WSOP 2008
All’s Quiet On the Amazon Front
by Crystal on 06.12.08, 5:16 am
While the $2k Limit Hold’Em tournament still has two tables playing and Jeffrey Lisandro and Mike Matusow are still playing heads up in the $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys, play has ceased in both the $5k NLHE tournament and the $3k HORSE tournament and the Amazon room is now mostly quiet. Numerous P5ers are still in the hunt in both the $5k NLHE and the $3k HORSE tourneys.
During the last level of the $5k NLHE tourney, Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer’s stack was anything but steady. In one hand O’Dwyer raised preflop and the small blind called. The flop came A
K5
, the small blind checked, O’Dwyer bet 8.5k, and the small blind pushed all in for 17k total. O’Dwyer said “I have to call!” as he flipped over his T7 for a flush draw that was behind the A
J of his opponent. The 9 on the turn and 3
on the river were no help to O’Dwyer and his stack dropped to around 30k.
Not long after that hand, O’Dwyer tangled in another big pot when Carl “colson10″ Olson raised preflop and O’Dwyer pushed all in next to act. Olsen called with AK and was ahead to O’Dwyers AT but when a Q, J, and finally a K fell on the board O’Dwyer’s broadway straight was enough to eliminate Olson from the tournament.
P5ers still in the hunt when the $5k No-Limit Hold’em Event #21 resumes tomorrow at 2PM PST include:
Anna Wroblewski
Amit “amak316″ Makhija (pictured at left)
Ben “MilkyBarKid” Grundy
Jason Gray
Alex “AJKHoosier1″ Kamberis
Mike “SirWattel” Wattel
Eric “BaseBaldy” Baldwin
Kevin “StamDogg” Stammen
Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer
John “pbdrunks” VanDuyn
Scott “gunning4you” Seiver
Eric “Rizen” Lynch
Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke
Jeremiah “Believer82″ Vinsant
Jon “Apestyles” Van Fleet
Eric “sheets” Haber
Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman
Adam”Roothless” Levy
P5ers still grinding away in the Event #22 $3k HORSE tourney include Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy, Stu “The Donator” Patterson, Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul, James “mig.com” Mackey, Mark “pokerbok” Vos, Zak “traction” Gilbert, and Eric “EFro” Froehlich.
More Fundy for Grundy
by Crystal on 06.12.08, 1:39 am
Ben “MilkyBarKid” Grundy’s (pictured at right)stack is now a bit healthier in Event #21, the $5k NLHE tournament. With the blinds at 400/800 with a 100 ante, Grundy raised under the gun to 2.3k and was called by one player in late postion. The flop came with the A82, Grundy checked, and his opponent bet 2.5k. Grundy called and they saw the 4 come on the turn.
Both players checked and then the river came with the K. Grundy bet out 5.4k and his opponent folded. One of the other players at the table asked “Aces?” and Grundy flipped over his AA. Even though he might not have disguised his hand perfectly he still gained a few more chips and is looking to build his stack even higher before play ceases for the evening. Players are currently on a 20-minute break and when they come back they will play two more levels before they call it a night.
Ryan “macker21″ McClean isn’t having quite as much luck as Grundy when it comes to big pairs. After a player raised it to 2.1k, McClean reraised to 5.5k. The original raiser called and they saw the flop come 8-6-6. Ryan bet out 10k into the pot and the other player moved all in. Ryan called putting himself all in and showed KK only to be devastated to see his opponent held K6 for flopped trips. Ryan couldn’t catch the case K and was sent to the rail.
Though Vanessa Selbst holds more than half the chips in play in the Pot Limit Omaha tournament, Jamie “The New” Robbins managed to hold on until the end of the evening. Jamie held strong for the last hours of Day 2, maintaining 68K as the next-to-last short stack. His final table appearance guarantees him at least a $20,720 prize as they contend for the bracelet and $227,965. This will be the second cash for Robbins this World Series, as he finished in the money for Event #7 NLHE as well.
