Donnie Peters
The flop was and action checked to Jack Schanbacher. Schanbacher fired a bet and his opponent check-raised to 9,000 more. The size of the orignal bet was unknown. Schanbacher tanked and then moved all of his chips into the middle, his opponent quickly called.
Schanbacher:
Opponent:
The turn was the which did give Schanbacher a straight draw. The river was the though and that would be it. Schanbacher was eliminated.
The table folded around to Karl Mahrenholz in the small blind who raised enough to put his short-stacked neighbor in the big blind all in. The BB quickly called, showing . Mahrenholz tabled pocket nines.
A miracle double up for John Seiter who got his last in with against his opponent's rather better pocket kings.
A queen on the flop, and another one on the turn (Seiter's agony drawn out by the TV crew insisting that the dealer wait a full ten seconds before dealing each card) kept him in the game, to his enormous delight, and some loud and slightly aggressive support form the rail.
A middle position player made a standard raise, then Noah Boeken reraised from the small blind. The big blind then reraised again to 26,000. The MP player folded, and Boeken responded by repopping it to 80,000.
After thinking for a bit, Boeken's opponent folded ace-king face up, and Boeken showed his pocket aces as he dragged the pot. He's at 250,000 now.
Fergal Nealon recently caught a huge double-up to climb all the way to 350,000 in the counts. A player in early-position opened with a raise and Nealon looked down at -- a hand he says that all the lads back home in Ireland call the "Donegal Nuts". Nealon called the raise and was three-handed to a flop of . The pre-flop aggressor bet half the pot and only Nealon called.
The turn didn't improve Nealon's pair of sevens, but it did give him a flush draw. His opponent bet roughly 20,000, about pot, and again Nealon called. The river was Nealon's gin card, the , to give him a diamond flush. The pre-flop aggressor bet 60,000. Nealon moved all in and his opponent snap-called with , having rivered the nut straight. It was no good against Nealon's "Donegal Nuts".
2008 World Champion Peter Eastgate looking for another deep run
The defending champ Peter Eastgate is making a very good showing in the defense of his World Champion crown. He's currently at 180,000 chips, although he just lost a few chips in a recent hand.
Eastgate raised from early position to 3,500 and both blinds called. The flop was and Eastgate's flop bet of 5,500 was check-raised all in by the small blind. Eastgate folded and was shown !
If we take a quick look at the success of defending champions, the last few years haven't been too fruitful for our champions.
Jerry Yang and Jamie Gold failed to match their spectacular runs of previous years, however Joe Hachem followed up his win in 2005 with a strong cash result for 238th place in 2006.
If Eastgate can better that, then his efforts will rival that of Greg Raymer who followed up his 2004 WSOP victory with a 25th place finish in 2005.
In a collapse that could only be rivalled by the English batting order, Shane Warne is down to just 37,000. He just had to pay off 67,000 after getting another player all in on the turn of a board with against .
The river was the and Warne has gone from about 250,000 to a short-stacked 37,000.
and action checked to Jack Schanbacher. Schanbacher fired a bet and his opponent check-raised to 9,000 more. The size of the orignal bet was unknown. Schanbacher tanked and then moved all of his chips into the middle, his opponent quickly called.
which did give Schanbacher a straight draw. The river was the 
though and that would be it. Schanbacher was eliminated.
to be in a race against 
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to see Van Zadelhoff continue his good start to the day - now on 245,000 in chips.
against his opponent's rather better pocket kings.
-- a hand he says that all the lads back home in Ireland call the "Donegal Nuts". Nealon called the raise and was three-handed to a flop of 
. The pre-flop aggressor bet half the pot and only Nealon called.
, having rivered the nut straight. It was no good against Nealon's "Donegal Nuts".
to keep Alexander's aces safe for the double up.
and Eastgate's flop bet of 5,500 was check-raised all in by the small blind. Eastgate folded and was shown 
and Warne has gone from about 250,000 to a short-stacked 37,000.
