WSOP 2008
Shorr Runner-Up in $2K, Rivera Wins $10K Mixed Event
by Jill on 06.07.08, 1:14 am
After two hours of heads-up play in Event #7, Shannon Shorr (pictured at left) couldn’t catch Matt Keikoan, who won the WSOP bracelet for the event and a grand prize of $550,601. Shorr won $349,141 for his second-place finish after 67 presumably card-dead hands of Keikoan slowly chipping away at his stack. Many congratulations to Shannon for his stellar performance and we look forward to watching him in the days to come!
Meawhile, in the $10K World Championship Mixed Event, Tony “tongni” Rivera (pictured at right) took down all the chips in the room to win the bracelet and $483,688. Heads-up against James “mig.com” Mackey for a brief ten-minute match, Rivera’s A
K
remained strong against Mackey’s all-in preflop A
9. Mackey won a palindromic $297,792 for second place. Congratulations to both players!
Parker & Clements Chipping Up
by Jessica on 06.06.08, 11:56 pm
In the $2.5K Stud 8/Omaha 8 event, Brock “t_soprano” Parker (pictured at right) and Scott “BigRiskky” Clements are seated side by side as the final 5 tables approach the money bubble. Clements lost most of his chips in an earlier Omaha hand with John Racener, who scooped the pot and left Clements with 9K, less than five big bets. With the blinds at 1K/2K with a 500 ante, Parker brought in the stud hand hand for a completed bet to 2K with the 6 up. Clements raised with his Q and another player with the K
offered to put Clements all in for his remaining 3700 before Parker reminded him he was still in the hand. The player apologized before 3-betting. Parker made the call and Clements moved all-in for his remaining 1700. Both made the call and their cards came as follows:
Clements: Q2TQ
Parker: 6844
Opponent: K5KJ
After 7th street, Parker missed his low, but had 2 pair, 4s and 6s. The other player held kings and jacks with no low, and Clements turned over an ace and 2 deuces for the boat and scooped the pot. He is now up to around 23K.
Despite losing the hand, Parker was still very active throughout the level and sits with a relatively healthy 47K. Craig “mr. casino” Gray also remains in the event, but his mind appeared to be more on a $100 side bet than the event itself. Gavin Smith laid Craig Gray 15-1 that Allen “The Chainsaw” Kessler would finish in exactly 43rd place. Poker writer Gary Wise observed Smith’s terrible line on the bet since 40 spots pay and Kessler, who is notorious for tight play around the money bubble, would likely not let himself be eliminated without getting paid. Wise’s suggestion for a better line? 39th place. We’ll see if Wise’s predicition is correct, but in the meantime, Smith will be paying up as 41 players, Kessler included, remain in the event.
Meanwhile, in the $10K Mixed Game Championship, Anthony “tongni” Rivera crippled Michael DeMichele in an unreal race of 2-7 Triple Draw. DeMichele showed down 8-7-5-4-3 to Rivera’s 8-7-5-3-2 and was left with 40K. Shortly afterwards, DeMichele went all-in pre-draw and was eliminated by Rivera. He takes home $139,872 for his valiant efforts.
At the dinner break, the final table was three-handed with the following chip counts:
Tony “tongni” Rivera - 1.896M
Matt Glantz - 1.015M
James “mig.com” Mackey - 926K