WSOP 2008
2008 WSOP Main Event, Day 1A Concludes
by Jill on 07.04.08, 4:48 am
Play concluded for Day 1A of the Main Event just after 1AM PST. Nearly half of the day’s entrants were eliminated in the 10K championship; 657 of 1,297 remain for Day 2 play. Day 1b will commence tomorrow at 12pm PST at the Rio, but before we get ahead of ourselves, here is a wrap-up of Level 5, which brought quite a bit of excitement for PocketFives players.
After patiently waiting the entire level, Jeff “yellowsub” Williams (pictured at right) finally got his last 5K all in from the big blind after the player on the button raised to 1.2K. He was in great shape with A-K versus his opponent’s A-5. The flop came Q-7-2. When a queen came on the turn, Jeff looked nervous, fearing a chop, but an ace on the river sealed the deal and he doubled up to 10.5K in chips.
Another big double-up came for Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach, who had been sitting on a short stack for quite awhile. He got involved in a hand with one other player and Richard’s A
Q
bested his opponent’s AT on a A
979
2 board. He doubled up to 28K.
PocketFives also caught up with Joe “latestlines2″ Ward who was in the small blind and engaged in a hand with one other opponent. The board ran out 4-A-K-9-T and Joe’s A-6 held up to increase his stack to 56K. Shortly afterward, Joe also got involved in a hand when the board ran out J6J96. He bet out on the river and was called; both players showed A-Q for the chop, but they each picked up the blinds, antes, and a couple of limpers’ chips, so Joe increased his stack to 68K.
Josh “Squintngo” Goldstein (pictured at left), on the other hand, was feeling a little suppressed as he explained that his table was extremely nitty, yet the table next to theirs kept the camera crews running over every other hand with their all in action. Nitty or not, Josh’s stack stayed strong at 43K and he will continue on to Day 2 after attending a wedding in Chicago during his break.
Recent eliminations include Adam “akat11″ Katz, whose pocket queens couldn’t catch his opponents pocket kings, and Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul, whose all-in preflop K-J couldn’t best his opponent’s K-Q. Also suspiciously missing from their seats? JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado and Eric “p3achy_keen” Liu, about whom we haven’t heard any news.
Congrats to all players who played valiantly through Day 1a! Though official chip counts will be released later this evening, here are estimates at the end of Level 5:
Michael “dblupM0j” Johnson - 114K
Mark “pokerbok” Vos - 106K
Jeremiah Smith - 99K
Tim “tmay420″ West - 70K
Jason Gray - 69.4K
Louis “MrBeeks” Werman - 57.4K
Joe “latestlines2″ Ward - 68K
Jamie “TheChronic420″ Rosen - 55K
Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle - 54K
Steve “McNallyville” McNally - 50K
Eric “jakz101″ Crain - 50K
Peter “number1pen” Neff- 49K
Josh “Squintngo” Goldstein - 43K
Brendan “moe86″ Mahoney - 37.6
Kevin “Kice32″ Iacofano - 37.5K
Doug “Resilient” Smith - 35.8K
Justin “looshle” Pechie - 32K
Craig “MrCasino” Gray - 26K
Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke - 21K
Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan - 21K
Barry Greenstein - 21K
Maimone Busts
by AdamJ on 07.03.08, 6:47 pm
Nick “fu_15″ Maimone’s (pictured right) tough start to Day 1A of the WSOP Main Event got even worse when he was all-in with aces on a 10-9-3 flop against pocket queens and lost when the third queen peeled on the turn.
Adam “akat11″ Katz cringed when he discovered he was playing across from David Pham at his starting table. Katz can breathe a little easier now that he has built his stack up to 29k and Pham has went the other direction with only 5k.
Eric “jakz101″ Crain’s stack seems to perpetually lead the life of a yo-yo in nearly every tournament P5’s has followed him at lately. Crain chronicled his richter scale-like path to P5’s of his first three hours of play. He started out getting up to 25k then got down to 10k, then got up to 20k, then down to 16k and is currently back up to the 20k starting stack.
