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WTP Inaugural Event
Inaugural Event
Day: 1
Crikey! Australia Still Standing!
Two hours ago, we were sure that Team Australia was headed for a speedy exit. They quickly went from five active tables all the way down to just one. But they've been doing a great job hanging on, thanks in part to two hours of massages given to The Big Show and also thanks to catching some timely and lucky cards. Jeff Lisandro was just in dire straits with a pair of aces against the turned two pair, aces and jacks, of Team Brazil, but the river caused a chopped pot, preserving Team Australia's last stack.
Team Standings
We've taken a little waltz around the room and counted the remaining team members from each country - and we didn't even have to use two hands.
Australia - 1
USA - 2
China - 3
Israel - 3
Greece - 3
Brazil - 4
England - 4
Vietnam - 3
Slowly But Surely
It's been kind of a slow day. Oddly enough, we were on another break for a while there, but now players are back at the tables. The tournament is still in Level 7 (LHE, blinds 250 and 500) for a few more minutes. After that we'll be moving to 300-600 PLO, which should definitely speed the action along.
In fact, since cards were in the air, Team Israel lost a player.
Oy Vey
Team Israel had three players just a short time ago. They're down to one after Michael Mizrachi was eliminated from Outer Table 3 by Team Greece. We couldn't see the action, but Greece won the hand. The stacks were very close, but Greece just barely had Isarel covered.
Outer Table 3 is down to four teams: England, Greece, China and Brazil.
Team Israel Busto
That collective sigh you might have just heard came from the entire continent of Australia. Why? Because Australia has been assured of not being the first country eliminated from this tournament.
Team Israel seemed well-position to place at least one player to the final table, but in the span of twenty minutes each of their remaining three players busted. David Benyamine, playing on Outer Table 4, got the team's last chips in against the intimidating stack of Team China's Chau Giang. Team Israel was unable to get there and has been completely eliminated from contention.
One for the Queen
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot from Team England was all in against Team Greece.
Greece: 
England: 
The flop came down 
and England was in the lead. The 
fell on the turn and the 
on the river gave England the double up.
Another One Bites the Dust
Erik Seidel from Team USA was holding 
and was up against Peter Costa, who was all in, with 
double suited with hearts and spades.
Flop: 
Turn: 
The river brought a three and Costa was eliminated from the table.
En-guh-land!
Ben Roberts kept Team England's hopes alive at the feature table. He and Team Vietnam's Kido Pham were all in on a flop of 
. Roberts, the at-risk player, showed a combination draw with 
. Pham didn't have much with . Pham actually turned the best hand with the , but Roberts had seemingly the world to hit on the river. He would win with any diamond, any spade, any 10, any 7, any king or any jack. The river was a diamond, giving Roberts a running flush in diamonds to double up.
Vamooooo!
Things are down to a couple of players on each table now. On Outer Table 3 there are only three teams left: Brazil, Greece and China. Still in the PLO round, Team Greece tried to take out Team Brazil but Team Brazil turned the second-nut flush to stay alive.