WSOP 2008
Redlin Busts Porter to Advance in Shootout
by AdamJ on 06.09.08, 6:30 pm
Play was very methodical as expected in the early rounds of the 1.5k NL Shootout WSOP Event #17.
Most tables didn’t have more than a few recognizable faces but one table in particularly was stacked with live pro’s including Greg “FBT” Mueller, David Williams, Nick Schulman, and Carlos Mortensen.
Garrett “GBecks” Beckman drew one of the tougher tables with Amnon Fillipi and Michael Gracz tableside.
Playing 3-handed while most tables where six to eight handed, Devin “TranquilChaos” Porter’s table battled it out 3-handed for about an hour until Porter matched up with David “nutstr84444″ Redlin.
A few hands into the match with blinds at 100-200, Porter and Redlin got all-in preflop. With a 5-to-1 chip disadvantage, Porter with a 5k a stack, raised the button and got reraised by Redlin. Porter moved all-in rather quickly and Redlin called way ahead of Porter’s A
J
with AK
. The board ran true for Redlin’s hand and he became one of the early winners.
Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin (pictured right) was crippled by Tom Franklin for a 12K pot and then met his demise a few hands later. On a board of KT
7, Vengrin got it all in with QJ against Franklin’s KT. The T on the turn left Vengrin drawing dead and with less than 2K in his stack at 100/200. He then shoved J8 into KK and failed to improve.
Craig “MrCasino” Gray scooped a decent pot when he a shortstack moved all-in for 575 and he re-raised with AK, isolating his opponents AJ.
Here’s a list of notable players left from Event #17.
Dan “Stainley88″ Adams (6-handed), Jason Gray (3-handed), Sorel Mizzi (5-handed), Stu “TheDonator” Patterson (3-handed), Noah “fouruhaters” Schwartz (6-handed), Tony “Bond18″ Dunst (3-handed), Chris “sooooted”Vaughn (heads-up).
End Of Day 2
by Court on 04.22.08, 2:32 am
Of the 545 players that entered the WPT Championship only 188 remain after 2 days and 10 levels of play. Players finished up today at the 1k / 2k 300 ante level and tomorrow’s first level will be the first big jump in the blinds, going up to 1,500 / 3,000 with a 400 ante for level 11 play. Robert Mizrachi came out of day 2 as the chip leader and the only player over half a million chips with 523,200.
Bryan Devonshire finished up 4th in the counts with 393,400 and is just ahead of Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll who has 384,700. The top 13 players in the field all have over 300k chips coming into day 3 play.
Full chip counts and day 3 seating assignments are available here.
Other Chip Counts:
Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach - 281,900
Joe Sebok - 278,100
Anna Wroblewski - 277,300
Dario Minieri - 186,000
Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin (pictured) - 172,000
Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billirakis - 156,600
Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby - 116,500
Barry Greenstein - 111,100
Steve “Thorladen” Weinstein - 105,300
Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan - 100,600
Tom “durrrr” Dwan - 98,800
Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen - 98,300
Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich - 92,800
David “Nutstr84444″ Redlin - 90,300
Chris “Genius28″ Lee - 89,600
Peter “#1Pen” Neff - 84,000
Tim “Tmay420″ West - 83,400
Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar - 68,200
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 56,000
Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer - 35,100
Lots Of Action
by Court on 04.21.08, 4:39 pm
After a really slow pair of day ones, day 2 play has been pretty fast. Large chunks of chips are moving around the room and vacant seats are popping up and quickly being filled as tables break. Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan (left) is pushing towards the top of the chip counts and emptying seats in the process.
Morgan’s most recent victim was Johan Storakers. After back and forth preflop betting Johan was finally all in for the last of his almost 40k stack and after a brief pause Jordan made the call and turned over his pocket queens. Storakers showed AK and made his exit after the board came ten high with no help for his hand. After adding Johan’s chips to his stack Morgan looked to be right at the 200k mark.
David “Nutstr84444″ Redlin (right) also sent a player to the sidelines and built his stack up to around 80k. On a Q-T-5 board Redlin quickly called a 5,400 chip bet from his opponent and just as quickly called the players 11,700 all in on the seven that hit the turn. Redlin had the AQ and his top pair was good enough to win the pot and eliminate the other player.
Joe Sebok was one of the players that came into the day short stacked, but after doubling up twice he is now up to 55k. Both of his double up came with pocket kings.
Kings weren’t so kind to Jonathan “HoosierAlum” Depa (left)today. Depa was around 70k when he lost a 100k pot to John Murphy. Both players flopped a straight on a draw heavy Q-J-T board and Depa’s 98 had ran into Murphy’s AK for the flopped nuts.
After that it wasn’t long before Depa was all in preflop for the rest of his chips, about 13k. He had moved in over the top with pocket kings and was called by a player with AQ. Another player had exposed an ace as he folded, but one of the two aces left in the deck hit the board, sending Depa out of the Fontana Room and on his way back to Chicago.
Shannon Shorr took a hit in the early going today too. With about 13k in the pot Shannon raised an additional 6,800 preflop (pictured right). His opponent thought for a while before finally calling. On the Q92 flop both players checked and again tapped the table on the 7 turn. With the K river the other player led out for 11,700 and Shorr ended up making the call. He then quickly mucked his hand upon seeing the QQ he was up against for a flopped set. After losing the pot Shannon was down to 22k.
And always active Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich was able to pick up a 20k pot with a 15k bet on the river against Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billirakis. The board read 942AA and Billirakis seemed like he wanted to make the call but ultimately tossed his hand away. Shane “Shaniac” Schleger picked up a small pot as well, after raised to 9k after a player had put out 4k. He was called but then took the pot with a continuation bet on the Q76 flop.