Still In the Main Event

I have 29,725 in chips and will play again Tuesday. I was busy today signing autographs in the Gaming Lifestyle Expo. Tomorrow I am going to try to chill out and get ready for a long day of play on Day 2A. It was pretty crowded before, so I don't know if Natalie will be able to get in there and get any updates done, but I am sure she will try.

50th

I went out in 50th place, which was close to - but not in the money. I picked up AK and took a race against Nam Le and his pocket 10's. I could have just sat back and antied my money down until we got in the money... but you know me - I play to win (or in this case, to lose) big pots.
Now I am going to rest up until the main event. There are a lot of other commitments that we have leading up to the main event. I will be signing autographs at both the Doyle's Room and Poker Resource Network booths in the Lifestyle Show. We also are attending Doyle's Roast and the party for the lauch of Pamela Anderson's site, www.pamelapoker.com .

7 tables/58 players left

Hoyt has 35,200 in chips right now. Average stack is 32,500. They are playing at 600-1200 blinds right now with 25 min left in the level. This should be the last level of the day.


Now, with 12 minutes left in this level, Hoyt has been moved to a stacked table - Hoyt , Cyndi Violette, Chau Giang, Devilfish, and Nick Shulman are all duking it out for table captain rights.

PRO-file: Hoyt Corkins

Bluff Magazine has a feature that the do every issue, entitled" PRO-file." The August issue features, none other than Hoyt. Check your local magazine stand for it. The five-page article is on page 66. Danny Aller was the reporter who wrote this piece and I have to say, he did a wonderful job on it. Also, thanks go out to Daniel Negreanu, who contributed some heartfelt compliments about Hoyt.

Today, Hoyt is playing in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event. There are currently 117 players remaining from the 378 original entrants. Hoyt has 18,200 in chips, which is above the approximate 16,150 average. Player will be "in the money" at 36 players. They are currently at level 7 with 200-400 blinds. Level 8 will start with 300-600 blinds.

I'll try to keep everyone posted.

Natalie

Hoyt out in 30th place

Here is the recap of the last hand:

For the fourth time in the last 30 minutes Antonio Pane moves all-in. Pane ($86,000) pushes from the button. The small blind folds over to Hoyt in the big blind ($80,000). Corkins has A 8 but is behind as Pane has QQ. The flop comes J 10 4. The turn is a 5 and the river is a 3. Hoyt collects $8706 for his efforts.

Update

Hey guys, Natalie again. We are at about 30 players in the $1500 event right now. Hoyt had been up to about 170,000 in chips, but is currently at approximately 80,000. On the last break, he was saying that he hadn't caught a hand for the last two levels. Here's hoping that his luck changes and he doubles up before the dinner break at 8:30pm Pacific.

Hoyt is deep in the $1500 No-Limit

Hey guys. It's Natalie here with an update from the tournament floor at the WSOP. I know you haven't heard from us in a while, but I am happy not announce now that Hoyt is currently the chip leader in the $1500 No-Limit event.

Play started at noon with 2126 players, with 127 left right now. Hoyt has 85,400 in chips right now. The payout structure will change at 109 players - from $2,902 to $4,353; then again at 82 to $5804. Play for the day should end shortly, so I will try and send some updates from the floor tomorrow.

Congratulations, Lee!

My friend, Lee Watkinson, just won the Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet last night. All of my avid fans know that this event is the one I won in 1992. I provided commentary for part of the final table then Ted Lawson picked up the commentary for the rest of it. Ted is also one of my good friends, and he won the Pot-Limit Omaha in 2004, beating Lee heads up.

On the final hand, they got got it all-in preflop; and Lee made a straight on the turn. The tournament director wasn't sure if the hand was over yet. Natalie was running out onto the floor, draggin Lee's fiancee, Timmi with her, screaming, " It's over! Lee has the nutz!" After a few seconds that seemed much longer, Lee was officially deemed the Champion. We all had our photo taken with Lee wearing his clothing line, Criminal Mind.

Congratulations again, Lee.

Way Too Busy

This have been crazy here. Nick (Natalie's brother) has been staying at the house with us, and working at the Doyle's Room Hospitality Suite. Thursday, Mike and Amy flew into town and then Nick flew back to Memphis. Amy played in the Ladies' event and the $1000 No-Limit event with no luck in either.

I haven't had much luck in any of the events I have played in, myself. Natalie has come up with "punishments" for getting knocked out. So now I have put in a couple of afternoons signing autographs and two afternoons doing the Bluff Radio Show, which airs live on Sirius Satellite 125. I don't know if the archives are up yet; but if they are, they will be located here http://bluffmagazine.com/radio/index.asp or here http://bluffmagazine.com/wsop/radioarchives.asp

Video Interview

Natalie and I just got done in the PokerListings.com suite. The Video clips should be up tomorrow afternoon - in the WSOP Coverage section's video album.

My 8th Cash in the WSOP

It's not that 79th place is is an accomplishment that I am normally proud of; but now adays the fields are so huge, it is very difficult to make it in the money. There were 1,102 entrants in the $1500 pot limit hold'em event, so you see how many people we had to lose just to get where I finished. There are a lot of people who go a whole WSOP without cashing, so it is also a small confidence booster. The stats aren't too bad: eight cashes (so far) in 7 WSOP's. Anyway, the $3008 I cashed is hardly enough to brag about (or to break even with, having played 3 events); but I thought everyone might like to know.