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.
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.
Nesbitt Coburn Eliminated in Third Place ($42,643)
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 07, 10:16 AM
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.
Severin Walser Eliminated in Fourth Place ($28,105)
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 07, 9:36 AM
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.
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:
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.
Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in Fifth Place ($21,321)
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 07, 8:57 AM
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 all eyes turned to Nergeanu. He slowly peaked at his final 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.
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
The cards got in the air at 1:25 p.m. and Farshad Cohen was the first to make an exit a half hour into play. He was eliminated by the queen-high straight of Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu made the straight on seventh street and Cohen was sent to the rail in eighth place. He took home $8,916 in prize money.
David Brody Eliminated in Seventh Place ($12,405)
David Brody was on an extreme short stack at this point ($6,000) and he was all in against Greg Pappas.Pappas also made a queen-high straight to send his opponent packing. Brody was eliminated in seventh place and he took home $12,405 in prize money.
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