WSOP 2008
Wrap Up
by Jessica on 06.11.08, 4:53 am
Tom “Durrrr” Dwan was recently eliminated in 8th place from the $10K 2-7 single draw event, bubbling the final table. The remaining seven players are all known poker pros: Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow, Jeff Lisandro, Barry Greenstein, Tony G, David Benyamine, and Tom Schneider.
Day One of the $1.5K PLO tournament is complete and a mere 46 of the original 759 entrants remain. Vanessa Selbst, Eugene Todd (bro), Carter “devinr12″ Gill are currently the top three in chips. Others still in the event include Jordan “iMsolucky0″ Morgan and Jamie “TheNew” Robbins. They will all return at 2pm tomorrow to play down to the final table.
Event #16’s race for the $2K Omaha Hi/Lo bracelet and a grand prize of has been reduced to a three-way contest between chipleader Ted Forrest, Andrew Brown, and Jim Pechac. With 1.8M in chips, Forrest has Brown outchipped 6:1, and Pechac barely hung on with 125K in chips. One could almost taste the grand prize of $226,483 at the table as the event nears its inevitable end.
The Limit Hold’em contest entered the last level of the evening and one of the first to be eliminated was Eric “EFro” Froehlich, who went all-in with this short stack on the small blind. Two players called his raise and his Q
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couldn’t hold up. Other recent eliminations include Aaron “NDGrind59″ Steury, Bryan Micon, Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich, Justin Bonomo, and Kevin “BeL0waB0ve” Saul. Fear not, however, as some PocketFivers, like Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar (pictured at left), remain. Play concludes within the hour and will resume tomorrow afternoon to fight down to the final table.