Sondre Sagstuen Eliminated in Sixth Place ($19,656)
Jul 04, '07
On a flop of Q
5
3
Sondre Sagstuen bet $15,000 and Andrew Ward raised to $30,000. Sagstuen then reraised all in for $35,000 total and Ward made the call. Ward flipped up 6
4
and Sagstuen showed down 10
7
. The turn and river brought the 8
and another six. This paired up Ward's six and Sagstuen was eliminated in sixth place. He took home $19,656 in prize money.
Player Tags: Andrew Ward, Sondre Sagstuen
Hour Two
Jul 04, '07
Stubborn Shorts Stacks
Hour two of the final table has been marked by a lead change and the resistance efforts of the two short stacks at the final table. David Baker and David Mosca where under $100,000 when they both took down nice-sized pots to keep their heads above water.
Battling Ram
Ram Vaswani was busy during the hour and he grew his stack to $480,000. He eclipsed the second-place stack of Sondre Sagenstuen and never looked back.
Baker Shoots and Scores
Baker bet $6,000 on a flop of 8
5
3
and Sagstuen made the call. Baker fired out $12,000 when the turn brought the Q
and Sagstuen called again. The river brought the 10
and once again Baker bet $12,000. Once again Sagstuen made the call, but he mucked when Baker showed down A
Q
.
Sagstuen takes a Hit
Raye Puckett bet $12,000 on a board of 10
6
6
3
and Sagstuen raised to $24,000. Puckett called and both players timidly checked after the 5
hit on the river. Puckett then reluctantly tuirned over A
10
. Sagstuen mucked another hand and had been brought back down to earth from his early chip lead. He was now back at $300,000.
Player Tags: David Baker, Ram Vaswani, Sondre Sagstuen, Raye Puckett, David Mosca
Hour One
Jul 04, '07
Final Table - Day One
That's no typo, it just goes to show how play starts out at a final table where everyone begins with equal chips and 75 big blinds. The action has been reduced to slow needling at the start of this final table.
Sondre Goes Back to Back
Sondre Sagstuen picked up a pot off of David Mosca when he turned up the A
J
on a board of A
A
10
7
A
. Mosca mucked his hand when Sagstuen showed the dominant quad aces. Sagstuen then picked up the very next pot with a pair of tens. That sequence of hands vaulted him to the early chip lead.
Movers and Losers
No one has jumped out to a large chip lead yet and most of the stack are hovering around $300,000. The two exceptions to the rule are David Baker who has $200,000 and both Sogstuen and Ishak Noyan who have both eclipsed the $400,000 mark.
Player Tags: David Baker, Sondre Sagstuen, Ishak Noyan, David Mosca
