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Thu Jun 11 2009 09:20 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
McEvoy Doubles
With most of his stack committed in the big blind, Tom McEvoy went with his
against his opponent's 
.
The board ran out
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Thu Jun 11 2009 09:13 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Back to the playoffsBuss'ted
Jerry Buss committed the last of his chips on the button holding
and was called by the big blind holding 
.
The board ran out
to see Buss exit to the rail. -
Thu Jun 11 2009 09:05 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Hansen chipping upHansen Sends One Home
Thor Hansen has just sent a player to the rail when his
held up against 
.
There was no sweat for Hansen, and he now sits on top of our notables with 44,000 in chips. -
Thu Jun 11 2009 08:55 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Chip Counts From Around The Room
Thor Hansen - 44,000
Kelly Kim - 38,000
Cody Slaubaugh - 39,000
David Chicotsky - 36,500
Dean Nyberg - 34,000
Rob Perehlman - 29,000
David Levi - 27,000
Liv Boeree - 26,500
Rayan Nathan - 23,000
Clark Hamagami - 19,000
Scott Bohlman - 18,500
Hevad Khan - 18,000
Neil Channing - 15,000
Pam Brunson - 15,000
Matt Brady - 13,000
Joe Tehan - 11,000
Tom McEvoy - 8,000
Thayer Rasmussen - 7,800
Humberto Brenes - 6,000
Jerry Buss - 3,800 -
Thu Jun 11 2009 08:49 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Play Resumes
With just two levels remaining in the day, the cards are now in the air!
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Thu Jun 11 2009 08:48 GMT-70Round: 9 Blinds: 400/800 Ante: 100
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Thu Jun 11 2009 08:19 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Break Time
The tournament is on a 30-minute break while the tournament staff do a color-up of all the green 25-denomination chips.
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Thu Jun 11 2009 08:17 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Nyberg Can't Crack Rockets
We quickly ran over to table 45 to find three people all in. First, a short-stack had pushed all in from under the gun. That was followed by Dean 'dinhjo' Nyberg isolating for his 30,000-chip stack, which was then followed by an even shorter stack on the button also pushing all in.
Under The Gun:
Nyberg:
Button:
Unfortunately for Nyberg, the board would run out
to see the under the gun player eliminated, while the button triples to 20,000 as Nyberg slips to 19,000. -
Thu Jun 11 2009 08:06 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
THAY3R Back . . . to Starting Stack (Nearly)
We have finally found Thayer 'THAY3R' Rasmussen and unfortunately he had only 100 chips in front of him.
Why? The previous hand, three players flopped a flush - ace-high, Rasmussen's king-high and a queen-high one.
However, Rasmussen would more then triple the following hand to 840 when his cracked both 
and 
after he rivered an ace.
Two hands later, Rasmussen would push his stack up to 3,000 when his bested 
and 
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Thu Jun 11 2009 07:50 GMT-70 | Posted by thkcduckworth
Game over for KesslerNo More Chopping for Chainsaw
A short-stacked Allen Kessler pushed his last 4,000 into the pot and found some action from an opponent in late position.
Kessler:
Opponent:
"Queen," shouted Kessler - his wish would be granted when the flop fell down
.
"I knew it," sparked Kesser again before the could land on the turn. When the peeled on the river, Kessler headed to the rail.
"Oh, I even turned a flush-draw," quipped Kessler as he quickly made his way off the tournament floor.
Started 13th Jun, 2009
