[user46298]
Filipsen - fossilised
It was the Fossilman Greg Raymer whose button raise signalled the beginning of the end for Filipsen, who re-raised from the blinds all-in. It wasn't enough to make Raymer pause for breath - as he made the call he said, "There was no hand I was raising there to pass now."
Raymer:
Filipsen:
After the flop of , they were already shaking hands as the left him drawing dead on the turn, and a subdued Filipsen headed out (where a camera lurked at the end of the hallway, presumably filming many Walks of Shame).
[user3511]
I'm a man, a real man
Huge crowd around the Phil Hellmuth table, as expected. Some random Hellmuth quotes:
"I'm a man, I'm a real man."
"If you're gonna shoot, you need ammunition maaaaaaan."
"I'm running over this table, nobody stands up to me."
"Be a man, stand up to me, be a man."
He then folded to reraise from Humberto Brenes. Walked over to Johnny Chan on the rail and said "I just made a great laydown, I had Ace-King suited".
He is also laying into young Ramzi Jelassi on his left, telling him off for playing hands in certain ways "Phil, how many pots have you won off me today?" was his calm but effective reply. (Answer: none.)
[user4144]
I shall turn you to stone!
In a true young versus old battle, Andrew Feldman just locked horns with poker veteran Barry Greenstein, the Robin Hood of Poker re-raising the youngster's pre-flop raise all-in for another 22,100 more.
I bet it's not often Barry receives a staredown from someone more than half his age, but he did this time, a pained and seemingly tormented Feldman suddenly morphing into a deadly serious Medusa as he intently locks eyes on Greenstein.
Barry, meanwhile, looks like he's waiting for a bus. Eyes down, hand on cards and his head resting on his chin as if bored rather than anxious. You can just imagine him pondering what he's going to do this weekend while he awaits a decision.
Feldman goes back to his stack, counts out the chips and starts to slide his cards from side to side in that manner people do just before they fold.
[user24788]
In case you are tuning in late, here's a list of eliminations during the first three hours of play...
Sherkhan Farnood, Antoon Kleijner, Neelesh Chudasama, Jan Heitmann, Chris Ferguson, Erik Seidel, Deborah Jones, Manuel Palenca, Emilios Emmanuel, Markku Aho, Dean Sanders, Jeff "ActionJeff" Garza, Ang Leng, Matt Monaghan, Thomas Wahlroos, John Kelly, Sami Pulliainen, Andreas Frenger, Graeme Newman, Santiago Torres, Brandon Adams, Phillip Peters, and Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi.
[user24788]
Hellmuth enjoying a cocktail at the feature table on Monday
Phil Hellmuth has been needling Ramzi Jelassi for the past half hour. Apparently, Hellmuth felt that Jelassi's actions did not adhere to the traditional conduct that professionals employ at the tables.
"I admit when I make mistakes," said Hellmuth during his lecture. "I'm a man. A real man. You violated etiquette at least three times. Even Jesus said something about what you did."
After Jelassi lost a pot, Hellmuth continued his verbal diarrhea.
"If you want to shoot, son, you have to have bullets," explained Hellmuth as he made a shooting motion with his fingers. "Your gun is empty. You can't win without bullets."
Hellmuth failed to mention to Jelassi that the 11-time bracelet winner was bulletproof.
[user46298]
Huseyin Yilmaz lost a hand this level - valiantly calling with to knock out all-in (with ) John Ridge, the flop brought one Ace and the turn another. A dent in his chip stack representing a lifeline for Ridge.
[user4144]
Take me to jail!
Phil Hellmuth's motormouth is gathering full speed, the Poker Brat now focusing his attentions on young Swede Ramzi Jelassi.
"You wanna shoot but you have no ammunition in your gun," Phil berates. "How can you shoot without ammunition?"
In the meantime, Jelassi just ignores him, and it's as if they have swapped bodies like in the film 'Freaky Friday' with Hellmuth possessing the mind of a player barely out of his teens and Jelassi the one nearing his fifties.
"Stand up, kid, and stick some bullets in your gun." he adds. "I'm running over the table here."
[user4144]
Fabrice Soulier has been eliminated from the tournament after moving over the top of Oscar Blanco's under the gun pre-flop raise with A-T. Oscar called with A-Q and flopped a Queen, no messing around.
Thanks to Gary Jones for this information. I have now given him my notepad and pen and am heading off home in search of another job. :-(
[user4144]
Farnood in the Omaha final
... everyone tells you what they did or didn't fold whilst you're all-in?
Well, that's what just happened during Sherkhan Farnood's exit, the Dubai Banker and Omaha finalist pushing all-in with and being looked up by Joe Serock's .
"I think I folded A-9," announces Annie Duke uninvited.
This doesn't do too much for Joe's optimism. Farnood, on the other hand, is understandably elated, and moves along to the next seat to ask Paul Wasicka if he folded an Ace. No response.
But, even with only an alleged two Aces remaining in the deck, one just happened to pop out on the flop, Farnood's joy quickly turning to chagrin and disappointment.
At this point, Thierry Van Der Berg thought he'd add salt to wounds by adding, "Hey, I think I folded a Queen."
[user24788]
Fear the Shark!!
Seat 1: Jan Sorenson (2 bracelets)
Seat 2: Humberto Brenes (2 bracelets)
Seat 3: Phil Hellmuth (11 bracelets)
Seat 7: Farzad Bonyadi (3 bracelets)
Seat 8: Marco Traniello (0 bracelets)
Although Marco Traniello doesn't have any bracelets, he's married to a two-time WSOP bracelet winner (Jen Harman). Technically, he has joint-custody of two bracelets.
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, they were already shaking hands as the 
left him drawing dead on the turn, and a subdued Filipsen headed out (where a camera lurked at the end of the hallway, presumably filming many Walks of Shame).
face up.
to knock out all-in (with 
) John Ridge, the flop brought one Ace and the turn another. A dent in his chip stack representing a lifeline for Ridge.
and being looked up by Joe Serock's 
, River = 
