Been Busts, Hanks Among Leaders
by AdamJ on 06.09.08, 4:17 am
Despit
e another deep run in a WSOP event, Aaron Been is yet to reach his first WSOP final table.
With 20 players left in the 2.5k NL WSOP Event #13, Aaron Been moved all-in during a small blind verse button confrontation after the button raised when everyone folded to him.
With blinds at 6k-12k and a 1k ante, Been went over the top of the button’s 30k raise, prompting a call from his opponent who woke woke up with T
T
, way ahead of Been’s 5
5.
Been can find some solace in the fact that he would have busted regardless if the stacks were deeper and it didn’t get all-in preflop after the flop came T5
9.
With prominent players left in the final two tables in Event #13 like Adam “akat11″ Katz, Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks, Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier, and Shawn “buck99″ Buchanon, the roped off area a few feat behind the tables was packed with onlookers.
Not satisfied with his line of sight, Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach’s offer of twenty dollars for a front row seat was snatched up by an older gentleman watching a friend still left in the tournament.
Fohrenbach, who was there to watch Mercier, said it was the first time he’s ever had to offer money for a raibird seat but said it was money well spent.
Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks has been chipping up with aggressive plays down to the final two tables.
With 17 players left, Hanks has one of the biggest stacks with 590k.
Just before players left for a break, Hanks reraised a 30k open from the button from his smalll blind, reraising to 160k.
After thinking for a few seconds the button folded and Hanks and his entourage standing nearly two feet away could exhale.