Posted by pokerguru on June 20, 2009
If you wanted to see a Pot Limit Omaha clinic, all you needed to do was watch the final table of Event 35 on Friday night. Play after play, read after read was absolutely perfect and Richard Austin made quick work of the remaining players to capture his first WSOP Bracelet. While it was not a very large field, the $5,000 buy in made the payoff over $400,000. This tournament ended just after 8:00pm and is easily the fastest moving final table of the tournament. We saw lots of aggression and some bad timing from the other players at the table. The final hand was typical of the action with all three players committed and Austin obviously coming out on top.
In other tournaments…
Event 36 is moving along very well and as of this posting, there were only 66 players remaining. The bubble was 171 and after it was reached, they never looked back. Chips are continuing to fly and Jonathon Plens holds a small chip lead with 520,000 in his stack. Still a long way to go in this one though and lots of players are well within striking distance.
“You know it baby” is probably being heard quite often in Event 37 as the ever enjoyable Scotty Nguyen holds the chip lead with 317,000. As stated yesterday, this field is packed with superstars and they are all still hanging around. Both Doyle and Todd Brunson have worked their way up the leader board and are only 5,000 in chips apart. Some other notables that are stacking chips are Greg Raymer, Dutch Boyd and Howard Lederer. With only 36 players remaining, this final table is starting to shape up to be an all-star cast.
Event 38 was the only event kicking off today and it is still a little early for overall chip counts, but Kid Poker is making some noise early on in the $2,000 Limit Hold’em event. Erick Lindgren looks to be in trouble and Hellmuth’s stack seems to be growing at a steady pace. This is far and away the slowest day we have had in a while and it seems as though a lot of these players are starting to wear down. This is the break that a lot of them needed, except of course for those in the limit tournament and Stud Championship.
For those of you in the fantasy WSOP leagues, start taking the long days into account as a lot of these old-timers are starting to wear down. Frustration is also taking its toll on a lot of the cash players that are wasting days at a time only to get knocked out right before the bubble. If you want some insight, start reading the Tweets from the players and you can see that these big fields and multiple day tournaments are starting to wear thin. Look for a lot of the younger players and the season tournament pros to really start to shine.
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Posted by James on September 11, 2008
The 2008 World Series of Poker will be known as the “Year of the Pro.” Many pros won bracelet at this years with one winning his first two bracelets. Below are the top five moments from the 2008 WSOP preliminary events.
#5: Mike Matusow Wins Third Bracelet
The final table of the NL 2-7 Lowball with Rebuys event was one of the strongest in World Series of Poker history. Jeffrey Lisandro, Tony G, Barry Greenstein, Erick Lindgren, Tom Schneider, and Mike Matusow played a final table that went well into the night. Play was up and down all night for Matusow but in the end Matusow was able to outlast Jeffrey Lisandro and take his third World Series of Poker bracelet. For his win, Matusow took home $537,862.
#4: David Benyamine Wins First Bracelet
The final table of the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship included several top pros. Tony Ma, Mike Matusow, David Benyamine, David Chiu, Toto Leonidas, Ram Vaswani, and Berry Johnston all were vying for the top honors. Mike Matusow was trying for his second bracelet of the series and made things interesting. In the end David Benyamine weaved his way through the field, taking pots along the way and keeping his stack healthy. Once Mike Matusow was eliminated, Benyamine’s experience took over and by the time play was three handed, Benyamine had around 70% of the chips. Heads-Up play was almost a formality as Benyamine continued to hammer and outdraw his opponent to finally secure his first bracelet. Benyamine took home $535,687 for his win.
#3: Erick Lindgren Finally Breaks Through
Up until 2008, Erick Lindgren was considered the greatest poker player to not have a World Series of Poker bracelet. Lindgren finally shed that title in 2008 when he bested an all star field to take the $5,000 Mixed Holdem event. Lindgren took his first bracelet and the top prize of $374,505. In addition, Lindgren also finished 4th in the NL 2-7 Lowball event and finished 3rd in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. He had five total cashes for the World Series of Poker and won the Player of the Year Award.
#2: John “Razor” Phan wins two bracelets.
In a heads-up match that saw three hands played “all-in blind”, John Phan emerged with his first bracelet in the $3,000 NL Holdem event. The win netted him $434,789. A few days later, Phan won the 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event for a prize of $151,911 and his second gold bracelet.
#1: Scotty Nguyen wins the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Event.
The final table of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event again was a stacked field. Erick Lindgren, Scotty Nguyen, Michael DeMichelle, Matt Glantz, Lyle Berman, Huck Seed, Barry Greenstein, and Patrick Bueno came together after four days of play to try and make their place in history. After a long final table and a long heads up match with Michael DeMichelle, Scotty Nguyen emerged as the winner of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. This was Nguyen’s fifth bracelet and ranks second to only his 1998 Main Event victory. For his win, Nguyen won the bracelet and $1,989,120.
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