Monday, November 24, 2014

Greenstein takes 3rd at WSOP ($99,091), Cody chasing second bracelet



Barry Greenstein last night just missed out on picking up his fourth WSOP bracelet. The yankee Team PokerStars Pro busted out of Event #31: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better in 3rd place for $99,091, coincidentally scoring his third cash of the summer.

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Barry Greenstein: there's life within the ol' bear yet

Greenstein got all of it in with A♠A♣6♣4♥ on a K♣Q♥3♦ flop against Jarred Graham's A♥Q♠7♦3♠, which had flopped two-pair. Greenstein did not catch up leaving Graham in pole position to win the bracelet and $255,942. Marco Johnson finished runner-up for $158,379.

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Greenstein playing three-handed

In the primary ever WSOP turbo (Event #34: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em), which featured 30-minute and 40-minute levels, 1,629 players were whittled right down to just 35 in a single day of play. All of these players are actually guaranteed a payout of $6,729 with $278,613 allocated for the win. Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody currently sits in 9th with 190,000, that's good for 47.5 big blinds. He has a real shot at picking up his second WSOP bracelet.

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A rare picture of Cody smiling on the poker table

Cody, the youngest ever Triple Crown winner, has scored two small cashes on the WSOP but is available in strong from a 5th place finish on the EPT Grand Final (€251,000) and a win within the UKIPT Series 1 event (£19,400). UKIPT player Marc MacDonnell (172,000) and EPT regular Jason Duval (193,000) sit each side of him at the overnight chip counts. Good luck to all three.

Rick Dacey is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog. WSOP photos courtesy of PokerPhotoArchive.


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