Summer break

Rail Radio is taking a summer break and will be back on the 23rd of August. The last two episodes (12th and 19th of July) are being uploaded right now and will be available later today.

The WSOP has been an interesting ride, but the fall will be exciting as well ... The november 9, the Belgian Championship, ... 2009 isn't finished yet.

Upcoming shows:
23rd of August - 7.30pm - 10.30pm
30th of August - 7.30pm - 10.30pm

Rail Radio Tonight - WSOP roundup

As we're still right in the middle of the summer, I expect a fairly low number of Belgian runners in the Warmup, starting in about 20 minutes.

Who's playing ? Please let me know, and I'll start to rail you guys from around 9pm.
I'll also keep an eye on the Belgian//Netherlands $1000 freeroll, and the $1.10 $1000 added for belgians and dutchies, starting at 7.30pm and 8pm.

Main topic for tonight is the WSOP wrap up. Players, results, funny facts, ...

As always, your input is welcome and greatly appreciated (Ares@pokerbrothers.be or directly on skype 'pokerbrothers').

Should be live at latest around 9pm.

Main Event Newsflash - Less than 75 players remaining

Phil Ivey has been on a gigantic roller coaster. On Day five, he was down to a mere 245k, while he now has a stack around 6 million. This puts Ivey currently in fifth place, followed by Antonio Esfandiari, who's around 5.6 million. The chipleader, Darvin Moon has over 9 million.

Dennis Philips (from the november nine from last year), astonished his opponents with a few four and five bets, taking down huge pots preflop.

A few notable eliminations: Noah Boeken, Peter Eastgate, Julien Brecard (he used to organizes walloon events for Everest in Belgium). No news about Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, but I'm afraid he's been eliminated as well.

Rail Radio - Last week & Preview tonight

I just uploaded last week's broadcast, you can find the link on the menu (right).

Because of the summer period, and the fact that many belgians are still in Vegas to witness the last days of this years World Series of Poker, we haven't seen too many tournament players last week.

If you're playing a Sunday Major on Pokerstars (the Warmup, the Million or the $109R), please let me know at Ares@pokerbrothers.be.

Tonight's show will start around 9pm, if there are enough Belgian participants to ensure the necessary online poker fireworks.

Belgians at the Main Event - Day 3

Grindintr00:

291 Zelin, Michael Plainsboro NJ 73.800 B4 1
292 Lorensen, Randy Austin TX 50.900 B4 2
293 Persaud, Nikhil London United Kingdom 26.700 B4 3
294 DeMeulder, Mathias Burcht Belgium 26.700 B4 4
295 Agahi, Bobby Scottsdale AZ 52.800 B4 5
296 Bisutti, Mike Los Angeles CA 274.000 B4 6
297 Cabrera, Marcello Bakersfield CA 44.500 B4 7
298 Serock, Joseph Albuquerque NM 69.000 B4 8
299 Cooper, Bob Plantation FL 25.200 B4 9

Riverlex:

605 Leibgorin, Michelle Sete France 79.400 BR178 1
606 Lederer, Rob New York NY 134.400 BR178 2
607 Beeckx, Alexander Antwerp Belgium 157.900 BR178 4
608 Hachem, Tony Victoria Australia 46.900 BR178 5
609 Banks, Kirk Naples FL 184.600 BR178 6
610 Hong, David Las Vegas NV 144.200 BR178 7
611 Pastor, Juan Manuel Madrid Spain 61.300 BR178 8
612 Lee, Brandon Atlanta GA 118.200 BR178 9

Neophrak:

1213 Villaluz, Salvador Oakville ON, Canada 37.800 BR246 1
1214 Vinsant, Jeremiah Murfresboro TN 95.900 BR246 2
1215 McCoy, Chris MD 73.800 BR246 4
1216 Gabel, John Weehawken NJ 162.000 BR246 5
1217 Bowerman, Christian Brentwood CA 40.000 BR246 6
1218 Ciarrocchi, Vincent Stoney Creek NC 47.400 BR246 7
1219 Desmoort, Jean Hennuyeres Belgium 66.500 BR246 8
1220 Pham, Kido Dallas TX 47.000 BR246 9
1221 Giandomenico, Italiano Switzerland 43.200 BR246 9

