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Thu Jun 04 2009 10:33 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Altinbas No Longer Jacked Up
Garrett Beckman pushed all in for 127,000 from middle position, and Oktay Altinbas made the call from the small blind. Beckman turned over

and Altinbas 
.
As the players stood up, Altinbas started to become animated. "No ace! C'mon, no ace!" he shouted. Then, "jack, jack." He actually started doing jumping jacks as he called out his requests. Whether he realized he was a visual pun is unclear.
Alas, an ace flopped --

. And the turn and river -- 
-- didn't help Altinbas. He's now down to 11,000, while Beckman has 172,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 10:24 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
We're Back
Players are back in their seats.
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Thu Jun 04 2009 10:21 GMT-70Round: 19 Blinds: 5000/10000 Ante: 1000
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Thu Jun 04 2009 09:56 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Players Take a 20-Minute Break
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Thu Jun 04 2009 09:55 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
34th Not Bad, Relatively Speaking
After taking that hit versus Matthew Lynn, Andrew Einstein pushed all in with
and was up against Roland Isra's
. The board brought a couple of aces, but no eight, reducing the mass of Einstein's chips to zero, meaning he had no more energy to continue. Einstein picks up $11,886 for his 34th place finish.
Isra now has 185,000 chips. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 09:45 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Matthew Lynn Doubles Through Andrew Einstein
Matthew Lynn doubled through Andrew Einstein with a pair of kings to bring him to 80,000. Einstein is now on the short stack with 40,000.
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Thu Jun 04 2009 09:43 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Roland de WolfeWild de Wolfe
Roland de Wolfe was just involved in three big hands in quick succession, the last of which resulted in the elimination of Michael Schneider in 35th place.
First de Wolfe doubled through Shawn Glines when his pocket nines outraced Glines'
. Glines now has about 400,000.
Then de Wolfe was the one providing a double up to Gary Holm. Holm got it all in preflop with
against de Wolfe's 
. A queen flopped, and another came on the river as well. Holm is up to 270,000.
Finally, de Wolfe was in the cutoff when he called Michael Schneider's all in from UTG for 54,500. Schneider had
, and de Wolfe 
. The board came 



, and Schneider hit the rail, netting $11,886.
After all of that, de Wolfe now has 340,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 09:42 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Mans Montgomery Eliminated
Mans Montgomery was all in for 60,000 before the flop with
against the
of Brett Switzer.
The board fails to improve Montgomery and he is eliminated from the tournament in 36th place, for which he earns $11,886. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 09:37 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Logan Trindade Eliminated
Logan Trindade raised from the button and Bahador Ahmadi reraised enough to put Trindade all in. Trindade made the call with
and was racing for his tournament life against the
of Ahmadi.
The board came
giving Ahmadi jacks and eights. Logan Trindade is eliminated in 37th place. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 09:34 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Crabtree Caught by Blinds
Gregg Merkow put in a preflop raise, and Ronald Crabtree -- down to just 1,500 chips -- was already all in from the big blind. Merkow showed

and Crabtree 
.
The community cards were dealt:



. Crabtree is out in 38th, and Merkow adds just a few to his stack of 250,000.
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