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Event 37 - $2,000 Pot Limit HoldemDay 3 completed
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Sun Jun 24 2007 22:48 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Greg Hopkins Wins the Race...And the $2,000 Pot-Limit Title
With both players keeping things very close to the vest, you knew they'd both need to pick up big hands before anything decisive took place. And that's exactly what happened on the last hand of this Pot-Limit event. Jason Newburger was dealt
and he raised the pot, and Greg Hopkins looked down at the 
. He reraised, and although he'd made some big laydowns earlier in the day Newburger wasn't about to give up his hand now. He moved all in for the last of his chips and Hopkins called.
The
gave Newburger a gutshot draw and two additional outs. The 
didn't help, and needing paint on the last card, the 
arrived on the river to give the pot to Hopkins. The chip counts were so close that it wasn't immediately clear the match was over, but Hopkins seemed to know as he raced over and hugged some supporters in the audience who just watched him win his first bracelet.
Jason Newburger turned the tide of the match over the last hour or so, but after fighting back from next-to-nothing, he had to settle for being our runner-up and $165,707 in prize money. And in addition to the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet, Greg Hopkins won $269,707. -
Sun Jun 24 2007 22:30 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Even Up
It looked like we might have a confrontation when Newburger was dealt
and Hopkins 
, but neither player got a piece of the board and the hand was checked down. The chip count now looks like this:
1,220,000 for Hopkins
1,180,000 for Newberger
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Sun Jun 24 2007 22:12 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Watching Where They Step
Forgive the lack of updates the last half-hour or so, but there's been precious little to update about. Neither player seems willing to raise before the flop, or bet after. We've seen a number of hands checked down, even after one player made a pair on the flop. And so far the cards have trended Newburger's way.
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Sun Jun 24 2007 22:09 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Newberger Pulls Even
When he picked up a pair of kings to Hopkins' Q-10 and Hopkins made a rare play at the pot after a
flop. Newberger came over the top with an all-in bet, and after giving the situation considerable thought (despite having no hand or draw), Hopkins mucked. -
Sun Jun 24 2007 21:28 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Jason Newburger Doubles Up
And in most-unlikely fashion. Facing a raise, Newburger tried to make a move with
and Hopkins called with 
. With his flush outs removed from the equation, Newburger's best hope was to hit a pair...and that's just what he did on the 
flop. Hopkins picked up some additional outs when the turned, but he didn't get the picture card he needed on the river. Newhouse has now closed the gap to 1.6 million to 800,000. -
Sun Jun 24 2007 21:13 PST | Posted by MeanGene
VERY Slow Going
Neither player seems willing to show any aggression. Hopkins has the chip lead, yet he isn't using those chips to put Newburger to the test and really beat him down. The players seem content to limp into pots and check them down, and so far Newburger is getting slightly the better of that, increasing his stack to around 400K.
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Sun Jun 24 2007 20:54 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Hopkins Wins A Huge Pot
Jason Newburger went with his read...and it nearly cost him the tournament. Holding
Newburger flopped a pair on the 
board, but Hopkins flopped top pair with 
. Hopkins bet the pot, and after thinking about it Newburger called.
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fell on the turn and again Hopkins bet the pot. Again Newburger thought a long time before just calling. That left him with only about 275,000 behind and when the fell on the river Hopkins moved all in. With just bottom pair, Newburger thought for several minutes about what he should do. That also filled every possible draw on the board, but there was so much money in the pot that Newburger seemed unwilling to surrender his hand. It took him several minutes of stacking and re-stacking his chips before he conceded defeat and mucked his cards, giving Hopkins a massive chip lead. -
Sun Jun 24 2007 20:45 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Slow Going
Both Hopkins and Newburger are playing EXTREMELY cautiously in the early stages of their heads-up battle. Lots of limping, lots of checking, very little betting.
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Sun Jun 24 2007 20:22 PST | Posted by MeanGene
Heads-Up
We're down to heads-up play and here are the chip counts:
Greg Hopkins: 1,660,000
Jason Newburger: 740,000
Started 22nd Jun, 2007
