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Page 1 of 3 Day 1
Play Resumes at 2pm Thursday Follow all of the second day's Action Here The chip counts at the end of the day are as follows: |
| Joe Cassidy | Cheyenne, WY | $168,700 | 121 | 1 | | Patrik Antonius | Las Vegas, NV | $136,200 | 119 | 7 | | Captain Tom Franklin | Gulfport | $125,000 | 125 | 4 | | Allen Cunningham | Las Vegas, NV | $122,400 | 115 | 5 | | Matthew Glantz | Lafayette Hill, PA | $119,300 | 120 | 1 | | Andy Bloch | Las Vegas, NV | $113,200 | 117 | 6 | | Minh Ly | Las Vegas, NV | $110,900 | 122 | 2 | | Freddy Deeb | Las Vegas, NV | $110,600 | 120 | 8 | | Chad Brown | Los Angeles, CA | $110,100 | 135 | 1 | | Ram Vaswani | London | $107,400 | 117 | 2 | | Victor Ramdin | Bronx, NY | $106,900 | 117 | 5 | | Walter Browne | Berkeley, CA | $103,700 | 115 | 4 | | Allen Kessler | Huntingdon Valley | $102,800 | 136 | 5 | | Roy Thung | White Plains, NY | $100,000 | 122 | 8 | | Cong Do | | $97,900 | 122 | 7 | | James Van Alstyne | Las Vegas, NV | $97,800 | 115 | 3 | | David Chiu | Rowland Heights, CA | $97,400 | 121 | 3 | | Jim Bechtel | Gilbert, AZ | $96,000 | 135 | 3 | | Rep Porter | Woodinville, WA | $94,800 | 119 | 5 | | Thor Hansen | El Segundo | $93,900 | 114 | 5 | | Roger Mcdow | Las Vegas, NV | $91,700 | 120 | 3 | | Ted Forrest | Las Vegas, NV | $86,600 | 115 | 8 | | Mike Matusow | Las Vegas, NV | $86,200 | 123 | 4 | | Greg Mascio | Fullerton, CA | $86,100 | 133 | 4 | | Chip Reese | Las Vegas, NV | $84,100 | 115 | 1 | | Illya Trincer | New York | $82,100 | 146 | 3 | | Annie Duke | Los Angeles, CA | $81,800 | 135 | 6 | | Ki (Mike) Kim | Los Angeles, CA | $81,200 | 117 | 4 | | Juan Le | Los Angeles, CA | $81,000 | 119 | 4 | | Jennifer Harman | Las Vegas, NV | $79,800 | 116 | 4 | | Michael McKenna | Los Angeles, CA | $78,900 | 124 | 6 | | Mickey Appleman | Fort Lee, NJ | $74,600 | 116 | 5 | | Jan Sorensen | Odense | $73,800 | 125 | 5 | | Brett Jungblut | Hollywood, CA | $72,900 | 119 | 6 | | Christopher Smith | Las Vegas, NV | $70,800 | 121 | 7 | | Neal Friets | Keene, NH | $70,600 | 122 | 1 | | John Juanda | | $70,500 | 122 | 3 | | Todd Brunson | | $70,000 | 125 | 1 | | David Oppenhe | Los Angeles, CA | $68,900 | 120 | 7 | | Sherkhan Farnood | Kabul | $68,500 | 123 | 2 | | Matt Hawrilenko | Philadelphia, PA | $68,400 | 118 | 6 | | David Williams | Las Vegas, NV | $65,800 | 119 | 3 | | Phil Ivey | Las Vegas, NV | $65,000 | 117 | 1 | | Max Pescatori | Milan, Italy | $64,800 | 118 | 5 | | Chris Ferguson | Pacific Palisades | $64,100 | 116 | 1 | | Tom Weidman | Fair Oaks, CA | $63,100 | 134 | 3 | | Ray Dehkharghani | Huntington Beach, CA | $62,800 | 114 | 8 | | Gavin Smith | Las Vegas, NV | $62,100 | 135 | 4 | | Erick Lindgren | Las Vegas, NV | $62,000 | 120 | 6 | | Erik Seidel | Las Vegas, NV | $61,500 | 123 | 8 | | Tad Jurgens | Chandler, AZ | $60,300 | 134 | 1 | | T.J. Cloutier | Richardson | $60,200 | 134 | 6 | | Abraham Mosseri | New York, NY | $59,500 | 118 | 7 | | Toto Leonidas | Los Angeles, CA | $58,900 | 125 | 6 | | Gabe Kaplan | Los Angeles, CA | $58,700 | 117 | 7 | | Mike Sexton | Las Vegas, NV | $57,500 | 136 | 8 | | Phil Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA | $57,100 | 133 | 7 | | Mark Gregorich | Las Vegas, NV | $55,900 | 134 | 2 | | David Rheem | Miami, FL | $55,200 | 115 | 7 | | Doyle Brunson | Las Vegas, NV | $54,000 | 117 | 8 | | Greg Raymer | Raleigh, NC | $53,300 | 146 | 8 | | David Grey | Henderson, NV | $53,100 | 122 | 4 | | David Benjamin | Las Vegas, NV | $53,000 | 120 | 4 | | Steve Zolotow | Las Vegas, NV | $52,500 | 135 | 5 | | Rafael Perry | Las Vegas, NV | $52,100 | 114 | 6 | | Juan Carlos Mortensen | Las Vegas, NV | $51,000 | 121 | 2 | | Ted Lawson | | $50,000 | 118 | 4 | | Blair Rodman | Las Vegas, NV | $49,800 | 135 | 8 | | Michael Mizrachi | Hollywood, FL | $49,400 | 114 | 3 | | Kristy Gazes | Hollywood, CA | $49,200 | 122 | 6 | | Ralph Rudd | Downey, CA | $48,800 | 119 | 8 | | Ali Eslami | Los Angeles, CA | $46,600 | 133 | 1 | | Tommy Hufnagle | Huntington Beach, CA | $45,200 | 134 | 4 | | David Singer | Mamaroneck, NY | $45,000 | 125 | 2 | | Dewey Tomko | Winter