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Captain's knock from Dhoni
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led an India fightback as the tourists moved into a strong position on day three of the third Test.
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Ben Lamb Leads WSOP Main Event Day 1b Field
What a summer for Ben Lamb. The Las Vegas poker pro known as “benba” last month followed up a second-place in the $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha event by winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship. He then took eighth place in the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship this week for his third final table of the series. In all, Lamb has collected more than $1.3 million during the seven-week marathon in Vegas, placing him second in the Players of the Year race behind Phil Hellmuth.
And his 2011 WSOP is far from over. Lamb bagged up 188,925 chips at the end of Day 1b of the WSOP Main Event on Friday to place him atop the 626 players that survived the day. A total of 985 players participated on Friday, and Lamb was among the leaders right out of the gate. He credited his good fortune on what he called a “good” table draw, and was even able to pick up a sizable pot at showdown with just jack-high before the dinner break to increase his stack to 102,000 (up from the starting stack of 30,000) . Lamb then won a massive pot against another 2011 bracelet winner, Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov, to eclipse the 200,000 mark. On a flop of Kc-Jc-Js, Lykov led out for 2,700, Lamb raised to 8,500, and Lykov called. The 10s landed on the turn, and Lykov check-called a bet of 10,200 from Lamb. The river was the 4d and Lykov checked again. This time Lamb fired out a bet of 30,000, and Lykov through awhile before tossing in a call. Lamb showed Qc-9d for a straight and the winner to take control of the chip lead. Lamb currently sits second overall on the Main Event leaderboard behind fellow Las Vegas native Fred Berger, who bagged 209,500 chips on Day 1a. Lamb will have his sights set on surpassing his previous best result in the WSOP Main Event, a 14th place finish in 2009 for $633,022. Other notables surviving Day 1b with healthy stacks were Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul (130,650), Ryan “G0lfa D’Angelo (128,000), Carlos Mortensen (105,025), Sam “KingKobeMVP”Stein (101,825), Patrik Antonius (89,100), and 2010 WSOP Main Event runner-up John Racener (84,300) Many others weren’t as fortunate. 2010 November Niner Michael Mizrachi hit the rail before the day ended, and he was joined by Eric Froelich, Andre Akkari, Ashton Griffin, Justin “BoostedJ” Smith, Tuan Le, Erica Scheonberg, and Nicolas Levi, among others. Mizrachi got off to a slow start and was never able to recover. His day ended when he moved all in with Kc-10c and couldn’t outflip the pocket nines of Robin Fisher. Here’s a look at the top 10 stacks from Day 1b of the WSOP Main Event: 1. Ben Lamb — 188,925 2. Andrew Hinrichsen — 175,450 3. Edwin Kim — 160,000 4. Javier Martinez — 156,250 5. Guillermo Ramirez — 152,600 6. Arnaud Esquevin — 148,250 7. Edward Yee — 139,725 8. Kevin Saul — 130,650 9. Ryan D’Angelo — 128,000 10. Chris Way — 121,000 The field of 985 on Day 1b was down significantly from the 1,489 players that participated on the same day last year, but WSOP officials are expecting massive turnouts for Days 1c and 1d this weekend. So far, a total of 1,875 players have taken to the felts, but don’t be surprised to see that number hit 6,000 by dinner time Sunday. Day 1c gets underway at noon PST on Saturday. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for ongoing coverage of the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. More... |
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WSOP: Lamb Continues Amazing 2011 WSOP; Takes Day 1B Chip Lead
Ryan D'Angelo laughed all the way through Day 1B and now finds himself with a top ten chip count.If you’ve been following the 2011 World Series of Poker since it started back in late May you’re not going to be shocked to find out who is the Day 1B chipleader in the WSOP Main Event. [...]
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2011 WSOP Day 1B Update
http://cdn.wickedchopspoker.com/wp-c...07/GOTR1B5.jpg There will be no happy ending for many in today's starting field of 978.
The official tally for 2011 WSOP Main Event Day 1B is 978 entrants. Going into the last level of the evening, Ben Lamb continues to crush all, finding himself as the big stack with over 200k. Other notable bigs include Patrik Antonius, Sam Stein, Justin Bonomo, and Jean-Robert Bellande (great vid of JRB on break here). Hitting the rail early are Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Tuan Le Memorial namesake, Tuan Le. For more on the recap front, go here. http://cdn.wickedchopspoker.com/wp-c...Poker-VT-2.jpg Related Posts
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Hasan Anter Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Hasan Anter won the final $1,500 event of the summer on Friday, after outlasting a huge field of 3,389 to take home $777,928 in prize money. With his first bracelet, …
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Ready for Launch
The STS-135 crew ride in the Astrovan to Launch Pad 39A to board space shuttle Atlantis on the morning of Friday, July 8. The launch of Atlantis on the STS-135 mission is the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. Clockwise from the left are: Sandra Magnus, Rex Walheim, commander Chris Ferguson and pilot Doug Hurley. In the back of the van in white is a member of the closeout crew, whose members assist the astronauts with final preparations for launch. Image Credit: NASA/Jerry Ross
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South Sudan becomes world's newest nation
New flag raised as crowd of tens of thousands of Sudanese and foreign dignitaries observe birth of a country.
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Matthew Troy Mullins
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About Matthew: My recent work consists of large scale watercolor paintings of private collections, archives and storage facilities. I am fascinated at the amount of material these spaces house and how much information is folded into each artifact. Most of the spaces I paint seem to be concerned with human endeavor, in general, and more particularly, with the natural sciences. These spaces are built under the pretense of enabling greater understanding in a particular field, and in doing so, they can foster deeper relationships between people and their world. I relate to them as giant curio cabinets that house the souvenirs of people and experiences that I’ll never know. For me, everything from the treasured artifacts that are housed in climate controlled basements to the everyday detritus left in storage lockers are tangible representations of another person’s story. Much of this work is driven by my own curiosity to explore spaces that are unknown to me, whether it be in-person or navigated digitally through someone else’s photos. Most often, I work from my own photography. When I am not able to visit the space that I want to paint, I work from photos that I find on photo sharing websites, such as Flickr, the online catalogue of the Library of Congress, and others. Using watercolor paint and paper are important considerations in these paintings. The delicate and slippery nature of watercolor makes the structures I depict seem less stable. Watercolor also records every waver of the brush and is more susceptible to mishaps, such as an errant drop of dark paint. This gives the paintings, and the spaces, a sense of vulnerability and openness. I do not want to give these spaces the impression of permanence, even though that is what they are built for. http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/...huUgi5tx0/0/di http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/...huUgi5tx0/1/di http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Arti...?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Arti...gg:F7zBnMyn0Lo http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Arti...gg:V_sGLiPBpWU http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Arti...?d=qj6IDK7rITs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Arti...gg:gIN9vFwOqvQ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Artis...~4/AoOt2gqQ1EE More... |
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