07-06-2009 13:10 UTC-12

Recent Eliminations In Brasilia

[user77326]

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With 14,000 in the pot, the board read {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{9-Spades}

{2-Spades}

{9-Hearts}

{4-Spades}

, Shannon Shorr bet 17,000, which was enough to put his opponent Phil Galfond all in. Galfond would go into the tank for four minutes before making the call. Shorr tabled {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{9-Diamonds}

for three nines, "Nice hand" said Galfond as he tapped the table and made a graceful exit.

On another table we found Jeff Madsen all in on a flop of {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{8-Hearts}

. Madsen held {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

and was well behind his opponent's {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{A-Diamonds}

. The turn and river would fall {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{5-Spades}

sending Madsen to the rail.

Tags: Jeff Madsen Phil Galfond