$500K tournament live on the WSOP final table in Vegas

We’re 5 years old & celebrating with a $500K tournament live on the WSOP final table in Vegas.

Everest Poker, official sponsors of the WSOP, have hit their five year anniversary and are celebrating by offering players (you guessed it) five different promotions including:

1. $500,000 Guarantee Tournament with the 9 finalists playing in Las Vegas on the actual WSOP final table, where we will cover your flights and hotel too. Sit and Go Steps are currently running and Scheduled Tournament Online Qualifiers are coming soon.
2. Refer 5 friends in July or August to Everest Poker and gain entry into an exclusive $5,000 freeroll.
3. If you play in the 5 Billionth hand you will win $5000 for every player involved in the hand
4. Save up to 55% at our Summit Points Store. Take advantage of deep discounts on select branded items during our 5-Year Anniversary.
5. Earn 5 Summit Points a day, every day for one month & you will qualify for a $5,000 freeroll;

• Qualification periods; 07/05-08/04 & 08/05-09/04
• Player will be able to miss one day maximum to be eligible
• July 5-August 4, $5,000 freeroll to be held on Thursday, August 6 at 18:00 GMT
• August 5-September 4, $5,000 freeroll to be held on Tuesday, September 8 at 18:00 GMT

The $500K tournament will use a steps system for qualification so you can buy-in for as little as $2 or buy-in to a direct entry tournament for $336 + $24. The online qualification will take place in August and September with the online finale on October 4th and the live finale in Las Vegas in November.

Antoine Saout (FR) on WSOP final table & helps 51 players claim $19,607

Everest Poker qualifier, Antoine Saout, just 25, from Saint Martin des Champs , France, has enjoyed unprecedented support from his fellow Everest Poker players throughout the WSOP Main Event. As a direct result of his heroics in reaching the November Nine, 51 players who qualified with Everest now share a $1,000,000 bonus.

Antoine Saout has, in his first ever WSOP, made the final table from a starting line up of over 6,400 which is a major achievement in itself and he had to do it the hard way too. For most of his last three days he was sat next to arguably the best player in the world, Phil Ivey.

Antoine, who qualified for the $10,000 WSOP Main Event on EverestPoker.com with just $50, is now already a millionaire and will contest the final table in November broadcast live on ESPN throughout Europe.

Antoine is one of only two players to make the final table from outside the USA, we wish him good luck in November and he has the whole of European poker behind him!

November Nine

He's done it!

Antoine "Tonio292" Saout has made the November Nine! Congratulations to Antoine!

It was definitely a shorter night than anyone here in the media thought. We'll be back in November for the Final 9!

Congratulations again to Antoine and congratulations to all the Everest Poker Qualifiers, you will all be splitting $1 Million!

10 Left

One Away

We're one away from the November Nine. Antoine is the pride of the Everest Poker Qualifiers right now.

The room is electric now. We're down to one table here in the Amazon Room. We'll be here to update you right away!

Good Luck to Antoine and Congratulations to all the Everest Poker Qualifiers!

Close to a Million

Million Dollar Match

We've moved up a pay scale. The Everest Qualifiers are guaranteed $944,953!

There are 12 players left! Good Luck Antoine!!

Dinner Break is Over

The Fourth Level of the Day Has Just Begun

The players just got back from their dinner break. We just started level 33. The blinds are $120,000/$240,000 with a $30,000 ante. The chip average in the room is $13,915,714.

Antoine has $12,420,000 and that puts him in 8th place on the chip leaderboard.

Antoine's 8's Hold

Double Up

Antoine Saout raised to 550,000 from the cutoff, James Akenhead reraised from the button, Saout moved all in for 5,705,000 and Akenhead called.

Saout: 8c 8s
Akenhead: Ah Ks

The board ran out 10c 4c 2d Qd 3c and Saout doubled to 13,020,000. Akenhead was left with 2.6 million.

Million Dollar Match Moving Up

He's Helping the Everest Poker Qualifiers Make Money

There are 15 players left. We've moved up a pay scale and now Everest Poker Qualifiers are guaranteed $681,245!

Down to 17

Antoine Now Sits at the Feature Table

We're down to 17 here in the Amazon Room. Antoine is now seated at the feature table. He's in 9th place on the chip leaderboard with $8,600,000.

Betting Beglighter Out of a Pot

Checking out his opponent

Antoine Saout raised to 425,000 from UTG+1, and it folded around to Steven Begleiter who called in the big blind.

The flop came As 3s 8d, and both players checked. The turn was the 8c. Begleiter bet 450,000 and Saout called.

The river was the Jd. Begleiter bet 1.15 million this time, then Saout responded with a raise to 3.25 million. Begleiter let it go.

Saout is at 9.9 million, while Begleiter has 13.4 million.

**Credit: PokerNews

Movin' On Up

Saout with his Chips

Antoine has now moved into 4th place in chips! We lost 2 players already today. More updates coming soon.

WSOP Main Event: Day 8

From 27 to 9

The final 27 players of the 2009 WSOP Main Event have taken their seats are play is about to begin. We will begin the day in Level 29. There are seven minutes left in this level. The blinds are $50,000/$100,000 with a $10,000 ante. We will be playing down to the November Nine today.

Antoine "Tonio292" Saout begins the day at Table 3 with $11,135,000 chips.

His table draw includes:
Seat 1: Jamie Robbins - 9,795,000
Seat 2: Antonio Esfandiari - 4,470,000
Seat 3: Francois Balmigere - 1,440,000
Seat 4: Ludovic Lacay - 5,610,000
Seat 5: Steven Begleiter - 11,885,000
Seat 6: Ben Lamb - 9,410,000
Seat 7: Antoine Saout - 11,135,000
Seat 8: Kevin Schaffel - 11,245,000
Seat 9: Billy Kopp - 15,970,000

Good Luck Antoine!

The Final 27

Bag'em Up

Day 7 is in the books. We just had our 28th player eliminated. The final 27 will be back tomorrow at 12 PM and will play down to the final nine.

Antoine Saout finished the day with $9,650,000 chips. That puts him in 7th place on the chip leaderboard.

Join us here tomorrow for continued coverage of the 2009 WSOP Main Event.

Level 29

The Fourth Level of the Day Begins

The players are now well fed and Level 29 has begun. The blinds are now $50,000/$100,000 with a $10,000 ante. The average chip stack in the room is about $6,700,000. Two players to go before the night is over.

Dinner Break

Spectators on the Rail

We are now on dinner break here at the Rio. There are 29 players left in the run for the bracelet. We will be playing down to 27 tonight.

Antoine Saout sits in fifth place in chips with just under $10,000,000.

We'll be back in 90 minutes for Level 29.

Million Dollar Match

Moving On Up

We've moved up a few pay scales throughout the day. The 35 players left are guaranteed at least $253,941. This means the Million Dollar Match number has moved up. Everest Poker Qualifiers are now guaranteed $302,164.

More Chips for Saout = More Money for Everest Poker Qualifiers

Antoine Holding Strong

With the pot he took from Lacay, Antoine Saout has moved his was into third place on the chip leaderboard. He has crossed the $10,000,000 chip mark putting him only slightly behind Phil Ivey and Billy Kopp.

Over 10 Million

More Chips for Tonio292

Nick Maimone opened for 210,000 from middle position, Ludovic Lacay called from the cutoff and Antoine Saout called from the big blind.

All three players checked the Ah Ks 5c flop. When the 6d hit the turn, Saout led out for 480,000. Both Maimone and Lacay called. The river was the 9h and Saout bet 1.1 million. Maimone folded and Lacay called.

Saout showed 7h 8h, hitting a runner-runner straight to shatter Lacay flopped top two pair with As Kc. Lacay angrily threw his cards into the much as Saout raked in the pot. Saout is up to 10,060,000 while Lacay fell to 4,150,000.

