2009 World Series of Poker Day 21 – Three weeks down

AlCantHang — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:49:15 +0000

I often make tongue-in-cheek snide remarks about the fields in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em events but sometimes the jokes just kind of happen. Sitting high upon my perch in media row getting ready to kick off Event #34, I noticed there was something different with the tournament information board. Throughout the tournament you can get such useful information as number of entrants followed by the players remaining. The quick picture above made it seem that nearly 300+ plus players were eliminated before the start of Level 1. That would certainly beat the record of 5 bustouts per minute in the “Stimulus Special”.

Joking aside, there are some serious events in the room today. Luckily there is only one new event on Day 21 but we will see three bracelets awarded today as well as two restarts.

Fans of Team Full Tilt will want to monitor action at the $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha table. Hendon Mobster Ross Boatman comes in with the top chipstack and John Juanda makes his third trip into the final nine. This tournament always seems dominated by the Europeans and we have four at the final table. Two from the UK, one from Denmark, and one from France.

The $1,500 HORSE was only able to get down to 23 players when play was suspended at 3am. Many big names still around but I’ll be pulling for fellow poker blogger LJ as she tries to join her friend sprstoner as blogger final tablist. Several Full Tilt pros made it deep into the night but were unable to make Day 3 including Richard “Quiet Lion” Brodie, Andy Black and David Singer. Tournament reporters will earn their day off by the end of play.

116 of the starting 185 players in the $10,000 Limit Hold’em World Championship return for their Day 2. Another small but stacked field has Tilter Jennifer Harman holding the chip lead. Also sitting near the top are Maria Ho, Josh Arieh, Shaun Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin, and Matt Hawrilenko. This tournament will be a test of those hardcore limit grinders with a structure giving plenty of play.

My dedicated blogger time will be spent railing the PLO final table, $10,000 Limit, and writing up a post answering reader mail. As always, if you have a questions you can send me a message via comments or email at AlCantHang@aol.com.

Chip counts for the restarts after the jump:

Eric “EFro” Froehlich playing in the $1,500 Limit Hold’em event

Event #30 Pot Limit Omaha
Buyin: $2,500
Number of Entries: 436
Net Prize Pool: $1,002,800
First Place Prize: $235,685
Total Spots Paid Out: 45
Players Remaining: 9

1	Ross Boatman	718,000
2	Jeff Kimber	525,000
3	Theo Jorgensen	419,000
4	J.C. Tran	387,000
5	Rami Boukai	325,000
6	Jean Philippe Leandri	324,000
7	Dallas Flowers	239,000
8	Chad Layne	206,000
9	John Juanda	129,000

Event #31 H.O.R.S.E.
Buyin: $1,500
Number of Entries: 770
Net Prize Pool: $1,051,050
First Place Prize: $247,033
Total Spots Paid Out: 72
Players Remaining: 23

1	Fabrice Soulier	351,000
2	Shannon Shorr	323,500
3	Mitch Schock	285,000
4	Brian Malcolm	247,500
5	Ronald Schiffman	224,000
6	Paul Evans	212,000
7	Phillip Marmorstein	209,500
8	Tad Jurgens	166,500
9	Joe Serock	152,500
10	Chris Bjorin	143,000
11	Sabic Sebastien	138,500
12	Farzad Rouhani	134,500
13	Vanessa Rousso	131,000
14	James Vanalstyne	130,000
15	Kathy Raymond	111,000
16	Peter Gelencser	103,500
17	Torstein Iversen	100,500
18	Bryan Micon	76,000
19	Lana Maier	66,000
20	Paul Darden	54,500
21	Dustin Bryan	53,500
22	John Racener	17,000
23	Alan Myerson	DNR

Event #32 No Limit Hold’em
Buyin: $2,000
Number of Entries: 1,534
Net Prize Pool: $2,791,880
First Place Prize: $530,548
Total Spots Paid Out: 171
Players Remaining: 220

Top 50 chip stacks:

1	Jing, Shan	137,400
2	Makowsky, Daniel	127,900
3	Chang, Ed	121,900
4	Feldman, Peter	116,700
5	Rybachenko, Sergey	111,900
6	Lennaard, Ken	109,200
7	Broderick, Ryan	102,900
8	Bolotin, Alex	100,700
9	Dolan, Charles	97,500
10	Scott, Justin	93,500
11	Mao, Nick	89,800
12	Staudenmaier, Luke	88,600
13	Blumenthal, Nicholas	88,600
14	Neuville, Pierre	81,700
15	Wheeler, Jason	81,700
16	Benelli, Andrea	81,200
17	Paasonen, Mika	80,900
18	Derrod, Ross	80,000
19	Brites, Caio	79,500
20	Strothmann, Malte	78,000
21	Newburger, Jason	76,500
22	Atchison, Pat	76,300
23	Switzer, Brett	74,400
24	Louer, Todd	72,900
25	Gautron, Norman	71,300
26	Fung, Steven	70,200
27	Chattha, Sunny	70,000
28	Yalouskikh, Aliaksandr	68,700
29	Karambis, Larry	67,700
30	Vu, David	67,100
31	Vetter, John	66,100
32	Runhart, Thomas	65,900
33	Channing, Neil	65,900
34	Hamagami, Clark	65,700
35	Neilson, Daniel	65,400
36	Mabuchi, Motoyuki	65,200
37	Dyer, Michael	65,100
38	Garcia, Eloy	63,400
39	Coulthard, Aaron	62,100
40	Winzeler, Hans	61,600
41	Horton, Brian	61,100
42	Prince, Eric	60,900
43	Patsalos, Kyriacos	60,400
44	Vanchiro, Jeffrey	60,400
45	Tiffenberg, Dave	58,300
46	Giang, Chau	57,600
47	D’Auteuil, Philippe	57,600
48	Staengle, Alexander	57,600
49	Ely, Theodore	57,400
50	Palovic, Dag	57,400

