!" Then a second later, it's "No, THERE'S Dennis Phillips!" A bit of investigation reveals Dennis Phillips has once again brought a posse of doppelgangers to root him on at the World Series.

"There must be at least 40 of us," said one southern California fan.

Phillips is both loved and generous. His fans come from all reaches, and his friends--"Five or six of them," Phillps said--received courtesy buy-ins to the World Series from their buddy who placed third in last year's Main Event.

"We have fun," Phillips said with a smile.

As Phillips sits in Day 1C, he looks a bit like a NASCAR driver. His shirt has more patches than buttons. In one glance, he is an advertisement for Ford trucks, Poker Road, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, PokerStars, the EPT, the APPT, the LAPT, Bad Beat on Cancer, the Albert Pujols Family Foundation, and the Schindler Law Firm.

You will note quite a few charities on the list of Phillips advertisements. A connection you might miss is a single signature on his fresh St. Louis Cardinals cap. It reads: "Dan Harrington."

"I'm getting as many notable pros to sign my hat and then I'm going to auction it off for charity," he said.

Somebody may want to tell Phillips that he should sign the hat, too, as he's becoming pretty notable around these parts--not to mention ubiquitous.

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ELIMINATION OF THE HOUR

Daniel Negreanu has been eliminated from the featured table after his pocket threes were no good against queens. He told ESPN after his bust that he woke up sick, took some cold medicine, and didn't have his head about him today.

QUOTE OF THE (FIRST) HOUR

Latecomer to table: No one ate my jerky, did they?
Everyone else: Err, no. It's there.
Latecomer: Damn.

THANKLESS TASK OF THE HOUR

Two Rio cleaning staff dispatched with dustpan and brooms to clear up rose petals scattered the length of the approach hall to the Amazon Ballroom after Phil Hellmuth's arrival.

RULE COMMENTARY OF THE HOUR

The F-bomb rule has been narrowed a bit this year, causing a bit of confusion abut when exactly it is appropriate to use the word. Brett Jungblut explained, "You can say it to yourself, as long as you don't say it to yourself too loud."

JOE GIRON PHOTO HOUR

Daniel Negreanu at the featured table

APPROXIMATE STATISTIC OF THE HOUR
Number of men lining up for the bathroom at the first break: 121
Number of men lining up for the bathroom trapped against their will: 13

LOUD MOUTH OF THE HOUR

Convinced he's safe till November.

"It's not gonna happen guys. Change gear, change good luck charms, it's not gonna happen. It's 'Alan', with one 'L'. If I'm in day five you won't have to look it up I promise."

COLLAPSE OF THE HOUR

The table holding laptops and television monitors beside the feature table, scattering said laptops and monitors across the floor.

QUOTE OF THE HOUR

"I can't complain. I mean, I could. But I won't." -- Maria "maridu" Mayrinck on her World Series to date

VIDEO OF THE HOUR

Watch WSOP 2009: Marcin and Humberto in the pool on PokerStars.tv

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2009 WSOP Main Event Day 1A Photos

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Wendeen H. Eolis, first lady to cash in any World Series of PokerA few favorite photos from Day 1A of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. The Friday Noon start of the Main Event attracted 1,116 hopefuls[...]

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WSOP Main Event: The power of Chen

Bill Chen always looks like his brain is working so feverishly and with such power that if he were to fall asleep at the table the clocks would spin backwards and the lights would go out. To match Chen's mathematical power you have to carry extra brain around in a wheelbarrow and one day scientists will split whatever it is Chen has up there and cause a huge explosion.

Since 2006 Chen has been the fidgeting threat at any World Series table. Back then the Friend of PokerStars won two bracelets in less than two weeks, dazzling the socks off rivals in limit and short-handed hold'em. Another final table followed that same year adding to a World Series cash record of 17 which, combined with other results around the world, adds up to a smooth million bucks in prize money.

Bill Chen

Three of those cashes have come this summer, again in unflashy limit and short-handed performances. It's a prowess that flies under the radar to some and can at times be invinsible. But sitting with eight guys you've never seen before danger, the kind that can render useless any natural talent, is never far away.

Getting stuck in to a few early hands Chen called from the small blind and four saw the [6s][as][ks] flop. Someone pointed out the slight bend in the ace, something Chen could have bent back into shape with mind power alone had he not been in the hand, but play went on. Chen checked, along with the others for an [ac] turn. Seat one made it 500. Chen called but was forced out by a big bet on the [8s] river. Danger everywhere.

