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Freddie Ellis
We found this hand in progress on fourth street, heads up between Daniel Negreanu and Freddie Ellis.
Negreanu: (X-X) (X)
Ellis: (X-X) (X)
On fourth street, Ellis bet out with his leading ace-eight, and Negreanu called. When he paired his ten on fifth street, Negreanu said, "I'll bet it," and Ellis called. On sixth street, Negreanu fired again. "How much did you bet? 1,600?" asked Ellis. "I'll make it thirty-two."
"You raised it?" asked Negreanu, standing up to take a better look at Ellis' board. After a moment, he called the extra 1,600.
As the dealer was pitching seventh street, Negreanu checked in the dark. Not letting up now, Ellis flicked another 1,600 into the pot.
"You have aces and fours, huh?" asked Negreanu knowingly.
"I have three diamonds too," said Ellis with a chuckle, pointing at his up cards.
"Yeah, but you don't have a... (shaking head)... you're probably good anyway." Finally, and reluctantly, Negreanu gathered his cards and sent them back to the dealer.
"I'll show you," said Ellis, revealing for his down cards. Negreanu made a great read, and a disciplined fold, but the pot goes to Ellis. He's climbed up to 54,000 in chips.
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Everyone's favorite cheery American, Bill Chen, is out of the tournament. Chen lost a sizable pot to Mel Judah, calling all the way with . We never got to see Chen's hand; he mucked at showdown when Judah opened in the hole for two pair, aces and queens. Chen went out a short time later.
A few tables away, Tony G was all in on sixth street after leading every street against Shawn Sheikan. Sheikhan started with buried queens, , and took a shot to eliminate the G despite a board of . The G was on a draw that never got there: . At showdown, Tony G's pair of sevens was no match for the pair of queens held by Sheikan. As a result, he's out.
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Mark Seif
Mark Seif completed the bring-in with the in the door. He found action from Alessio Isaia who put in the call with the showing.
Seif: (X-X) (X)
Isaia: (X-X) (X)
On fourth, fifth, and sixth streets, Seif was the bettor, and he was called at each step by Isaia. On seventh street, Seif made one final bet of 1,600, which was enough to put him all in. Isaia had nothing to call with apparently, as he let Seif take it down, more than doubling up to 14,000.
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Alexander Kravchenko's opponent just didn't believe him. After bringing it in with the , he called Kravchenko's completion bet, made with the . Kravchenko led every street from there, to . Every time his opponent called. They finally both checked the river, with Kravchenko showing split queens that never improved. It was enough to win.
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Fitoussi's New Card Protector
Greg Raymer is the latest casualty of Day 1. Getting a little short on checks, Raymer went with queens up and four spades. He failed to make his flush, and Bruno Fitoussi got the best of him, running down a straight to eliminate the 2004 Main Event winner.
In his new tradition, Raymer scribbled something on the fossil of the day and handed it to Fitoussi, shaking hands and wishing the players at his table luck as he headed out.
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It's taken a very long time today, what with triple chip stacks and an acccidental Level 2 that was not supposed to be included (according to the official structure sheet), but things are finally starting to move. The pace of eliminations has now increased to what one might call a Sunday stroll. With thirty-five minutes to go, we expect to get down close to 100 players remaining by the time play concludes.
Recent eliminations include Howard Lederer, Bill Edler and Justin Smith.
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Brett Richey
A player in early position completed the bring-in, and Brett Richey three-bet it up to 2,000. Eli Elezra made the call next door, while the original raiser ducked out.
Richey: (X-X) (X)
Elezra: (X-X) (X)
On fourth, fifth, and sixth streets, Elezra bet and was called by Richey. On seventh street, Elezra tapped the table, and Richey quickly fired 2,000. Just as quickly, Elezra folded his cards under and slid them back to the dealer with a blank expression on his face.
Just a few hands later, Richey was again tangled up in a big pot, this time with three-way action building about 36,000 chips into the center of the table. When the hands were turned over, Richey had made the winning ten-high flush, vaulting his way up to 59,000.
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Daniel Negreanu was short-stacked and trying to convince his table he was just waiting for a pair. He finally found one -- / , and got his chips in against Stud bracelet winner Benjamin Lin and Yuval Bronshtein. Negreanu wound up with jacks full of deuces by fifth street, a hand that neither Lin nor Bronshtein could overtake. He tripled up to 17,000 and will likely come back tomorrow.
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(X)
for his down cards. Negreanu made a great read, and a disciplined fold, but the pot goes to Ellis. He's climbed up to 54,000 in chips.
. We never got to see Chen's hand; he mucked at showdown when Judah opened 
in the hole for two pair, aces and queens. Chen went out a short time later.
. The G was on a draw that never got there: 
. At showdown, Tony G's pair of sevens was no match for the pair of queens held by Sheikan. As a result, he's out.
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