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Hand #92: Shawn Buchanan
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Scotty Nguyen completes the small blind to 120,000, and Shawn Buchanan checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes A
J
4
, Nguyen checks, Buchanan bets 130,000, and Nguyen folds. Shawn Buchanan takes the pot.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 5,130,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 2,840,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 6,805,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 1,705,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,290,000
08:42 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #91: Daniel Alaei
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Alaei raises from the cutoff to 300,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 5,140,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 2,850,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 6,815,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 1,835,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,130,000
08:41 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #90: Josh Arieh
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Alaei raises from the button to 300,000, Josh Arieh reraises from the big blind to 1,050,000, and Alaei thinks for about 15 seconds before he folds. Josh Arieh takes the pot.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 4,920,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 2,860,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 6,885,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 1,965,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,140,000
08:39 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #89: Josh Arieh Four-Bets Faraz Jaka Preflop
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Josh Arieh raises under the gun to 315,000, Faraz Jaka reraises from the big blind to 900,000, and Arieh moves all in for 5,475,000. Jaka immediately folds, and Josh Arieh takes the pot.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 5,230,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 2,930,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 6,485,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 1,975,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,150,000
08:38 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #88: Shawn Buchanan
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Shawn Buchanan completes the small blind to 120,000, and Daniel Alaei checks his option in the big blind. Both players check to the river on a board of A
10
7
K
K
, Buchanan bets 125,000, and Alaei quickly calls. Buchanan shows 6
6
to win the pot, and Alaei mucks.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 5,300,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 3,840,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 5,485,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 1,985,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,160,000
08:35 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #87: Josh Arieh
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Josh Arieh raises from the button to 325,000, and Scotty Nguyen calls from the small blind. Both players check to the river on a board of 7
4
4
2
8
. Arieh shows A
10
to win the pot with his ace, and Nguyen mucks.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 5,535,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 3,850,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 5,495,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 1,995,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 2,895,000
08:33 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #86: Faraz Jaka
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Alaei raises from the cutoff to 300,000, and Faraz Jaka calls from the button. The flop comes K
J
7
, Alaei bets 360,000, and Jaka calls. The turn card is the 6
, and both players check.
The river card is the A
, and they check again. Faraz Jaka shows J-9 to win the pot with a pair of jacks, and Alaei mucks.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 5,545,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 3,860,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 5,010,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 2,330,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,025,000
08:30 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #85: Daniel Alaei
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Alaei raises from the button to 300,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 6,215,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 2,980,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 5,080,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 2,460,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,035,000
08:27 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #84: Scotty Nguyen
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Scotty Nguyen raises from the cutoff to 360,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 5,995,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 3,050,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 5,210,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 2,470,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,045,000
08:26 PM, 12/19/09
Hand #83: Daniel Alaei
Level 26: 60,000-120,000, 10,000 ante
Scotty Nguyen raises from the button to 350,000, and Daniel Alaei moves all in from the big blind for 5,675,000, which is more than double Nguyen's stack. Nguyen thinks for about 10 seconds before he folds, jokingly saying he has two queens. Daniel Alaei takes the pot.
Seat 1. Daniel Alaei - 6,065,000
Seat 2. Faraz Jaka - 3,180,000
Seat 3. Josh Arieh - 5,220,000
Seat 5. Scotty Nguyen - 2,250,000
Seat 6. Shawn Buchanan - 3,055,000
08:24 PM, 12/19/09


