WSOP 2008
Rasmussen Crippled, Tripled, Then Out
by Crystal on 07.11.08, 8:11 pm
Thayer Rasmussen and another player got all the chips in preflop with Thayer holding the A
K
against the other players Q
Q. The flop was an incredibly dramatic A
KJ to give Thayer two pair and the lead while giving his opponent a gutshot straight draw. That gutshot filled when the turn came with the T putting the other player back in the lead. The 7 fell on the river and Thayer’s stack was knocked down to around 20k.
A few hands later Thayer (pictured left) pushed all in and both blinds called. The other players checked down the board of Q9668 and when Thayer tabled his AQ the other players mucked and Thayer tripled up to 58k.
Thayer then in a later hand moved all in from the small blind for around 46k and the big blind made the call with his TT only to find that he was way behind Thayer’s AA. The flop came J83 keeping Thayer in the lead. The 7 on the turn gave his opponent a gutshot straight draw and the 9 on the river completed it sending Thayer to the rail. Joining Thayer in the past level were Derek “arodss3″ Buanomo, Clayton “clayton_27″ Newman and Bruce “cornellxc11″ Hyde.
Chris “panamatony” Barrile is still staying active. A shorter stacked player pushed all in and Chris made the call with the 66. The other player held the AQ and would need some help to stay alive. The board ran out T43TJ and BChris’s sixes held to scoop up the pot. He currently is back up to almost 800k in chips.
Garrett “GBecks” Beckman continues to march up the board today. He recently doubled when he and another player got all of their chips in preflop, with Beckman (pictured right) holding AK and his opponent QQ. The J73 was gin for Beckman, but the Q on the turn added some excitement as the other player began shouting to his rail “Pair the board!” His request was denied as the T landed on the river and Beckman picked up a pot of close to 300K to increase his stack to 450K. He’s now at 415K.
The average stack is 450K with just over 300 players remaining. Here’s a look at some chip counts:
Owen “ocrowe” Crowe - 930K
Keith “damurdera3″ Ferrera - 900K
Peter “number1pen” Neff - 880K
Adam “Roothlus” Levy - 750K
Andy “tufat23″ Teng - 750K
Matt “Burton1080″ Jensen - 750K
Joe “LatestLines2″ Ward - 490K
Allen “AawwNutz” Carter - 450K
Chris “SLOPPYKLOD” Klodnicki - 440K
Jeremy “thechemist83″ Gaubert - 430K
Garrett “GBecks” Beckman - 415K
Brent “Astrolux85″ Roberts - 385K
Aditya “Intervention” Agarwal - 320K
David “Bakes” Baker - 250K
Jeff “jpapola” Papola - 215K
Tracey “xtrACEy” Nguyen - 140K
Sitron’s Good With the Ladies
by Jessica on 06.18.08, 4:57 am
The last time we talked at length about Scott “ssitron” Sitron he had just folded pocket queens after four players moved all in ahead of him only to find out they were way the best hand. Scott may not have cashed in that event, but in today’s $1.5K No Limit Hold Em event he soared past the money bubble and appears to be in great shape going into Day 2.
Scott’s day got off to a quick start when he eliminated a player early in the day after his pocket queens held against his opponent’s A-K. Sitron saw the hand as a good omen and told Pocket Fives, “there is no folding pocket queens this time”. Ever since then, Sitron has been steadily building his stack and as play was winding down he ran into yet another altercation with the ladies.
With the blinds at 600/1200 with a 100 ante, Clayton “Clayton_27″ Newman raised to 3.2K in middle position and Sitron then re-raised to 8.3K total. The big blind shoved for around 11K, Newman folded, and Sitron quickly called with his AA and the big blind showed…pocket queens. The ladies were kind to Sitron once again and his aces held, sending his stack up over the 100K mark. Scott will start Day 2 with 115K while the average chip stack is 41.5K.
