Live Tournament Updates
This Dragon Can't Be Stopped
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
|:img:5783,L:|Seat 6 raises to 375 in early position, David "The Dragon" Pham calls on the button, the big blind reraises to 1,875, and is called by Seat 6 and Pham.
The flop comes 9
5
4
and the big blind checks, Seat 6 bets 3,500, Pham calls, the big blind raises to 10,500, Seat 6 folds, and Pham moves all in for 19,000 more. The big blind goes into the tank for a while and then folds. He has walked away from the table to cool off.
Pham is now up to 50,300 in chips.
04:31 PM, 08/23/08
Roy Winston Busts a Player
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
|:img:5793,R:|Roy Winston flops a set of sixes from the button, and the big blind catches two pair with K-5 offsuit. All the chips go in on the flop, and the last two cards are blanks. The big blind goes home, while Roy Winston builds his stack to about 53,500.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker04:23 PM, 08/23/08
Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Through Lee Watkinson
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
Vivek Rajkumar is all in preflop for 16,700 with A
K against the QQ of Lee Watkinson. The board comes KJ78K, and Rajkumar wins the pot with trip kings, doubling up to about 34,000. Watkinson drops down to about 14,500.
04:11 PM, 08/23/08
Level 2 Begins
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
The players return from break to begin Level 2, with increased blinds of 75-150.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker04:02 PM, 08/23/08
Break Time
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
Level 1 has ended and the players are on a 15 minute break.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker03:53 PM, 08/23/08
Seidel Grabs Early Chip Lead
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
|:img:5794,R:|On a board of J-10-4-9-9 with two spades on the flop, the player in seat 6 bets 7,000 on the river and Erik Seidel makes a quick call. Seat 6 shows 96 for trip nines and a busted flush draw while Seidel turns over pocket fours for a full house. Seidel rakes the pot and takes an early chip lead with just over 51,000.
03:46 PM, 08/23/08
Joe Sebok Eliminated
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
With a board of 9864 and 5,000 already in the pot, Joe Sebok checks to Seat 9 who fires out four red chips in the amount of 2,000. Sebok check-raises his opponent to 10,000 leaving himself with 13,275 behind. Seat 9 thinks for a moment before shrugging his shoulders and pushing his stack all in.
With half his stack already in the pot, Sebok calls all in, tabling 9-6 for two pair. Seat 9 turns over pocket nines for top set, leaving Sebok with no outs to improve. The river brings an inconsequential 8 to pair the board, giving seat 9 a full house, eliminating Sebok.
03:43 PM, 08/23/08
The Master is at Home at the Bike
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
|:img:5781,R:|Men "The Master" Nguyen has already taken down two tournaments during the 2008 Legends of Poker. He won the $500 Omaha Hi/Lo for $20,535 and a $300 No Limit Hold 'Em for $65,700. Could this be the tournament he finally wins a WPT title?
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker03:31 PM, 08/23/08
Day 1a: 161 Players
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
Registration has already closed for Day 1a, and there are 161 players in today's field. Anyone who registers from this point forward will begin tomorrow on Day 1b.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker03:12 PM, 08/23/08
Lots of Raising, But No Flop
Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante
|:img:5785,R:|It is still the first level of play, and there are already a number of fireworks on Table 14. Defending champion Dan Harrington puts in a standard preflop raise of 300. All players fold around to the big blind who repops Harrington to the neighborhood of 1,200. Harrington with no hesitation reraises to 3,000. Thinking for a moment the big blind re-reraises to 10,000. Harrington sits for around three minutes staring his opponent down before finally mucking.
Sorted In: Tournaments, The Bicycle Casino, Season VII, Legends of Poker03:10 PM, 08/23/08
