Jason Newburger Poker Tournament Updates

Final Table Decided

Jun 23, '07

Gioi Luong bet out $32,000 before the flop and Jordan Smith reraised all in for about $100,000. Luong thought about it for a few moments and decided to call. Luong showed A 10 and Smith had pushed with J J. The board came 7 6 2 10 A and Luong picked up another $100,000 in chips. Smith was eliminated in 10th place and earned $10,902. Smith's elimination established the final table and the final nine players and their chip counts are as follows:

Seat 1 - David Zarrin ($238,000)
Seat 2 - Ray Coburn ($100,000)
Seat 3 - Pete Lawson ($198,000)
Seat 4 - Gioi Luong ($240,000)
Seat 5 - Yuval Bronshtein ($516,000)
Seat 6 - Bryan O'Connell ($179,000)
Seat 7 - Bob Collison ($197,000)
Seat 8 - Jason Newburger ($278,000)
Seat 9 - Greg Hopkins ($454,000)

The final table will begin tomorrow at 3 p.m. and the final nine players will battle as long as it takes to establish a winner. Come back tomorrow to CardPlayer.com to follow all the action and see who will take home the World Series of Poker bracelet.

Player Tags: Gioi Luong,   Greg Hopkins,   Pete Lawson,   Jordan Smith,   Jason Newburger,   David Zarrin,   Raymond Coburn,   Yuval Bronshtein,   Brian O'Connell

Jason Newburger Eliminated in 5th Place ($38,133)

Jun 15, '07

Dau Ly delivered another knockout punch a few minutes later when he revealed a third jack in his hand on a board of A A J J 4. This eliminated Jason Newburger in fifth place, who could only muster two tens. Newburger took home $38,133 in prize money.

Player Tags: Jason Newburger,   Dau Ly

Final Table - Hour One

Jun 15, '07

Richard Olofsson Eliminated in 10th Place ($7,862)

Richard Olofsson was all in and Scott Clements had him covered. Clements flipped over 8 7 4 2 on a board of A 8 6 A 5. Olofsson was eliminated in 10th place and he took home $7,862 in prize money.

Double KO

Scott Clements had both K.U. Davis and Anthony MacCanello covered all in with A-K-J-9 in his hand on a flop of Q 10 8. MacCanello is all in for the largest amount of chips with A-A-K-4. Davis has the least amount of chips pushed all in with A-J-J-10. The turn and river brought 3 Q and Clements knocked out two of his opponents. Davis was eliminated in ninth place and took home $11,794, while MacCanello was eliminated in eighth place and walked away with $16,511.

Durkee Doubles through Clements

William Durkee moved all in and Clements once again held the tournament life of an opponent in his hand. He flipped over A K 9 4 and Durkee threw down J J 6 4. The cards hit the board J 9 2 2 8 and Durkee won the money already in the pot, as well as double the $80,000 he pushed all in.

Hitting the Wall

The next 20 minutes of play passed by with little action and even less excitement. Clements now held a dominant chip lead and most of the remaining players at the table were doing their best to avoid him.

Andy Black Eliminated in 7th Place ($22,408)

Andy Black was all in and William Durkee had him covered with A A A K. Black showed down the K K 6 4 and the board was dealt 10 10 9 2 Q. Black was eliminated in seventh place and he will take home $22,408 in prize money.

Chop! Chop!

Jason Newburger moved all in and Dau Ly made the call. Ly flipped up A A K K and Newburger showed down A A 7 4. The board was dealt J 6 6 9 9 and they chopped up the pot.

Dinner Bell

Action continued for 10 more minutes then the players went to dinner break until 8:30 p.m. Clements was still the runaway chip leader at this point with $845,000.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   K.U. Davis,   Andy Black,   Jason Newburger,   William Durkee V,   Richard Olofsson,   Dau Ly,   Anthony MacCanello