Results by Brandon Cantu
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Mon Sep 28 2009 20:46 GMT
Not Kosk-Effective
Ilkka Koskinen is busto. He was down to shrapnel when he got his very last in with pocket fives, but Brandon Cantu called with
which caught a jack on the flop. -
Sat Sep 26 2009 16:52 GMT
More on 'That Cantu Hand'
Thankfully, my secret source was able to fill in the details and retrace that sick, Cantu/Golser encounter.
Brandon Cantu raised preflop and Markus Golser called.
Flop =
Cantu continuation bet and Golser called.
Turn =
Cantu checked
Golser bet 3,000
Cantu raised to 10,000
Golser minimum-raised to 17,100
Cantu four-bet to 35,025 (Golser had 11,000 back)
Golser folded
Cantu showed
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Fri Sep 18 2009 14:10 GMT
I Can Too Outdraw Queens
Dreadful misfortune for Brandon Cantu who called off 3,600 with pocket queens, and was right -- his opponent was squeezing with
. But woe, the made trips, and Cantu is down to 1,000 or so. -
Mon Jul 06 2009 05:16 GMT
Cantu Busts
Brandon Cantu was all in on the flop of
holding 
against his oppoenent's nut flush draw with the 
. The turn brought the 
, making the flush and sending Cantu to the rail. The river completed the board with the 
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Mon Jul 06 2009 00:08 GMT
Cantu Moves to 41K
Brandon Cantu bet 1,500 on a flop of
. His opponent raised to 4,000 and then Cantu snap-shoved all in. His opponent made the fold and Cantu moved his stack to 41,000, showing 
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Sun Jul 05 2009 21:56 GMT
Cantu Moves back in the Plus
Brandon Cantu raised to 600 and the big blind called. The flop came down
and after his opponent checked, Cantu fired out 625. The player made the call.
The turn brought the
and both players checked. The river fell the and Cantu's opponent checked. Cantu fired a bet and his opponent folded, moving Cantu up to 32,000. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 04:33 GMT
Lee Watkinson Eliminated in 2nd Place ($141,873); Brandon Cantu wins Event 48!
We finally have a winner. After a series of hands in which all the chips went in the middle, Brandon Cantu eliminated Lee Watkinson. On the final hand, Cantu raised his button to 150,000 and Watkinson called. The rest of the chips went in on a flop of
. Cantu showed 
, a pair of fours with a club draw. Watkinson showed a huge draw, 
. Any non-board-pairing low card would have been a great card for Watkinson. Instead the turn fell 
and the river fell 
to make trip fours for Cantu and finally send Watkinson to the rail.
Watkinson walks away with $141,873. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 01:59 GMT
Cantu Climbing
We're playing with blinds of 15,000 and 30,000 now and an average stack of 680,000 chips, or about 23 big blinds. That's really not very many chips at all in this game (since it requires drawing so frequently). Thus even a small rush of winning the blinds a few hands in a row can make a significant change in a player's stack.
Brandon Cantu has taken down four pots in a row to climb out of the Dank Position. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 01:53 GMT
Vedes Slips Away from Cantu
After a bit of a delay in the action, we came back to a thrilling but anti-climactic hand. Tommy Vedes opened for pot (105,000), then called after Brandon Cantu re-potted from the button.
Vedes moved in first on a flop of 
and Cantu called all in for 135,000 chips. Cantu showed 
for unimproved aces; Vedes showed 
for unimproved queens. Of course, as these things go, the turn and river came running low cards, and , to make a qualifying low for Vedes. He therefore salvaged half of the pot and avoided doubling Cantu up. -
Sat Jun 27 2009 22:00 GMT
Cantu Fires Chips to Drag Pot
Jacqmin Mathieu was the preflop aggressor, raising to 50,000. Brandon Cantu was the preflop caller, sitting in the big blind. Things changed after the flop of
. Cantu bet 108,000 and Mathieu called. When the turn fell 
, Cantu made a huge bet of 324,000. Mathieu thought things over before folding.
