WSOP 2008
Business as Usual for Riskky
by Brett on 06.17.08, 6:27 pm
Scott “BigRiskky” Clements has a knack for building a large stack early in tournaments. The two-time bracelet winner is already near the top of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em leaderboard as it approaches Level 4. Just before the 30-minute break before Level 2, Clements (pictured right) got involved in a three-way pot with J
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and led out for 175 on a 983 flop. Both players called and then checked to Clements when the A hit on the turn. Clements bet 300 and only the player on the button called. The lovely 7
fell on the river and Clements counted out 900 chips and induced a call by the button, who let his frustration be known when he saw Scott’s straight.
Clements then built his stack to 9K when his QQ held against the TT of an opponent when they got it all in preflop. Clements made a full house on the turn to leave the player drawing dead.
Theo “pittrounder” Tran (9K), Court Harrington (7.5K), Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby (6.5K), Cal Spears (5K) and Anna “VietCutie” Wroblewski (5K) have also been chipping up early in Event #32.
The final table of the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em event included a trio of P5ers, but one has just been taken out in eighth place. Tony “Bond18″ Dunst shoved his last 130K at the 10K/20K blind level and got a call from Matt “plattsburgh” Vengrin (pictured left), who flipped up 8
9 and found that he was a huge underdog to the KK of Dunst. The T87 flop gave Vengrin some hope, and the J on the turn gave him the lead as Dunst was left hoping for a diamond on the river. The T eliminated Tony, who earned $54,344. Vengrin, however, is now the overwhelming chip leader with 1.4 million. Johnny Neckar is second with 700K. P5er Thuy “ShesNoGood” Doan is holding stong with 420K, good for fourth at the table.
The $10,000 Limit Championship got underway at 3:00 PT. Brock “t_soprano” Parker entered the day as the short stack but has picked up few small pots early. We’ll keep track of his progress throughout the day.