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 A22 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

• July 7, 2008 -- WSOP ME Day 1D End of Day Chip Counts
• July 7, 2008 -- By the Numbers: 2008 WSOP Main Event
• July 7, 2008 -- The Titan Can’t Sink
• July 7, 2008 -- ComptonMasta Like Woah

Down to the final two tables in the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #36, Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh (pictured left) came across a tournament defining moment on the final hand before the break.

Facing a 70k bet from his opponent in the big blind on a 965 flop in a hand Slaubaugh raised to 35k preflop, Slaubaugh faced a dilemma that a lot of players would probably be split on holding 77.

With about 350k behind on an incredibly drawy board for his pair, Slaubaugh could either play a big pot for his tournament or fold and try to chip up without being all-in when he was likely a small favorite at best if called.

After tanking for about a minute, Slaubaugh made it 270k, effectively putting his opponent all-in, having him covered by 10k.

Slaubaugh’s opponent went all-in and flipped up the AJ, putting Slaubaugh in a coin-flip for his tournament.

After the 4 and the T peeled off, Slaubaugh effectively doubled up, moving his chip stack to 787k.

Minutes earlier at another table, Tom “titantom32″ Braband bricked out on a gamble that would have placed him with one of the bigger stacks in the tournament when his open-end straight draw missed, leaving him with a short stack of 130k instead of 710k.

Such are the breaks that often determine a player’s fate deep in tournaments.

Danny Wong continues to steamroll the field and is the chipleader with 1.1 million. After opening a pot from early position to 35k, Wong faced an all-in from his opponent for an additional 112k.

Wong called and his T9 ran down his opponents 77 when he clipped a ten on the turn.

Duncan “pumper” Bell, winner of the 2.5k NL WSOP Event #13, was eliminated when his pocket eights ran into pocket tens, finishing in 20th place.

Here’s a list of notable chip counts with 15 players left.

Bryan Micon - 230k

Aaron Kanter - 350k

Bryan “bparis” Paris - 160k

Owen  “ocrowe” Crowe - 130k

• June 21, 2008 -- Braband Wakes Up with Aces
• June 21, 2008 -- He’s a Shaniac!
• June 21, 2008 -- Back from the Break
• June 22, 2008 -- Slaubaugh Takes 2nd

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

• June 21, 2008 -- He’s a Shaniac!
• June 21, 2008 -- Slaubaugh Not Afraid to Gamble
• June 21, 2008 -- Braband Wakes Up with Aces
• June 20, 2008 -- Pressure Setting In