Posted by Andrew Feldman
5:36 p.m. ET: Since I finished up with
today's chat, the floor staff has been quite busy here in the Amazon Room. Both the feature tables are being switched out. I see J.C. Tran, Dennis Phillips, Phil Ivey all heading toward the feature table area. Because they're at two different tables, I expect Phillips and Tran to be at the main feature table, while Ivey should occupy the secondary.
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J.C. Tran will need his lucky hat to come through after a rough start Monday.
The first level of Monday's competition witnessed 39 players ending their WSOP hopes. The biggest name of the group was Jordan Morgan, who was eliminated just 15 minutes into the day. The chip leader entering the day, South African Warren Zackey, increased his stack during the first level to get up to $5.1 million. The biggest mover of the level seems to be Tim Kahlmeyer, who gained nearly $2 million during that level to put him in the top 10 with $3.1 million. Besides Ivey, who chipped up to $1.9 million, the rest of the pros stayed around their starting stack. Phillips won a couple of pots to keep him at more than a million. Tran dropped slightly to $450,000 and is losing the "Tran battle," with four Trans still remaining in action (J.C., Kenny, Theo and Thai).
Small blinds: The Wicked Chops Poker blog seems to believe that Leo Margets will last longer than Nichoel Peppe. I disagree. … Because Ivey has moved to one of the feature tables, the crowd that was in front of me has moved. … It's still interesting to see that players are alone during the breaks. No family and friends are in town to hang out with them yet. … They removed the TV screen close to me, so I can no longer just look up and see the blinds and antes. … Down to 144. Joe Serock eliminated. No, not Sebok, Serock. … The blinds are $10,000/$20,000 with a $3,000 ante.
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