Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:17 PM Local Time
It just wasn't Liv Boeree's day today as she couldn't get anything going. On her last hand of the tournament, she was all in on the flop of
holding two aces,
. Her opponent held
for an open-ended straight draw and a back door flush draw.
The turn completed the straight for her opponent with the
. The river was the
, putting four clubs on board, but unfortunately for Boeree, she held no clubs in her hand and was sent to the rail.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:17 PM Local Time
Dennis Phillips has been moved to the Orange section, Table 68. He's dressed in the signature St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap and white button-down shirt that he wore when he rose to the attention of the poker world at the 2008 Main Event.
That 2008 Main Event is being broadcast on ESPN on a TV at the back of the Orange section. Phillips' table mates (including Eric Lynch) have been giving him some good-natured ribbing about why "time travel should be illegal". Whatever that means.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:13 PM Local Time
Matt Savage is really hanging on by a thread here. Down to his last 2,500, he moved all in with
from early position. Action passed all the way around to the big blind, and the player there looked down at
and called to put Savage at risk.
Savage was really looking for a six, and he managed to find one on the turn of a board that ran
. With that lucky pair, Savage has doubled up to 5,650.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:08 PM Local Time
Yep, that headline pretty much summarizes how Justin Bonomo just doubled up a player at his table. He couldn't hit a miracle when the board ran out
and slipped to a (still very healthy) 77,000 in chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:04 PM Local Time
Tom McEvoy got the rest of his chips in the middle against a single opponent on a
flop. McEvoy turned over
, but the big blind held
. No love for McEvoy on the
turn or the
river and the 1983 Main Event Champion headed to the rail.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:03 PM Local Time
There were 3,000 chips in the middle for a flop of
between the big blind and Alex Jacob. The big blind check-called Jacob's 1,000-chip flop bet, then another 2,000-chip bet on the
turn. Both players checked the
river. The big blind took down the pot with two pair, sevens and deuces, made with
.
"Couldn't let the kid won one, huh?" asked a frustrated Jacob. "Had to call with the jack-deuce?"
Jacob has just 2,000 chips left.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:02 PM Local Time
On a flop of
, the small blind checked over to J.J. Liu, who bet 5,000, just slightly less than half her remaining stack. The small blind came back at her with an all-in raise and Liu went into the tank. After nearly five minutes had gone by, another player at the table called the clock on her, and a floor supervisor arrived at the table to count down her last minute.
With 30 seconds left before her hand would be declared dead, Liu folded and saved her remaining 5,500 in chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:59 PM Local Time
Robert Mizrachi opened the pot with a raise from late position, and the small blind gave him some action.
Heads up, the flop came out
, and both players checked. The turn card brought the
, and the small blind led out with a bet of 2,100. Without hesitation, Mizrachi made the minimum raise to 4,200. There was some hesitation from his opponent, but he elected to call after a few moments.
The
landed on the river, and the small blind checked. Mizrachi took his time shuffling his whole stack of chips before slapping a bet of 11,000 down onto the felt. "Wow!" said his opponent, leaning back in his chair. "I feel like you're so big." After some quick mental gymnastics, the small blind called, simultaneously asking, "King-ten?" Mizrachi didn't have king-ten, but his
was pretty decent. "Triple ladies," said the dealer, and the small blind flashed
as he sent his cards sliding into the muck.
Mizrachi is up to 42,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:57 PM Local Time
After a series of preflop raises, there was a three-way all in at table 30.
Small blind:
Big blind:
Allen Natt (Button):
Natt flopped gin after the first three cards came
giving him a full house.
The board filled out
allowing Natt to scoop up the main pot, tripling up to over 46,000. The small blind won the side pot, only losing 4,000 on the hand.
Despite having the best hand at the start, the big blind lost the most and is left with only 13,400.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:55 PM Local Time
We're not going to declare Marcel Luske out of the tournament yet because that would be an erroneous statement. The Singing Dutchman is still sitting in his seat and being dealt into every hand. But he's perilously close to joining the throng on the rail.
Luske has just 3,000 chips left in his stack after firing 2,000 on the turn and 2,000 on the river of a board that develoepd
. Each time Luske was called by his one opponent. Luske showed down
for two pair, aces and treys, but his opponent showed down the same hand with a better kicker,
. One more loss will knock Luske out of the Main Event.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:53 PM Local Time
We caught two hands with Dennis Phillips of the November Nine.
In the first, Phillips check-raised to 5,000 after his opponent bet 1,600 on a flop of
. Phillips got called and both players checked the
on the turn before Phillips led for 6,500 when the
hit the river. His opponent folded.
In the next hand, Phillips check-called for 1,500 on a flop of
and check-raised to 7,000 after his opponent bet 3,000 when the board paired with the
.
Again, Phillips got called and both players checked the
on the river before Phillips turned oer
for trips. His opponent mucked and Phillips now has 63,000 chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:52 PM Local Time
Scott Lazar was all in preflop with two ladies by his side,
. His opponent held
and we were off to the common race situation you see so often in poker tournaments.
A race it was until the flop came down --
-- to give Lazar a strangle hold on the hand with top set. His opponent did have some runner-runner outs though for some straights. The turn brought the
and that sealed things up. The river completed the board with the
.
Lazar is now up to 36,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:51 PM Local Time
David Baker got the rest of his chips in with
vs. his opponent's A-T. The board gave him two pair, running out
to double him up to 55,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:48 PM Local Time
It was quite a turnabout for David Singer today. His stack soared as high as 68,000 chips at one point in the middle stages of the day, but he is now out of the tournament. We last counted him just before the last break at 14,000. The ESPN cameras were over Singer's table as he busted out and exited the Amazon Room through a side door.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:46 PM Local Time
Sebastian Ruthenberg hasn't had the best Day 1 so far. With four full levels of play completed, the German pro has approximately 30,000 chips -- the starting stack. He just took a small pot down in a hand that was played three-ways to the river. With 3,000 chips in the middle, each of Ruthenberg's two opponents checked a
board to him. He bet 1,525 and was called only by the small blind. Ruthenberg showed down
for two pair, aces and queens. It was the winner.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:43 PM Local Time
Just before the break, Adam Junglen claimed another victim in a pair vs. pair battle. Junglen opened the pot to 800 from early position, and a player in middle position called. It folded around to late position where a third player reraised to 4,000. Junglen then popped it up to 50,000, enough to fold the first caller. The late-position player called all in though, committing his final 12,000 chips to the pot with
. He was in awful shape versus Junglen's
.
The board ran down
, giving Junglen the knockout and chipping him up to 93,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:38 PM Local Time
Players return from break to Level 5 with blinds of 200 - 400 and a 50 chip ante.
This will be the last level of the night.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:38 PM Local Time
During the last break of the evening, all of the dealers over in the Brasilia have been called to the middle of the floor for a break. Normally, dealers are reprimanded for even turning around while in the box and not watching the chips at their table. Not this time though, as every dealer (about 45-50 of them) was summoned to the middle of the floor to have a group meeting. Some of the dealers were a good 50-100 feet away from their tables. While this occurred, no one was left behind to watch the chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:38 PM Local Time
Out of today's 1,696 starters, 1,284 still remain in the field. The current average chip count is 39,626.
One more level before we bag and tag.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 9:17 PM Local Time
Players are on their final 20-minute break of the night.