NHL All-Star takes bad beat, Young busts out
by AdamJ on 06.01.08, 7:01 pm
Nursing a short stack in the 1.5k NL event, San Jose Shark Jeremy Roenick (pictured at right) had seen better days.
A nine-time NHL all-star, Roenick had just taken a bad beat before switching tables when his flopped straight lost to top pair and an open-end straight draw on the river.
Roenick has played poker for about ten years and started playing tournaments in recent years when televised poker got popular.
Roenick’s playing in his fifth WSOP event and he cashed in last year’s 6-max NL event.
He hopes to make his first WSOP final table this summer and plans on playing 3 to 4 more events this summer.
Roenick said he unfortunately can’t play the Main Event because a deep run would conflict with his obligation to the San Jose Sharks.
Ryan “youngluck” Young failed to cash in the first two WSOP events this year after busting out with a short stack in the 1.5k NL event.
Young, who went out 11th in the 10k pot-limit hold-em event about 12 hours, lost two big all-ins with AK before busting out, the first of two confrontations losing to the same hand when his opponent hit a backdoor flush.
On his final hand, with the blinds at 100-200, Young went all-in for 1,400 after one limper only to have an opponent behind him move all-in with a slightly bigger stack.
Young revealed the A
K, trailing his opponents JJ
, and said “Let’s try this again.”
The board didn’t connect with Young’s big slick, giving him a breather before his next event.