Friday, June 25, 2010 7:34 PM Local Time
Razz
Scott Fischman completed and then called the raise of Ian Gordon. On fourth and fifth, Gordon led the betting before Fischman took control on sixth and seventh. Gordon called him down.
Fischman: (X-X-X) /
Gordon: ( ) /
"Jack," said Fischman when his river bet was called as Gordon took it down with his eighty-seven. Gordon moves to 840,000 with Fischman down to 390,000.
Friday, June 25, 2010 7:22 PM Local Time
Razz
Nick Schulman completed before Matt Glantz announced a raise. Schulman made the call and both players checked fourth. Schulman caught better on fifth and led out but Glantz made the call. Both players checked it down on sixth and seventh.
Schulman: ( ) /
Glantz: ( ) /
Double-paired board for both players but Schulman ended up with a jack which bettered Glantz's king.
Schulman is up to 525,000 with Glantz back down to 1.3 million.
Friday, June 25, 2010 7:11 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Marco Traniello raised it up before Ian Gordon put in a three-bet. Traniello made the call and they took a flop of . Traniello bet, Gordon raised before Traniello re-raised all in. Gordon made the call.
Traniello:
Gordon:
Gordon had the overpair but Traniello had straight, flush and low outs. The on the turn changed nothing but the on the river was the perfect card as Traniello made the nut flush to go with his nut low.
Scoop for Traniello doubled him up to 325,000 with Gordon back to 690,000.
Friday, June 25, 2010 7:01 PM Local Time
As the players took their seats for the final table, the tournament director announced to the players that in order to prevent this final table from going until 8am (a realistic possibility), that they would play until we lost one more player, then we would stop, bag, tag and return to play it out tomorrow.
However, the players were not particularly thrilled by this with Carlos Mortensen and Richard Ashby particularly vocal. They insisted that the "blinds were huge" and that it was a three-day tournament, so it should be played out tonight.
Nick Shulman commented that he didn't sleep last night (we won't question his preparation for day three of a WSOP event!) and wouldn't mind going home and coming back tomorrow.
The decision was then put to the players, however if they couldn't agree to a unanimous decision, then play would stop for the night at eight players.
It appeared that no-one was game to speak up against the pack, and so they all agreed to play it out! Grab your sleeping bags folks!
After a quick pause, the players are now back at the table and the cards are back in the air. We'll be playing until we lose one more player, then taking a dinner break, before moving over to the ESPN feature table to play it out!
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:59 PM Local Time
Here are the seats for the final table. One player will leave us before it becomes official.
Seat 1: Richard Ashby - 300,000
Seat 2: Nick Schulman - 385,000
Seat 3: Matt Glantz - 1,400,000
Seat 4: Eugene Katchalov - 870,000
Seat 5: Carlos Mortensen - 780,000
Seat 6: Marco Johnson - 1,680,000
Seat 7: Marco Traniello - 90,000
Seat 8: Scott Fischman - 515,000
Seat 9: Ian Gordon - 1,050,000
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:54 PM Local Time
Hold'em
Scott Fischman raised from the cutoff, and on the button, Brian Townsend reraised. Matt Glantz folded the small blind, and Carlos Mortensen made it four-bets in the big blind. Fischman snap-folded, and Townsend called. The flop fell , and Mortensen bet out. Townsend put in his last chips, giving Mortensen a few more to call. Townsend turned up and was going to need to improve against Mortensen's . The on the turn didn't help, and the river was equally useless. Townsend shook hands with everyone and made his exit. At least his girlfriend, Kara Scott, was on the rail to give him a hug.
They're now redrawing to one nine-handed table.
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:46 PM Local Time
Hold'em
Catching the action on a flop of , Brian Townsend bet and Matt Glantz made the call. The turn was the and Townsend fired and with Glantz making the call.
The river brought the and Townsend released a third barrel, but Glantz responded with a raise. Townsend folded as Glantz took it down uncontested. Townsend slips to 150,000.
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:40 PM Local Time
Stud-8
Well, whatever these guys took at the break has done the trick, as we've lost another player to now be on the verge of our unofficial final table.
The latest to go was Steve Billirakis who had his last chips in on sixth street against Ian Gordon.
Gordon: ( ) / / ( )
Billirakis: ( ) / / ( )
Both players tabled full houses as Gordon's sevens full of aces took it down against Billirakis' fives full of eights. A bit of a cooler sees Billirakis departs in 11th place for $39,078.
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:36 PM Local Time
Stud-8
Cuong Do was all in for his last 11,000 on third street, before Brian Townsend announced a raise. Matt Glantz was showing the as he sighed, "I can see he wants me out," before folding.