**Credit: PokerNews

Taking Some From the Chip Leader

Antoine Saout

Here is a hand recount for you.

Antoine Saout opened for a raise from early position and Billy Kopp called from the big blind.

The flop was Kc 8c 6h and Kopp checked to Saout, who bet 375,000. Kopp raised to 850,000 and Saout called. The turn came the 3h and Kopp checked again. No check-raise this time-- Saout's small bet of 775,000 was enough to lose Kopp and he raked in the pot, taking his stack up to 8.3 million.

**Credit: PokerNews

We Never Said This Was Going To Be Easy

Saout and Ivey

We've completed two levels so far today. There are 43 players left in the field. The average chip stack in the room is $4,551,488. We will begin Level 28 shortly. The blinds will be $40,000/$80,000 with a $10,000 ante.

Antoine has been moved to Phil Ivey's table. He is still 8th in chips for the day with $7,500,000.

Player Update

"Tonio292"

Antoine Saout is holding strong while other players continue to fall. There are 48 players left in the 2009 Main Event. 48 players all with the same dream. Antoine still sits in 8th place on the chip leaderboard. He has $7,200,000 chips.

WSOP Main Event: Day 7

8th in chips

Day 7 of the 2009 WSOP Main Event is underway. We have started level 26. The blinds are $25,000/$50,000 with a $5,000 ante. The chip average in the room is about $3,000,000 and there are 64 players left.

Antoine "Tonio292" Saout is 8th in chips with $5,195,000. Cheer him on because the deeper in the tournament he goes, the more money the Everest Qualifiers make!

Antoine fighting for the big money today

Antoine "Tonio292" Saout is fighting for the big money today at the Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas in the Mainevent of the 2009 WSOP. The Everest Poker qualifier is in place 8 in the chipcount and got a decent table:
(Table 7)
Seat 1: Antoine Saout - 5,195,000
Seat 2: Bradley Craig - 2,445,000
Seat 3: Montagna Corrado - 860,000
Seat 4: Jeff Duvall - 3,935,000
Seat 5: Michael Jansen - 820,000
Seat 6: Gabriel Vezina - 1,250,000
Seat 7: Prahlad Friedman - 840,000
Seat 8: Eugene Katchalov - 3,300,000

Some chipcounts:
1 - Darvin Moon - 9.74 mio
2 - Billy Kopp - 8.24 mio
3 - Phil Ivey - 6.34 mio
6 - Antonio Esfandiari - 5.61 mio
8 - Antoine Saout - 5.19 mio

Today will be played until 27 players are left. Game continues at 12 noon Las Vegas time or 21.00h CET.

Right now 64 players are left and the next elimination gets $90,344 prize money. 45th place already pays $178,857 and 27th place $352,832. All players qualified for the 1 million dollar mactch - cross fingers....

Antoine fighting for the big money today

Antoine "Tonio292" Saout is fighting for the big money today at the Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas in the Mainevent of the 2009 WSOP. The Everest Poker qualifier is in place 8 in the chipcount and got a decent table:
(Table 7)
Seat 1: Antoine Saout - 5,195,000
Seat 2: Bradley Craig - 2,445,000
Seat 3: Montagna Corrado - 860,000
Seat 4: Jeff Duvall - 3,935,000
Seat 5: Michael Jansen - 820,000
Seat 6: Gabriel Vezina - 1,250,000
Seat 7: Prahlad Friedman - 840,000
Seat 8: Eugene Katchalov - 3,300,000

Some chipcounts:
1 - Darvin Moon - 9.74 mio
2 - Billy Kopp - 8.24 mio
3 - Phil Ivey - 6.34 mio
6 - Antonio Esfandiari - 5.61 mio
8 - Antoine Saout - 5.19 mio

Today will be played until 27 players are left. Game continues at 12 noon Las Vegas time or 21.00h CET.

End of the Day

The One and Only

The day has ended. Andreas was eliminated shortly before the end of the day by Antonio Esfandiari. Antonio Saout is the last Everest Poker player standing. He is 8th in chips with $5,195,000.

We end the day with 64 players. Play will begin again tomorrow at 12PM here in Las Vegas. See you then!

Last Level of the Day

The Final Two

The last level of the day has just begun. We're down to 77 players. The average in the room right now is $2,466,076 and the blinds are $20,000/$40,000 with antes at $5,000.

Antoine "Tonio292" Saout is fourth on the chip leaderboard with $5,050,000 and Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad is holding strong with $970,000.

There is still quite a bit of poker to be played. Keep the good thoughts and good luck coming!

Second in Chips

"Saout"-Many Chips

With the board showing , Tom Schneider bet 125,000, and Antoine Saout raised to 400,000. Schneider thought for a good while, then finally made the call.

The river brought the . Schneider checked, and Saout bet 625,000. Schneider again thought a bit before making the call.

Saout turned over for the Broadway straight -- the nuts. Schneider showed his for a set of tens.

Saout now is up to 4.81 million, while Schneider slides down to 1.44 million.

**Credit: PokerNews

The above hand was one of many that has catapulted Antoine "Tonio292" Saout into second place in chips. He will start the fourth level of the day with $5,281,000. With the chip lead less than $500,000 chips away from Antoine, this next level should be very interesting.

Dinner Break

Dinner Time

The Amazon Room is empty now and all the players have gone on dinner break. There are 101 players left. All the players left are guaranteed $40,288 and they are slowly creeping closer to the November Nine.

Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad will start the fourth level of the day with $1,250,000 chips.

Two Levels Down

Everest Qualifier "Tonio292" is Top 10 in Chips

We've completed two levels here in the Amazon Room at the Rio. The players just got back from at 20 minute break. The blinds are starting at $12,000/$24,000 with a $3,000 ante. The average stack in the room is $1,694,087 and there are 115 players left. The players will be on a 90 minute dinner break at the completion of this level.

"Flikkflak" sits at close to his starting stack of around $2,000,000 and "Tonio292" sits at about $3,000,000.

Saout Moving On Up

"Tonio292"

There was a monstrous pot just before the break between Joe Serock and Antoine Saout. We caught the action as Serock was contemplating calling the last of what appeared to be several bets before the flop, finally doing so with only to see Saout turn over . The pot exceeded 3 million.

The board came , and Serock tumbles all of the way down to 180,000. Meanwhile, Saout leaps up to 3.26 million.

*Credit: PokerNews

The Competition Gets a Little Tougher

Antoine Saout and Phil Ivey

Antoine "Tonio292" Saout has been moved to Phil Ivey's table recently and was seen by our photographer raking in a pot from Phil Ivey. He's helping all the Everest Qualifiers by adding to the $1 Million Dollar Match. Right now Everest Qualifiers are guaranteed $88,511.

Another Player Update

Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad

Players are dropping left and right. It seems that every few minutes there is another announcement that a player has been knocked out. Both Everest Poker players, however, are holding strong.

Andreas sits at the $2,000,000 chip mark.

Everest Player Update

Antoine "Tonio292" Saout

The first level of play isn't even over yet and already 29 players have been eliminated and more have been eliminated since writing this. Antoine "Tonio292" Saout is making the other qualifiers money through the $1 Million Dollar Match. The media has restricted access today but we'll do our best to get you specific hand accounts for everyone at home cheering on the two Everest Poker Players that are left.

Antoine sits with a little over $1,000,000 chips.

WSOP Main Event: Day 6

The reason we're all here.

Day 6 of the 2009 WSOP Main Event is upon us. The day ended early yesterday for the players left. We had a few eliminations right before the end of play with actor Lou Diamond Phillips being the last person eliminated on the last hand of the night. 185 players will be back today at 12 PM to battle their way to the Final Table.

