WSOP 2008
Slaubaugh Slowrolled, Exits in 15th
by Brett on 07.02.08, 5:10 am
Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaubaugh, as well as the players at his table and spectators in attendance, were floored by a hand that just took place during tonight’s $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event. With the final two tables in action and the blinds at 10K/20K, Slaubaugh raised to 52K from the cutoff and Farzad Rouhani reraised to 200K from the button, leaving 75K behind. Action folded back around to Slaubaugh, who quickly moved in for a total of 380K and Rouhani responded with “Oops,” and went into the tank. After more than a minute of thinking and waiting for a hand at the other table to finish, Rouhani called, sounding off with “This is it!” which echoed through the Brasilia Room, and flipped over Q
Q
. Those watching were shocked, as was Slaubaugh, who showed his AK
and was unable to improve on a board of 9
64TJ.
“That was a sick slowroll,” Scott “ssitron” Sitron said, baring the sentiments of everyone in the room. Slaubaugh was then eliminated on the very next hand by Sitron. Cody raised to 100K, leaving two 1K chips behind, and said “I’m going to tank it for five minutes if someone reraises me.” Sitron moved all in from the small blind and Cody didn’t hold to his promise, tossing has chips in and displaying his 92. Scott’s AA had a huge advantage and he managed to fade a heart flush draw to win the pot and eliminate a discouraged Slaubaugh.
We are now down to the final 12 players and Sitron is the short stack with 400K. Play will conclude tonight when the final nine are decided.
Hellmuth Battling to Win #12
by Crystal on 07.02.08, 4:16 am
The final three players of the $1.5k HORSE tournament have been trading chips back and forth but Phil Hellmuth, who has been short stacked for the past few hours is (somewhat) patiently waiting for good spots to rebuild his stack. We haven’t seen too many of the “typical” Hellmuth tantrums but there have been a few. In one hand of razz Hellmuth was dealt paint after paint while his opponent kept catching baby cards. On 5th street Hellmuth threw his sunglasses down onto the ground before mucking his hand. He doubled up once and continues to steal little pots but with the blinds getting high he is having a tough time getting his stack moving in the right direction against the aggressive chip leader.
Over in the $1.5k NLHE tournament only 16 players remain including Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaubaugh and Scott “ssitron” Sitron. Cody had lost a little ground in the past couple hours until he was in the big blind and the player on the button pushed all in. Cody looked down and saw the QQ and quickly made the call. We missed what his opponent was holding but the board ran out K973Q and Cody’s set of queens was good enough to boost his stack back up to 425k.
Sitron was recently crippled in a hand with Corwin Cole and Eric Jolly. With the blinds at 8K/16K, Elliot Smith raised to 40K from middle position and Sitron, sitting directly to Smith’s left, reraised to 110K. Cole then moved in for 350K on the button and it folded around to Jolly in the big blind, who called off his last 160K. Smith folded and Sitron instantly called, setting up a dramatic three-way all in:
Sitron: AA
Cole: QQ
Jolly: JJ
The 862 flop looked good for Sitron, and the K on the turn left him needing to fade only four outs. His nightmare came to life on the river, however, when the Q peeled off, sending a pot of 950K over to Cole and leaving Scott with only 150K. Jolly was eliminated in 18th place.
The Splendor of Slaubaugh
by Brett on 07.02.08, 1:59 am
Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaubaugh eliminated Tim Barchie in 30th place to chip up to over 400K in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event. With the blinds at 5K/10K, Barchie moved in for nearly 85K from under the gun and action folded around to Slaubaugh (pictured right) in the small blind. Cody contemplated his next move for a moment before moving all in for 320K. The big blind folded and each player’s hands were revealed:
Barchie: A4
Slaughbaugh: A6
The board revealed JT67J, giving Slaubaugh bottom pair to go along with a pair of jacks on the board but it proved more than enough to win the pot. He is seated with tournament chip leader Scott “ssitron” Sitron, who has more than 650K. Sitron is at Seat 9 while Slaubaugh is at Seat 6. Cody is attempting to reach his second final table within two weeks. He took second in another $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘em event for $389,128 on June 21.
Round 2 of the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout got underway at 10:00 PT and players will play four levels before ending the night. The following P5ers are still among the field of 90:
Ben “bfineman” Fineman
Blair Rodman
Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke
Jordan “scarface_79″ Smith
Matt “mattg1983″ Graham
Mike “SirWatts” Watson
Sasha “bikocruz” Rosewood
Seiver Busts Before the Bubble
by Crystal on 07.01.08, 3:23 am
The bubble just burst in the $1.5k NLHE tournament and while Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaubaugh, Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan, and Josh “pbdrunks” Van Duyn have all made the money, Scott “gunning4you” Seiver bust out just a couple spots shy of earning a payday.
When the blinds were at 500/1,000/100, Scott (pictured right) called a short stacked player’s all-in preflop with AQ. His opponent held the 66 and Scott was sitting pretty on a flop of AK8, but the 6 on the turn gave the all-in player a lock on the hand and Scott’s stack was knocked to around 15k.
With the blinds upped to 600/1,200/100 and the money bubble looming, Scott raised to 2.6k only to have another player re-raise to 6.5k. Scott then pushed all in for a little more than 20k and his opponent called. Scott showed the AK to his opponents QQ. The board ran out JT357 and Scott was sent to the rail.
The average stack is now around 30k and Van Duyn has around 9k, Ryan is sitting with about 32k and Slaubaugh has 63k.
All the remaining players are guaranteed to take home at least $2,756 but we’re sure they all have the $625,443 first place prize in their sights.
No D_RY Spell for Danny Ryan
by Jill on 07.01.08, 1:32 am
The play in Event #52, the $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em tournament, has finally condensed into the blue section of the Amazon room and is down to nine-handed tables as they approach the money. The field reduced to 350 of 2,693 at the end of Level 8; the money bubble should burst when 270 players remain.
Action continued, fast and furious, as several PocketFivers were trying to race to catch up with the average stack; PocketFives caught up with Josh “pbdrunks” Van Duyn as he was all in preflop for 7.5K against one other opponent. Another player at the table grilled PocketFives staff on who Josh was and if he’d be embarrassed to see a bad bust out hand on the internet; Josh chuckled good-naturedly. His opponent ended up folding his hand, but the forfeited chips in the pot increased Josh’s stack to 14K, still shy of the average 23K stack.
Meanwhile, Danny “THE_D_RY” Ryan (pictured at left) managed to more than double up when he got all his chips in pre-flop with AA against a bigger stack’s KK and an extremely short stacked player’s J3. The board came with the AQ825 and a set of aces sent the whole pot Danny’s way. His stack increased to a little less than 30K and he flashed his signature smile.
Another short stack looking to make a move is Scott “gunning4you” Seiver, who sat with about 14K in front of him. However, Cody “thugmoneymakr” Slaughbaugh sported a 59K stack and seemed to be dominating his table going into the break; we will keep up with the action as he looks to continue the major chip accumulation!