Last year's champion of this event and now two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Andy Frankenberger is still alive and fighting in this tournament. If you happened to miss it, Frankenberger recently defeated poker legend Phil Ivey heads up in Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em to earn his second WSOP bracelet.
Frankenberger sent out two tweets as of late explaining his current situation in this event where he is the reigning champion.
AMFrankenberger Andy FrankenbergerShort stacked after losing a few flips and getting rivered. Softest table ever, some cards could go a looooong way.June 16 2012
AMFrankenberger Andy FrankenbergerAnd as I say that I get AQo, open ship and called by AJhh. Flop AQX, turn a second heart for a sweat, river a black 8. #rallytimeJune 16 2012
Television personality and poker player Kara Scott has been eliminated from today's event. She recently took to Twitter to share the news with her followers:
KaraOTR Kara ScottDamn, busto-ed the $1500. Day off tomorrow and then playing again. #wsop #PartyPokerJune 16 2012
Here are some of the tweets we found from players still remaining in today's field:
LuckBoxJuanda John JuandaStill in 1.5K NLHE (about T60K) so gotta saved $$$ by skipping 10K HORSE. Forgot who said it 1st: 10K saved= 10K earned!(well said, Sir!)June 16 2012
realAriEngel Ari Engel17k going to 3/600.June 16 2012
dwpoker David WilliamsNo real action after dinner. Dwindled down to about 14k about to start 300/600. Time to make moves.June 16 2012
Justin Bonomo, who was sitting on a fairly healthy stack as of late, has been eliminated from the tournament. We found the details of the hand on his Twitter:
JustinBonomo Justin BonomoYoung kid opens SB to 1100. I make it 3k with 88. He shoves for 21k having me covered by 200 chips. I call and lose to AQo :( 10k HORSE now.June 16 2012
We can also report that George Lind has been eliminated as well.
PokerNews writer Chad Holloway kicked off this tournament to wonderful start when he flopped a full house with pocket queens on the second hand.
It seems the ladies are still flocking to Holloway, as according to his latest tweet he was able to score another double up with pocket queens.
ChadAHolloway Chad Allan HollowayJust won big pot after turning set of queens, which made a guy's flush, but filled on river. Up to 21,550 at 150/300 & 25 ante.June 16 2012
So there you have it; the ladies absolutely love Chad Holloway. Must be the bird shirt.
The seats once filled by 2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer and Max Pescatori are now vacant.
FossilMan Greg RaymerCrippled after flopping two pair. Flush draw gets there the hard way, runner-runner aces up. My short stack shove AhJh runs into QQ. Out.June 16 2012
Recently eliminated players have notified their followers of their bust from the tournament:
ShaneSchleger Shane SchlegerJust busted today's 1500--anyone have extra tickets for EDC?June 16 2012
Bond_18 Tony DunstBusto the $1,500 after getting in 14 bigs bad with AQo vs AA then getting the rest in with a nut flush draw+over and bricking.June 16 2012
Shane "shaniac" Schleger recently tweeted at Tony Dunst inquiring about his choice of clothing. Dunst is known for wearing a suit to the poker table and today that suit is absent.
Bond_18 Tony Dunst@ShaneSchleger Suiting up on day one's of the massive low buy-in NL events draws more attention than I care for when trying to work.June 16 2012