WSOP 2008
Vengrin vs. Paris
by Crystal on 07.07.08, 12:17 am
Bryan “bparis” Paris and Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin (pictured at right) recently got into a hand together. With the blinds at 150/300 Bryan raised to 900 and Matt called from the button. The flop came A
22
and both players checked. The turn brought the 8
and both players again checked. The K fell on the river and Bryan checked for a third time but Matt was tired of checking and threw out 1.5k. Bryan shuffed a few chips in his hand and reluctantly made the call. Matt showed the AJ
for aces and deuces and Bryan tossed his cards into the muck.
Mark Newhouse might be a little upset after a hand where the board was showing K86. The two other players in the hand checked to Mark who bet 2k. One called, then the second raised to 9.5k and Mark re-raised all in. The first player folded, and the other, with less chips than Mark, made the call.
Newhouse showed AA, but his opponent held 86 for two pair. The turn was the 4 and the river the 6 and Newhouse has been knocked back to 9k.
It seems that players have again fallen into their post-dinner comas as we aren’t seeing quite as much action as of late but here are a few post-dinner chip counts if you’re still hungry!
Ben “bfineman” Fineman - 72K (pictured left)
Gus Hansen - 48k
Darren “DABADESTCHIC” Nelson - 47k
Thayer “THAY3R” Nelson - 47k
Ryan “youngluc” Young - 41K
Jeremy “Chipsteela” Menard - 40k
Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy - 46k
Shane “shaniac” Schleger - 36k
Tony “Bond18″ Dunst - 35k
Jeff “jpapola” Papola - 34k
David “ComptonMasta” Barter - 27k
Nathan “darkcheck” Tuthill - 19k
Russell “rcrane082985″ Crane - 16k
Senovio “DorsalFin” Ramirez - 8k
Braband Wakes Up with Aces
by AdamJ on 06.21.08, 1:13 am
On the final hand before players went on a 25 minute break in the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #36, Tom “titantom32″ Braband didn’t need to do much thinking when a player moved all-in for 70k and he looked down at AA.
Braband’s aces held up against his opponents queens capping off what he coined as a “rollercoaster” day thus far as he talked with Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaubaugh during the break right outside the Amazon Room.
Slaubaugh was also the beneficiary of an all-in preflop confrontation when he busted an opponents AK with his 77 when his opponent moved all-in preflop for 67k.
Braband’s stack is at 350k with Slaubaugh just beneath him at 300k with the average stack at 230k with 32 players left.
Danny Wong is the chip boss with 720k in a field with a handful of notable live and online players left including Owen “ocrowe” Crowe (pictured left), who has a slightly above average stack at 285k.
Here’s a list of notable chip stacks.
Bryan Micon - 310k
Duncan “pumper” Bell - 200k
Brian “bparis” Paris - 200k
Can Kim Hua - 115k
Back from the Break
by Jill on 06.21.08, 12:14 am
The $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em event recently returned from break, bellies full and a little less ancy than when PocketFives last caught up with them calling the floor at every move. Several P5ers continued to look healthy as the field narrowed down even further, edging toward the final table for the evening.
Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaubaugh continued to dominate his table; last we watched the tournament, Slaubaugh had over 300K in chips. Now, however, Slaubaugh is up to 460K after taking down a big pot and eliminating one of the players at his table. Engaged in a big hand preflop, Cody made it 21K. His opponent went all-in for 30K total. Slaubaugh insta-called and turned over aces against A-9. His opponent couldn’t catch up and Slaubaugh took down the pot.
Tom “titantom32″ Braband (pictured at right) chipped up after the dinner break, increasing his stack from 172K to over 200K. Both Owen “ocrowe” Crowe and Bryan Micon were hovering around 220K and were looking quite comfortable. Bryan “bparis” Paris, however, looked like he’d lost about half the stack he had before the break and was down to 80K.
Event#38, the $2K Pot-Limit Hold’em tournament, has returned from dinner break with the following stacks. PocketFives will continue to follow these players as they finish out Day 1:
Roy Winston - 45K
Noah “Exclusive” Boeken - 42K
Jason Lester - 28K
Amnon Filippi - 26K
Shane “shaniac” Schleger - 20K
Matthew Hilger - 20K
Clonie Gowen - 18K
Chad Brown - 18K
Chris Bell - 14K
Chris “cdbr3799″ Dombrowski - 11.5K
Vanessa Rousso - 3.5K
Eli Elezra - 3K
Pressure Setting In
by Brett on 06.20.08, 9:45 pm
As the field continues to dwindle, tensions are running high in the $1.5K NLHE event. Almost every table has called over a floor during person the past couple of levels for rulings about everything from what constitutes a mucked hand to proper cell phone usage.
Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaughbaugh was the recent benefactor of a ruling by a floor person. Slaughbaugh was recently moved to a table with Bryan Micon, Isaac Haxton, and Leonid Yanovski. As a hand was being dealt, Yanovski was on his cell phone while seated at the table, but hung up as the last card was being dealt to the player on the button. Others at the table contended the hand was dead since the rule stipulates that you have to step a table length away if you are on the phone. The dealer called over a floor person who ruled that since Yanovski hung up before the last card was dealt he had a live hand.
After the delay, the hand finally proceeded and Cody raised from middle position with the blinds at 2K/4K ante 500 and Yanovski moved all-in for approximately 40K more. Slaughbaugh thought for a couple of minutes before making the call with K-Q and Yanovski showed pocket tens. The king on the flop gave Cody the advantage in the hand and with no help for Yanovski on the turn or river, he was eliminated. After the hand, Slaughbaugh had over 300K in chips.
Tom “titantom32″ Braband has also been chipping up these past two levels. Down as low as 50K, he doubled up when his pocket kings held against his opponent’s A-K and he has been building ever since. Going into dinner break, he has 172K. Brian “bparis” Paris has also held on to his big stack and had 180K the last time we saw him.
Players continue to drop in the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em event. Ben “bfineman” Fineman, Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin and Andy “BKiCE” Seth were all knocked out in the past level and several online stars are short as we inch toward the dinner break. Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista lost a substantial pot to slide down to 3K. With blinds at 200/400, Batista (pictured right) raised to 1150 in early position and a player in middle position called. Both players checked the 976 flop and the J came on the turn. Chad checked and his opponent bet 1650. Chad called and the river was the 3. Batista check-called a bet of 4500, saying “This is the worst call ever made” and quickly mucked his hand when he saw the 99 of his opponent.
Shane “shaniac” Schleger is at the same table and has been moving in the opposite direction. A player in the cutoff raised to 1400, leaving himself with 600 behind, and Schleger called on the button. On the flop of 776, the cutoff moved his last few chips into the pot and Schleger called instantly with KQ, which trailed the 55. The A gave Shane more outs on the turn and he hit the K on the river, eliminating his opponent and building his stack to 10K.
We’re midway through Level 6 (200/400) with 171 players remaining and the average stack at 14K. Here’s a look at some other notable chip counts:
Matt “All In At 420″ Stout - 16K
Eugene Todd - 15K
Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby - 10K
Jeff “jeffboski” Sluzinski - 3.5K
Jeff “crzysavage” Gressard - 3.5K
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 3K