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A group of media reps surrounded one table that featured a big hand with Davidson Matthew, Alex Jacob, and David "The Dragon" Pham. On a flop of , Jacob and Pham both checked. Matthew moved all in for 18.2K and stood up. Jacob called and Matthew whirled around and quietly muttered, "Tough luck." The Dragon peeked at his cards and eventually mucked. Jacob tabled while Matthew flipped over . He gahered his things together ready to leave. The fell on the turn and the spiked on the river to give Matthew runner-runner trips. A disgusted Jacob shook his head as the dealer shoved a pot worth close to 40K to Matthew.
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After a player in middle position raised, Cyndy Violette re-raised to 3K at the cutoff with . WPT LAPC champion Eric Hershler re-raised from the big blind with . First player folded and Violette went into the tank for a minute before she re-raised all in for around 40K total. Hershler instantly called. The board was and Hershler scooped the pot with a set of Aces. Violette thought she had Hershler covered, but after the dealer counted out both players' stacks, they were identical. Hershler doubled up as Violette headed to the rail.
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WPT Borgata Poker Classic champion Johnny World Hennigan has left the building. He's the second WPT winner from Season 5 who has been eliminated.
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How is a Phil Hellmuth bet different from every other bet?
It's always delivered with 50 words or more.
We are seated about four feet from Phil's table and he is in typical form; berating the play of the other players at the table. And, of course, reminding everyone who is "The Best No Limit Hold'em Player on the Planet."
Of course "Phil Talk" is a tactic but it's a such a weak act.
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We just got official word from the WPT. There are 304 players here today. Two players (Brian "sbrugby" Townsend and Jeff Madsen) have been eliminated.
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Jeff Madsen, who won two bracelets at the 2006 WSOP, just headed to the rail after he lost to Anna Wroblewski's set of 2s. Madsen lost a ton of chips earlier when he tried to bluff one of his opponents who held Q-Q. 302 players remain as Anna Wroblewski adds more chips to her stack.
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Jeff Madsen and Anna Wroblewski
Anna Wroblewski is the first player past the 100K mark. She won a 3K event at the Bellagio earlier in the week. She was working a $10/hr job and used her paycheck to buy into a smaller event. She won $337K last week.
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, Jacob and Pham both checked. Matthew moved all in for 18.2K and stood up. Jacob called and Matthew whirled around and quietly muttered, "Tough luck." The Dragon peeked at his cards and eventually mucked. Jacob tabled 
while Matthew flipped over 
. He gahered his things together ready to leave. The 
fell on the turn and the 
spiked on the river to give Matthew runner-runner trips. A disgusted Jacob shook his head as the dealer shoved a pot worth close to 40K to Matthew.
. WPT LAPC champion Eric Hershler re-raised from the big blind with 
. First player folded and Violette went into the tank for a minute before she re-raised all in for around 40K total. Hershler instantly called. The board was 
and Hershler scooped the pot with a set of Aces. Violette thought she had Hershler covered, but after the dealer counted out both players' stacks, they were identical. Hershler doubled up as Violette headed to the rail.
