Stammen Wins Bracelet, Kopp’s on Top of 5K
by Rich on 06.08.09, 12:28 am
After fading numerous outs on the last hand of heads up, Keven “stamdogg” Stammen (pictured right) just won Event #13 $2.5K NLHE. Stammen raised Angel Guillen preflop, and Guillen called. The flop ran 9
8
2 and Angel check-raised Keven all-in. Stammen made the call with JJ
and Guillen tabled J9 for top pair and a flush draw. The T brought even more outs, and now any non heart seven or queen chopped the pot. Guillen missed everything when the 2 spiked on the river and Keven Stammen took the pot and the tournament. Stammen won $506,786 and, of course, a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Congrats Keven!
The other payouts were:
Angel Guillen — $312,800
Shawn Glines — $202,694
Bahador Ahmadi — $139,934
Torrey Reily — $100,446
Antoine Berube — $75,547
Oktay Altinbas — $59,356
Matthew Lynn — $48,621
Gregg Merkow — $41,439
WSOP 2009 Event #15 $5K NLHE
Billy “Patrolman35″ Kopp (pictured left) just won a huge hand over in the Brasilia Room.
We unfortunately missed the action, but the board read Q-10-9-8-2, and all of the money was in the middle. Kopp had 99
in front of him for a flopped set, and his opponent’s cards were mucked. Billy eliminated the player and appears to be the chip leader with around 450K in front of him.
Faraz “The-Toilet0” Jaka is sitting on a big stack as well at a near by table. Jaka was facing a tough bet though, when his opponent let out for 21K with the board reading 772J2. Faraz announced “call,” and his opponent mucked his hand without showing. Jaka tried to muck as well, but it is a tournament rule that the winning hand has to be shown. Faraz turned over QJ and pulled in the pot. Jaka is over 300K.
Speaking of tough calls, Tom “titantom32″ Braband was faced with a tough decision at an outer table. Braband led out for 28K on the river when the board read 88874. His opponent promptly forced him all in. Tom tanked for quite some time, counting and recounting his stack. He even checked the screen for a moment as well. Braband finally murmured, “call,” and both players turned their cards over simultaneously. Tom’s opponent showed AQ, and was defeated by his own 45. The other players at the table, and the rail, all echoed the same sentiments:
“Sick call Tom.”
With 64 players remaining the tournament is on the money bubble. The minimum cash is $10,159.
WSOP 2009 Event #14 $2.5K LHE Six-Max
Not to be ignored is Brock “t soprano” Parker (pictured right), who is heads up with Daniel Negreanu for a bracelet at the feature table. Parker and Negreanu have been battling and neither player has won a big pot thus far. Negreanu began the match with a slight edge in chips, 1.6 million to 1.2 million, but Daniel has since chipped up to 2 million, dropping Parker to around 700K. Brock is still very much alive though and both players seem content with playing a long, grinding match.