Loaded Field in 5k NL WSOP Event #21
by AdamJ on 06.11.08, 5:58 pm
With the second largest NL buy-in aside from the Main Event in the WSOP, tables were stacked with notable NL players from live and online scenes. The 731 player field created a handful of stacked tables throughout the Amazon Room.
P5er Court Harrington was at one of the most eclectic tables of all, sitting alongside Sammy Farha, Ari “BodogAri” Engel, Ray Davis, Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin, and Ben “Milkybarkid” Grundy. Harrington has emerged from the tough draw with one of the biggest stacks at his table, doubling his 10k starting stack to over 20k.
Ray Davis busted before the dinner break when he closed the action on the flop after a player bet into the field and Grundy called and Davis called on a J92 flop. When the K dropped on the turn, the flop bettor led big again on the turn, Grundy folded, and Davis tanked for a few minutes.
Shortly after the player mentioned to Davis that he should try to make the first break, Davis called with QQ, ahead of his opponents JT. Davis was sent to the rail when the 3h dropped on the river. P5er Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks drew a tough starting table as he was up against three players with NL championship titles in Gavin Griffin, David Chiu, and Glen Chorny, a trio with 13.5 million in tournament winnings between them.
No table featured more notable players than Cory “ugotpzd” Carroll’s table, featuring Chris “Genius28″ Lee, Brian Devonshire, John Robert Bellande, Andrew “good2cu” Robl, and Richard “Quiet Lion” Brody. Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter drew one of the more interesting tables as well, playing alongside cash-game wizard Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond, Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby, and Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billarakis.
CrazyMarco and Keller Among Chip Leaders
by Crystal on 05.30.08, 10:23 pm
With the blinds at 400/800, Chris “Genius28″ Lee and the player in the cutoff raised back and forth pre-flop until Chris put the other player all in. Chris showed AQ while the other player had KK. The flop came 36K giving the other player top set, and the K on the turn sealed the deal giving him quads. Although it hurt Chris’s stack he still has about 35k as we move into the dinner break.
The randomness of table draws brought some interesting collections of players. One table could seemingly be labeled the “live pro’s table” populated with players including Allen Cunningham, Joe Sebok, Andy Black, Tony Cousineau, Patrick Antonius, and Kathy Leibert. Some tables had higher concentrations of known online players as well with one table including Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, Brock “t_soprano” Parker, Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson, Ben “Milkybarkid” Grundy and Jeff Madsen.
Other tables, such as the table with Kevin “BeLOWaB0Ve” Saul, had a mixture of well-known live and online tournaments players including Shaun Deeb, Isaac “luvtheWNBA” Haxton, John Phan, Michael Mizrachi, Minh Ly, and Dan Shak.
Among the chip leaders heading into the dinner break were Shawn Keller and Marco Johnson (pictured), who have around 150k in chips with about 170 of the initial 352 remaining.
Other notable players had the following chips stacks: Alex “AJKHoosier1″ Kamberis 18k, Isaac Haxton 30k, Shaun Deeb 20k, Chris “Genius28″ Lee 35k.
Saul Takes a Hit, Greenstein Eliminated
by Jessica on 05.30.08, 6:45 pm
On a board showing 8 7 2 A Ben Grundy checked, Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul bet 6500 and Grundy made the call. The river brought the 7 and Grundy checked again. Saul bet 11, 700 and Grundy called, showing pocket deuces for a full house. Kevin Saul tabled pocket threes and dropped to around 25k in chips.
Shawn Keller raised to 1200 preflop from middle position, Tim Phan called, and Barry Greenstein reraised. Keller then repotted, effectively putting Barry all-in. Greenstein called with A K versus the other player’s pocket 10s. With a 10 on the flop, Greenstein was drawing slim. The turn and river were no help to him and he was eliminated midway through Level 3.