WSOP 2008
Returning from a break in the 1.5k NL WSOP Event #49, Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar (pictured right) encountered a problem he’d never faced when playing online.
Thanks to hundreds of people mixing in with a monotone grid of tables, Rajkumar was unable to find his seat as the tournament was about to start.
“I’m such a clown,” Rajkumar said. “I’m a world class clown,” he told P5’s as he was having fun with the situation.
As Rajkumar was wondering around the Amazon Room one of his tablemates waved him over. Then Rajkumar had to decided which stack to sit in front of as two stacks of chips remained vacant next to each other where Rajkumar was seated. They figured it out rather quickly as Rajkumar got a little ribbing from the table as the tournament was underway.
Rajkumar didn’t have nearly as hard a time doubling his 16k stack minutes later when he 3-bet his opponent with pocket jacks and his opponent called and moved all-in on a 10-10-7 flop. Rajkumar’s hand held up against his opponents ace-high as his stack shot up to 30k.
William “gptbigguy” Looper has maintained his 36k stack amid a home-game environment with Minh “The Master” Nguyen sitting to his immediate left. Nguyen had been cracking jokes and cackling loudly following the break and was last seen taking shots with some people at the table. Although he was enjoying the atmostphere, Looper didn’t succumb to the party environment.
“No shots for me just yet,” Looper said. “I’ve got to keep my concentration level.”
Here’s a list of other notable chip stacks in Level 7 with blinds at 300-600-75 and the average stack at 17k. There are 460 of the initial 2,718 players left.
Greg “FBT” Mueller - 50k
Andy Black - 35k
David Pham - 28k
Chris “sooooted” Vaughn - 16k
Eugene Todd - 16k
Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little - 15k
Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg - 15k
Owen “ocrowe” Crowe - 14k
J.C. Tran - 12k
Hevad Khan - 8k
In the $2K No Limit Hold Em event Dan “Wretchy” Martin recently doubled up when a player raised to 18K and Martin then reraised to 43K with blinds at 3k-6k and a 500 ante. The first player then moved all-in, forcing Dan to a decision for his remaining 80K. Luckily for Martin, the decision was pretty simple and he quickly made the call with A
A
. The other player showed K
K
and when the cards ran out 6
4
3
4
J
Dan’s stack shot up to 240K. Martin told Pocket Fives he picked up pocket queens the very next hand and picked up another pot after reraising pre-flop. He now sits with 300K.
Here are some other notable chip counts from some of the 48 remaining players:
Eric “jakz101″ Crain - 540K
Marco “CrazyMarco” Johnson - 410K
Blake “BallaB13″ Cahail - 333K
Adam “akat11″ Katz - 300K
David “DavidP18″ Peters - 145K
Darren “DABADESTCHIC” Nelson - 133K
Jose “head2782″ Severino - 110K
Ibuki “bukithepro” Fukui - 77K
Recent eliminations include Adam “Roothlus” Levy and Tristan “Cre8tive” Wade.
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