WSOP 2008
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 8
6
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
Sitron Making a Run in 1.5k NL
by AdamJ on 07.01.08, 9:00 pm
Scott “ssitron” Sitron (pictured left) has nearly quadrupled his stack since P5’s last caught up with him a few hours ago.
Sitron currently sits with 250k in Day 2 of the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #52, a stack way above the 82k average with 98 players left with blinds at 1.5k-3k-400.
Sitron said he has been running good and has won a trio of all-ins when he was ahead each time with Q-Q vs 5-5, J-J vs 5-5, and TT vs A-5 suited.
Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh just dipped below his 170k starting stack after he lost 20k in a pot where he re-raised an under the gun raise and got 4-bet and flatted the raise, check-folding on a T
94 flop.
George “TheButler” Dietz has moved up from his 35k stack a few hours ago, currently at 70k. Dietz got a favorable seat draw with his back only a few feet from the rail where his friends Kevin “BeLOWaBOVe” Saul and Dan “Wretcy” Martin followed the action.
After starting the day with only 9k, David Daneshgar has held on to the 110k stack he accumulated in the first few hours.
Ben “bfineman” Fineman was one of the early winners of the 1.5k Limit Shootout WSOP Event #53. A handful of other P5er’s are still in the hunt as well.
Tim “TMay420″ West is 3-handed with 13k of the 29k in play and Scott “gunning4you” Seiver is heads-up with 18k. Darren “DABADESTCHIC” Nelson has mounted a big rally in heads-up play, running a 4k stack up to 12k. Brock “t_soprano” Parker is down to 3-handed play but is very short at 2k and Justin “zeejustin” Bonomo is 3-handed with 8k. Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke is 3-handed with 5.5k.
Pocket Fives No Good to Graham
by Jessica on 06.25.08, 9:12 pm
All of the remaining 420 players for the $1K No Limit Hold Em with rebuys have been condensed into the same section, which is resulting in several loaded tables. Shortly after Scott “gunning4you” Seiver busted, his seat was filled by Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich. Rich has Adam “Roothlus” Levy to his right and Adam has Scott “BigRiskky” Clements on his right, creating a murderer’s row of skilled players. Several other tables feature a combination of prominent players. Brock “t_soprano” Parker and Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson have been seated at the same table all day. Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman and Chris “moorman1″ Moorman are seated together, as are Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers, Adam “akat11″ Katz, and Ben “bfineman” Fineman. Jeff “yellowsub” Williams and Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach are passing the time at their table discussing the merits of Cake Poker.
One player who has been moved to about six different tables today is Matt “mattg1983″ Graham (pictured at left). After he was seated at his most recent table, he got involved in the following hand, which resulted in a noticable hit to his chip stack:
On a flop of KQ5
Matt bet out 850 and one other player made the call. After the 4 peeled off on the turn, his opponent checked, Matt bet out 1,625, and his opponent didn’t think too long before making the call. When the 2 hit on the river the other player led out for 3.5K and Matt announced “I just call.” The player showed QJ for the rivered flush and Matt flashed his set of fives before tossing them in the muck. He still had 15K as Level 5 was winding down.
Amit “amak316″ Makhija also took a hit to his stack when his opponent bet out 1.1K on a flop of 633 and Amit check-raised to 3K total. The other player made the call and they both saw the turn–J. Amit led out for 5.3K and his opponent called. Once the T came on the river, Amit elected to check and his opponent checked behind. Makhija held A-5 while his opponent had A-6 for two pair. He was left with 25K after the hand.
As the field has been cut in half, several players have been eliminated including Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaughbaugh and Eric “p3achy_keen” Liu.
Here are our most recent unofficial chip counts:
Scott “BigRiskky” Clements (pictured at right) - 42K
Jon “sketchy1″ Eaton - 22K
Adam “Roothlus” Levy - 20K
Stu “thedonator” Paterson - 18.5K
Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks - 15K
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 14K
Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman - 13K
Isaac Haxton - 12K
Chris “moorman1″ Moorman - 11K
Darren “DABADESTCHIC” Nelson - 9K
JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado - 8.5K
Jason Gray - 8K
Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista - 7K
Josh “pbdrunks” VanDuyn - 4K
One of everyone’s favorite events, the $50K Horse is underway with over 120 players vying to take home the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy in addition to the bracelet. It was announced at the beginning of the event that the trophy will travel around from winner to winner, similar to the way the Stanley Cup does. Some of the players we spotted in the field include Justin Bonomo, James “mig.com” Mackey, and Dario Minieri.
In the Brasilia Room, the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event is down to its final 26 players. Stewart “StuMan123″ Yancik was eliminated in 52nd place for $3,341 and Tom “SBRounder” West took 41st for $3,636. Shannon Shorr and Dan “Stainley88″ Adams are still alive but both working with short stacks.
Don’t Hassle the Voff
by Jessica on 06.23.08, 10:35 pm
Daniel “voff” Deveau had been on a downswing coming back from the the break. First, during the No Limit portion of the level with the blinds at 500/1K ante 100, Deveau was first to act and raised to 2.8K. The player to his immediate left made the call, leaving just over 5K in chips behind. When the flop came 544 Daniel bet enough to put the other player all in and his opponent quickly made the call with pocket fives for a flopped set. Deveau was way behind with his pocket eights and was knocked down to 20K after the hand was over.
The very next hand he took another hit when chip leader Nick Binger raised to 3K out of the small blind and Deveau made the call from the big blind. Binger checked the flop of AQ2 and Daniel bet out 3.6K. Binger then raised to 10K and Deveau laid the hand down and was left with 15K in chips.
Daniel couldn’t get much going in the Limit half of the level, but early in the No Limit level he got it all-in pre-flop with A-K against another player’s pocket queens. An ace on the flop and a king on the river doubled Deveau’s stack up to 20K.
Brock “t_soprano” Parker (pictured left) was stuck in neutral all day, playing very patiently in the last few levels. Parker was able to steal blinds to stay in the game but eventually fell victim to the high blinds in the limit round with 1300-2500 blinds with a 8k stack.
On his final hand, Parker made it 5k with only 3300 behind. The big blind called 2500 more and checked to Parker, who went all-in on 966 flop. Parker’s opponent called and hit a miracle flop with 67, crushing Parker’s KT, who was drawing dead when his opponent turned the 7.
Parker went out in 44th place and received 3.6k for his efforts.
Sam “samethebull” Hiatt, a high stakes NL cash player who also plays under “samH133″, was crushing Parker’s table throughout the day and is currently fourth in chips with 124k.
Although he plays more cash games, Hiatt has some impressive tournament results as well, winning the WCOOP-1 in 2007 for 173k.
After nursing a short stack most of the day, Todd “DanDruff” Witteles has been on quite an uptick and currently sits with 70k as the average chip stack is 48k.