Haven, FL | $43,800 | 125 | 8 | | Frank Kassela | Germantown, TN | $43,300 | 124 | 4 | | Mike Wattel | Phoenix, AZ | $43,000 | 136 | 6 | | Johnny Chan | Las Vegas, NV | $42,900 | 133 | 5 | | Rocco Bucci | Maple Glen, PA | $42,600 | 118 | 3 | | Joe Awada | Las Vegas, NV | $42,300 | 115 | 6 | | Robert Williamson III | Dallas, TX | $41,900 | 123 | 6 | | John Hennigan | Philadelphia, PA | $41,200 | 133 | 8 | | Jason Gray | London, England | $39,000 | 136 | 3 | | Tony Cousineau | Daytona Beach, FL | $39,000 | 114 | 4 | | John Hanson | New York, NY | $38,500 | 118 | 1 | | Avi Freedman | Philadelphia | $38,200 | 146 | 4 | | Joshua Arieh | Atlanta, GA | $37,500 | 146 | 5 | | Howard Lederer | Las Vegas, NV | $37,500 | 134 | 7 | | Jeffrey Lisandro | Italy | $36,500 | 146 | 7 | | David Levi | Las Vegas, NV | $35,900 | 123 | 5 | | Rafi Amit | Holon | $34,900 | 120 | 2 | | Mark Tenner | Henderson, NV | $34,700 | 123 | 7 | | Bill Edler | Las Vegas, NV | $34,300 | 124 | 8 | | Aaron Katz | Seattle, WA | $34,000 | 116 | 8 | | Gus Hansen | Monaco | $32,500 | 116 | 6 | | Mike Caro | Shell Knob, MO | $30,700 | 124 | 2 | | Shahram Sheikhan | Las Vegas, NV | $30,300 | 116 | 7 | | David Sklansky | Teaneck, NJ | $30,200 | 136 | 4 | | Huck Seed | Las Vegas, NV | $29,800 | 124 | 1 | | Jeff King | Colchester, CT | $29,500 | 133 | 3 | | Chau Giang | Las Vegas, NV | $29,400 | 116 | 2 | | Tim Burt | Grenada, MS | $28,800 | 123 | 1 | | Sam Farha | Houston, TX | $27,700 | 119 | 2 | | Matt Keikoan | Richmond, CA | $27,400 | 123 | 3 | | Daniel Shak | Bryn Mawr, PA | $26,700 | 136 | 1 | | Eli Elezra | | $26,700 | 124 | 5 | | Dutch Boyd | Columbia, MO | $26,700 | 121 | 5 | | Rick Chase | Malibu, CA | $26,300 | 119 | 1 | | Rob Hollink | Groningen, Holland | $26,100 | 117 | 3 | | Daniel Negreanu | Las Vegas, NV | $25,100 | 146 | 6 | | Brett Richey | Pittsburgh, PA | $24,900 | 114 | 1 | | Barry Greenstein | RPV, CA | $23,600 | 118 | 8 | | Paul Phillips | Denver, CO | $23,200 | 136 | 2 | | John D'Agostino | EHT, NJ | $22,900 | 115 | 2 | | Dave Devilfish | Hull, UK | $22,000 | 120 | 5 | | Chris Reslock | Atlantic City, NJ | $20,100 | 136 | 7 | | Tony Bloom | London | $19,200 | 121 | 6 | | Dan Harmetz | Sacramento | $16,700 | 146 | 2 | | Nick Schulman | New York, NY | $16,000 | 124 | 7 | | Jeff Freedman | | $15,400 | 116 | 3 | | Cyndy Violette | Los Angeles, CA | $13,700 | 125 | 3 | | David Wong | San Jose, CA | $13,200 | 121 | 8 | | Brian Haveson | Surf City | $9,500 | 134 | 8 | | Lyle Berman | Mpls | $8,000 | 134 | 5 | | "Miami John" Cernuto | Las Vegas, NV | $5,700 | 135 | 2 | | Rodeen Talebi | Los Angeles, CA | $5,700 | 118 | 2 | | Chip Jett | Las Vegas, NV | $4,900 | 146 | 1 |
Thursday, 13th of July 2006 01:05 AM And with that action, it's over for the night. It's been a tough day thanks to the unprecidented strength in the field, reflected by the utter reluctance of people to get eliminated. Although to be fair, the blind structure had a major say in that. Whatever happens, the next phase will be even tougher, one that could see some of the greatest play in World Series history.Join us Thursday at 2pm for the resumation of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event - we will be covering it right here. Thursday, 13th of July 2006 01:01 AM Of course, the best way to tilt Hellmuth is to take a big pot off him, and make him think he was unlucky to lose. Capped betting can get very expensive in a hurry, accounting for the colossus 30,000 pot that Hellmuth and Matusow just played. Hellmuth claims trips, Matusow invites hime to raise, and so it gets messy. The river passes with just the one bet made, and Matusow tabling his Ace-high flush. That triggers another American Idol audition session for The Mouth, singing his own praises.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:56 AM Tim Phan, who has been running well this Series, leaves the room for the last time this tournament.