WSOP 2008
Things just got even tougher at Scott “BigRiskky” Clements’ (pictured at right) table, but the Omaha expert seems to be taking his rough table line up just fine. Since we last reported on the $1.5K PLO w/ rebuy event, Jamie Gold has busted and a few new faces have been added to this already tough table. Here is a partial rundown of the current line-up:
Seat 2 - Bruno Fitoussi
Seat 3 - Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby
Seat 4 - Scott “BigRiskky” Clements
Seat 7 - Jordan Morgan
Seat 9 - Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond
Clements recently got into a hand with several of the players when, with the blinds at 300/600, Hamby and another player limped into a pot and then Clements raised to 2.5K total. The player on the button called, as did Hamby and the other limper. The flop came A
6
4
and it checked to Clements who paused as if he was going to bet before electing to check. The player on the button checked as well and when the turn came 6
it checked around to the player on the button once again. This time the player bet out 6.5K and everyone folded except for Scott, who made the call. The river was the T
and both players checked. Clements pulled out K-K from his K-K-10-4 for two pair, kings and sixes, and the other player mucked. Scott is now up to 48K.
Here are the chip counts of some of the other remaining players in the event:
Tim “Tmay420″ West - 110K
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 95K
Jeff “yellowsub” Williams - 50K
Jared Hamby - 24K
Jordan Morgan - 22K
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 12K
In the Brasilia room, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event is down to 56 players and Scott “ssitron” Sitron and Court Harrington are adding chips to their stack as the evening moves forward. Harrington began Level 15 with 60K and his built has stack to over 100K without having to show a hand down. Sitron is up to 225K despite sitting at a tough table that includes Morgan Machina, Ray Henson and Fabrice Soulier.
The $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Championship is also taking place there. Sixty-four of the world’s best players are still battling for the crown. Thayer Rasmussen is still representing the online community with 30K — slightly below the average stack.
Over at the ESPN Feature Table, play continues 3-handed at the final table of the $2.5K 6-handed NLHE event. Dario Minieri has relinquished the chip lead to Seth Fischer, but all three players are relatively even stacked.
Minieri took a huge hit when he and Justin “fluffdog” Filtz (pictured right) got it all in on a flop of A
T
2
with Justin holding 3
5
to Dario’s Q
J
. Filtz appeared to be in bad shape until a 4
on the turn made him the wheel. The 4
fell on the river and he doubled up to over 1.5 million chips.
- June 18, 2008 -- Let the Belittling Begin
- June 20, 2008 -- Omaha Field Shrinks
- June 19, 2008 -- An Evening of Studs
- June 18, 2008 -- Slow Day

