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Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:29 PM Local Time
Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:23 PM Local Time
And by the same player, Dave Becker, who knocked out Kathy Liebert just a few hands ago. And Becker knocked out Medic with pocket sixes, the same hand Liebert held when she was eliminated. But in this case Becker turned a set to beat the ace Nenad made on the flop with A-J and sent Medic out of today's event.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:18 PM Local Time
Hevad "Rain" Khan was just recently moved into the Orange section of the Amazon room. He sat down in his new seat assignment and managed to eliminate a player on his first hand. Khan was dealt aces, which were good by the river, and Khan doubled up to 8,500.
Immediately after his first hand at the table, a floor staff came back by and announced he'd be moving again.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:16 PM Local Time
Liebert moved all in after a flop brought low cards, only to find her pocket sixes had run into pocket kings.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:59 PM Local Time
After conjuring the
out of thin air simply by asking for it in an earlier hand, John Phan wasn't able to summon a king or a jack when his
was up against
. The board brought Phan no help, and he was eliminated.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:57 PM Local Time
After losing all but a handful of chips Justin Bonomo doubled up twice, once when he held A-K and his massive 250 all-in move was called by A-5. "I move in and you call with ace-five? Come on!" Bonomo joked. He won that pot, then won again with 10-7 when he made a pair on the flop, borrowed a pair of sunglasses, waited a few moments, then stoically moved in his last 75 chips. He won that pot as well, but his luck (and theatrics) came to an end soon after and he was eliminated.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:52 PM Local Time
Anna Wroblewski just recently took her seat within the field, yet she's been here in the Amazon room for a while now. Early reports saw Anna over in the high-stakes cash game taking down a few big pots. After the start of Level 3, Anna is in her seat and ready to go.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:44 PM Local Time
J.C. Tran lost a coin flip holding pocket sevens to his opponent's
. An ace flopped and Tran lost about 4400 chips.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:31 PM Local Time
After a J-5-2 flop an early-position player bet 1,000 and Dmitri Nobles moved all in. Ed Hanson called, the original bettor folded and Nobles called. His pocket queens led Hanson's A-J, but Hanson spiked an ace on the river to take the pot and bring a sudden end to Nobles' tournament.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:27 PM Local Time
Players are back from break and play has resumed!
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:05 PM Local Time
With the board reading
Tran and another player traded raises until all the money was in the pot. Tran revealed
to his opponent's
and Tran won the pot when the
fell on the river. He's now up to 15,000.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:03 PM Local Time
Fabrice Soulier raised to 200 and the player in the cutoff raised to 800. Rolf Slotboom reraised to 1,900 and after Soulier folded the cutoff moved all in.
"Bad timing, sir," Slotboom said as he turned over pocket aces to his opponent's pocket kings. Slotbloom flopped a set, won the hand, and now has 8,000.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:03 PM Local Time
Players are on a 20-minute break.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:01 PM Local Time
After a
flop John Phan found himself all in with the
against two players who each had a king. "Five of spades," Phan said before the dealer revealed the turn card. "Five of spades."
And on the turn, the
.
No word if Phan's powers of wish-fulfillment extend beyond the poker table, but he tripled up and now has a whopping 800 in chips.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:47 PM Local Time
Prefop, the player under the gun made it 300 to go and Mark Seif called.
Flop:
Mark's opponent led out for 500 and Mark called. The turn brought the
and his opponent quickly moved all in. Mark called for his remaining 1,400 and showed
for the open-ended straight-flush draw while his opponent had flopped a set with pocket rockets. The river brought the
and Mark was eliminated.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:47 PM Local Time
Not the sort of news her fans hoped to hear, but Jennifer Tilly's A-10 ran into A-Q and that brought a quick end to her day.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:43 PM Local Time
Humberto Brenes was facing a raise preflop when he decided to put his opponent all-in. Humberto turned over
for big slick and saw he was up against his opponents
. "Put out the king! Put out the king!" Humberto chanted as the dealer began to flop the board. The chant continued as the flop ran
, yet stopped when the
smacked on the turn. Humberto was quite happy, while his opponent packed up and headed for the door. Luckily, he hadn't gotten very far, as the
fell on the river to keep him in the game.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:43 PM Local Time
He just got here, and now he's gone. But from what we understand it took quads to send Binger to the rail, as if that's any consolation.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:39 PM Local Time
John Phan just won his first bracelet but his luck took a bad turn in a hand where he was all in preflop with
against
and had his opponent flop an open-ended straight draw and make Broadway on the turn. Phan's down to 1,700.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:33 PM Local Time
Preflop, a player in the cutoff made it 400 to go and Alex Jacob called. The flop fell
and Jacob's opponent led out for 600. Jacob moved all in and his opponent eventually folded, showing pocket kings as he tossed his hand in.
After the hand, Jacob is up to 3,700