Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:39 PM Local Time
Dinner is over, players are back at the table, and the official final table is ready to go.
The players are being announced and a crowd is forming at the rail. Play will resume any minute now.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:11 PM Local Time
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:41 PM Local Time
With the field reduced to eight, the chips have all been moved over to the feature table and the players have been sent on a one hour dinner break. When they return they'll be playing out the last seven minutes of this level before the limits go up.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:36 PM Local Time
Maxwell Troy: {mucked fourth street}/
Topias Wahlbeck: /
David Levi: /
After Wahlbeck moved all in on an early street, Levi kept firing, forcing Troy out of the pot and leading to a showdown with the short stack.
However, despite being what the table crowned the "best peeler at the table", it wasn't to be for Wahlbeck as Levi's full house was enough to scoop the pot.
Players have now relocated to the far corner of the room and will commence the 60 minute dinner break before returning for the final.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:22 PM Local Time
Seat 1: David Warga - 145,000
Seat 2: Christopher George - 400,000
Seat 3: Chris Tryba - 215,000
Seat 4: Maxwell Troy - 755,000
Seat 5: Topias Wahlbeck - 40,000
Seat 6: Allen Bari - 170,000
Seat 7: Karina Jett - 450,000
Seat 8: Jonathan Bascom - 140,000
Seat 9: David Levi - 565,000
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:20 PM Local Time
Three players called David Warga's completion on third street but only Allen Bari called his bet on fourth. Bari check-called on fifth, and then bet out on sixth.
They got to seventh street and Warga, now with just one big bet left to his name, announced, "All right," and checked. Bari checked behind.
"Because you weren't folding there," Warga told him, and Bari agreed - he'd rivered a flush for the high. Warga revealed two more low cards to take the other half of the pot, and stayed in the game.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:09 PM Local Time
We're still at nine players and waiting for that final table to burst. We did witness a couple of chops, though, one which saw short stack Jonathan Bascom survive against David Levi.
In other news, Topias Wahlbeck appears to have ordered his his umpteenth Corona. And they say this isn't a sport. Pah!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:04 PM Local Time
Maxwell Troy: (X)
Topias Wahlbeck:
Topias Wahlbeck was all in on third street and once the cards had all been dealt he survived again, taking half the pot with a pair of kings while Max Troy made a low for the other half.
Wahlbeck is sitting on around 60,000 right now.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:58 PM Local Time
Topias Wahlbeck has doubled through off David Warga with two pair, scooping the pot when Warga missed a low draw on seventh street.
Wahlbeck now has 40,000.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:56 PM Local Time
Topias Wahlbeck is now the table short stack and favourtie to final table bubble after losing most of his stack to neighbor Karina Jett. By seventh, Topias was left with 10,000, only for Jett to announce, "Two pair and low," which was good enough to take the pot.
Wahlbeck: {mucked}/
Jett: /
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:51 PM Local Time
Christopher George: /
Maxwell Troy: (mucked) /
It looked as though Christopher George completed and Maxwell Troy raised; either way George called and they saw a fourth card.
George checked on fourth street and called the bet from Troy. On fifth street, Geoge was first to act with a pair of queens but just checked. Troy checked behind.
George tanked up for a while on sixth street, hypothesizing out loud, "You have a pair of aces." He checked, but then called Troy's bet.
So, to seventh street. Both players checked and George turned over two pair, deuces and queens. Whatever Troy had, it presumably couldn't beat two pair as he just mucked.
Troy - down to a still chip leading 740,000 (he's been over 800,000 before the hand)
George - up to 550,000
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:42 PM Local Time
Seat 1: David Warga - 160,000
Seat 2: Christopher George - 455,000
Seat 3: Chris Tryba - 190,000
Seat 4: Maxwell Troy - 680,000
Seat 5: Topias Wahlbeck - 215,000
Seat 6: Allen Bari - 170,000
Seat 7: Karina Jett - 320,000
Seat 8: Jonathan Bascom - 150,000
Seat 9: David Levi - 520,000
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:28 PM Local Time
Michael Foti:
Christopher George:
Michael Foti was all in on Early Street, and up against Christopher George. When it came to seventh street, George flipped the and announced, "Flush. And a low."
"Jesus, so I need a five for a quarter," sighed Foti. He flipped not a five but the and duly busted out.
Down to nine, we're not quite at an official final table but all our remaining players have squashed on to a single table until one of them busts out.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:23 PM Local Time
Chris Tryba, looking over at Max Troy who had just won a pot from him: "Just can't beat that guy!"
David Levi: "Stop playing with him then."
Tryba went over to the next table and told Allen Bari, "Kaiser Soze. Kaiser Soze!" while pointing at Troy. He was still whispering, "Kaiser Soze," at Troy when he sat back down at his own table.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:16 PM Local Time
When I joined the action, Odette Tremblay was all in with the hole cards revealed. Karina Jett was her potential assassin, and after both players peeled their final face down card, Jett did indeed sniper down Tremblay to leave us with 10.
Tremblay:
Jett:
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:16 PM Local Time
Jonathan Bascom: {X}{X}{X}/
Christopher George: {X}{X}{X}/
After completing with his ace, preflop, Bascom fired on pretty much every street and was called down each time by George. When Bascom moved all in on seventh, however, George hesitated, adding, "Man, I just don't know what I beat."
After turning face-up onto the felt, George eventually made a reluctant call. "I got there," announced Bascom flipping . "I was on a stone cold bluff."
"It's a chop?" said a wide-eyed George. "I thought you'd made your hand when you said you got there. I would have been really sick if I'd folded, though, and you'd turned over the bluff."
George - 465,000
Bascom - 105,000
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:15 PM Local Time
Jonathan Bascom took a hit (we think the chips went to Allen Bari) and thus he was extremely short when he got involved with Christopher George.
David Warga had made the bring in but folded when Bascom raised and Christopher George (we think) reraised - either way they were heads up and on their backs on third street.
Bascom: / /
George: [ / /
Bascom's full house was about as unequivocal as they come, and he doubled to around 100,000.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:06 PM Local Time
Kevin MacPhee: [ / /
Odette Tremblay: / /
Kevin MacPhee made the bring in and then sighed and tossed in his last few chips when Odette Tremblay completed. The bets were assessed and the pot pushed to the middle of the table, and the rest of the cards were dealt.
MacPhee managed to make a pair of queens, but Tremblay made two pair. With no low for either of them, Tremblay scooped and was up to a still shaky 75,000. MacPhee meanwhile hit the rail, leaving his fruit platter at the bloggers' table.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:59 PM Local Time
Kevin MacPhee must have Survivor on his iPod as he's just doubled up courtesy of Karina Jett. The action was three-handed until fifth street where Topias Wahlbeck stepped out the way. In the end, MacPhee hit a nice river card to double up to 33,000.
Jett: / /
MacPhee: / /
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:50 PM Local Time
Odette Tremblay has taken another hit - we didn't catch the hands, but David Levi was stacking up a bunch of her chips after the event, putting him up to 530,000 and Tremblay down to 50,000.
Meanwhile Kevin MacPhee's stack has further tumbled to just, er, 15,000. That's a little over one big bet. The unfortunate MacPhee was huffing and puffing and waiting for the next hand last we saw of him, and although a recovery is eminently possible, it looks as though his fruit platter is one step closer to becoming officially ours.