Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:58 PM Local Time
Jen Creason was recently in South Africa for the World Cup. She brought home a vuvuzela, which is in the tournament room today. Andy Bloch picked up the vuvuzela and started blowing on it after Creason was knocked out of the tournament.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:56 PM Local Time
Erik Seidel fired out 7,000 on a flop only to have Matt Damon move all in.
Seidel made the call for his last 11,400 and we were off to a showdown.
Seidel:
Damon:
As the announcer Joe Reitman flocked to the table, along with Don Cheadle and Andy Bloch, the dealer delivered the on the turn.
"Ace, jack, nine!" screamed Bloch.
The river fell the to see the pot pushed to Seidel as Damon slipped to 40,000 in chips.
"You're such a jerk Andy!" stated one of the players.
"I guess Seidel can beat Matt . . . something Johnny Chan couldn't do!" added Bloch.
"Bringing up the movie around Seidel is probably not a good idea" continued Bloch before relocating to sweat a different table, but not before adding, "Johnny f**king Chan!"
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:55 PM Local Time
Rafe Furst moved all in and Bill Reynolds iso-raised to force folds from the remaining players.
Furst:
Reynolds:
The board ran out to see Furst sent to the rail as Reynolds climbs to over 40,000 in chips.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:51 PM Local Time
Joe Reitman was really hoping that Phil Gordon would be eliminated, so that Gordon would take over the microphone and the MC duties. It wasn't looking good for Gordon, all in with against pocket sevens and . But a king on the flop wound up tripling Gordon to 15,000, and then a few hands later he doubled all in pre-flop with against by flopping trip 10s.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:45 PM Local Time
Italian star Francesca Fioretti was recently knocked out of the tournament by Carter Phillips, much to David Alan Grier's disappointment.
"The most beautiful woman in the world was there," Grier said to the player who replace Fioretti. "Smell that chair! I didn't even want to be here anymore." Grier then moved all in. His wound up called in two spots, by pocket nines and pocket sixes.
Grier put his hands over his eyes so as not to watch the board roll out . "Am I out?" he asked.
"You're out," the dealer replied. Perhaps Grier can drown his sorrows with the other busted players (like Fioretti).
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:39 PM Local Time
Francesca Fioretti moved all in with the board reading and Carter Phillips made the call.
Fioretti:
Phillips:
The river blanked out with the as we said ciao to Fioretti as Phillips climbed to 47,000 in chips.
David Alan Grier grabbed the microphone from Joe Reitman and then announced, "Get this woman some chips! She's too beautiful to lose!"
"Chip runner please!" bellowed Bill Reynolds as Fioretti waved goodbye to her table before departing the tournament area.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:39 PM Local Time
Sara Rue has unfortunately been eliminated.
She found herself all in holding against , but an ace on the turn was enough to send the Less Than Perfect star to the rail.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:36 PM Local Time
Last night at the World Series of BBQ, Joe Reitman sang Beyonce's "All the Single Ladies" dressed in a leotard. Annie Duke tried to show a video clip of the performance to Don Cheadle.
"I don't want to see that," said Cheadle. "He's not Beyonce!"
Duke put the clip (on her phone) in front of Cheadle anyway. Cheadle glanced at it for a few seconds, then said, "Ok, that's enough. I want my life back."
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:31 PM Local Time
Matt Damon raised the button and his opponent in the small blind moved all in.
Damon made the call with his to be up against .
The board rolled out to see Damon rake in the pot and move to 51,000 in chips.
"Did I win?" asked Damon's opponent.
"No. But you had the better hand when the money went in." Damon added.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:30 PM Local Time
Co-host Annie Duke got her whole stack in with pocket eights, but wound up massively out-flopped by when the flop came all diamonds. Duke never improved. The stacks were counted down, leaving Duke with a single purple (T500) chip. She shrugged and kept her face buried in her phone. "It's just like at home," said Joe Reitman, now on the mic. "I can't get her to pay attention to me." Duke was out the next hand.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:21 PM Local Time
"He's dressed like a gentleman [pointing to Carter Phillips] and you're dressed all colorful!" stated David Alan Grier while talking to Bill Reynolds.
