Brandi Hawbaker Poker Tournament Updates

Hour Three Recap

Jun 17, '07

Eliminations

After taking out Doug Lee last level, Brandi Hawbaker was eliminated.  Rolf Slotbloom has moved to the seat formally occupied by Humberto Brenes, who has busted.  Mark Vos and Andrew Black have were also eliminated at that table, but Josh Arieh and Evelyn Ng remain.  Darrell Dicken was eliminated when his pocket fives ran into pocket aces, and after the board bricked he was sent to the rail.

Event Info Released

Tournament officials released the event information during the past hour.  The 827 entrants created a $2,282,520 prize pool, which will be split among 81 players, with $527,829 and the bracelet going to the first place finisher.

Better Late Than Never

Both Joe Hachem and Phil Hellmuth arrived in the third level. While this is Hellmuth's modus operandi, Hachem is usually more punctual.  In addition to being late today, Hachem is showing up rather late in the series, with this being his first WSOP event this year.

Euro interest
As well as Slotboom and Black other Euro entrants in today's game include Dav e 'Devilfish' Ulliott (seated at a table with Phil Helmuth), Dave Colclough who is at a table with Slotboom, Ben Roberts who is sitting next to Jeff Shulman, Frenchman Paul Testud and John Shipley.

See exiting the building shortly after Andy Black was Surindar Sunar.

Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth,   Doug Lee,   Darrell Dicken,   Brandi Hawbaker,   Rolf Slotboom

Hour Two Recap

Jun 17, '07

Eliminations

Men "The Master" Nguyen, Justin Bonomo and Doug Lee have all been eliminated.  Lee was short stacked and pushed all-in preflop, getting a call from Brandi Hawbaker.  Lee's 4 4 were a slight favorite over Hawbaker's K Q, but after the board came K 10 3 2 6, Lee was sent to the rail. With his elimination, the tough table 13 got slighlty more managable, with only Ben Roberts, Jeff Shulman, Brandi Hawbaker, and Jeff Madsen to contend with.

Gold Standard

Jamie Gold took his seat late, only to find Jordan Morgan and Hasan Habib waiting for him.

Laak of Control

Phil Laak's table, which includes Norm MacDonald, is sure to be lively and fun.  Laak will need to pick up some pots if he wants to continue in the revalry, however.  He got short chipped after losing an interesting hand.  After raising to $300, a player in early position called.  The flop brought J 10 3, and Laak ventured the guess that his opponent held either A-Q or pocket sevens.  Laak was so kind as to recommend his opponents course of action, saying,"A-Q you gotta call, sevens you have to push." His opponent checked, and Laak bet $425.  After a call, the turn brought the 6.  Laak continued to try to unravel his opponent, while the dealer smiled. "I've missed you," she said. "Everybody is too serious, then I get you, and I love it."  Both players checked, and the river brought the J. After a check, Laak fired $1,050 and his opponent went into the tank for only a moment before calling with A Q.  Laak revealed K-9, and his opponent took down the pot with ace-high.  Apparently, Laaks own advice to call with A-Q worked too well.

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Player Tags: Phil Laak,   Doug Lee,   Jamie Gold,   Brandi Hawbaker

47 Players Left

Jun 07, '07

Only 47 players now remain in Day 2 of Event 10, all of which are guaranteed to pocket at least $10,170. While some players are chipping up, others are chipping out, and Level 14 has brought us some more notable eliminations.

Clonie Gowen was eliminated in 64^th place, banking $6,966 for her efforts and Brandi Hawbaker went bust in 55^th place cashing for $8,359. Both of them were eliminated in the last spots right before the next pay jumps.

Card Player Pro Blogger Adam Katz was eliminated in 51^st place ($10,170) when he was forced to move all-in from the big blind after being crippled in the previous hand. A $120,000 pot and Katz is holding pocket eights against his opponent’s A-K when his opponent sucks-out a win and leaves Katz with only $19,000 in chips. The very next hand Adam Katz has one third of his remaining chips in the big blind when the small blind puts him all-in. Katz makes the call without even looking at his cards and flips over 10-9, seeing it himself for the first time. The small blind flips over A-3 and the flop brings one 3, the turn brings another 3, and as if that weren’t enough, the river brings an ace giving his opponent a full house and sending Katz to the bust-out table.

The players have taken a dinner break at 7:30 p.m. and play will resume promptly at 9 p.m.

Player Tags: Clonie Gowen,   Brandi Hawbaker,   Adam Katz