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Sun Jun 28 2009 10:01 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Batista Bounced
At the end of the previous level, a player on the button raised to 3,200, Chad Batista reraised to 15,000 from the small blind, his opponent pushed all in for 40,000, and Batista called with his remaining chips -- about 16,000 more.
Batista had
, and his opponent 
. The board came 
, and Batista is out. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 09:59 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Less Than 200 Remain
We're down to 198 players as we begin the last level of the night.
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Sun Jun 28 2009 09:58 GMT-70Round: 10 Blinds: 600/1200 Ante: 100
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Sun Jun 28 2009 09:57 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Just When You Thought It Couldn't Be Better
Lex Veldhuis just found himself all in on a flop of
against an opponent who held 
. Good thing Veldhuis had 
.
That's a pretty good spot. According to the PokerNews Poker Odds Calculator, Veldhuis is a 99.8% favorite there when the chips went in the middle.
It could get better, though. The turn was the
.
Veldhuis has 120,000 now. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 09:51 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Matthews Amassing Chips
The biggest stack we've seen as we've been moving about the Amazon Room (where all players are now located) is the one sitting in front of Roy Matthews. He has 293,000 at the moment. (You might recall Matthews from that Dario Minieri bustout hand earlier in the day.)
When we get to the last level of the evening, we'll try to report on all of the bigger stacks we see as play winds down. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 09:39 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
The Mighty Ducks
David "Raptor" Benefield just knocked out an opponent with
versus 
after the community cards came 
.
Benefield has 48,000. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 09:37 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Davis Delivers Another Elimination
Raymond Davis has been steadily chipping up all day, and just now managed to be up against a short-stacked opponent who was all in before the flop with
to Davis' 
.
The board came
, and another one bites the dust. Davis now has 145,000. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 09:32 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Phil LaakAs You Wish, Mr. Laak
A player at Phil Laak's table limped in from the cutoff, but apparently not purposefully, as he made it known he'd grabbed the wrong chips when making his bet. It folded to Laak in the big blind who quickly raised to 17,000, leaving himself just 9,600 behind. The cutoff then reraised all in, and Laak called.
Laak had
and his opponent . The flop was 
, but the turn brought the , giving Laak a pair. The river was the , and Laak survives with about 55,000.
"Don't blog that!" he cried with a big grin as he scooped the chips. "Okay, okay, okay! Blog it! What the hell... let the world know what a donkey I am!" -
Sun Jun 28 2009 09:24 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
They're Dropping Like... Stuff That Drops Real Fast
'Cos, well, flies... they don't drop, do they? Who here has seen a fly drop?
Just halfway through Level 9, and we've lost 50 more players since the last break. 226 remain. We'll very likely lose more than 50 more before night's end, which will make 80,000 a less than average-sized stack. -
Sun Jun 28 2009 09:20 GMT-70 | Posted by Shamus
Ferguson Drops Small One
A player raised from under the gun, and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson reraised to 9,000. It folded to the player in the big blind who pushed all in for 10,500. The original raiser folded, and Ferguson called.
Ferguson showed
and his opponent 
. The flop came , giving Ferguson the lead. The turn was the and Ferguson was still ahead. But the river brought the , and Ferguson dropped a small one. He's still at 137,000, though.
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