WSOP 2008
A Trifecta of Updates
by Jessica on 06.02.08, 10:22 pm
With three different events running simultaneously, we have updates from all corners of the Amazon Room.
Event #2 -
Maria “Maridu” Mayrinck’s (pictured at left) day has ended in Event #2. She struggled with a short stack throughout Day 2 and finally found a spot to get her chips in. At 800/1,600, a player in middle position raised to 4,500 and Mayrinck shoved her last 9K into the pot. The original raiser called with 9
9
and had her 77
in big trouble. The board revealed QQ6K9 and Maridu exited the $1.5K No Limit Hold Em event — but with some extra cash in her pocket.
Event #3 -
Tables were quickly busted as the number of players dropped under 200 in the 1.5K PL Hold Em. 180 players remain and several P5ers have been eliminated in Levels 5 and 6. Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks, Dan “Stainley88″ Adams, and James “POKERPRO33″ Campbell have all been eliminated. Adam “adam_mc” McGregor also saw an end to his tournament day when his AK couldn’t hold up against his opponent’s AQ.
Event #4 -
To try to type up a list of all of the stacked tables in this event would take us the rest of the afternoon, so you are going to have to take our word that this is a very tough field. Some noteworthy side by side combinations spotted around the room are Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista and Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar, Isaac Haxton and Alex “AJKHoosier” Kamberis, and the PokerStars Pro trio of Vanessa Rousso, Bill Chen, and Dario Minieri.
In addition to those three, Eric “Rizen” Lynch is also seated at that table. Casey “bigdogpckt5s” Jarzabek was briefly at the table as well, but he was eliminated early in the tournament when the following hand transpired at the NL portion of the 25/50 blind level: A player in early position raised to 150 and Vanessa Rousso and another player called. Casey then reraised to 750 on the button with A K and Rousso and another player made the call. The flop came J 7 3 and Jarzabek led out for 1,700. One of his oppponent’s flat called, Vanessa reraised to 4,000, and Casey moved all-in. Rousso showed a set of 7s to Jarzabek’s nut flush, but a 3 fell on the turn, giving her a full house and eliminating Casey from play.