WSOP 2008
Zachary Up, VanDuyn Gone
by Court on 08.27.08, 1:21 am
All you can do in poker is put yourself in good spots and hope for the best. Both Zachary “CrazyZachary” Clark and Josh “pbdrunks” VanDuyn were all in with pocket jacks against smaller pairs for a shot at a 400k plus pot. One now has tournament chips and will almost assuredly make it to tomorrows play while the other is at the cage collecting his $14k payout.
Zach (left) opened for 22k (blinds at 4k / 8k) and Max Pescatori raised to 64k from the small blind. After taking a long time to think, Zachary finally moved all in for a total of 209k. Max made the call, leaving himself with less than 10k chips. When the cards were turned up Zach was way ahead with pocket jacks against pocket eights for Max. The higher pair held up and Zachary now has around 440k. Max was eliminated on the next hand by Amit “Amak316″ Makhija. For his 31st place finish Max earns $14,085.
Josh VanDuyn was in the same situation, all in with pocket jacks against pocket sixes. His hand got ran down though, and instead of having a decent stack going into the final three tables he is left only with thoughts of what might have been. VanDuyn finished in 32nd place collecting the bottom payout of $14,085.
Ginger Snaps
by Jessica on 06.18.08, 6:30 am
As play went on into the late hours of the night in the $5K Stud Hi/Lo tempers began to flare. As the last hand of the night was dealt out Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich (pictured at left) and Max Pescatori began to exchange some less than friendly words. While Pocket Fives was not present when the confrontation began, it appeared as though Rich had called the clock on Pescatori in a prior hand after what Pescatori believed was a very brief period of time.
As they exchanged words the duo, along with two other players, got invovled in a hand. On 4th street a player showing a pair of 9s bet and Pescatori folded his hand with his up cards reading K-Q. Jordan and the two other players got invovled in a betting and raising war through all streets until 7th st was dealt out face down. The player showing a pair of 9s and a possible straight checked, as did Rich, who showed a possible 7-6 low, and the third player, who showed possible low and straight possibilities, bet. The player with the nines then raised and Jordan was left with a tough decision.
As Rich deliberated the decision, Pescatori attempted to call the clock on him, prompting Rich to respond, “are you in the hand?” and remind him that three minutes needs to pass before the clock can be called. Max reminded him that at one point he was involved in the hand and then appealed to the floor person standing nearby who confirmed Jordan’s response that he needed to wait at least a couple of minutes before he could call the clock.
After much thought, Jordan made the call and showed a 7-6-5-3-A low and a busted flush draw. The player with the 9s up turned over a straight to the 10 and the third player showed a straight to the 7 and a 7-6-5-4-2 low for second best all-around. Rich took half of the giant pot and ended the night with 27.5K. Play will resume tomorrow at 3pm.
Other notable chip counts as the day came to a close include:
Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein - 32K
Justin Bonomo - 25K
Thayer “Thay3r” Rasmussen - 16K
Elminations since we last posted on the event include: Steve “MrSmokey1″ Billirakis, James “mig.com” Mackey, Jon “PearlJammer” Turner, Scott Fischman, and Scott “BigRiskky” Clements