Event 16 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

Level: 12

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-07-2009 12:33 UTC-12

Break Out the Masks!

Anyone who's covered poker tournaments (or, for that matter, played in them) know that some poker players smell very, very bad. In a bit of turnabout, one of the players at Brasilia #181 has complained to TD Bill Bruce that the dealer smells badly.

"Unbelievable," he said. "You pay $1500 to play in a tournament and some dealer is wearing ten gallons of cheap perfume." The offending table is right by media row but we can't smell anything from here. But the players is really hot under the collar about the odor. He's complaining to anyone who will listen.

06-07-2009 12:50 UTC-12

Smoke 'em If You Got 'em

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Yep, it's that time. The tightening up time. Despite having six tables in play, action is pretty slow right now. It may take a while to get through this bubble.

06-07-2009 13:05 UTC-12

Hand-For-Hand Begins

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Eric Afriat and John Hong are the latest two players to be eliminated from this tournament. With their eliminations, the tournament is in hand-for-hand mode. One more elimination is necessary before the remaining players will be in the money.

06-07-2009 13:09 UTC-12

A Streak Broken

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One of the remaining women in the field is Barbara Enright. Enright has played the ladies event every year for the last 23 years. She missed the event this year (it started earlier today) because of the fact that she is still alive in this tournament.

06-07-2009 13:27 UTC-12

Craig Kaufman Eliminated on Bubble

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When hand-for-hand started, Craig Kaufman had 1500 chips. He lasted exactly five hands (300 ante each time). On the fifth hand, Kaufman was all in with {10-Diamonds}

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. Gary Benson and Eric Friedman also came along. It was Friedman who took the pot by making a seven-high straight by fifth street. Kaufman only mustered a pair of deuces, which wouldn't even have been good against Benson's queens.

There was some scattered applause when the TD announced that the remaining players are in the money.

06-07-2009 13:29 UTC-12

Dinner Time!

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Players are now on their dinner break. See you in an hour.

06-07-2009 14:47 UTC-12

Internet Issues

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We've been having some internet issues in Brasilia Room but they have hopefully been resolved.

Level: 13

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-07-2009 14:54 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations

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Sam Grizzle is out. He started with {A-Spades}

, improved to a pair of sevens on fourth street, but never got better than that. Grizzle lost to Edouard Mignot, who made two pairs, sixes and fours. All of the chips were in on fourth street.

Jim Paluszek, Ben Akiva and Bob Rose are also out. Due to trying to troubleshoot the internet issues, no details are available.