Live Tournament Updates
Day 4 - Wednesday 1/24 - 12pm CST
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
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Sorted In: Tournaments, Gold Strike Casino, World Poker Open, Season V04:26 PM, 01/23/07
Day 3 Recap
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
The original plan said we’d play down to twenty-seven players today. Starting with forty-four, that took less than three hours. Johnny Grooms took the unanimous vote to play down to eighteen, and as a result, nine players who could have played on day four are going home instead. Our chip leader is James “Catfish�? Bullard. A local player, Bullard took a healthy chunk of Young Cho’s formerly huge lead when the latter tried to bully him from a hand on a bluff. Cho is still in second place, but with a lot less than he should probably have. Two stars follow in their footsteps. JC Tran and Daniel Negreanu are third and fifth respectively. Negreanu’s run was an impressive one, with a massive rush coming after an eternity on the short stack. Danny’s hunting records: That’s when he’s at his most dangerous. Wednesday, our final eighteen will work their way down to six as we decide who will have the honor of appearing on the World Poker Tour stage. Be sure to check back in at noon EST as we start the final grind. With Danny, JC, Amir Vahedi, Kido Pham and a chip leader called Catfish, it should be a fun day.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Gold Strike Casino, World Poker Open, Season V04:12 PM, 01/23/07
Gavin Smith eliminated in 19th place - Play ends
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
In middle position, Young Cho raises to T28,000. Gavin Smith moves all-in for his remaing T69,000. Cho calls.
Smith turns over K
K
Cho turns over QQ
The board comes A
Q
252
Cho catches a queen on the flop and sends Smith home in 19th place earning $17,137.
Play has ended for today. All the action will continue on Wednesday at 12pm CST.
03:59 PM, 01/23/07
Give me a Break
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
With nineteen players left, we just went on break. The blinds are going up to T4,000/T8,000 with our smalled stacks still in the upper-five digits. It's going to be a race to the finish. Different players will take different approaches here. The amateurs will want to survive, clearing another hurdle by advancing another day. The pros will be looking to take advantage of that, not to mention their weighing the value of an extra day into the equation. Better to go hard or home than to wake up tomorrow with next to no chips. I'm guessing this resolves itself within the first fifteen minutes after break. I've been wrong before though.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Gold Strike Casino, World Poker Open, Season V03:34 PM, 01/23/07
Players are on break
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
There are currently 19 players remaining. One more bust out to go before play stops for the day.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Gold Strike Casino, World Poker Open, Season V03:33 PM, 01/23/07
Catfish doubles up through Cho
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
James Ballard moves all-in for T450,000 after the turn with a double belly buster straight draw and a pair of 8's. Young Cho with just a flush draw with one card to go, calls.
The board comes 598J5. In a very strange call, Cho misses and doubles up his opponent who was second in chips. Now Cho is second, while Bullard moves into first.
03:32 PM, 01/23/07
Michael Schneider Finishes 20th
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
Michael Schneider has been eliminated from the tournament in 20th place. He will take home $17,137 in prize money.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Gold Strike Casino, World Poker Open, Season V03:16 PM, 01/23/07
Negreanu Doubles Up Then Eliminates Matt Graham in 21st Place
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu is all-in against Kido Pham and Kid Poker makes a queen-high spade flush to doubles up to T215,000.
On the very next hand Matt Graham is all-in against Negreanu on a board of AQ3J2. Graham holds the J3 against Negreanu's pocket jacks. Graham finishes in 21st place and he will receive $17,137 in prize money. Negreanu has quickly ascended the leader board and now sits in 5th place with T345,000.
02:54 PM, 01/23/07
Hoyt Corkins Finishes 22nd Place
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
On a board of KQ10106 Young Cho flips over pocket sixes and Hoyt Corkins mucks. Corkins was all-in on the turn and he is busted out of the tournament in 22nd place. He will take home $17,137 in prize money. Cho has now taken a commanding chip lead with T1,025,000.
02:41 PM, 01/23/07
Thompson's all-in holds up
Level 7: 150,000-300,000, 30,000 ante
Jolyne Thompson, the last lady remaining in the tournament, moves all-in for T48,000. Player to her right calls.
Thompson turns over AK
Players turns over A6
Board comes KK963
Thompson doubles up.
02:22 PM, 01/23/07