But the Chen brain was still whirring. Another hand, taken uncontested, brought the boom man and camera guy over, although it could have been via some kind of magnetic force. He folded the next one but the TV people remain fast, unable to move. Bill, being a Gent, smiled graciously but you could see in his eyes was urging them to get the hell out of there. While some players actively seek out the TV people, and one player yet to arrive will demand nothing less than their complete devotion, for Chen it just acts as a reminder that he forgot to straighten his hair this morning.

They move on though, possibly sensing more photogenic action elsewhere and leaving Chen to make it 250 pre-flop from mid position, getting three callers including the blinds. [10s][4h][qc] and it's checked to Chen who makes it 600. The seat five player re-raised to 1,500. The blinds folded and the danger seemed to be back.

But not so fast. Chen threw 4,000 into the middle, prompting the fold, straightening the cards and speeding up the clocks. Chen up a few grand at the break.

*****

RULE COMMENTARY OF THE HOUR

After receiving a penalty for excessive celebration, a player wondered aloud, "Excessive celebration rule? What about the guy on TV who went ooh-ah-ooh-ohh-ah?"

Another player quipped, "That's why they made the rule."

*****

INTERESTING FASHION OF THE HOUR

PokerStars qualifier in the blue section wearing: nicely pressed blue shirt, blue slacks, poker tie, bushman's hat, and hiking boots.

*****

JOE GIRON'S PHOTO HOUR

Rich Merritt of Arlington, TX, waits patientaly for the doors to the tournament room to open for Day 1C.

*****

VIDEO BLOG OF THE HOUR

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WSOP Main Event: The job

This is the job. You win a step six satellite on PokerStars and you fly to Las Vegas from Paris, France, to play in the World Series Main Event. You sit down, you fold the first couple of hands and then you get dealt pocket fives. You get to a flop with a solitary opponent, and your prayers are answered when the five you'd been looking for appears. You and that solitary opponent get all your money in the middle and the dealer bellows, for the first time in the day: "All in and call on table nine!"

This is the job. You arrive at the Amazon Ballroom for day 1C of the World Series of Poker where you will be wandering the floor, searching for the stories, looking out for the poker stars of today and the poker stars of the future. You know to keep an eye tuned for the players in the PokerStars livery, which gives as good an indication as any as to where the stories will lie. You have barely started the day, met no more than two other people and worked for about seven minutes, when you are passing through the red section and hear a familiar refrain: "All in and call on table nine!"

This is the job. You sit at the table and watch in part anguish, part exhilaration as the dealer asks for cards to be exposed. The dealer has previously dealt the flop of [5d][10h][jd] and you know you have flopped bottom set with your [5h][5s] concealed. Your opponent, named Andreas Doess (although you don't know that yet), shows his hand first. He has [10d][10s] and the knife sinks into your heart. This is the job. You slap your cards onto the felt, knowing you are now beat. You shove your chair back and you know that you are looking for two cards in the deck to rescue your tournament life, your million dollar dream, your shot at the big time. You haven't noticed that there are swarms of vultures descended upon the table, some clutching video cameras, boom-mics, notebooks. The dealer turns [4s][7c]. Your dream is dead. This is the job.

This is the job. You watch a man slap some cards onto the table, you watch another calmly turn his over. You watch a man allow himself a smile, you watch another feel as though he has died. You watch railbirds chatter, you watch cameras dive and swoop. You know that you were an eye-witness to the first story of the day from the World Series of Poker and you know that you need to know the name of the deceased. You know you must perform the death knock. This is the job. "I'm so sorry," you say. This is the job. "But can you please tell me your name?"

This is the job. You can only think of getting away. You can only hope the world will swallow you whole. Your tournament has lasted seven minutes and you want it to last no longer. But you turn to depart, take your first five steps away from the executioner's block, when you feel a tap on your shoulder and turn to see a man standing there with a notebook. He has a pen poised and he wants to know your name. "Am I the first one out?" you ask, and the realisation only now dawns what this means. The man with the notebook winces. He says he is sorry for your loss, but he says that yes, you are the first man out. You don't hear a number of other players laugh from the neighbouring table. (They are laughing not at you, but partly in amusement at the reporter's awkwardness and partly out of relief that they are not you.) You say: "Robert Vincent" and allow even a smile. You seem to realise that neither of you want to be doing what you are doing, having this conversation, not hearing the laughs, saying or writing your name. But you do it and then you walk away. This is the job.