We start the day in Level 21. The blinds will be $8,000/$16,000 with a $2,000 ante. The average chip stack in the room hovers at about $1,000,000 chips and Warren Zackey starts the day as the chip leader with $4,872,000 chips.

Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad and Antoine "Tonio292" Saout are still fighting for the prize. Flakstad has $2,090,000 chips and Saout is close to the average stack with $893,000 chips.

Check the blog often as we will be covering the action here at the Rio all day!

WSOP Main Event - 2 Everest qualifier still in

At the end of day 5 in the Mainevent of this years WSOP 185 players are left in the field. In the official chip count Andreas "flikklak" Flakstad from Norway holds position 19 with 2,090,000 chips. Antoine "Tonio292" Saout from France is with 893,000 still in a good position when game continues tomorrow at 12 noon Las Vegas time.

Both players have already cashed $36,626 each. We are only two days of play from the final table of this years WSOP Mainevent and we are very proud that we still have two strong players in the field, that might make a first Everest Poker WSOP Mainevent finale table appearance this November.

Good luck!!!

Early Day

Today's play is ending at the conclusion of Level 20.

Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad is holding strong with $2,090,000 chips and Antoine "Tonio292" Saout is not far behind with $865,000 chips.

The day ended with 187 players. Warren Zackey holds the lead with $5,000,000 chips. Everyone coming back tomorrow is guaranteed at least $36,626 for their efforts.

Join us here tomorrow for continued coverage of the WSOP and the Everest Poker players.

flikkflak's Star Shines

Shortly after flikkflak was moved to the ESPN Secondary Feature table, he got involved in a huge hand with popular poker pro Antonio Esfandiari. flikkflak ended up pulling off a huge bluff on Antonio, and this was enough of a big hand to have everyone in the room talking.

WSOP.com, associated with BluffMagazine.com took time out to interview flikkflak to find out more about this hand, and his growing fan base here in the Amazon Room at the Rio.

You can check out the interview here

$1 Million Match Number Increase

223 Players Remain, which means it's time to increase the $1 Million Match again!

Going up!

$1 Million Match Number Increase

flikkflak to Make ESPN Debut!

Everest Poker Qualifier from Norway Andreas 'flikkflak' Flakstad was just moved to the secondary feature table in the Amazon Room! These featured tables are the tables that ESPN shows the most coverage of when the WSOP Main Event coverage starts airing, so flikkflak might have parlayed his Everest tournament he played to win a seat, into not only a Main Event seat, but also his television debut!

Here are some of the latest shots of flikkflak as he settles in to his new Television Table in the Amazon room!

Day 5: Break 2 Updates (flikkflak up to $1 Million!)

We just went on our 2nd break of the day, and the tournament is currently at 232 entrants remaining.

The next blind level will be 5k-10 with a 1k ante.

Here is a look at the current Everest Poker Leaderboard:

Day 5 hand Replay: flikkflak

flikkflak rakes in a nice pot

Flikkflak riased to 22k from the button, and only the small blind called.

FLOP: 3s 6s 10c

The SB checked, and Flikkflak checked behind too.

TURN: Jd

Check, and Flikkflak bet out 37k. The SB then check raised to 100k, and Flikkflak called.

RIVER: 4s

The SB bet out 125k and Flikkflak called, mucking his hand when his opponent showed down Ad Js.

Day 5 Hand Replay: Tonio292

Tonio292 called 22,000 from the B, and was heads up.
FLOP: 2d Qs 8h
The raiser bet out 32,000 and Tonio292, playing aggressively, re-raised to 96,000.
The original raiser pondered, then announced a re-raised and said "232 Thousand all together."
Tonio292 thought for a while, then folded, clearly fearing that his tight opponent was holding an overpair.

Tonio292 Gets his chips back!
A late position player raised to 25k, and Tonio292 re-raised to 75k, getting a call from the other player.
FLOP: 9d Qs 7h
Check, and Tonio292 bet out 95k. His opponent folded instantly.

Your Day 5 Everest Qualifiers Photos

Here is a quick look at the Everest Qualifiers for Day 5:

flikkflak


Tonio292

First break update, WSOP Main Event Day 5

Today we will either play down to 175 remaining players or five levels, whichever comes first. Right now, there are 312 players remaining.

The chip leader going into the day is Matt Affleck with 1,819,000 in chips, followed by Ludovic Lacay with 1,608,000. Yesterday's chip leader - Bertrand "elKy" Grospellier - has dropped down to 1.25 million.

While we've been typing this up, we have lost ten players, to give you an idea of how quickly people are moving their chips around.

Here is our current Leaderboard as we head off to break:

$1 Million Match Number Increase

We just got down to 339 players, which means the $1 Million Match number has increased:

WSOP Main Event: Day 5

View of the tables being broken down before the start of Day 5

The Amazon Room at the Rio is becoming more empty by the day. There are 407 players left in the field with the dream of winning the coveted bracelet. We will start the day today in level 18 with $4,000/$8,000 blinds and a $1,000 ante. The player leading the pack is Matt Affleck with $1,819,000 chips.

There are still two Everest Poker players left in the field: Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad with $375,000 chips and Antoine "*Tonio292" Sout with $589,000 chips.

Everest Poker qualifiers are guaranteed $75,692 for the Million Dollar Match.

Follow these players at the Everest Poker Leaderboard and cheer them on!

Note: Only the players marked with * qualify for the Million Match promotion.

Million Dollar Match Now Underway

The bubble burst here at the in the Amazon Room of the Rio after 13 hands and over an hour of hand-for-hand play.

The Million Dollar Match is now underway. Four players made it in the money. Everest Poker will be distributing at least $75,692 matching the cash of the 3 qualifiers that qualified for this promotion!

Steven "*Viktor" van Zadelhoff is the first player to be eliminated in the money.

There are still three Everest Poker Players left: Lennart "*euroglot" Konst with $256,000 chips, Antoine "*Tonio292" Saout with $903,000 chips, and Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad with $260,000 chips.

Note: Only the players marked with * qualify for the 1 Million Match promotion.

We Are In The Money!

4 Everest Poker Players, 3 Qualifiers and Everest Team Pro Steven 'Viktor' Van Zadelhoff
have just made the money at the 2009 WSOP!!!

Congratulations to those 4 as well as ALL EVEREST PLAYERS who participated in the 2009 WSOP Main Event and now are eligible to share in the Million Dollar Match!

Day 4 Hand History: flikkflak Doubles Up!

flikkflak looks happy to survive and continue his bracelet quest

Came upon this hand in progress:

On a board of 8c 5h Qc, Flikkflak bet out 22,400 and his opponent raised all in, putting Flikkflak's tournament life in jeopardy. After some contemplation, Flikkflak called, showing Pocket Aces. His opponent sheepishly showed 7d 7s, and Flikkflak doubled up when the turn and river bricked, 3s and Qd.

Day 4 Hand History: Tonio292

A late position player min raised the 5,000 BB to 10,000 and Tonio292 called
from the BB.
FLOP: 9h 7c 4c
Check, check.
TURN: 8c
Tonio292 checked, and his opponent bet out 14,000, which Tonio292 called.
RIVER: 4h
Tonio292 once again checked, and his opponent bet out 32,000 which Tonio called.

His opponent declared that he only had king high, but Tonio292 insisted that he either show his hand or muck it, rather than giving away free information by showing his own hand when the bettor refused to show his. The other player then reluctantly tabled Kc 10s for king high, and Tonio292 showed Ad 10c for a better hand, ace high.

Day 4 Hand History: Viktor

Here are a couple hands our field reporter picked up from Viktor:

Viktor bet out 30,000 on a 2s Qs 10d flop, three handed. The SB called and the BB folded.
TURN: Ks SB checked, and Viktor bet out 65,000, to which the SB folded, fearing Viktor's
relentless aggressive play.

