Hour 5 Recap
Jul 09, '07
Nick Binger Doubles Up
On a flop of 8
7
6
, Nick Binger gets it all in with K
K
against his opponent's Q
Q
. The turn and river came 6
4
, and Binger doubled up to $38,000. Binger has been doing his best to step out of his brother's shadow in recent months, and with a few final table here and there, he is starting to get the recognition he deserves. In fact, during the hand, ESPN did not hesitate to come over and film for their coverage.
Phone Controversy
Yarom Limor just finished with a telephone controversy. Limor was on the phone, away from the table when the dealer started to shuffle and deal. Limor made it known that he got back to the table before the last card hit the button. So when the dealer asked for his cards, he began to protest. The floor was called over and he explained the situation. The first tournament director believed his hand was playable because he was away from the table while he was on the phone. But a second tournament director quickly jumped in to announce his hand was dead, despite making it back in time to his seat. Limor explained that he was fully aware of all the rules and knew this ruling to be incorrect. But the next dealer coming in for the push said that the ruling was changed early on in the Series, around event #4. Before, talking on the phone was allowed during the deal as long as the player was seated before the last card hit the button. But now, according to tournament officials, if a player is on the phone during any part of the deal, his hand will be declared dead. Limor continued to argue, pointing out that one director had already sided with him and also pointed out that the floor was still convening on the other side of the room debating the situation. After all this, Limor exclaimed that it didn't really matter since he wasn't going to play his Q-8 offsuit anyway.
Theo Tran Makes A Great Laydown
A player limped under the gun and Theo Tran raised it up to $1,500. Carlos Mortensen reraised behind him to $4,500. The under the gun player folded, and Tran thought for a few moments before calling. The flop came 10
9
7
, and Tran checked. Mortensen bet out $7,000 and Tran winced before counting out his remaining $18,000 several times. Tran looked as though he was agonizing his decision and regretted getting into a pot with the only other pro at the table. Mortensen looked calm and relaxed as he reached for his sunglasses and smiled. As Tran rechecked his cards, it became clear that he wasn't posturing anymore and truly had a tough decision with Q
Q
. He thought for awhile longer before mucking them face up. Mortensen, with a friendly gesture, past his cards over to Tran, so that he and he alone, could look down at pocket Aces.
Negreanu Building Back Up
New
Pokerstars ambassador, Daniel Negreanu has slowly built stack out of the danger zone with a few well-timed plays. Negreanu hit a beautiful flop with A
9
when the flop came A
4
3
, but he failed to get much action. The player in Seat One then announced that if he had played he would have been ahead in the hand. With the ESPN cameras rolling, Negreanu announced, "Not in a billion years would you have been ahead of me in that pot." A few hands later Negreanu got some revenge on that same player getting paid off on Negreanu's $3,000 value bet on the river when he hit trip Queens.
Hurricane Karina Stirs Up River
Karina Jett put a bad beat on a short-stacked opponent. Jett raised $2,350 with A
K
from the button after the cutoff limped, the player in Seat 5 pushed all in for $4,000 more with K
K
from the small blind, the cutoff folded, and Jett called. Seat 5 was safe until the river as the board ran out J
6
4
9
A
, and Jett took the pot.
Young & Gus The Spectators
After two limpers, Young Phan raised to $1,600 from middle position. The player in seat 8 called from the big blind, and both limpers (Seat 1 and Gus Hansen) made the call. The flop was A
J
6
, Seat 8 bet $4,000, Seat 1 called, and Hansen and Phan both got out of the way. The turn was the 5
, Seat 8 now bet $6,000, leaving himself about $7,000 behind. Seat 1 tapped him raising to $15,000. Seat 8 tanked for a few minutes and made the crying call. Seat 1 showed the K
10
for the nut flush, and Seat 8 showed J
J
for the now-trailing flopped set. The river was the 3
and Seat 1 took the pot, Phan commented after the hand, "He hasn't missed a hand today"
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Notable Chip Counts
| Paul Magriel |
69,000 |
| Dario Minieri |
64,000 |
| Dee Luong |
58,000 |
| Layne Flack |
43,000 |
| Jon Turner |
40,000 |
| Chris Tsiprailidis |
39,800 |
| Carlos Mortensen |
39,000 |
| Young Phan |
38,000 |
| David Benyamine |
38,000 |
| Michael Binger |
37,000 |
| Bill Edler |
37,000 |
| John Phan |
35,000 |
| Maria Ho |
34,500 |
| Jean Gaspard |
34,000 |
| Freddy Deeb |
34,000 |
| Isaac Haxton |
33,000 |
| Chris Grigorian |
32,500 |
| Chip Reese |
32,000 |
| Vinnie Vinh |
31,500 |
| Prahlad Friedman |
29,000 |
| Dutch Boyd |
29,000 |
| John Racener |
28,200 |
| Thor Hansen |
28,000 |
| Daniel Negreanu |
25,000 |
| Leif Force |
23,000 |
| Ted Forrest |
22,300 |
| Ed Moncada |
22,000 |
| Chip Jett |
22,000 |
| Brett Jungblut |
22,000 |
| Jamie Gold |
21,600 |
| Mimi Tran |
21,500 |
| Surinder Sunar |
20,000 |
| Steve Zolotow |
20,000 |
| Rafi Amit |
20,000 |
| Gus Hansen |
20,000 |
| Doug "Rico" Carli |
20,000 |
| Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi |
19,000 |
| Brian Haveson |
13,000 |
| Ron "Grumpy" Ware |
12,700 |
| Robert Williamson III |
12,000 |
| Gavin Smith |
10,000 |
| Cyndy Violette |
9,600 |
| Erik Friberg |
9,000 |
| David Chiu |
8,300 |
| Bryan Micon |
8,200 |
| Shawn Sheikhan |
8,000 |
| Erica Schoenberg |
8,000 |
| David Plastik |
7,000 |
| Antonio Esfandiari |
7,000 |
| Nam Le |
5,000 |
| Erick Lindgren |
4,000 |
| Phil Hellmuth |
1,400 |
Player Tags: Young Phan, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Carlos Mortensen, Karina Jett, Yarom Limor, Theo Tran, Nick Binger
