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Friday, June 25, 2010 2:28 PM Local Time
Michael Vaccarello began cutting out a raise only to have the dealer call a string-bet.
Eventually the decision was that Vaccarello would be bound to a min-raise since the first amount of chips that he cut out was 25,000 therefore meaning he would be bound to a raise ahead of a call.
With the action on Aaron Gustavson, he tossed in three green 75,000-denomination chips only to have David Siegal move all in for 183,000 from the cutoff.
Vaccarello followed suit moving all in for 235,000 as Gustavson double-fist-pump-snap called!
Vaccarello:
Siegal:
Gustavson:
The flop fell down to keep Gustavson in the lead but leave him having to fade any king, jack, nine or heart to eliminate both players.
The turn dropped the to change little, and after the landed on the river, Gustavson faded the monster sweat to eliminate two opponents and climb to 1,040,000 in chips.
Friday, June 25, 2010 2:21 PM Local Time
Andrew Rosskamm opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Aaron Gustavson made the call.
The flop fell down and Rosskamm fired out 60,000 to eventually prompt a fold from Gustavson.
Rosskamm flashed his for top set and collected the pot to move to 840,000 as Gustavson slips to 550,000 in chips.
Friday, June 25, 2010 2:11 PM Local Time
Daniel Buzgon found himself all in for his last 261,000 with Niccolo Caramatti making the call.
Buzgon:
Caramatti:
The board ran out to see Buzgon double through to 562,000 as Caramatti slips to 200,000 in chips.
Friday, June 25, 2010 2:09 PM Local Time
Ryan Hemmel opened to 41,000 from the cutoff only to have David Zeitlin move all in for 375,000 from the button. Hemmel deliberated slightly before making the call.
Hemmel:
Zeitlin:
The flop put Hemmel in the lead, and after the and fell on the turn and river, Zeitlin exited in 24th place as Hemmel climbed to 1,280,000 in chips.
Friday, June 25, 2010 2:01 PM Local Time
Bernard Ko opened the button to 40,000 only to have Michael Swick move all in for 145,000 from the big blind. Ko made the call and we were off to a showdown.
Ko:
Swick:
The board fell a rather undramatic to see Swick double through to 322,000 as Ko slips to 485,000 in chips.
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:54 PM Local Time
With the action folding round to Mike Sowers in the small blind, he moved all in for 121,000 and James Schaaf made the call from the big bind.
Sowers:
Schaaf:
The board fell to see Schaaf's queen-high send Sowers to the rail in 25th place for a $17,289 payday as Schaaf climbs back to 885,000 in chips.
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:52 PM Local Time
Craig Bergeron has just doubled through James Schaaf.
Bergeron:
Schaaf:
The board ran out to see Bergeron double through to 270,000 as Schaaf slips to 740,000 in chips.
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:51 PM Local Time
James Schaaf made it 45,000 to go before Bernard Ko moved all in for 324,000. Schaaf made the call and tabled . Ko showed .
The board rolled out and that was good enough for a Ko double to 690,000. Schaaf, our chip leader coming into the day is down to 870,000.
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:44 PM Local Time
From the cutoff, Thomas Johnson made it 40,000 to go before the big stack at the table, James Schaaf moved all in. Johnson made the call and the cards were on their backs.
Johnson:
Schaaf:
The flop brought just what Johnson needed when it came down and the turn, and river, kept his tournament hopes alive.
Schaaf has 1,090,000 and Johnson is at 450,000.
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:42 PM Local Time
Dean Hamrick opened to 35,000 from the cutoff and Jose Obadia moved all in for 180,000 with Hamrick making the call.
Hamrick:
Obadia:
The board fell to see Obadia river a straight to double through to 375,000 as Hamrick slips to 665,000 in chips.
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:40 PM Local Time
Andrew Rosskamm opened to 50,000 from the button and Bernard Lee committed his 46,000 from the small blind.
Rosskamm:
Lee:
The board ran out to see Lee double through to 115,000.
The very next hand as the action folded to Lee in the small blind and he moved all in with Ryan Hemmel making the call from the big.
Hemmel:
Lee:
The board ran out to gift Lee back-to-back double ups to 246,000.
With his second double, Lee leapt from the chair and slapped our PokerNews reporter hard on the butt . . . excited much?
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:34 PM Local Time
We've been moved to the orange section here in the Amazon Room, here are the seating arrangements.
Table 308
Seat 1: Peter Granlund
Seat 2: Humberto Brenes
Seat 3: -empty-
Seat 4: Jose Obadia
Seat 5: Daniel Buzgon
Seat 6: Ian Wiley
Seat 7: Niccolo Caramatti
Seat 8: William Prieto
Seat 9: Dean Hamrick
Table 309
Seat 1: -empty-
Seat 2: David Zeitlin
Seat 3: Brett Michael
Seat 4: Thomas Johnson
Seat 5: Mike Sowers
Seat 6: James Schaaf
Seat 7: Bernard Ko
Seat 8: Craig Bergeron
Seat 9: Michael Swick
Table 316
Seat 1: Andrew Rosskamm
Seat 2: Michael Vaccarello
Seat 3: Bernard Lee
Seat 4: Ryan Hemmel
Seat 5: Aaron Gustavson
Seat 6: Thomas O'Neal
Seat 7: David Siegel
Seat 8: Aaron Kaiser
Seat 9: Dustin Pattinson
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:32 PM Local Time
The cards are in the air!
Friday, June 25, 2010 1:01 PM Local Time
Welcome back to the 2010 World Series of Poker for the final day of Event #42: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em!
Of the original 2,521 starters only twenty-five remain; all having an equal shot at taking down not only the coveted gold bracelet and $604,222 first prize, but also have the title of champion on their poker resume.
James Schaaf is in the greatest position to collect his second bracelet as he sits with a 1,258,000 chip stack. Snapping right on his heels however is Ryan Hemmel who played the big stack for the majority of the day yesterday to accumulate 1,080,000 in chips.
Everyone loves a Jack Strauss-esque comeback story, and Dean Hamrick may be the man to do so after being crippled to just a few antes deep into the money, the near-November Niner fought hard to amass a 858,000 chip stack. 1,080,000 5 hours 33 mins. 0
Throw in the lovable Humberto Brenes (764,000), Niccola Caramatti (412,000), Mike Sowers (327,000), Michael Swick (213,000), Craig Bergeron (161,000) and short-stack ninja Bernard Lee (48,000) and it is truly anybody's tournament!
PokerNews will be here providing continuous live updates of every rivered flush, turned straight and flopped set live at 2:30 pm PST for Event #42 from the 2010 World Series of Poker!