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Tue May 26 2009 01:28 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Peter Jetten Busts
Peter Jetten has been eliminated from the tournament.
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Tue May 26 2009 01:27 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Negreanu Down to 38,000
On a board of
and with 50,000 in the pot, David Steicke bets 25,000. Daniel Negreanu tanks for a couple of minutes before eventually mucking his hand, leaving him with 38,000. -
Tue May 26 2009 01:25 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Langmann Doubles Through Laak
Phil Laak opened for 2,100 from middle position, Chad Batista flat-called, and Florian Langmann reraised all-in for 13,000 from the button. Laak made the call while Batista got out of the way.
Langmann
Laak
"I thought you had ace-king" said Laak as he saw the bad news.
The board ran out
and Langmann got a much-needed chip infusion, doubling up to 38,000. Laak was still quite healthy with 275,000 in his stack. -
Tue May 26 2009 01:23 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Stern Blow to Bloch's Stack
After a raise from Yevgeniy Timoshenko to 2,200 from UTG, Dani Stern called in the cutoff, then Andy Bloch raised to 8,500 from the small blind. Timoshenko folded, and Stern made the call.
The flop came
. Bloch bet 10,000, and Stern called. Both checked the 
on the turn. The river was the . Bloch checked, Stern bet 25,000, and Bloch called. Stern turned over 
for a rivered straight, and Bloch folded. Stern is up to 180,000 and Bloch down to 68,000. -
Tue May 26 2009 01:21 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Mark Seif Bluffs Turn and River to Take Down Pot
Mark Seif limps in from early position and a player behind him raises to 3,300. Seif makes the call.
The flop comes
. Seif check-calls a 5,000 bet. The turn is the 
and Seif leads out for 10,000. His opponent calls and they see the fall on the river. Seif fires out 30,000. His opponent says, "I know you're bluffing," but he can't pull the trigger and lays down his hand.
Seif shows king-high as he drags in the pot. He is now at 142,000 -
Tue May 26 2009 01:08 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
The Harder They Fall
Just before Ted Lawson's elimination, Dario Minieri was also busted. Then came the following hand involving Christian Harder and Jay Rosenkrantz.
The table folded to Harder who raised to 2,200 from the cutoff. Then Rosenkrantz reraised to 12,000 from the button. The blinds folded, and Harder shoved all in for 60,000. Rosenkrantz made the call.
Harder showed
, while Rosenkrantz tabled 
. The board ran out 
, and Harder was eliminated. Rosenkrantz now has 218,000. -
Tue May 26 2009 01:07 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
RaSZi Cools Jonathan Little Twice
Jonathan Little opens the pot from early position and Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis reraises from behind to 4,000. Gavin Smith then smooth calls the three bet from late position. Action gets back around to Little who makes another raise to 15,000. Veldhuis makes a fifth raise for 25,200 more. Smith folds and Little moves all in. Veldhuis insta-calls and shows pocket aces. Little shows kings.
The board comes 
and Veldhuis doubles up to 190,000.
Just a few hands later Little gets it all in with queens against the pocket kings of Veldhuis preflop. The kings hold up and Little is eliminated.
Lex "RaSZi" Veldhuis - 243,000
Jonathan Little - Eliminated -
Tue May 26 2009 01:03 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Joe HachemHachem Makes Hash of Lawson
Isaac Haxton, Joe Hachem, and Ted Lawson all saw a flop of
. It checked to Lawson who bet 8,000 from the button. Haxton folded, then Hachem raised to 25,100. Lawson reraised to 60,000, Hachem repopped to 110,000 total, and Lawson called with the rest of his stack.
Hachem
Lawson
Lawson was in rough shape. The on the turn and 
spelled the end of Lawson's day. Hachem now has 183,000. -
Tue May 26 2009 01:00 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
Ship It to Vivek
Vivek Rajkumar and Dwyte Pilgrim just tangled in a hand that left Pilgrim nearly down to the felt.
On a flop of , Pilgrim checked, Rajkumar bet 4,500 and Pilgrim called. The turn came the and this time Pilgrim led out for 4,500. Rajkumar came over the top for 17,000 and Pilgrim made the call. The river was the and Pilgrim checked, opening the door for Rajkumar to bet 45,000. After a lengthy stint in the tank, Pilgrim called.
Rajkumar showed for two pair with an ace kicker. Pilgrim flashed the as he tossed his cards into the muck, his stack down to only 8,000.
After the hand, Rajkumar was riding high with 255,000. -
Tue May 26 2009 00:52 GMT-70 | Posted by change100
A-K Unimproved? It's Good!
On a flop of
, Ivan Demidov led out for 10,500 from the big blind and Johnny Chan flat-called. The on the turn brought checks from both players, as did the 
on the river. Demidov turned up and Chan mucked.
Demidov is currently just below his starting stack with 110,000 while Chan has slipped to 76,000.
Started 28th May, 2009
