WSOP Day 2A: Tyron’s running with ...
By Simon Young PartyPoker’s Tyron Krost is sitting on a healthy stack of 110,000, and it has everything to do with aces. Three times, in fact. First he got the money in against queens – then an unfortunate player with kings ran into his bullets, and a third time he forced a fold pre-flop. All this in the space of a 30-minute period that started with him on a lowly...WSOP Day 2A: Marc cooks up a feast of ch...
By Simon Young When you play tournament poker you can’t rely on big premium pairs to get you in the money, but they don’t half come in handy. Aces and kings are likely to send your stack skywards – but as we all know, they’re rarer than a steak tartare. That wasn’t the case for PartyPoker qualifier Marc McCloghlin today, however. The restaurant chef from...WSOP Day 2A: Klaus races along the road ...
By Simon Young Starting today with just 6,700 chips, PartyPoker qualifier Klaus Malanitsch had only one move – shove all of them in the middle as soon as possible and hope for the best. It took five hands before he did just that. Not only did he win, but he has now spun up to more than 45,000 in the first level and is on course for a recovery-of-the-day award. Nervous: Klaus...WSOP Day 2A: Let the bloodletting begin...
By Simon Young It’s never pretty watching the start of a tournament’s second day. The short stacks, who either crept through nursing their precious chips, or who suffered a horror beat just before their first day was over, desperately need to double up as the blinds begin at 250-500 with a 50 running ante. Cries of “All in and call” will bounce off the rafters in...WSOP BREAK: The beauty of peace and quie...
By Simon Young It was only four days, but it felt like an eternity. The quartet of Day 1 flights is finally over, and the WSOP Main Event today enjoys its one and only day off. The hallways at the Rio, stuffed with a sweating sea of players and spectators for so long, is quiet today. You can actually walk through to the Amazon Room without coming through the other side covered in...WSOP Day 1D: Jan leading PartyPoker char...
By Simon Young Jan Skampa spends most of his time online playing cash games, but the PartyPoker qualifier is proving he’s got plenty of tournament play in him as well. The economics student from the Czech Republic, who has only been playing poker for two years, is up to 70,000 and looking assured at his table right by the rail. Also maintaining a good run is Ireland’s...WSOP Day 1D: Can Zoltan predict a $9,119...
By Simon Young Some of you may be old enough to remember the coin-operated game called Zoltan that became an arcade favourite in the 1960s and 1970s. You stuck your money in, picked up the telephone handset, and the craggy-faced mystic spoke of your destiny while his crystal ball glowed magically (or terrifyingly if you were really young). Zoltan the arcade machine If I recall...WSOP Day 1D: Andy makes Hayes while the ...
By Simon Young Andy Hayes had been planning his road trip in the US with his wife, Kate, for some time. As part of their holiday, he expected to use his online bankroll to buy himself in to the WSOP Main Event. But his $10,000 remains safe in his account, as a few weeks ago he won a satellite on PartyPoker to get here for just $64. “I got through to the satellite final and it gave...WSOP Day 1D: Stephen’s courage as ...
By Simon Young Two years ago Stephen Kenna suffered a serious back injury that laid him up for months. Unable to work, there was little he could do to pass the time during the long, painful road to recovery – aside from playing online poker. “Moving a mouse around on the screen was about all I could do, so I decided to try out online poker on PartyPoker. Within weeks I had...WSOP Day 1D: Big names line up for final...
By Simon Young It’s day four of the WSOP Main Event – except it’s still day one. This is the fourth first-day flight when the final swarm of pros, qualifiers and dreamers sit down to begin their quest for fame, fortune or whatever else it is that drives them to play the biggest poker tournament in the world. Day 1D is the often the chosen starting point for many of...
