27 remain in WSOP Main Event

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 07-18-16, 08:24 AM

lots of experienced pros still left

Josephy is "Johnny Bax"
Obst and Vayo used to crush online
Marchese and Bleznick are top players
Saout made the final table of the main event like 5 years ago for like 3.3 million

**Optional** · 07-18-16, 08:25 AM

Go the Aussie.

Looks like he has a good few weeks there so far already.

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 07-18-16, 08:31 AM

Originally posted by Optional

Go the Aussie.

Looks like he has a good few weeks there so far already.

He is "Andy McLEOD" on Pokerstars and I remember he used to absolutely crush it when Americans were allowed to play there. He probably still does but I don't keep tabs on online poker anymore.

Vayo is another that was an online beast, "holla@yoboy"

nice to see some beasts in the field still and not just lucky amateurs

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 07-18-16, 09:28 AM

Kassouf is an EPL regular and largely regarded to be a dick.

**Crusherrr** · 07-18-16, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Kassouf is an EPL regular and largely regarded to be a dick.

Would be very amusing to see his table talk at the final table. Huge tool of course and I'd hate to play a pot with him but it's funny to watch.

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 07-18-16, 09:43 AM

Valentin Vornicu has won 8 WSOP circuit rings so he is no stranger to closing the deal

pretty sure they play down to the November 9 today

**astro61200** · 07-18-16, 11:07 AM

You mean no one from SBR is left? Preposterous!

Also, am I the only one who thinks holding off until November is stupid?

**playersonly69** · 07-18-16, 11:36 AM

It is actually the October 9 now. They didn't want to play during the Election in November

**Crusherrr** · 07-18-16, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by astro61200

Also, am I the only one who thinks holding off until November is stupid?

Yeah it's pretty lame. Give them a week to fly family in and stuff but no need for such a long wait.

**Crusherrr** · 07-18-16, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by JAKEPEAVY21

Valentin Vornicu has won 8 WSOP circuit rings so he is no stranger to closing the deal

The sick part is this dude has been in the top 10 from day 1.

**klemopixx** · 07-18-16, 01:07 PM

5 guys from NY and 2 from NJ!

Let's hear it for the East Coast guys!

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 07-18-16, 01:28 PM

Originally posted by Crusherrr

The sick part is this dude has been in the top 10 from day 1.

His playing style seems very aggressive so he could be the type to have a complete train wreck day or just run over the table.

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 07-18-16, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by astro61200

You mean no one from SBR is left? Preposterous!

Also, am I the only one who thinks holding off until November is stupid?

only a matter of time until someone dies in the months leading up to the final table.

I wonder if stack gets blinded off or maybe a family member can play for you.

I'm guessing dead person's stack gets blinded off.

**SharpAngles** · 07-18-16, 01:31 PM

Stay classy Jared Bleznick

Pretty typical of Poker Karma that this prick runs so hot only weeks after getting booted from the Rio for life. Luckily he's been busy shining Hellmuth's taint long enough that ol Phil got him back in.

WSOP Ban for Card-Ripper with History

Jared Blesnick over-stepped the mark

What does it take to get yourself a life-time ban from the World Series of Poker? Calling others ‘idiots’ multiple times a la Phil Hellmuth? Calling someone a cheat at the table or threatening violence as in the Friedmann-Lisandro episode? Well, neither of those worked, but apparently ripping up the cards and throwing them across the table will!

Jared Blesnick, a well-known online high-stakes pro with a privileged but murky background, found out that there’s only so much that WSOP tournament director Jack Effel will put up with, and when he over-stepped the mark, he was thrown out of the event, the series and the Rio casino.
Known on the virtual felt as ‘harrington25’, his online poker skills (primarily at PLO) are legendary. However, his live poker antics have upset a number of players over the years, and this week saw him lose the plot – and the pot – completely.
As reported on the WSOP.com website, Blesnick was down to the final two tables of Event #34, the $1500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit).
With more than 120,000 in the pot after the second draw, Bleznick had a single 1,000 chip left behind. Andrey Zaichenko drew one card from the cutoff in the final draw, and Jared Bleznick drew one from the button.

