Night Shift Round Three
Jul 06, '07
Victor Ramdin Makes a Great Laydown, But Regrets It
Team PokerStars representative Victor Ramdin raised to $2,000 from late position. A woman in seat 5 reraised to $8,000. The button then decided to reraise to $24,000. It was folded back around to Ramdin who went into the tank for several minutes before the clock was called on him. He decided to fold and the woman in seat 5 pushed all in. She had the button covered and he called all in with A
A
. She turned over A
K
. The board came Queen high and the button raked the pot. Ramdin then wandered the room regretting his fold of pocket Queens. Meanwhile, Mark Vos quenched his thirst with a bottle of water, a Red Bull and a Corona simultaneously.
Huge Overbets Common
Huge over bets preflop have been common today. A player moved all-in for $35,000 into an unraised pot with approximately $1,000 in it. Julian Gardner raised to $2,200 and an opponent raised all-in for more than $25,000 more. With only $3,200 in the pot, Gardner decided to fold his A
Q
. This style of play is undoubtedly frustrating to the pros, who would prefer to play after the flop.
Royal Flush
Joe Gotlieb hit a royal flush during the level holding the K
Q
. The board came A
J
10
Q
K
, putting broadway and a four card flush on board.
The Bear
Team
Pokerstars guru and all around savage Barry Greenstein raises to $2,000 from the cutoff and is called by the big blind who then checks in the dark. The flop comes A
9
9
, and Greenstein bets out $2,700 and is called. The turn brings the 8
, the big blind checks and Greenstein bets $5,000. Again the big blind calls and the river brings the 5
, again the big blind checks then calls Greenstein's $7,000 bet. The Bear turns over A
J
and drags the pot when the big blind shows A
7
.
Madsen Makes Sweet Call
Jeff Madsen raises to $2,000 from late position and is called by seat two from the big blind. The flop comes 10
10
4
, the big blind checks and Madsen bets $2,000. The big blind check raises to $6,000 and Madsen makes the call. The turn brings the 6
, the big blind bets $8,000 and again Madsen makes the call. The river is the Q
and the big blind fires a $12,000 bullet. Madsen thinks then makes the call. The big blind tosses his hand into the muck, Madsen tables A
4
and drags the pot. He looks pretty miserable in his jester suit, but thats all the more entertainment for everyone else.
Eliminations
Mickey Appleman, Tony Ma and David Grey were all eliminated this past level. Grey was short stacked and moved in with K-J and ran into A-A.
Notable Chip Counts
| Andy Black |
68,000 |
| Barry Greenstein |
68,000 |
| Joe Awada |
59,000 |
| Huck Seed |
42,000 |
| Mike Sexton |
39,000 |
| Victor Ramdin |
39,000 |
| Joe Tehan |
24,750 |
| Dustin Woolf |
11,500 |
| David Ulliott |
2,600 |
Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Mickey Appleman, David Grey, Julian Gardner, Mark Vos, Jeff Madsen
End of Day Four
Jul 13, '07
Those Internet Players
Matt "Allinat420" Stout was just eliminated when his A-Q failed to win a race. Prominent internet players still remaining include Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby, Cory "UGOTPZD" Carrol, Dario Minieri and chip leader Dag Martin "dmmikkel" Mikkelsen.
Daniel Alaei Pushes Back
On a flop of A
8
5
Uiklen Spaden bets $100,000 and Alaei calls. Both check the 2
on the turn and when the 5
hits the river, Alaei bets $200,000. Spaden mucks and Alaei keeps adding to his stack.
Notable Eliminations
David Levi, Billy Baxter, Thor Hansen and Peter "Nordberg" Feldman were all eliminated during the last level.
Fighting Irish
The final Irishman in the field is Julian Gardner. He is being sweated by some of his fellow countryman, who have got progressively more...interesting as the night has gone on.
