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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 6:11 PM Local Time
Seat 3: Nathan Mullen - 1,370,000
Seat 5: James Matz III - 2,095,000
Seat 6: Steve Sung - 10,400,0000
Seat 7: Panayote 'Pete' Vilandos - 2,885,000
Seat 8: Larry Sidebotham - 1,240,000
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 6:05 PM Local Time
Back in a couple of minutes.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 5:54 PM Local Time
Steve Sung raises to 250,000 from the button and Larry Sidebotham calls. The flop is
. Sidebotham checks and Sung bets 350,000. Sidebotham shows the
and folds.
It's all one way traffic here.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 5:51 PM Local Time
James Matz III raises to 300,000 from the button. Steve Sung makes it a cool 1 million to play from the small blind. Vilanos and Matz III both quickly folded.
Sung is now on 9.4 million.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 5:37 PM Local Time
Dan Heimiller limps for 100,000 and Steve Sung raises to 350,000 from the small blind. Pete Vilandos makes the call, but now Heimiller moves all-in. Sung calls and Vilandos shakes his head and folds.
Sung:
Heimiller:
The rail is full of Mullen and Sidebotham fans, who call for queens and hearts so their guys will ladder up.
The board comes
and Heimiller, who dominated the late stages of this tournament, is gone in 6th place.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 5:25 PM Local Time
Steve Sung raises from the cutoff and takes the blinds and antes with a 250,000 raise.
The next hand he raises again. This time, Dan Heimiller calls from the small blind and the flop of
is checked around. The turn is the
and Heimiller bets 350,000. After a minute or two, Sung declares, "I'm all in," and Heimiller gives it up.
It really has been an incredible turn-around for Steve Sung. Earlier, he was the shortest stack and probably favorite to go out next, now he's dominating the table and looking most likely to win.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 5:12 PM Local Time
James Matz III raises to 300,000 from UTG. It's passed to Nathan Mullen in the big blind who moves all-in for 1,030,000 more.
Matz stares intensely at Mullen, almost breaking into a smile before folding
.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 5:07 PM Local Time
Off we go once more...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:56 PM Local Time
Seat 1: Dan Heimiller - 1,940,000
Seat 3: Nathan Mullen - 1,360,000
Seat 5: James Matz III - 2,525,000
Seat 6: Steve Sung - 6,360,000
Seat 7: Panayote 'Pete' Vilandos - 4,535,000
Seat 8: Larry Sidebotham - 1,320,000
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:46 PM Local Time
We're on a 20 minute break.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:44 PM Local Time
Dan Heimiller raises preflop to 210,000 and Steve Sung made the call from the small blind. The flop was
and Sung led for 300,000 and Heimiller made the call.
On the
turn, Sung bet 650,000 and Heimiller raised an additional 850,000 more. Sung tanked for a couple of minutes before reraising all-in! Heimiller folded and Sung has really turned around from the start of this level.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:31 PM Local Time
Sung limps for 80,000 and Mullen raises to 300,000 from the big blind. Sung has limped a fair bit but generally calls the raises. This time though Sung makes it 800,000 to play and Mullen quickly folds.
Sung has gone from almost chip leader to almost out and now -- he's back in second place.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:27 PM Local Time
James Matz raises preflop to about 240,000 and Larry Sidebotham pushes for 465,000 on top. Matz eventually makes the call with
and Sidebotham shows
.
The board is
and Sidebotham's 10-high wins out. He's back up to about 1.5 million while Matz takes a small hit.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:21 PM Local Time
Sidebotham, Heimiller, Mullen and Matz all limp and Sung checks his option. Sung leeads for 80,000 on the
flop and only Sidebotham calls. Both check the
turn before Sung bets 250,000 on the
river. Sidebotham quickly calls, but mucks when he sees Sung's
.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:10 PM Local Time
Dan Heimiller raises to 205,000 UTG. Larry Sidebotham reraises all-in from the big blind for 675,000 more.
Heimiller shows the
and folds.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 4:05 PM Local Time
Nathan Mullen, Pete Vilandos and Dan Heimiller see a flop of
which is checked around. The turn is the
, Mullen checks, Vilandos bets 225,000 and Heimiller calls.
Now, however, Mullen moves all-in for 830,000. Vilandos folds and Heimiller also does, though showing a drawtastic
in the process.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 3:56 PM Local Time
Sung raises to 220,000 from the cutoff, Heimiller calls in the big blind.
The flop of
is checked. They also check the
turn and the river is the
. Heimiller checks the river and Sung bets 300,000, getting his opponent to quickly fold.
Sung is now back over the 2 million mark.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 3:52 PM Local Time
Pete Vilandos raises to 200,000. It's passed to Steve Sung in the big blind who makes it 650,000 to go. Vilandos folds
, Sung shows
.
Next hand sees James Matz III raise to 250,000 on the button, Sung makes it 825,000 from the big blind and Matz folds also.
In two hands Sung picks up about half a million in chips without even seeing a flop.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 3:42 PM Local Time
Steve Sung raises preflop to 220,000 and Jeff Oakes pushes from the big blind for 460,000
Sung calls with
and Oakes flips
but the board falls Sung's way. It comes
.
Sung has Oakes covered and we're down to six players.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 3:37 PM Local Time
The blinds are starting to bite, expect an exit or two this level.