Zaichenko looks over at Bleznick', reported the official site, 'and he says "I only have one thousand left, give me a payout ticket!" Zaichenko bets 1,000 and Bleznick fires his last chip into the pot. "Floor, give me a penetrating payout ticket now," says Belznick.Zaichenko shows 10 6 5 4 2 for a ten low. Bleznick's first four cards are tabled in front of him 8 5 3 2. He stands up, lifts up his last draw card, and crumples it up in his hand, throwing it across the table. He then grabs the rest of his hand, and crumples them up as well, spiking them down on the table. Zaichenko quietly takes in the big pot, and Bleznick is escorted to the payout desk.”

Eliminated in 14th place for $4,706, Blesnick was then apparently banned from the WSOP for life – having been warned on multiple occasions about his behaviour. It remains to be seen if such a lengthy ban will be enforced, but it’s hardly Blesnick’s first brush with poker controversy.

(Photo: WSOP.com)

As reported by BluffEurope magazine back in 2013, Blesnick was at the centre of a multi-accounting scanda

The issue [of multi-accounting] was dragged into the spotlight last September when the shit really hit the fan in an explosive high-stakes row,” they wrote. “This happened when English pro Luke ‘FullFlush’ Schwartz accused Jared ‘harrington25’ Bleznick of multi-accounting on PokerStars. Bleznick, Schwartz alleged, was fraudulently behind accounts such as ‘longerpig’ and ‘Gozoboro’, as well as his main ‘harrington25’ handle. Schwartz blasted the New Yorker for this, saying in chat “I think it’s wrong […] not knowing who your [sic] playing.”

This led to a free-for-all amongst high-stakes poker pros – many of whom feel it is not ‘illegal’ or ‘unethical’, including Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan.
Dwan stated at the time:

Multiaccounting isn’t cheating. It’s a flawed rule that the sites try to enforce partly for their own benefits. That said,” continued Dwan, “in the current climate u shouldn't do it, just like u shouldn't angleshoot in a poker game. but angling and throwing in a chip that looks like a raise intentionally, while scummy, is way different than marking the cards and knowing all of them.”

Others, such as Dani ‘Ansky’ Stern, disagreed with Dwan’s stance and Blesnick’s actions.

So very disappointing to see you [Dwan] post this. Surely you realize you are looked up to and when you speak people listen. You didn't exactly give multi accounting your consent, but why post anything even mildly condoning it? We aren't talking about someone playing on someone else's account occasionally while they are bored or something. This is extremely deliberate and malicious multi accounting being used to squeeze out every cent available, from already winning players.”

(Photo: Cardplayer.com)

As for Blesnick’s latest bad behavior, there are many who feel a lifetime ban is too long for such a ‘misdemeanor’, but others have pointed out the repeated warnings he was given and his generally ‘scummy’ behavior on a number of other occasions.
With the WSOP still to comment publicly on the ban, quite what the full story is nobody really knows. But what some people are asking is this: if it was Phil Hellmuth ripping up the cards and throwing them about the table, would he also be banned?

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 07-18-16, 02:54 PM

I had not heard those stories, sharpy

That type of behavior doesn't surprise me from someone that has 7 figures at a very young age

I don't condone his behavior but I don't think ripping up a card and acting like a baby is grounds for lifetime suspension from the Rio. No surprise he got that lifted rather quickly

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 07-18-16, 02:58 PM

25 left..Johnny Bax(Josephy) is chip leader and Andy McLEOD(Obst) is 2nd in chips

**Grivas_Digeni** · 07-18-16, 04:55 PM

this 'talented player' deserves not to just get banned but be taken out in the Rio parking lot in the middle of the night, tied to a pole and buttraped by a dozen best-hung african americans the poker community can afford to hire

**GUMMO77** · 07-18-16, 05:05 PM

Bleznick is such a douche. I think he played the Main Event, though.

I saw on another forum the Hellmuth talked to Jack Effel and got Jared unbanned.

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 07-18-16, 06:53 PM

Bleznick is a spoiled brat with no respect for others, he definitely needs to get his ass whipped at some point to humble him

21 left...looks like Saout is out, making the final table again would have been cool

Vornicu somehow self destructed and is out...he will be on suicide watch tonight

Obst also got crippled and is low stack

I'm trying to avoid looking at the commentary and just checking chip counts a couple times a day

**Auto Donk** · 07-19-16, 09:00 AM

wow... shocked that I don't see Ivanloko and LSU4everandever on the list.... those guys were awesome

**Auto Donk** · 07-19-16, 09:08 AM

Originally posted by SharpAngles