By
Dan |
Published
Jul 06 2008, 08:19 AM
It was a busy Saturday at the 2008
World Series of Poker. Some of the most well-known PocketFivers entered the Rio in Las Vegas looking for riches from one of the largest live poker tournaments ever held. In the field today, among others, were Gary
GB2005 Bogdanski, Eric
basebaldy Baldwin, Matt
mattg1983 Graham, Scott
SCTrojans Freeman, Eric
Rizen Lynch, Adam
Roothlus Levy, Sorel
Imper1um Mizzi, and David
DavidP18 Peters. In the end, David
Bakes Baker (pictured at right) led the way for PocketFivers, finishing Day 1C with a chip stack of 153K. All of the action was covered on PocketFivesLive.com, your source for
WSOP coverage of online poker players.
David Bakes Baker held a rousing 153K chips after the final cards were dealt on Saturday night. He’s ranked 21 on the PocketFives.com Worldwide Rankings. At the end of May, he took second in the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up for $53,793.86. In January, he took down the $100 rebuy on PokerStars for $40,750. In tournaments that are tracked for the PocketFives.com Rankings, Baker banked nearly $120,000 in May. Collson commented, “How good was Baker running on Saturday? While he was sitting as one of the chip leaders with nearly 130K, the gorgeous Liv Boeree filled the seat to his left. Baker completely rolled over a table with Clonie Gowen and Alex Jacob during the evening, opening nearly every pot pre-flop and winning as many as six hands in a row at one point. He's going to be a force in Day 2.”
Sorel Imper1um Mizzi (pictured at right) continued his impressive showing as of late. He headed to the buffet after Level 3 with 65K chips after two key pots. He turned a flush and scooped up a massive pot with 8-10 suited. In the very next hand, Mizzi edged out his opponent’s A-9 holding A-Q on an ace-high board. Mizzi has established himself as a feared online and live pro. He chopped the Irish Poker Open for more than €500,000 and, at the same time, has logged a string of impressive finishes in the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. In December, he took down the $100 rebuy on PokerStars for $45,275. Mizzi ended the day with 85K chips.
Among those in the field today was Chad lilholdem954 Batista, who made his presence felt early. He found himself calling an all-in with A-9 of diamonds. His opponent held pocket eights. The first card off the deck was an eight, shaving Batista’s chip stack. He began calling the opponent who won a “fish,” prompting floor officials to intervene. However, no warning was given to Batista and the play continued. The second ranked player on PocketFives.com has had multiple wins in the Full Tilt $1k Monday, the PokerStars $100 Rebuy, and an outright victory in the FTP $750K Guaranteed. Batista won a $5,000 buy-in WSOP Circuit Event tournament at Caesars Indiana for $262,002 in 2006. Last year, at the Main Event of the same Circuit Event, he finished fifth. Batista busted out during the day.
PocketFivesLive.com Tournament Reporter Brett Collson commented on Batista’s play: “Chad's temper got the best of him Saturday, but from what we've seen during this World Series he's been nothing but pleasant. He's certainly entertaining to watch, both due to his aggressive style and eccentric personality.”
Brian tsarrast Rast (pictured at left) finished with 76K chips. In March, he finished third in the PokerStars Sunday Million for $73,490. He was the lone PocketFiver to cash in Event #28, a $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys tournament. He had just one WSOP cash prior to 2008.
PocketFivesLive.com Reporter Court Harrington also played in Day 1C. His opponent held A-7 on a flop of 7-7-5 when Harrington held pocket queens. He was sent to the rails during the fourth level of play.
Ladbrokes pro Jonas Danielsson, who was down to 18,000 chips at the ever-popular dinner break, ended the day with a 79K chip stack. PocketFivesLive.com Tournament Reporter Jill Harrison commented, “Danielsson must have installed a magnet under his table at the dinner break because his count skyrocketed during Level 4. When we caught up with Jonas' table, he had gone from a less-than-average 18K stack to more than 78K in chips through tight-aggressive deep-stacked play. We saw Jonas raise several hands pre-flop, but the table gave him major respect each time, folding to his action.”
Here are some of the chip counts from PocketFivers at the end of Day 1C
David Bakes Baker - 153K
Michael martine23 Martin - 123K
Mohsin chicagocards1 Charania - 108K
Josh thenorfman Norris - 106K
David raptor517 Benefield - 95K
Sorel Imper1um Mizzi - 85K
Jason JCarver Somerville - 80K
Ladbrokes Pro Jonas Danielsson - 79K
Brian tsarrast Rast - 76K
Tony tongni Rivera - 67K
cwp394 - 58k
David DavidP18 Peters - 49.5K
Michael benvo123 Benvonuti - 47K
Justin truesyalose Truesdell - 44K
Russell rdcrsn Carson - 43K
Jerry sandler1860 Payne - 38.5K
Matt mattg1983 Graham - 37.5K
Kyle thetruth503 Zartman - 37K
Jason mkind0516 Laso - 34K
Felipe Improved Montenegro - 33K
Bertrand ElkY Grospellier - 33K
Matt Hoss_TBF Hawrilenko - 33K
Aditya intervention Argewal - 27K
Steve stevoL Leonard - 27k
Eric basebaldy Baldwin - 27K
Jordan Octavian_C Rich - 26K
BigHog1 - 25k
Tom werpennstate23 Cummings - 24K
Leo SuperfluousMan Wolpert - 24K
Hung HQrespect Nguyen - 22K
Gary GB2005 Bogdanski - 21.5K
Keven Stammdogg Stammen - 21K
Alex Jacob - 19.5K
Adam Roothlus Levy - 18K
Scott stsitron Sitron - 18K
Eric Rizen Lynch - 18K
Jamie pokerjamers Armstrong - 11K
Patrik Hoffs28 Hoffman - 10.5K
Chris cmoney3 Kline - 7.5K
Bust-outs included (but are not limited to)
Derek blackpipe Blenman
Joseph WSOPJoe May
Justin zeejustin Bonomo
xracer624 (won entry via P5's/UB WSOP Giveaway)
Jordan scarface_79 Smith
Brent bhanks11 Hanks
Randy randers Haddox
Chad lilholdem954 Batista
Vivek psyduck Rajkumar
Scott gunning4you Seiver
Court Harrington
Jared TheWacoKidd Hamby
Bryan badbeatninja Devonshire
Day 1D kicks off today from the Rio. Follow WSOP coverage of online poker stars on PocketFivesLive.com. We have a team of reporters live from Las Vegas tracking play.