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Zachary is still hovering around the 100,000 but desperately seeking a double-up to get himself back in the game.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 3 - $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
713
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Zachary is still hovering around the 100,000 but desperately seeking a double-up to get himself back in the game.
Meanwhile, David Singer seems very tense or, perhaps more accurately, "in the zone." Obviously brimming with experience in these big-money finals, Singer has barely moved an inch, his body seemingly fixed in one position as he focuses on his goal of winning what would be his first, if my source is correct, WSOP bracelet to date.
On hand 17, Al Barbieri limps in early position, only for Joe Tehan to make it 20,000 from the small blind followed by a fold from Jacobo Fernandez in the big. Back round to Barbieri, who, with a puzzled expression, does indeed make the call.
A
flop leads to a check from Tehan, a 40,000 bet from Barbieri, followed by a check-raise to 102,000 from Tehan, who confidently pushes a column of orange chips across the felt.As Tehan shakes his foot uncontrollably underneath the table, Barbieri mulls over his decision like a contest on the final question of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. After a few moments of contemplation, he splashes the chips in the pot, albeit with a slight sigh of resignation.
With the dealer popping out a potentially flush-filling
on the turn, Tehan's check is instantly followed by an all-in from Barbieri who, after a quick calculation, puts his tournament life on the line for a total of 153,000.As Tehan's shoulders drop in disappointment, he exhales briefly before making the fold. Barbieri shows
.Tehan is now down 260,000 while Barbieri leaps up to 380,000.
There was one flop witnessed, when Joe Tehan limped under the gun and it folded right around to Russ Harriman on the big blind, who checked. That flop came down
and Harriman checked it to Tehan who bet 11,000, but Harriman must have had a hand or sensed some weakness as he raised it up to 36,000, forcing Tehan to pass.Tehan, incidentally, seems the most antsy of our players today. While mostly the players look slightly bored if attentive, Tehan has been in and out of his seat, pacing, crouched on his knees when he is seated rather than in a more relaxed seating position. He also seems to have been the most aggressive player at the table so far, at least in terms of preflop raising. In addition to the aforementioned failed attempt to take that pot off of Harriman from the UTG position, he took the blinds twice in a row, raising from the cutoff and then the hijack. The first time, Al Barbieri on the big blind passed 2-7 offsuit face up, with a resigned snort.
Nevertheless, Tehan is not the only one raising at the table. David Singer has also taken down the blinds uncontested once (in between lengthy sessions playing with his cell phone away from the table), and at one point, as though he had suddenly woken up and realized where he was, Zachary King also took the blinds with an uncontested late-position raise.
On a
flop, Tehan quickly checked to Alston, who, donning a highly pensive expression, bet out 28,000. Tehan made the call.A
on the turn led to another quick check from Tehan, resulting in a 51,000 bet from a confident-looking Alston. Quicker than he had checked, Tehan made the fold.The very next hand, Alston was getting busy again, this time betting Robert Lipkin off of a
flop after the latter had smooth-called the former's 19,000 preflop button raise from the big blind.Good start for Alston, who adds some vital chips to his stack.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
Anyway, players are seated and announced, and there has been some shuffling up and, indeed, some dealing.
Here's how the complete seating assignments, home towns and chip stacks appear:
Seat 1: Russ Harriman (Clarkston, Michigan) 206,000
Seat 2: Joe Tehan (Utica, New York) 458,000
Seat 3: Jacobo Fernandez (Hollywood, Florida) 428,000
Seat 4: Zachary 'Carter' King (Marietta, Georgia) 139,000
Seat 5: Al Barbieri (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 271,000
Seat 6: Gregory Alston (Danville, California) 179,000
Seat 7: Glen Bean (Biggs, California) 75,000
Seat 8: David Singer (Las Vegas, Nevada) 83,000
Seat 9: Robert Lipkin (Buffalo Grove, Illinois) 305,000
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