Live Tournament Updates
Battle of the Blinds
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
On a flop of 8
7
2
Alan Goehring raises T3,500 in the big blind and everyone folds to seat ten, who calls in the small blind. The turn card is the J and seat ten bets T4,500. Goehring calls and the river card is the 4. Seat ten bets T2,700 and Goehring raises to T7,000. Seat ten goes into the tank for about five minutes and then his cell phone rings. He turns it off and goes back into the tank for another couple minutes while the dealer plays air piano. Seat three has enough of this and calls the clock. About halfway through his final countdown seat ten mucks J9 face-up into the middle of the table. Goehring remarks, "You folded jack-nine," then quickly flashes his hold cards to the table, a jack and a nine.
05:37 PM, 10/25/06
Players are back from break
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
We are now at Level 5. Blinds are T150 and T300 w/ T50 Antes. There are 212 players remaining.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V05:10 PM, 10/25/06
Level 4 has ended
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Players are on a 10 minute break.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V04:58 PM, 10/25/06
Bada Bing!
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
On a board of 875 seat five bets T2,000 and Michael Binger raises to T8,000. Seat five comes back over the top of Binger, pushing all-in for T13,575 total. Binger quickly calls and flips over AJ. Seat five shows pocket kings and the turn and river cards are the 8
3. Binger was among the chip leaders but is now down to a more modest T34,435.
04:54 PM, 10/25/06
Eli
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Eli Elezra is making one heck of a comeback. The cash game player was down to a miniscule T1,600 before he started moving his chips in. Twelve times he was all-in, but he's managed to survive and is now up to a little over T25,000, a sliver above the tournament average.
Sorted In: Eliahu Elezra, Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V04:45 PM, 10/25/06
Tony Servello gives away his chips, Finally!
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
In a strong attempt to go home, once very healhy in chips, Tony Servello, has finally gotten his wish.
Moving all in blind with T12000 will do the trick. His 7-2 off suit miracle the hand before was in fact a miracle. This time he flipped over J6 and his opponent who called turned over A10
The cards came 5723Q
Servello did flop a flush draw, but received no help on the turn and river.
He said, "I want to go home. I'm tired. I can make more money playing at home on-line."
He got his wish... Now table #28 can resume playing nice slow conservative poker the way the rest of the field has.
Tournament Director just announced we are down to 217 players.
04:40 PM, 10/25/06
Howard Goldfarb
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Apparently, the fatigue grabbed me before I knew it. The player I listed earlier as 'Howard Greenbaum' is actually Howard Goldfarb. Thanks to the folks who called the mistake in.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V04:39 PM, 10/25/06
You've got to be kidding me
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Tony Servello must have just read my blog. In an attempt to speed things up, he inexplicably moved all-in blind for T7,000 and change. He flipped up 7-2 off-suit, but his day was salvaged when he hit a runner-runner full house. I'm speechless. No one is ever getting eliminated ever again, ever. Ever.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, North American Poker Championship, Season V04:22 PM, 10/25/06
The Matador Takes a Hit
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
On a flop of 542 seat five moves all-in for T8,075 and Carlos Mortensen calls after pondering his options. He has a lot of chips to work with and decides to call. "The Matador" flips over pocket threes against the pocket jacks of seat five. The turn and river cards are the 74 and seat five doubles up. Mortensen is down eight grand but still has a healthy chip stack with T29,500 left.
04:22 PM, 10/25/06
Positively Fifth Street
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
The noted poker author Jim McManus has busted out of the tournamnet. On a board of 7637, the A hit on fifth street to eliminate McManus on the river. His opponent held the AK.
04:12 PM, 10/25/06
