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Paul Lee raised to 200,000. Both Kirk Morrison and Carlos Mortensen called. The flop was . Mortensen checked, Lee bet 300,000, Morrison called and Mortensen called. The turn was the . Mortensen checked, Lee bet 1M, and Morrison called all-in for his last 728,000. Mortensen called Lee's 1M bet (creating a side pot of 544,000). The river was the and both Lee and Mortensen checked.
Morrison showed the for a king-high flush, Mortensen showed the for a set of fives and Lee showed the . Mortensen took the side pot and Morrison won the main pot, tripling up in chips.
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Last year's WPT Championship final table player Claus Nielsen arrived in the Fontana Room to greet us and check out the action.
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Wahlroos (seated) reacts as Morrison (left) is counterfeited on the river
Kirk Morrison raised to 275,000 and Guy Laliberte called. The flop was . Morrison quickly moved all-in and Laliberte called. Morrison showed the for a set of eights, while Laliberte held the for the nut flush draw. The turn was the , but the river was the putting a 9-high straight on the board and they chopped the pot.
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Tommy Vu - 9th Place
Tommy Vu moved all for 623K and Carlos Mortensen asked if he had a King. Vu didn't answer. Mortensen counted out 623K in chips and eventually called. He flipped over and Vu tabled . The flop was . The turn was and Mortensen took the lead as Vu was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless . Vu headed to the rail in 9th place. The former infomercial guru won $216,585.
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Wahlroos studies Lee as he faces a raise to 2 million
Paul Lee opened the pot for 250,000 and Thomas Wahlroos re-raised 600,000 more. Lee called. The flop was. Wahlroos led out for 800,000 but Paul Lee raised to 2M. After a long think, Wahlroos folded.
Wahlroos was left with 2M in chips after the hand while Paul Lee's stack was up to 10.55M.
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2005 WSOP Champion Joe Hachem is on the rail sweating the action. Also here are Isabelle Mercier, Johnny Lodden, Eric Friberg, Minh Ly, Steve Wong, and Jim Bechtel.
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Wattel begins stacking his chips after tripling up
Mike Wattel raised to 240,000 pre-flop. Thomas Wahlroos called from the button and Carlos Mortensen called from the big blind. The flop was . Mortensen checked, Wattel moved all in for his last 809,000, Wahlroos called and Mortensen called. The turn was the . Both Mortensen and Wahlroos checked. The river was the and both Mortensen and Wahlroos checked again.
Wattel showed the , Mortensen the and Wahlroos the . Wattel's kings were good, and he tripled up. He currently has about 3.3M.
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. Mortensen checked, Lee bet 300,000, Morrison called and Mortensen called. The turn was the 
. Mortensen checked, Lee bet 1M, and Morrison called all-in for his last 728,000. Mortensen called Lee's 1M bet (creating a side pot of 544,000). The river was the 
and both Lee and Mortensen checked. 
for a king-high flush, Mortensen showed the 
for a set of fives and Lee showed the 
. Mortensen took the side pot and Morrison won the main pot, tripling up in chips.
for a set of eights, while Laliberte held the 
, but the river was the 
putting a 9-high straight on the board and they chopped the pot.
and Vu tabled 
. The flop was 
. Mortensen checked, Wattel moved all in for his last 809,000, Wahlroos called and Mortensen called. The turn was the 
and Wahlroos the 
. Wattel's kings were good, and he tripled up. He currently has about 3.3M.