Robert Vincent, PokerStars qualifier from Paris, France, was the first player eliminated from day 1C of the World Series of Poker Main Event. He had pocket fives and flopped a set. His opponent, Andy Doess, had pocket tens and also flopped a set. It was bigger. He won.

You will be both back next year. This is the job.

With apologies to David Simon

* * * * *

STATISTIC OF THE HOUR

Number of pink hats worn by men on day 1C: 1 (Team PokerStars Pro, Gavin Griffin, breast cancer research supporter)

MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH OF THE HOUR

Less than ten minutes in, an all-in on a board of [qh][10d][10s][6d][qd]

Player 1 (who had just folded pocket kings): You didn't play it like you had a pair. You played it like you had ace-king. You played it like you had ace-queen.

Player 2: Good fold. I had you beat. Not on the flop...

Player 1: On the turn or river?

Player 2: I've said enough. Possibly too much...

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VIDEO BLOG OF THE HOUR
Team PokerStars Pro on quick thinking in poker

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WSOP Main Event: Billion dollar day

When the World Series of Poker opens this afternoon, it will hit a milestone that would make Benny Binion proud. As of this afternoon, the WSOP will cross the $1 billion mark for total prize money awarded.

Between 1970-2005, the WSOP paid out $354,000,000 in total. Since then, the prize money has grown every year up to $180,774,427 in 2008. While we won't know the total amount for this year until sometime tomorrow, the WSOP Commissioner is already proud to report the big milestone.

After smaller than normal numbers in the Day 1 A & B flights, we're expecting a much bigger field today. We're also planning to see a ton of familiar faces. Scheduled to play in Day 1C are William Thorson, Marcin Horecki, Isabelle Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Dennis Phillips, Joe Hachem, Tom McEvoy, Ylon Schwartz, Gavin Griffin, Maridu "maridu" Mayrinck, Darus Suharto, Marcel Luske, and Hevad Khan.

The rest of the field is filling in behind and looks to be a big one. We won't know the numbers for a while this afternoon, but there's little chance it will be near as small as yesterday's 873.

In fact, Tournament Director Jack Effel has just announced that instead of only playing four levels (like Day 1A and 1B), today and tomorrow's field will play five and that they'll work out the difference on Day 2.

With the call of shuffle up and deal from Rep. Barney Frank, a crash of cymbals from a player at Table 88, and the riffling of thousands of chips, Day 1C is underway.

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STATISTICS OF THE HOUR

Number of players in full Native American headdress: 1

Number of players penalized before the start of play for crashing cymbals together: 1

TWEET OF THE HOUR

"No tweets today cause I think I'm at the feature table." -- @REALKIDPOKER

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Matt Hawrilenko Takes Last of Summer's WSOP
Bracelets

photo by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Matt Hawrilenko winner Event #56 $5,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'EmMatt Hawrilenko only needed four hands of heads-up play to defeat Josh Brikis and claim the final gold WSOP bracelet of the summer. Hawrilenko[...]

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WSOP Main Event: Day 1B chip counts

At the close of day 1B, 655 of the starting 873 players remained. Brandon Demes, from Tempe, AZ has the chip lead with 137,075. PokerStars' top player is qualifier Craig Hopkins from the United Kingdom, with 118,850 going into day two. The Team PokerStars Pro quartet of Alexander Kravchenko, Luca Pagano, Barry Greenstein and Greg Raymer also made day two.

You can find day 1C coverage by clicking on our World Series of Poker coverage page. Check out all of our video coverage on PokerStars.tv.

A complete list of PokerStars players who survived Day 1A is below.

