2012-07-13
We saw a dejected Leif Force slammed his down on the table, and we saw that he was up against a shorter stack's all in preflop. The board ran out clean for the aces, coming , and Force shipped about 40,000 over to his opponent.
2012-06-24
In a battle of 2012 World Series of Poker bracelet winners, Carter Phillips (Event #31 champion) just bested Leif Force (Event #3 champion) in a pot.
2012-06-22
When we reached Table 6 moments ago, there was an orange T5,000 chip laying in front of Dylan Kovachev. After examining the table, we could see that there were two limps in front from David Benyamine and Keith Lehr.
2012-06-20
"Seat open Table 355," we heard a nearby dealer yell. We got up to check who the unfortunate casualty was, and it turned out to be noted poker author Chris "Fox" Wallace.
2012-06-18
There are not many seats left in the Gold Section of the Brasilia Room as the attendance figure increases to 348 players. One man in the midst of the action, when we were walking around the area, was Leif Force.
2012-06-05
The WSOP is young so far, as there have only been seven bracelets awarded in open play events(this excludes the $500 Casino Employee's event).
2012-06-05
Leif Force shot up to a ginormous chip stack in the first two levels of the day, but he has slowly been falling back down to earth since then. We just caught a pot that knocked a few thousand more off his stack.
2012-06-05
No that isn't a typo in our latest chip counts. Leif Force does in fact have 25,000, which by our estimation crushes everyone else in the field at the moment. Force knows his way around a pot-limit Omaha table.
2012-06-01
With the tournament field increasing by the minute as more and more players buy in, we've been spotting more and more notable faces in the field. Three of the players we've seen particularly stick out to us for various reasons.
2012-06-01
The final round of nine matches has concluded in Event 3, $3,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha, at the World Series of Poker.
2012-06-01
It was painful, but at least it was quick for Jason Koon.
The last hand came about when the two players saw a flop. Force tried to force Koon off his hand but he called all-in.
Koon: for two-pair.
Force: for a pair of eights.
2012-06-01
Jason Koon opened for 85,000 on the button and Leif Force raised to 260,000 and Koon called. The flop came , Force moved all in and Koon called.
Force:
Koon:
The board finished and Force's two pair took the pot.
2012-06-01
The players are back to about even stacks again after Leif Force made a flush to double-up. A raising war took place and resulted in all the chips going in pre flop.
Koon:
Force:
The board ran making Leif his flush on the river.
2012-06-01
Jason Koon opened the button with enough to put Leif Force all in. Force called and the hands were tabled.
Koon:
Force:
The board ran and Force was felted. He opted use one his rebuy lammers and still has one behind.
2012-06-01
Leif Force decided not to take his lammer and try his luck with his 72,000-chip stack.
He shoved with and Koon called with .
The board ran .
Force's queen-high was good for a double-up.
2012-06-01
Leif Force has about a 1.1m to 300k advantage (first lammer) over Jason Koon after his latest pot-win.
Koon limped in and called when Force raised to 60,000. The flop came and Force continued for 80,00. Call.
2012-06-01
Jason Koon won a pot with a big four-bet pre flop, and then Leif Force won two small ones.
Force three-bet to 150,000 off the big blind and then made a pot-sized bet on the flop. Koon called the first bet but folded on the flop.
2012-06-01
Leif Force has gotten the better of the early exchanges. He four-bet all-in and then won a pot that made it to the river.
Jason Koon opened to 25,000 and Force defended to see a flop.
2012-06-01
After bleeding chips for the better part of an hour the last hand for Julian Powell sealed his fate. They got it all in preflop with Powell at risk.
2012-06-01
Julian Powell is on his last bullet and has been leaking chips. He just opened to 40,000 and Leif Force potted to 120,000 and Powell called. The flop came and Force immediately put out enough chips to put Powell all in.