WSOP 2008
Final 6 Set
by Court on 04.24.08, 11:33 pm
With the elimination of Amir Vahedi in 7th place the televised final table participants are now set. Gus Hansen will go into the final table holding the chip lead, with Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll (right) and David Chiu not far behind.
Here are the full chip counts:
Gus Hansen - 8,570,000
Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll - 6,670,000
David Chiu - 6,050,00
John Roveto - 2,720,000
Tommy Le - 1,950,000
Jeff King - 1,305,000
Hat Bet is Over, Durrrr 9th
by Court on 04.24.08, 11:04 pm
Alan Sass picked a good time to win a bet in which Tom “durrrr” Dwan had to do something for the duration of a tournament. The bet involved Dwan being on time, he wasn’t, and the payoff was Dwan having to wear a hat of Alan’s choice for the length of his run in the WPT Championship.
Day 1 was a fruit hat, day 2 a pink feather headpiece, day 4 a bowling pin cap, and today an impressive pink flamingo upon Tom’s skull. Dwan seemed to settle in and almost forget he was playing in a huge tournament while wearing ridiculous items on his head and looked poised to be in the position of having to figure out what to do with the bet if he made it to the televised final table.
He came up just short of that though, ultimately being eliminated in 9th place for $184,670. Dwan was in with the best of it, but in poker things change fast. Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll opened a pot for 350k and Tom moved over the top all in. Caroll called with the A
J
and Tom turned over his KK
.
The flop was no help to Cory but the A on the turn gave him what he needed to outrun Dwan’s kings. Dwan’s elimination left the field 8 handed and Karga Holt was out the door soon after Dwan, finishing in 8th place for $211,050.
Kenny Tran Takes 10th
by Court on 04.24.08, 9:37 pm
Tom “durrrr” Dwan has eliminated Kenny Tran (right) in 10th place. Tran put almost a third of his stack in by opening to 240k (blinds 40k / 80k) from early position and Dwan moved in over the top from his immediate left. After the action folded back to Kenny he thought for a while before finally relenting to the math of the situation and calling with J-8 offsuit.
He was in better shape than he thought though, up against Dwan’s pocket sevens. The pair held though and Tom has busted Tran in 10th place for $158,290.
After a break play will resume 9 handed and continue on towards the goal of the final 6.
Carroll Chops Another Pot
by Court on 04.24.08, 7:40 pm
The dealer throws out the first card and you sneak a quick peak to see the corner of a black ace. This builds a little excitement as you hold your cards after they are all dealt and wait on the action to fold around to you before looking at both your cards. First one up is the A
, probably the same black ace you peeled up the first time. You shuffle the cards so the other one is on bottom and lift the corner to see the A.
Deep in a tournament just getting pocket aces is a big deal. The next step is getting action. Picking up aces in the big blind and getting a walk is a huge letdown. Picking up the pot with a standard raise is ok, but still seems like a waste of aces.
In a statistical anomaly Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll (left) has been all in with pocket aces against another player with pocket aces twice today. Both times the pot was split after no flush appeared on board.
Down to 10
by Court on 04.24.08, 7:30 pm
After 2 quick eliminations play slowed with 15 players remaining. The stall was ended when Nick Binger (right) was eliminated by Gus Hansen. Binger was all in preflop with AQ against Hansen’s suited A3 and by the time the river was out Gus had made a flush to bust Binger in 15th place for $131,910.
After Binger’s elimination the next few bust outs came quickly with David Tran and Robert Mizrachi also being knocked out. Hansen did the dirty work against Tran, picking up pocket aces and having them hold up against Tran’s flopped pair to send David home in 14th place.
Mike Gracz was able to bust a shortstacked Mizrachi when Robert moved in and Gracz called. Gracz had pocket jacks and they held strong against Mizrachi’s A8. The victory for Gracz was short lived though. Not too long later he was all in against Gus Hansen with a flop set against the Danes flush draw. Blank on the turn but the T on the river completed the club flush for Gus and busted Gracz in 11th place.
In between the Mizrachi and Gracz eliminations Bryan Devonshire (left) was busted in 12th place. Bryan was all in with AQ against David Chiu with pocket queens. Unlike Gus, the strategy of getting it in behind and getting there didn’t work out for Bryan and his 12th place finish brought the same payday of $131,910 that went to all finishers between 11th and 15th.
The remaining 10 players, including Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Cory “UGOTPZD” Carroll are all now at the same table and playing down to the final 6.