PlayerCountryStatusChip Count Craig Hopkins #N/A #N/A 118,850 Vadim Gruzglin #N/A #N/A 116,100 Christopher Saleh #N/A #N/A 98,400 Daniel Didech #N/A #N/A 94,875 David Dalesandro #N/A #N/A 93,775 Jannick Wrang #N/A #N/A 82,350 Stuart Atkin #N/A #N/A 76,725 Brian Hansen #N/A #N/A 73,400 Kevin Browne #N/A #N/A 71,350 Pierre Neuville #N/A #N/A 70,050 John Alexander #N/A #N/A 69,150 Matej Kokalj #N/A #N/A 67,575 Denise Molloy #N/A #N/A 65,400 Joep Van Den Bigaart Holland #N/A 65,075 Jonas Lohmann #N/A #N/A 64,175 Jeffrey Hakim #N/A #N/A 62,325 Joao Ferreira #N/A #N/A 62,025 Victor Greeley #N/A #N/A 61,775 Brian Tate #N/A #N/A 59,775 Shaun Deeb #N/A #N/A 55,100 Sven Mol #N/A #N/A 54,925 Thomas Sanduski #N/A #N/A 54,750 Tian Shou #N/A #N/A 54,000 Antoine Amourette #N/A #N/A 54,000 Ryan Madsen #N/A #N/A 53,975 Alex Kravchenko #N/A #N/A 53,650 Mike Brooks USA #N/A 53,525 Angelo Ricci #N/A #N/A 53,375 Daryl Yarosh #N/A #N/A 53,100 James Kierzkowski #N/A #N/A 52,725 Grant Levy #N/A #N/A 52,225 Ahmad Faour #N/A #N/A 52,050 Massimo Di Cicco #N/A #N/A 52,000 Tomer Berda #N/A #N/A 51,700 Dariusz Paszkiewicz #N/A #N/A 49,050 Kerry Bordinat #N/A #N/A 48,825 Carl Gray #N/A #N/A 48,650 Noah Stephens-Davidowitz United States #N/A 47,975 Joas Mudde #N/A #N/A 47,750 Mark DeFaria #N/A #N/A 47,575 Mark Ader #N/A #N/A 47,125 William Tanimoto #N/A #N/A 46,675 Rolf Slotboom #N/A #N/A 46,100 Matthew Gloier #N/A #N/A 46,100 Greg Raymer #N/A #N/A 43,750 Jason Laso #N/A #N/A 43,300 Peter Traply #N/A #N/A 43,250 Gary Flynn #N/A #N/A 40,825 Talal Shakerchi #N/A #N/A 40,650 Dylan Dagg #N/A #N/A 40,475 Nicolas Fitze #N/A #N/A 40,300 Connor Allisen #N/A #N/A 40,275 Luca Pagano #N/A #N/A 40,125 Florian Manz #N/A #N/A 40,075 Kris Kuykendall United States #N/A 38,800 Clifton Allen #N/A #N/A 38,550 Scott Laird #N/A #N/A 38,200 Kenny Brown #N/A #N/A 38,075 Michael Dolle #N/A #N/A 38,050 Steve Trivelpiece #N/A #N/A 38,000 Janice Brookshire #N/A #N/A 37,650 Viry Luc #N/A #N/A 37,625 Rena Varghese #N/A #N/A 36,500 Geoffrey Cudd #N/A #N/A 36,000 Dan Lu #N/A #N/A 35,475 Jeffrey Mathis #N/A #N/A 34,625 Anders Gersel #N/A #N/A 33,900 Brian Arnold #N/A #N/A 33,225 Roger Goa #N/A #N/A 32,675 Marcel Bache #N/A #N/A 32,475 Tye Rogers #N/A #N/A 32,250 Russell Kamer #N/A #N/A 32,100 Bernhard Damnik #N/A #N/A 30,950 Marc-Andre Ladouceur Canada #N/A 29,800 Dion Jones #N/A #N/A 29,675 Matthew Vogel #N/A #N/A 28,525 Antonio Cavezza #N/A #N/A 27,150 Eric Tomberlin #N/A #N/A 25,950 John Ott #N/A #N/A 25,425 William Milne #N/A #N/A 25,275 Mia Dac Liu UK #N/A 24,950 Mark Stevens #N/A #N/A 24,775 Fernando Zuccotti #N/A #N/A 24,050 Steve Friedlander USA #N/A 23,400 William Rothstein #N/A #N/A 22,300 Michael Ashton #N/A #N/A 22,000 Michael Sewell #N/A #N/A 21,800 Michael Goodwin #N/A #N/A 21,350 Donald Dukate #N/A #N/A 21,200 Samuel Silk #N/A #N/A 20,800 Soren Blanner #N/A #N/A 20,250 Larry Gurney #N/A #N/A 19,475 Barry Greenstein #N/A #N/A 18,900 Gabriel Tsang #N/A #N/A 18,475 Barry Berger #N/A #N/A 18,375 Peter Kaemmerlen #N/A #N/A 14,725 John Nelson #N/A #N/A 14,725 Gary Ellis #N/A #N/A 14,200 Rohan Barnett #N/A #N/A 12,450 Alistair Hill #N/A #N/A 12,225 David Cowling #N/A #N/A 12,025 William Fredrick #N/A #N/A 11,725 Darren Monahan #N/A #N/A 11,525 Joshua Worthington #N/A #N/A 10,450 Tom Pochert #N/A #N/A 8,775 Alex Kostic Australia #N/A 6,400 Fadi Ahmed #N/A #N/A 5,475

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DoylesRoom.com Modernizes and Simplifies Online
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Only poker site endorsed by legend Doyle Brunson continues major overhaul with player focused website design.Just in time for the Main Event of the world?s largest and most prestigious poker tournament, DoylesRoom.com has just launched its brand new website, an online poker information destination that puts the only site endorsed by poker legend Doyle Brunson [...]

