Whitealroker Making Noise
by Brett on 05.31.09, 8:15 pm
Two years ago, Steve “whitealroker” Bent fulfilled a lifelong dream of playing at the World Series of Poker.
This year he wants to be a contender.
Bent (pictured left) increased his stack to as high as 6.5K during Level 4 of othe $1K No Limit Hold ‘em “Stimulus” event after eliminating a player at his table in the Miranda Room. With blinds at 75/150, Bent raised to 400 and the player to his left called. A third player made it 1,100 to go, leaving 1,300 behind in his stack, and Bent immediately moved all in. The player to his left folded and third player made the call, but Bent’s pocket aces were well ahead of his opponent’s queens. Steve faded a flush draw on the river and knocked out a player at the WSOP for the very first time. He had 5.1K at the second break.
Here’s a look at some chip counts from the $1K NLHE event as play resumed:
Mike “WiscoMurray” Murray - 14K
Dan “WhatsLogic” Martin - 8.5K
Jimmy “gobboboy” Fricke - 8K
Steve “time4badbeat” Wagner - 7.2K
Ezra Galston - 7K
Ari “BodogAri” Engel - 7K
Jason “JCarver” Somerville - 7K
Tracy Nguyen - 5.5K
Justin “fluffdog” Filtz - 5.5K
Phil “USCPhildo” Collins - 5K
Seth “grtwhitehoop” Fischer - 4.8K
Bryan Micon - 4.5K
Andrew “tiltyjoker” Lee - 4.5K
Jon “pokertrip” Friedberg - 4.4K
Devin “looneyde” Looney - 3.5K
Recent eliminations include: Eric “Rizen” Lynch, Isaac “westmenloaa” Baron, Court Harrington and Adam “a_junglen” Junglen.
