WSOP 2008
So Close They Can Taste It
by Crystal on 06.24.08, 4:47 am
The final table of event #41 is in sight for both Todd “DanDruff” Witteles and Sam “samethebull” Hiatt. Witteles has been working hard and after being short stacked for much of the evening has built his stack back to around 180k while Hiatt (pictured right) is sitting with around 130k. All the players seemed to be excited to see a double knock out when two all in players held the K
J
and pocket sevens on a board that read AT55
T against a third player who had them both covered and flipped up the A6 to scoop the pot. There are now 13 players remaining and other than the occasional big hand play seems to have slowed significantly as players try to fight for their spot at the final table.
Earlier this evening event #39, the $1.5K No-Limit Hold’em tournament, came to a close crowning David Woo champion of the final table. Hailing from Georgia, the poker pro takes home the bracelet and $631,656 in earnings - plus major bragging rights for taking down the maxed-out field of 2,720 players. Woo took fifth in one of the many $1.5k NLHE events last year so this is his second year in a row to final table one of these events. Woo’s winning hand was TT, which held up against runner-up Matt Wood’s 9
6. Congratulations to Woo for his first bracelet and the big win!
Glasser Busts in 8th
by Jessica on 06.23.08, 6:57 pm
Thanks to a little help from some friends and some timely shoving, Mike”inissint” Glasser (pictured right) was quietly moving up the chip counts up to 5th position in the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #39.
In his first key hand of the day, Glasser moved all-in over Habib Khanis’ raise for an additional 385k and after much deliberation, Khanis folded.
Glasser showed pocket jacks and as he raked the pot got a little ribbing from his buddy Kevin “BeLOWaBOVe” Saul who was there with Glasser from the onset.
“I dare you to show another hand,” Saul shouted.
In one of many discussions Glasser had between hands with Saul and Darrell “Gigabet” Dicken, who joined 40 minutes into the final table, Glasser affirmed to Saul that he just wanted to establish a tight image early on in hopes that his raises will gain more fold equity later as he may need to ship it light.
From that point on, Glasser’s resistance free final table started drawing traction as his chip count went south.
Glasser’s stack took a hit when he raised to 150k and got reraised all-in by Eric Beren for an additional 380k. Glasser called and was up against one of the few hands he didn’t want to see with his AQ against Beren’s AK.
Beren got a scare when the board ran out 533A turning Glasser a flush draw but was safe when the 7 dropped on the river.
Glasser’s luck turned a few hands later when he moved all-in for 65k preflop and got two callers, trippling to up to 285k when his JJ flopped a boat on a JTT flop.
His ascent back up the leaderboard was short lived however thanks to a brutal river card.
Glasser moved all-in from the button and got called by the big blind. Glasser’s 99 was in a race against Matt Wood’s AQ. His fate appeared bright when board ran out J74J by the turn, but the A spelled doom for Glasser, who took home 85k for eighth place.
Here’s some chip counts of some P5er’s battling it out on Day 2 of the 1.5k Mixed Hold-em WSOP Event #41 with 83 of 731 left.
Brock “t_soprano” Parker - 27k
Todd “DanDruff” Witteles - 17k
Daniel Deveau - 22k
Stu “TheDonator” Paterson - 11.5k
Glasser on the Move
by Jessica on 06.23.08, 5:47 pm
The final table of the $1.5K No Limit Hold Em has only been underway 15 minutes, but Mike “inissint” Glasser is already making moves up the chip counts. The blinds increased to 20K/40K with a 5K ante and David Woo raised to 100K from middle position. Glasser then moved all-in from the cut of for his remaining 460K and Woo was forced to fold. That increased Mike’s chip count to 660K.
Just a few hands later, Woo eliminated Mike Paras in 9th place when the two got it all-in on a flop of J52 with Woo holding 22 to Paras’ AJ. Paras picked up some outs when the J came on the turn, but when the 9 came on the river Woo took down the hand and Paras was sent to the rail. After the hand, Woo, who has been extremely active at the table so far, had approximately 1.5 million in chips.
Glasser currently sits at 7th on the chip counts. The top four chip leaders are all right around the 1.5 million marker while the other four all hover between 600K-700K.
Day Two of the 2-7 Triple Draw is underway and the remaining 30 players will be playing down to the final six tonight. Shun Uchida is currently leading the field, but John Phan (pictured at left), Steve Sung, Greg Raymer, Robert Mizrachi, and several others remain in contention for the bracelet.
Glasser Not So “inissint”
by Crystal on 06.23.08, 5:31 am
Mike “inissint” Glasser is guilty… of sending another player to the rail. After one of the chip leaders raised to 55k in early postion, another player moved all in only to have Glasser come over the top by pushing all in himself. The initial raiser folded and the other player asked Glasser “You have aces?” to which Glasser replied with a worried look on his face, ”No, why? Do you have kings?” The other player laughed and said no and when the cards were flipped up Glasser held the JJ which was way ahead of the other player’s 88. The board ran out Q4366 and Glasser knocked out the other player and almost doubled up his chip stack. After the hand Glasser had around 550k in chips and there are now 14 players left fighting to try to make the final table.
Over at the $1,500 Mixed Hold’em event, “BodogAri” Engel went through a wild ride of swings to his chip stack before being taken out in 99th place. With the blinds at 200/400 in the No-limit round, Engel was put to a decision to call a player’s all-in bet of 4575 on a board of T9237. Ari eventually made the call and mucked when his opponent flipped over KT and was left with 2K.
Three hands later, the player in the cutoff raised to 800 and Engel moved his last 1700 into the pot on the button. Stu “thedonator” Paterson (pictured right) then re-raised from the small blind for 2700 more and the cutoff moved all in. Stu folded, giving Engel and opportunity to triple up in a heads-up showdown. His AT was dominated by AQ, but the door card was the T and Ari’s hand held to chip him up to 5500. On the very next hand, however, Ari got all of his chips in with 98 against Paterson’s AT preflop. The K98 flop made things interesting but Paterson made a flush with the 6 on the turn and Engel couldn’t boat up on the river to send him home just minutes before the conclusion of Day 1.
Paterson will head into Day 2 with close to 15K. Daniel “voff” Deveau (24.5K) and Brock “t_soprano” Parker (23.5K) will also be among the 98 players back tomorrow afternoon as we will play down to the final nine.