WSOP 2008
Singer and Lindgren Take Home Bracelets, Event 7 in the Money
by Crystal on 06.05.08, 4:06 am
David Singer is the winner of event 3 the $1.5k PLHE event after a grueling heads-up match with Jacobo Fernandez. On the final hand Jacobo flopped two pair but all the money didn’t go in until the turn when Singer hit a straight. Jacobo’s two pair didn’t fill and Singer took down the $214,131 first place prize money and bracelet.
As for event 4, the $5k MHE, Erick Lindgren just triumphed over Justin Bonomo in a manner similar to how the PLHE tourney ended. The money was all in on the river with Bonomo holding two pair and Lindgren a straight. Lindgren wins his first WSOP bracelet as well as $374,505.
In event 7, the $2k NLHE, the bubble broke right at the end of play for the day ensuring at least a $3,476 payday for all players returning tomorrow. Amongst those players is P5er Phil “uscphildo” Collins (pictured right) who ends the day with 70k in chips. He claims “I would have 140k if I was actually catching cards!” This seemed to be the case in a hand where the board came J
6
535 and his opponent tabled the AA. Phil mucked his hand and later said he had pocket tens and even considered folding them preflop. He lost around 25k in the hand but is still poised to do well in day 2. Play will resume at 2 pm Thursday afternoon where they will play from 152 players down to 9.
Grant Hinkle Wins Event #2
by Jessica on 06.04.08, 3:22 pm
The enormous field of Event #2 - $1.5K NLHE has finally been whittled down from 3929 to one. During heads up play with Grant Hinkle (pictured at left) and James Akenhead, Hinkle raised from the button, Akenhead reraised, and Hinkle moved all-in. James made the call with A K and Grant tabled T
4. It looked like Hinkle had picked the wrong time to bluff his opponent until the flop came T
T 4 . If the flopped full house was not enough, the T on the turn gave Grant quads and eliminated James Akenhead in 2nd place. He took $520,219 for his efforts. Grant Hinkle won the bracelet in addition to $831,462 in prize money.
Two more bracelet winners will be crowned before the day is over. The $1.5K PL Hold Em final table begins at 2pm today. The current chip leader is Joe Tehan. Other players at the table include David Singer, Robert “PlayaPlz” Lipkin, and Zachary “Carter” King.
At 3pm the final table of the $5K Mixed Limit Hold Em event begins. The current chip leader is David Rheem, whose chip stack sits at 885K. Full Tilt Poker is well represented at the table by Erick Lindgren, Howard Lederer, and Roland de Wolfe, who will have to contend with Rheem, Isaac Haxton, Bodog’s David Williams and Justin Bonomo, Andrew Robl, and Pat Pezzin.
Several other events will continue play today. The $1K NL Hold Em with rebuys begins Day 2 play at 2pm and the $1.5K Limit Omaha 8 event resumes at 5pm. Both events will play down to the final table.
The day kicks off with Event #7 - $2K NL Hold Em and Event #8 - $10K World Championship of Mixed Games will begin at 5pm. Players we will be watching in the $2K event include Tom “titantom32″ Braband, Devin “tranquilchaos” Porter, Darren Elias, and Nick “fu_15″ Maimone
Seiver Catches Miracle One Outer for Chip Lead
by AdamJ on 06.03.08, 9:09 pm
Scott “gunning4you” Seiver keeps finding himself in dramatic hands in the 1.5k PLHE Event #3.
Only this time he wasn’t searching for tissues after the ending.
On a flop of T92, Seiver bet out 15k and got raised by an opponent to 30k.
A few seconds later, Seiver re-raised to 60k, prompting an all-in from his opponent for another 85k.
Seiver called and was devastated when he saw his 22 for bottom set was up against 99 for middle set.
“I’m so good at these tournaments,” Seiver exclaimed as he stood up in a dejected mood.
His feelings and bankroll swung skyward when the 2 dropped on the turn and he scooped a colossal pot, catapulting him to the chip lead with 20 left with a 250k stack.