WSOP 2008
Marco, Graham, and Rajkumar Eliminated
by Crystal on 06.01.08, 12:52 am
Shortly after the bubble burst in the PLHE tournament Mark Newhouse called Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson’s all-in preflop. Johnson (pictured) showed A
K
and Newhouse held the QQ. The board ran out T
8
26T. Johnson couldn’t catch anything and was knocked out in 34th place.
In another hand Matt “MattG1983″ Graham raised preflop and Kathy Liebert raised enough to put Graham all in. Graham called with the A9 but was behind to Liebert’s AJ. The flop of J9(5s} gave Graham the nut flush draw as well as pairing both kickers, but the K on the turn, and the K on the river ended Graham’s tournament. Both Johnson and Graham recieved $23,162 for their efforts.
After one player limped and another raised, Mike “MikeUNCC” Sowers reraised to 128,000. Vivek “Psyduck” Rajkumar called putting himself all in for 110,000 total. The limper and original raiser both folded. Sowers showed KK to Vivek’s QQ. The board ran out T-2-2-7-2 eliminating Vivek in 24th place for $26,470.
Sowers Gets Frisky as PL Approaches the Money
by Crystal on 05.31.08, 8:45 pm
While it seems some players are content to play few hands as the PLHE Event #1 Field becomes smaller and smaller, Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers (pictured) is staying active and doing well.
With the blinds at 2k/4k Mike and another player tangled in a pot that totaled over 120k. After calling the other players bet on a flop of AK4 both players checked when the 4 came on the turn. The 2 fell on the river and Mike bet out 32k into the 60k pot and after going into the tank for a long time the other player eventually called. Mike showed the AT for aces and fours and the other player mucked allowing Mike to take the pot.
A little while later, Mike raised under the gun to 11k and 3 people, including one of the blinds, called. The flop came 985. The player in the blind checked, Mike checked, and the next player bet out 22.5k. A player in late position called, the player in the blind folded and Mike raised to 65k. The initial bettor folded and the other player deliberated before called. The Q came on the turn and Mike bet 35k. The other player reluctantly folded and Mike scooped up the 250k pot.
The very next hand Mike was in the big blind and Kathy Liebert raised to 12k in late position. Mike called and the flop came T54. Mike checked and Kathy bet 15k. Mike called. The turn brought the 5 and both players checked. The river was the 9. Both players checked again and Mike showed 96 for a busted flush draw, but a rivered pair of 9s. Kathy mucked and Mike’s 9s took the pot.
With 43 players remaining, tensions are rising as the money bubble approaches. 36 players will get paid.
No Luck for the Ladies
by Jessica on 05.31.08, 7:53 pm
In the 10k PL event, things have not been going well for the majority of the remaining women in the field. With the blinds at 1500/3000 Anna Wroblewski pleaded with Nenad Medic to keep it friendly while she was in the small blind. He ignored her request and raised to 8,500. Wroblewski thought for a moment before reraising to 20,000. Medic reraised, putting her all in, and she made the call. Anna held A K to his pocket aces. The board came K 9 6 5 T and she was eliminated.
Just a couple of minutes later at the next table over, Jennifer Harman was also in the small blind when Chris Bell raised in the cut off to 9,600. She moved in for around 30k and Bell called. Harman showed J J while Chris held A K. Bell hit not just one, but two aces when the board came A 2 7 4 A, sending Harman to the rail. All hope is not lost for the ladies though, as two women, Jerri Thomas and Kathy Leibert, remain in the field.
Another recent elimination was Mario “Deuce2high” Silvestri, who moved all-in preflop on the button with 77. Called by a player in early position who showed KQ, the board brought a full house with Kings full and Mario quietly left the table.
Meanwhile, on Table 12, Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson led out with a 36K raise in middle position. A short stack called for the rest of his chips, showing 66 but the board was no help and Marco’s TT held. Several hands later at the same table, Mike Sexton raised pre-flop, meeting an immediate reraise from Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar. After giving Vivek a hard time for his predictability, Sexton pushed all in with AT. Vivek called with A9, the board was no help, and Sexton doubled up. Afterwards, Eli Elezra laughed at Vivek’s “garbage hand.”
Other major chip movers in the event include Matt “mattg1983″ Graham who started the day with around 37K and is now up over 250K, Amit “amak316″ Makhija who is sitting at just over 300K, and Patrik Antonius.
Matt Graham got involved in two enormous pots. On a board of 654, Graham got it all in with Chris Ferguson holding KK and Graham 78 — a flopped straight. The 2 on the turn earned Graham the pot and he doubled to over 150K. Only a few minutes later, Graham took a huge pot off Tuan Le. Le opened with 8500 from the button, and Graham and Andy Bloch called from the blinds. The flop brought 975 and Graham and Bloch checked. Le bet 22K and Graham counted his chips and reraised to 67K. Bloch folded and Le called. Graham moved all in on the turn when the 5 appeared and Le folded, increasing Graham’s stack to around 260K.
Meanwhile, in Event #2 several P5ers remain in the field. Here are some recent chip counts:
Jason “JCarver” Somervile - 11k
Eric “Rizen” Lynch - 6K
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin - 5K
Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks - 7K
Jason Gray - 3.5K
Brent Hanks recently doubled up. In a 4-way limped pot, Brent shoved from the big blind with pocket sevens and another player snap called with KQ. Hanks’ hand held and he was sitting at 7k going into break.
DavidP18, Martine23 Early Exits from $10K PLHE Day 2
by Brett on 05.31.08, 6:33 pm
Day 2 of Event #1 began at 2:00 PT and already we’ve lost a pair of P5ers. Mike “Martine23″ Martin, sitting behind a short stack as play began, opened for 6500 on the button and the small blind folded. From the big blind, Kathy Liebert raised enough to put Martin all in and he quickly called, revealing KK. Liebert flipped over AQ. Martin appeared to be safe on the board of T725, but the A on the river eliminated him from the tournament.
David “DavidP18″ Peters was sent to the rail shortly after by Raphael Zimmerman. The pair reraised each other enough preflop to get Peters all in with AQ against the KJ of Zimmerman. The board came out KQ377, eliminating Peters from Event #1.
Table 12 has been extremely active, mostly by online stars Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar and Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson. The two are opening the majority of pots in position and building stacks without much resistance.
Jeremiah “Believer82″ Vinsant is seated between Rajkumar and Johnson and just found an opportunity to double up. Vinsant raised to 7K under the gun and David Stroj reraised to 24K in middle position. Action folded back around to Vinsant, who called with 20K left behind in his stack. On the flop of 2T5, Vinsant moved in and Stroj hesitantly called with AQ. Vinsant’s JJ held and he increased his stack to around 85 K.