$10,000 Main Event - Day 1B - Level 7
Jul 08, '08
Blinds: 300-600, 75 ante
Chip Leaders:
Hunter Fry - 240,000
Kellen Hunter - 211,000
Michael Johnson - 203,000
Adam Hudson - 191,000
Wayne Brown - 184,000
Brian Schaedlich - 180,000
Robert Mizrachi - 178,000
Brandon Adams - 173,000
Jeremiah Smith - 171,000
Mark Garner - 167,500
Other Notables:
Eliminations:
Scotty Nguyen
Barry Shulman
Jimmy Fricke
Perry Friedman
Big Hands and Storylines:
Karam, Vos Get Pushed Back
Marc Karam raised from early position to 1600 and Mark Vos in the cut-off made the call. The big blind, however, was having none of it. He raised to 4200, leaving himself with 12,000 behind. Both Karam and Vos elected to lay their hands down.
Corkins Steps Aside
Hoyt Corkins was on the button and raised to 1675 when play was folded to him. The small blind reraised to 4500 and Corkins called. The flop came J
3
2
, and the small blind bet all-in for 10,600. Corkins folded, now with about 90,000 in chips.
Perry Friedman Eliminated
Perry Friedman’s World Series has come to an end. His A-Q could not improve against his opponent’s pocket threes on a board of J-4-4-K-Q.
Toto’s Mojo Sows Foe's Woe
Toto Leonidas has been consistently chipping up at table blue 6. His latest small victory came against one of the big stacks today, Brian Schaedlich. Schaedlich raised from late position pre-flop and was called by Leonidas in the blind. Both players checked the AQ8 flop and the 5 turn. The river was the 3 and Leonidas bet 4,000 into Schaedlich who made the call. Leonidas turned up AJ for top pair and took down the pot. Leonidas is at 77,000, well up from his starting stack today of 59,000.
River Makes Three Hands, Nielsen Scoops
Play was folded around to the short-stacked button, who had pushed all-in on his previous hand and doubled up through Rasmus Nielsen. The button went the same route again and moved all-in for 6300. Nielsen, in the small blind, then raised to 6300 in an isolation bid. However, the big blind chose that opportunity to push all-in for 31,700. Nielsen, with over 110,000 in chips, made the call. The big blind showed A10, while Nielsen held A
Q. The button possessed JJ. The flop came K96 to provide further outs to Nielsen, who spiked the Q on the turn to take the lead. He clinched the victory with the J on the river for the flush, which ironically gave the button a set of jacks and the big blind a straight.
Series over for H.O.R.S.E. champ
Scotty Nguyen was short-stacked for a while and moved all in for just 4,000. He held pocket nines and ran into pocket kings. He flopped a set, but the flop was all hearts and his opponent had the K. Another heart came on the river, sending Nguyen to the rail.
Player Tags: Marc Karam, Mark Vos, Rasmus Nielsen
$10,000 Main Event - Day 2A - Level 6
Jul 08, '08
Blinds/Antes: 250-500, 50 ante
Eliminations:
Anna Wroblewski
Phillip Hilm
Big Hands and Storylines:
Scotty Nguyen Pulls a Hellmuth
Dodging through the masses of spectators in the Amazon Room, Scotty Nguyen scrambled to his seat – seat 1, table 1 in the orange section – 30 minutes into level 1. Nguyen explained to the table and all of the people on the rail that he was late not for any fashionable purpose, but because he thought that he was playing tomorrow. “I’m serious,” Nguyen said, “Lucky my wife waked me up.” Despite starting his day off on a bit of an off note, Nguyen remains in very high spirits.
Anna Wroblewski Crippled, Eliminated
On a 3-handed flop of 1075 an early position player checked and the middle player made a near pot-sized bet of about 6,000. Action was then on Wroblewski who went into the tank. ESPN cameras scrambled to get into a better position to hopefully catch a big hand with the poker starlet, and they were given a treat when Wroblewski raised an additional 6,500, putting her opponent all-in. The early position player folded and action was back to her opponent who, after sighing heavily, made the call. The two showed their hands:
Wroblewski: 99
Opponent: JJ
The turn and river were the 6 and 4.
That hand would knock Wroblewski down to 12,000, but she would be eliminated a scant few hands later, an early casualty of day 2a.
Brandon Adams Bullying All
Brandon Adams, coming into the day at the top of the leaderboard with over 175,000, has started the day with aggression befitting a chip leader. Adams has been raising pots left and right, meeting little resistance from his tablemates. It will be interesting to see if they begin to play back at Adams or, fearing elimination, continue to let him dominate the table.
Corkins Busts One
Hoyt Corkins raised from under the gun and was called by the player to his immediate left, as well as the big blind. The flop came K64, and after the big blind and Corkins checked, the last remaining player bet 2500 of his short-stack. The big blind called, then Corkins check-raised to 7500. The next player pondered his fate, then elected to push all-in for his remaining 11,300. The big blind folded and Corkins made the call, showing AA. His opponent held K10. The 9 fell on the turn and the 8 completed the board on the river and Corkins raked in the pot.
Karam Talks Himself into Trouble
Marc Karam was the button and called a raise from a player in middle position. The flop came AQ7 and his heads-up opponent bet out 6000. Karam called. After the 5 on the turn his opponent bet another 6000, and again Karam called. The river brought the 10, and a third 6000 bet followed. Karam tanked, mulling over his predicament. “I really thought you had kings,” he muttered, “but maybe I was wrong.” He continued to tank, then reluctantly made the call, saying “I really think you have kings.” His opponent didn’t have kings, but rather had AQ for top two pair and gathered in the chips.
Greenstein picks up chips but still short
After a player in the hijack raised to 1,600 Barry Greenstein moved all in. The raise was 11,150 and it took the initial raiser a minute to fold his hand. Greenstein is up to 15,550 after the hand.
Hasan Habib Hot
On a board of Q9742, Hasan Habib made a bet of 8,200 against his lone opponent into a pot containing over 10,000 in chips. The player deliberated heavily for several minutes, counting out the amount of chips necessary to make a call. He ultimately folded, and Habib took the pot without a show. Habib’s stack grew to over 80,000 with the addition of the chips gained from the pot.
Michael McKenna Mucks
Michael McKenna checked a flop of AK7, and another opponent checked. The last player bet 1,200, and both his opponents called. The turn brought the 10, and this time McKenna led out for 3,500. The next player to act made the minimum raise to a total of 7,000 and the remaining player cold called. McKenna also called, and the dealer put down the J on the river, and the action checked to the last player, who made a bet of 7,000. McKenna and the other player folded. McKenna’s stack sat at 17,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, Hasan Habib, Michael McKenna, Philip Hilm, Brandon Adams, Marc Karam, Anna Wroblewski
Amir Vahedi Eliminated by Marc Karam
Kristy Gazes Flops the Nuts, Gets Paid Off
Chainsaw Doubles Through Jonathan Tare
Brett Richey Adds to His Stack
Marc Karam has busted out of the tournament and has ended his quest for a three-peat final table bid.
Marc Karam opens the pot with a standard raise and Markus Lehmann reraises to 1,675. "How much do you have," says Karam. Lehmann moves his arms away to reveal the rest of his stack and Karam makes the call. The flop rolls out 5
Marc Karam has already chipped up in the 2008 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Grand Final here in Monte Carlo. Karam has made back-to-back final tables in the previous two Grand Finals, finishing in fourth place in 2006 and as runner-up last year. Given that kind of track record, he is expected to do well today, as well. Will he continue his trend of one-upping himself? If so, expect him to win this season.