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Clonie Gowen put her tournament life and a potential payday on the line with against the of Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. The flop sparkled for Gowen as it came . However, fortunes turned the tables in the Grinder's favor when the touched the felt on the turn. With the filling out the board on the river, Gowen's tournament ended and moved the Grinder into the money and the round of 16.
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Another win, another signature for Orel
Orel Hershiser has just moved on to the round of sixteen after besting formidable foe Allen Cunningham in what was a see-saw match the whole way. The final hand saw Hershiser call Cunningham's pre-flop all-in shove holding the ; Cunningham tabled a mere .
The board ran out and Hershiser took down the pot with a pair of tens, sending Cunningham home empty handed.
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Sam Grizzle was a heavy favorite to double up through opponent Freddy Deeb after getting it all in with pocket kings against Deeb's in a pre-flop all in confrontation, but when an ace appeared in the door, Grizzle's plans were foiled. The entire board filled out and Deeb took down the pot and the match with a single pair of aces.
The win guaranteed Mr. Deeb a spot in the sweet sixteen, where he will face off against a very hot Orel Hershiser.
Grizzle's elimination completes round two for players in the Hearts and Diamonds brackets, setting up the following round three pairings:
Andy Bloch
v.
Scott Fischman
Hershiser
v.
Deeb
Huck Seed
v.
Michael Mizrachi
David Benyamine
v.
Doyle Brunson
The Clubs and Spades brackets will begin momentarily.
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Greg Raymer shows off his main event bracelet to opponent Scott Clements
This part of the bracket has some very interesting match-ups. It all starts with the epic match-up of Phil Ivey and Johnny Chan. Between the two of them they own more bracelets than most could ever dream of winning.
Another bracelet battle that should be promising is that of Scott Clements v. Greg Raymer. While Raymer holds a main event bracelet lead over Clements, Scott actually doubles Raymer's bracelet accomplishments with two of his own.
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If the early round matches are indicative of how this tournament is going to play out, the next 10-15 minutes of play should remain slow and steady, followed by a period of rapid-fire bustouts and frequent announcements of "All in and call!"
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Phil Laak has built up a commanding chip lead over his opponent, reigning WSOP main event champion Jerry Yang. Right next door on table six, Jonathan Little has opened up a chip lead against actor turned poker player/commentator Gabe Kaplan.
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Ivey gets miked up for his match against Johnny Chan
At the feature table, Phil Ivey and Johnny Chan got it all in on a flop of , Ivey holding in front of Chan's . The turn and river blanked out , and Ivey's pair of jacks held up to take down the pot, eliminating Chan from the tournament.
Ivey, like fellow pro Scotty Nguyen, has played in the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championships each and every year of its three year existence. Like Nguyen, Ivey had failed to win a first round match in each of his prior attempts until yesterday, when he bested a tough opponent in PokerStars qualifier Alisha Kunza. Scotty also recorded his first ever round one victory, eliminating tournament pro Bill Edler from the Spades bracket.
With Ivey through to the round of sixteen, it's now up to Scotty to keep the pace.
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In the first showdown of the Scott Clements v. Greg Raymer match, the money went into the middle pre-flop as both showed pocker pairs: Clements and Raymer . With a tight grip on the hand, the board ran out and Clements doubled up to steal the chip lead from Raymer.
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, giving Doyle an unbeatable nine-high straight. 
against the 
of Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. The flop sparkled for Gowen as it came 
. However, fortunes turned the tables in the Grinder's favor when the 
touched the felt on the turn. With the 
filling out the board on the river, Gowen's tournament ended and moved the Grinder into the money and the round of 16.
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in a pre-flop all in confrontation, but when an ace appeared in the door, Grizzle's plans were foiled. The entire board filled out 
and Deeb took down the pot and the match with a single pair of aces.
, Ivey holding 
and Clements doubled up to steal the chip lead from Raymer.