Grier was all in for his big blind as Reynolds gave him action from the button.
Grier:
Reynolds:
"Gimme that ace!" screamed Grier.
The board ran out to see Grier double through and remain in the tournament.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:07 PM Local Time
The remaining players are heading on a 15-minute break.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:07 PM Local Time
Matt Damon is on a tear. After his earlier double-up, he recently eliminated Andy Bloch and then Anna Hahn. "I can say he knocked me out," said Bloch after his all in with was called by Damon's . When the board developed , Damon asked the dealer to "Keep 'em low," The river was the , no help to anybody. As Bloch stood and shook Damon's hand, Damon remarked, "I like your t-shirt."
The next hand Hahn was all in with and called by Damon's . Upon seeing another strong hand for Damon, Russell Rosenbloom said, "You know what, go back to where you came from!"
"I don't want to kill the fun," said Damon. His nines held and sent Hahn out of the tournament.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:04 PM Local Time
"Is it too late? Can I bet some more?" asked David Alan Grier with the board spread.
As Grier stood up, he began spinning a ring on his finger, that had several poker commands on it such as 'fold'.
His opponent Bill Reynolds however fired out 10,000, and as Grier kept spinning his ring, only one command kept coming up . . . fold.
Grier however didn't believe his ring, and made the call with his .
Reynolds however held , and collected the pot to move to 47,000 as Grier slipped to 1,500.
"I kept spinning fold and I didn't even listen to my ring!" stated an angry Grier.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:02 PM Local Time
Everybody's having a great time so far, adn the players are a little chattier than they might otherwise be. Bill Reynolds just tried to run a bluff on the river of a king-high board. "I'm going to bet small, squeeze some value in there," said Reynolds. He made a bet of 900. His opponent called.
"Alright, you're good," Reynolds said. "King-high." His opponent opened . "Ace-high?" asked Reynolds in surprise. "Niiiiiiice!"
Saturday, July 3, 2010 3:01 PM Local Time
Shane Warne opened to 2,600 only to have Howard Lederer move all in for 13,100.
Warne made the call for his last 11,100 and we were off to a showdown as the TV cameras and photographers circled the table.
Warne:
Lederer:
The board ran out to see Warne find a double as Lederer was left crippled.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 2:56 PM Local Time
Poor Anna Hahn. She had the seat that half of the house wished they had -- the seat directly to Matt Damon's left. Unfortunately for Hahn (and the rail, which was inching closer to Damon every few minutes), the table was broken and Hahn drew the seat to Andy Bloch's left.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 2:51 PM Local Time
Annie Duke opened to 1,600 from the button only to have Shannon Elizabeth move all in from the small blind for 3,600, along with the big blind for substantially more.
"Thank you very much, because I would have had to call and stick in money with just eight-high" uttered Duke as she flashed her before folding.
Elizabeth:
Opponent:
The board was spread to see Elizabeth double through to 8,800.
"Thank you very much, very, very, very much!" Duke continued to say as the dealer began the next hand.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 2:46 PM Local Time
Matt Damon, Phil Gordon and Carter Phillips are all talking about online poker at their table and, specifically, who's a winner. Gordon claimed that, of everyone who's ever opened an online poker account, only 3% are lifetime winners.
Saturday, July 3, 2010 2:44 PM Local Time
As of the start of Level 3, we have 81 confirmed entrants for this year's Ante Up for Africa tournament. It seems that Andy Bloch has brought his iPad to the tournament. He's also landed on the same table as his lady-love, Jen Creason. "Raise your hand if you think he has a gambling problem," said MC Brad Garrett.
Montel Williams was seated next to Bloch. While Garrett was there entertaining the crowd, Williams moved all in and Creason called. "You're not going to knock him out on your birthday, are you?" Garrett asked Creason. In fact Creason did. Her ace-jack was victorious over Williams and sent him on to his next charity tournament at the Hard Rock.