WSOP 2008
Eight Isn’t Enough
by Jessica on 06.28.08, 6:54 am
The $5K Short Handed No Limit Hold Em event may be down to only 8 players, but they are still two players shy of the final table. As we last reported, play had slowed significantly with 14 players remaining, but during the last level or two action picked up and we saw the field nearly cut in half.
First to hit the rail was Jason Gray (pictured at left), who was eliminated in 14th place when his 5
5
failed to hold against another player’s A
Q. Gray managed to fade both the flop and turn when the board came KT47, but the J on the river brought the other player a straight and Jason was sent home with $31,781.
Shortly after Gray left the Brasilia Room, Alex Jacob was eliminated in 11th place when he got it all-in with pocket nines against his opponent’s pocket tens on a board of 7
76. Steven “CornellFiji” Ware was battling a short stack much of the last level and eventually moved all-in from the small blind with J5 and the player in the big blind called with A5. The board ran out A877Q and Ware was eliminated in 9th place, earning $63,941.
Play will continue on into the early morning until they lose two more players. Recent bracelet winner Davidi “legrouzin” Kitai remains in the field. He currently sits with 390K–good enough for 7th in chips out of the eight remaining players.
Short-Handed Event Calls It a Night
by AdamJ on 06.27.08, 4:18 am
During the last level of play in the $5K No Limit Hold Em 6-max event, several players found themselves either doubling up or going home. Glen “choron” Chorny (pictured at left) found himself in the former category when he got it all-in against a slightly smaller stack with QQ versus the other player’s AK. The board came out 75439 and Chorny added an additional 30K to his chip count, putting him over the 70K mark.
Some of the players who fell into the “go home” category include Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar, who got his remaining 24K all-in in a coin flip situation and failed to win his race. Jason “JCarver” Somerville, who we last repoted was battling a short stack, had worked his way back up to 32K. However, his pocket kings failed to hold against his opponent’s pocket nines and he headed home about an hour before play ended.
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham had about 50K in his stack when, with the blinds at 600/1,200 ante 100, it folded around to the player in the small blind, who raised to 3.2K. Matt made the call from the big blind and the two saw a flop of 932. The small blind bet out 4.5K and Graham made the call. The turn came the 9 and Graham’s opponent bet 12K. Matt then moved all-in for his remaining 40K or so and the other player quickly made the call with 9T. After he saw his opponent’s holdings, Graham mucked his hand and headed for the rail.
Steve “Cornell Fiji” Ware made it to Day 2 of play, but he has significantly less chips than he did when we last checked in with him. Ware was relocated to a table that boasted an impressive line-up of Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, and Shannon Shorr. Ware has doubled up several of his opponents including a big hand where Grospellier held pocket aces and got it all-in against Steve who had top pair on a queen-high flop. As play concluded, Ware had 40K left in his stack.
Here are our some unofficial chip counts as play wrapped up:
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier - 175K
Shannon Shorr (pictured at right) - 154K
Alex Jacob - 92K
Glen “choron” Chorny - 76K
Jason “tresfull21″ Mercier - 54K
Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista - 54K
Jason Gray - 52K
Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar - 44K
Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke - 40K
Ware on a Tear
by Jessica on 06.27.08, 1:39 am
The current chipleader in the $5K short-handed No Limit Hold Em Event is Steven “CornellFiji” Ware (pictured at left). In addition to being an online cash game player, Ware was also one of the people who uncovered the “nionio” scandal at Ultimate Bet. He is currently, in his words, “getting crushed by the deck” and has virtually doubled his already large stack in the span of one level.
One hand that helped propel him past the 200K mark occurred when, on a flop of 974, Ware’s opponent bet out 10K. Ware then asked how much the other player had, and when he learned it was around 50K more, he raised to 30K. The other player quickly moved all-in and Ware made the call with QT. He then learned he was in bad shape against his opponent’s A5, but the board came J8 to give Ware a straight. After the hand, he was up to 225K and is the chip leader by a substantial margin.
One player who has been headed in the opposite direction is Jason “JCarver” Somerville. When we last reported on Jason, he was sitting with a hefty 63K stack, but he has since dropped to under 10K. Jason explained he didn’t get involved in any huge altercations with other players, but kept taking, “lots and lots of little stabbings–like Caesar”. His downswing started when he took a 15K hit when he got it all in with pocket jacks against a short stack’s pocket queens. Since then, he has continued to lose chips and is now sitting with less than ten big blinds once players return from break.
Some players who have been eliminated in the past two levels include Leo “Superfluous Man” Wolpert, Alex “AJKHoosier1″ Kamberis, and Shawn “sbuck21″ Buchanan. One hundred-sixty eight of the initial 805 players remain and it was recently announced that 78 of them will be making the money. Here are some updated chip counts of a few of the players remaining in the field:
Shannon Shorr - 78K
Alex Jacob - 68K
Chad “lilholdem954″ Batista - 58K
Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar - 45K
Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar - 35K
Jason “treysfull21″ Mercier - 33K
Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer - 30K
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham - 30K
Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke - 27K
Glen “choron” Chorny - 26.5K