'Lucky' Dovzhenko, Ainsworth Climbs & Shulman is Out
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A quick jaunt around the Silver Section reveals a few stories to sell and here they are.
Jude Ainsworth is flying high with around 12,800 chips. Our enquiries reveal that he managed to stack someone very early, after his pocket aces had a fatal scrap against the pocket jacks of his opponent on a 9-high board.
Tony Cousineau has cashed fifty-one times in World Series of Poker (WSOP) events - including one in this years tournament - but he will not be making it number fifty-two during Event #44. Rumor has it that Cousineau's demise came in a three-bet pot with the board was reading 
. Cousineau found himself all-in holding 
and his opponent was holding 
for the baby flush.
Two more players who are out in the early stages of Event #44 are Barry Shulman and Kevin Mathers. Shulman was eliminated at the hands of Enrique Garza. Garza told us that he was holding , Shulman was holding and when the flop came down containing an ace - that was the end of that. Kevin Mathers has also gone. We asked countless people on the table how he met his maker, but it appears the Mathers exit was not a memorable one. Back to work Kevmath, the poker world needs you in your rightful place!
New faces in the Silver Section belong to Erik Seidel, Melanie Weisner & the 'lucky' Alex Dovzhenko. Dovzhenko had a fantastic World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), in the Autumn, when he secured a 4th place finish in a €1,500 event and an 11th place finish in the Main Event. We just caught Dovzhenko raking in a pot against an eliminated player, who said Dovzhenko was, "so lucky dude." When we last left Dovzhenko he was laughing his head off, and muttering the words lucky under his breath. Lucky or not the Ukrainian grinder has 12,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,800 | 9,800 |
|
12,000 | |
|
7,600 | 4,925 |
|
|
6,500 | |
|
6,000 | 3,000 |
|
5,400 | |
|
3,300 | 300 |
|
2,800 | -200 |
|
2,125 | |
|
1,625 | -1,375 |
|
1,550 | -750 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |