OCPT comin' to $mokkee's

This Saturday we're hosting an OCPT (OC Poker Tour) Special Event, a live $20 re-buy NLHE tournament.

The last time we hosted a live tournament we set a record for the biggest OCPT prize pool ever, which still stands.

We had 26 players and a $2000 prize pool, 1st place paid over $800. This is what happens when you bring in a keg and have the little woman flex her muscles in the kitchen busting out a bunch of kick ass poker grub.

We're doing the same thing this time around and i'm also putting a bounty on my head.

Whoever busts me out of Saturday's tournament after the re-buy period gets two (2) Chargers tickets vs the Seattle Seahawks Monday, August 25th @ 5pm PST. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN. These are our season seats which are located on the field level at the 35 yd line on the visitor's side of the stadium.

Hopefully, this will work out as well as the last time i had a bounty on myself.

666 - metal music may drive you to do bad things

kickass post from a low stakes grinder in vegas.

toss all your metal cds into a trashcan fire asap!

it only took 15 grueling hours

to set the 2008 WSOP Main Event final table scheduled for November 9th.

final chip counts via PokerNews
26,295,000 Dennis Phillips St. Louis, MO
24,400,000 Ivan Demidov Moscow, Russia
19,690,000 Scott Montgomery Ontario, Canada
18,375,000 Peter Eastgate Odense, Denmark
12,525, 000 Ylon Schwartz, Brooklyn, NY
12,520,000 Darus Suharto Ontario, Canada
10,230,000 David "Chino" Rheem Los Angeles, CA
10,210,000 Craig Marquis Arlington, TX
2,620,000 Kelly Kim Whittier, CA

Brandon Cantu called a shove with 10-5o after a raise and reraise pf.

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Dean Hamrick Doubles Through Brandon Cantu
Kelly Kim opened for 275,000, Brandon Cantu reraised to 950,000, and Dean Hamrick moved all in. The crowd let out an "Ooooooooooh!" and got on their feet as the action came back to Kim. Kim let his hand go and it was Cantu's turn to tank. Cantu thought for well over five minutes (Tim Loecke getting knocked out in the meantime) before saying "I call."

Cantu 10s-5c
Hamrick Ah-Ac

There was mass disbelief and gasps from the crowd as Cantu rolled over his hand. The flop was 8s-7c-5h and Cantu flopped a pair of fives. The turn was the 8d, a bad card for Cantu as Hamrick made aces up. Cantu paced in back of the table looking resigned to his fate as his entourage called for a five. The river 10d, though was the and Cantu made two pair, but it was no matter-- Hamrick's aces and eights were best and he raked in the massive pot. Cantu was down to 2.4 million after the hand while Hamrick was up to 5.5 million. Cantu is now the tournament's shortest stack.

a few hands later he lost a coin flip and went out 20th cashing $257k

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Brandon Cantu Eliminated in 20th Place ($257,334)
Peter Eastgate raised to 300,000, Brandon Cantu moved all in from the button for 2.3 million and Eastgate called.

Cantu 9h-9d
Eastgate Ad-Qs

The flop was 8d-6d-3d. Cantu's nines still led, but Eastgate picked up the nut flush draw. The turn was the 8h, but the river was the 4d. Eastgate made his flush and Cantu was eliminated in 20th place, collecting $257,334. After the hand, Eastgate was back up over 9 million.

The Cinderella story of this year's WSOP, Tiffany Michelle ran into a monster with JackAce to finish 17th for $334k

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Tiffany Michelle Eliminated in 17th Place ($334,534)
Dennis Phillips raised to 500,000 from UTG, Peter Eastgate called and Tiffany Michelle called from the big blind. The flop was Ad-10h-9c. Michelle checked, Phillips bet 1,000,000, Eastgate called and Michelle sat, propped up on her knees for about a minute before annoucing, "All in." She had about 3.8 million behind. Phillips folded and Eastgate called.

Eastgate As-Ah
Michelle Ac-Jd

Tiffany Michelle needed serious help. Her top pair needed running straight cards to beat Eastgate's set of aces. The turn was the 5h and Michelle was drawing dead. The river was the 6d and Tiffany Michelle's Main Event run came to an end. She exited the stage in 17th place to a standing ovation.

With those two players going down, we're left with a field of unknown's to compete for the biggest accolade in poker November 9th.

Tiffany Michelle has almost 10m in chips with 27 left

Chip counts after Day 6 of the 2008 WSOP Main Event.

Who isn’t rooting for her at this point?

She’s gonna have at least a few ex-boyfriends digging up her number.



Phil Hellmuth probably hates AQ a lot more than I do. For the 4th straight year, it’s been his demise in the WSOP Main Event. He went out 45th this year losing a coin flip vs. Andrew Rosskamm’s J-J. Rosskamm went out later in 37th with As-Js vs Ah-Qh on a Jh-10h-9h flop. TPTK no good against the shizznuts.

Matusow got knocked out 30th after flopping trip Aces with “JackAce” but, his opponent caught up on the turn with A9sOOted. They both checked the flop and it all went in on the turn. That might leave a mark.

Now that Hellmuth and Matusow are out, ESPN must be sweating balls hoping to see Tiffany Michelle and Brandon Cantu at the final table in November.

