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Mike Wattel Triples Up
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
On a flop of 6
3
2
Mike Wattel moves all-in under the gun. Both Thomas Wahlroos and Carlos Mortensen call. Wahlroos and Mortensen then check the turn and river cards, which are dealt 88
. Wattel then flips over pocket kings, which is good to triple up over the pocket tens of Wahlroos. The Matador mucks his hand.
07:51 PM, 04/26/07
Wahlroos Wins First Pot of the Level
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
Thomas Wahlroos opens the pot for a T240,000 raise. Action folds around to Paul Lee in the big blind, who makes the call.
The flop comes 1052. Wahlroos bets T300,000 and Lee folds.
07:34 PM, 04/26/07
Level 23
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
Play resumes at Level 23 with blinds of T40,000-T80,000 with a T10,000 ante. Check out the "Chip Counts" tab for the most up to date information on each players stack.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, WPT World Championship, Season V07:29 PM, 04/26/07
Break Time
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
Players are on a 15 minute break.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, WPT World Championship, Season V07:20 PM, 04/26/07
Laliberte Takes Pot from Vu
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
On the last hand before the break, Guy Laliberte raises to T200,000 from middle position. Tommy Vu calls from the big blind.
The flop comes 972
Vu checks. Laliberte bets T400,000. Vu folds.
Players are now on a fifteen minute break.
07:17 PM, 04/26/07
Carlos Mortensen Wins Biggest Pot of The Tournament Thus Far
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
Paul Lee raises to T200,000 from early position and Carlos Mortensen makes the call from the small blind.
The flop comes QQ7 and both players check. The turn is the Q. Mortensen checks, Lee bets T400,000 and El Matador makes the call.
The river is the 9. Mortensen checks for a third time and Lee bets a cool million in chips. Carlos announces "raise" and makes it T1,000,000 more to go. Lee asks how much Mortensen has left. He goes into the tank for several minutes before mucking his hand. Mortensen rakes in the over T4,000,000 pot.
07:11 PM, 04/26/07
Fischman Takes Big Pot from Mortensen
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
Carlos Mortensen raises to T175,000 from the button. Scott Fischman calls from the big blind.
Flop comes 10108
Fischman bets T130,000. Mortensen raises to T500,000. Fischman moves all-in over the top for T1,240,000 more. Mortensen takes a few swigs of his water and then folds.
06:56 PM, 04/26/07
Good Luck Charm?
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
Last year's WPT Player of the Year, Gavin Smith just came into the Fontana Bar to check out the action. He gave Kirk Morrison the watch off his wrist, claiming it's "Lucky".
Sorted In: Gavin Smith, Kirk Morrison, Tournaments, Bellagio, WPT World Championship, Season V06:43 PM, 04/26/07
Slaughter-House Five
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
Paul Lee bets T500,000 pre-flop and Jimmy N. Tran raises all-in. Lee calls and flips over pocket fives. Tran shows pocket queens and the board comes 75384. Tran is eliminated in tenth place and he will take home $185,645 in prize money.
06:40 PM, 04/26/07
Make 'em Sweat
Level 8: 800,000-1,600,000, 300,000 ante
Jimmy Tran and Thomas Wahlroos limp into the pot from middle position and Mike Wattel moves all-in for T969,000. Every single player that acts behind Wattel takes a decent amount of time before they act. He had to dodge Paul Lee on the button, Tommy Vu in the small blind, Tim Phan in the big blind and then both limpers.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, WPT World Championship, Season V06:35 PM, 04/26/07
