FrinkX 2nd in chips reaching the final table!

<img src="http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/Pindarots/December08/FrinkX.jpg" align="right" style="margin:5px; border:1px solid black;" alt="FrinkX">Another day has passed on this WPT event and another day was successful for Evan "FrinkX" McNiff. Starting off with the 4th chipcount, he had a fair chance of reaching the final 6 for sure, but nothing can be taken for granted in poker.

That's also what Benjamin "straate" Straate found out. As he started with a commanding chiplead, his expectations were high as well, but for some reason it just didnt work out. He hasn't been playing many hands in the early hours and most of them go the wrong way, so his chipstack of 3 million keeps declining. Fortunately, it's getting better when they start moving from 2 tables back to 1, when we get 10-handed, Ben is still in 3rd chipstack, but after losing a big pot to Chino Rheem he gets all-in with 8 players left. Holding against the pocket sixes of Steve Sung, it's a classic coinflip, but there's no help and straate is out in 8th place, earning $115,295

Meanwhile FrinkX's run of the day was quite different. His aggressive play at the table paid off really well. It started with the elimination of Bill Klein in 18th place (AKs vs JJ, Evan flops a K) and that was only the beginning. Within an hour he gained the chiplead and kept it throughout most of the day, exploiting his big stack nicely. A crucial hand against Steve Sung follows. After a raise from Sung, Evan calls preflop. With a flop, Sung check-raises Evan to 250.000. The on the turn makes Sung bet after which FrinkX moves all-in. Sung appears to be puzzled and frustrated, and is trying to figure out what FrinkX has here. Time passes, the clock gets called and in the end, Sung folds in agony. Video of this hand:

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After this hand, Evan continues the expand his chiplead, and also knocks out Robert Mizrachi (QQ vs AJs, no help from the board) on his way. Just before the end of it tho, there's a huge pot (4.4 million!) which goes to Steve Sung, who flopped quads on a Q33-9-8 board with 3 clubs. Fortunately this doesn't knock him off his game and as Joe McGowan is knocked out in 7th place, he's still 2nd in chips going into the final table later today!

Chipcounts:

Seat 1. Chino Rheem - 4,240,000
Seat 2. Amnon Filippi - 2,750,000
Seat 3. Hoyt Corkins - 2,295,000
Seat 4. Steve Sung - 5,885,000
Seat 5. Justin Young - 2,410,000
Seat 6. Evan McNiff - 4,805,000

The final table will be played later today, at 4 p.m, after which we will know who goes home with $1,538,730 . Let's hope it will be Evan "FrinkX" McNiff, best of luck!

You can rail this event <a href="http://www.liquidpoker.net/poker-forum/630388/**Five-Diamond_15k_Sweat_Threa...html">here</a> and live updates can be found here.

gogo frinkx!

glgl

TID evan

Amazing.

gogo frinkx gl man

Solid rollin' FrinkX, take it down!

I feel sorry for Straate, the expectations must have been high, the feeling when you start a final table with the chiplead and then end up busting in 8th is definately very dissapointing. But congratz anyway.

gl

gl today frinkx... steve sung is a nut

yay Evan.

rofl go evan!

might as well just ship me the $75k right now thanks

gl sir

that video is hilarious

On December 19 2008 13:07 Joe wrote: Solid rollin' FrinkX, take it down! I feel sorry for Straate, the expectations must have been high, the feeling when you start a final table with the chiplead and then end up busting in 8th is definately very dissapointing. But congratz anyway.

Straates an amazing player. He'll win one eventually.

gl!

On December 19 2008 13:07 Joe wrote: Solid rollin' FrinkX, take it down! I feel sorry for Straate, the expectations must have been high, the feeling when you start a final table with the chiplead and then end up busting in 8th is definately very dissapointing. But congratz anyway.

straate was chipleader when day 4 started.. at the final table he was 5th i think

nice head crushing hand againts steve sung, It would be nice to see their hold cards. Best of luck for FrinkX!

lol steve sung's mind is blown in that hand


fuck now i wanna know what frinkx had too

Burger_Zerg ftw !
Julyzerg of Poker !

gogogo

perfect spot to put someone all-in imo

haha im so curious to know what he had

It´s started. let´s go man.

evan looked pretty nervous steve is right. that makes me think he wasnt bluffing or semibluffing, but had something for value that wanted to win now and didnt really want to get sucked out on. i think evan had KK or AA and just didnt want to get bad beat at this point in the tourney. but he really shouldnt be nervous with those hands cause steve prob has like TT or some mid pair, so im gonna say it wasnt AA, but KK and was a little afraid steve might have A high flush draw and have a million outs

GL Frink

youre a hero

Sorry, I don´t know here is the botton like in TL to put spoiler.

top 3!

hero in the making gogogogogogogogo !@#!%^!^@$%!!!!!

GL take it downnnn

i wasnt nervous, i just started to sweat. sitting in the same exact position for 10 minutes got to me

i had AQ spades

his analysis of my range was LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

good job man, what did you put him on frinkx?

well played , missed everything yesterday to rail you
you are a super hero..i am very happy for you..

On December 20 2008 01:20 FrinkX wrote: i wasnt nervous, i just started to sweat. sitting in the same exact position for 10 minutes got to me i had AQ spades his analysis of my range was LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Wow nice play. I would have called the clock much earlier, and I definitely wouldn't have responded to his tap followed by info gathering questions.

1nce again Nice play / ethics dude.

gogo gl hf