€4,500 Championship Main Event Day 2 | 2009 WPT Marrakech

10-17-2009 17:03 UTC

Continuing The Dominance

Yury Kerzhapkin keeps moving in the right way, he just raised and then called a push from the blinds.

Kerzhapkin: {8-Clubs}

Short Stack: {J-Hearts}

Board:

He has close to 350,000 now.

10-17-2009 16:54 UTC

The G Chipping Up

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In the hijack, Tony G raised to 6,000 and the player in the small blind popped it to 21,000. Guoga made the call and the flop fell {8-Clubs}

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The small blind player bet 30,000 and Tony immediately went all in for about 70,000 total. His opponent showed the {A-Spades}

and passed, upping Tony G's stack to 145,000.

Tags: Tony G

10-17-2009 16:50 UTC

Kizak Goes Krazy!

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Kerem Kizak called an all-in from Stephane Cohen on a {A-Clubs}

holding a drawtacular {7-Clubs}

but Cohen held a drawtacular negator in the {J-Clubs}

. The turn was the {9-Spades}

offering a few scant split possibilities but the river was the {7-Spades}

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Kizak's bottom pair was good and here jumped out of his char to celebrate loudly and everyone in the room could hear him. Kizak moves up to 150,000 as a result of winning that pot. Cohen is sent to the rail.

10-17-2009 16:43 UTC

Bruno Suffers Knockout

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Bruno Fitoussi has been eliminated after pushing for 25,000 preflop with {A-?}

and someone finding a call with {K-?}

. King on the board later and the Frenchman was done.

Tags: Bruno Fitoussi

10-17-2009 16:24 UTC

Play Resumes

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The cards are back in the air.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

10-17-2009 16:11 UTC

Break Time.

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Everyone is dashing outside for a cigarette.

10-17-2009 16:09 UTC

King of Slowrolls

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On a turned board showing {2-Diamonds}

, a player moved all in, and Eric Haik called all in for his own tournament life. The aggressor showed up {J-Clubs}

, and Haik placed his cards in front of his all-in chips, face-down.

The dealer paused and turned over his hand, revealing {A-Hearts}

. A meaningless {6-Diamonds}

hit the river, and the losing player exploded in frustration. He was lobbying hard that Haik had mucked his hand by releasing it face-down.

A debate of at least 5 minutes ensued between the losing player and the floor person, and Tournament Director Matt Savage was called over to make the final ruling. He upheld the prior decision, awarding the pot to Haik. His explanation was a concise one: "Once you're heads up and all in, the cards must be exposed."

"But he mucked them!" argued the player.

The response to that challenge was simple as well: "They can not be mucked."

With his slowrolling win, Haik drags in a double up to move to about 65,000.

Tags: Eric Haik

10-17-2009 16:01 UTC