Event 27 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-16-2008 05:24 UTC-7

Day 3 Seating Assignments Announced

[user33020]

It'll be a 2pm PDT restart for the final day's play in Event 25, No-Limit Hold'em. 17 players remain after a long second day that saw the field trimmed but unable to get down to a single final table. The seating assignments for the remaining players, with home towns and chip counts, are as follows:

(Table 14)
Seat 2: Trevor Donaldson (Phoenix, Arizona) -- 470,000
Seat 3: Vitaly Lunkin (Moscow, Russia) -- 912,000
Seat 4: Frank Simpson (Novi, Michigan) -- 199,000
Seat 5: Deb Blair (Tucson , Arizona) -- 310,000
Seat 6: Philip Yeh (Stenungsund, Sweden) -- 819,000
Seat 7: Carl Jerome (Ellston, Iowa) -- 495,000
Seat 8: Barry Schultz (Cordova, Tennessee) -- 858,000
Seat 9: Richard Alm (Los Angeles , California) -- 322,000

(Table 15)
Seat 1: Jordan Smith (College Station , Texas) -- 789,000
Seat 2: Bashar Ramahi (Edmonton, Alabama) -- 204,000
Seat 3: Jeffrey Brown (Hollywood, Florida) -- 337,000
Seat 4: Tony Gargano (Sterling Heights, Michigan) -- 284,000
Seat 5: Deric Fitzgerald (Huntington Beach, California) -- 175,000
Seat 6: Brett Kimes (San Antonio, Texas) -- 208,000
Seat 7: Bobby Firestone (Santa Barbara, California) -- 544,000
Seat 8: Kenneth Terrell (Lawrenceville, Georgia) -- 888,000
Seat 9: Robert Brown (Roseville, California) -- 300,000

06-16-2008 13:58 UTC-7

Players Are in Their Seats

[user75032]

The chip bags are being ripped open and players are getting set up in their seats. We are just a few minutes away from today's restart. The 17 remaining players will play down to the final table, then most likely take a dinner break before moving to the TV table.

06-16-2008 14:01 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

[user75032]

Cards are in the air. 42:16 remain in Level 20.

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

06-16-2008 14:11 UTC-7

Early All In

MarcC

We have a early all in here with Bashar Ramahi re-raising Kenneth Terrell all in. Ramahi makes the call.

Terrell {2-Spades}

Ramahi

The board runs {6-Spades}

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Ramahi doubles up to 700,000.
Terrell bac down to 390,000.

06-16-2008 14:14 UTC-7

Yeh's Bottom Pair is Good

[user75032]

Philip Yeh has made another amazing call. After action folded to Deb Blair and she completed the small blind, Yeh raised to 65,000. Blair made the call.

The flop came all babies: {8-Clubs}

. Blair checked to Yeh, who made a continuation bet of 50,000, which Blair called. Both players checked the {5-Clubs}

turn. When the {A-Spades}

hit the river, Blair fired 60,000. Yeh let out a disgusted chuckle, shook his head, and tanked. He finally made the call.

Blair turned over a missed draw: {J-Clubs}

. Yeh turned over {10-Spades}

for bottom pair. That was enough to take down the pot.

Tags: Deb Blair Philip Yeh

06-16-2008 14:19 UTC-7

Alm Doubles Through Jerome

[user75032]

It was a classic all in battle on Green #14. Richard Alm raised preflop and was called only by Carl Jerome out of the big blind. Jerome checked the {4-Diamonds}

flop over to Alm, who immediately pushed all in for 303,000. Jerome, holding the nut flush draw with {A-Diamonds}

, made the call. Alm tabled {K-Spades}

, having made top pair. Neither an ace nor a diamond hit the turn or river, allowing Alm to double up.

After the hand, Alm had about 750,000 chips, while Jerome sank to about 200,000.

Tags: Carl Jerome Richard Alm

06-16-2008 14:24 UTC-7

Deric Fitzgerald Eliminated in 17th Place ($21,972)

MarcC

Deric Fitzgerald open pushes all in for around 140,000 before Brett Kimes reraises all in for a little more from the next seat.

Fitzgerald tables {A-Clubs}

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Kimes tables {8-Diamonds}

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All the way to the river we go {2-Spades}

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Kimes' hand holds up to put him up to 315,000 whereas Fitzgerald is our first player out today.

Tags: Brett Kimes Derec Fitzgerald

06-16-2008 14:30 UTC-7

Frank Simpson Eliminated in 16th Place ($21,792)

[user75032]

Frank Simpson call all in for his last 139,000 in the pot with Big Slick, but he was racing against the pocket tens of Carl Jerome. The board blanked out 8-high, allowing Jerome to knock Simpson out of the tournament and pick up some much-needed chips. His stack now stands at approximately 400,000, while Simpson heads to the cage to collect $21,792.

Tags: Carl Jerome Frank Simpson

06-16-2008 14:38 UTC-7

Gargano Doubles Up

[user75032]

Oh, those draws. They're fantastic when they come in, but frustrating when they miss. Bobby Firestone must feel pretty frustrated after he raised all in on a flop of {4-Clubs}