Nicolay Losev came into Sunday 2nd in chips with over 4m. He ended up dusting off all his chips defending his blind with sOOted garb twice (both times holding a 3) to finish the night in 28th for $193k.

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Nicholas Sliwinski Doubles Through Nikolay Losev
The action was folded around to Nicholas Sliwinski in the small blind and he raised to 240,000. Nicolay Losev moved all in for 3.25 million and Sliwinski said, "If I'm going home, I'm going home." He called, and found that his As-10h was indeed ahead of Losev's Qc-3c. The flop came 7h-9h-5c and the turn the Kh. "Don't do me dirty," Sliwinski said to the dealer, and on the river the 7s fell and Sliwinski's hand held up. He now sits with 3.45 million while Losev is down to 1.66 million.

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Nikolay Losev Eliminated in 28th Place ($193,000)
Nicholas Sliwinski and Nikolay Losev have been sparring all night long and their final confrontation is our final hand of the night. Again the action was folded around to Sliwinski in the small blind, and this time he chose to simply call. Losev was having none of that--he raised to 775,000. Sliwinski then moved all in, meaning Losev had to decide whether to call for his last 700,000.After tanking a bit Losev made the call, and his 3h-8h were up against Sliwinski's Ac-5h. Losev had two live cards but the board ran out 10s-4d-10c-9h-4s and Nikolay Losev was our last elimination of the night, finishing in 28th place. When play resumes tomorrow Sliwinski will have a 4.9 million stack waiting for him.

sOOted crap no goot

9 players are gonna walk away with 900k on Monday and come back to play for 9m on November 9th.

action resumes at noon PST Monday.

how to go from 1.5m (60+bbs) to zero in the 2008 WSOP

$9m coin flip (at best)

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Mark Vos - Eliminated

Mark Vos Busts on the Last Hand of the Night
Dennis Phillips raised to 65,000 from middle position and Mark Vos reraised to 180,000 on the button. Phillips then made it 400,000 to go and Vos came over the top all in for 1.5 million. Phillips called and showed As-Ad to Vos' Ah-Ks. He had Mark covered by around 300,000 so this hand was for Vos' tournament life, and when the board ran out Qd-9h-3d-10s-2s Vos was eliminated just as Day 5 came to an end. When Day 6 begins tomorrow, Dennis Phillips will be sitting with a 3.4 million stack.

thanks for playin'

they end the night with 79 players after level 23 (12000/24000/3000) and play down to 27 on Sunday.

189 survive Day 4 of the 2008 Main Event

...and there's not a single Bodog player left in the mix of the 189 remaining.

If that's not a wake up call to the decision makers behind Bodog's poker room they need better WSOP Qualifiers next year, i don't know what is.

subtle hints: the 5 seat WSOP Main Event guarantee was cute but a midget compared to PokerStars 200 and Full Tilt's 150 seat behemouths. the 5 seat guarantee seemed like an afterthought. it wasn't announced until weeks before the start of the Main Event. 1k WSOP Qualifiers are sorely needed as well as weekly Qualifier with a $500-$600 buy-in. Satellites to all should be running 24/7.

the good news is Bodog has announced a 250k Guarantee ($250+20 buy-in) scheduled to run 4pm ET Sunday August 10th. A monster overlay is anticipated. A minimum of $55k will be awarded to the winner.

on to Day 5 of the 2008 Main Event

well-known players left: Shawn Sheikan, Brandan Cantu, Mark Vos, Gus Hansen, Victor Ramdin, Allan Cunningham are among the chip leaders. Matt Matros, Tiffany Michelle, Jeff Madsen, Phil Helmuth, Mike Matusow, Chip Jett, Kido Pham, Hoyt Corkins, Kara Scott, Ben Roberts and Jon Friedberg.

who got the boot in Day 4: Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner, Evelyn Ng, Hevad Khan, Dag Mikkelsen, Alan Jaffray, Thayer "Thay3r" Rasmussen, Hasan Habib, Johnny Chan, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy, Jason Lester, Adam Schoenfeld, Tim West, John-Robert Bellande, Robert Mizrachi and everyone's favorite vertically challenged poker blogger Iggy.

Chip Leaders as reported by PokerNews heading into Day 5:

2,187,000 Jeremy Joseph - Buffalo, NY
2,110,000 Nikolay Losev - Moscow, Russia
2,065,000 Cristian Dragomir - Bucharest, Romania
1,981,000 Brandon Cantu - Las Vegas, NV
1,958,000 Davor Lanini - Parma, Italy
1,851,000 David Rheem - Los Angeles, CA
1,764,000 Andrew Rosskamm - Cleveland, OH
1,761,000 James McManus - Dublin, Ireland
1,695,000 Geoffrey Herzog - Jacksonville Beach, FL
1,688,000 Albert Kim - Staten Island, NY

this is the structure scheduled for day 5:
Round Blinds Ante
(19) 5000 / 10000 1000 Duration: 39 min.
(20) 6000 / 12000 2000 Duration: 120 min.
(21) 8000 / 16000 2000 Duration: 120 min.
(22) 10000 / 20000 3000 Duration: 120 min.
(23) 12000 / 24000 3000 Duration: 120 min.
(24) 15000 / 30000 4000 Duration: 120 min.

Follow today's action starting at noon PST here and here.