WSOP 2008
Take It to the Limit
by Jill on 06.11.08, 2:13 am
Though it’s hard to believe that Event #20 is already underway, the Limit Hold’Em field still remains chock-full of PocketFives players. The average stack was 6.5K with the blinds at 100/200. About 320 players remained of the original field of 480 and Jon “PearlJammer” Turner (pictured at right) continued to aggressively amass chips, taking down 2K in chips in two hands while PocketFivesLive reporters watched.
In one hand, Turner raised 400 from late position before the flop, which came 9
4
2
. He bet out after the flop for 400 more and the turn came the 9
. After the turn, he tickled the table with 400 more chips, was called by one other player, and rivered the 7. After betting the river once more, his opponent folded and he won the pot. Meanwhile, Adam “Roothlus” Levy and Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman were railing Brock “t_soprano” Parker and Kevin “BeL0waB0ve” Saul, who are currently seated side by side at the same table. Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg, Todd “Dan Druff” Witteles, and Shaun Deeb were eliminated from the tournament recently, but the following P5ers continued to nurse their chipstacks:
Jon “PearlJammer” Turner - 11K
Aaron “NDGrinder59″ Steury - 10K
Justin Bonomo - 8K
Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson - 8K
Kevin “BeL0waB0ve” Saul - 7K
Shannon Shorr - 7K
Eric “EFro” Froelich - 3.5K
Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich - 3K
Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar - 3K
At the $2K Omaha Hi/Lo event, another player has replaced Scott “BigRiskky” Clements as the short stack after a painful showdown with the current chipleader, Ted Forrest. The excitement was tangible as many big-name players came to rail the remaining seven players. Mike Matusow man-hugged Clements as he approached and was then seen autographing $100 bills for onlookers as he explained he had more than a friendly investment in the tournament, backing Jim Pechac for 10% of his earnings. PocketFives continues to follow this tournament as the players fight for the $226,483 payout and major bragging rights.