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Hershiser won't be getting any autographed baseballs this year...
Ted Forrest got his revenge against former Major League Baseball pitcher Orel Hershiser, winning their Round of 64 match-up. The two also met last year in the Round of 64, but Orel won that match and moved on to reach the quarterfinals.
This time around, a short-stacked Hershiser moved all in before the flop holding and was quickly called by Forrest, who tabled . The board fell in favor of Forrest, blocking Hershiser's shot at another deep run.
Forrest will play the winner of the Scotty Nguyen v. Hevad Khan match-up tomorrow afternoon.
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In what is not turning out to be as interesting a match as we hoped, Mike "the Mouth" Matusow pushed all in with his short stack against Dario Minieri. Minieri called and the cards were quickly on their backs. Matusow had a slight edge with against Minieri's . Mouth flopped a set and turned a full house to seal the double-up.
A few hands later, Matusow made an announcement to the gallery. "I got the lead, boys and girls!"
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Hevad Khan
...said Scotty Nguyen after winning a coinflip to eliminate Hevad Khan from the tournament.
Khan moved his chips into the middle holding a pocket pair of nines and Scotty looked him up with the . Scotty managed to spike not one, but two jacks to best Hevad's nines as the board filled out , giving Scotty trips.
Scotty will face Ted Forrest in tomorrow's Round of 32.
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Nicholas Joy
Paul Wasicka might have felt confident when he check-raised Nicholas Joy all in on a flop of . Wasicka, who had the chip lead, turned over top pair with but he was drawing slim at a jack against Joy's . Wasicka did hit a jack on the turn, to Joy's utter disbelief. Joy was not able to return the favor with a nine on the river. He has therefore been eliminated from the tournament and Wasicka is on to the next round.
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Don Cheadle
A short-stacked David Pham got it all in before the flop holding and was looked up by Don Cheadle who tabled a pocket pair of jacks. The board ran out and Cheadle claimed the pot and the match with two pair, queens and jacks.
The win sends Cheadle into the Round of 32 where he'll face 2007 NBC Heads-Up Champ Paul Wasicka.
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Mike Matusow started his match late against Dario Minieri due to a broken pair of glasses. He couldn't see danger at the end of the match when he needed to dodge it most. The shorter-stacked Matusow moved all in on a flop of holding . Minieri quickly called with pocket kings, a hand that threatened to send Matusow to the rail.
The turn fell . "That's not a good card," understated Matusow. The river wasn't a good card for Matusow either. It sealed his elimination and wrapped up the last remaining match in the Clubs Bracket. Minieri can head back to his hotel for some rest before tomorrow's Round Two match against Daniel Negreanu.
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Group shot of the players in the Spades Bracket
The Round One Clubs Bracket matches have drawn to a close. The Round Two matches tomorrow are set to be:
Don Cheadle v. Paul Wasicka
Phil Ivey v. Vanessa Rousso
Scotty Nguyen v. Ted Forrest
Daniel Negreanu v. Dario Minieri
We're now on a break until 9:30pm local time, when the last of the four brackets, the Spades Bracket, will enter action with the following matches:
Feature Table:
Mike Sexton v. Phil Hellmuth
Gabe Kaplan v. Chris Ferguson
John Juanda v. Joe Hachem
Ilari Sahamies v. Gavin Smith
Fred Collins (qualifier) v. Bertrand Grospellier
Jeffrey Ishbia (qualifier) v. Leon Yanovski (qualifier)
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Cards are in the air. This is the last bracket of the day. Ilari Sahamies has not yet made his way onto the set; play has been delayed for his match against Gavin Smith until Sahamies turns up.
"Hey durrrr," called Phil Hellmuth to Tom Dwan as action commenced. "If they allowed you to use a laptop, would you play right now?"
"Actually I would," replied Dwan. "Normally I would not."
On a completely unrelated note, Layne Flack was recently seen entering the room. Presumably he put his "one call" to good use; he is no longer listed as an inmate in the Clark County detention system.
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Unlike the earlier three brackets, the matches in the Spades Bracket are, so far, eerily silent. We thought for sure that Smith v. Sahamies (now underway) would produce some entertaining moments, but that hasn't been the case. The only table that seems to be enjoying itself in the slightest is the feature table, where Phil "the Poker Brat" Hellmuth is battling Mike "the Poker Ambassador" Sexton. Hellmuth is even wearing a black hat; if someone got a white hat for Sexton, the battle of Poker Evil versus Poker Good would be perfectly costumed.
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Surprisingly, we're now thirty-five minutes into the last set of matches without an elimination. There were two recent all-in bets called, but each resulted in a double-up. Barry Greenstein doubled through PokerStars qualifier Blandino Gines, by holding a straight against Gines' smaller straight; Joe Hachem's couldn't overtake John Juanda's after the flop came - X. The board blanked from there.
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and was quickly called by Forrest, who tabled 
. The 
board fell in favor of Forrest, blocking Hershiser's shot at another deep run.
. Mouth flopped a set and turned a full house to seal the double-up.
. Scotty managed to spike not one, but two jacks to best Hevad's nines as the board filled out 
, giving Scotty trips.
. Wasicka, who had the chip lead, turned over top pair with 
and was looked up by Don Cheadle who tabled a pocket pair of jacks. The board ran out 
holding 
. "That's not a good card," understated Matusow. The river 
wasn't a good card for Matusow either. It sealed his elimination and wrapped up the last remaining match in the Clubs Bracket. Minieri can head back to his hotel for some rest before tomorrow's Round Two match against Daniel Negreanu.
- X. The board blanked from there.
