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Early Update: Greg Raymer Out, Lacey Jones Among Leaders on Day 1A of 2010 WSOP Main Event

by Wicked Chops Entity on 7.5.2010 in Poker Tournaments | no comments

Greg Raymer 2010 WSOP Main Event

Greg Raymer wasn't as focused as he usually is, busting out of the Main Event during level 1 today.

We’re nearing the end of level 2 of Day 1A at the 2010 WSOP Main Event, and the biggest news so far is Greg Raymer has been eliminated. The 2004 WSOP Main Event champ continued his bad run at the series this year (one cash?), hitting the rail mid way through the first level. In related big news, but in no way as big as Raymer, Lacey Jones, a woman, is stacked nicely with 60,000 in chips, making her among the early chipleaders. Here’s to hoping our WCP Hottest Girl In Poker can go deep this year in the Main Event. Come to think of it we can’t think of anything better than Lacey going deep.

Also among the  leaders early on is Michael “The Grinder’ Mizrachi, Issac Haxton and the amazing hair of Vince Van Patten. Among the early notable busts include 2008 November NinerTM David “Chino” Rheems, Victor Ramdin and Nick Schulman.

Notable celebs playing today include David Alan Grier, Ray Romano, NBA star Shawn Marion and double Olympic gold medalist cross-country skier Petter Northug of, you guessed it, Norway.

They’ll play  4 1/2 levels today.

Photos from today below including some of the aforementioned people, a few cute girls at the table and early Girls on the Rail …

Full Gallery: Photos from Day 1A at the 2010 WSOP Main Event

Tagged as: 2010 WSOP, 2010 WSOP Main Event, David Alan Grier, Girls on the Rail, greg raymer, Lacey Jones, Petter Northug, Ray Romano, Shawn Marion

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2009 WSOP Main Event Day 2′s Air on ESPN

by Wicked Chops Entity on 9.1.2009 in Uncategorized | no comments

The “real” 2009 WSOP Main Event begins tonight as ESPN airs the Day 2′s. For the record, we’ll say the same thing next week when they are the bubble bursting and players getting to the money.

The big featured table tonight will be Jason Alexander and Greg Raymer (video preview above). Probably not featured but should be is the fantastically attractive Paola Martin (here).

Other Day 2 goodness worth remembering:
Jason Alexander, Brad Garrett, Gavin Smith Rate Girls on the Rail
Jason Calacanis and David Sacks on Their Last Longer Bet
Brad Garrett’s Girlfriend Is A Role Model
It’s Not Easy Being Scotty

Tagged as: 2009 WSOP Main Event, Brad Garrett, greg raymer, Jason Alexander, Paola Martin

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2009 WSOP Update: Raymer Making A Run, Stimulus Special Sets Record

by Wicked Chops Entity on 5.31.2009 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

Pretty Girl

This girl single-handedly prettied up the massive field today in the $1k Stimulus Special Event.

:: Event No. 2 ($40k Special 40th Anniversary) – The big story here is Greg Raymer making a run at this showcase event celebrating the WSOP’s 40th anniversary. The tournament drew every big name and big bankroll in poker, and no doubt Raymer is really, really hungry . . . to have this title alongside his 2004 WSOP Main Event win. Down to the final four players, Raymer currently leads with 8,880,00 in chips. Just behind with 8,025,000 is Vitaly Lunkin, who is hoping to make a case for this to be The Year of the RussianTM. Young Internet ace Dani ‘Ansky’ Stern is stacked third with 4,755,00 and cleaned-up Isaac Haxton is fourth with 4,000,500. Gone from the final table are Ted Forrest (9th), Noah Schwartz (8th), Evy Ng‘s boyfriend Lex ‘RaSZI’ Veldhuis (7th), Alec Torelli (6th) and Justin Bonomo (5th).

