WSOP 2008
In the Limelight
by Brett on 07.04.08, 5:24 pm
Mark “sideshowgil” Gilbert has been able to block out the glitz and glamour of sitting at a table with Humberto Brenes and found some glory early on Day 1b. Seated directly to Humberto’s left and with cameras hovering around him constantly, Gilbert (pictured left) has built his stack to over 33K after picking up a decent pot in the past level. Gilbert limped in early position and three players saw a flop of 7
3
2
. The big blind bet 300, Gilbert called and two players folded. The 2 came on the turn and the big blind check-called a bet of 700 from Gilbert. When the Q
appeared on the turn, the big blind bet 1,800 and Gilbert raised to 4,000. The other player folded, showing a rivered two pair with Q7 and Gilbert flashed 77 for a flopped set.
We caught back up with Steve “MrTimCaum” O’Dwyer as he was facing another big reraise at his table. With 2K already in the pot, O’Dwyer had bet out 1.3K from under the gun on a flop of K97 and the other player had raised to 4K. Steve thought for minute before moving all-in for around 17K total. The other player looked noticeably frustrated, but eventually made the call with AA. O’Dwyer turned over 77. The other player was left drawing dead to an ace after the 3 came on the turn, but hit the A on the river to take down the pot and eliminate Steve in the process.
Micah “mordan” Hendrix (pictured right) informed us he sustained a big hit to his stack when he made a pot-sized raise on the button after two players limped in in front of him. The big blind and one of the limpers made the call and the three saw a flop of K-Q-10. The big blind bet out 375, the other player folded, and Micah raised to 1.2K. The big blind reraised to 5.6K and Hendrix thought before making the call. Both checked after a 2 came on the turn and the big blind checked again when an 8 came on the river. Micah bet 6.7K and his opponent moved all-in for 4K more. Micah told us he figured he was beat, but was pot committed to make the call with J9. His read was right, as his opponent held A-J. After the hand, Hendrix was left with 3.5K.
The players have just gone on their first break and the blind levels will increase to 100/200 when they return at 2:34 PT. Here’s a list of some unofficial chip counts as Level 1 came to a close:
Paul “ComeOnPhish” Lieu - 35K
Mike “SirWatts” Watson - 33K
Theo “pitrounder” Tran - 27K
Stu “thedonator” Paterson - 25K
Jeff “jeffboski” Sluzinski - 23K
Derek “arodss3″ Buonano - 23K
Scott “emptyseat88″ Fischman - 22.5K
Matt “SamENole” Smith - 22K
Blair Rodman - 21.5K
Peter “Nordberg” Feldman - 20.5K
Todd “nsxt2″ Arnold - 20.5K
Shaun Deeb - 20K
Tom “sbrounder” West - 19K
Todd “DanDruff” Witteles - 19K
Steve “gboro780″ Gross - 18K
Nick “gbmantis” Niergarth - 17K
Tim “EightLarge” Vansant - 15K
Brian “Wing-n-prayer” Reingold - 8.5K
WSOP Main Event Day 1b!
by Brett on 07.04.08, 3:00 pm
We’re just minutes away from the start of Day 1b and Outkast’s “Hey Ya” is echoing through the Amazon Room as players are finding their seats. Nearly 1,400 entrants participated yersterday and more are expected today despite it being a national holiday. Some notables registered for Day 1b are Micah “mordan” Hendricks (pictured right), Steve “MrTimCaum O’Dwyer, Matt “SamENole” Smith, Tom “SBRounder” West, Nick “gbmantis” Niergarth and even Steve “gboro780″ Gross, who won two tournaments on Full Tilt last night.
