WSOP 2008
Beckman Eliminated
by Crystal on 06.23.08, 4:09 am
As the blinds continued to rise, Garrett “GBecks” Beckman’s stack began slowly decreasing. The final tables of the $1.5k NLHE event #39 have been filled with aggressive play and it seemed that Beckman (pictured left) just couldn’t get things going in the right direction.
With the blinds at 8k/16k (2k ante) Beckman open shoved all in for his last 140k in chips. The player on the button looked a little too happy as he also pushed all in for 182k total. Both blinds folded and Garrett held the J
T
to the button’s KK. The board ran out 7
55A2
and Beckman was sent to the rail just as a cocktail server delivered a drink he had ordered. He finished in 21st place and will take home $17,450.
Mike “inissint” Glasser is still fighting and has around 240k in chips while the current chip leader holds over 1 million.
Daniel “voff” Deveau has been on a rush in the last level of the $1,500 Mixed Hold’em event, adding 18K chips to his stack. The majority came while we were away, but Deveau (pictured right) gave us the details. A player in early position raised to 800 and Deveau called in the cutoff. The player then check-raised Deveau on a J-8-4 flop and he called. Deveau then raised a bet when a blank hit on the turn and he was called. An 8 came on the river and Deveau was check-raised all in. Felt easily priced in, Deveau called with A-J and his opponent mucked, sending a massive pot his way. Deveau then turned quad aces on the very next hand to hit the 30K mark but has since been cut down to 25K.
Ari “BodogAri” Engel has chipped up to nearly 11K, but missed out on busting Mimi Tran. Tran moved in for her last 1K during the limit round with blinds at 800/1600 and Ari and Stu “thedonator” Paterson made the call. Engel led the KQ4 flop and Paterson called to increase the sidepot. The T fell on the river and Engel bet Paterson out of the pot and looked to have Tran heading toward the rail with AK against her A4. That is, until the J appeared on the river, giving her and Engel a straight. Ari smiled at us and said “Got in with the best hand like I always do.”
Engel did, however, knock David Pham out of the tournament not too long after. The short-stacked Pham got his last 2K in the middle preflop with AJ but Engel’s A5 was best when all was done when he spiked the 5 on the flop.
Tony “Bond18″ Dunst was just eliminated in 140th place. He got his last 1900 chips in on a K54J board with AT and was unable to catch up to his opponent’s KQ.
Brock “t_soprano” Parker is hovering near the chip leaders with more than 30K.
Big Hit for Hunichen
by Brett on 06.23.08, 2:32 am
Chris “big huni” Hunichen has been eliminated from the $1.5k NLHE event #39 in 31st place. A short stacked player moved all in for 50k and Chris moved all in over the top for more than 200k. Hunichen (pictured right) looked shocked when the player on the button announced “call”. The blinds both folded and when all the cards were tabled Chris was ahead, but barely:
Chris: 77
Button: AK
Short Stack: KT
The flop was scary but left Chris in the lead as it came QJ5 but the turn brought the A to give the short stack player the nuts and to put the button ahead of Chris. The river was a meaningless 3 and Chris was out. He was obviously upset and he said to the player on the button “It’s a horrible call! I move in for more than 200k and you call with ace king!” The button replied saying “I watched you play all day; it’s a great call.” Chris then regained his composure and shook the man’s hand saying “nice hand” and quietly left the table. Chris earns $13,737 for his efforts.
Garrett “GBecks” Beckman (520K) and Mike “inissint” Glasser (155K) are still alive as the field has thinned to 22.
Ari “BodogAri” Engel has just doubled through David Pham to increase his stack to 7.5K in the $1,500 Mixed Hold’em event. With the blinds at 100/200 in No-limit, Pham raised to 525 under-the-gun and Ari raised to 3K in middle position, leaving 500 behind. Action folded back to Pham, who looked Engel up and down before declaring “All in.” Ari called and showed TT which was way ahead of the 66 of Pham. The J535K board was kind to Engel, who is climbing back after falling down to under 2K.
We also caught an intereresting hand involving the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low champion David Benyamine. Also in the No-limit segment, Benyamine called a raise of 825 preflop and a limper in early position also called. Both players checked to Benyamine on a AT2 flop and he bet 1650. The limper folded and other player called. The 3 came on the turn and both players checked. The scary 8 on the river induced another check from the preflop raiser and Benyamine threw out a value-sized bet of 1500. He was quickly called by AA. Benyamine flipped over 55 for the flush and is now over 17K in chips.
Sorel Mizzi, Mike Sowers and Ben Fineman were all knocked out in the previous hour.
Beckman Gets Bluffed
by Crystal on 06.23.08, 1:20 am
As the seconds on the tournment clocked ticked down the last few seconds of level 16 in the $1.5k NLHE tournament, chip leader Garrett ”GBecks” Beckman got involved in a rather interesting hand.
