$1,500 NL Hold'em - Velador Crushing
Jun 19, '08
Blinds/Antes: 15,000/30,000 with a 4,000 ante.
Players Remaining: 5 of 2,305
Chip Counts:
Jose Velador - 4,550,000
Jae Chung - 739,000
Osmin Dardon - 638,000
Shane Stacey - 576,000
Anthony Signore - 438,000
Recent Eliminations: Dany Georges (7th Place), Dean Bui (6th Place)
Big Hands:
Dany Georges Eliminated in Seventh Place ($100,638)
Dany Georges open shoved all in for 488,000 from middle position and Dean Bui called from the blinds with pocket sixes. Georges showed A
J, but the board came K10
37
3 to eliminate him in seventh place.
Dean Bui Eliminated in Sixth Place ($132,088)
In a massive cooler during a battle of the blinds, Dean Bui limped in the small blind and Jose Velador raised to 79,000. Bui called and the flop came K10
7. Bui checked and Velador bet 90,000. Bui decided to just call and the turn was the 4. Both players checked and the river was the 9. Bui bet 255,000 and Velador put him all in. Bui called instantly, turning over a set of tens, but Velador held the better hand with a set of kings. Bui was eliminated in sixth place.
Player Tags: Dean Bui, Luis Velador, Dany Georges
$1,500 NL Hold'em - Hoffman Exits
Jun 19, '08
Blinds/Antes: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante.
Players Remaining: 8 of 2,305
Chip Counts:
Jose Velador - 2,000,000
Dany Georges - 1,100,000
Utsab Saha - 770,000
Jae Chung - 715,000
Anthony Signore - 580,000
Shane Stacey - 595,000
Osmin Dardon - 840,000
Dean Bui - 150,000
Recent Eliminations: Justin Hoffman (9th Place)
Big Hands:
Dean Bui Doubles Up Through Dany Georges
Dany Georges raised to 55,000 under the gun and Dean Bui moved all in for 147,000. Georges made the call and showed A8, but he was behind to Bui's pocket jacks. The board ran out K93Q8 and Bui doubled up to just over 300,000.
Justin Hoffman Eliminated in Ninth Place ($54,464)
Justin Hoffman moved all in on the extreme short stack and was called by Dean Bui. Hoffman revealed J8 but was slightly behind Bui's K3. The board bricked out for Hoffman when it came A10745 and he was eliminated in ninth place.
Slow Ride
Despite over an hour of play coming and going, the players have only seen 20 dealt hands. Each player is deliberate and methodical with their play, as you would expect a table full of first time final tablists to be.
Player Tags: Dean Bui, Dany Georges
