Going to the WSOP??
If any of you are heading down please let us know and we'll keep track of your progress right here. Good Luck!!!
posted by Alaska Poker Association at 6:10 PM
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posted by Alaska Poker Association at 6:10 PM
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Danny "Big Slick" Walker has arrived in Vegas and is warming up for the Main Event playing in the many satellites offered in the Amazon Room. Danny, you will remember, cashed at the WPT for a cool $100,000 earlier this year. Going deep into this year's Main Event will make that amount seem like pocket change!!
This weekend Brandon "Speed Poker" Blake leaves for the series. Brandon has been tearing up the high dollar tourneys lately and hopefully can keep his streak alive at the Rio! I believe Jamie Smith, another solid player, will be entering a few events with him. I'll post all their reports as i get them.
Raven: I'll open a general blog for player's ideas/concerns etc..should be up in a few minutes. Thanks for stopping by!!
Caveman....Wish her all the best, let us know how she's doing!.
I bet she's having a blast!! Plus she has the added bonus of a break from your Neanderthal ways!!!
Coming to the end of day 1 of the $1500 WSOP RAZZ, Danny Walker of Wasilla is sitting in 15th place with 59 players left.
There were 409 entrants and the 1st place money is $139,756.00
It's just past 5 a.m. in Vegas and the RAZZ players have finished for the night. Danny is now sitting in 26th place with $11,300 chips. There are 40 players left. I just got off the phone with Danny and he mentioned he lost a key hand right at the end of play that would have had him at over $25,000. There are only 5 or 6 players with more than $20k so he's still right there with a chance at the bracelet. We wish him good luck and will update after play resumes tomorrow at 4 PT.
The Seating has been set for today's final day of the $1500 RAZZ Tourney...Here's Danny's table, i'm not sure he could have got a tougher one! One Main Event World Champion and a collection of multiple WSOP bracelet winners!! Fingers crossed and i'll post updates when i get them.
1.Paul "Eskimo" Clark 13100
2.Danny Walker 11300
3.Juan Carlos Mortensen 26500
4.Miami John Cernuto 33300
5.Maurice Schwartz 5800
6.Eric Froehlich 18400
7.Randy Haddox 19600
8.Richie Sklar 23300
Down to 32 players, Eskimo Clark has just been eliminated from Danny's table...limits are now at a hefty $1,500-$3,000.
Not happy to report but Danny has just busted out 30th! Not the big payday we hoped for but at least he can parlay it into entires for the other events as he waits to take his seat in the main event!
More news from the WSOP...
APA member Brandon "speed poker" Blake has made it to the dinner break at the $1,000.00 with rebuys NLHE event. He has a slightly more than average chip stack. There are 216 players left of the original 754. We'll keep you updated right here!
2004 World Champion Greg Raymer is currently leading the pack...and can you believe Daniel Negraneau has rebought 48 times!!!
Brandon just called, there are 99 players left with only 27 spots until the money. He is still hovering around the average chip stack but mentioned he just overplayed AK and took a hit or could have been much higher. He's at a tough table with both "Mimi" Tran and Layne Flack..will keep you posted!
We officially have our second APA member cashing at the WSOP today!!
Brandon Blake is now in the money of the $1,000 w/rebuys event! He has about $18,000 chips with approx. 60 players remaining. Both Tran and Flack have busted out from his table.
Play has ended for the night and will continue tomorrow at 2pm.
Brandon is in 59th place and has at least cashed $4,680.00 but i'm sure he has his eye on the 1st place of $631,863.00!!
Good luck Brandon..we'll keep his progress updated tomorrow.
Brandon is very excited and anyone who knows him will know what i mean...he's a great guy and i'm really hoping he can pull this off!! I'm sure whatever happens it has been a blast for him.... he has been running really good lately and i've got a good feeling even though he is one of the smaller chip stacks. He's getting ready for the action to start in about an hour..we'll keep you posted.
There is a slight delay to the start as players verify their chips, etc. Brandon is at table 122 and has side-stepped the big stacks but still has some tough pros including David Levi seated with him. The cards will be in the air momentarily.
We are underway and the first elimination has occured....from Brandon's table!! Hopefully Brandon was the beneficiary!!!
They are falling like flies!! There are only 51 players left...Mark Seif was just eliminated! Brandon has the low stack.
45 players left...still on a short stack but now guaranteed $6,787.00
Great News!!! Brandon has climbed to $33,000.00
We have him on the phone, he's currently on break.
Brandon made a set with pocket nines against pocket tens!! He said it must be clean living!!!
He was at Hellmuth's table for 45 minutes and witnessed a big Phil blow-up!!
Great news, i thought the airline reservations would jinx him but i think it helped!!! fingers crossed!
Four tables left...35 players!!!
The players are on a 15 minute break. 35 players remain:
Table 114:
Seat 1 - John Taylor
Seat 2 - James Van Alstyne
Seat 3 - Jennifer Leigh
Seat 4 - Hilbert Shirey
Seat 5 - Ulises Roman
Seat 6 - Elio Cabrera
Seat 7 - Hoa Nguyen
Seat 8 - Terris Prestin
Seat 9 - Brandon Blake
Relatively good line-up compared to the others...he said he is feeling confident!!! half the battle!
down to 31 !!!!!
Brandon takes a player out! He elimiantes Ulises Roman in 30th...i thought i told him K J off was a crap hand!!??
Down to final three tables!
Brandon has over 40,000 chips and is nice shape.
Brandon takes a big hit!!!! Player moves all in with pocket sixes, Brandon calls from the small blind with A 9. Brandon flops a nine but opponent Juha Helppi hits a set!!
Brandon loses $30,000 and is in bad shape. Let's get lucky!!!
Check that..Brandon had called from the big blind..same result though!
Blinds now at $2000 - $4000 with a $500 ante.
Can't get a current chip count but Brandon needs to double up for sure!
Great News!!! The report was wrong, they wrongly reported that it was Brandon...see i knew he wouldn't have played A9 !!!! ;)
Here's his new table...a tough one!
Table 120
1 - Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh
2 - Juha Helppi
3 - Ross Boatman
4 - Rob Hollink
5 - John Spadavecchia
6 - Brandon Blake
7 - Humberto Brenes
8 - Shane Schleger
9 - Han Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth has a huge 360,000 chip stack....ripe for a Brandon picking!!!
Brandon falls to a sick one!!!
A player raises, Brandon re-raises all-in with QQ, Humberto Brenes comes over the top and has Brandon covered. Original raiser has 99, Brenes has AA !!! The board doesn't help our hero and Brandon is eliminated :(
Brandon is pretty upset right now but the play was correct and it was just unfortunate he got hit by the cooler! He really did us proud and anybody who knows him will agree he deserved a great showing.
Brandon finished 22nd and takes home $11,701.00
Great job Brandon!!!
NEWS FLASH***
Danny "Big Slick" Walker is out of the Stud Eight or Better and has been sighted in the pit!!
There's a train wreck waiting to happen!!!!
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