Live Tournament Updates
Jason Sagle Eliminated on a Heartbreaker
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Three players limp to a flop of K
8
3 and the small blind checks. Sagle bets 4,000 from the big blind and then seat three raises to 10,000. The small blind check raises all in and Sagle makes an all-in call. Seat 3 also makes the call and everyone opens up their hands.
Seat 3: K
10
Seat 6: K8
Sagle: 33
Sagle is in the lead with a set but the 78 fall on the turn and river to bust Sagle out of the tournament. Seat 3 takes a hit and Seat 6 almost triples up. Sagle made it all the way to the final table of the 2006 WPT North American Poker Championship, but he will unfortunately not be making a return trip in 2007.
03:47 PM, 10/26/07
Tim "Tmay420" West Eliminates Another
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Tim West raises to 550 on the button and is called in the big blind by Artur Kulczycki. The flop comes K76 and West bets 525. Kulczycki check raises to 2,000 and West puts him all in. Kulczycki calls and shows K3. West shows 96 and the turn and river come J10 to give West the winning flush. He is now up to 22,500.
03:40 PM, 10/26/07
No Luck for Matt Giannetti After Dinner
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Matt Giannetti returned from the dinner break with a to-go box of chicken fingers, but a tournament staffer quickly informed him that there is no food allowed at the tables, other than the free snacks provided here in the room. (The free snacks include various cookies and small bags of potato chips, pretzels, and popcorn.) For Giannetti to eat his chicken fingers, he'd need to move to a small table set up about 20 feet away. Unfortunately for Giannetti, he didn't face that problem for long. A few minutes after he learned about the food rules, he was shortstacked and all in with A-3 against another player's 10-10. The board bricked out, and Giannetti was eliminated from the tournament. At least now he'll be able to eat his chicken fingers in peace.
Sorted In: North American Poker Championship, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VI03:37 PM, 10/26/07
Eugene "unsettling" Borissenko Eliminated by Matt "Ch0ppy" Kay
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Shortly after the dinner break, Eugene Borissenko was all in with A-10 against Matt Kay's A-J. Borissenko didn't improve and was eliminated.
Sorted In: North American Poker Championship, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VI03:31 PM, 10/26/07
Play Resumes
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
The players return from dinner to start Level 4, with blinds at 100-200 and a 25 ante. Play is expected to continue until around midnight tonight, which should be sometime in the middle of Level 7.
Sorted In: North American Poker Championship, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VI03:15 PM, 10/26/07
One-Hour Dinner Break
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
The players take a one-hour dinner break, and play will resume about 6:15 pm Eastern. The tournament clock shows 147 players remaining, with an average chip count of $23,673.
Sorted In: North American Poker Championship, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VI02:17 PM, 10/26/07
Railbirds
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Nam Le, Steve Sung, J.C. Tran, Amnon Filippi, and the 2006 WPT North American Poker Championship winner, Soren Turkeswitch were spotted along the rail during level three.
Sorted In: North American Poker Championship, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VI02:17 PM, 10/26/07
Andre Boyer Eliminated
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Andre Boyer gets it all in preflop in a pot against Peter Giardano and Seat 6. The flop rolls out 992 and Giardano checks, seat six bets 1,000, and Giardano reraises 1,500 more. Seat 6 folds and Giardano turns up 95. Boyer turns up pocket sevens and the turn and river hit the table 410. Giardano takes down the pot to increase his stack to 17,500 and Boyer is eliminated from the tournament.
02:16 PM, 10/26/07
Gavin Smith Takes a Pot, Teases Last Year's Champ
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
After a flop of J72, the blinds check, Gavin Smith bets 500 from early position, two late position players fold, the small blind folds, and the big blind calls. The turn card pairs the board with the 2, and both players check.
The river card is the 5, the big blind checks, Smith bets 1,000, and the big blind calls. Smith shows J6 for two pair, jacks and deuces, and the big blind mucks. Gavin Smith takes the pot, increasing his stack to about 14,000.
After the hand, Gavin notices last year's winner Soren Turkewitsch watching from behind the rail, and starts razzing him about not using his victory money from last year ($1.3 million CAD) to bankroll some friends into the tournament.
02:15 PM, 10/26/07
Gavin Griffin Makes a Solid Laydown
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
The board rolls out 9758 and Gavin Griffin bets 1,550 from late position. The button calls, as does Seat 1 in the small blind. Griffin and Seat 1 check the Q on the river and the button fires out 4,500. Seat 1 folds and then Griffin grimaces before he counts out the 14,200 he has left behind him. He eventually mucks K9 face up on the middle of the table and the button turns up A9 as he collects the pot.
02:14 PM, 10/26/07