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WSOP Main Event: Fireworks!

Day 1b at the 2009 World Series Main Event started with some very familiar words. Sure, Doyle Brunson uttered "Shuffle up and deal," but barely had he done so than an even more regular refrain began to ring out: "All in and call on table X!"

The eliminations started exceptionally early today, and right in front of media row. Down on table 77, about five yards from where this is being written, the PokerStars qualifier Angelo Ricci got it all in within about ten minutes of play beginning. Ricci's aces stayed good against Angelo Miele's pocket queens, vaulting the Canadian into the definitive early chip lead and sending Miele to the rail.

Angelo Ricci

Ricci built impressively on his speedy start, bagging up more than 50,000 at the end of the day. But it was Miele who really set the tone: players followed him out the door with startling regularity, making their bids for independence on the most appropriate of days.

Many were liberated from their chip stacks by a pair of PokerStars qualifiers on table 38 named Craig Hopkins and Vadim Gruzglin. Those two were neighbours at the table and on the leaderboard throughout today's action, each scaling the dizzy heights of 120,000-ish in the penultimate level, and remaining there at day's end.

Craig Hopkins, left, and Vadim Gruzglin

The humble Englishman Hopkins, who we first encountered when he made the final table of the PCA in January 2008, put his surge down to good fortune: "I had kings and hit the nut flush. I had queens and made queens full," Hopkins said. "Every time I played I seemed to hit two pair," he continued, striking a blow for the vanquished Brits on American Independence Day. Gruzglin was similarly ruthless, and got his monsters to stand up. His aces gave him a double up, then his kings knocked out two others: one shoving with tens, another with ace-king.

There were mixed fortunes for Team PokerStars Pro -- although they at least had each other for company for much of the day. The random table draw pitted Luca Pagano against Barry Greenstein on one table and Alex Kravchenko against Greg Raymer on another.

Luca Pagano

Greg Raymer

All four of them were still battling at day's close (Pagano with 43,000, Greenstein with 19,000, Raymer with 45,000 and Kravchenko with 55,000), but the players consigned to a solitary fight -- Vicky Coren and Chris Moneymaker -- both fell at the first. Coren's set of queens were no good during level three ("There's no hand I would've played differently. I was just comically, efficiently doomed" she tweeted later), while Moneymaker's Twitter followers got the following: "Well that was fun. Was shortstacked and pushed with 10/10. Got called by A/A. Busted."

Vicky Coren

We also met the PokerStars qualifiers Bryan Kerr and Dion Jones today. Kerr survived his day on the feature table with 32,000, while Jones shimmied up to 31,000 at the end. It's also going to be worth keeping an eye on the Team PokerStars Holland Pro Joep van den Bijgaart, who finished with 64,000, which is 4,000 more than the fearsome PokerStars tournament force Shaun Deeb's 60,000.

A grand total of 873 players joined the fray on day 1b, and the precise number remaining, as well as their chip counts, will be made known to us overnight and posted here. Tomorrow is day 1c, the third of four opening days. As ever, all the action will be on PokerStars blog.

In the meantime, take a look back at today's action with each, any, some, none (that wouldn't work) of the following links to the day 1b coverage.

Intro to day 1b
Team Pro cannibalism
Three from Down Under up here
Travel sickness
Mr Unpronounceable. (Joep van den Bijgaart)
Lights, Bryan Kerr, action...
The latest from Vicky Coren
Freeroll to the big dance
Couple days, couple thousand people

And remember, PokerStars blog is an equal opportunities employer, which means we also tolerate people afflicted by Swedish, Spanish, Dutch or German. Video coverage is always available at PokerStars.tv and all of today's photos, including this one of some fireworks, come © Joe Giron/IMPDI Worldwide.

Happy Independence Day, America. We'll be back tomorrow.

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