From the SB, Viktor raised and only the BB called.
FLOP: Ac 2d Qc Viktor bet 14,000 and the BB called.
TURN:5d
Check, check.
RIVER:10h
Check, check.
Viktor mucked as the BB showed down Ah 7h the winning hand.

Money Bubble Grind

Play here in the Amazon Room has slowed to almost a hault as we are currently 649 players, JUST 1 FROM THE MONEY BUBBLE!!!

We have 4 in the hunt for the Million Dollar Match!

Tonio292
Viktor
Euroglot
flikkflak

Elimination Update

Germain133 & paskjp have been eliminated just out of the money.

Everest Poker Qualifier paskjp breaks the unfortunate news of his bust-out to friends and family via text:

Day 4: Game Day Photos

Here are a few pics of our Everest Poker Players still vying for their place in poker history:

paskjp (eliminated moments before this photo was taken)

Tonio292 (Our current Everest Poker Leaderboard Chip Leader

Viktor and flikkflak are currently situated close by one another

flikkflak Takes One Down

Flakstad Doubles Through Hamadani

Andreas Flakstad has doubled up after his chips were in the middle on a flop of {8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}. Flakstad was in strong shape with his {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} up against the {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} of Kia Hamadani.

The turn was the {3-Spades} and river the {Q-Diamonds} and Flakstad pads his stack to over 220,000 to leave Hamadani short with just 42,000 chips.

Credit: PokerNews

Level 1 Update: Day 4

We are just under 20 minutes until the first break, and we still have 6 in the hunt to make the money here at the WSOP Main Event.

We are currently 22 players from the money.

Here is your Everest Poker Leaderboard going into break:

Viktor Update: Day 4!

Viktor has been active in many pots hereon day 4 and as usual has provided us with some hand-by- hand accounts right from the EVPWSOP.com discussion board:

Day 4 of the 2009 Main Event Underway Soon

Day 4 of the 2009 WSOP Main Event begins in just under one hour here at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. We will begin the day in Level 15. The blinds will start at $2,000/$4,000 with a $500 ante. The average chip stack in the room is $246,920. We had our first player, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier soar to over a million chips last night and he comes into the day as the chip leader with $1,380,500.

There are 789 players left in the field which means, that at some point today, the players will make the money. 648 players will make the money and will be guaranteed at least $21,365 for their efforts.

There are 6 Everest Poker Qualifiers still in the running for the Million Dollar Match. We will be covering their progress throughout the day.

Antoine "Tonio292" Sout - $452,500
Steven "Viktor" van Zadelhoff - $446,500
Lennart "euroglot" Konst - $256,000
Andreas "flikkflak" Flakstad - 115,500
Cicatiello "paskjp" Pasquale - $93,500
Gillard "Germain133" Germain - $34,500

Follow their progress on the Everest Poker Leaderboard.

Aasisdebaas Gaining Ground

Everest Poker Qualifier from The Netherlands, Aasisdebaas has been quietly moving his chips around all day, and though he has been flying under the radar a bit today, he can't hide his chip stack!

Aasisdebaas has been building

He is currently stacked at $224,000 in chips.

Everest Player Update

Everest Poker Qualifier from France, Antoine "tonio292" Saout, is the first Everest Poker player to cross the $300,000 mark in chips.

"tonio292" in action.

Here is a look at the top three chip stacks since the dinner break.

We're in level 13 today with blinds at $1,200/$2,400 with a $300 ante. The average chip stack in the room is $181,905. There is one more level left in play tonight.

.May. Catches a Bluff

Bluffers dis-.May.

We've been following Team Everest Pro Maria ".May." Macieras throughout the day and in this hand, she caught someone bluffing.

On a board of 9c Kh 2s Jh, .May. bet out $4,000 and was called by one player.

The river brought the 8 of clubs. .May. checked and her opponent bet $6,000. After contemplating, .May. made the call. She showed Qh Jd and her opponent was caught bluffing with Qc 4c.

She sits at about $70,000 going into the dinner break.

Joeknowsgolf Hand Replay

Our reporter in the field has been following Everest Poker Qualifier Joe "Joeknowsgolf" Conner today and here are some interesting hands he has come across.

Joeknows-poker too.

Joe min-raised to 3,200 from under the gun with Ax Jx. A short stacked woman on the button re-raises all in and Joe calls. He shows Ax Jx and she shows Kh Qh. The full board ran out: AxQxJx10x3x and her broadway straight was good for a double up.

We came across this lucky hand on the flop:
FLOP: Ax 6x 5x
Joe calls an all-in bet from another player.
Joe shows Ax 10x for top pair, and his opponent shows 6x 6x for a set of sixes. The turn brings a 5x and the river an Ax. Giving Joe a runner-runner bigger full house and eliminating his opponent.

Joe min-raised from under the gun with Ax Jx. The flop brought Jx 6x Qx . Joe bet 8,000 and his opponent called.
There was a 3x on the turn. Both players checked the turn as well as the 10x that came on the river.
Joe showed down Ax Jx for the winning hand and his opponent mucked.

Viktor Update: Level 2 on the Day

Viktor has been moving his chips around so quickly within the first few levels today that currently, during level 11 of the Main Event, Viktor is seemingly playing 1 out of every 3 pots (as told to us by our field tournament reporter sweating his table).

Here is some more play by play from the man himself:

Level 2 Updates

We are halfway through Level 2 and our Everest Qualifiers and Team Everest Pros have been making moves in the right direction.

With the average stack currently at $125,853, we have 10 Qualifiers on our Everest Leaderboard that are over 100K in chips! This is an incredible stat considering only 18 started the day!

Here is a look at the current Leaderboard since it has vastly changed since our first update:

EVPWSOP.com Update: Heard From Viktor

Here is Viktor's latest from the EVPWSOP.com Discussion Board:

Viktor Chipping Up Early

Steven 'Viktor' Van Zadelhoff Chips Up

On a board of {K-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {4-Spades} {7-Diamonds}, a player in middle position bet 5,500 and Steven Van Zadelhoff raised to 15,500 from the button. His opponent made the call and the two players saw the {8-Diamonds} fall on the turn.

The player in middle position lead out with a small bet of only 10,000 and Van Zadelhoff made the call.

Middle position: {A-Spades} {6-Clubs}
Van Zadelhoff: {8-Spades} {5-Spades}

Steven Van Zadelhoff took the pot with his rivered two pair and moves to 215,000.

**Credit: PokerNews

Day 3 Has Begun!

Day 3 had gotten underway!

2,044 Players have started on the day, 18 of which are our Everest Poker Qualifiers!

Blinds have begun today at $600-$1200 with a $200 ante.

Everest Team Pros .May. and Viktor are still in the hunt for Bracelet #1

Here is the current Everest Poker Leaderboard:

Our players are going GREAT @ WSOP

After last night's awesome performances from Team Everest players Steven 'Viktor' Van Zadelhoff (220K, over double the average) and Maria 'May' Maceiras with 105K, the form continues:

The Day 2B stars, so far, are;

joeKnowsGolf (Costa Rica) 155K, Tonio292 (FR) 123K, Germain133 (FR) 125K, Aasisdebaas (NL) 119, flikkflak (DK) 90K, FunkyEizy (DE) 83K & Scorpion200 (FR) with 66K.

Day 3 beckons with money at 600th...and, of course, the $1,000,000 match from us because 'we're generous to a fault'.

Hat's off, chapeau & WELL DONE!

Hand Recount Medley

Here are some recent hands your Everest Poker Qualifiers were involved in:

1.Nobuhiro Yabuuchi of Japan calls the $600 blind from early position, and two players call after him. A late position player then raises to $5,000 and Nobuhiro instantly pushes all in, while all other players fold, except for the raiser, who calls. The players are all in, and their hands are shown: Nobuhiro shows down Kh Qh, and his opponent has Kc Kd for a dominating hand.
FLOP: 4h 6h Js The flop gives our “Hiro” some hope, as he has flopped a flush draw, as well as a back-door straight draw.
TURN: 5s
RIVER: 6d, and Nobuhiro is eliminated.

