Makhija First to Exit $5K Shootout Round 2
by Brett on 06.22.09, 7:52 pm
Amit “amak316″ Makhija was the lone P5er sent to the raill during the first two levels of the $5K NLHE Shootout Round 2. Lex “Raszi” Veldhuis eliminated the first two players at their table but it was Maxim Lykov who got the best of Amit. Lykov raised on the button and Makhija moved his short stack in from the big blind. Lykov called with A
9, which was in command against Makhija’s 9
8. Amit picked up some hope on the J
T3
flop and added even more outs when the 2 fell on the river, but the K on the river sent him out of the tournament with $16,740.
Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger went from short stack to chip leader at his table in the span of a level. After losing a decent portion of his stack, Lichtenberger called an all-in bet with QQ on a 7-hi flop and was in great position against the J-10 of his opponent. His queens held and he was able to use his newfound chips to make another move moments later. On a board of A52 TQAndrew checked and his opponent bet 52K. Lichtenberger then check-raised all in for 58.4K more and his opponent took a few minutes before folding. Andrew won another pot from David Pham just before the first break.
Players started the day with 150K chips. Here’s a look at how the five tables are shaping up as they return from their 20-minute break:
Table 3
Four-handed: Peter “Nordberg” Feldman is fourth in chips with 124K.
Table 4
Six-handed: Justin “fluffdog” Filtz is sixth in chips.
Table 5
Four-handed: Davidi “legrouzin” Kitai is the chip leader with 340K, David “Bakes” Baker is second with 247K and Peter “belabacsi” Traply is third with 156K.
Table 9
Heads Up: Lex Veldhuis is the overwhelming chip leader.
Table 10
Five-handed: Andrew “luckychewy” Lichtenberger leads the way with 300K, Cort “thecortster” Kibler-Melby is second with 237K.
WSOP EVENT #40: $10K PLO
Matt “mattg1983” Graham has surged into the chip lead of the $10K PLO World Championship while Noah “fouruhaters” Schwartz has gone from the top of the leader board to out in a few hands.
Howard Lederer raised to 20K before the flop and Graham re-raised to 90K. David Williams then raised the pot again, making it 220K more to call. Lederer folded and Graham made the call. The flop was QJ4. Williams moved the rest of his stack (about 200K) into the middle and Graham nearly beat him into the pot with QQT9. Williams showed AA8-4x. The turn and river were no help and Graham increased his stack to 1.5 million or so after the hand.
Schwartz was eliminated in 15th place a short time after losing a big pot to Barry Greenstein, who made a set on the turn to beat Schwartz’s two pair. Greenstein currently has 1 million chips.
WSOP EVENT #42: $2.5K MIXED
Before the players in the $2.5K Mixed Event headed out on their first break of the day we caught Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson in a 2-7 Triple Draw hand. We missed the first draw but saw both players check. On the second draw, Johnson and his opponent in seat three both took one card. Johnson check-called a bet of 2K. Johnson took one more card on the third draw while seat three stood pat. Johnson then led out for 2K and, after some thought, the other player decided to fold.
Kevin “kice32″ Iacofano was all in one table over during a round of Triple Draw. All his chips were already in the pot on the second draw. He took one card, as did Thang Luu and Frank “gator93” Hernandez. Iacofano stood pat on the third draw while the others drew again. Iacofano tabled 97542, which was the best hand. He now has about 22K in front of him.
Recent eliminations include Scott “BigRiskky” Clements, Brent “BHanks11” Hanks and Jason “treysfull21” Mercier.
Other approximate chip counts:
Thayer “Thay3r” Rasmussen – 90K
Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson – 70K
Chris “SLOPPYKLOD” Klodnicki – 50K
Frank “gator93″ Hernandez – 50K
Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar – 38K
Steve “MrSmokey1” Billirakis – 32K
Bryan “badbeatninja” Devonshire – 28K
Felipe “mojave14″ Ramos – 25K
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi – 18K
WSOP 2009 Event #39: $1.5K NLHE
Alex Jacob has taken control of the chip lead after eliminating Mohsin “chicagocards1″ Charania. All of Charania’s chips went in preflop with AT but Jacob called with AQ and his hand held up to increase his stack to more than 1.5 million. Ray “WirdPair” Foley (900K) and Shawn sprstoner” Glines (700K) are still going strong as the remaining 14 players attempt to claim the bracelet later this evening.
