Results by John Monnette
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Mon Sep 28 2009 21:39 GMT
Monnette Nguyens Chips
John Monnette is not giving up yet -- he just now shoved to a raise from table neighbour Men Nguyen. Nguyen looked a bit unwell, and eventually folded.
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Wed Sep 09 2009 17:45 GMT
Keidar KO's Monnette
We missed the action as it happened, but Huck Seed replayed the basics for us:
Uri Keidar limped into the pot with pocket tens and John Monnette moved all in for his last ~90,000 holding pocket sevens. Keider allegedly tanked for ages but eventually made the call, and the board brought no help to Monnette, who was eliminated from the tournament in 23rd place.
Keidar stacked up just over 350,000 in chips after the hand. -
Wed Sep 09 2009 16:51 GMT
Monnette Doubles Through Winston
Action folded around the table to John Monnette in the small blind, who moved all in for a total of 97,000. Roy Winston tanked in the big blind, meticulously counting down his stack before eventually saying, "I call."
Winston:
Monnette:
The board ran out
and Monnette took down the pot with two pair (tens and deuces). After the hand, Winston was left with just 80,000 in chips while Monnette improved to 200,000.
"(Jonathan) Little, do you call there?"
"It's near the bottom," Little replied. -
Wed Sep 09 2009 16:11 GMT
Aboukhalil Doubles Again
Anthony Aboukhalil has been riding the shortest of short stacks as far as it will take him. He opened all in for 28,000 from late position. Action passed to John Monnette in the big blind, who had to call only 22,000 more. He decided to gamble and called with
. Aboukhalil showed 
and the game was afoot.
Board:
Each player made a pair, but Aboukhalil's pair of aces was best. He dragged the pot and doubled to 63,000. -
Wed Sep 09 2009 15:53 GMT
Bichon Back in the Game
Thomas Bichon tanked for his tournament life for almost five full minutes. He had bet 16,000 on a flop of
then saw opponent John Monnette raise to 100,000, enough to put Bichon all in. Bichon took a deep breath at the end of the five minutes and called all in for 86,500 total. His 
pair of queens was in the lead but needed to duck Monnette's flush draw, . Things were even more interesting after the turn fell to give Monnette a straight draw as well, but everything missed when the river paired kings, 
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Wed Sep 09 2009 12:37 GMT
Monnette Doubles
In a hand that went almost five minutes into the break, Zorlu Menderes opened the pot to an odd amount, 17,200. Action folded around to John Monnette, who moevd all in for 102,100 total. That folded the action back to Menderes. He tanked for four solid minutes before calling with
. Monnette was stoked, as he had 
. There was a bit of a sweat for Monnette on the turn, 
, but it worked out fine when the river paired tens 
to secure the double-up. -
Sun Sep 06 2009 15:48 GMT
A Theft Gone Awry
In a four-way pot, action checked to the button on a flop of
. That player bet 1,000 and was called by the big blind before John Monnette check-raised to 4,100. The button called that raise, as did the big blind.
"Everybody called?" Monnette asked, a note of surprise creeping into his question. "Gambool."
The turn was the
. Action again checked to the button. His bet of 15,000 was enough to take down the pot.
"I try to steal and you guys all call," said Monnette after the hand. "Ace-seven?" he asked the button.
"Ace-jack," the button replied with a grin. -
Sun Jul 12 2009 02:42 GMT
Gettler Gone
In a battle of the blinds Lance Gettler was all in preflop with
against the 
of John Monnette.
Gettler held the lead but the flop was a disastrous one for him as it fell
. The turn was the 
and river the . Monnette takes it down to move up to 540,000 as Gettler is sent to the payout desk. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 20:18 GMT
Monnette Playing The Rush
John Monnette raised to 10,500 and Ed Perry made the call before Michael Kinney put in the squeeze and made it 40,000 to go from the big blond.
The action was then back with Monnette who announced another raise to 150,000. Both opponents folded and Monnette rakes in another nice pot. He's not up to 490,000 chips. -
Sat Jul 11 2009 19:24 GMT
Molloy Needs Another Ten
John Monnette opened the pot with a raise to 10,500 from early position. Action came around to Denise Molloy, and she moved all in for a total of 57,000. Monnette instantly called with
, and Molloy's figured to be her last hand of the day.
The flop tripped up both players, coming 
to leave Molloy dead to one out. "Oh wow," she said, shaking her head. "I need another ten." The turn came the blank 
as the ESPN cameras closed in on the table. "Ten of clubs," pleaded Molloy. And wouldn't you know it, the struck the river like a thunderbolt, drawing a big celebration from Molloy. She paced around the table yelling, "Oh my god! Quads! I had one out!" With that miracle one-outer, Molloy doubles her way up to 120,000, now just slipping ahead of Monnette.
