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Thu May 28 2009 07:49 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Three Women Remain in the Field
Annie Duke (80,000), Ming Reslock (110,000) and Julie Schneider (30,000) are the three lone women remaining in the tournament.
Both Schneider and Reslock lasted longer in this event than their better known bracelet winning spouses, Tom Schnieder and Chris Reslock.
There have been two separate married couples that have both won WSOP bracelets; Max and Maria Stern as well as Harry and Jeri Thomas. -
Thu May 28 2009 07:36 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Patrick Poels Eliminates in 64th Place ($3,797)
Patrick Poels has been eliminated in 64th place by Freddy Deeb. Poels will collect $3,797 for his efforts over the past two days.
Freddy Deeb is currently at 114,000 -
Thu May 28 2009 07:35 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
The Field Continues to Shrink
Players continue to fall by the wayside. Here are some recent eliminations.
65 Steven Hohn - $3,797
66 Stephen Ladowsky - $3,797
67 Robert Goldfarb - $3,797
68 Todd Sninski - $3,797
69 Marion Bush - $3,797
70 Alfredo "Toto" Leonidas - $3,797
71 Fabrice Soulier - $3,797
72 Greg Pappas - $3,797
73 Sean Roy - $3,271 -
Thu May 28 2009 07:31 GMT-70Round: 16 Blinds: 2000/4000 Ante: 0
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Thu May 28 2009 07:17 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
An Update from Matt Savage
With players busting out so quickly, it's tough to keep up with all of the action. Thankfully, Matt Savage is a Twitter addict. Here's his last update:
Short stacked and moved to table with Lindgren, Freddy Deeb, Jordan Rich, and Pat Poels. Brutal! First hand I double up to 16K! Wish me luck. -
Thu May 28 2009 07:14 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Chip Leader Robert Price Takes a Small Hit
Brock Parker raised from under the gun and a player in early position and Robert Price in the big blind made the call.
The flop came
and all three players checked. The turn brought the 
and Price lead out from the small blind only to be raised by Parker. The player in early position got out of the way and Price called. The 
fell on the river and both players checked it down.
Parker showed
for just a pair of queens to take down the pot.
Brock Parker - 80,000
Robert Price - 145,000 -
Thu May 28 2009 07:10 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Don't Critique Flack
After the player on the button raised, Jason Risenberg called out of the small blind and Layne Flack called out of the big blind. The flop came down
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Risenberg and Flack checked and the button player bet. Risenberg folded, but Flack called.
The turn brought the
and both players checked. The river was the 
and both players checked again.
Flack tabled
after saying, "I have three sets." He corrected himself by saying he meant to say "I have three of a kind." His opponent tabled 
and remarked about Flack's hand.
"You want me to fold aces to that?!?" questioned Flack. "Against the old ace-queen-ten-five trick??!?!"
The player mumbled something else to which Flack responded, "Wait, what'd you say??? I'm stacking."
"This guy is gonna critique my hand." finished Flack with a smile. -
Thu May 28 2009 07:08 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
Recent Eliminations
Here is a list of recent eliminations:
74 - Barry Rosenbloom - $3,271
75 - Colin Barlow - $3,271
76 - Matt Lefkowitz- $3,271
77 - Todd Brunson -$3,271
78 - Sean McMahon - $3,271
79 - George DiCambio - $3,271
80 - Luis Deguzman - $3,271
81 - David Daneshgar - $3,271 -
Thu May 28 2009 06:53 GMT-70 | Posted by jakatkin
Todd Bruson - 77th PlaceTodd Brunson Eliminated in 77th place ($3,271)
Todd Brunson got his short stack into the middle against Thang Luu on a board of
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When the hands were turned up, Brunson showed
for both a busted straight and flush draw while Luu showed 
for a full house.
Brunson earned $3,271 -
Thu May 28 2009 06:50 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Recent Eliminations
After the dinner break the eliminations are coming on fast. Here's a list of 86th - 82nd place:
86th - Mark Robinson
85th - Chris Falconer
84th - Joe Smeraglia
83rd - Steve Farmer
82nd - Mark Ferguson
All of the above players will receive $2,782.
Started 29th May, 2009
