WSOP 2008
Martin Handed DisGusting Beat
by Brett on 07.09.08, 4:30 pm
Chris “LUHMAN” Martin learned a costly lesson early in Day 2b: Never get your chips in with the best hand against Gus Hansen. Martin, who began the day with just 7,250, moved all in from the cutoff. Hansen considered folding from the button but then decided to make the call with A
8
and found out he was way behind Martin’s A9. That is until the 8
came in the door and Martin was unable to improve. His seat has now been filled by Hansen’s cell phone and BlackBerry.
A few Pocketfivers have more than doubled up their short stacks in the first hour of play. Chris “cbdr3799″ Dombrowski won a few pots early and then busted a player with a slightly smaller stack when they played a hand all-in preflop, with Dombrowski’s queens holding up against pocket tens. After starting the day with 13k, Dombrowksi currently sits with 32k.
Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski recently scooped a big pot out of a limped hand on his small blind. Bogdanski completed the blind after an under-the-gun limp with the T
3 and the big blind checked. A flop of 589 got checked through and Bogdanski led for 1300 when the A peeled on the turn. The big blind raised Bogdanski to 4k and Bogdanski went all-in for an additional 10k and got called. Another ace peeled on the river and Bogdanski’s flush bested his opponents turned pair of aces with a smaller club draw. Bogdanski currently sits with 44k.
Some others we’ve seen hit the rail early were Brian “sbrugby” Townsend and Jeremy” Chipsteela” Menard.
Hamby Looking to Gain Ground
by Crystal on 06.06.08, 5:50 pm
Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby (pictured right) is going to have to work hard to improve his stack as day 2 of the $1.5k NLHE/Six Handed tournament starts. Hamby doubled at the end of day one to stay alive, but with only 26k in chips and the blinds at 800/1,600 at the start of play today he will need to make some moves fairly early. There are only 71 of the original 1,236 players remaining and the chip leader, Matt Matros, has over 156k in chips.
Over in the $5k shootout some tables have been losing players at a much faster rate than others. Some are down to only a few players while others, like table 6, still have all ten players. Phil “USCphildo” Collins commented right before the first break they “hadn’t even heard the words ‘all in’”.
Chris Vaughn (pictured left) might wish that John Juanda hadn’t gone all in at his table. Vaughn bet 1,125 out on a flop of KK5 and Juanda called. When the 8 fell on the turn, Juanda led the action betting 1,625 only to be quickly raised by Vaughn who threw in enough chips to put Juanda all in. After debating for quite awhile Juanda made the call for the last of his stack with the A8 for the nut flush draw but was behind to Vaughn’s KQ for flopped trip kings. Unfortunately for Vaughn, the J on the river completed Juanda’s flush allowing him to double up and leaving Vaughn with around 12k in chips after the hand.
Players already eliminated from the Shootout include Chris “LUHMAN” Martin, Andy “BKiCe” Seth, Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista, Shaun Deeb, and Barry Greenstein.
Action is close to getting underway in day 2 of Event #10 the $2.5k Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better tournament. 108 of the initial 388 players remain and Jordan Rich is currently the chip leader with almost 46k. Other notable players include Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson and Scott Clements along with many live pros.