Level 2 Update: Shamseddin, Welch Make Early Exits
Oct 15, '10
Blinds: 100-200
Players Remaining: 245 out of 258
Chip Counts:
1. Joe Sebok — 90,000
2. Maria Ho — 82,000
3. Vanessa Selbst — 72,000
4. Jeff Shulman — 67,000
5. Brock Parker — 63,000
6. Barry Shulman — 63,000
7. Annette Obrestad — 57,000
8. Matt Marafioti — 56,000
9. Chad Batista — 55,000
10. Jonathan Little — 55,000
Card Player Chip Counts
Daniel Negreanu — 49,000
Tony Dunst — 42,000
Average Chip Count: 40,000
Notable Eliminations:
Ryan Welch
Soheil Shamseddin
Big Hands:
Ryan Welch Gets Busted By Aces
After a series of preflop bets and raises, Ryan Welch found himself all in holding A
K against the A
A
of Mark Ader. Welch asked the dealer for some clubs, and he obliged with a flop of 10108.
The turn and river were bricks, however, falling 35
and Welch was eliminated. He bemoaned his bad luck in the hands leading up to his last and left the room shaking his head in disbelief.
Eric Wasserson Doubles Up
We didn’t catch the action, but a flurry of bets and raises resulted in Eric Wasserson being all in holding AQ on a board reading Q9.
His opponent snap called and had Wasserson thinking the worst as he asked, “pocket threes?” Instead, his opponent revealed Q9 to have trip queens with a worse kicker.
The turn and river fell 710 and Wasserson doubled up to 62,000.
Steve O’Dwyer Uses Position to Win Pot
Jeff Shulman raised to 550 from the cutoff and Steve O’Dwyer made the call on the button. The big blind called as well and the flop came down K93.
The big blind check, Shulman checked and O’Dwyer bet 1,250. The big blind passed and Shulman mucked his hand, giving the pot to O’Dwyer, who is now back up to his original starting stack of 40,000. Shulman is still above the average with 57,000.
Featured Poker Tweets
Left In The Deck
Chewy Must Drinky
If you aren’t familiar with the current trend of “icing” then google it. Tony Dunst just pulled off the stunt at the expense of Andrew “LuckyChewy” Lichtenberger, who returned from his break to find the bottle of Smirnoff Ice hiding under his chair.
The WPT cameras got a nice shot of their new “Raw Deal” host in action, but one wonders how Lichtenberger could have fallen for such an obvious attempt, espescially considering all of the cameras surrounding the table.
Player Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger, Ryan Welch, Eric Wasserson
