Grant Hinkle Wins Event #2
by Jessica on 06.04.08, 3:22 pm
The enormous field of Event #2 - $1.5K NLHE has finally been whittled down from 3929 to one. During heads up play with Grant Hinkle (pictured at left) and James Akenhead, Hinkle raised from the button, Akenhead reraised, and Hinkle moved all-in. James made the call with A
K
and Grant tabled T
4. It looked like Hinkle had picked the wrong time to bluff his opponent until the flop came T
T 4 . If the flopped full house was not enough, the T on the turn gave Grant quads and eliminated James Akenhead in 2nd place. He took $520,219 for his efforts. Grant Hinkle won the bracelet in addition to $831,462 in prize money.
Two more bracelet winners will be crowned before the day is over. The $1.5K PL Hold Em final table begins at 2pm today. The current chip leader is Joe Tehan. Other players at the table include David Singer, Robert “PlayaPlz” Lipkin, and Zachary “Carter” King.Â
At 3pm the final table of the $5K Mixed Limit Hold Em event begins. The current chip leader is David Rheem, whose chip stack sits at 885K. Full Tilt Poker is well represented at the table by Erick Lindgren, Howard Lederer, and Roland de Wolfe, who will have to contend with Rheem, Isaac Haxton, Bodog’s David Williams and Justin Bonomo, Andrew Robl, and Pat Pezzin.
Several other events will continue play today. The $1K NL Hold Em with rebuys begins Day 2 play at 2pm and the $1.5K Limit Omaha 8 event resumes at 5pm. Both events will play down to the final table.
The day kicks off with Event #7 - $2K NL Hold Em and Event #8 - $10K World Championship of Mixed Games will begin at 5pm. Players we will be watching in the $2K event include Tom “titantom32″ Braband, Devin “tranquilchaos” Porter, Darren Elias, and Nick “fu_15″ Maimone
