When we arrived at the table, Vincent Cornoyer was all in and at risk with against Glen Goldsmith's . The flop was clean, but the spiked on the turn, giving Goldsmith a set of deuces.
The completed the board, and Cornoyer was eliminated. He sat their quietly in disbelief for 20 seconds or so, then finally collected himself and exited the tournament area.
Sean Winter opened to 8,000 on the button, Kevin O'Donnell three-bet jammed from the small blind, and Pavan Bhatia tank-folded from the big blind. Winter snap-called.
Winter:
O'Donnell:
O'Donnell snatched the lead away from Winter when the dealer fanned , making a pair of aces. The on the turn changed nothing, but Winter binked the on the river, making a set of nines to eliminate O'Donnell short of the money.
Winter, a Jacksonville, Florida native, now sits with just under 300,000 chips.
In a recent hand Lowery opened and then called when Wesley Brockhoeft shoved for roughly 75,000. Lowery held the and had the of Brockhoeft dominated. The board ran out and Lowery's boat sent yet another player to the rail.
"That's like the sixth person he knocked out," someone said. Speaking of players being knocked out, Joseph McKeehen is no longer with us. While Lowery didn't do the deed, we the current Harrah's New Orleans champion won't be adding points to his total today. With that said, McKeehen is already qualified for the National Championship thanks to his win in the Caesars Atlantic City Main Event. That means if he captures the Casino Championship, which he likely will after notching a ring and runner-up finish here in the "Big Easy," another seat will be opened up for the at-large qualifiers.
The World Series of Poker staff has recently released the points breakdown for the Main Event. The winner will of course receive an automatic bid to the National Championship, but there are several players still on the fringe that could earn a bid if they rack up enough points in this event.
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While much will remain the same for the new season, there are some key changes that have been implemented. First and foremost, the National Championship will be taking place at Caesars Atlantic City. The second big change is that one “Last Shot” online tournament series is planned for WSOP.com that will award seats to the National Championship. Then, there are three brand new stops to the tour at Horseshoe Cincinnati, Casino Montreal and Horseshoe Cleveland, and those all plan to be very big stops.
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We're down to 82 players and tournament officials are waiting for action to complete at each table before initiating hand-for-hand play. We need to lose just one more player before the rest of the field is guaranteed $2,846. We're headed out to the field to catch see if we can't catch the bubble hand.
Brad Johnson opened to 11,000 in the cutoff, Jerry Barlow moved all in for 25,000 on the button, and the action folded back to Johnson, who called.
While the two were waiting for the action to finish on the other tables, they openly discussed the contents of their hands.
"You have a pair?" Barlow asked.
Johnson nodded.
"Ace-king," Barlow said. "I'm live."
True enough, when the action was completed on the other tables, Johnson showed and Barlow tabled .
The dealer rapped the table, burned a card, then fanned . The onlookers groaned at the sight of the ace. Barlow held when the turn and river bricked , respectively, doubling to around 57,000 chips.
Level 18 has expired during hand-for-hand play, and that means the remaining 82 players are now on a 15-minute break. When they return we'll pick up right where we left off.
Daniel Lowery opened to 10,000 in late position, John Roberts called out of the blinds, and the dealer fanned . Roberts check-called an 8,000-chip bet from Lowery, and the turn brought a second five - the .
Roberts checked, Lowery fired out another 17,000, and Roberts called.
The completed the board, Roberts checked a third time, and Lowery tossed out 31,500. Roberts called.
Lowery ripped over for trip fives, prompting Roberts to muck his hand.
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against Glen Goldsmith's 
. The 
flop was clean, but the 
spiked on the turn, giving Goldsmith a set of deuces.
completed the board, and Cornoyer was eliminated. He sat their quietly in disbelief for 20 seconds or so, then finally collected himself and exited the tournament area.
, making a pair of aces. The 
on the turn changed nothing, but Winter binked the 
on the river, making a set of nines to eliminate O'Donnell short of the money.
of Brockhoeft dominated. The board ran out 
and Lowery's boat sent yet another player to the rail.
.
. The onlookers groaned at the sight of the ace. Barlow held when the turn and river bricked 
respectively, doubling to around 57,000 chips.
. Roberts check-called an 8,000-chip bet from Lowery, and the turn brought a second five - the 
for trip fives, prompting Roberts to muck his hand.