WSOP » Erik Sagstrom http://www.wsop4all.com World Series of Poker, WSOP Europe, Satellites, Winners, Players, Rules and Events Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:43:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Star Studded Field on the Final Table in the $50k H.O.R.S.E.http://www.wsop4all.com/wsop-2009/star-studded-field-on-the-final-table-in-the-50k-h-o-r-s-e.html http://www.wsop4all.com/wsop-2009/star-studded-field-on-the-final-table-in-the-50k-h-o-r-s-e.html#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:31:48 +0000 pokerguru http://www.wsop4all.com/?p=601 The game has been going on for four long days and these players have to be exhausted. When you are playing a multi-day tourney and only have to worry about one game, you can get into a zone at times and almost go on auto-pilot. When the game changes at every level, you have to continue to be sharp or you risk sending your chips across the table. The marathon will continue to today and we will see who wins what is arguably the most prestigious title of the season. Here is your final table:

Erik Sagstrom – 3,675,000
Vitaly Lunkin – 2,490,000
David Bach – 2,345,000
John Hanson – 1,700,000
Huck Seed – 1,380,000
Chau Giang – 1,075,000
Erik Seidel – 965,000
Ville Wahlbeck – 645,000

Lunkin has been having a marvelous WSOP and you would have to think that he will continue to remain among the leaders of this tournament. He is a pretty well rounded player and has shown little weakness this year. Sagstrom is an interesting player and his name has been popping up quite a bit this year. This will be his first cash in a WSOP Event and it will be interesting to see if he can hold up to the pressure. We also have a few specialty players in here who excel at one or two of the variations. Don’t be fooled by the big chip lead, this is still anyone’s tournament.

In other tournaments…

The Triple Chance Tournament heads into day 3 with 16 players fighting it out for the bracelet. This is the second of 3 bracelet tournaments that we are going to see on Tuesday. Early on it appeared that this tournament was going to be dominated by some of the pro’s, but they have fallen by the wayside in day 2 and it is pretty much an unknown field that is left alive. An Tran is the only bracelet winner left and Eric Lynch is the only other player of note. The current leader is Jason DeWitt with 1,599,000.

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The third bracelet will be given out in the Seven Card Stud Hi Low 8 or Better Event. They are down to 14 players and for once, Jeff Lisandro nowhere to be seen on a 7 Stud final table. Lots of fresh meat in this tourney and it would appear as though we will get a first time winner here. Brian Swinford will start the day off as the chip leader with 292,000.

Events 54 and 55 finished off their days way short of where they needed to be to get to a final table by the end of day 2. Event 54 started with 2818 and still has almost 400 players sitting down when they start the next session. Event 55 did not do any better as they started the day with 258 players and now have 75 left. Lots of big names hit the rail early in this one including Todd Brunson, Greg Raymer, Erick Lindgren and Barry Greenstein. These guys have to be wearing down as you see their names in almost every tournament at the start. Main Event kicks off in 3 days!

The game has been going on for four long days and these players have to be exhausted. When you are playing a multi-day tourney and only have to worry about one game, you can get into a zone at times and almost go on auto-pilot. When the game changes at every level, you have to continue to be sharp or you risk sending your chips across the table. The marathon will continue to today and we will see who wins what is arguably the most prestigious title of the season. Here is your final table:

Erik Sagstrom – 3,675,000
Vitaly Lunkin – 2,490,000
David Bach – 2,345,000
John Hanson – 1,700,000
Huck Seed – 1,380,000
Chau Giang – 1,075,000
Erik Seidel – 965,000
Ville Wahlbeck – 645,000

Lunkin has been having a marvelous WSOP and you would have to think that he will continue to remain among the leaders of this tournament. He is a pretty well rounded player and has shown little weakness this year. Sagstrom is an interesting player and his name has been popping up quite a bit this year. This will be his first cash in a WSOP Event and it will be interesting to see if he can hold up to the pressure. We also have a few specialty players in here who excel at one or two of the variations. Don’t be fooled by the big chip lead, this is still anyone’s tournament.

