Jameson Painter has had 8 World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes in the past three-years but he is yet to cash thus far in 2012. Of those 8 cashes Painter has recorded an 8th, 7th, 5th & 4th place finish for a combined WSOP cash score of $241,140. He was just kind enough to tell us that he was responsible for the elimination of Jonathon Kalmar and here it is.
Kalmar raised to 125 from the button and Painter made the call in the small blind. The action checked through to the turn on a board of when it all kicked off. Painter bet 200, Kalmar raised to 525, Painter moved all-in and Kalmar called.
Painter
Kalmar
So the flopped set versus the turned flush draw and gutterball. The river bricked for Kalmar and he was out.
In other news we have spotted WSOP bracelet holder Andrew Badecker wearing yellow shades today, WSOP bracelet holder John Juanda has moved to the direct right of Kyle Weir and we believe Roberto Romanello is out.
2012 WSOP final tablist John Eames has 2,600 and he asked us if he was in the wrong event, "Is this the seniors event?" Asked Eames, in response to the collection of more mature poker students on his table. Not sure the Hendon Mobster Ross Boatman will take too kindly to that comment though. Boatman has 16 WSOP cashes, 3 WSOP final tables and is seated two chairs to the right of Eames.
We joined the action on a flop of with 2,200 in the pot and Eric Mizrachi looking like he was participating in a tournament defining hand. The pot was heads-up and Mizrachi's opponent moved 1,100 into the middle. It was an all-in call for Mizrachi, which he made, and he was ahead when the cards were turned over.
Mizrachi
Opponent
The turn and river confirming Mizrachi's mini triumph and he moves up to 4,400 chips.
In other news the professor from Tampa, Scott Geiger, has been eliminated v . Maybe next year Scott…maybe next year.
Chris Moorman was riding pretty low the last time we made a sweep of the Brasilia room and we can now confirm that he is out. His exit came in a blind on blind match-up. His opponent in the small blind, Dale Curtis, called with and Moorman moved all-in with . Curtis called and his hand held up to put Moorman out of his misery.
Andre Akkari is out and we believe it was an all-in pre flop confrontation versus . Nacho Barbero and Nick Yunis have takens eats on Akkari's former table.
You cannot miss Steven Van Zadelhoff because he has a bright orange fedora sitting pretty on top of his bounce. Zadelhoff has thirteen WSOP cashes and we just caught him doubling up to 3,400 chips versus all-in pre flop.
Two other players who are the way up are Matt Affleck and Shannon Shorr. Affleck is up to 11,500 after a series of coolers (full-house versus trips and flopped straight versus top pair!). Shorr is up to 5,300 after doubling up with the mighty deuces. Shorr moving all-in from the small blind, after a player in mid-position had raised to 350. The initial raiser called and it was a case of versus . The on the flop making the voyage across the rest of the board a lot more comfortable for Shorr.
Erik Seidel was having a chow down at his table. In front of him were a meagre 575 chips. A few bites later and they went into the middle in first position. Two players made the call, Seidel hit a set of nines and he now has around 1,950.
It's an early bath for John Eames. The man who thought he was playing in the seniors event has just been eliminated. He lost the most of his chips versus and was eliminated soon after.
Salman Behbehani has a shoving stack. He lost a flip versus and then we saw him get his last chips in during this hand. The player under the gun raised to 300, there was one caller before Behbehani moved all-in from the small blind for 875. The initial raiser called and the caller folded.
Under The Gun
Behbehani
So Behehani was in a bit of a mess, but the board was on hand to help him out.
Board:
The ace on the river splitting the spot and giving Behbehani a reprieve.
The two players who have the most chips in the Gold and Silver sections are relatively unknown. Kim Pham has 29,000 chips and just behind him is Tim Ryan who has 27,000. Kim Pham has some decent company as well. Michael 'munchenHB' Telker is sitting to his direct left holding onto 5,000 chips.
Andrew Teng finished in 5th place in Event #45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em during last years series. He earned $105,262 for that performance and he currently has 10,000 chips.
David Vamplew is another British pro who came close last year. Vamplew finishing in 4th place for $141,030 in Event #10: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Vamplew currently has 7,000 to his name.
After a scout through the Bronze section of the Brasilia room there are no freakishly big stacks to write about. Marvin Rettenmaier is no longer in the event, the players on the table told us that he lost a flip v and we did see Todd Terry win a small pot. Other than that not much to write home about.
We caught the action on a flop of , Todd Terry was in early position and he was heads-up versus a player in the cutoff. Terry bet 600 and his opponent called. The turn card was the and Terry fired again, this time for 1,600, and the cutoff called. The final card was the and both players checked. Terry turned over for two pair and it was enough to drag in a decent sized pot.