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Thu Jun 04 2009 07:30 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Svetlana's Swings
Svetlana Gromenkova just had a big up-and-down sequence in rapid order.
On the first hand of the sequence, the table had folded to her in the small blind and she shoved all in only to be called by Scott Freeman. She held
and Freeman 
. The board came 
, and Freeman doubled to 130,000. After that hand, Gromenkova had 31,000.
Shortly after that, Gromenkova shoved again, this time with
, and got called by Vladimir Kochelaevskiy who had 
. The board went 
, and Gromenkova is now at 65,000. Kochelaevskiy has 55,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 07:21 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Recent Eliminations (64th - 72nd)
The following players have been eliminated from the tournament earning $6,681 each:
64th - Joseph Cada
65th - Paul Spitzberg
66th - Marcel Janicke
67th - Mattern Arnaud
68th - Elijah Berg
69th - Kevin Lusk
70th - Gabriel Vezina
71st - Frank Wood
72nd - Matthew Sampson -
Thu Jun 04 2009 07:20 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Carter King, out in 58th placeKing Overthrown
Carter King, down to his last 30,000 or so, open-shoved from the button with
and got called by Andrew Lichtenberger in the small blind with 
.
The board came
, and King is out in 58th place. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 07:16 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Tom Brown Eliminated
John Hoang raised to 15,000 and Tom Brown moved all in for 26,000 more. Hoang made the call and showed
while Brown rolled over .
The board came 
, giving Hoang a full house and the pot. Tom Brown is eliminated in 60th place. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 07:16 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Liu Out, 60 Remain
J.J. Liu was just eliminated. She was down to about 30,000 and pushed all in with
, only to be called by a player with 
behind her. She couldn't catch up, and ends the day in 61st, earning $7,432.
With Liu's elimination, that means we have just two women remaining of the 60 players left in the event -- Svetlana Gromenkova and Kristina Holst.
Gromenkova currently has about 72,000, while Holst has 87,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 07:02 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Paul Spitzberg Bluffs Off His Stack
On a board of
Garrett Beckman checked and Paul Spitzberg moved all in for more than 70,000. Beckman casually said "I call" and turned over . Spitzberg flipped 
and was drawing dead.
Beckman eliminates Spitzberg while moving up to 230,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 06:50 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Rollo Rolling
Justin Rollo just enjoyed a huge double-up in a hand in which his pocket tens held up against an opponent's pocket deuces.
He now has 220,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 06:47 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Table Captain Kirk
In this battle-of-the-blinds hand, some preflop action had built up a modest-sized pot when the flop came
. Ron Kirk -- who probably has about twenty years or more on most of his tablemates -- checked from the small blind, his opponent bet 5,000 from the big blind, then Kirk check-raised him to 22,000. The BB quickly folded.
"He was in every hand yesterday," said a player from across the table as the bespectacled Kirk wordlessly dragged the pot. "He doesn't play standard old guy poker."
Kirk is up to 96,000. -
Thu Jun 04 2009 06:38 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Recent Eliminations (73rd - 81st)
The following players have been eliminated from the tournament, earning $6,381 each:
73rd - Charlie Lunn
74th - Zephaniah Baer
75th - Spencer Tep
76th - Luis Sanchez
77th - Dan McGuire
78th - Rob Sterken
79th - Louie Cohen
80th - Christopher Godfrey
81st - Bobby Poe -
Thu Jun 04 2009 06:34 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Kochelaevskiy Causes Stammen Stumble
Keven Stammen just took a hit to his stack. He had Vladimir Kochelaevskiy all in on a
flop holding ace-king to Kochelaevskiy's king-ten. But the came on the turn. The river was the 
, and Stammen slips to 47,000.
Kochelaevskiy has 72,500.
Started 5th Jun, 2009
