Francois Safieddine raises all-in preflop with A A and Cristopher Andler makes the call. Christopher shows K K for a super cooler! The baord brought no help to Christopher and Francois win the tournament.
Christopher takes home $48,190 for his 2nd place effort.
Francois win the money, the bracelet, and a seat into the $25,000 WPT championship.
Christoffer Sonesson Eliminated In 3rd ($25,060)
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 07, 3:53 PM
Cristoffer Sonesson moved all-in pre flop and was called by Christopher Andler. Sonesson showed A K and Andler flipped up 7 7. The board came down 4 5 6 9 Q to eliminate Sonesson and take us to heads up play.
Chip Counts
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 07, 1:35 PM
The chip counts section has been updated.
Dan Alspach Eliminated In 4th Place ($13,485)
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 07, 1:14 PM
Christopher Andler raised pre flop and was called by Dan Alspach. The flop came down A 9 8 and Dan moved all-in. Christopher made the quick call and flipped up 9 9 for a flopped set of nines. Dan turned over A 2 for top pair. The turn brought a 5 sealing Dan's fate. The river was a meaningless T and Dan was eliminated.
When they return they will be playing blinds at $2,000-$4,000 with a $500 ante.
Francois Wins Big Pot
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 07, 12:24 PM
Francois Saffodinne called a pre flop raise of $12,000 from Christopher Andler. The flop came down K T 2 and Francois checked. Christopher bet out $20,000 and Francois made the call. The turn brought a 3, again Francois checked and this time Christopher bet out $32,000. Francois went into the tank and finally made the call. The river brought a 7 and Francois checked once again. Christopher checked behind this time and Francois flipped up K Q for top pair. Christopher mucked his hand.
Francois is now the chip leader holding around $160,000.
Francois Safieddine Breaks $100,000
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 07, 11:54 AM
Francois Safieddine has chipped up to $100,000 by carefully menuervin through the tough four handed feild. For the most part play has slowed down quite a bit since we got four handed. Christopher Andler is currently the chip leader with about $135,000 while Christoffer Sonesson is last in chips with $55,000.
Blinds have been raised to $1,500-$3,000 with a $500 ante.
Peter Persson Eliminated In 5th ($10,600)
Posted: Sat, Jun 30, 07, 11:31 AM
Peter Persson moved all-in pre flop from the small blind. Dan Alspach called from the big blind and showed Q Q. Peter sheepishly turned over A 3 which was behind. The board came out 8 3 2 J 9 which was no help to Peter. Dan took down the pot and added to his chip lead.
C.T. Law raised pre flop and was called by Christopher Andler out of the small blind. On a flop of 9 5 2, C.T. moved all-in for his remaing $50,000 and Christpher went into the tank. After thinking for a couple minutes he said "I think I wanted you to do that" and made the call. Christopher showed Q Q and C.T. flipped up K 9 which was way behind. The turn brought the Q sealing the deal for Christopher. Christopher now has over $100,000 in his stack.