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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 9
9
2
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
Ty Reiman Takes a Pot
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Numerous players limp, and Nick Kusiba raises to 800 from the big blind. Ty Reiman is the only caller, and the flop comes 752, and Kusiba leads for 1,900. Reiman makes the call and the turn is the 3. Kusiba checks, and Reiman bets 3,500. Kusiba makes the call, and the river is the A. Kusiba checks and Reiman bets 4,000. Kusiba flips over his 1010 and throws it into the much, sending Reiman the pot.
02:13 PM, 10/26/07
Scott Freeman Short Stacked
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Scott “SCTrojans” Freeman took a big hit right before the dinner break when his K10 had a player with AA all in on a K108 board. The turn and river came 65 to bring Freeman’s stack down to 5,000.
02:12 PM, 10/26/07
Everyone Has a Straight
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Gavin Smith limps from middle position for 200, the cutoff calls, the button calls, and Devi Ortega checks her option in the big blind. The flop comes J98, Ortega and Smith check, the cutoff bets 400, the button folds, Ortega calls, and Smith calls.
The turn card is the 10, putting an open-ended straight draw on the board, and all three players check.
The river card is the Q, putting a queen-high straight on the board. Ortega bets 1,000, and her two opponents fold.
After the hand, Devi Ortega has about 14,500, and Gavin Smith has about 12,800.
01:48 PM, 10/26/07
Good Bet
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Three players limp, the small blind completes, and the big blind checks preflop. The flop is dealt 844. Seat 7 opens the action for 500 from middle position and Seat 9 calls from late position. Richard Mallow also calls from late position and both the blinds fold. The Q falls on the turn and Seat 7 checks. Seat 9 fires out 800 and Mallow bumps things up to 3,000. Seat 7 folds and seat 9 goes into the tank. "Good bet, good bet," says Seat 9 to Mallow. "Had the board not paired I might have called you," he continues, and then tosses his cards into the muck. "More like good fold," says Mallow, who turns up the 4 as he collects the pot. Mallow takes down the pot and increases his chip lead to 57,250.
01:45 PM, 10/26/07
Mike "sowers" Takes a Hit
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Artur Kulczycki raises to 500 and is called by Mike Sowers, Odette Tremblay and Mike Maki and Peter Politis in the blinds. The flop comes Q86 and it is checked to Kulczychi who moves all in for 5,000. Sowers raises to 19,000 behind him to isolate and everyone folds. Kulczycki shows QJ but Sowers flopped two pair with 86. The turn and river come KQ and Kulczycki rivers trips to put a dent in Sower's stack.
01:41 PM, 10/26/07
Isaac Baron Doubles Up
Level 40: 1,000,000-2,000,000, 300,000 ante
Isaac Baron and two other players see a flop of Q83 for 600 a piece. On the second round of betting Baron opens the action for 1,200 under the gun. Seat 2 folds in middle position and the button makes the call. The 7 hits on the turn and Baron checks. The button raises to 1,800 and Baron reraises all in for 6,475 total. The button thinks for a couple minutes and then makes the call. Baron flips up pocket aces and the button turns over pocket fours. The 5 falls on the river and Baron doubles up on the hand to 17,400.
01:32 PM, 10/26/07