2.Aasisdebaas raises to $2,000 pre-flop after building up a tight table image, but manages to get called by three players nonetheless.
FLOP: 4h 2h 4d
Aasisdebaas bets out $5,525 and gets one caller.
TURN: 2c Check, Check.
RIVER: 5s Check, Check.
Aasisdebaas mucks as his opponent shows down Ad 5d for two pair, fives and fours.

3.Wolf Welker, looking at a $2,000 raise on the button, decides to re-raise to $5,000 and is called by the raiser.
FLOP: 5d 2h Qs Wolf bets out $5,000 and his opponent calls.
TURN: 2c Check, Check.
RIVER: 6s The opponent, acting first, bets out $5,000 and Wolf insta-calls.
Wolf: As Kc, opponent: Kh Qd for the winning hand.

Germain133 Hand Recount

Germain133 has been up close to the top of the Everest Poker Leaderboard all day long, and we happened to catch one hand from him that knocked a few chips off his stack, but didn't seem to phase him too much as he preceded to win a couple pre-flop raised hands shortly after.

Here is the hand we arrived at his table to witness:

Germain Gillard is in the BB sitting in Seat 6. Action folds around to the player in Seat 9, who raises the $800 blind to $2,300. Everyone folds, and action comes around to Germain, who re-raises to $6,600. Seat 9 calls.

FLOP: Ad 6c 2d

Germain bets out $8,900, and Seat 9 raises him to $23,000. Germain reluctantly folds.

Seat 9 shows down 5h 3h for the huge bluff.

Germain133's Chips remain solid at $140,000

Day 2B Qualifier Photo Dump

Here's a look at a few of the qualifiers we haven't mentioned yet today and their current chip counts:

German Qualifier Lupino14 - $46,900

Swedish Qualifier BLIZZT - $61,800

Netherlands Qualifier pupel - $36,500

French Qualifier wouaz - $71,700

Jasper 'Aasisdebaas' Wetemans Dominates Everest Leaderbaord

Netherlands Everest Qualifier Aasisdebaas has been growing his stack steadily throughout the day, and as we go into the home stretch of day 2B, here is a look at your Everest Leaderboard 1st Place leader in chips:

Dinner Time!

Here is how the players are stacking up in our top Ten on the Everest Poker Leaderboard:

flikkflak Up Over $100,000

Everest Poker Qualifier from Norway Andreas 'flikkflak' Flakstad has just won a nice pot and increased his stack to over $100,000.

That bring our qualifiers over $100K up to 4!

Flikkflak looking ready to gather more chips in his quest for his first WSOP bracelet, and poker's biggest prize!

Day 2B By the Numbers

Number of Everest Poker Qualifiers and being tracked on the Everest Poker Leaderboard at EVPWSOP.COM = 26

Number of "tweets" to the EVPWSOP.COM Discussion board since we arrived at the Rio today = 13

Number of Everest Poker Qualifiers taking part in the One Million Match = 32

Everest Photo Moment: Everest Qualifier 'BingoJake' readies himself for Day 2B action:

Day 2B is Underway! 3 Players already with over 100K!

Day 2B is one level in and we already have three players with over $100,000 in chips!

Shot of our Century Club on the Everest Poker Leaderboard:

69 of our Everest Poker Qualifiers and Team Everest Pros played in the WSOP Main Event, of which a staggering 43 made it on to Day 2! That is an extremely impressive statistic!

Update: As the posting of this blog was taking place, Tonio292just joined the Century club as he hits $103,000 in chips! At this pace our placyers are set to have an excellent day 2B!

Tonio292 in Action

Day 2A: Everest Pros & Qualifiers Finish Strong

Team Everest Poker Pros Viktor and .May. finished tonight strong:

Here is a look at the top 12 from our Leaderboard as we sign off until morning to bring you all the day 2B action:

Viktor Has Done It Again!

No sooner did I make my comment about Viktor growing his chips faster than I can type his updates...Viktor has won yet another big pot to further increase his stack!

At this rate he might have all the chips at his table by the end of tonights last level which is already currently underway!

Go Viktor!

Viktor Continues To Climb!

It seemed that writing this blog post, I had to be fast, since everytime I typed up Viktors current chip stack it would change before this post would publish!

Viktor has been playing many pots, and playing them seemingly to perfection, as his stack has gone up consistently just about every level of play today. As we approach the end of the day, here's the latest from Viktor, as well as the latest shot of his focused game face hat he's put on all day while he grows his chips.

Latest from Viktor himself via EVPWSOP.com

Latest Viktor Game Face Photo

Daniel 'JackDaniels' Ferreira

Everest Poker Portuguese Team member Daniel Ferreira just got involved in a $60,000 pot and unfortunately his QQ was up against the AA of his opponent.

The board brought no help to Daniel, and his WSOP is cut short way too soon.

Disappointment on the face of 'JackDaniels'

Everest Players Join The Century Club

2 Everest Players, KindSliders and Viktor have been working hard all day to join the elusive Century Club (hitting $100,000 chips or more) and while Viktor was getting lonely, KingSliders just got enough chips to join him as we head into our dinner break.

It seems Linessa79 is less than one blind-steal away from joining the club as well...

Here are their exact chip stacks and the rest of the Everest Poker Qualifiers rounding outthe top ten:

.May.'s Day

.May. began the day with $37,450, a respectable stack, but a stack that she would need to build if she hoped to emerge strong into the combined Day 3 field tomorrow.

She has made some moves, and just 1 hour ago "tweeted" at EVPWSOP.com:

Though she has fallen a bit according to the leaderboard, she is still sitting pretty with $64,000 which is almost double today's starting stack.

Hopefully today will truly continue to be .May.'s day!

Heard from Everest_Poker Twitter

Everest Poker Portuguese Team: Daniel Ferreira

Everest Poker Portuguese Team member Daniel Ferreira is playing in todays Day 2A field, and is currently sitting on $11,100 chips.

Here's an early day photo of him, and we will do our best get a had recount from him as well.

First Level of Day 2A: Everest Players Slinging Chips

Here is a look at you Top Ten from the Everest Poker Leaderboard as we begin Level 2.

Viktor and .May. are both enjoying the comforts of a good table draw, and have made lateral moves in the right direction as the day's second level begins:

Everest Poker - WSOP Coverage Interview with Pablo Ubierna

Last year he was one of the 11 from the Live the Dream team, right now he's still living the dream...

Pablo Ubierna from Spain

Viktor Chipping Up Fast, Early & Often

Here is Team Everest Pro Steven 'Viktor' VD's latest accounts on his table draw and chip stack straight from his personal Twitter account.

Be sure to follow all the Everest Poker Pro & Qualifier updates here and on our Twitter feed at EVPWSOP.com

WSOP Main Event: Day 1's By The Numbers

The Table Numbers inside the Amazon Room at the Rio

Total time played Day 1A through to Day 1D = 96 hours
Total Levels through all Day 1's = 18
Total Entrants = 6,494
Total Prize pool = $61,043,600
Total 1st Place Prize (hopefully to an Everest Poker Qualifier or Team Everest Pro = $8,548,435

Day 1D did not go without controversy. Day 1D hit its cap before everyone who wanted a seat got one. That resulted several hundred players having to skip the Main Event.

When it was all said and done, though, 6,494 players had registered to play for more than $61,043,600 in prize money and a first prize of $8,548,435. That tells me that poker is here, strong, and sticking around for a long time to come.

Day 2 Cards Are In The Air!

The cards are in the air and we are excited for the first Day 2 of the WSOP!

