WSOP 2008
As Level 4 comes to a close and players anticipate the blinds increasing from 150/300 to 200/400 for the last level of play this evening, many players were making moves and chipping up before the break. We caught up with Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke as he called a river bet with T
9
with two tens on the board to take down a good-sized pot and increase his stack from 22K to 30K.
Two tables over, Faraz “The Toilet-0″ Jaka (pictured at left) called an all-in bet on a flop of 4
4
3
against one opponent. He flipped over pocket kings to his opponent’s pocket nines; the dealer waved the magic “All-In” sign and the media descended on the table. The turn and river came 2
2
and Faraz increased his stack from 32.5K to 61K. His good-natured opponent shook everyone’s hand and exited the Amazon room.
In the Orange section, Jason Gray and one opponent saw a flop of Q
J
7
and both decided to check. When the 8
fell on the turn, Jason checked and the other player bet 2K. Jason made the call and the river brought the 2
. Jason led out with a bet of 5K and his opponent called. Jason flipped over his 8
7
for two pair and the other player angrily mucked his hand and said “nice catch.” Jason just smiled and scooped up the pot. Jason is now sitting with a little more than 30K.
At the other end of the Amazon Blue section, PocketFives watched as Jamie “TheChronic420″ Rosen raised to 4.2K preflop with 23K behind. One opponent called after the rest of the table folded and the flop came J
T
6
. His opponent pushed all in and Jamie snap-called him; he showed K
K
to the other player’s A-K. Jamie’s pocket kings held up effortlessly when turn was the 5
and the river the 4
; he scooped the pot and was up to 67K, which he informed us was where he sat about ten minutes prior to the confrontation.
Other unofficial chip counts prior to the break:
Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle - 86K
Jamie “TheChronic420″ Rosen - 67K
Faraz “The Toilet-0″ Jaka - 61K
Louis “MrBeeks” Werman (pictured at right)- 50K
Doug “Resilient” Smith - 40.3K
Brendan “moe86″ Mahoney - 35K
Jason Gray - 30K
Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke - 30K
Justin “looshle” Pechie - 17K
JC “PrtyPSux” Alvarado - 17K
Adam “akat11″ Katz - 10.5K
Jeff “yellowsub” Williams - 8K
- June 26, 2008 -- Rosen Rises in Event #44
- June 26, 2008 -- Mackey Riding High
- July 9, 2008 -- Lost & Found
- July 4, 2008 -- Short Stacked Shorr Looking to Chip Up

