Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:04 PM Local Time
Chip Reese raises under the gun to 40,000, Andrew Black reraises from the big blind to 140,000, and Reese calls. Both players stand pat.
Black moves all in, and Reese calls. Black shows 8-7-6-3-2, and Reese mucks. Andrew Black wins the pot.
David 'Chip' Reese is eliminated in ninth place. The remaining eight players will redraw for seats at one table. (Though the official final table is only seven players.)
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:04 PM Local Time
Parris 'Butch' Holmes moves all in for 92,000, and Freddy Deeb calls. Deeb stands pat, while Holmes draws a card. Deeb flashes a queen, and Holmes says he discarded a jack. Holmes flips over his last card and he makes a pair of nines. Deeb wins the pot with a queen low.
Parris 'Butch' Holmes is eliminated in 10th place.
When one more player is eliminated, the final eight will combine at a single table. Only the top seven will reach the money.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:03 PM Local Time
Parris 'Butch' Holmes raises to 45,000, and Todd Brunson calls from a blind position. Both players draw one card, and then they check. Brunson shows a J-8-6 low, and Holmes mucks. Brunson wins the pot.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:03 PM Local Time
Shawn Sheikhan raises from the button to 45,000, Allen Cunningham moves all in from the big blind for 71,000, and Sheikhan calls. Cunningham stands pat, while Sheikhan draws one card. Cunningham shows the
, hoping that Sheikhan pairs up or picks up an ace, king, or queen. Sheikhan checks his cards, and then lays out a 10-9-8-3-2.
Allen Cunningham mucks the rest of his hand, as he is eliminated in 11th place.
The top seven players will reach the money (and the final table).
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:03 PM Local Time
Chad Brown raises from the button to 40,000, and Barry Greenstein calls from the big blind. Each player draws one card, Greenstein bets 60,000, and Brown calls. Greenstein shows 8-7-6-4-3, and Brown mucks. Greenstein takes the pot.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:02 PM Local Time
Andrew Black raises from the small blind to 40,000, Chip Reese reraises to 80,000, and Black calls. Both players draw one card, and then they check. Black shows 9-8 low, and Reese mucks. Black wins the pot.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:02 PM Local Time
TABLE 12
Seat 1 -
Seat 2 - Chip Reese - 241,000
Seat 3 -
Seat 4 - Todd Brunson - 137,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 220,000
Seat 6 - Parris 'Butch' Holmes - 202,000
Seat 7 - Andrew Black - 437,000
TABLE 18
Seat 1 - Chad Brown - 512,000
Seat 2 - Shawn Sheikhan - 380,000
Seat 3 - Barry Greenstein - 290,000
Seat 4 - Allen Cunningham - 125,000
Seat 5 - Erik Seidel - 275,000
Seat 6 -
Seat 7 - Lamar Wilkinson - 260,000
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:02 PM Local Time
The antes increase to 4,000, with blinds at 8,000-16,000. Play continues without a break.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:02 PM Local Time
Lamar Wilkinson raises from the cutoff to 39,000, Chip Reese moves all in from the small blind for about 175,000, and Wilkinson thinks for a while before he folds. Reese takes the pot, increasing his stack to about 240,000.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:01 PM Local Time
Andrew Black raises under the gun to 36,000, Chip Reese reraises from the cutoff to 136,000, Freddy Deeb moves all in from a blind position for 92,000, and Black thinks for a while before he folds.
Both players stand pat, and Deeb shows 8-7-5-4-2 to Reese's 9-7-4-3-2 to win the pot with an 8-7 low and double up to about 225,000 in chips.
Reese does a little rabbit hunting, and discovers that he would have paired his seven had he drawn a card.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:00 PM Local Time
Shawn Sheikhan raises from the cutoff to 40,000, and Seidel calls from the big blind. Each player draws one card. Seidel checks, Sheikhan bets 90,000, and Seidel thinks for more than a minute before he calls. Sheikhan shows 7-6-4-3-2, and Seidel mucks. Shawn Sheikhan wins the pot.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 5:00 PM Local Time
Erik Seidel raises to 40,000, Barry Greenstein moves all in for 208,000, and Seidel folds. Greenstein takes the pot, increasing to 270,000 in chips.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:46 PM Local Time
TABLE 12
Seat 1 -
Seat 2 - Chip Reese - 385,000
Seat 3 -
Seat 4 - Todd Brunson - 210,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 107,000
Seat 6 - Parris 'Butch' Holmes - 275,000
Seat 7 - Andrew Black - 263,000
TABLE 18
Seat 1 - Chad Brown - 415,000
Seat 2 - Shawn Sheikhan - 260,000
Seat 3 - Barry Greenstein - 180,000
Seat 4 - Allen Cunningham - 205,000
Seat 5 - Erik Seidel - 480,000
Seat 6 -
Seat 7 - Lamar Wilkinson - 290,000
Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:41 PM Local Time
Barry Greenstein raises under the gun to 40,000, Allen Cunningham calls, Erik Seidel reraises to 150,000, Greenstein folds, and Cunningham thinks for about a minute before he folds. Cunningham takes the pot.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:37 PM Local Time
Shawn Sheikhan raises to 38,000, Lamar Wilkinson moves all in from the big blind for 136,000, and Sheikhan thinks for over three minutes before he folds. Lamar Wilkinson takes the pot.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:30 PM Local Time
Allen Cunningham raises to 40,000, and Chad Brown calls from the small blind. Brown draws one card, and Cunningham stands pat. Brown checks, Cunningham bets 60,000, and Brown folds. Allen Cunningham takes the pot.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:24 PM Local Time
Freddy Deeb just doubled through Andrew Black, increasing his stack to about 72,000.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:24 PM Local Time
Chip Reese raises from middle position to 35,000, Chris Ferguson calls from the cutoff, Parris 'Butch' Holmes moves all in from the big blind for about 125,000, Reese folds, and Ferguson calls all in.
Holmes draws one card, Ferguson draws one card. They each turn over the four cards they kept, showing:
Holmes: 8-6-5-3
Ferguson: 7-6-4-2
They are each dealt one card. Holmes flips over the
, giving him an 8-7 low, and Ferguson says, "I can still win with an eight." Ferguson can also catch a five or a three.
But Ferguson flips over the
for a 10-7 low. Holmes wins the pot to nearly double up.
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson is eliminated in 12th place. The top seven players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $51,669.
Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:15 PM Local Time
The players return from their break to increased antes of 3,000, and blinds of 6,000-12,000. Players cannot limp preflop, and must enter the pot with a raise.
Shuffle up and deal!
Thursday, July 5, 2007 3:09 PM Local Time
Here are the official chip counts from the break:
TABLE 12
Seat 1 -
Seat 2 - Chip Reese - 535,000
Seat 3 - Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson - 92,000
Seat 4 - Todd Brunson - 215,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 61,000
Seat 6 - Parris 'Butch' Holmes - 138,000
Seat 7 - Andrew Black - 199,000
TABLE 18
Seat 1 - Chad Brown - 490,000
Seat 2 - Shawn Sheikhan - 239,000
Seat 3 - Barry Greenstein - 296,000
Seat 4 - Allen Cunningham - 359,000
Seat 5 - Erik Seidel - 294,000
Seat 6 -
Seat 7 - Lamar Wilkinson - 167,000