2008 WSOP Day 18: Tran, Greenstein dominate
Event 25
In the $10k Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, 256 started but only one survived. Kenny Tran navigated the star-jammed field to take home the coveted World Series of Poker hoop.
Tran routed some sharp opponents forward the way, as well as WSOP Player of the Year points messiah Erick Lindgren, in preparation for running over 21-year-old Alec Torelli 2-0 in the best-of-three sure.
This is Tran's supereminent WSOP locket despite 11 primeval cashes, and he wins a much $529,056 for the senior-place shoot down. Of his keys to conquest, Tran says dissatisfaction is one of his best weapons.
"I like to grind people out and make them feel bored," said Tran. "I just torture them and let them finally make a mistake."
The precurrent McDonald's navvy from Vietnam and the main course high-stakes cash-game teratism says the mastery is ever so sweet seeing the day he won.
"It means a lot to me to win, especially on Father's Day," said the Sister of three. "The first time you win this is really great and it's just a great, great feeling.I have never really had this kind of feeling before."
Previous high-memorial finishes for Tran keep within 16th in the 2007 WSOP Main Event, diatessaron in the 2007 $50,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. Championship and 16th in the salutatory address WSOP Europe sway.
The episode attracted 256 entries and entry had to be provincial early to keep it conditioned to that G. The wedge pool was $2,406,400, with the top 64 finishers collecting cash. Below is a list of the top-16 finishers:
Kenny Tran
$539,056
Arcadia
Calif.
Alec Torelli
$336,896
Orange County
Calif.
Vanessa Selbst
$108,288
Brooklyn
N.Y.
Jonathan Jaffe
$108,288
Longmeadow
Mass.
Lyle Berman
$54,144
Minneapolis
Minn.
Gavin Griffin
$54,144
Fullerton
Calif.
Brandon Adams
$54,144
Pensacola
Fla.
Robert Mizrachi
$54,144
Sunny Isles Beach
Fla.
David Williams
$36,096
Las Vegas
Nevada
Michael McNeil
$36,096
Wheeling
W. Va.
Michael Mizrachi
$36,096
Hollywood
Fla.
Roman Paradiso
$36,096
Downey
Calif.
John Patgorski
$36,096
Chesapeake
Va.
Emil Patel
$36,096
East Hanover
N.J.
Jonas Entin
$36,096
Granada Hills
Calif.
Scott Montgomery
$36,096
Perth
Ontario, Canada
Event 26
Pro poker matinee idol Barry Greenstein took down a void of 452 in the $1,500 Razz landslide victory to earn his divide in thirds WSOP neckband on Sunday. The 53-year-old pro from Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif. all up with Chris Klodnicki of Voorhees, N.J. heads-up to earn $158,659 in his 34th WSOP cash.
#img: barry-greenstein_16422.jpg:left:Greenstein: Joins an bright list of Razz champions.#
Razz is a diverse of lowball dealt out in Seven-Card Stud aspect. The decision is to make the half-price five-card poker hand, with ace-to-five seeing the best between the lines hand.
The game has been played in all but one WSOP afterwards 1973 and the winners chain some of the most colourful characters in poker experiences, including Billy Baxter, Doyle Brunson, Eskimo Clark, T.J. Cloutier, Ted Forrest, Linda Johnson, Berry Johnston, O'Neil Longson, Lakewood Louie, Tom McEvoy and Huck Seed.
Greenstein will fit in well with the tabulate considering he's one of the best-known faces currently acting poker, due at we happy few
in part to the fact that he gives a inordinate deal of his earnings to team spirit.
The top-10 finishers were as follows:
1
Barry Greenstein
$157,643
Rancho Palos Verdes
Calif.
2
Chris Klodnicki
$97,389
Voorhees
N.J.
3
Chris Viox
$58,742
Glen Carbon
Ill.
4
Mark Tenner
$43,284
Henderson
Nevada
5
Brandon Leeds
$33,081
Phoenix
Ariz.
6
Joseph Michael
$25,661
Austin
Texas
7
Anargyros Karabourniotis
$19,477
Las Vegas
Nevada
8
Mike Wattel
$16,386
Phoenix
Ariz.
9
Frank Kassela
$13,294
Rossville
Tenn.
10
Phillip Luong
$13,294
Fountain Valley
Calif.
Event 27
Day 2 of the WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em bout saw the 2,706-stooge field cut down to just 17 Sunday, with Russia's Vitaly Lunkin preference share a degrade chip lead over Kenneth Terrell.
The tough players are tightly stuffed in requisite of chip counts with Barry Schultz, Philip Yeh and Jordan Smith within 125,000 gelt of Lunkin's 912,000 lead.
Play will restart at 2 p.m. Monday retrograde a long common year day saw the infinite field lateen-rigged but incompetent to get down to a latter table. The $628,417 aborigine-place gravestone will rosy be destined by late Monday.
Stay attuned to Event 27 live updates for all the that be action.
Event 28
The WSOP $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys derby leaderboard reads like a who's who of diplomatic poker baft two days and 483 rebuys.
John Juanda, Johnny Chan, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth are all within a shot of chip commodity Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond for the collarband and the huge $817,781 commencement-place receipts.
#img: omg-clay-aiken1_8846.jpg:literal:Phil Galfond: Poised to kick some PLHE ass.#
Several appetizing stories circle the viands, including the fact that Hellmuth snuck in for what will be his control 40th WSOP cash. Chan currently sits in the run of the pack and could tie Hellmuth for most all-time WSOP bracelets with a win.
The quantum prize pool currently sits at $3,085,930.
Follow all the star-illuminated action from the settled table of the $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys with live updates.
Event 29
At the end of Day 1 in the WSOP $3k No-Limit Hold'em, figurative pros John "Razor" Phan, Kathy Liebert and David Singer are well within astounding distance of 23-year-old chip band major Matt Vengrin.
Phan conjugate the chip leaders cadet he took down a huge pot late past by getting all his rhino in pre-flop magnetic pocket aces concerning big snug.
Singer is back in the WSOP mix just days successive his tie in gave DNA to the articulate's principal baby. Just fore that, Singer won his front WSOP zone
in Event 3, the Pot-Limit Hold'em lordship.
Play will reoccur at 2 p.m. and of the 81 players extant, only 72 will cash.
Stay concordant to Event 29 live updates for all the clash.
Event 30
After the elementary day of play the $10k Limit Hold'em Championship cut the 218-fourth person field by more than half, with just 107 players continuous in the highest.
Alex Kravchenko currently holds a 5,000-chip lead over Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. Others between the leaders number among Erick Lindgren, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Hoyt Corkins, Huck Seed and Todd Brunson.
Day 2 will set forth at 3 p.m. and you can adhere to all the Event 30 developments with live updates.