Xavier Charlier:

1451 Chase, Jay Irving TX 186.200 O71 1
1452 Xavier, Charlier Waremme Belgium 139.100 O71 2
1453 Brooks, Gregory Wyckoff NJ 103.200 O71 3
1454 Hearns, Liam Tokyo Japan 55.900 O71 4
1455 King, Carter Columbia SC 104.100 O71 5
1456 Anderson, Justin Milwaukee WI 56.000 O71 6
1457 Gazes, Bill Brooklyn NY 68.500 O71 7
1458 Giannell, Christopher Red Banks NJ 78.500 O71 8
1459 Kapovich, John Downers Grove IL 15.800 O71 9

Marc Naalden, at the table with Chris Ferguson and Erik Van Den Berg:

874 Van Den Berg, Erik Eindhoven Netherlands 107.100 BR208 1
875 Ferguson, Chris Pacific Palisades CA 76.000 BR208 2
876 Blenkarn, Jeff Rockford MI 29.600 BR208 3
877 Gregorich, Mark Las Vegas NV 51.000 BR208 4
878 Estelle, Denis Paris France 245.100 BR208 5
879 Pickell, Lisa Bricktown NJ 18.800 BR208 6
880 Naalden, Marc Antwerpen Netherlands 61.600 BR208 7
881 Gee, Steve Sacramento CA 82.500 BR208 8
882 Malzanini, Julius Saarbuecken Germany 27.300 BR208 9

Celebrities at the WSOP main event (update)

Celebrities that are still alive in the Main Event

Jason Alexander (actor) - (below average stack)
Shane Warne (world famous cricket player) – (above average stack)
Patrick Bruel (French actor and singer) – (below average stack)
Lou Diamond Phillips (actor and singer) – (above average stack)
Jordan Farmar (NBA basketball player) – (above average stack)
Sam Simon (Hollywood writer and producer) – (below average stack)

Eliminated on Day 2

Marlon Wayans (actor) – eliminated on Day 2

Celebrities that were eliminated on day 1

Torrie Wilson (female wrestler)
John Salley (former NBA basketball player)
Joseph Kahn (music video producer)
Ray Romano (actor)
Sully Erna (musician)
Shannon Elizabeth (actor)
Brad Garrett (actor)

Main Event - Day 2B Ends

By my knowledge, no real belgians played day 2B. But there was Marc Naalden, the dutch player living in Antwerp. He managed to survive day 2B, but his stack is below average, around 60k.

Among the big guns who survived day 2B are Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Justin Bonomo and Jennifer Harman.

Today, there's a break in the main event. The largest poker tournament in the WORLD continues on Friday.

MUST READ for poker beginners & microstakes players

If you want to get your game to the next level, make sure to check the archive of memorable strategy threads, from the 2+2 microstakes section.

Rooting for all Belgians in Main Event Day 2

Today is the day that will separate the boys from the men. True, these guys already survived day one, but so did 75% of the field (on average).

Laurensds (Laurens De Smet), Riverlex (Alexander Beeckx), Grindintroo (Mathias De Meulder), SpaceyFCB (Kenny Hallaert), Yves Desmoort (neophrak) are the names to watch out for.

There's a whole dutch/belgian crew of pokernews present, so they're sure to serve us with updates in due time.

Adding the Rail Radio status to your own website

It's now possible to add the status of the rail radio to your own website. In this way, you don't need to check this site every time you want to know what's going on with the radio.

Basically, you need to integrate the page:

http://atmire.com/radiostats/radio_stats.php

With an iframe in your own website.

Download example code here. (right-click, save as)

If you integrate the status in your own website, let us know, we'll make sure to mention your website in the next broadcasts.

Main Event - Belgian Day 1A Survivors

The Belgian Main event participants did particularly well in day 1A of the main event.

Riverlex, Smetje and Mathias De Meulder managed to get to day 2, with decent chipstacks. No exact news on their hands.

Kenny Hallaert was on a roller coaster, getting high as 50k chips, and falling back to 35k when his set was crushed by a straight on the river.

Less fortunate was Davidi Kitai, who didn't manage to survive day 1.

We're rooting for all belgians in the largest poker tournament worldwide.