:: Event No. 3 ($1500 Omaha Hi-Lo) – Honestly, we kind of forgot about this event today but apparently they’re down to just seven players with Robert Price leading (1,620,000) followed by Ming Reslock (1,125,000), a woman. In third stealing souls is Jordan Rich (455,000), a ginger. Also still in is Thang Luu (400,000), who’s making an impressive third straight appearance at a final table in this event.

:: Event No. 4 ($1k Stimulus Special) – Day 1b of The EconomyTM Sucks event sold out, bringing the total of runners to 6,012 and making it the largest non-Main Event field in poker history. 621 of those players will cash with first earning $771,338. Some notable players with chips at the dinner break include Jimmy Fricke (20,500), Andrew Scott (11,500), the spectacularly-breasted JC Tran (16,000), Rep Porter (15,000) and Lee Watkinson-Markholt (12,500).

Follow today’s action here. One more pic of pretty below.

Pretty Girl at the 2009 WSOP

Tagged as: 2009 WSOP, greg raymer

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Greg Raymer Tells FOX Business: UIGEA Doesn’t Apply To Online Poker

by Wicked Chops Entity on 3.13.2009 in Online Poker | no comments

2004 WSOP Main Event champ Greg Raymer appeared on FOX Business News the other day to talk about legislative efforts to regulate and tax the online poker industry. During the interview the former attorney made it clear that he thinks the UIGEA doesn't apply in any way to online poker, hence the headline above, hence why are we writing this post? Warning: if the site of Raymer wearing his Fossilman glasses makes you cringe like it makes us, we suggest forwarding through the first 30 seconds or so. Better yet just skip the video and watch Chloe instead. The girl makes a valid point.

Tagged as: greg raymer, Online Poker, UIGEA

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BREAKING: 60 Minutes Interviews Mark Seif, Mike Sexton, Greg Raymer on Online Poker Cheating Scandal; Feature Rumored to Be a “Hatchet Job” on the Industry

by Wicked Chops Entity on 6.17.2008 in Online Poker,Poker News | 6 comments

60 Minutes is here at the 2008 WSOP interviewing poker pros like Grey Raymer, Mark Seif and Mike Sexton about online poker

The long awaited 60 Minutes feature on the Absolute Poker online poker cheating scandal took a big step to hitting the small screen today. And Wicked Chops Poker is the only site with photos of the news event.

Anchor Steve Kroft, 62, interviewed Mark Seif (wearing an Absolute Poker jersey), Mike Sexton (not wearing a Party Poker one), Linda Johnson (why? was Shari Flanzer unavailable?), and Greg Raymer (wearing a Poker Stars shirt). The interviews took place in an empty Rio Amazon Room around 11am.

We overheard Raymer discussing the need for the U.S. American government to regulate online poker, and we can surmise because we’re smart-like-that that the rest of the messaging from the group was on point with the PPA’s platform. Raymer, a Libertarian, said he doesn’t see why the government should regulate his actions if they cause no harm to others. Johnson (why her again?) and Sexton both agreed with the need for regulation and taxation.

The wild card in this mix is that 2+2 poster and founder of the AbsolutePokerCheats.com website (here), Michael Josem, was also interviewed. How the stories weaved by Seif and Josem regarding the Absolute scandal will surely be a focal point of the piece and may eventually influence (ever so slightly) how legislators decide to handle the legality of online poker moving forward.

Unfortunately, word from our sources indicate that this 60 Minutes feature will be an outright "hatchet job" on the online poker industry. Although that’s really not much of a shocker. But it’s certainly not good news either.

More photos from the interviews below. The one of Josem with Seif in the background (second from left) is particularly great.

View the full 60 Minutes online poker scandal photo gallery here. If you swipe photos we appreciate the link back to WCP. And definitely re-watch Mark Seif’s interview on the Absolute scandal from last October here or view it in its entirety after the jump.

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Tagged as: 60 Minutes, Absolute Poker cheating scandal, greg raymer, Mark Seif, Mike Sexton, Online Poker

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