In a blind-versus-blind hand, Dario Minieri got the rest of his chips in the middle against John Monette -- Monnette holding pocket nines to Minieri's K-Q. Minieri could not improve and everyone's favorite scarf-wearing Italian was eliminated.
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Phil Ivey was just seen running from his table out of the Amazon Room. In the process, he nearly trampled a chip runner, which would have resulted in spilling chips everywhere. He wasn't done there. In an effort to miss as few hands as possible, Ivey came running back into the room as well, over knocking over a few field reporters this time. I suppose he does have enough money to pay for any damages he may cause.
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Marco Traniello, Steve Zolotow, Fabrice Soulier, Thayer Rasmussen, Kirk Morrison, Markus Golser, and Mike Matusow have all been eliminated.
George Danzer was faced with a tough decision on the river of a board that read . The bet was for 8,000 into a pretty sizable pot and caused Danzer to tank for a few minutes as he thought things out. Eventually, he made the call with J-9-x-x and his opponent showed 7-6-4-3 for just a pair of sevens.
Four players limped in to see a flop of . The big blind led out for 1,000 and Patrik Antonius called from the cutoff. The turn was the . The big blind checked, Antonius bet 3,150 and the big blind called. The river was the . This time the big blind led out for 3,500 and Antonius called.
The big blind showed for the flush and Antonius mucked. He's down to 13,500.
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2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen
Pot-limit Omaha:
The cutoff raised preflop and got three callers including Jeff Madsen in the small blind. The flop was . Madsen led out for 3,000 and only the big blind called. The turn was the . Madsen checked, the big blind bet the pot, Madsen re-potted, and the big blind called all in.
Madsen:
Big Blind:
The river was the and Madsen raked in the sizeable pot with his flush. He's now up to 62,500.
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"A little to the left, please."
Greg "FBT" Mueller began the event today like everyone else, with 20,000 chips and a table full of fellow professionals. Since the first minute, Mueller has been found with the same massage therapist working out the aches and pains in his muscles. It's been over six hours now and we're all starting to feel for the beautiful woman's poor hands.
Mueller has been known to get massages for entire tournaments at times, from the same massage therapist every tournament. Superstition it may be, but as he continues to build a stack, why make a change?
Jason Lester and Tom "durrrr" Dwan were on the second draw of a 2-7 triple draw hand. Lester drew one card while Dwan opted for two. After drawing, Lester led and was raised by Dwan. Lester called.
Both players decided to act strong and stand pat for the third draw. At the showdown, Dwan showed first, 3-4-5-7-8. Lester was upset and reached into the middle of the table to the spread deck and grabbed the top card to see what he would have drawn had he taken another card. In disgust, Lester slammed his hand to the table along with the card he would have had.
Dwan increased to 23,000 and Lester dropped to 33,000.
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. The bet was for 8,000 into a pretty sizable pot and caused Danzer to tank for a few minutes as he thought things out. Eventually, he made the call with J-9-x-x and his opponent showed 7-6-4-3 for just a pair of sevens.
. The big blind led out for 1,000 and Patrik Antonius called from the cutoff. The turn was the 
. The big blind checked, Antonius bet 3,150 and the big blind called. The river was the 
. This time the big blind led out for 3,500 and Antonius called. 
for the flush and Antonius mucked. He's down to 13,500.
. Madsen led out for 3,000 and only the big blind called. The turn was the 
. Madsen checked, the big blind bet the pot, Madsen re-potted, and the big blind called all in. 
