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Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:45 PM Local Time
Alessia Isaia brings it in with the
and Ryan Hughes completes with the
.
Isaia bets all the way down and Hughes calls:
Isaia
Hughes:
(muck)
Isaia has a flush and the A-2-3-4-6 low and scoops. He's up to 350,000 while Hughes, the former chip leader, is down to 250,000.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:39 PM Local Time
Thomas Hunt III came into the final table as the smallest stack. He got it all in the middle against Alessio Isaia on third street. By the river, all Hunt had come up with was a pair of deuces. Isaia squeezed his river card first and announced, "Kings and jacks." Hunt squeezed for his tournament life and came up with the prettiest card in the deck -- the ace of spades -- to make two pair, aces and deuces. He now has about 60,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:34 PM Local Time
Ryan Hughes leads the final table with 400,000, and Jonas Klausen is right behind with 338,000.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:32 PM Local Time
Saturday, June 28, 2008 3:18 PM Local Time
The staff members are reading the player bios and introducing everyone at the final table.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:58 PM Local Time
The final-table players are on a "bio break" until 4:15. They have to write up short player biographies for the press releases.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:51 PM Local Time
Alessio Isaia brings in the
. Joshua Feldman raises
and James Richburg reraises all in with
. Isaia calls.
On fourth, Feldman bets
on the side and Isaia calls with
.
On fifth, Feldman bets
on the side and Isaia calls with
.
On sixth, Feldman checks
on the side and Isaia bets
. Feldman calls.
Feldman: (
)
Richburg:
(muck)
Isaia: (
)
Richburg is eliminated. Isaia has 3-4-6-7-8 for low. Feldman has aces and fives for high. They split.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:47 PM Local Time
Here's the final table of nine. Play will be dealt nine-handed, with a community card used if necessary.
1. Tim D'Alessandro
2. Jonas Klausen
3. David Sklansky
4. Joshua Feldman
5. Ryan Hughes
6. James Richburg
7. Ron Long
8. Alessio Isaia
9. Thomas Hunt III
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:45 PM Local Time
Margaret Macre and Joshua Feldman limp in on third with
and
, respectively.
On fourth, Feldman bets
and Macre calls
.
On fifth, Macre bets
and Feldman raises
. Macre calls all in.
Macre: (
)
-x
Feldman: (
)
Macre is eliminated.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:43 PM Local Time
James Richburg brings it in with the
and Ryan Hughes calls with the
.
On fourth, Richburg bets
and Hughes raises
. Richburg reraises and Hughes calls.
On fifth, Hughes bets
and Richburg calls
.
On sixth, Hughes checks
and Richburg bets
. Hughes calls.
On seventh, they check. Hughes shows
and Richburg mucks. He's down to 12,000.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:33 PM Local Time
Margaret Macre drew into a nice-looking board of x-x /
. She led the betting on every street, and was called each time by one opponent -- Ron Long, who had taken a bit of an early hit to his stack today after being reraised a few times on third street and having to fold on fourth or fifth. Long showed a nice low board of x-x /
.
On the river, Macre again bet and Long again called. "Kings full," said Macre, turning over
in the hole. There was only one problem - Macre didn't actually have kings full. Instead she had three pair, for a final hand of two pair, kings and jacks. Long opened
in the hole, for a seven-high straight for high and a six-five for low. That enabled him to scoop the whole pot.
After this costly error, Macre is down to just 30,000 chips, while Long rockets up to 185,000.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:27 PM Local Time
It seems that getting a solid night's sleep has increased the appetite of players to get their chips in. Daniel Nicewander is the latest player to bust after calling Ryan Hughes on every street to the river. Hughes's board came x-x /
, while Nicewander's board came x-x /
. Nicewander was all in by the river, where Hughes turned over
in the hole for two pair, sixes and threes. Nicewander couldn't come up with a better high or a qualifying low.
For his 11th-place finish, Nicewander receives $11,880.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:18 PM Local Time
Ron Long brings it in with
and David Brooker completes with
.
Fourth:
Brooker bets
and Long calls
Fifth:
Brooker checks
. Long bets
and Brooker calls all in.
Brooker:
Long:
Brooker is eliminated.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:14 PM Local Time
Alessio Isaia: x-x /
Mike Hefer: x-x /
Isaia brings it in and Hefer calls.
Fourth:
Hefer
Isaia
Hefer bets and Isaia calls.
Fifth:
Hefer
Isaia:
Isaia bets and Hefer calls.
Sixth:
Hefer
Isaia
Isaia bets and Hefer raises all in. "I call," says Isaia. "I have a full house." Isaia shows
and Hefer is eliminated.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:05 PM Local Time
Saturday, June 28, 2008 1:43 PM Local Time
The final two tables of this event have been moved to Orange 34 and 40 in the Amazon Room. They're set to start in about 20 minutes.
The best known remaining player is poker author David Sklansky, but he's in the middle of the pack as far as chips.
We're playing all the way down to a winner today, so stay tuned!
Saturday, June 28, 2008 7:07 AM Local Time
It's Day 3 in a three-day event, but not a final table... yet. Action was halted overnight with 13 players remaining in Event 47, $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Low, meaning a long session will be needed to day to determine the winner.
Jonas Klausen holds the overnight lead, with the 13 players to be spread across two tables as action resumes. Here's the seat draw to start Day 3:
(Table 14)
Seat 1: Ryan Hughes 73,000
Seat 4: Margaret Macre 173,000
Seat 5: James Richburg 274,000
Seat 6: Ron Long 33,000
Seat 7: David Brooker 45,000
Seat 8: Daniel Nicewander 41,000
(Table 15)
Seat 1: Mike Hefer 71,000
Seat 2: Tim D'Alessandro 82,000
Seat 3: David Sklansky 110,000
Seat 4: Thomas Hunt III 101,000
Seat 6: Alessio Isaia 172,000
Seat 7: Joshua Feldman 121,000
Seat 8: Jonas Klausen 346,000
Action resumes at 3pm PDT. We'll have all the latest updates right here at PokerNews.