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Thu Jul 12 2007 00:04 PST | Posted by shorton
Maria HoMaria, Maria
Board:
On the turn, Maria Ho and another player are all in. Ho has 5-5, but the other player has Q-Q and doubles up. Ho is down to 260,000. -
Wed Jul 11 2007 23:59 PST | Posted by shorton
Unusual Situation
Board:
On the river, in middle position, a player checks and the button bets 80,000. The MP player calls all in and turns over one ace -- mucking the other card! His opponent demands that his hand be ruled dead since he mucked one of the cards. The mucker quickly retrieves his card, but there's a big argument and the floor is called.
The ruling is that, since the player is all in, he is not allowed to muck his cards. Both hands are turned over, the
, and he splits the pot with the other guy, who has 
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Wed Jul 11 2007 23:58 PST | Posted by Reporter
Francois Safieddine
As we mentioned earlier Francois Safieddine made a huge laydown earlier when he open-folded pocket kings preflop. Well the chips he saved that hand have helped him eliminate an opponent with whom he was all in preflop.
His opponent held
while THIS time it was Francois who held 
.
The board ran out
,
, and as Francois himself said,
"Ship it!" -
Wed Jul 11 2007 23:54 PST | Posted by Hektik
Matt & Mary Ann SavageA Savage World
Tournament Director extraordinaire Matt Savage has just turned up to sweat his boy Kyle Morris, who is currently on table 52 with just under 200,000 in chips. Matt, whose impressive resume includes the WSOP, WPT, and numerous other televised events, is one of the most recognizable Tournament Directors on the circuit. He is a busy man, with upcoming events in Aruba, Macau, and others throughout Asia.
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Wed Jul 11 2007 23:49 PST | Posted by Reporter
Julian Powell and Chris FergusonJulian Powell on the Move
Julian is catching some cards this level, he has seen pocket aces twice and pocket kings once in just the last 20 minutes.
Julian told us that the bigger the name at his table, the more he wants to knock them out. So far he has eliminated Chip Reese and Michael Binger, and we think he has his eye on the gentleman two seats to his right, former WSOP winner Chris "Jesus" Ferguson.
Julian has moved his stack up close to the leaders and is sitting on close to 350000. -
Wed Jul 11 2007 23:46 PST | Posted by loganmark
Jon "Pearljammer" Turner EliminatedJon "Pearljammer" Turner Eliminated
The hand that immediately followed Jon Turner making four of a kind and tripling up to 24,000, he was eliminated. Carl Olson, who had Turner well covered, moved all in preflop. Turner called and the players showed...
Turner:
Olson:
The board helped neither player and Olson's ace-high was good. With 25 minutes remaining in Day 2b, Jon Turner headed to the rail. -
Wed Jul 11 2007 23:43 PST | Posted by Reporter
Court is No Longer in Session
Court Harrington has been eliminated. After hanging tough with a short stack all day, Harrington moved all in for his last 10,000 on a flop of
.
His opponent called with
, better at the moment than Court's 
.
The turn and river
did not help Court and his tournament is over. -
Wed Jul 11 2007 23:40 PST | Posted by loganmark
Spreading Out the Talent
The "stacked" table which held Gus Hansen, Rain Khan, and Sorel Mizzi has been broken.
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Wed Jul 11 2007 23:38 PST | Posted by Reporter
Music to Play Cards By
Poker players talk about more than just poker at the table, and so it was that a group of players were talking about which shows there were to see in Vegas.
During the conversation, they discovered that their dealer was involved in musical theater.
So of course they asked her to sing them a song. Rebecca was more than happy to oblige, breaking out into a number from "Phantom of the Opera."
Who needs to go see a show? The Amazon Room has it all. -
Wed Jul 11 2007 23:38 PST | Posted by shorton
The Reign of Rain
Board:
Preflop, in middle position, Rain Khan bets 7,200 and the big blind calls. On the flop, the big blind checks. Khan bets 12,000 and the big blind raises all in to 61,000. Khan calls. The big blind shows
, but Khan has and busts the player. He's up to 572,000.
Started 6th Jul, 2007
