Todd Brunson Wins Sunday's PSIT 3 Qualifying MatchTed Forrest Puts Himself in Hole with Sixth-Place Finish |
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Todd Brunson was the winner of his second qualifying match at the Poker Superstars Invitational 3 that is airing on FSN. Brunson added 10 points to the five he took into the match for finishing third his first match and has three matches to go.
Joe Hachem put himself back into the race by finishing second and earning seven points. He managed zero points his first round match for being the first knocked out. He'll have to finish his last three matches strongly in order to make it to the second round.
Johnny Chan finished third, earning five points. Like Hachem, he came into the match with no points, but don't count Chan out. He will be seen again in two weeks.
Carlos Mortensen finished in fourth this week, which is where he finished last time he faced the field. After two weeks, Mortensen has 6 points.
After winning his first match, Mike Sexton made an early exit in his second. He added one point to the 10 he earned the first time he played.
Ted Forrest put himself into a hole with his sixth-place finish this week. He remains near the bottom of the leaderboard with three points for finishing in fourth last time around, but is in the company of some of the world's strongest players. Phil Ivey (2 pts.), Chris Ferguson (3 pts.) and Mike Matusow (0 pts) remain at the bottom even though they each played their first two matches.
Next week, Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Tilly, Barry Greenstein, Erick Lindgren, Eli Elezra and Freddy Deeb play their second qualifying matches. Click here for CardPlayer.com's complete coverage of the PSIT 3 that's aired on FSN every Sunday at 8 p.m. local time. Check your local listings.