WSOP 2008
Katz Lands on His Feet
by Jessica on 06.09.08, 5:26 am
Aaron “akat11″ Katz has been on quite a roller coaster ride the past two levels. He lost a large pot earlier when the blinds were 8K/16K when two shorter stacks moved all-in in front of him for approximately 120K each and he called with T
T
. The other players showed 55 and KQ
and the board ran out K8
34Q, leaving Katz with less than 200K in chips.
A few rounds later at the same blind level, Katz raised to 40K in late position and the player in the small blind reraised 225K more. Adam paused for a moment (but Erin kept right on massaging) before moving all in for just a few thousand more. The other player called and showed AJ and Katz flipped up AA. The board was no help to his opponent and Katz now has 450K. Shawn Buchanan, Brent Hanks, and Jason Mercier also remain in the field.
Here are some brief updates from the other events that went on today:
Event #12 - $1.5K Limit Hold Em
Play is currently heads up between Zac Fellows and Jimmy Schultz. The winner of this heads up showdown will be taking home $257K while second place will net $165K.
Event #14 - $10K 7 Card Stud Championship
14 players remain and play will continue until they are down to the final table of eight. Several known live cash game players including Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, and Erik Seidel remain. The chip leader is currently David Oppenheim, who has 535K in chips.
Event #15 - $1K Ladies Event
Val “Runnerspleas” Palermo made the money in the ladies event, but failed to make Day 2 when she got it all in preflop with AK vs AQ and lost when a queen came on the turn. We here at P5s Live (and by we, we mean Jess, who went out of the ladies event exactly the same way earlier today) feel her pain, but congratulate her on her deep run in the event. Some familiar faces among the 62 ladies returning to play tomorrow are Amanda Leatherman, Linda Johnson, Maria “Maridu” Mayrinck, and Aimee “Allinat420Girl” Logue.
O’Brien Feels the Chill
by Crystal on 06.08.08, 9:19 pm
No one likes a cold deck and John “jdawg0913″ O’Brien certainly didn’t like one as the $1.5k LHE event was nearing the final table. We reported earlier a couple of big hands that hurt his stack and when O’Brien returned from the break the coolers continued. In one hand O’Brien’s pocket tens ran into another players pocket queens knocking his chip stack down pretty low. He then got all his chips in on the turn of a board showing 9444 while holding the AK only to find he was drawing dead to his opponents AA. He gracefully shook the hands of his tablemates and left saying that he was very happy with how well he did and he’ll be back tomorrow to play in the $1.5k Shootout which he cashed in last year.
The $5k Shootout final table is now down to 4 players all thanks to Leo “Superfluous Man” Wolpert. Thomas Roupe bet his last 31k and Wolpert raised over the top to isolate. Leo was way ahead holding the AK to Roupe’s T7. The board ran out 94259 and Roupe was eliminated in 6th place. Only 5 hands later, Tim “tmay420″ West put all his chips in preflop with the 99 only to find he was dominated by Wolpert’s KK. The board of 742JT was no help to West and he was eliminated in 5th place. West will take home $63,450 for his efforts today. Wolpert is now up to 2.4 million in chips and is the current chip leader.
Across the room, the $2k O8 event #16 began a little while ago and while the action has been rather slow (as is in the beginning of most limit tournaments) we’re keeping our eyes on some P5ers in the field including Chris “SKOAL” Falconer, Jeff “gnsd22″ Higgins, Senovio “Dorsal Fin” Ramirez, and Aaron “NDGrinder59″ Steury.
The Comeback Stud
by Crystal on 06.08.08, 8:17 pm
Dario Mineri (pictured at right) is trying to climb his way back up the leaderboard of the $10k Stud event after his stack fell to a mere 6.5k. He had called a player’s all in bet on 4th street and Dario showed the (JJ)KJ while his opponent held only a pair of aces. Unfortunately for Dario, his opponent caught another ace and Dario failed to improve, allowing the other player to double up. He’s now built his stack back to a much healthier 38k at the beginning of today’s first break and seems to be picking his spots well. Jordan “Octavian_C” Rich was eliminated earlier today from this event along with pros Doyle Brunson, Greg Raymer, and Bill Chen. There are currently 58 players remaining but only 16 will cash in this event.
With 13 players remaining, John “jdawg0913″ O’Brien has taken a couple of big hits over in the $1.5k LHE event. He lost a pot when his KQ wasn’t good enough to best the A8 of his opponent on a J837T board and then he flopped a set of 8s when the same player from the previous hand flopped a set of 9s and took another chunk of O’Brien’s chips. He is now down to around 140k in chips which is good for 8th out of 13 remaining as the players go on a 20 minute break. We still believe that the PocketFives.com t-shirt John has been religiously wearing to this event will bring him good luck and help him make the final table!
In the $5K NLHE Shootout Event, play commenced nearly three hours ago with Tim “tmay420″ West and former Quizbowl champ Leo “Superfluous Man” Wolpert facing Philip Tom, Thomas Roupe, former hockey pro Greg “FBT” Mueller, and Sirous Jamshidi. No one has been eliminated yet in the play, but several tense moments have occurred in the last hour of play.
Sirous Jamshidi managed to double up through West, flopping two pair to West’s JJ. Three hands later, Wolpert checked the flop from the big blind after calling a 70K preflop raise. Wolpert’s pocket eights were good enough to hold up, winning him about 300K in chips. His fans on the rail went nuts; other news sites are labeling them “raucous” and “wild” — only to be expected by the PocketFives crowd.
Later, West doubled through Tom Roupe when West held 88 to Roupe’s 77. West now holds a stack of over 1M in chips, yet after more than 90 hands of play, all six original players at the final table remained.
Babes in Pokerland
by Crystal on 06.08.08, 4:04 pm
The Amazon room has quite a different feel to it today; It looks prettier, smells better, and many of the female masseuses have magically transformed into men. This is all because today kicked off the $1k Ladies NLHE tournament. The room is filled with notable female players such as Katja Thater, Susie Isaacs, Shirley Williams, Vanessa Rousso, Clonie Gowen, Jennifer Tilly, Camryn Manheim, Cheryl Hines, Kathy Najimy, and P5’s own reporter Jess Welman (pictured at right). We wish Jess the best of luck and know that today’s event will be exciting to watch!
Speaking of watching, the rails around each section of the room are filled with boyfriends and husbands watching their significant others battle it out on the felt. We can only hope that the men don’t intervene as we’re sure the ladies will do just fine on their own!
With 1,190 entries after the first hour of play they’re 96 entries short of a tie with last year’s total registration, but entries will be accepted until the end of the 2nd hour of play so we could see an even larger field this year.
In about an hour, three other events will resume play:
- The final table of the $5k Shootout where Tim “TMay420″ West and Leo “Mr Superfluous” Wolpert will be looking to claim the top prize of $477,990;
- The final two tables of the $1.5k LHE event where John “jdawg0913″ O’Brien is still in contention with Erik Lindgren, who is looking to claim bracelet #2 at this years WSOP;
- Day 2 of the $2.5k NLHE event where there are numerous P5ers still in the hunt, including Theo Tran, Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman, Brent “bhanks11″ Hanks, Aaron Been, Matt “Mattster24″ Sterling, Frank “Round42″ Rusnak, Craig “MrCasino” Gray, Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson, Bryan Micon, and Carter “ckingusc” King.