In other tournaments…

The Triple Chance Tournament heads into day 3 with 16 players fighting it out for the bracelet. This is the second of 3 bracelet tournaments that we are going to see on Tuesday. Early on it appeared that this tournament was going to be dominated by some of the pro’s, but they have fallen by the wayside in day 2 and it is pretty much an unknown field that is left alive. An Tran is the only bracelet winner left and Eric Lynch is the only other player of note. The current leader is Jason DeWitt with 1,599,000.

The third bracelet will be given out in the Seven Card Stud Hi Low 8 or Better Event. They are down to 14 players and for once, Jeff Lisandro nowhere to be seen on a 7 Stud final table. Lots of fresh meat in this tourney and it would appear as though we will get a first time winner here. Brian Swinford will start the day off as the chip leader with 292,000.

Events 54 and 55 finished off their days way short of where they needed to be to get to a final table by the end of day 2. Event 54 started with 2818 and still has almost 400 players sitting down when they start the next session. Event 55 did not do any better as they started the day with 258 players and now have 75 left. Lots of big names hit the rail early in this one including Todd Brunson, Greg Raymer, Erick Lindgren and Barry Greenstein. These guys have to be wearing down as you see their names in almost every tournament at the start. Main Event kicks off in 3 days!

]]> http://www.wsop4all.com/wsop-2009/star-studded-field-on-the-final-table-in-the-50k-h-o-r-s-e.html/feed 0 Falling Like Flies at the $50k H.O.R.S.E.http://www.wsop4all.com/wsop-2009/falling-like-flies-at-the-50k-h-o-r-s-e.html http://www.wsop4all.com/wsop-2009/falling-like-flies-at-the-50k-h-o-r-s-e.html#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:20:48 +0000 pokerguru http://www.wsop4all.com/?p=595 As predicted, we are seeing a lot of movement on the leader board at the $50k H.O.R.S.E. Championship Event. Some of the recent eliminations include Doyle Brunson, Eric Lindgren, Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein and Daniel Alaei. Hasan Habib has slipped all the way down to one of the short stacks and Erik Sagstrom has taken over as the overall leader with 1,250,000. This tournament still has a long way to go with over 30 players still seated at the tables.

Gus Hanson continues to play strong and is currently sitting at 725,000 in chips. Vitaly Lunkin is once again putting in a very strong performance and is currently located in the top ten with 560,000. There are still a lot of big names left in this tourney and you will probably continue to see a lot of movement as this is one of the most volatile games you will see. Every game guarantees a lot of action and your chip leader very well may be a short stack within 5 hands. They are going to play this one till the early hours of the morning.

In other tournaments…

The Limit Shootout Event is down to 6 players, but the stacks are fairly even among the top 3. This is another tournament that you can expect to go on for quite a bit tonight and not see a winner until after midnight. The current leader is Greg Mueller with 950,000. Marc Naalden and Millie Shue round out the top three and are both within less than 200,000 of Mueller.


The dinner break has sounded in event 51 and there are still well over 100 players alive. You will not recognize many of the names in this one as a lot of the pros have stayed away from these $1,500 tournaments as the WSOP has played on. Huge fields have given them all problems and they seem to be sticking with the higher buy ins and other poker variations for the time being. They are going to have enough problems in the Main Event so why sit down with this aggravation now. The one big name that is making his way up the leader board is Men Nguyen. We haven’t heard much from him so far this year so this may be his warm-up for next week’s tournament.

The Triple Chance No Limit Event is at full steam and has had a surprising amount of eliminations already. They started with 854 players and are close to 300 eliminations so far. Overall chip stacks are not available, but a quick glance around the room says that a lot of the pros were taking advantage of the ability to have the free triple re-buy and play very aggressively. Don’t be surprised to see some big names on the leader board at the end of the day in this one.

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