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:51 AM The banter is continuing, Matusow giving Hellmuth maximum needle. His latest ploy is to offer to pay for anyone watching to play against Hellmuth in a Stud HiLo match. When that failed he's now promised to streak around the Amazon Room (the tournament room for those not in the know) if Hellmuth can win the event. Does anyone remember what happened when a certain Philip Hellmuth Jr said he'd shave his head if Robert Varkonyi won the main event?Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:47 AM Farzan Bonyadi just got squeezed out of the tournament by Cunningham, and the Captain. With Cunningham making four of a kind, 9s it was a near impossible task to get the high. Franklin's 8-6 low was more attackable, but it wasn't to be. It's farewell to Bonyadi.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:44 AM Luske went bust holding a pair of Jacks, which couldn't even beat Phil Hellmuth's board of 5-Q-Q-Q. Another 5 in reserve for Hellmuth secured the scalp for the brat.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:42 AM Nearly 13 hours and I haven't made a horse pun yet. That's got to be a record.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:39 AM Sean Sheikhan's stack was down to mere vapors, but thanks to a crucial double-up via Gus Hanson is now back at 20,000 chips. But Sean will need two or three more pots like that to get out of the woods, the blinds won't stay at this level forever (no matter how much it might feel like it at times  )Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:35 AM We've just lost Marcel Luske, and Jim McCrink. Phil Hellmuth's ears will be relieved by the loss of Luske.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:32 AM Miami John is left reeling, after Joe Cassidy completes an unlikely flush. Even though Joe started with three hearts, it took until 6th and 7th street to make the hand, only having a pair of 5s to there. Miami John is down so badly, he can't even afford to bet on every street of a hand now.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:29 AM Tad Jurgens is the next to go, but with the number of entrants and the blind structure, I am very glad they are not playing down to the money positions tonight. Only another 110 or so need to go before we get there.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:23 AM Aaron Katz is making Hay while the moon shines, and with a diminishing stack he needs to pile on the pressure immediately. 25,000 or so for Katz, which is up on recent times in this tournament.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:14 AM The 40 minutes are up on the clock, so Level 15 arrives. The only change is that the lo hand is now active in Stud. Antes, etc, are still the same as the previous two levels.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:10 AM And Steve Diano also leaves. Meanwhile Mike Matusow continues to accumulate chips, sitting at almost 90,000.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:08 AM Bob Feduniak, Tony G, Evan Sofa all leave the stage, getting us ever so slightly closer to the end of play.Thursday, 13th of July 2006 12:04 AM Josh Arieh gets a customer all the way, in the shape of Chip Jett. But Jett is a dissatisfied customer demanding his chips back plus expenses by raising the river. With his King-high flush ett had every right to raise the river, leaving Arieh's T-A-3-J board as a pipe dream. Arieh is in danger know at 20,000 chips, as just one piece of mistimed hyperaggression will end his involvement.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:53 PM
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| Luske, Hellmuth, Matusow and Sexton | |
Matusow and Hellmuth continue to mouth off. Phil just lost a hand, had his kings-up sliced by aces up. "God d..." he exclaims, but cuts himself off to avoid a penalty. "That's right," says Matusow. "He took Aces versus Kings and he got lucky...""If this were a $3,000 event, I'd have been out a long time ago," says Phil. "If this were a $5,000 event, I'd still have been out a long time ago." "Yeah," says another player at the table. "But you're still donkin' off your money." Mike Sexton got moved from that table to another, and Matusow starts to laugh. "Man, that's the worst beat you've taken all night. You leave Phil Hellmuth on full-blown tilt to go over to that table. Worst beat you've taken all night, I tell ya." Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:51 PM We've lost another one, William Chen couldn't face up to the pressure of four-of-a-kind, Jacks, in the hand of Max Pescatori. Although not the finishing blow, the wounds to the stack were inoperable, resulting in departure moments later.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:43 PM This could get messy. Mike Sexton wants to play down to a winner tonight. I know he's joking, you know he's joking, he knows he's joking. I'm just worried the tournament director is going to take him seriously.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:35 PM Unless the tournament director gets evil, there's no more Razz tonight. We move to Level 14, which is more of that vanilla Stud. Antes, etc are the same as the Razz.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:32 PM
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| David Sklansky | |
You can see Mickey Appleman mentally going through all the stages of thinking that he knows David Sklansky is capable of, when faced with Sklansky's 4-8-J-T bet. Appleman's 9-8-7-6 appears fairly strong in comparison, but the hole must have been ghastly as Applemen mucks.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:28 PM And Hasan Habib has slid out of contention as well, to the deadly hands of David Singer. Habib couldn't beat a 9-5 low, so has to depart.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:26 PM Tim Jackson and Scott Fischman have left the party, but we are still at an 18-table situation.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:20 PM To the untrained eye, calling with 3-T-T up against 5-5-9 looks to be a bit of a blunder. To the trained eye of Juan Carlos Mortensen, calling looks to be the hugest blunder he's ever seen. But that didn't stop Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu's reward - a deuce on 6th, Mortensen's reward for receiving a horrid call - yet another 5. Mortensen has to call, really, the pot being so large, but when the check-check two-step happens on the river, Negreanu's A-6 from teh hole is enough to win the day. Negreanu is visually overjoyed at winning a hand, leaving Mortensen fuming. Still, it's only a poker game with $7m in the prize pool, nothing worth getting wound up over.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:13 PM Huge pot for Minh Le, catching 4-2-8 on the board. Josh Arieh was doing quite nicely in the hand, but caught an absolute brick on 5th street. Rather than try for the near-impossible catch-up, he elects to save his energy and ammo for another fight.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:07 PM Forrest starts off aggressive, his 3-up getting everyone off the hand apart from Joe Cassidy with 5-up. Forrest hits the worst card possible, another 3, while Cassidy employs a 9. This is Jeffs cue to take the lead, a stance he never leaves for the rest of the hand. Forrest won't go anywhere, calling to teh end. Forrest ends with a 3-3-2-T board against the 5-9-2-J of Cassidy. But, Forrest can't produce anything of meatiness for the low, leaving Cassidy with a large pick-up and a member of the 100,000 club.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 11:04 PM Also, the bets are starting to have some sort of meaning, in relation to the stacks. A big bet is now 4% of the starting stack. Get involved in a betting war with the worst of it, that could be half the stack gone. Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:56 PM We're back, and every game in this next batch of three will feature a 200 ante, 300 bring-in, and bets of 1,000 and 2,000. As it's game 3 in the 3rd rotation, it's more Razz. Matusow will be pleased.A look at who is top of the pops, and who is running flat: |
| Victor Ramdin | 125,000 | | Tom Franklin | 93,000 | | Mickey Appleman | 90,000 | | Ted Forrest | 90,000 | | Patrik Antonius | 88,000 | | David Williams | 85,000 | | Erik Siedel | 80,000 | | … | … | | Doyle Brunson | 15,000 | | Daniel Negreanu | 15,000 | | Bill Edler | 15,000 | | Scott Fischman | 8,000 |
Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:37 PM Break time. The next trio of games will all be stud-based, and will start in 20 minutes.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:30 PM Mike Sexton, recent Tournament of Champions winner, is proving exactly why he deserves that title. In a huge 4-way pot, Sexton is betting every step of the way. "Well, I like this hand," he said, turning over A-2-6-9 to a board showing 5-7-8-K-J. Marcel Luske, Phil Hellmuth, and another player had absolutely no answer to that, allowing Sexton to scoop an enormous pot.
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| Marcel Luske, anticipating a donk-off session by Phil Hellmuth | |
Also, at that same table, one can image that with Hellmuth, Luske, and Mike Matusow all at the same table, a few words will be exchanged. Phil is complaining, as usual, that "I go in as the favorite every time. Tell you what," he says to Marcel Luske, "I'm just going to donkey off all my chips to you, Marcel. Just donk 'em off." Matusow chimes in: "Well, you try to do it every hand but we don't always let you."Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:26 PM Layne Flack has gone. Just 140 more need to go to leave 1 player standing tall. Or sitting quite tall.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:25 PM No new marked cards have come to light, so that episode is firmly in the past. And a jolly good job too.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:20 PM There had to be a monster clash sooner or later, and here it is. A-J-3 on the flop, Scott Fischman puts in the bet, and Victor Ramdin calls. 6 on the turn and all hell breaks loose, with the betting getting capped on a card that could have completed a low. Another 6 rounds out the board and just when you think you know what's going to happen, Fischman moves into check-call mode. Probably just as well as his lowly pocket 3s crumble in the face of Ramdin's imposing pocket Jacks. Scott Fischman is in danger of an embarrassingly early exit.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:14 PM Josh Arieh is making top trips work for him, craftily reraising David Williams on the K-T-5-K board. However, the seeminly innocent 5 on the river gets no action from either player. Arieh tables his K-Q-8-7 for trip Kings (not a full house - two from the hand, three from the board remember) but we don't see Williams' cards.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:08 PM
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| Annie Duke - scooped | |
The Devilfish is another player having a torrid time today, but will get satisfaction from hitting a perfect runner-runner against Annie Duke. With the Devilfish holding A-2 and a couple of clubs, the 9-9-5 flop with two clubs gets ramped up to the betting limit, Annie slowing down as the turn and river comes 4-3. Ulliott musters a small apology for the manner of victory, but he now has 30,000 reasons to be happier.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:04 PM It almost seems a shame to make a hand like quad kings yet have to surrender half the pot, but that's the nature of hilo games. Phil Hellmuth was the quadee (there's no way that's a word) combining his A-k-k-7 with the A-K-2-K-8 board with three diamonds. Phil also had the A which may have limited the action he received, but nether Marcel Luske or Jan Sorensen were flushing. Both show the 5-3 for a quarter of the pot, glad that it's limit Omaha hilo otherwise it could have gotten costlier.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 10:00 PM Daniel Negreanu finally gets some luck in the just-completed hold'em, flopping a full house. Rmemeber the Grey - Chen betting pattern a few minutes ago? Identical action here. Benyamine muchs this time so we won't know what he had, but Negreanu is maybe perhaps looking for the comeback to start. Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:59 PM Omaha HiLo time again, the blinds and bets are the same as the Hold'em level just completed.