The cards were dealt out and as the other players folded they left the table to go on break but Beckman (pictured right) in the cutoff raised to 24k. Play folded to the big blind, a man named Curtis Early, who decided to make the call. The flop came Q52 and Early bet out 14k. Beckman raised to 64k and then Early re-raised to 114k. Beckman went into the tank and said “Top pair, I don’t know what I’m going to do.” After debating for awhile Beckman eventually folded and left the table to go to break.
Early then told PocketFives that all he had was 92 for a pair of twos. He said, “I just felt like playin’ with him! He’s been pushing everybody around.” Early suspected that his twos weren’t good against Beckman’s hand but that he just wanted to play back at him because he could. Even though Beckman lost over 100k in chips in the hand he is still near the top of the chip counts and will be fighting to build his stack even higher as they get closer to the final table.
David “ComptonMasta” Barter was eliminated after having a big stack for the majority of the day. After being crippled on one hand by another big stack he put the rest of his chips in with the K5 and couldn’t catch up to his opponents AJ.
There are currently 41 players remaining including Chris “big huni” Hunichen (340k), Luke “JohnnyCashOut” Priour (52k), and Michael “inissint” Glasser (195k).
Over in the Amazon Room, 271 of the original 731 players are still going strong in the $1,500 Mixed Hold’em event. The players have just returned from a 30-minute dinner break and were told that they would be playing four more hours before the conclusion of Day 1. Stu “thedonator” Paterson (12K), Mike SowersUNCC” Sowers (10K), Tony “Bond18″ Dunst (9.5K) and Brock “t_soprano” Parker (6K) are some of the notables alive as the average stack is now 8K.
Shannon Shorr and Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg were among those eliminated in the past level. We caught Shorr (pictured left) and David Plastik get all of their chips in on a KT68 board, with Shorr holding KQ and a 2-1 favorite against the 75 of Plastik. The river, however, brought the 9, giving Plastic a straight and sending Shorr packing.
You Have to Win a Race
by Crystal on 06.23.08, 12:14 am
Kyle “kwob20″ Bowker’s chip stack had been slowly dwinding in the $1.5k NLHE tournament until he decided to put it all in with pocket sixes. A player sitting across from him made the call with his AK and when the flop came with a king Bowker fell behind in the hand and was unable to catch back up. Even though the shirt Kyle (pictured left) is wearing today says “Nice Hand Sir. And by hand I mean catch and by sir I mean moron” he graciously accepted the loss and was consoled by a friend who said “What can you do? You have to win a race. Good game man” as Kyle headed to the cashier to collect his winnings.
Another player got all his chips in needing some serious help to stay alive. David “DavidP18″ Peters and a shorter stack both got all their chips in against another player who had them both covered.
Peters: A9
Short stack: 33
Other player: AA
Peters and the other short stack were both in serious trouble against the aces and when the board ran out Q2287 they were both sent to the rail.
Mike “SowersUNCC” Sowers and Stu “thedonator” Paterson have been early movers in today’s $1,500 Mixed Hold’em event. Sowers has just increased his chip count to over 8K by crippling Bryan Micon in Limit Hold’em. Sowers (pictured right) raised from middle position and Micon called from the big blind. On the flop of Q84, Micon check-raised Sowers and Sowers made the call. The turn was the Q and Micon bet and Sowers called. The 9 fell on the river and again Sowers called a bet from Micon, who showed A8 but was rivered by the A9 of Sowers. Micon was eliminated shortly after.
Paterson showed why he’s considered one of the online greats at the other end of the room during No-limit. In a three-way pot, Paterson and another player checked a A53 flop to the original preflop raiser, who bet 1K and both players called. The 3 came on the turn and again it was checked over the the raiser, who bet 1500 and only Paterson called. The river was the 7 and Paterson quickly check-called a bet of 3K and showed TT, which beat KQ. Paterson is among the chip leaders with 15K.
Beckman Holds Chip Lead
by Jessica on 06.22.08, 11:12 pm
Down to 70 players in the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #39, Garrett ”GBecks” Beckman is the chip leader with 405k with the average chip stack at 113k.
Blinds are currently at 3k-6k-500 and those busting out receive $7,400 until the money jumps to $8,500 at 63rd place. The eventual bracelet winner will take home 630k.
Luke “JohnnyCashout” Priour increased his stack from 60k to 110k in the last few rounds and his tablemate David “DavidP18″ Peters is at 85k, a stack size he’s maintained for the last few hours.
David “ComptonMasta” Barter (pictured right) continues to yield a big stack with just over 300k.
Chris “big huni” Hunichen just lost a few decent sized pots to bring his stack down to 128k.