Shamus
Leonardo Emperador was just involved in a couple of all-ins against shorter-stacked opponents.
First he took his to battle against Jimmy Nickens' pocket nines. Nickens' hand held up and he doubled to 220,000.
Next Emperador saw a flop of with George Ramsey. Ramsey pushed with his pocket eights, but Emperador had flopped trips with his . Ramsey couldn't improve, and he's out. Emperador now has 300,000.
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The action has been fast and furious to start the day, and with the cry of "All In! Call! Green Six!" we ran over to the table to catch Will Brewin all in for his tournament life holding a meager . However, he found himself with the best hand against Damien Creurer's .
The board ran out to give Brewin the double-up to over 200,000 chips.
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On a cooler of a hand, Amir Akrawi ran his into Nick Voyatzis' in a preflop all-in. The board ran out and Akrawi hit the rail, while Voyatzis increased his stack to 460,000.
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A short-stacked Brian Schaedlich finally made his stand and put the last of his chips in the middle holding . Darren Grant looked him up and tabled .
The flop was dry for both players, falling but the on the turn put Schaedlich's tournament life at risk. The river was the , no help to Schaedlich, and he was eliminated.
Darren Grant is sitting on about 160,000 chips after the hand.
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Robert Mizrachi: Busto
Robert Mizrachi and William Soffin are all in on a flop of .
Mizrachi:
Soffin:
The turn and river are . The rivered queen busts out Robert, and though he hasn't had quite the same year in 2008 as he had in 2007, he has to be at least somewhat pleased with his five WSOP cashes this year.
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After a flop and with about 60,000 already in the pot William Burdick bet 35,000 and Chase Madden moved all in for 140,000. Two other players folded and Burdick made the call. His had Madden's beat and they held up as the fell on the turn and the on the river.
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Action moved over to Orange #1, where, from late position, David Naimark came over the top of a preflop raise to 15,000 for all 56,000 of his chips. Doron Malinasky woke up with in the small blind and reraised all in. When everyone folded, Malinasky (like so many other players today) found himself in a race against Naimark's . A board of failed to improve Malinasky's Big Slick and allowed Naimark to double up to 115,000.
Shamus
David Ritter, down to just 20,000, pushed all in with and was called by Markus Feurle who had him well covered. Feurle turned over .
The flop came . "That's a good flop, you're in good shape," said Jason Young, winner of Event No. 17, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout.
It was a good flop for Ritter. But things got worse fast when the came on the turn, then the on the river.
A distraught Ritter stood to the side of the table for a couple of minutes with his face in his hands before leaving. "Look what you did to that guy," said Young to Feurle. "He's so sad!"
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Noah Kawashige opened with a raise to 15,000 from middle position before Hasan Habib came over the top for 100,000 in total from the small blind. Kawashige made the call for his tournament life.
Kawashige:
Habib:
The board ran out and again Habib finds himself on the losing end of a race situation as Kawashige doubles up to 150,000. Habib falls to around 200,000 chips.
to battle against Jimmy Nickens' pocket nines. Nickens' hand held up and he doubled to 220,000.
with George Ramsey. Ramsey pushed with his pocket eights, but Emperador had flopped trips with his 
. Ramsey couldn't improve, and he's out. Emperador now has 300,000.
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. However, he found himself with the best hand against Damien Creurer's 
.
to give Brewin the double-up to over 200,000 chips.
into Nick Voyatzis' 
and Akrawi hit the rail, while Voyatzis increased his stack to 460,000.
. Darren Grant looked him up and tabled 
but the 
, no help to Schaedlich, and he was eliminated. 
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on the river.
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