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Saturday, June 9, 2007 9:36 AM Local Time
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:45 PM Local Time
17:43
Todd Terry has A-Q and Will Durkee has J-4.
The board comes 8-9-T but the turn queen gets Todd all-in with top pair and top kicker. However that same queen has given Will the queen-high straight, a meaningless queen falls on the river and it's over.
Todd Terry second place
and
A WSOP bracelet to Will Durkee.
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:41 PM Local Time
17:39
Increased aggression by Will Durkee is continuing to pay off.
Will Durkee 5,195,000
Todd Terry 955,000
Without a single big hand, Will has built an even larger lead.
Blinds and antes, blinds and antes.
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:34 PM Local Time
17:32
On an A-2-7-7-2 board, Will Durkee fires a bet on the river but Todd Terry calls. Todd, who has been playing super tight, laughed as he made the call…
Both players were playing the board and they chopped the pot.
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:30 PM Local Time
Will Durkee is winning hand after hand, either checking to the river or making very small bets at Todd Terry, who is laying down hand after hand. Todd seems to be waiting for that one BIG hand to resurrect his chances at this bracelet.
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:28 PM Local Time
17:26
Todd Terry gets away from middle pair of eights when Will Durkee moves in on him. It was a good lay down as Will had two pair, queens and eights.
Remember we can see most of the hole cards here in the control room.
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:25 PM Local Time
17:23
Will Durkee 3,990,000
Todd Terry 2,150,000
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:20 PM Local Time
17:24
Players are actually doing a fair amount of folding their small blind or folding the BB to a standard raise. Fairly conservative play for heads up.
The commentators are mentioning how unusual this is but it does appear that Will Durkee may be able to "small ball" his way to a bracelet.
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:18 PM Local Time
17:16
Will Durkee 4,155,000
Todd Terry 1,950,000
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:09 PM Local Time
17:05
They have decided to play on without the customary pile o' money, Since they are in the Bluff tent, there is no one to see the presentation anyway.
Friday, June 8, 2007 5:03 PM Local Time
You can view the Michael Banducci bust out hand in our exclusive PokerNews Feature Hand Simulator.
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:59 PM Local Time
16:55
We are on a break for the money and bracelet to be brought to the table.
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:52 PM Local Time
We have learned that this is Todd Terry's first WSOP event.
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:52 PM Local Time
16:45
Will Durkee 4,575,000
Todd Terry 1,530,000
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:42 PM Local Time
16:41
Hunter Frey is super-short and simply moves in with 8-6 off-suit. Todd Terry looks down to see 9-9 and makes the call. The board goes big A-T-A-J-7 and Hunter Frey finishes third.
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:36 PM Local Time
16:35
On the very next hand, Justin Bonomo moves his last chips in with
and gets called again by Will Durkee who shows
. The board comes
and Justin Bonomo is gone that fast in fourth place.
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:35 PM Local Time
16:34
Justin Bonomo and Will Durkee get it all-in. Justin shows
but Wil has
. The board comes
and Justin is down to 475K and Wil has 3.85M.
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:27 PM Local Time
In a battle of the blinds, Michael Banducci limped in from the small blind, and the flop came 5-6-7. Banducci bet at the flop, Durkee moved in, and Banducci quickly called.
Banducci showed 6-5 for two pair, and Durkee flipped over 7-5 for a bigger two pair. The turn was the
, meaning an 8 would bring a chop, But the river was the
, and Michael Banducci was eliminated in fifth place.
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:22 PM Local Time
16:19
Justin Bonomo has been stealing blinds from a oddly passive table.
Friday, June 8, 2007 4:14 PM Local Time
Will Durkee 2,600,000
Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo 1,600,000
Hunter Frey 950,000
Mike Banducci 717,000
Todd Terry 645,000