Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:11 PM Local Time
The four remaining players in the tournament are not the most talkative bunch, which is somewhat surprising for a structured-limit game. The only one who has shown much emotion at all is Thomas Hunt III, who shouts and becomes quite demonstrative when he is involved in an all-in confrontation.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 6:09 PM Local Time
Ryan Hughes - 855,000
Ron Long - 374,000
Alessio Isaia - 340,000
Thomas Hunt III - 63,000
Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:59 PM Local Time
Thomas Hunt III is very short, with under 100,000 in chips. He has been all in on four hands in the last ten minutes, each time managing to come up with a chop for half of the pot.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:43 PM Local Time
In our first four-handed pot that went to the river, Ryan Hughes proved that he is capable of losing a hand at this final table. Hughes drew into two pair, tens and fives, by sixth street, but Ron Long had made a better two pair, jacks and fours, by fourth street.
Hughes slips back below 900,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:34 PM Local Time
So far in four-handed play, only one hand has reached fourth street, and no hands have reached fifth street.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:32 PM Local Time
Ryan Hughes - 921,000
Alessio Isaia - 350,000
Ron Long - 260,000
Thomas Hunt III - 101,000
Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:32 PM Local Time
Jonas Klausen brings it in with the
and Ron Long completes with
.
On fourth, Long bets the
and Klausen calls with
.
On fifth, Long bets the
and Klausen raises nearly all in with
. Long re-raises the rest of the way and Klausen calls.
Klausen: (
)
Long: (
)
Long flips over the jack on seventh for two pair and it is good enough. Klausen is eliminated.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:23 PM Local Time
Ryan Hughes continues to play well and to draw well. He tangled with Jonas Klausen again, and again came away with 60,000 more of Klausen's chips. Hughes brought it in with the
, then raised after Klausen completed the
. Klausen made the call and bet out when he picked up the
on fourth street to Hughes'
. Hughes called.
On fifth street, Hughes drew the
for a nice low board and Klausen bricked with the
. Klausen check-called Hughes' bet. Things got worse for Klausen on sixth street -- his
to Hughes'
. Klausen finally decided he had enough and check-folded.
Hughes showed
underneath for a pair of deuces, a 7-6 low, and an open-ended straight draw. He now has over 900,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 5:12 PM Local Time
On third, Ryan Hughes brings it in with
and Jonas Klausen completes with
.
Hughes bets the entire way down and Klausen calls:
Hughes: (
)
Klausen: x-x /
(muck)
Hughes picks up 100,000 more chips.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:58 PM Local Time
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:54 PM Local Time
Ryan Hughes - 735,000
Jonas Klausen - 318,000
Alessio Isaia - 210,000
Thomas Hunt III - 200,000
Ron Long - 182,000
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:51 PM Local Time
Play will resume in ten minutes.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:48 PM Local Time
On third street, Thomas Hunt III raises with
and Tim D'Alessandro reraises with
. Hunt raises again and D'Alessandro caps it. Hunt calls.
On fourth, Hunt bets
and D'Alessandro raises
. Hunt calls.
On fifth, Hunt bets
and D'Alessandro calls all in with
.
Hunt: (
)
D'Alessandro: (
)
When Hunt is dealt the
on sixth, he pumps his fist. "Oh yeahhh!" The full house over full house ends D'Alessandro's day. Jonas Klausen claimed he folded A-K, so there were only two outs that Hunt could have hit.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:32 PM Local Time
There was a strange play from Ron Long in a recent hand. After Ryan Hughes brought it in with the
, Long just called with the
. Alessio Isaia completed the
, Hughes called, and then Long raised. Pretty much everyone in a three-county radius thought that Long was rolled up. The three players went to sixth street, where Isaia dropped out. On the river, the boards were:
Hughes: x-x /
Long: x-x /
Long checked with the better board, then called a bet from Hughes. Hughes opened
in the hole for an 8-7 low and an eight-high flush. Long opened
in the hole for a queen-high flush. They chopped the pot.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:26 PM Local Time
In a battle of the big stacks, Jonas Klausen raises with
on third street and Ryan Hughges reraises. Klausen calls.
On fourth, Klausen checks
and Hughes bets
. Klausen calls.
On fifth, Klausen bets
and Hughes calls
.
On sixth, Klausen bets
and Hughes calls
.
On seventh, Klausen checks and Hughes bets. Klausen calls.
Hughes shows
and Klausen mucks.
Klausen is down to 373,000 and Hughes is up to 540,000 -- and retakes the lead.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:17 PM Local Time
Jonas Klausen - 463,000
Ryan Hughes - 450,000
Alessio Isaia - 265,000
Ron Long - 210,000
Tim D'Alessandro - 150,000
Thomas Hunt III - 120,000
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:15 PM Local Time
Joshua Feldman and Jonas Klausen cap it on third street, with Feldman showing
and Klausen showing
.
On fourth street, Klausen bets
and Feldman raises
. Klausen reraises and Feldman calls all in.
Klausen: (
)
Feldman: (
)
Feldman is out. Klausen is up to 500,000 and retakes the chip lead.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:08 PM Local Time
Tim D'Alessandro just took a big pot off of Joshua Feldman and Jonas Klausen. By the time D'Alessandro was all in, he held an unbeatable eight-high straight and a 7-6 low. He improved to a six low on the river against his lone remaining opponent, Jonas Klausen, who showed 8-4 for low. D'Alessandro scooped the whole pot and doubled up.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:59 PM Local Time
Jonas Klausen completes with
and Ryan Hughes raises with
. Klausen calls again.
On fourth, Hughes checks
. Klausen bets
and Hughes calls.
On fifth, Hughes checks
and Klausen checks
.
On sixth, Hughes checks
and Klausen bets
. Hughes calls.
On seventh, Hughes checks. Klausen bets and Hughes calls.
Klausen:
Hughes:
(muck)
Klausen gets the wheel and scoops. He's up to 455,000.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:47 PM Local Time
David Sklansky found himself continually bricking and folding on fourth or fifth street. He was finally down to 10,000 -- which was 8,000 after the ante. When Tim D'Alessandro completed to 8,000 with the
, Sklansky called all in with the
. Then Ryan Hughes put a wrench in the works by reraising the
. D'Alessandro called.
Fourth street:
D'Alessandro: x-x /
Sklansky: x-x /
Hughes: x-x /
Both players checked.
Fifth street:
D'Alessandro: x-x /
Sklansky: x-x /
Hughes: x-x /
D'Alessandro bet, and Hughes called.
Sixth street:
D'Alessandro: x-x /
Sklansky: x-x /
Hughes: x-x /
Again D'Alessandro bet, and Hughes called. Both players checked the river. D'Alessandro turned over
in the hole for three aces. Hughes quickly called a low with
for a 7-5 low. Sklansky opened
for no low and a pair of sevens.
"I wish I had gotten something to play with," said Sklansky as he exited first from the final table of an event for the second time in a week. He walks away with $19,306 in prize money.