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Thursday, June 12, 2008

2008 WSOP Day 13: Clash of the titans

Lindgren is looking for bracelet No. 2.

By Sarah Polson

Only one final table kicked off today, but it's a doozy, as seven big-name pros took to the felt for a bracelet while two more events headed into their second day and two more were getting started.

Event 18

There is a battle raging at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino today as the final table of the $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/Rebuys works its way to a winner.

Seven players returned to play the final table today, all of them recognizable pros who've done well both at the World Series in previous years and around the world in other major tournaments. Since play began again at 3 p.m. today, the field has already shrunk by two.

David Benyamine, who can often be seen playing some of the biggest pots online, was the first player out. Each time he made a move he seemed to run into a wall, and on his last hand he moved all-in for $146,000 after Erick Lindgren had opened the pot for $40,000 and was called by Tony G.

Lindgren called the raise from Benyamine and Tony G opted to sit this hand out. Lindgren drew one card and Benyamine stood by his hand.

Lindgren drew a seven to add to his hand of 8-5-4-2, giving him the 8-7 low against Benyamine's J-8.

Then it was Tony G's turn to go when he too ran into Lindgren, who started out the day with a monster chip lead and so far hasn't given it up.

Lindgren opened the pot for $40,000, and Tony G moved all-in from the button for his last $141,000. Action folded back around to Lindgren, who made the call.

Each player discarded one card before revealing their hands. Lindgren had 9-8-6-4 to Tony G's 8-5-3-2.

Unfortunately for Tony G, Lindgren pulled a five to nicely fill in his low, while he drew another deuce to pair up and lose the hand.

The players still left in are Lindgren, Mike Matusow, Tom Schneider and Jeffery Lisandro. Lindgren won his first WSOP gold bracelet this year in Event 1, and he's on the hunt for another one, while the rest of the remaining playing field have also won bracelets in years past.

Check out all the action in the live updates.

Event 19

The $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha returned to play its second day with 46 of its original 760 players. Vanessa Selbst came in as the chip leader and is still hanging on to that spot at the moment. Jordan Morgan and Max Pescatori are also still hanging on.

Not quite so lucky are Tony Cousineau and Chau Giang, who both have busted already today.

This event will play down to its final table of nine before breaking for the day and returning to play on Thursday.

For a look into the action from the safety of your computer screen, click here.

Event 20

The $2,000 Limit Hold'em event is also continuing in its second day today, bringing back 125 of the original 480 players.

Alex Kravchenko is one of the players who has busted since play began at about 3 p.m. today. However, Daniel Negreanu is still hanging out near the top of the chip count, and Matt Matros, J.C. Tran, Shannon Shorr, Phil Hellmuth and Amnon Filippi are all still in as well.

Our live coverage of the event can be found here.

Event 21

When play began in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at noon today, 731 entrants took to the poker tables. That's an increase from 640 in this event in 2007 and means a prize pool of more than $3.4 million.

Some of the poker pros who came out to play are Eli Elezra, John Little, Huck Seed, Bill Edler, Eric Froehlich, Gavin Smith, Erica Schoenberg, Mark Newhouse, John Hennigan, Michael Mizrachi, Michael Binger, Johnny Chan, Greg Mueller, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, John Juanda, Sammy Farha, Kenna James and many, many more.

Also in the mix is Jimmy Fricke coming off his first WSOP cash on Tuesday after making the final table of the $2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight-or-Better event.

For all the action and a little bit of wittiness in between, check out Event 21's live updates.

Event 22

The first H.O.R.S.E. event of the 2008 WSOP has just got its start. If you want to see who ponied up the $3,000 to play today, head to the Live Tournaments section to check out the live updates for the event.