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Day 6 of the World Series of Poker main event in Las Vegas(Canadian Press DataFile Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) DAY: 6 (Officially known as Day 2B). BIG NEWS: When Adam Murphy first played in the World Series of Poker main event two years ago, he got in at the last minute after a strong run playing cash tables in Las Vegas and competing in other tournaments. But the 38-year-old software company owner from Franklin, Wis., says he and his wife, Tanya, planned this year's trip around the no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament, and are far better prepared to deal with the marathon and complexity of the large event. ``We knew that's what we were going to play and planned it out,'' Murphy said. A group of 2,734 players returned to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Saturday for their second session of play, each with different ideas about how to run deep in the tournament and become one of 747 players to win at least US$19,000. The champion gets $8.94 million. Saturday began with one of poker's biggest names _ Phil Ivey _ busting out after losing most of his chips gambling with two queens against two kings. Ivey hit a queen on the turn, but his opponent hit a king on the river to double his chip stack and leave the eight-time gold bracelet winner who placed seventh at last year's main event with nearly nothing. Only half the players who played their second session on Friday made it to the end of the day. A final table won't be determined for another week, and minimum bets were still low enough that players had room to make moves. STUD OF THE DAY: Yuji Masaki, 46, of Hiroshima, Japan, who took most of eight-time gold bracelet winner Phil Ivey's stack by hitting a king on the river to match the two in his hand for a set. Ivey and Masaki gambled all their chips before the flop, and Ivey hit a queen on the turn, leaving just two cards in the deck to sustain Masaki's tournament. Ivey was eliminated a few hands later. BUSTED OUT: Phil Ivey, widely regarded as the best poker player in the world with $5.95 million in WSOP earnings; former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser, a three-time all-star who won the NL Cy Young Award in 1988; television producer Sam Simon; bracelet winner Todd Brunson, son of Doyle Brunson; bracelet winner Perry Friedman; ``American Pie'' actress Shannon Elizabeth. UP NEXT: All remaining players have a day off before playing together for the first time on Monday during their third session. POKER TALK: Suckout: When a player severely behind in a hand hits one of his or her outs to win it. Tibor Hegedus sucked out on opponents twice on Saturday, first with ace-queen against ace-king by hitting two queens and an ace on the flop for a full house, then with a pair of threes that hit a third three on the river. The 23-year-old from Koztarsasag, Hungary, appeared to have a third suckout against 24-year-old Joe Hanna of Ashtabula, Ohio, when his pocket eights went ahead of Hanna's pocket kings with an eight on the flop. But Hanna re-sucked by hitting a king on the river, eliminating Hegedus. HE SAID WHAT?: ``Right where I want to be _ still in the tournament.'' _ Darvin Moon, a Maryland logger and last year's tournament runner-up who won $5.18 million. Moon said he roughly doubled his stack during each session in the tournament last year. He started his second session with 78,400 chips, more than double the starting stack of 30,000. (c) 2010 The Canadian Press |