WSOP 2008
Clements Busted by Wahlroos
by AdamJ on 06.19.08, 3:55 am
Vying for his third Omaha final table this WSOP, Scott “BigRiskky” Clements (pictured left) came up short when he was eliminated by Thomas Wahlroos.
With about 60 players left in the 1.5k PLO w/rebuys WSOP Event #34, Clements raised after Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby limped. Wahlroos, sitting to Clements immediate left, repotted and Clements who was on a short stack of 30k, went all-in with A
76K
trailing Wahlroos’ A
A
93.
Clements went out without much of a sweat, increasing Wahlroos’ stack to 165k, well above the 95k average stack.
Hamby, sitting beside Wahlroos with a 65k stack, commented on how nice it must be to run like Wahlroos who was at 50k about 40 minutes earlier.
True to form for most poker players, Wahlroos proclaimed that he is known for running really bad in all forms of poker but also mentioned that he “runs good in life.”
Here are some notable chip stacks of those left
Jerrod Ankenman - 195k
Ted Forrest - 175k
Tim “Tmay420″ West - 140k
Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi - 120k
Erik Seidel - 85k
Layne Flack - 82k
Jeff “yellowsub86″ Williams - 80k
Steve “Cornell Fiji” Ware - 60k
J.C. Tran - 35k
Jamie “TheNew” Robbins - 22k
Wrapping Up
by Court on 04.20.08, 11:24 pm
The second flight of day 1 players are in the closing stages of their first day of play. With 430 players left in the field and less than a half hour of play day 2 play should begin with over 400 players. As the clock winds down a little more play will be paused and then each table will play a set number of hands and be done for the day.
Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke (right) has been limping along with between 5k and 6k for the last hour or so and will need to finish strong today or get out of the gates quick tomorrow before the blinds eat him up. Jimmy recently turned 21 and has been taking advantage of his legal age by playing in the live cash games here at the Bellagio and then entering into the $25k event.
Jared “TheWacoKidd” Hamby was up around the 100k mark late in the day, but recently lost about 25k chips to Thomas Wahlroos when he called bets on the turn and river but then mucked his hand when Wahlroos showed pocket kings for an overpair to the board.
Amit “Amak316″ Makhija, Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen, and Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich are all seated up on the elevated table on the stage. All remaining players will be at new seats tomorrow with the combined field being redrawn for seats.