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Saturday, June 14, 2008

2008 WSOP Day 16: Another day, another million

The action barely leaves time for sleep, with two bracelets, two final tables, two Day 2's and two new events on the roster. The WSOP keeps on rolling as we begin Day 16.

Event 22

The $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament came to a close last night, crowning Jens Voertmann as its winner. Voertmann took the title by dominating his opponent in a series of Stud Eight hands.

In his interview with PL.com after his win, Voertmann talked a bit about his poker background, saying "My favorite game is Stud - that's what I started with, and I what I'm most experienced with. But I play a lot of H.O.R.S.E. on the Internet at Full Tilt, and it's my favorite game. So I liked my chances today."

He also expressed admiration and sympathy for Marcel Luske, who got knocked out in third.

"Of course, Marcel Luske is a famous player and a great player. He's a great No-Limit and Pot-Limit player, but I thought that in H.O.R.S.E. I might have an advantage over him. But only a slight one - he's a great player, and he played good and aggressive and got very unlucky to be busted out."

Here's how the final table shaped up:

1	Jens Voertmann	$298,253
2	Douglas Ganger	$298,253
3	Marcel Luske	$110,264
4	Hoyt Corkins	$81,698
5	Jared Davis	$61,702
6	Steve Zolotow	$47,990
7	Rostislav Tsodikov	$36,564
8	Jennifer Harman-Traniello	$30,851

Event 23

The $2000 NL Hold'em event has played down to a final nine. The hand to pop the bubble saw Alessandro Dalbello move all-in under the gun with A 9 but get called by David Steicke's A Q. The board bricked out for the short stack, coming A K T 7 K, leaving us with our final table for tomorrow.

The chip counts, courtesy of www.wsop.com, are below. Our live updates section will keep you posted on how the final table plays out.

1	Andrew Jeffreys	$1,051,000
2	Blair Hinkle	$1,030,000
3	Dustin Dirksen	$867,000
4	David Steicke	$611,000
5	Mark Brockington	$552,000
6	Daniel O'Brien	$465,000
7	Stephane Tayar	$323,000
8	Chris Bjorin	$247,000
9	Dominik Kulick	$241,000

Event 24

On the way to the bubble, school was out early for the Professor. Howard Lederer busted in 11th place. On Lederer's last hand, he got all-in on a flop of K Q 4 during a round of Omaha.

Lederer showed A-K-9-3 which was trailing his opponent's K-Q-T-4. The board finished out with no help for Lederer and he's on his way out the door, $14,175 richer.

The final table finished with a few big names to scare up a little railbird interest. Here's the chip count for you:

4	Kyle Kloeckner	$494,000
9	Allen Cunningham	$484,000
7	Lennart Holtkamp	$253,000
1	Max Pescatori	$212,000
3	Kyle Hegeman	$198,000
6	Greg Hurst	$197,000
2	Jonathan Depa	$185,000
8	Minh Ly	$174,000
5	John-Paul Kelly	$79,000

Play resumes at 3 p.m. Our live updates section will keep you posted on all the goings-on.

Event 25

One of the fan favorites, the $10,000 World Championship Heads-Up, is getting ready for day two. Some Day 1 busts saw T.J. Cloutier, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Wong and Patrik Antonious make their way to the rail early on.

The player matching draw for the remaining 32 players took place last night, making for some exciting matchups, including:

Jason Rosenkrantz vs. Brandon Adams

Emil Patel vs. Michael Banducci

Roman Paradiso vs. Sam Farha

Kenny Tran vs. Erick Lindgren

Thomas Lutz vs. John Patgorski

Gavin Griffin vs. Alexander Kostritsyn

Andy Black vs. Michael McNeil

Alex Jacob vs. Jonathan Jaffe

Brian Roberts vs. Alec Torelli

Scott Montgomery vs. Isaac Haxton

Daniel "Ansky" Stern vs. David Williams

Lyle Berman vs. David Podgurski

Jean-Claude Moussa vs. Robert Mizrachi

Jonas Entin vs. Evan Sofer

Cliff Cantor vs. Vanessa Selbst

Matt Giannetti vs. Michael Mizrachi

All players begin their Round 4 matchups with $160,000 in chips. Action resumes from the Brasilia Room, down the hall from the Amazon Room, at 2 p.m. PDT today. (Thanks to www.wsop.com.)

Event 26

Unlike after some of the other events' Day 1's, there are no gaping chip leaders after Day 1 of the $1,500 Razz Event. Leading the pack are Barry Greenstein and John Turner, who are tied for chips, with Vanessa Rousso not too far behind in third.

For a complete list of chip counts, head over to our Event 26 live updates.

Event 27 and 28

Today will see the next $1,500 NL Hold'em event get under way, with Event 28, a $5,000 PLO w/Rebuys tournament, starting at 5 p.m. With many of the top pros engaged in other tournaments, we'll have to wait until the tournament kicks off to know who's going to be playing where.

To find out all this and more, head to the live updates page.

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