End of Day Four
Day four at the
WSOP main event has ended. There are 114 players remaining. Play will restart tomororw at noon, they will play 5 two hour levels or until there are 27 players remaining. Stay tuned to
Cardplayer.com for live coverage of the day.
Player Tags: Daniel Alaei, Julian Gardner
Dinner Break
Jul 14, '07
Eliminations
Diego Cordovez - 67th place ($130,288)
Ryan Lawrence - 66th place ($130,288)
Bjorn Glenn - 65th place ($130,288)
Julian Gardner - 64th place (($130,288)
Matt Keikoan - 63rd place ($154,194)
Jeff Tunkel - 62nd place ($154,194)
Gus Hansen - 61st place ($154,194)
PokerStars qualifier Ryan Lawrence found himself all-in with K
Q
against chip leader Gag Mikkelsen's K
K
. By the turn Lawrence was drawing dead and Mikkelsen was assured of padding his already massive stack. Mikkelsen ended the level with roughly $6,100,000. With the elimination of Julian Gardner there was another jump in payouts. The remaining players are guaranteed at least $154,194.
Spadavecchia Takes A Hit
John Spadavecchia called an opponents all-in with 9
9
and found he was in a race against A
K
. The flop brought bad news for Spadavecchia with the A
A
6
. The turn and river brought the Q
and 6
and Spadavecchia took a huge hit to his stack.
Discipline
Hevad Khan found himself in the big blind for $30,000 facing an all-in from the button for only $120,000 more. Khan apparently had a read on his opponent because despite having roughly $3,500,000 behind, he decided to fold. His opponent revealed kings, and Khan probably saved himself a rounds worth of blinds and antes through his read of his opponent and the discipline to fold despite having a huge stack.
Ayaz Mahmood Doubles Up
The cutoff raises to $105,000 and both Ayaz Mahmood and the big blind call. The flop comes J
8
5
, and Mahmood leads out $300,000. The big blind folds and the cutoff moves all in with 10
10
. Mahmood insta-calls for $700,000 exactly and shows A
J
. The next two cards come 7
2
and Mahmood now has over $1,500,000 in chips.
Matt Keikonh Eliminated
Keikonh from San Rafael Calif, moves all in with 4
4
and is called by Senovio Ramirez III with 9
9
. The board comes A
Q
3
6
5
and Keikonh is eliminated.
Gus Hanson Crippled Then Eliminated
Hanson raises to $93,000 from under the gun and Ryan Ellison reraises all in for $694,000. Hanson goes into the tank, if he makes the call and loses he will have less then $200,000 remaining. He decides to do call, and tables A
K
while Ellison shows J
J
. The board comes 6
2
2
8
6
and Ellison doubles up. Hanson is left with less the $200,000 and is eliminated shortly thereafter.
Color Up
The yellow $1,000 chips are being removed from play and the $50,000 chips will make an appearance. Tournament director Jack Eiffel was seen quizzing tournament staff with the following question, "How many $50,000 chips do you get for a rack of yellow?" We won't comment on some of the responses, or lack thereof, that were heard.
Dinner
The remaining sixty players have gone on their dinner break. Play is set to resume at 9:00 with blinds increasing to $20,000-$40,000 with a $5,000 ante for level 23.
| Kenny Tran |
3,300,000 |
| Alex Kravchenko |
2,880,000 |
| David Tran |
1,810,000 |
| Bill Edler |
1,560,000 |
| Bob Slezak |
1,230,000 |
| Daniel Alaei |
800,000 |
| Kirk Morrison |
750,000 |
Pokerstars Online Qualifiers
| Hevad Khan |
3,380,000 |
| Jeff Banghart |
2,150,000 |
| Jason Welch |
1,900,000 |
| Rep Porter |
1,500,000 |
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Player Tags: Matt Keikoan, Gus Hansen, Julian Gardner, Hevad Khan, Ryan Lawrence
Chau Giang Doubles Up
Amnon Filippi Out
Julian Gardner Eliminated in Sixth Place ($91,387)