We have some great stories building on the day, including Team Everest pros 'Viktor' and '.May.' still in the hunt, as well as 20 Everest Poker Qualifiers from all over the globe. Stay tuned to this blog as we will have constant chip count updates, hand recounts from some interesting hands, butouts, and special story pieces to get to know more about the Qualifiers and Everest Team Pros still in the hunt for the bracelet.

Some of our Everest Poker Qualifiers Day 1D!

Everest Poker Qualifier 'BingoJake' from Sweden


Everest Poker Qualifier 'BLIZZT' from Sweden

Everest Poker Qualifier 'blurrrr' from The Netherlands

Everest Poker Qualifier 'joeKnowsGolf' from Costa Rica


Everest Poker Qualifier 'JUNKlaDONK' from Sweden


Everest Poker Qualifier 'RiggedMFSHIT' from Sweden

Qualifiers Go To War...On EACH OTHER!

Sometimes in poker, despite being friends or on the same 'team' as another player, you realize this game is a solo sport, and as such, you go to war with people wearing the same colors as you...we were waiting for a battle between Everest Poker Spain Qualifier 'QUEENSBOSS' and Everest Poker France Qualifier 'LocStaOnFire' and we finally got one

...here is the rundown of the first of potentially many rounds...

We came upon this hand between two Everest Players while it was in progress.

On the turn, board looked like this:

7h-5s-6s-Kh

LOCSTAONFIRE checked, and fellow Everest Qualifier, QUEENSBOSS bets out, and LOCSTAONFIRE called.

RIVER: Kd

LOCSTAONFIRE checked, and QUEENSBOSS bets 5,000. LOCSTAONFIRE hesitates, and calls, clearly not believing his fellow Everest Qualifier has anything. QUEENSBOSS reveals Ac-Qc, for pair of Kings with A-Q-7 kicker, proving LOCSTAONFIRE'S hunch right, as he really did not have much. Unfortunately for LOCSTAONFIRE, his opponent was bluffing with the best hand,
as the A-Q was better than LOCSTAONFIRE'S Ah-4h, for a pair of Kings and A-7-6 kickers.

Round 1: QUEENSBOSS

Post-Dinner Break Chip Counts

Players are exactly 1-hour into their 2-hour level 4 and it doesn't appear as though a full stomach is holding back our Everest Poker Qualifiers from moving their chips around.

Here is a look at the Everest Poker Leaderboard:

Qualifier Scorpion200 Has Hired Backup

Most players out in the field today will see their battles, getting raised and re-raised dozens of times, and ultimately potentially thousands of times by the time they hopefully reach the WSOP Main Event final table.

Some consider it important to do everything they can to protect their stacks in a heated battle...and one Everest Poker Qualifier....

'Scorpion200'....

....has gone an extra step and hired additional help in making sure his chips are protected....

We dug around to find out that this 'protector of chips' comes from a popular tabletop strategy game entitled "Warhammer: The Game of Fantasy Battles"!

The game has been designed with regiments of fantasy miniatures. It uses stock fantasy races such as humans (The Empire, Bretonnia, Kislev), Elves, Dwarfs, Undead, Orcs and Goblins, Vampires, as well as some more unusual types such as Lizardmen, Skaven and the demonic forces of Chaos. Each race has its own unique strengths and flaws.

WarHammer In Action!

So here is hoping that this little guy does what he's supposed to do, and keeps 'Scorpion200's chips right where they belong, in front of him!

Best Friends, Bitter Enemies...

Cool seating assignment of the day:

Everest Poker Spain Qualifier 'QUEENBOSS' and Everest Poker France Qualifier 'LocStaOnFire' may not have known each other too well before the day began, but they have no choice to get to know each other much better as the day moves on...both are seated directly next to each other during Day 1D!!

Here is hoping they take turns taking down every pot and wind up taking out the other 8 players at their table.

Friends or Enemies?

Drainlife Surges As Dinner break Approches

With less than 20-minutes left until dinner break, Everest Poker Denmark Qualifier Drainlife has overtaken the Everest Poker Qualifier Leaderboard, leading all Everest Players with over $80,000 in chips!

Here is a recent pic followed by hand recount from one of our tournament reporters on the floor:

I came upon this hand in progress:

3 Players saw the flop, with Drainlife in middle postion, another player in the BB, and the third player on the button.

FLOP: Ac 2d 6c The BB checked, and Drainlife bet out 2,000. The button raised to 5,200 and the BB tanked for a long time...finally, he announced a re-raise, and put out 13,000 chips.

Now the action came back to Drainlife, who thought a long time before finally electing to fold. He showed his folded hand only to the reporter, in what appears to be a good laydown in that spot, folding Ah-Kc following a raise and a re-raise. It is unclear, however, exactly what the other players were holding, as the original raiser folded following the 13k reraise.

Everest Poker Qualifiers Day 1D Photo Dump Batch 1

Well known Everest Poker Player and current WSOP Main Event Netherlands Qualifier 'koendb'

German Qualifier 'Lupino14'

Switzerland Qualifier 'Magique13'

France Qualifier 'Marcel_Picot'


France Qualifier 'XOXO38'

Norway Qualifier 'flikkflak'

German Qualifier 'FunkyEizy'

German Qualifier '9hertz40'

Monique Sits Atop Our Leaderboard!

Monique's lessons with Jaime Gold yesterday must have paid off, shes currently leading all other Everest Poker Qualifiers with $55,000 in chips as we break before level 3!

Level 2 Everest Qualifier Chip Count Update

We are 34 minutes from our post-level 2 break, and here are our Everest Qualifiers current stacks:

Good Luck Monique

Monique McGuffie

Photos and Hand recounts from all Everest Poker Qualifiers to come shortly, but we wanted to send out a special good luck to Monique McGuffie. Monique won the Cannes Film Festival Charity Poker Tournament, a poker and live auction tournament held at the Hotel du Cap in Cannes for the Sunflower Children.

Everest Poker offered a WSOP Main Event prize package to the winner of the tournament in order for the winner to have something donated to her since she was playing to benefit the charity.

Monique spent some time yesterday learning more about the game of poker in a one on one training session with 2006 WSOP Main Event Champion Jaime Gold.

Good Luck Monique!

Day 1D Chaos of the WSOP

After 3 stress-free WSOP day 1's seemingly went off without a hitch, Day 1D of the 2009 WSOP Main Event has found itself in the middle of controversey.

After two starting days that barely likely worried WSOP staff filling only half of their capacity, Day 1C saw a much larger field and now Day 1D has officially sold out.

Sell-out capacity is about 2,800, which would put the four day total close to 7000 players.

The WSOP Main Hallway on Day 1D

Welcome to Main Event Day 1D Coverage

The card are back in the air and at the end of level 1 we already have some Everest Poker Qualifiers making upwards moves with their stacks.

Here is the top 5 as we begin level 2:

Day 1C End Of Day Chip Leaderboard

We've reached the end of the third day of the 2009 World Series of Poker Day 1 Main Event. Day 1C saw the biggest field so far, with 1,696 runners.

In order to accommodate the larger Day 2b field, the tournament staff elected to play five levels to try to get the field down to a manageable size. That Day 2b field will play four levels on Wednesday in order to even out the levels played by everyone.

With one extra level of play, we saw some slightly larger chip stacks finish out the day today, and some of our Everest Poker Qualifiers seemed to use this extra level to build their stacks high like everyone else.

Here is what our Everest Poker Leaderboard looked like at the end of Day 1C:

yin-yang eliminated!

Unfortunately we just lost one of our Everest Qualifiers. France Qualifier 'yin-yang' has just over half of the chips he started play with today when he got involved in 3 moderately big hands within a span of around 30 mins, and unfortunately, wound up on the losing end of the hands, and has fallen with just about a full level left in play here on Day 1C.

