Sick...
Jun 04, '07
There exists no other word to describe the action so far in this event. It is just sick. Chips are flying across the felt, and as a result $5,000 chips are also literally flying across the room as some players borrow a rebuy from a friend at the next table. When Phil Ivey had to reload he merely gestured to Chip Reese, who responded by throwing him two $5,000 chips. One tournament directed was overheard saying that table 213 alone accounts for roughly $250,000 in rebuys.
Action is always fast in a rebuy tournament, but it becomes out of control when combined with pot limit omaha. As Lyle Berman said of the game in his section of Super System 2, there are times when two players could flip both their hands up and still put all of their money in. Some hands of note include when Mark Vos called an all in with top set of aces, putting him in the lead of his opponent's set of queens. The turn was innocuous, and Vos' opponent was down to one out. The Q
did indeed roll of on the river, forcing Vos to rebuy with about fifteen minutes left in the rebuy and add-on period.
The action is so fast and furious that it seems almost futile to take not of emerging chip leaders, but one player seems to have amassed such a stack that they have pulled away from the field. Ram Vaswani's stack of $5,000 chips that is larger than most other player's $1,000 chip stack, and is sitting around $100,000.
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Player Tags: David Reese, Ram Vaswani, Lyle Berman, Phil Ivey, Mark Vos
The Final Table Bubble Is In Effect
Jun 05, '07
After taking a short break, a quick series of bust outs took place before play tightened up as the final table bubble approached.
Dustin Woolf was out in 14th ($37,583.) Jeff Lisandro was eliminated in 13th ($37,583) when his pocket aces and flush draw failed to improve against David "Devilfish" Ulliot's set of sevens. When Chip Reese busted in 12th ($43,365) he received a round of applause from the rail. After that, the atmosphere changed. Both players and the rail felt the tension built by the looming final table.
Less and less flops were being seen, as short stacks such as Humberto Brenes frequently pushed preflop and took down pots. Tight folds were also demonstrated. Burt Boutin bet $30,000 on a flop of 9
8
5
, and when he was reraised by Robert Williamson he quickly let go of a set of fives, showing the table. With a bracelet and $868,745 first place prize on the line, players are focused and hungry. Make sure to check for more updates here at
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Player Tags: Humberto Brenes, David Reese, Burt Boutin, Jeffrey Lisandro, Dustin Woolf
, Chip Reese bets out $4,000. His opponent, Kirk Morrison thinks for a few moments before making the call. Reese shows Morrison 7
and Morrison mucks his hand. Reese now has $42,300.