WSOP 2008
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 A
A
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 K
75. 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.