Though Clayton Newman may have conceded that hand with Scott Sitron, the architectural battle between he and Court Harrington (pictured at left) continued. As Court continued to build his chip stack to 94K, he elected to simply add depth and breadth to his tower of chips while Newman earned points for effort and creativity as he completely rearranged his chip stack approximately every fifteen minutes. Unfortunately for Newman, he has dropped a bit since we last checked in with him and has around 60K in chips to put to use tomorrow.
After dropping as low as 11K after the dinner break Shawn “sbuck21″ Buchanan has rebounded quite nicely and now sits at 75K. Andrew “tiltedjacks” Lee managed to nurse his small 10K stack past the money bubble, but busted quickly after the bubble burst when his 44 failed to crack his opponent’s KK.
Right as play was wrapping up in the $1.5K event, the $2.5K 6-handed set its final table when Scotty Nguyen (pictured at left) was eliminated by Seth “grtwhitehoop” Fischer in 7th place. It folded around to Fischer in the small blind who then raised enough to put a short-stacked Nguyen all in for his remaining 160K with the blinds at 5K/10K and a 2K ante. Scotty made the call with TT and Fischer showed 79. The flop came Q65. The J on the turn was no help to Fischer, but the 4 on the river made his flush and sent Scotty on his way.
Tomorrow, Fischer and Justin “fluffdog” Flitz and will join chip leader Dario Minieri at the final table where they will play down to a champion.
The Sowers Taste of Defeat
by Jessica on 06.18.08, 2:18 am
It looked to be a showdown of the North Carolinians when Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers (pictured at left) was moved to Court Harrington’s table after the dinner break. Before the two could tangle, Sowers got involved with another player at the table when he raised to 2,050 in late position with the blinds at 400/800 and a 100 ante and the player in the big blind called. The flop came out A87 and both players checked. When the A came on the turn, the big blind bet out 1,200 and Sowers raised to 3K total. The other player then put in a third raise to 6,200 total. Sowers thought briefly before flat calling, leaving 14K behind. When the 4 came on the river, his opponent bet 12K and Mike didn’t hesitate long before making the call. The player showed A8 for a full house and Sowers mucked.
The very next hand Sowers shoved for his remaining 4,725 with J8 and ran into the pocket kings of the player on the button. A king on the flop pretty much sealed Mike’s fate and he was sent to the rail right before the final break of the evening. Others joining him on the rail include Cal Spears and Stu “thedonator” Patterson.
Though Court will no longer be able to compete with Sowers, he has gotten involved in a chip stacking competition with another big stack at a nearby table. Clayton “clayton_27″ Newman came over to Harrington’s table and challenged him to a creative chip stacking war. Both boast some impressive chip stacks. Newman has 75K and Harrington is not too far behind with 65K. Clayton has opted for the tall and skinny method of chip stacking while Court’s chips have been arranged into a multi-tiered pyramid. We’ll keep you posted if they get any more creative in these last two levels. In the meantime, here are some updated chip counts:
Michael “worldsgrtest” Banducci - 50K
Scott “ssitron” Sitron - 35K
Phillip Yeh - 27K
Shawn “buck21″ Buchanan - 25K
JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado - 22K
Andrew “tiltyjokers” Lee - 19K
Over in the Brasilia room, Bruno Fitoussi took a big hit to his stack minutes after players returned from the break in the 2.5k 6-max NL WSOP Event #31 with eleven players left.
Fitoussi raised preflop and John O’Shea from the blind called. The player led into Fitoussi for 35k on a K63, and Fitoussi raised him to 115k only to be faced with a re-raise all-in back at him. Fitoussi called with K6 for top two pair but was trumped when his opponent tabled a set with 33.
The hand left Fitoussi with 120k, losing 360k in the pot.
Joining Fitoussi are P5ers Frank “Round42″ Rusnak and Seth “grtwhitehoop” Fischer. Rusnak has chipped up a lot in the past hour and has 500k. Fischer is the short stack with 183k.
Justin “Fluffdog” Filtz is also at the table staying steady with his stack at 497k.
The other table includes Dario Minieri and Scotty Nguyen. Minieri has 300k and Nguyen has 380k.