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Saturday, June 21, 2008

2008 WSOP Day 22: Ready to rumble

Can you withstand a Flack attack?

By Sarah Polson

There's only one event getting started today, which you might think would make for a fairly quiet day on the tournament floor at the Rio. However, sparks are already flying in the events that are playing out their final tables or their second days of play.

Event 34

The final table of the 2008 WSOP $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys event got started at just after 2 p.m. this afternoon. Already the final nine are now down to eight as the players have not been shy about throwing their chips into the mix.

Frank Vizza was the first to head to the rail today. He started the final table third-to-last in the chip count and just couldn't make up any ground.

His end came when he limped in on a hand and Dario Alioto raised it to $75,000 from the hijack. After it folded around to Vizza, he called and they saw a flop of 9 T 2.

Vizza quickly pushed all-in, and Aliota called. Vizza showed 3 4 6 4 to Alioto's J 3 9 K. When the turn brought an A and the river an A, Vizza was out.

At that point, Alioto had jumped into the chip lead, but the chips are shifting around the table too quickly to give an accurate update and at last check, Layne Flack was in the lead.

Check out the action for yourself in the Event 34 live updates.

Event 35

The $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event may not have the big names at the final table that Event 34 has, but it is certainly seeing some good action already.

The final eight players took to their seats at about 3 p.m. and have been working hard to try to eliminate each other.

At the start of play, the final table looked like this:

Name	Chip Count
Michael Rocco	$255,000
Al Barbieri	$252,500
Jeffrey Siegal	$150,000
Giacomo Dagostino	$123,000
Levon Torosyan	$114,500
Andre Boyer	$106,000
Max Troy	$88,500
Danny Kalpakis	$55,000

Just a few hands in and those ranks have already shifted as Siegal took a dip in the chip count and Boyer is moving on up the board.

See how the hands are playing out in the Event 35 live updates.

Event 36

The fourth $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event also resumed play at about 3 p.m. with 187 players, all in the money, returning today to play to a final table.

It didn't take long to start seeing players dropping off the tournament board. Luca Pagano was one of the casualties, while J.C. Tran, Alex Jacob, Isaac Haxton, Aaron Kanter and others are still hanging in.

Poker fans can see how their favorite players are holding up in the Event 36 live updates.

Event 37

The $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight-or-Better event is also under way for its second day.

A few stars have fallen from a field of many, including Greg Raymer, Daniel Negreanu, John Hennigan and Bill Gazes. They won't be seeing any cash from this event, but they've got plenty of compatriots still in the running.

Erick Lindgren is sitting near the top of the chip count, along with Bruno Fitoussi, Chau Giang, Annie Duke and Brad Booth. There's also a laundry list of pros behind them all battling for a place in the money, if not in the winner's circle.

Stay tuned to the Event 37 live updates to see who survives to see the money-bubble burst and who makes it to the final table today.

Event 38

The only event starting up today is the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em. It kicked off at noon with 605 players in attendance, just slightly more than last year's count of 599.

The field has already been nearly cut in half with some of the poker world's top players not making the cut. Some of the pros who have busted so far today are Sarah Bilney, David Pham, Kathy Liebert, Allen Kessler, Tom Schneider, Joe Sebok, Marcel Luske, Scott Clements, Jennifer Tilly and more.

That doesn't mean there aren't plenty of pros left in the running. Lee Watkinson is doing well so far, and Rolf Slotboom, Eli Elezra, Chad Brown, Juha Helppi, Chad Batista, Michael Binger, Marco Traniello, Clonie Gowen and David Singer are all still in it.

Check out the action in the Event 38 live updates.

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