Event #33 Limit Hold’em World Championship
Buyin: $10,000
Number of Entries: 185
Net Prize Pool: $1,739,000
First Place Prize: $460,841
Total Spots Paid Out: 18
Players Remaining: 116

Top 50 chip stacks:

1	Harman, Jennifer	127,600
2	Klecan, Mark	117,000
3	Ho, Maria	113,400
4	Arieh, Josh	112,100
5	Deeb, Shaun	106,000
6	Teltscher, Mark	99,900
7	Mccallum, Randall	95,000
8	Ray, Kyle	90,300
9	Gromov, Dmitry	87,800
10	Rheem, David	87,400
11	Mountain, Josh	86,900
12	Lunkin, Vitaly	86,500
13	Hawrilenko, Matt	86,300
14	Liu, Serena	86,100
15	Kim, Steve	85,800
16	Fuhs, Danny	83,400
17	Tom, Phil	81,200
18	Vitch, Chris	78,900
19	Shlez, Vadim	78,700
20	Pezzin, Pat	78,000
21	Minnullin, Albert	77,400
22	Benyamine, David	74,600
23	Shamseddin, Soheil	73,500
24	Gould, Peter	73,200
25	Hoppmann, John	72,500
26	Mueller, Greg	71,900
27	Greenstein, Barry	67,100
28	Brunson, Todd	66,600
29	Tran, Thithi	64,400
30	Do, Lylan	64,400
31	Veldhuis, Lex	62,700
32	Shei, Kenny	60,800
33	Tryba, Chris	60,100
34	Tsiprailidis, Chris	59,900
35	Elezra, Eliahu	58,800
36	Cremen, Frank	58,500
37	Sitar, Dustin	57,800
38	Kelopuro, Sami	57,700
39	Kirill, Rabtsov	57,600
40	Stefan, Rapp	56,700
41	Ferdinand, Robert	56,400
42	Frangos, Nikolaos	55,400
43	Sowers, Mike	54,800
44	Wahlbeck, Ville	54,400
45	Bonkowski, Tyler	53,200
46	Abdelal, Marwan	52,300
47	Parker, John Brock	52,200
48	Adams, Brandon	50,900
49	Baker, David	49,100
50	Brown, Chad	48,600

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The Pros Speak: Jared Hamby

The Captain — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:26:52 +0000

Over the past couple of years, Jared Hamby’s made quite a name for himself. While he started off as an online player, he’s clearly demonstrated that he’s got what it takes to compete on the live tournament circuit as well. Jared’s made respectable showings that include two WSOP and four WPT cash finishes. So far, he’s amassed well over $1.3 million in career tournament earnings, and it looks like he’s just getting started.

Between going to and from the casinos and taking down online tournaments, Jared was good enough to answer a few questions for us. Here’s what he had to say:

What does an “average” day consist of for you?

It all depends on whether or not I’m playing live or online. On a normal day where I’m playing online, I’ll wake up around noon, get something to eat, and just chill around the house. I’ll read online or maybe work out a little before I play. I usually ready to start at about 5PM local time (here in Vegas). If I’m not playing online, which is usually Thursday through Saturday, I like to spend time hanging out with friends and partying on the Strip.

What does “poker lifestyle” mean to you?

To me, it’s the freedom to do whatever you want when you feel like it. There’s a lot of stress we all have to endure as well, like grinding it out or taking bad beats. But this is just a part of the job. Enjoying big scores, traveling, and partying with friends – that’s what the "poker lifestyle” is all about.

Away from poker, what do you do to relax?

I enjoy watching a lot of sports and movies. If I’m not watching sports, I enjoy and playing basketball and running. I round out my day reading and listening to music. I also like to party.

Do you ever find that you want to play poker “just for fun”?

Not at all – I really have a hard time doing things just for fun. I am way too competitive and money is a great thing to compete for.

What’s the best line you’ve ever heard at the table?

I was watching a table at the 2006 WSOP, and I saw a guy make a pretty substantial raise behind a bunch of limpers. Immediately after this, Eric Froehlich shoves and the hero calls. Eric shows a pair of 7s and our man turns up 8d 3d. Keep in mind that this was a BIG pot in the first level with all of their chips in pre-flop. The guy hits his flush and says “I had to call – I was open for the diamonds.” That has to be the “best” line that I’ve heard yet.

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