WSOP 2008
Lindgren Wins 1st Bracelet
by Jessica on 06.05.08, 2:59 pm
After 40 hands of heads up play with Justin Bonomo, Erick Lindgren took down the 5K MHE event when he turned a straight vs Bonomo’s two pair. The two got it all in on the river on a board reading T
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8 and Lindgren held A2 to Bonomo’s 4
5. In addition to winning his first bracelet, Erick Lindgren also takes home $374,505 for his efforts. Bonomo received $230,159 for second.
The final table of Event #6 Omaha was set early this morning. P5ers Chris “SKOAL” Falconer and Scott “BigRiskky” Clements (pictured at left) remain in contention for the bracelet and are 3rd and 4th in chips, respectively. The final table will begin play at 4pm.
In addition to the final tables of the Omaha event and $1K rebuy, play will continue in the Day 2 $10K mixed game event and the $2K NLHE. Two new events will also be kicking off today. Event #9, a $1500 6-handed NLHE event, gets undeway at noon and Event #10, a $2.5K Omaha 8 and Stud 8 event, begins at 2pm.
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 J6535 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
Gobboboy, BigRiskky Chip Up in Event #6
by Jill on 06.04.08, 6:21 am
WSOP Event #6 - $1.5k Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better:
As we entered into the last level of the evening for the limit Omaha Event #6, the blinds were at 300/500. Though the original field of 833 had dipped to less than 250, several PocketFives players remain strong. We caught up with P5er Chris “SKOAL” Falconer, who shared a table with Allen Kessler. His stack remained above average at 11K.
Also climbing up the chip leader board is Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke. He deadpanned “GAMBOL!!” before sucking out on the river to pick up 9s full of Aces and knock out two players at the table. Two hands later, Fricke picked up another healthy pot when his pocket Kings made a boat. His stack climbed to 22K.
Meanwhile, Scott “BigRiskky” Clements (pictured at left) was at a table where the dealer had difficulty reading some of the hands involved. Fortunately, there was no mistake with this takedown: Clements’ preflop raise met two other callers. The flop came A89; he bet out and was called again. The 2 came on the turn and the J on the river, completing Clements’ QT straight. His stack piled to 28K, enough to place him within the top five chipleaders. The last hand of the level resulted in Katja Thater’s elimination; the event will resume tomorrow with a field of about 200 remaining players.
WSOP Event #5 - $1K NLHE with Rebuys:
This event also concluded for the evening and will start back up at 2pm PST tomorrow. Just over one hundred players remain in the event, vying for the chance to dethrone last year’s winner, Michael Chu, and win the bracelet.
WSOP Event #4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold’em:
We have whittled down to the final nine players for tomorrow’s reckoning day. Tomorrow’s huge final table will commence at 3pm PST with David Williams, Justin Bonomo, Erick Lindgren, Howard Lederer, Roland de Wolfe, Isaac Haxton, David Rheem, Andrew Robl and Pat Pezzin.
PearlJammer Loses Vitalogy, Bubble Bursts in Event #4
by Jill on 06.04.08, 12:12 am
With 39 players remaining in the $5k MHE event, Jon “PearlJammer” Turner pushed all in on the button with AQ. His chick slick couldn’t catch up against AA and Turner busted in 38th, just before the bubble.
The next table over, JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado held steady at 45K, deadlocked in battle with Phil Laak. We caught up with the table as Phil Laak raised, meeting a reraise from JC in late position. Laak called and the dealer showed K75. After the flop, Laak checked, JC bet, and Laak called; the dealer turned the 4. Again, Laak checked, meeting a bet from JC. After Laak called once again, the river brought the 3. JC showed down KJ to Laak’s KQ and lost the pot.
At this point, the play went hand-for-hand as several short-stacked players sweated the clock. After the bubble finally burst, other players left standing include Isaac Haxton, Andrew “good2cu” Robl, Patrik Antonius, Howard Lederer, and Andy Bloch. Players can almost taste the $374,505 grand prize and bracelet.
Meanwhile, at the $1.5K Omaha event, PocketFives players on break from the $1K re-buy event railed their fellow forum members. Jason “JP OSU” Potter, Shaun Deeb, Richard “Lee Nickel” Fohrenbach, Matt Stout were seen railing Carter “Can’t Close” King and Brandon “The Asian Undertaker” Schaefer. All nicknames courtesy of Shaun “F’in” Deeb. We learned from the railbirds that Carter recently doubled with AA against Philip Yeh’s pocket 7s.