Day 2 of the World Poker Open

24.01.2008, Lesen Sie hier den Bericht über «Day 2 of the World Poker Open».

BY: JULIO RODRIGUEZ Cardplayer.com

Mr. Phan's Wild Ride It was payday in Tunica, as the remaining 143 players combined to play down to the money. Faced with the task of reaching the final 27, players and tournament staff alike braced themselves for a much longer than usual day.

Some players found themselves out of contention quickly, sparing themselves from a brutally long day, but they also deprived themselves of at least $12,060. Hitting the rail, and possibly scoring an early flight home were Steve Billirakis, Humberto Brenes, David Williams, Allen Kessler, Vanessa Rousso, Alex Jacob, David Pham and Nam Le.

Coming into the day’s action with just over 37,000, John “The Razor” Phan quickly became the center of attention as he loudly played pot after pot, and drank beer after beer. While on his second beer of the day, Phan got a laugh from the table when Rousso moved all in on his big blind.

He asked Rousso, "Vanessa, do you want some chips?" When Rousso responded that she did, Phan offered her some of his Fritos. Then Phan started chatting up the dealer saying, "I can get drunk at my job. I really should fire myself. Of course, I think I play better with alcohol." Just as the word "alcohol" left his mouth it created some confusion as Rousso heard the words "I call." Luckily, she didn’t expose her hand and Phan mucked without much more thought.

Phan, or “The Razor”, soon began playing every pot, and his chip stack reflected his wild and brash decisions. Phan’s stack would rise dramatically, peaking near the chip lead, and then be near the felt just minutes later.

Usually the aggressor, he would agonize over each decision he made, usually while ordering another Corona, much to the dismay of his opponents. At one point, he ordered a few bottles of Dom Perignon for Kathy Liebert and himself, and proceeded to chug a glass before calling an all in.

Despite his obvious inebriation, Phan routinely got opponents to gift him their stacks, as they often shoved on his bets with little to no outs. Phan ended the day with 169,000 and will quite possibly start tomorrow with a hangover.

Liebert was not quite so lucky, as she finished just outside of the money. Unfortunately for Liebert, Barry Greenstein’s in the money finish means that she will be $20,000 lighter, as the two booked a last longer bet on day 1. Her elimination did bring about a round of applause, however, from the roughly 50 or so onlookers who enjoyed watching her play.

As the bubble approached and players slowly dropped out of contention, a group of professionals managed to get a hold of a lot chips in a relatively short time span. It started with Dutch Boyd breaking the 400,000 mark. Boyd held set over set against another big stack and managed to avoid the one-outer to pick up the massive stack.

Both Men “The Master” Nguyen and Hoyt Corkins bullied their way to the top of the leader board with big preflop raises and some timely flops. Greenstein and Erick Lindgren, both played a lot of small-ball poker throughout the day to chip up and keep themselves out of danger. Lindgren hit some hands towards the end and finished with the chip lead.

Freddy Deeb rode a short stack all day long, but he was still able to take out both Chad Brown and another player when his pocket queens outlasted pocket eights and A-K. Deeb worked well with his newfound chips, building his stack up by taking most of the small denomination chips at his table.

Just before 2 a.m. local time, Wei Kai Chang burst the bubble when he moved all in preflop with 9-6 and was called by a dominating K-9. The board brought two pair for his opponent and Chang was the official bubble boy.

The remaining 27 players are now all in the money and will return tomorrow at 1 p.m. to battle down to the final six who will make up the TV final table.

Here are the top 10 chip counts.

1. Erick Lindgren – 498,000

2. Dutch Boyd – 440,000

3. Gabe Costner – 402,000

4. Freddy Deeb – 324,000

5. Men Nguyen – 323,000

6. Barry Greenstein – 280,000

7. William McMahon – 265,000

8. Michael Baas – 247,000

9. John Spadavecchia – 223,000

10. Jimmy Tran – 204,000

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