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:53 PM David Grey has 7-7. William Chen has Q-Q. Grey would be in a whole world of trouble on most flops, but instead finds Babylon on the K-7-5 board. Grey just lets Chen make a bet, and calls behind. Ten on the turn gets Chen betting again, and why not with the aparently passive Grey to act? The raise comes in now, but Chen can't fold now. A dinky deuce completes the board, with Chen just checking to keep the lost bets to a minimum if he's behind. The bet from Grey comes in, which had to be called. Timing was perfect from Grey, hard to see if anything more was possible from the hand.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:49 PM David Oppenheim is enjoying the day, especially after getting two big bets in whilst holding K-T on the 4-6-K-3-9 board. David Levy is the caller, who gets no joy from the offerings on the board. Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:38 PM It's all about the reads, and John Juanda is demonstrating that well. J-6-4-T-7 is the board, as Juanda fires out his 2nd big bet of the hand. He verbally states that Lyle Berman, the only other guy in the hand, has big slick. Berman can't do anything other than muck after that comment. Whether Juanda was right or not, only Lyle Berman knows. But the important thing was the read that Berman couldn't call, which was spot on.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:29 PM Daniel Negreanu still can't catch a break, holding Q J on a board of 9 9 3 6 4 he had a lot of outs to make his hand, but missed them all. Rocco Bucci was able to sneak away with the pot whilst holding presto, and leave Negreanu teetering on the brink of despair.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:28 PM Someone had to be first out, and that man is Arturo Diaz. 142 left in, now.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:16 PM Back to Hold'em, which in my mind is much easier to recap than Stud games. 400 and 800 blinds, 800 and 1,600 for the small and big bets.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:12 PM
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| Gerg Raymer | |
Three-way action, with John Juanda, Phil Ivey and Greg Raymer. Juanda led the betting all the way, only shaking off Ivey at the 6th street. With A-4-6-4 showing for Juanda and 2-3 in the hole, it's enough for the low half. Raymer can show two 7s, though, which is plenty for the other half. Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 09:08 PM Tuan Le was in need of a big pot, and he's got one. Another mash of betting, (occasional) raising, and calling with Deeb the agressor most of the way sees Le get to the river with just a pair of Aces. It's enough, though as Deeb's open pair is all he has, no low either. Le is back over 30,000 at a much-needed time. Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 08:59 PM The pots are getting very large now, up to 15,000 a pop. Lederer and Levy go to the river, showing 6-9-K-8 and A-8-Q-3. On 6th street Lederer knows Levy hasn't got a set of Aces - he's got two in his hole for the big pair, so he raises the Levy bet. Levy just calls. They study their river cards, just calling (indeed Levy had checked pre-deal) Lederer knows he's not facing a set of Aces, but couldn't have figured he was up against a set of 3s. With nearly 15,000 in the pot David Levy surges upwards, almost a 50% profit on the day.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 08:48 PM Ly is a solid betting machine, as his last hand against Van Alstyne proved. At every stage Ly bet, and at every stake got a call. Ly ran out to victory having a 4-T-3-4 board and 7s in the hole, we'll never know what was combining with James Van Alstyne's 4-A-9-J - but you can bet he'll think twice before taking the passive calldown route.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 08:34 PM You never know - someone might just get eliminated in this level.Wednesday, 12th of July 2006 08:32 PM We'll be back in the action any moment now, with Level 10. It will be our 2nd time with the Stud HiLo, this time with antes of 100, bring-in of 200, and small and big bets of 600 and 1,200.
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