Live Tournament Updates
Hands #78-80
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
Hand #78 - Mark Weitzman has the button in seat 6, Matusow limps from the small blind for 60,000, and Todd checks his option. The flop comes 5
5
3, and both players check. The turn card is the Q
, and Matusow bets 55,000. The dealer points out that the minimum bet is 60,000, so Matusow tosses in another 5,000 chip. Todd folds, and Matusow takes the pot.
Hand #79 - Mike Matusow has the button in seat 7, and Winston raises from early position to 125,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #80 - Eugene Todd has the button in seat 9, Matusow limps from the cutoff for 60,000, Yoon raises from the big blind to 260,000, and Matusow folds A2 face up. Heung Yoon takes the pot.
05:55 PM, 09/19/07
Hand #77: Mark Weitzman Doubles Through Eugene Todd
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
Hand #77 - Haralabos Voulgaris has the button in seat 5, Todd raises under the gun to 155,000, and Weitzman calls from the small blind. The flop comes 94
3, Weitzman checks, Todd bets 225,000, and Weitzman moves all in for 1.21 million. Todd goes into the tank for several minutes, before he calls with 77. Weitzman shows 88, and he's in great shape to double up here.
The last two cards are JA, and Mark Weitzman wins the pot with a pair of eights, doubling up to about 4.4 million. Eugene Todd drops down to about 3.1 million.
05:52 PM, 09/19/07
Hands #73-76
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
Hand #73 - Eugene Todd has the button in seat 9, and he raises to 180,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #74 - John Kranyak has the button in seat 1, and he raises to 160,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #75 - Heung Yoon has the button in seat 2, Matusow raises from early position to 120,000, and Voulgaris calls from the big blind. The flop comes 1086, Voulgaris checks, Matusow bets 200,000, and Voulgaris calls. The turn card is the 9, and both players check. The river card is the A, Voulgaris checks, Matusow bets 200,000, and Voulgaris calls. Matusow shows A9 for two pair, aces and nines, and Voulgaris mucks. Mike Matusow wins the pot.
Hand #76 - Roy Winston has the button in seat 4, and Yoon moves all in from the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
05:44 PM, 09/19/07
Blinds Increase
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
The players return from break to increased blinds of 30,000-60,000, with a 5,000 ante. Play will continue tonight until one more player is eliminated. The surviving six players will return for tomorrow's televised WPT Final Table.
Sorted In: Borgata Poker Open, Borgata, Season VI05:38 PM, 09/19/07
Official Chip Counts
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
Here are the official chip counts from the break: 1. John Kranyak - 2,775,000 2. Heung Yoon - 600,000 4. Roy Winston - 3,795,000 5. Haralabos Voulgaris - 2,365,000 6. Mark Weitzman - 1,450,000 7. Mike Matusow - 1,455,000 9. Eugene Todd - 4,375,000
Sorted In: Borgata Poker Open, Borgata, Season VI05:30 PM, 09/19/07
20-Minute Break
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
The players take a 20-minute break, and the yellow (1,000) chips are being raced off the tables. There is a bit of controversy over the chip colors, with some people calling the 1,000s orange or mango instead of yellow. Either way, they're being pulled out of play.
Sorted In: Borgata Poker Open, Borgata, Season VI05:21 PM, 09/19/07
Hand #72: Haralabos Voulgaris Doubles Through John Kranyak
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
Hand #72 - Mike Matusow has the button in seat 7, Voulgaris raises from middle position to 135,000, and Kranyak calls from the big blind. The flop comes J96, Kranyak bets 185,000, and Voulgaris raises to 600,000, leaving himself about 550,000 behind. Kranyak says, "This is a bad move, but I'll put you all in." Voulgaris immediately calls with 99 -- a set of nines. Kranyak shows KQ for a gutshot straight draw. The other players are surprised when they see Kranyak's hand.
The last two cards are 5J, and Voulgaris wins the pot with a full house, nines full of jacks, doubling up in chips.
05:19 PM, 09/19/07
Hands #70-71
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
Hand #70 - Haralabos Voulgaris has the button in seat 5, and Yoon moves all in from middle position for 504,000. Everyone folds to Matusow in the big blind, and he thinks for a while before he folds 22 face up. Yoon takes the blinds and antes.
Hand #71 - Mark Weitzman has the button in seat 6, and Matusow raises from the small blind to 131,000, winning the blinds and antes. Matusow shows A9 as he collects the chips.
05:12 PM, 09/19/07
Hands #67-69
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
Hand #67 - John Kranyak has the button in seat 1, Yoon raises from the small blind to 120,000, and Winston calls from the big blind. The flop comes J1010, and both players check. The turn card is the 2, Yoon checks, Winston bets 100,000, and Yoon folds. Winston shows J10 for a full house as he collects the pot.
Hand #68 - Heung Yoon has the button in seat 2, and Winston raises from the small blind to 125,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #69 - Roy Winston has the button in seat 4, and Matusow raises under the gun to 131,000, winning the blinds and antes.
05:07 PM, 09/19/07
Hands #65-66: Haralabos Voulgaris Doubles Through Mike Matusow
Level 36: 200,000-400,000, 40,000 ante
Hand #65 - Mike Matusow has the button in seat 7, he raises to 131,000, and Todd calls from the small blind. The flop comes K85, Matusow bets 125,000, and Todd folds. Mike Matusow takes the pot.
Hand #66 - Eugene Todd has the button in seat 9, Voulgaris moves all in from early position, and Matusow asks for a count from the cutoff. Voulgaris's bet is 581,000, and Matusow calls with AQ. Voulgaris shows J8, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The board comes 84497, and Voulgaris pairs his eight on the flop to win the pot and double up to about 1.26 million in chips. Matusow is down to about 1.385 million.
05:05 PM, 09/19/07