The boards ran out as follows:
Do: ( ) / / (X)
Townsend: ( ) / / ( )
Townsend made a straight and with no low for either player, Townsend scooped the pot to eliminate Do from the tournament in 12th place.
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:32 PM Local Time
Stud
Michael Chow completed before Marco Johnson raised it up. Chow made the call. On fourth, Chow led out with a bet, before the action was bet, raise, re-raise all in on fifth street.
Chow: ( ) / / ( )
Johnson: ( ) / / ( )
Johnson made trips and Chow couldn't improve his aces as he departed in 13th place for a payday of $31,851.
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:22 PM Local Time
Stud
John Hennigan has been eliminated in 14th place after his short stack was committed on third street against Michael Chow.
Hennigan was on the flush draw but never improved as Chow made trip sevens to take it down. Hennigan collects $31,851 for a fine tournament.
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:19 PM Local Time
Stud
Cuong Do continues to slide after calling the bets of Scott Fischman until the river where he made a reluctant fold.
Do: (X-X) / / (X)
Fischman: (X-X) / / (X)
Do is now down to his last 48,000.
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:16 PM Local Time
Stud
The short stacks continue to fight hard with Marco Traniello finding another double up in Stud against Cuong Do. Traniello's last chips were in the middle on fifth street as the boards fell:
Do: ( ) / / (X)
Traniello: ( ) / / (X)
We didn't catch their river cards as Do couldn't improve on his pair of nines to give Traniello the double up. He's up to 230,000 with Do down to 210,000.
Friday, June 25, 2010 6:04 PM Local Time
Razz
Marco Johnson completed and then led the betting on fourth and fifth before Eugene Katchalov led out on sixth. Johnson responded with a raise before firing once again on the river. Katchalov couldn't stand the heat and tossed his cards into the muck.
Johnson: (X-X) / / (X)
Katchalov: (X-X) / / (X)
Katchalov slips to 880,000 with Johnson up to 1.2 million.
Friday, June 25, 2010 5:59 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Matt Glantz raised it up from the button before Roman Yitzhaki three-bet it from the big blind. Glantz made the call and they saw a flop of . This is when things got a little crazy. A raising war broke out that saw the last of Yitzhaki's chips enter the pot.
Glantz:
Yitzhaki:
Top pair and nut low draw for Yitzhaki as Glantz held the overpair. The turn was the and river the , completely missing Yitzhaki and sending him to the rail in 15th place for a collect of $26,459.
Friday, June 25, 2010 5:28 PM Local Time
After all that all-in insanity, we really need a break. See you in 20.
Friday, June 25, 2010 5:27 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Just prior to the break we lost Brandon Adams in 16th place. He was short and got his last chips in on a flop against Marco Johnson.
Adams held for aces but Johnson had flopped two pair and a low with his . The turn was a and river a and Adams departs in 16th place as Johnson jumps into the lead.
Friday, June 25, 2010 5:26 PM Local Time
Omaha-8
Scott Fischman limped in middle position, and Brian Townsend raised. Roman Yitzhaki three-bet from the small blind, and Fischman called. Then Townsend four-bet, and Yitzhaki called all in. Fishcman called as well with chips behind. The flop fell . Fischman bet, and Townsend called. Fischman checked the turn, then called Townsend's all in bet. The action was complete before the completed the board.
Showdown
Townsend: - pair of queens good for the high half of the main pot and all of the side pot
Yitzhaki: - eight-six low good for half of the main pot
Fischman: - good for absolutely nothing
Yitzhaki survived with 145,000, Townsend got back 150,000, and Fischman fell to 400,000 and failed to eliminate anybody.
Friday, June 25, 2010 5:26 PM Local Time
Stud-8
Marco Traniello was all in on third against Carlos Mortensen.
Traniello: / /
Mortensen: / /
Traniello made aces full and scooped when Mortensen bricked his low draw. He is still in the danger zone with 100,000.
Friday, June 25, 2010 5:17 PM Local Time
Stud-8
Roman Yitzhaki was all in on fourth, and Townsend got is last chips in on seventh in another complicated three-way stud-8 pot. Here's how things worked out:
Roman Yitzhaki: / / - jacks and tens for the high half of the main pot
Brian Townsend: / / - aces for the high half of the side pot
Carlos Mortensen: / / - six-four low for the low half of both pots
Mortensen profited to move up to 520,000, Yitzhaki improved to 140,000, and Townsend was left with the short end of the stick and 100,000.