WSOP 2008
Ambrose and Fohrenbach Chip up, Adams up to 10K
by Jessica on 06.02.08, 5:09 pm
Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach raised to 250 on the button and Alex Jacob called from the big blind. The flop came Q 4 3 with two clubs, Jacob checked, and Fohrenbach bet out 325. Jacob, who had just less than 2K left in chips repotted and Richard reraised enough to put him all in. Jacob called and showed A
A
while Fohrenbach held 4
4 for a set. The turn and river were no help to Jacob and he was eliminated. Richard is now up to 4.5K.
Steve Paul-Ambrose also took down a big pot in Level 2 when he moved all-in for 3.8K on a board of 2
5 5 Q T. His opponent made the call and mucked when Ambrose showed Q Q for the full house. He now has around 9K in chips.
Some other players who have been increasing their stacks during this level include:
Dan “Stainley88″ Adams (pictured at right) - 10K
Michael “BOBCATSPEGAL” Spegal - 8K
Leo “Superfluous Man” Wolpert - 7K
Recent eliminations: Phil “USCPHILDO” Collins, Rob “MrE2all” Edwards, Isaac Haxton, Tony “Bond18″ Dunst, and Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke, who will be back to play the 5K mixed hold em event later this afternoon.
Day 2 of Event #2 starts at 2pm. Remaining players include Chris Vaughn, Aaron Kanter, Evan “Oakplayer” Schwartz, Antuan “bigboybunk” Bunkley, and Dominick “piscopo1129″ Cuzzi. Not in the field? Chris “brsavage” Savage, who has been home in Louisiana this entire time.
More Players Disappearing as Day 1B Wraps up
by Jessica on 06.02.08, 2:02 am
Still no sign of Chris Savage (it’s more than likely a case of mistaken identity early on in the day) and there are several other players who have disappeared from the Amazon Room as play continued this evening. Some notable eliminations include Glen Chorny and Ezra Galston (pictured at right).
Play only continued for 16 minutes once players returned from their final 20 minute break, but that was long enough for a few more players to bust out as Day 1B came to a close. Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar got involved in a 3-way all in with A2 against pocket deuces and AK and an ace on the flop sent him to the rail shortly after play resumed.
Barry Greenstein was also eliminated after the break when his 7 7 failed to crack his opponent’s A A. He dutifully signed his book for the other player and called it a night ten minutes early.
There were many players who used the final sixteen minutes to their advantage though. Antuan “bigboybunk” Bunkley maintained his healthy stack while his friend, Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista watched him from the rail throughout the evening.
Mark “pokerbok” Vos also continued to accumulate chips during the day’s next-to-last level, chipping up through many small pots. In the cutoff, Vos was first to act and raised to 2300; he was immediately called by the big blind. The flop read 532 and the big blind checked. Vos asked how much he needed to bet to put the big blind all in, which was 10K. When he made the bet, the other player folded and he increased his chipstack to 70K. Vos has a big stack, but the biggest stack at his table belongs to the Day 1B chip leader, David Bach, who is sitting on 114K.
During the table’s next hand, play stalled as the antes failed to add up correctly. Confusion ensued as a tournament official hurried to the table to investigate; she stated that any conflict would stall the entire tournament 20 minutes. A player at the table finally confessed and received a warning just before the break.
The play for Event #2 ceased 16:13 into Level 9, with the ante at $100 and the blinds at 500/1000. Day 1B now mirrors the play of Day 1A and both will join together at the same relative point in the tournament tomorrow. The total registration for the event topped at 3929, and the top prize will be $831,462.
Play will resume tomorrow with the remaining players playing down to the final table. Meanwhile, Nenad Medic and Andy Bloch are now heads up in the 10k PL Hold Em event.
As we wait for Event #1 to wrap up, the search for brsavage continues…