Final Table Set
Jun 20, '07
Action got down to ninehanded and each hand was watched by the eyes of ESPN cameras and rail birds closely. In the end Howard Lederer was the television bubble boy when he was busted by the two pair of Jeffrey Lisandro. The players then re-drew for seats at the final table. A decision now had to be made to play through the night, or come back tomorrow. The ESPN producers made their case for the latter, since they intended to film the action. Lisandro was the only player who wanted to continue, but he changed his mind when they told him they would begin the final table at 1 p.m. tomorrow. This would allow him to still participate in the 5 p.m. event tomorrow. The players then bagged up their chips and this is how things will look when they take their seats at 1 p.m. tomorrow:
Seat No. 1: Daniel Negreanu - $164,500
Seat No. 2: Gregory Pappas - $144,000
Seat No. 3: Nick Frangos - $90,500
Seat No. 4: David Brody - $16,000
Seat No. 5: Jeffrey Lisandro - $195,000
Seat No. 6: Nesbitt Coburn - $150,500
Seat No. 7: Severin Walser - $24,000
Seat No. 8: Farshad Cohen - $75,500
Tune in to
CardPlayer.com to follow all the final table action
Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, David Brody, Jeffrey Lisandro, Nesbitt Coburn, Gregory Pappas, Nick Frangos, Farshad Cohen, Severin Walser
What Hour is This Again?
Jun 20, '07
The Tortoise and the Tortoise
There was a short break shortly into this stretch of play for fifteen minutes. The players returned, 13 of them, and took their seats at the final two tables. Over an hour later 11 of them remained, including, Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, Nick Frangos, Jeffrey Lisandro, Mel Judah, and new chip leader Greg Pappas. David Chiu was not among the names listed because he had busted out of the tournament in 12th place. Lisandro, Judah, and Lederer were all on short stacks at some point during this stretch of play, but the man with the fewest chips was taking down pot after pot. During this stretch of play a short stack was the lucky rabbit’s foot of the moment.
Negreanu’s Rise
Daniel Negreanu had tangled in a large pot with Howard Lederer where he scored over $40,000 then he was moved over to the table that Chiu had vacated. Waiting with open arms was Pappas. He seemed quite eager to play with Kid Poker, as well as chat with him.
Pappas may not have been as happy to have Negreanu at his table after this hand. After a raise and call followed each street, both players checked the final card. Negreanu exposed A
Q
(10 J
3 A) 9
and Pappas turned up Q 10 (Q 3 7 4) 5. “Now you’re the chip leader,” said Pappas to Negreanu as collected the pot. Indeed he was with $160,000.
Late Night with Pappas and Frangos
Many players were showing the lateness of the hour in their expressions, body language, and patterns of speech. Not Pappas and Frangos though, each man was the entertainment front man for his table, and the ESPN camera crews scurried to and fro to capture the action. Here are some nuggets of wisdom they each exposed over the last hour:
“If this was six card stud I’d have been out about 35 hands ago.” – Pappas
“The poker book got thrown out the window 24 minutes ago.” – Frangos
“You can’t play big pots with small stacks.” - Pappas
“Can you bang on the drum…You should be paying me for this…If she breaks something I’ll give her $200.” – Frangos (to massage therapist)
"I caught a straight, just like magic.” – Pappas (after he busted Chiu)
"This should get rid of the riff-raff.” – Frangos (after the blinds increased)
The Wall
Eliminating Chiu in 12th place was hard enough for this tournament field so we will see how long it takes to get down to the final ten players. Pappas had regained the chip lead at his table with Negreanu, while Judah, Lisandro, and Lederer took turns doubling up at the other table. Good grief!
Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, David Chiu, Gregory Pappas, Nick Frangos
Jeffrey Lisandro Wins Event No. 32 ($118,426)
Jun 21, '07
Heads Up!
The stage was now set for an intriguing heads-up match. Two great players with close to even chip stacks were about to face off. Here is how the stacks looked:
Nick Frangos: $408,000
Jeffrey Lisandro: $449,000
Out of the Gates
These two players approached each other a bit apprehensively. Neither wanted to give up too much early and they felt each other out with raises here and there. Lisandro maintained his lead, but he did not pull away either.
Momentum Shift
The fatal blow of the heads-up match was dealt by Lisandro about 40 hands into the action. He made a jack-high straight to take a $250,000 chunk out of the stack of Frangos. Lisandro now held a massive chip lead and the writing was on the wall. Frangos did put up a fight though, and doubled up a few hands later with aces up.
Jeffrey Lisandro Wins Event No. 32 ($118,426)
On the final hand Lisandro turned up three aces on sixth street and Frangos was drawing dead on the river with his tournament life over. He walked away from the table and Lisandro tracked him down to congratulate him. Frangos finished in second place and he took home $65,902 in prize money. Lisandro had finally claimed the first bracelet that had eluded him after many close calls. He also took home $118,426 in prize money.
Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Nick Frangos
Hour Four
Jun 21, '07
Severin Walser Eliminated in Fourth Place ($28,105)
Severin Walser made an all-in call and Nick Frangos flipped over A-Q-10 on third street. Walser flipped over two deuces with a five and it was off to the races. The race was made intresting when Frangos was dealt K K and Walser was dealt 9 9 through fifth street. Frangos now had a pair of kings, but Walser had made nines up. Frangos made aces up when he received the A on sixth street. Walser received the 5 for a better version of nines up. Walser’s hopes were crushed on seventh street though, when Frangos received the Kdto make kings full of aces. He was eliminated in fourth place, and took home $28,105 in prize money.
Threehanded
There was a slight pause in the action then the chip counts were announced once again:
Nick Frangos: $385,000
Jeffrey Lisandro: $239,000
Nesbitt Coburn: $236,000
Lisandro’s Move
Lisandro then went on a tear, playing the majority of the pots, while also winning them. He got Frangos to lay down his cards in a big confrontation and that grew his stack to almost $300,000.
Break Time
After scored yet another pot the players went on a fifteen minute break. The payers returned from break and the limits were kicked up to $15,000-$30,000 with a $3,000 ante.
Nesbitt Coburn Eliminated in Third Place ($42,643)
Nesbitt Coburn was all in against Nick Frangos for his tournament life. Unfortunately for Coburn, Frangos made eights full of threes on the hand. Coburn was eliminated in third place, and he took home $42,643.
Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Nesbitt Coburn, Nick Frangos, Severin Walser
Nesbitt Coburn Eliminated in Third Place ($42,643)
Jun 21, '07
Nesbitt Coburn was all in against Nick Frangos for his tournament life. Unfortunately for Coburn, Frangos made eights full of threes on the hand. Coburn was eliminated in third place, and he took home $42,643.
Player Tags: Nesbitt Coburn, Nick Frangos
Severin Walser Eliminated in Fourth Place ($28,105)
Jun 21, '07
Severin Walser made an all-in call and Nick Frangos flipped over A-Q-10 on third street. Walser flipped over two deuces with a five and it was off to the races. The race was made intresting when Frangos was dealt K K and Walser was dealt 9 9 through fifth street. Frangos now had a pair of kings, but Walser had made nines up. Frangos made aces up when he received the A on sixth street. Walser received the 5 for a better version of nines up. Walser’s hopes were crushed on seventh street though, when Frangos received the K to make kings full of aces. He was eliminated in fourth place, and took home $28,105 in prize money.
Player Tags: Nick Frangos, Severin Walser
Hour Three
Jun 21, '07
The fortuitous final five players went through the actions of a few more hands after Pappas busted and they then went on a fifteen minute break. They returned from the break and Sam Minutello announced the chip counts:
Daniel Negreanu: $214,000
Nick Frangos: $274,000
Nesbitt Coburn: $114,000
Jeffrey Lisandro: $126,000
Severin Walser: $132,000
The limits were also kicked up to $10,000-$20,000 when the players returned from break, with a $2,000 ante.
Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in Fifth Place ($21,321)
Daniel Negreanu moved all in and Severin Walser made the call. Walser had rolled up deuces and Negreanu had a pair of jacks on fifth street. Sixth street was no help to either player and seventh street was then dealt. Walser flipped over another inconsequential card and then all eyes turned to Nergeanu. He slowly peaked at his card and said, “It’s a spade, it’s a JACK!” He then flipped over the 6. Negreanu was eliminated in fifth place, and he took home $21,321 in prize money. “Time for Omaha,” exclaimed Negreanu as he rode out of sight.
Leader Board
Nick Frangos had built a comfortable lead at this point, while two players had only a handful of bets remaining:
Nick Frangos: $461,000
Nesbitt Coburn: $76,000
Jeffrey Lisandro: $131,000
Severin Walser: $181,000
Nes Doubled Up
Coburn moved all in on sixth street and Frangos made the call. Frangos showed down jacks up and Coburn could only muster a pair of jacks. Coburn managed to escape the kiss of death and sucked out on seventh street when he was dealt a queen. This gave him a queen-high straight and he survived.
Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Jeffrey Lisandro, Nesbitt Coburn, Nick Frangos, Severin Walser
Continuing The Action
Jun 21, '07
Lull in the Action
Nesbitt Coburn then doubled up through Nick Frangos and Greg Raymer made an appearance to sweat the action. After the after the aforementioned action that took place over the course of back to back hands play slowed down for the next 20 hands. Jeffrey Lisandro was able to double up through Pappas with three fours during this stretch.
Gregory Pappas Eliminated in Sixth Place ($16,282)
Gregory Pappas was the next to hit the rail in sixth place. Pappas had started the day with a healthy amount of chips, but his fall from grace was complete when he was busted by Nesbitt Coburn and his king-high straight. He took home $16,282 in prize money.
Chip Counts
Daniel Negreanu: $246,000
Nick Frangos: $305,000
Nesbitt Coburn: $103,000
Jeff Lisandro: $94,000
Severin Walser: $102,000
Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Nesbitt Coburn, Gregory Pappas, Nick Frangos
John Juanda Eliminated in Fifth Place ($25,634)
Nick Frangos Eliminated in Fourth Place ($35,087)