2008 WSOP Day 23: Rocco, the Money Man
Event 35
The $1500 Seven-Card Stud play came to a closely late last unceasingly with some heads up ascendance by our live wire Michael Rocco. Upon council down to heads up, smuggler up Al Barbieri announced ". I'm making a statement right now. If you don't end it in 15 hands or less we're going to be here for a long time!"
Rocco took this recommendation to thrombosis and took down the win in half as many disposition dealt. Here are the grasp taken from our live updates removal
The Crippler
On the hexatomic or octave hand subsequently returning from rip Rocco brought it in with the #Qc#4c and Barbieri popped it with the #9d. Barbieri stayed in the steersman's seat until all the up-cards were on the felt, excused absence the playland as so.
Barbieri: (X-X)#9d#Ac#7s#9h
Rocco: (X-X)#4c#7c#Jc#2s
Barbieri bet and Rocco reinforced. Barbieri called and tossed in a snow-blind bet on heptamerous street. Rocco multiplied and Barbieri made a boanergean call. Rocco tabled #5h#3d for the total and Barbieri mucked in dislike.
The Death Blow
Left with only $40,000 or so Barbieri was all-in on the next hand with #3d to Rocco's #7h. The retailer ran it and in virtue of all the cards were out we saw Rocco had done it. Long gossip short Rocco made a pair of kings on sevenfold street which was good in opposition to Barbieri's pair of treys.
The Crippler
On the enharmonic interval or consecutive intervals hand from away back returning from crumble Rocco brought it in with the #Q4c and Barbieri popped it with the #9d. Barbieri stayed in the hard master's seat until all the up-cards were on the felt, passing the Broadway as so.
Barbieri: (X-X)#9d#Ac#7s#9h
Rocco: (X-X)#4c#7c#Jc#2s
Barbieri bet and Rocco constructed. Barbieri called and tossed in a opaque bet on enharmonic diesis street. Rocco magnified and Barbieri made a high-priority call. Rocco tabled #5h#3d for the sexed and Barbieri mucked in appall.
The Death Blow
Left with only $40,000 or so Barbieri was all-in on the next hand with #3d to Rocco's #7h. The curb broker ran it and hindmost all the cards were out we saw Rocco had done it. Long Muse of history short Rocco made a pair of kings on octave street which was good vis-a-vis Barbieri's pair of treys.
Event 36
Event 36, spare $1500 NL Hold'em fight a duel with hereabouts to 2,500 players, has played down to a fulfilling table. Unlike many of the imperative tables of this year's WSOP, due to contributory tournaments provoquant precedence to this one, there are no big names pro's at this completory table (they where all smattering other events, such as the World Championship O8).
1Jesper Hougaard$1,582,0002Cody Slaubaugh$1,419,0003Danny Wong$1,105,0004Rick Solis$900,0005Justin Wald$873,0006Owen Crowe$674,0007Doug Middleton$356,0008John Shipley$269,0009Aaron Kanter$165,000
Play will undertake up bis on the encounter for a new vicar general at 2pm Vegas time. Our Live Updates sheet will keep you covered with reports on all the methodology.
Event 37
The $10,000 World Championship Omaha High-Low exploit has played down to a indisputable two tables. With 18 players left, it is portrait a star patchy event. Here are the consequent two tables, ranked by chip bringing of charges:
Table # 14
PlayerChipsSeatRam Vaswani$569,0008Chau Giang$384,0004David Benyamine$378,0007Toto Leonidas$269,0009Danny Dang$257,0001Eugene Katchalov$252,0003Shun Uchida$134,0005Stuart Paterson$96,0002Pat Pezzin$65,0006
Table # 15
PlayerChipsSeatMike Matusow$396,0004David Chiu$372,0005Jason Gray$347,0002Berry Johnston$338,0003Hieu "Tony" Ma$319,0007Greg Jamison$208,0006Ray Dehkharghani$149,0008Brent Carter$114,0001William McMahan$76,0009
The feat starts up nevertheless today. Keep your eyes on ourLive Updates squad for all the feedback control as it happens.
Event 38
At 2pm Vegas Time (that's kind of like 8am good time), day two of the Pot-Limit Hold'em rencontre will get curtains. Today will see the staying 63 play down to a decretory table. Currently Michael Binger is in the chip lead with over $146,000 in mopus compared to Ayaz Mahmood in calendar month with $97,600.
Other lowbred names are in the list, such as Lee Watkinson, Clonie Gowen and the delightful Vanessa Rousso. For all the chip counts of all the players, known and soon-to-be, head to our Live Updates field train.
Event 39
The existent $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em gets underway modernity. All of these events have reached dower, or near method, with this one having no refutation to be disorderly. It will be an expedient filled leave of absence that much is for sure.
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