Jon “PearlJammer” Turner headlines a slew of P5ers who survived Day 1a yesterday. Turner has 89,450 chips and was one of the chip leaders as the evening concluded. Here’s a look at the rest of the P5ers that will play Day 2, which will restart on Tuesday, July 8:
Jonathan “HoosierAlum” Depa - 73,000
Tim “Tmay420″ West - 71,050
Darrell “Gigabet” Dicken - 70,000
Joe “latestlines2″ Ward - Did not report but we think he’s around 70K
Jason “JasonGray” Gray - 69,400
Jamie “TheCronic420″ Rosen - 68,800
Faraz “The Toilet-0″ Jaka - 62,400
Chris “SLOPPYKLOD” Klodnicki - 62,300
Steve “stevesbets” Jacobs - 60,925
Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle - 58,275
Louis “MrBeeks” Werman - 57,400
Eric “jakz101″poker Crain - 49,850
Peter “number1pen” Neff - 48,925
Owen “ocrowe” Crowe - 47,750
Dan “ansky451″ Stern - 47,100
Brendan “moe86″ Mahoney - 44,425
Steve “McNallyville” McNally - 41,757
Aaron “aaronbeen” Been - 41,550
Joseph “JOEYTHEB” Brooks - 38,525
Zach “CrazyZachary” Clark - 37,850
Kevin “Kice32″ Iacofano - 37,525
Joshua “Squintngo” Goldstein - 36,600
Doug “Resilient” Smith - 35,800
Anna “pokerpixie” Wroblewski - 34,125
Noah “Exclusive” Boeken - 30,775
TJ “Doubles00ted” Slifka - 30,250
Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee - 29,450
Justin “looshle” Pechie - 27,550
Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach - 27,200
Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke - 24,650
Craig “MrCasino” Gray - 23,775
Brock “t_soprano” Parker -21,700
Barry “barryg1″ Greenstein - 21,500
Jordan “iMsoLucky0″ Morgan - 18,800
Carter “notashark” Gill - 16,100
Andrew “fergwrx” Ferguson- 13,500
Jeff “yellowsub” Williams - 10,950
Rami “arbianight” Boukai - 10,850
Seat Open!
by Crystal on 06.28.08, 6:16 pm
Because play ended last night in the $2k NLHE event #48 right after the bubble burst, the “all-in fest” that usually occurs immediately following was saved for today. Less than 30 minutes after play began two tables had already been broken and David “ComptonMasta” Barter and Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin are amongst the early casualties.
Bryan “Devo” Devonshire was also eliminated when his pocket fives ran into pocket jacks and failed to improve.
60 players have been eliminated in the first 75 minutes of play today and the other short stacks will obviously be looking to make moves soon so the high number of eliminations is likely to continue through the early part of the afternoon.
In the $1.5k NLHE event that started at noon today Justin Bonomo (pictured right) has jumped out as one of the early chip leaders with 14k while Theo Tran, Jeff ”yellowsub” Williams and Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul have already been eliminated.
Eric “Rizen” Lynch was guarding a short stack when PocketFives caught up to his table on a T-7-4 flop. Eric moved all in with Q-8 after the flop and managed to double against pocket jacks when he spiked a queen on the turn. Another player at his table asked, “Is there a bounty on you or something?” before Eric laughed and collected the pot. Other players faring less profitably include Dave “davyg” Gyarmti, who had accumulated up to 5.2K in chips until his pocket kings were cracked by pocket nines. He was down to 1.8K at the break.
Other PocketFives members spotted in the event include David “seal” Eisenstein, Scott “thebasher007″ Stubbs, Nick “FU_15″ Maimone, William “gptbigguy” Looper, Joseph “Dyzalot” Morneau, Micah “mordan” Hendrix, Faraz “The Toilet-0″ Jaka, Chris “sooooted” Vaughn, Steve “willywoo” Nolan, Matt “All In At 420″ Stout, Eric “erbloore” Bloore, and Matt “SamENole” Smith. Some chip counts for other players are listed below.
Amit “amak316″ Makhija - 3.5K (pictured left)
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 4K
Stuart “zpaceman” Taylor - 5.2K
Chris “big huni” Hunichen - 4K
Andriy “tormos” Pavlyuk - 6K
Shawn “raptorfan” Morris - 4.5K