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Tue Feb 27 2007 03:47 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Day 3 Completed
Action will resume at 3:30pm local time. 54 players remain. Stay tuned for official chip counts.
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Tue Feb 27 2007 03:47 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Bubble=Burst
With the elimination of Jimmy Sachindis, we are officially in the money. Each player is guaranteed a payout of $22,780 for their three days of work.
54 players remain, all of whom are bagging and tagging their chips. We will pick up the action tomorrow at 3:30 PM PST. -
Tue Feb 27 2007 03:44 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Jimmy Sachindis Eliminated on the Bubble
Jimmy Sachindis busted out with the shortest stack in the tournament in 55th place. He was all in with
against Markus Stranzinger's 
. He had Stranzinger dominated, but suffered awicked bad beat. Jimmy Sachindis went out on the bubble when his opponent flopped a 5. His hand did not improve and the last Aussie left in the tournament headed to the rail. -
Tue Feb 27 2007 03:42 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Jeff Cabanillas Takes a 250K Pot
On a flop of
, Lee Markholt bet 35K and Jeff Cabanillas called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Markholt checked. Cabanillas bet 80K and after a long think, Markholt called. Cabanillas showed the 
for a straight and Markholt mucked.
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Tue Feb 27 2007 03:35 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Bubble Time
The room is bursting with excitement and fruit flavor with 55 players left in the mix. No one left in the field wants to be the Bubble-boy (or Bubble-girl if you are Kristy Gazes). Jimmy Sachindis is the super short stack with 15K.
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Tue Feb 27 2007 03:32 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Kristy Gazes Doubles Up with Pocket Aces
Kristy Gazes was all-in preflop with the
vs. Andrew Scheinman's 
. The board came the 
and Gazes doubled up to just under 300K.
With Andrew Scheinman's 56th place elimination, play is now hand-for hand with one player left to bust before we're in the money. -
Tue Feb 27 2007 03:29 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Paul Wasicka Takes a Hit
Paul Wasicka doubled up a player at his table and lost a 600K pot as he lost a 300K chunk out of his stack. Wasicka coughed up the chip lead with 5-7s.
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Tue Feb 27 2007 03:28 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Isaac Haxton Doubles Through Michael Carson
Michael Carson raised pre-flop and Isaac Haxton moved all-in. Carson called and showed A-J to Haxton's 5-5. The flop was the
giving the lead to Carson, but Haxton spiked the 
on the turn to stay alive. The river was the and Haxton doubled up.
We are still at 56 players and the players are growing weary and irritable.
"This is torture" Kristy Gazes mouthed to me as I passed by her table. -
Tue Feb 27 2007 03:15 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
56 Players
Two off the money. The mood in the ballroom is tense. Short stacks are clenching their buttocks with every hand.
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Tue Feb 27 2007 03:10 GMT-8 | Posted by Reporter
Jimmy Sachindis Doubles Up; Gets F-Bomb Penalty
With a super thin stack, Jimmy Sachindis kept folding because other players at his table kept beating him into the pot. With less than 10K and in the small blind, he found
. One player raised at the cutoff and Sachindis moved all in. He angrily slammed his two black aces on the table and let an F-bomb slip. His hand held up and ended up with 37K after he doubled up. Unfortunately, Sachindis was given a 10 minute penalty from the tournament directors for using the F-word.
With 56 players remaining, and two off the money, he has enough chips that he won't be blinded out before he gets to return to the action.
Started 24th Feb, 2007
