Live Tournament Updates
SLOWLY I CHURN
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Niagara Falls! Slowly I turn... step by step... inch by inch. Well, actually it's a little more like slowly I "churn." Not feelin' so well, poker fans. It's been interesting talking to the likes of Daniel Negreanu and Liz Lieu as my stomach does backflips. Most folks in my position would simply go back to their hotel room, turn out the lights and call it a day. But not your boy Danger. I know that you, our beloved audience, are hungry for poker insight and groundbreaking online entertainment. Therefore, slowly I turn, step by step, out of bed and down to the poker tournament to get the best clips we can. That's just the kind of guy I am. Don't call me a "hero!" Stop it! Just stop it! I won't have it, my friends! All right, go ahead if you must. I don't blame you. Integrity like this comes along perhaps only once in a generation. We even got a fan of the day clip for you. I didn't feel up to it, but once again, I did it for all of you -- certainly not for myself. I'm going to drink some Canada Dry now and hope things improve. After all, tomorrow is another day. - Danger
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V11:28 PM, 10/25/06
Play has ended!
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Day 1(A) has finally ended. Today's remaining 119 players will have tomorrow off as Day 1(B) players begin play! Tournament Director is expecting a slightly smaller field for tomorrow, yet we will play 7 rounds again. Canada favorites Daniel Negreanu and Gavin Smith will sit down tomorrow and try their best to represent their country. Be sure to visit the site tomorrow beginning at noon eastern for the latest tournament coverage, eh!
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V10:27 PM, 10/25/06
Eli wins nice pot
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Under the Gun, Eli Elezra raises to T2100. The player on the button calls.
The flop comes 8
5
4
Eli bets T3800. The player on the button bumps it up to T9000. Instantly, Eli pushes the rest of his chips in, making it T22,000 more to call.
The player on the button thinks for about 3 minutes. Eli stands up, sits down, stands up...sips his redbull.... and finally sits down again saying, "You take the next one. Let me have this one."
Maybe it worked! The Player folds and Eli shows his JHJ
. The player nods his head and says, "Good hand."
10:06 PM, 10/25/06
Ready, Aim, Fire
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Ryan summed the fire alarm up pretty well. The sound was a soft gong, accompanied by small flashing lights. Typical of their kind, not one player so much as paused; chips kept clacking, cards were tossed, bets announced. You talk about dedication to the craft, every player in the room seemed ready to burn to the ground in order to protect their stacks. One reporter present, Chris Tessaro is an Ontario fireman. He whispered to me 'you know, Ontario doesn't fool around with fire alarms. They'll clear the place out.' of course, the Ontario fire department has never dealt with the likes of a Barry Greenstein clinging to the small stack. - Speaking of Barry, Allen Kessler just busted out when he made the overcall on AKo against Greenstein's aces in the big blind. Ryan "Use the force" Lucchesi saw him walking the hallways distraught afterwards, and suggested jokingly that Allen may have pulled the alarm in a last-ditch effort to salvage his tournament. Allen's a good guy; random acts of violence don't seem like his thing
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V09:49 PM, 10/25/06
Kessler Eliminated
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Allen Kessler has been eliminated from the tournament.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V09:41 PM, 10/25/06
Alarm
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
The most comforting fire alarm in the history of the world is going off in the Grand Hall and play has continued, apparently a false alarm.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V09:40 PM, 10/25/06
Crazy Eights
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Six players check through a flop of 8
74 and the turn card is the 8. Seat four bets T600 from the big blind and seat nine raises to T2600 from middle position. Amnon Filippi calls from the small blind and seat four folds. The river card is the 8 and Filippi bets T5,000. Seat nine calls and mucks after Filippi shows his cards, K8 for quad eights.
09:20 PM, 10/25/06
Final Round
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
The last round of the night will begin shortly after the tournament field finishes the color up that is currently under way. The blinds will be $300-$600 with a $100 ante for the start of level 7.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V08:47 PM, 10/25/06
We need your help
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
It's been announced that we're playing one more 90 minute round. To speed it up, I've decided a passage of time montage is needed. If you as reader could play either 'Montage' from Team America: World Police, or 'You're the Best Around' from Karate Kid in your living rooms, it may speed things up here. In other news, I may be tipsy or in the least punch drunk.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V08:30 PM, 10/25/06
Players are on a 10 minute break
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Steve Paul-Ambrose is currently the chip leader at just over T114,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V08:29 PM, 10/25/06
