James Tolley Eliminated 3rd ($91,900) Tolley raises the pot, $120,000 and David Bach calls. Lukasz Dumanski reraises to $320,000 and Tolley pushes all in for $520,000 total. Tolley tanks for several minutes, then mucks. Dumanski calls and tables A755 while Tolley shows AKJ8. The board comes 83254 sending Tolley home in third place.
Heads Up play Begins Here are the chip counts
Lukasz Dumanski -- $1,405,000
David Bach -- $650,000
Lukasz Dumanski Wins Event #42 Lukasz Dumanski pots, David Bach re-pots, and Dumanski puts him all in. Bach calls with JJ63, but is behind Dumanski's AA63. The board comes Q8437, shipping Dumanski the pot and the tournament. He wins $227,454 and the gold bracelet. Bach takes down 139,725 for his second place finish.
Chad Brown Eliminated 5th ($43,606) David Bach raises the pot preflop and Brown calls. The flop comes 655, Brown checks and Bach bets the pot. Brown makes the call and the turn is the 10. Brown moves all in for his last $265,000 putting Bach into the tank. He finally makes the call and turns over 4432, and Brown shows AJJ4. The river is the Q, giving Bach the flush and the pot. Brown is eliminated fifth.
Slow Going The pace of the tournament has been extremely slow and you can see it on the faces of the people here. Most of the spectators have givin up standing, and have stolen chairs from neighboring tables. All the staff look board, and event the players are making this look like a grind. There have been five walks for the big blind in a row.
Blinds Raised The blinds have been raised to $20,000-$40,000.
Gene Timberlake Eliminated 4th ($60,485) Gene TImberlake moves all in under the gun for his last $100,000 and is called by David Bach from the cutoff. Timberlake shows A886 but is behind Bach's KKQ7. The board comes 9973Q eliminating Timberlake in 4th place.
Dario Alioto Eliminated 6th ($33,759) Alioto raises the pot from the cutoff and is called by David Bach from the big blind. The flop comes J106, and Bach bets the pot with KK53. Alioto tanks then calls for his tournament life with QQ103 and the next two cards come 59. Alioto can't improve and is eliminated in 6th place.
Witty Writing lost Due to technical problems most of this hour post was lost. If you final a computer at the bottom of Lake Bellagio please don't return it. Its a sad sad world.
Hour Three Update
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 07, 11:00 AM
Break Players are on a 15 minute break.
Blinds Raised The blinds have been raised to $10,000-$20,000.
Can't Lose A Man Short stacks have been double up like crazy, and it doesn't seem like anyone can bust at this point.
Hour Two
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 07, 10:00 AM
Mark Wilds Eliminated 8th ($18,775) Action is folded to Wilds who pushes all in for his last $22,000. Dario Alioto goes all in right behind him for his last $48,000. No one else calls, and Wilds shows A975. Alioto tables AJJ4 and the board comes J32KQ, Alioto wins the pot and sends Wilds hom in eight place.
Thomas Hant Eliminated 7th ($25,319) Gene Timberlake raises to $40,000 from under the gun and Hant pushes in his last $49,000 with AKK5. Timberlake makes the call and tables AA103. The board comes 101059Q, shipping Timberlake the pot and eliminating Hant.
George Danzer Eliminated 9th ($13,597) Danzer moves all in for his last $7,000 from the cutoff and Thomas Hunt raises the pot from the button, Everyone else folds and Danzer shows AAQ7 and Hunt A345. The board comes A827Q and Hunt takes the high and the low eliminating Danzer in 9th place.
Restart Area Craziness The restart area in which the final table is being held is a mass of humanity. The seniors event, limit hold'em and PLO are all going on at the same time. Floor staff are running around trying to supervise all the events and All and all they is doing a good job of keeping things running.
Tight Play After an early flurry of action play as slow significantly. We still have eight players, and the have no intentions of going anywhere in the near future.
The final table will begin tomorrow at 3 p.m., so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for more updates.
Players Return
Posted: Tue, Jun 26, 07, 2:00 PM
The remaining 36 players have just returned from dinner and there is sure to be some great action as weplay down to the final table tonight, so be sure to check back often with CardPlayer.com for more updates and your favorite Pro Blogs.
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