Nothing But Net
by Jessica on 06.11.08, 12:22 am
Over the past half an hour, progressively less poker is being played here in the Amazon room as more and more players become caught up in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. All of the televisions in the Amazon Room are either being used as tournament clocks or to broadcast the game. We have had to be careful where we stand as many players, who likely have interest in the game past simple team spirit, have been verbally abusing anyone who gets in their way.
Over at the 2-7 single draw event, Mike Matusow berated the tournament director for accidentally standing in front of the television. Many of the remaining players are craning their necks to try to catch the remaining minutes of the game. The media has dubbed the space between the tables and television in this area a “no fly zone” and are doing their best to avoid walking through there at all costs. One player who doesn’t seem particularly upset about being seated with the back to the television is Tom “durrrr” Dwan (pictured at left), who is listening to music on his headphones and continuing to build his already large chip stack. Even though the money bubble is still a few players away, Dwan appeared to be doing a nice job of maintaining aggression as the NBA money bubble was determined in the final minutes of the 4th.
In other news, the $1.5K Ladies Event has crowned Svetlana Gromenkova as the winner of the event after she defeated Anh Le heads up. On the final hand Svetlana and Anh got it all in pre-flop with pocket kings and A-5 respectively. The flop provided Le with a gut shot straight draw, but the turn and river were no help and she was eliminated in second place.
At the final table of the $2K Omaha Hi/Lo Event #15, Scott “BigRiskky” Clements’ stack looked dangerously low as the table is down to seven players after the elimination of Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke and Allan Enciso. Clements trailed the pack with 120K after losing a pot to Jim Pechac who flipped over a pair of eights on the river, not expecting to win. When we caught up with the table, the current chipleader, Ted Forrest, was bullying with his big stack and preventing much action from occurring. In order to win another bracelet, Clements must make a move - and fast. In the meantime, the players have taken a 90-minute dinner break and will be back with a vengeance at 10:30PM PST as they race for the bracelet.
In the $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em event, the field narrowed to three as Rory Monahan was eliminated in 4th for $82,582. The players have returned from dinner break and we will continue to update their progress.
