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Sun Jul 08 2007 02:11 PST | Posted by gsqwared
Fitoussi Takes a Hit
Bruno Fitoussi made it 2,400 to go from the cutoff, holding
. The button and small blind both folded, and the big blind moved all in over the top for a total of 5,000, holding 
; Fitoussi made the call.
Both players caught a piece of the
flop, but Fitoussi could not overcome his opponent's pair of nines and lost the hand.
The hit dropped Bruno to 31,800 in chips. -
Sun Jul 08 2007 02:10 PST | Posted by shorton
The Friend of My Son is My Friend?
Robert Mizrachi just sat down at the same table as Shirley Williams, the mother of David Williams -- a friend of Mizrachi's. Also at this table is Sabyl Cohen.
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Sun Jul 08 2007 02:04 PST | Posted by Reporter
1986 WSOP Winner Berry JohnstonBerry Johnston Rakes in a Monster.
A three-way all-in; all the action was on the turn with a board reading:
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Rayan Nathan was first to act, he checked as did Berry behind. The button moved all in for 23,000 and Rayan made the call. He wasn't too happy when Berry moved in over the top for another 10,600 but he eventually made that call too.
The button had
for a Broadway staight, Rayan showed 
for a flush while Berry had the nuts with 
.
The river was the
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Sun Jul 08 2007 02:01 PST | Posted by loganmark
Can We Describe This As Variance?
An extremely interesting hand just occurred at table 61. The dealer laughingly announced "Four all ins and four calls on table 61!!" There was quite a commotion at the table throughout the process but this is what it looked like when the dust settled...
Player 1:
Player 2:
Player 3:
Player 4:
Community Cards:
With a straight on the board, the players chopped the pot. They all had a good laugh about it, including Hoyt Corkins, who wasn't in the hand, but still seemed mildly amused. It's probably safe to say he's seen something like this before. -
Sun Jul 08 2007 01:52 PST | Posted by shorton
Kings are Good for Team PokerNews
Board:
Team PokerNews player Gary Avery goes all in over the top of another player's all-in, to isolate. It works and Avery takes back all but 9,500. He then flips over to his unfortunate opponent's . The board is good and Avery has 60,000. This is the third player Avery has busted since 6:30 p.m. -
Sun Jul 08 2007 01:52 PST | Posted by loganmark
Olli Junnonen Dodges Bullets
Team PokerNews player Olli Junnonen just got a bit of luck when his
outdrew the of his opponent. The two were all in preflop with Junnonen having his opponent covered. The 
on flop was gin for Olli and catapulted him into the lead. Neither remaining ace hit the board and Junnonen increased his chip stack to 75,000 and sent yet another player home in the process. -
Sun Jul 08 2007 01:40 PST | Posted by loganmark
Scotty NguyenThat's No-Limit Baby!
Scotty Nguyen put in a raise to 2,600 from middle position. Action folded to the big blind who put in a minimum raise, which Nguyen called. The flop came down
. The big blind checked and Scotty fired 6,000 which the big blind promptly called. Both players checked the turn card which came . When the fell on the river, the big blind checked and Scotty fired 20,500. The big blind tossed in his cards and Nguyen smiled. "Man I can't believe you...I thought you were gonna come out and fire [on the river]" said Nguyen as he flashed his 
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Sun Jul 08 2007 01:34 PST | Posted by shorton
The Animal Waiting to Pounce
Team PokerNews player Rob "Animal" Price is at Montel Williams's table -- he says that Montel has paid off players left and right. Montel has doubled up two short stacks and split with a third. The Animal is hoping to get in on that action soon.
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Sun Jul 08 2007 01:33 PST | Posted by loganmark
Joe SebokJoe Sebok Loves the Ladies
The player under the gun raised to 2,500. Action folded around to Joe Sebok in the cutoff seat, who wasted little time pushing his stack of 19,000 towards the center. The initial raiser made the call. The players showed...
Sebok:
Opponent:
Sebok's hand triumphed as the board filled out
. Sebok is now in command of a stack of 38,000. -
Sun Jul 08 2007 01:29 PST | Posted by Reporter
Half Gone
With just over 1,540 players starting today's tournament, we have lost half the field in the first five levels. The tournament clock says there are 770 players remaining which puts the average stack a little over 40,000.
Started 6th Jul, 2007