We hope to see you back next WSOP 'yin-yang'

One Level Left in Day 1C

With one level left to play here at the Rio on Day 1C, Tonio292 has bolted to $72,800 chips...good for 12th overall in the Day 1C standings!!!

We will bring you the chip count finishes for all the players as play commences for the night, but for now, we take our hats off to Tonio292 and all the Everest Qualifiers today! 9 qualifiers started here today on Day 1C, and without jinxing them, 9 STILL remain here with just one level to go.

Qualifier Hand Replay: yes77

Current Chip Stack:

A Recent Hand:

yes77 Raised preflop. One caller (Seat 5).

FLOP: 4d 5d 6d. yes77 bets $2000. Seat 5 calls.

TURN: 2d. yes77 bets $3000. Seat 5 raises to $12,000. yes77 calls.

RIVER: Jh. Both players check.

yes77 shows Qd 10d for a flopped flush and takes the pot.

Qualifier Hand Replay: Tonio292

'Tonio292' is currently leading all Everest Qualifiers.

Here's a look at his current stack size, as well as a recent hand he played:

A recent hand:

Tonio292 raised to 800. Seat 4 and the SB make the call.

FLOP: Js Kc 6h. SB and Tonio292 check. Seat 4 bets $1500. SB folds. Tonio292 calls.

TURN: 2h. Tonio checks. Seat 4 bets $3000. Tonio calls.

RIVER: 6s. Both players check.

Seat 4 shows AJ. Tonio292 turns over QQ and takes down the pot.

Everest Poker Qualifiers In Action On Day 1C

Everest Poker France Qualifier '@Miami@'

Everest Poker Netherlands Qualifier 'molenbos'

Everest Poker Netherlands Qualifier 'Pupel'

Everest Poker France Qualifier 'Tonio292'

Everest Poker France Qualifier 'Wouaz'

Everest Poker Germany Qualifier 'Yes77'

Everest Poker France Qualifier 'yin-yang'

Everest Poker Germany Qualifier 'zerfer03'

Everest Poker VIP Party at PURE Nightclub Photos Part 2

Here are some more PURE VIP Party Pics.

Be on the lookout for your Team Everest Poker Pros and celebrities Vanilla Ice and cast members from MTV's Real World and Road Rules reality shows.

Day 1C Level 1 Everest Poker Leaderboard

Here is how our Everest Poker Qualifiers are stacking up after one level of play:

Fireworks at the Everest Poker Party in Vegas

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Everest Poker VIP Party at PURE Nightclub Photos Part 1

It's Day 1C of the WSOP Main Event, and while our photographer goes around and finds all our Everest Poker Qualifiers to blog about, I thought you'd all like to see some of the top shots from the Everest Poker VIP Party that took place last night at PURE inside Caesars Palace.

Great time had by all, that came complete with celebrity sightings, Team Everest Pros, and even fireworks off the beautiful PURE balcony.

Enjoy!

French Superstar Patrick Bruel says hello

Patrick Bruel (French singer, actor, and professional poker player) took time out of playing Day 1B to say hello Everest Poker staff after conducting an interview for ESPN's European WSOP broadcast.

Hello Patrick

Everest Poker Leaderboard (Post-Dinner Break)

Everest Poker Qualifiers from today seem to grasp the poker strategy of the WSOP Main Event quite well...slow and steady will ultimately win the race. This is a 2-week event, and these players seem to be okay with waiting for a decent hand, and aren't making any crazy out-of-the-ordinary moves, which is a good sign that they are prepared for a 2-week-war.

Here is how the chip stacks look after dinner break:

Day 1B Players Are Now On Dinner Break

It's 4:30 Las Vegas time, and players are off on their dinner break before digging in for the home stretch of Day 1B.

Dinner Break ends at 6PM Vegas time.

Everest Poker France Qualifier 'Lorenzo93' Hand Replay

The Under the Gun player raises to 525, and Lorenzo33 calls.

FLOP: 2d Kc 6s. Raiser bets 1,000 and Lorenzo33 calls.

TURN: 8c, check check.

RIVER: 3s, the Raiser bets out 2100 and Lorenzo33 calls.

Lorenzo33 folds without showing when the raiser tables Ks Js for one pair, Kings, with Jack kicker

Everest Poker France Qualifier 'Shomy' Hand Replay

Shomy is in the BB for 200. Late position player raises to 600, and Shomy calls.

FLOP: Ac Jd 9s, Shomy bets 1,000 into the raiser, who calls.

TURN: 8s, Shomy checks, and the original raiser fires out 2,000.

Shomy folds.

Current Qualifier Chip Counts

Here is what the Everest Poker Qualifier Chip Count Leaderboard looks like today for Main Event Day 1B:

Everest Qualifier Patrick Hirtzer Hand Replay

Blinds are at 100 - 200, and Patrick Hirtzer is in the BB.

Cut off calls, and Patrick raises to 500. Opponent calls.

FLOP: 6d 7s 4s, check check.

TURN: 8d Patrick bets out 600, and opponent calls.

RIVER: Ks, check check.

Opponent shows down Qs 8c for the winner, Patrick mucks.

Team Everest Poker Pro Highlights from Day 1A

Chip count highlights from Day 1A:

Team Everest's Steven 'Viktor' VD heads into Day 2 with $66,000

Team Everest Pro Maria '.May.' Macieras will start day 2 with $37,000

WSOP Main Event Day 1B is underway

Ariel View of the Amazon on Day 1B

We have cards in the air and so far we have spotted a few Everest Poker Qualifiers in the crowd:

Everest Poker France Qualifier 'Lorenzo33'

Everest Qualifier Patrick Hirtzer

Everest Poker France Qualifier 'Shomy'

Everest Poker Qualifier 'VAMOSPABLO'

Everest Poker - Spanish Poker Tour

Maria Macieras Hand Replay

.May. takes down a nice pot

Last Hand Before the Break:

.May. is in the small blind and action is folded around to her, with the blinds at 150-300 and a 25 dollar ante. She raises up to 800, but the BB defends his blind and re-raises her to 2300. She calls.

FLOP: Jd 10h 6c, action goes check check.

TURN: 5h, she bets out $2,500 and BB calls

RIVER: Qc, check check.

She shows Ad Jh for the winning hand, BB mucks.

A look at the Everest Poker WSOP Leaderboard

Here is what the leaderboard for Everest Pros and Qualifiers look like with one level left to play:

Team Everest Pro Kim Wooka eliminated

With the action slowly folding round to Wooka Kim in the small blind, she opened with a raise to 700.

Steve Paul-Ambrose made the call from the big blind, and when Kim checked the 9c-10c-2s flop, he fired out 900.

Kim then made it 3,000 to go before Paul-Ambrose instantly made it 10,000 to put Kim all in. Kim obliged by sliding her last ten yellow 1,000-denomination chips into the pot and the cards were tabled.

Kim: As-Ad
Paul-Ambrose: Kc-Kd

With Paul-Ambrose in bad shape to only a king, or running straight or flush cards, he would hit gin on the turn when it landed the Kh.

Now needing to catch her two-outer to stay alive, Kim would unfortunately only see the Jd land on the river, and a hasty exit follow.

Credit: PokerNews

Kim Wooka is OUT

Bad luck Kim - she held aces against Kings. Flop shows 10-10-8.

Her opponent gets a King on the Turn.

Luckily, Steven 'Viktor' Van Zaddelhof and Dutch compatriot Daan 'Krul' Slutter are among the chip leaders of the WSOP Main Event 2009.

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Everest Qualifiers in action on Day 1A

Here are a few pics from our Everest Poker Qualifiers around the Amazon Room at the Rio:

Cristiano 'lalanco1' Blanco Eliminated

Cristiano was getting short stacked, when he raised out of the small blind to 600 with the blinds at 100-200, and the BB called.

