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Thu Jun 04 2009 08:38 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
All In Insanity
Over the past few minutes there have been three huge hands that have occurred, resulting in big stacks and eliminations.
First, An "The Boss" Tran moved all in on a eight-high flop with pocket jacks, running into the pocket kings of Shawn Glines. Kings held up eliminating Tran and allowing Glines to chip up again, moving to over 400,000.
Next, Matt Brady open shoved 85,000 from the button with
and was called by Andrew Lichtenberger's 
. The flop kept Brady's pair safe, but runner-runner straight gave Lichtenberger the pot, eliminating Brady.
Finally, Javier Etayo was all in with
against the 
of Jochen Dickinger. The flop brought an ace and Etayo couldn't catch up. Dickinger takes the huge pot and moves into the chip lead with 530,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 08:25 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Sousa on the March
Seemed like just another innocuous blind-versus-blind hand. Then it quickly escalated into what was likely the biggest pot of the tourney thus far.
The table folded around to Todd Terry in the small blind who put in a raise, then Philip Sousa responded with a reraise, and soon all 500,000 chips the pair had between them were in the middle. Terry had
, and Sousa 
.
The board came
... 
! That jack on the river sent Terry home in 51st place, and Sousa to the top of the leaderboard. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 08:22 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Glines Surves Up a Bad Beat
After a series of preflop raises, Shawn Glines finds himself all in with
against the 
of Andrew Lichtenberger.
The flop came clean, 
but things got interesting on the turn when the hit, putting two spades on board.
The river brought the
giving Glines the flush and the pot. He reacted with nothing more than a count down of his chips as Lichtenberger sat silent.
After the hand Glines doubles up to over 240,000 while Lichtenberger drops to 148,000 -
Thu Jun 04 2009 08:20 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Ping Out, Merkow on the Move
Torrey Reily raised to 15,000 from late position, then Gregg Merkow reraised to 60,000 from the small blind. Peter Ping pushed all in from the big blind for less than Merkow's bet, and Reily got out of the way.
Ping showed
and Merkow . The board came 
, and Ping is out. Merkow is up to 185,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 08:13 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Making a Run At Another BraceletPhil Ivey Doubles to 290,000
Action folded around to the button who raised to 20,000. Ivey didn't belive his button raise and three bet from the small blind to 60,000. The button then moved Ivey all in. Ivey made the call with
running into the pocket kings of his opponent.
The flop came giving Ivey a glimmer of hope, but things looked pretty dim when the blanked on the turn.
However, the
on the river gave Ivey two pair and the pot. He doubles up to 290,000, moving up into the top few spots on the leaderboard. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 08:12 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Recent Eliminations (55th - 57th)
The following players have been eliminated from the tournament earning $7,432 each:
55th - Sam Subilia
56th - Matt Keikoan
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Thu Jun 04 2009 08:05 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Keikoan Busts
A short-stacked Matt Keikoan open-shoved from early position with
and got called by Roland Isra in the big blind who held 
.
The community cards came
, and Keikoan is out in 57th place. Isra now has 220,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 07:59 GMT-70Round: 17 Blinds: 3000/6000 Ante: 500
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Thu Jun 04 2009 07:31 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
A Time to Pause and Reflect
The remaining 57 players are taking the next 20 minutes to do something other than play cards.
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Thu Jun 04 2009 07:31 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Recent Eliminations (58th - 63rd)
The following players have been eliminated from the tournament earning $7,432 each:
58th - Carter King
59th - Alex Jacob
60th - Tom Brown
61st - JJ Liu
62nd - Dustin Pattinson
63rd - Aaron Weeks
Started 5th Jun, 2009
