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Sun Jun 28 2009 03:31 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Karga HoltHolt Doubles Up
Jason DeWitt raised from the button and then Karga Holt moved all in for about 330,000 total from the big blind. After some deliberation, DeWitt made the call with
. Holt held 
and was behind, but did have live cards.
The flop paired up Holt, coming
. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
, giving Holt two pair. He was able to double up through DeWitt and move to about 700,000 chips. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 03:30 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Noda Doubles Up
Poker is easy sometimes. Michael Noda looked down at
and shipped his last 243,000 into the middle. Jason Somerville re-raised to isolate Noda, but he had a worse hand -- 
. There was no help for Somerville on a board of 
. Noda doubled up to 531,000 while Somerville dropped to 350,000. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 03:25 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Stats On the Final Eight
Here are some quick stats on the final eight players remaining in the tournament.
Karga Holt (Atlanta, GA)
- $453,117 in live tournament winnings
- Three WSOP cashes, one final table
Jorg Peisert (Dusseldorf, Germany)
- $120,725 in live tournament winnings
- Making first WSOP cash
Michael Katz (Manalapan, NJ)
- $467,520 in live tournament winnings
- Eight WSOP cashes
Michael Noda (Philadelphia, PA)
- $242,349 in live tournament winnings
- One WSOP cash
William Erickson (Clifton Park, NY)
- $217,875 in live tournament winnings
- Two WSOP cashes
Jason "JCarver" Somerville (Stony Brook, NY)
- $327,376 in live tournament winnings
- Five WSOP cashes, one final table
Jason DeWitt (Granger, IN)
- $255,550 in live tournament winnings
- Six WSOP cashes, two final tables
Benjamin Gilbert (Studio City, CA)
- $20,613 in live tournament winnings
- Two WSOP cashes -
Sun Jun 28 2009 03:20 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Variation on a Theme
Many of our hands today have been won with either a single preflop raise or a preflop raise followed by a preflop re-raise. So it was nice to see a variation on that theme in a pot won by Jason DeWitt. DeWitt opened to 50,000 from middle position. Benjamin Gilbert was next to act and reraised to 175,000. Michael Katz was in the small blind and tanked for a minute before folding.
With all players folding, DeWitt put in a fourth raise to 410,000. That was enough to produce a fold from Gilbert. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 03:14 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
Somerville Doesn't Want to Fold... but Does
Jason Somerville opened the action preflop with a raise that was called by only Jason DeWitt. On a flop of
, Somerville fired out 95,000. Dewitt called to the 
turn, which both players checked. The river double-paired the board 
. Somerville checked to DeWitt, who thoughtfully bet 155,000. Somerville went into the tank for two full minutes before folding. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 02:56 GMT-70 | Posted by F-Train
So it goes for Karga HoltNoda Missed the Memo
Action passed to Karga Holt in late position. He opened for 60,000, then looked like he wanted to vomit when big blind and short stack Michael Noda moved all in for an additional 178,000.
Noda rolled his eyes and stared at the ceiling for a few moments. "I was waiting for *his* big blind to raise," Holt told the rail to some scattered laughs.
He looked at Noda. "You of all people were supposed to be the one who folded."
After a few more moments of agonizing, Holt mucked. "Short stack raises but doesn't go all in. That's supposed to be powerful!" -
Sun Jun 28 2009 02:47 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Railbirds
Stopping by to view some of the action are Paul Wasicka, Jonathan Little, Justin Young, and Shannon Shorr. it's a good thing the tournament staff helped the players out and switched them to a more viewable table because the rail is packed full of fans trying to get a view.
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Sun Jun 28 2009 02:44 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Updated Chip Counts
Jason DeWitt - 1,705,000
Michael Katz - 1,515,000
Jorg Peisert - 1,385,000
Benjamin Gilbert - 1,290,000
Jason Somerville - 700,000
William Erickson - 400,000
Karga Holt - 325,000
Michael Noda - 190,000 -
Sun Jun 28 2009 02:42 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
Noda Gets In On the Action, But Loses
It turns out, Michael Noda is at this final table, we just haven't heard much from him.
On the hand, Noda moved all in from the button and was called by William Erickson in the small blind. Erickson held and Noda had 
. The board ran out nice and clean as far as Erickson was concerned when it came 
and Noda suffered the blow. He is down to 190,000 while Erickson doubled to 400,000. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 02:38 GMT-70 | Posted by donpeters
More Blistering Action From Event No. 52
Michael Katz raised to 51,000 from early position and Karga Holt called out of the big blind. The flop, turn, and river were all checked by both players as it ran out
. Holt tabled two eights, , and won the pot.
Started 28th Jun, 2009