FLOP: 2-2-K

Blanco bet out 800, BB calls.

TURN: 4

Blanco checks, BB checks.

RIVER: 3

Blanco checks, BB bets out 2000, Blanco calls, BB shows 2-3 for a full house! Blanco mucks.

A FEW HANDS LATER:

Blanco, with around 4k, raises 1k from the cutoff with blinds still at 100-200. Button re-raised 2100, Blanco calls.

FLOP: 3s-5c-3d

Blanco checks, Button says "I'm all in"

Blanco calls. Blanco shows 7d-7h, Button shows Js-Jh...

TURN: 4d

RIVER: As

Cristiano is eliminated.

Dinner Break Update (Main Event Day 1A)

Dinner Bell

We've reached the end of the second level, and it's time for the dinner break. The players have 90 minutes to chow down before getting back to the poker tables.

Play will resume just after 6:00pm.

Here's a look at how Team Everest is stacking up:

Kim '--icebeer--' Wooka has - 34,000
Voitto 'RandomEyes' Rintala - 13,250
Steven 'Viktor' van Zadelhoff -57,150
Maria '.may.' Maceiras Lapido - 24,000
Christiano 'lalanco1' Blanco - eliminated

Everest Board Discussion: Viktor

Viktor is currently top 20 in chips! Go Viktor!

Here's some of the latest info from Viktor:

WSOP Coverage by Everest Poker - Opening Ceremony

We really care about you...
Here's the video of the Opening Ceremony

Everest Board Discussion: Cristiano Blanco

Remember to follow the Everest Poker discussion here

Unfortunately Cristiano looks to have had a bit of a rough start in today's Day 1a.

Here is a board discussion update from Team Everest pro Cristiano Blanco:

First break update, WSOP Main Event Day 1a

It is the first break here at Day 1a, and here is how some of Team Everest's chip stacks are looking so far:

Kim '--icebeer--' Wooka has 34,000
Voitto 'RandomEyes' Rintala 22,550
Steven 'Viktor' van Zadelhoff 56,450
Maria '.may.' Maceiras Lapido 24,000

Everest Pros spotted on Day 1a

Team Everest is well represented here today on Day 1a of the Main Event.

Here are our pros we have spotted so far:

Kim '--icebeer--' Wooka

Christiano 'lalanco1' Blanco

Voitto 'RandomEyes' Rintala

Steven 'Viktor' van Zadelhoff

Maria '.may.' Maceiras Lapido

SHUFFLE UP & DEAL!

Day 1A of the Main Event is under way and the spirit among the Everest players is VERY strong - maybe something to do with them sharing up to $1 million!

We match the winnings of our Main Event players and share it out, so you vcan still cash even if you lose!

Game on.

The WSOP Main Event has begun!

View from Media Row inside the Amazon Room

Day 1a of the WSOP Main Event has finally begun here and Team Everest pros and Everest Poker Qualifiers are set to make the Amazon and Brasilia rooms their own personal war rooms/office for the next two weeks!

Stay tuned here for hand recounts, chip updates, qualifier and Team Everest photos and more. First photos of our Qualifiers and Pros to come...

Damon, Affleck & Tyson hit the felts

The charity poker event - Ante Up for Africa has just started at the WSOP with the likes of Matt Damon,Ben Affleck and Mike Tyson doing their bit.

Take a look of some of the stars!

Don Cheadle

Brad Garret

Silvia Silverman

Mike Tyson

Ben Affleck

Jennifer Tilly

Matt Damon

Jason Alexander and Charles Barkley

Everest Poker - WSOP Coverage Interview with Tanja

Interview with Tanja Duhovich from Austria

Everest Poker Qualifier BBQ

Everest Poker held its Qualifier BBQ on June 30, 2009 in the beautiful Centurion Suite at Caesars Hotel, Las Vegas.

Everest Poker saw a turnout of over 150 people who came to enjoy great food and drinks, to socialize, and to talk poker. Everest Poker provided the qualifiers and guests with mini-golf and a jacuzzi, along with a great atmosphere.

Voitto Bustout Hand

Voitto was just eliminated from Event 56 but wins over $10,000.

Details Below:

Voitto's Final Hand:

After being blinded down, the following hand came up:

With the blinds at 1,500- 3,000 Voitto is in the big blind. Phil Hellmuth calls 3k, seat 5 calls, and the small blind completes the action to 3k. This was the first pot I had seen the whole time without a preflop raise. Voitto checks his BB option, and the flop comes out 7c-4d-5h. Voitto checks, Hellmuth bets out 10k, the other two limpers fold.

Voitto then check- raises all in, for about 28k on top of Hellmuth's 10k. Before Hellmuth acts, Voitto tells him

"You know I got you beat...." to which Hellmuth replies "If you have 7 6 you are in bad shape."

Hellmuth calls, flipping over 8h-7h. Voitto shows Qd 7s, and he has Hellmuth dominated. The 4c hits the turn, giving Hellmuth additional outs, as now a King or Ace would split the pot, and a Six or Eight would win it outright for the Poker Brat. The 6s hits the river, giving Hellmuth a straight, 4-8. Voitto can only muster two pair, Sevens and Fours, with a Queen kicker.

Voitto will take home $10,163 for his efforts.

Voitto in the money

Voitto sharing a table with Phil Helmuth makes the money in Event 56. He is short stacked but a good confidence boost before the Main Event.

928 started 88 still standing.

Voitto Hand Recount

Voitto 'RandomEyes' Rintala has been waiting for some time for a playable hand. When it looked as if he finally got what he was looking for, he raised the 2k big blind to 5,300. After a flop of Ah-Jh-Js, Voitto fired out a bet of 6,500, to which his opponent instantly folded.

RandomEyes

Voitto Update

Team Everest Pro Voitto Rintalla is currently sitting on 90,000 chips in the $5k event, event 56.

The tournament average is now 113,171, and there are currently 123 players left.

Voitto Rintalla Kicking it at WSOP

Team Everest player Voitto Rintalla, from Finland, is above average (with 102K) in the $5K Event 56 at WSOP.

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943 started, 90 in the money & 170 left. GO VOITTO!

ericxx1 eliminated late into the night

Eric 'ericxx1' Knoedler made a great run, but was ultimately eliminated late in day 2 last night.

Congrats ericxx1!

ericxx1 chips up, HELIUMNL eliminated

In good news, Eric 'ericxx1' has increased his stack to 210,000.

In some unfortunate news, Bernard 'HELIUMNL' van Dijk was just recently eliminated in 82nd place earning $4,654

HELIUMNL

Pics and Updated Chip Counts for the Remaining Qualifiers

The 2 remaining Everest Qualifiers and their chip stacks:

Eric 'ericxx1' Knoedler (DE) 90,000

Bernard 'HELIUMNL' van Dijk (NL) 42,000

Klaus 'Obelix260' Schwarz(DE) was unfortunately just eliminated in 87th place earning $4,654

Kaj 'theBoney' Emanuel Eliminated from Event 54

Netherlands Everest Poker Qualifier and one of Everest's early chip gainers from yesterday in Event 54...'theBoney' was unfortunately eliminated from Event 54. He takes home $3,600.

Kaj Emanuel

Still going are; ericxx1 (DE) 90K, HELIUMNL (NL) 42K & Obelix260(DE)40K.

3 Everest Players Still Holding Strong in Event 54

Here is the latest update from the EVPWSOP.com Leaderboard:

Good Luck and continued success to Eric 'ericxx1' Knoedler, Klaus 'Obelix260' Schwarz, and Bernard 'HELIUMNL' van Dijk.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Frank 'TheThinKing' Muller Eliminated

Finishing in 170th place and taking home $3,308 is
Frank 'TheThinKing' Muller.