Stay tuned to see where Crain’s roller coaster turns next.
Brock “t_soprano” Parker’s table became a little easier with the departure of David Benyamine, whose A-Q ran into AA on an ace high flop. Parker’s table still features Roland De Wolfe and Peter “number1pen” Neff however.
Here’s a list of players’ stacks
Steve “CornellFiji” Ware - 38k
Jon “PearlJammer” Turner - 35k
Faraz “The Toilet” Jaka - 30k
Alex “AJKHoosier1″ Kamberis - 26k
Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers - 22k
Matt “All In At 420″ Stout - 22k
Aaron Been - 22k
Kevin “BeLOWaBOVe” Saul - 20k
Peter “number1pen” Neff - 18k
Shannon Shorr - 18k
Slaubaugh Busts in Level 1
by AdamJ on 07.03.08, 4:47 pm
Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh’s remarkable run through this WSOP came to an end in the first level of the 10k NL Main Event, WSOP Event #54.
Slaubaugh’s 86 got all-in on the turn when the board read 5793. Slaubaugh’s opponent turned an ace-high flush.
P5’s unfortunately caught the action late on the turn so the context of the hand isn’t complete.
Nevertheless, it’s been an incredible series for Slaubaugh, whose had arguably the best results from WSOP NL tournaments this summer.
Slaubaugh’s made five cashes this WSOP, three of which were top 20 finishes. Slaubaugh’s best run was through the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #36 where he finished 2nd, cashing for 389k.
Most players barometer on whether they drew a good starting table, especially in fields this large, is to not recognize anyone at their table.
A handful of P5ers were unfortunately not in that enviable position.
Adam “akat11″ Katz was sitting right across from one of the most feared NL tournament players in the world in David Pham. At least Katz was sitting a few seats to Pham’s right, although from talking with Katz that hardly seemed like any consolation.
“I mean why wouldn’t I be seated right across from one of the most aggressive tournament players in the world,” he said.
Brock “t_soprano” Parker (pictured left) drew one of the tougher tables in the field with Roland De Wolfe and David Benyamine sitting directly to his right. Throw in Peter Neff as well and the table is down right cruel.
Joe Sebok’s tough WSOP got a little bleaker when he was planted to the immediate right of James “mig.com” Mackey.
So far, Sebok has fared well at the table with 24k to Mackey’s 14k.
Joshua “pbdrunks” VanDuyn continues to battle tough luck early in tournaments this WSOP. VanDuyn’s stack is down to 11k after he turned an underflush in a pot he raised preflop. Luckily VanDuyn was able to salvage a chunk of his chips after he took a pot-control line after the flop, check-calling the turn and river.
Here’s a list of players’ stacks:
JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado - 26k
Adam “akat11″ Katz - 25k
Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka - 23k
Eric “jakz101″ Crain - 21k
Owen “ocrowe” Crowe - 21k
Brock “t_soprano” Parker - 18k
Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach - 17k
Adam “All In At 420″ Stout - 17k
Nick “fu_15″ Maimone - 14k
Katz and Cahail Bust Out
by AdamJ on 06.29.08, 4:18 am
Shortly after Adam “akat11″ Katz managed to double up, he found himself hitting the rail in the 2k NL WSOP Event #48. Katz was eliminated in 25th place when he ran his pocket jacks into another player’s pocket kings. He earned $20,241 for his efforts and we are hoping Erin the Lucky Masseuse pocketed another hefty tip despite Adam failing to make the final table.
Right on Katz’s heels was Blake “BallaB13″ Cahail, whose J-9 didn’t improve against his opponent’s pocket fours and he was eliminated in 23rd place.
