WSOP 2008
No D_RY Spell for Danny Ryan
by Jill on 07.01.08, 1:32 am
The play in Event #52, the $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em tournament, has finally condensed into the blue section of the Amazon room and is down to nine-handed tables as they approach the money. The field reduced to 350 of 2,693 at the end of Level 8; the money bubble should burst when 270 players remain.
Action continued, fast and furious, as several PocketFivers were trying to race to catch up with the average stack; PocketFives caught up with Josh “pbdrunks” Van Duyn as he was all in preflop for 7.5K against one other opponent. Another player at the table grilled PocketFives staff on who Josh was and if he’d be embarrassed to see a bad bust out hand on the internet; Josh chuckled good-naturedly. His opponent ended up folding his hand, but the forfeited chips in the pot increased Josh’s stack to 14K, still shy of the average 23K stack.
Meanwhile, Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan (pictured at left) managed to more than double up when he got all his chips in pre-flop with A
A
against a bigger stack’s K
K
and an extremely short stacked player’s J3. The board came with the AQ825 and a set of aces sent the whole pot Danny’s way. His stack increased to a little less than 30K and he flashed his signature smile.
Another short stack looking to make a move is Scott “gunning4you” Seiver, who sat with about 14K in front of him. However, Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaughbaugh sported a 59K stack and seemed to be dominating his table going into the break; we will keep up with the action as he looks to continue the major chip accumulation!
Graham Cracker Crunch
by Brett on 06.26.08, 4:32 pm
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham is the early chip leader of today’s $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-handed event. With players still making their way into the Amazon Room, Graham (pictured right) called a raise of 175 out of the big blind with 43 and another limper called. The flop brought A-3-3 rainbow and Graham led out for 300. The limper folded and original raiser called. The 8 on the turn brought a flush draw and Graham bet 1025 and was raised to 3025. Graham called and made quads when another 3 landed on the river. He moved all in for his last 6K and his opponent called and Graham showed the nuts and pulled in a pot of 20K. We missed what the other player showed, but Graham believed it was A-K.
Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaughbaugh didn’t have the same fortune. He got all of his chips in on a J65 board with A8 against J5 and was unable to make his flush. He, along with Jordan Morgan, Scott “gunning4you” Seiver and Gary “GB2005″ Bogdanski were all eliminated in the first two levels. Bogdanski ran a set into a higher set after all the chips went in on the flop.
Eric “Rizen” Lynch is up to 15K after he knocked a player out of the tournament with KK against QQ. All of the chips went in preflop and the board revealed A5327. Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan has also chipped up to 19K after making a king-high flush against a queen-high flush and getting it all in on the turn.
Shaniac World
by Brett on 06.21.08, 6:15 pm
Shane “shaniac” Schleger has decided to take over as table captain in Day 2 of the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em event, which got kicked off at 2:00 PT. Schleger has been very active early, raising and re-raising often and moving chips at a table which includes Chris “cdbr3799″ Dombrowski and current chip leader Michael Binger, who arrived late.
Schleger (pictured right) started the day with nearly 80K and had built his stack to 95K within the first 20 minutes of play before taking a hit. With the blinds at 800/1,600, a player in middle position raised to 5,600 (with less than 2,000 behind) and Schleger isolated by re-potting in the cutoff. The button then moved in for his last 18,000 and the short stack and Schleger made the call:
Short stack: 55
Schleger: KQ
Button: AQ
The board ran out A8272 and Schleger was left with 77K while the short stack was eliminated. Dombrowski has 33K and Jeff “jeffboski” Sluzinski has 34K a few tables over.
Eugene Todd and Vanessa Roussa tangled a table over from Schleger’s. With both at exactly 15K, all of the chips went in preflop, Todd with KK and Rousso QQ. The kings held for Todd, who is slightly below an average stack now with 30K. Rousso was eliminated and earned $3,744.
Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaughbaugh sent the first player to the rail at today’s $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em final table. Slaughbaugh (pictured left) raised to 55K with the blinds at 10K/20K and short stack John Shipley moved in for close to 300K. Slaughbaugh made the call with JJ, which held against the KQ of Shipley, who picked up $56,782 for his ninth-place finish. Slaughbaugh is now second in chips with 1.52 million. P5ers Owen “ocrowe” Crowe (620K) and Aaron “gotcha55″ Kanter (370K) are sixth and seventh, respectively.
Back from the Break
by Jill on 06.21.08, 12:14 am
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
Pressure Setting In
by Brett on 06.20.08, 9:45 pm
As the field continues to dwindle, tensions are running high in the $1.5K NLHE event. Almost every table has called over a floor during person the past couple of levels for rulings about everything from what constitutes a mucked hand to proper cell phone usage.
Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaughbaugh was the recent benefactor of a ruling by a floor person. Slaughbaugh was recently moved to a table with Bryan Micon, Isaac Haxton, and Leonid Yanovski. As a hand was being dealt, Yanovski was on his cell phone while seated at the table, but hung up as the last card was being dealt to the player on the button. Others at the table contended the hand was dead since the rule stipulates that you have to step a table length away if you are on the phone. The dealer called over a floor person who ruled that since Yanovski hung up before the last card was dealt he had a live hand.
After the delay, the hand finally proceeded and Cody raised from middle position with the blinds at 2K/4K ante 500 and Yanovski moved all-in for approximately 40K more. Slaughbaugh thought for a couple of minutes before making the call with K-Q and Yanovski showed pocket tens. The king on the flop gave Cody the advantage in the hand and with no help for Yanovski on the turn or river, he was eliminated. After the hand, Slaughbaugh had over 300K in chips.
Tom “titantom32″ Braband has also been chipping up these past two levels. Down as low as 50K, he doubled up when his pocket kings held against his opponent’s A-K and he has been building ever since. Going into dinner break, he has 172K. Brian “bparis” Paris has also held on to his big stack and had 180K the last time we saw him.
Players continue to drop in the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em event. Ben “bfineman” Fineman, Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin and Andy “BKiCE” Seth were all knocked out in the past level and several online stars are short as we inch toward the dinner break. Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista lost a substantial pot to slide down to 3K. With blinds at 200/400, Batista (pictured right) raised to 1150 in early position and a player in middle position called. Both players checked the 976 flop and the J came on the turn. Chad checked and his opponent bet 1650. Chad called and the river was the 3. Batista check-called a bet of 4500, saying “This is the worst call ever made” and quickly mucked his hand when he saw the 99 of his opponent.
Shane “shaniac” Schleger is at the same table and has been moving in the opposite direction. A player in the cutoff raised to 1400, leaving himself with 600 behind, and Schleger called on the button. On the flop of 776, the cutoff moved his last few chips into the pot and Schleger called instantly with KQ, which trailed the 55. The A gave Shane more outs on the turn and he hit the K on the river, eliminating his opponent and building his stack to 10K.
We’re midway through Level 6 (200/400) with 171 players remaining and the average stack at 14K. Here’s a look at some other notable chip counts:
Matt “All In At 420″ Stout - 16K
Eugene Todd - 15K
Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby - 10K
Jeff “jeffboski” Sluzinski - 3.5K
Jeff “crzysavage” Gressard - 3.5K
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 3K