Phil Collins and Jason Mercier have both been eliminated from today's tournament.
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Daniel Negeanu has said several times on TV, interviews, and other places, that 10-7 is his favorite hand. Well with hands like this, we understand why, as he has just busted Chris Moorman. We didn't catch the hand until the river, with the board reading 
. Moorman had a bet of 3,025 in front of him, and action was on Negreanu. He went all in for about 13,000, having Moorman covered. Moorman made the call, and Kid Poker showed 
for a rivered straight. Moorman mucked his hand, then looked up at us, and said "Old faithful!" before heading to the rail.
Negreanu is now one of the biggest stacks in the room, sitting on 27,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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Busted | |
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We have completed our fourth level of play, and the players are once again on a 20-minute break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The players have returned to the tables, and they are back in their seats. Two more levels and then the players go to dinner.
Last year, this event saw 765 runners. The end of level 4 was the deadline for players to late register, and the final number on the big clock is 639, a drop in attendance of 16%.
This is a trend that unfortunately has been seen in most of the events so far. Last year, 3,157 players played in the first $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, where as the opening event this year saw just 2101 entrants. It should be noted that the first $1,500 event last year was the 18th event rather then the first event, but it still is an alarming site. Attendance was also down in the $500 Casino Employees event, with a drop from 850 last year to just 732 this year.
It should also be noted that the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better actually saw a slight increase in entrants, with 622 this year as compared to 606 last year. Regardless, it will be interesting to see how the numbers look for the rest of the series.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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15,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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14,000
8,200
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8,200 |
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10,000 | |
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9,050
-950
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-950 |
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9,000 | |
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7,000
3,300
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3,300 |
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6,600
800
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800 |
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6,000
1,500
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1,500 |
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4,200
-5,800
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-5,800 |
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3,600 | |
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3,000
1,250
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1,250 |
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1,700
-2,800
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-2,800 |
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1,700
-2,900
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-2,900 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Bracelet winner James "mig.com" Mackey is nestled away in the far back corner of the room, and we hadn't taken notice of him, until we went by and saw that he had built quite a stack. When we walked by, we saw that he had called a short stack player's all in with 
. Mackey's opponent held 
, and the board ran out 
. That was good enough for Mackey to collected the pot, and up his stack to 22,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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22,000 | |
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Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Action folded to Shannon Shorr in middle position, and he shoved his short stack of 950 into the middle. It folded around to Keven Stammen in the cutoff, and he shoved over the top for 2,300. Faraz Jaka was next to act, and he made the call, having both easily covered. The blinds folded, and the three players revealed their cards.
Shorr: 
Stammen: 
Jaka: 
Stammen was in great shape to win the pot, while Shorr would need a miracle to survive. The flop came down 
, and Shorr had a small glimmer of hope. The turn brought the 
, and Stammen stayed well out in front. It stayed that way on the river, the 
, and Shorr was sent to the rail. Stammen moved up to 5700, while Jaka dropped to that amount as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,700
-8,300
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-8,300 |
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5,700 | |
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Busted | |
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