18 players remain including Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson (570K), Eric “jakz101″ Crain (500K), Darren “DABADESTCHIC” Nelson (270K), and Dan “Wretchy” Martin (200K) (pictured below)
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The $50K HORSE Event is down to just 11 players after the elimination of Phil Ivey in 12th place. Erick Lindgren has a commanding chip lead with 2.5 million chips. The next closest competitor is Scotty Nguyen with 1.9 million. Barry Greenstein continues to hold on with 825K.
Day 1 of the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #49 concluded minutes ago as the 2,718 player field whittled down to 215 players, reaching the money bubble earlier with 270 players left.
P5er Alex “42oneverloses” Case continued to shoot up the ranks and will start Day 2 with one of the top stacks at 93k.
This is Case’s first WSOP tournament and is the biggest buy-in tournament he’s ever played in. Early on Case said he was quite nervous, especially after he got down to 1800. After shoving his way up to 5k, Case hasn’t looked back as his stack has ascended to the top.
“I’m having a great time,” Case said. “Feels good to run like this, especially in a tournament that’s like 3 times as big as anyone i’ve played in.”
Indeed.
Greg “FBT” Mueller’s stack hasn’t dipped a bit and remains as one of the top stacks at 95k. Mueller’s stack has been near the top since players returned from dinner break.
P5er “shortyjacksn” cashed with a 258th place finish, earning $2,783.
Here’s a list of other notable chip stacks.
J.C. Tran - 112k
David Pham - 85k
Andy Black - 47k
Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg - 42k
Joe Pelton - 45k
Minh “TheMaster” Nguyen - 35k
Kristy Gazes - 29k
Eugene Todd - 24k
Case Making Good on Satellite Entry
by AdamJ on 06.29.08, 2:42 am
Alex “42oneverloses” Case’s (pictured right)$26 investment on a Full Tilt satellite is looking pretty good as he is one of the top stacks at 78k in the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #49.
Case (pictured at right) won a monster hand about an hour ago when he raised KJ and got three callers. On a Q96 flop, Case was already looking at a bet and raise by the time it got to him. With his double draw, Case went all-in and ended up isolating against his opponents 52. Case hit a King on the turn won a 60k pot to bring his stack to its current level.
Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg and J.C. Tran have seen their stack jump in the last hour. Friedberg currently sits with 42k and Tran with 75k.
Here’s some other notable chip stacks with 288 left and the average stack at 28k.
Greg “FBT” Mueller - 60k
David Pham - 50k
Joe Pelton - 37k
Hevad Khan - 28k
Chris “sooooted” Vaugh - 28k
Eugene Todd - 23k
Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar - 18k
Jeff Madsen - 21k
After losing several key confrontations in the $2K No Limit Hold Em WSOP Event #48, Adam “akat11″ Katz was down to under 120K with the blinds at 6K/12K ante 1K when he got in a blind versus blind confrontation. Both Adam in the big blind and the player in the small blind were the shortest stacks at the table, so Katz was not surprised at all when the small blind shoved all-in after it folded around to him. Katz quickly made the call with 99 and was surprised to discover his opponent had a big hand as well–AK. Adam managed to win his race when the board ran out 8747J and the other player was eliminated. After the hand, Katz was up to 240K.
Earlier, Eric “jakz101″ Crain bragged to Pocket Fives that he got a player to lay down pocket kings on a queen high flop. Well, apparently Eric is at it again. Crain raised to 30K preflop and another player then reraised to 90K. Eric shoved all-in for 327K more and the player thought for a couple of minutes. Eventually he announced, “I am going to lay this down” and mucked his pocket queens face up. A few minutes after the chips were pushed Eric’s way, his tablemate, Dan “Wretchy” Martin said what may have been on many people’s minds: “all I have to say to you sir is, ‘must be nice.’” Crain now has a 450K chip stack.
Some other notable chip counts with 26 players remaining include Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson (600K), Darren “DABADESTCHIC” Nelson (400K), and Dan “Wretchy” Martin (380K)