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Stacked
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Table 7 Seat 1: Erik Seidel Seat 3: Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi Seat 5: Vivek Rajkumar (aka Psyduck...aka FLOG) Seat 6: Steve Paul-Ambrose Seat 7: Tom Dobrilovic Seat 8: Lee Markholt Vivek and Seidel currently the two chip leaders
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship10:28 AM, 10/14/08
Land Of Confusion
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Phil Collins (not of Genesis) raises to 8,000 from the cut off and is raised by Marc Karam to 25,000. Collins tanks for about two minutes before making another re-raise. Karam immediately says "all-in" and without a second in between Karam says "I call".
Karam shows A
Q while Collins shows J
J
.
The board comes A
10867 giving Karam the pot and eliminating Phil Collins.
Karam now has reached approximately 450,000.
10:19 AM, 10/14/08
Seidel at 532,000
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Erik Seidel is currently the chip leader at 532,000.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship10:13 AM, 10/14/08
Jeremy Joseph Busts Steven Chidwick
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
After getting caught bluffing to Seidel, Jeremy Joseph finds some redemption in eliminating Steve Chidwick from the tournament.
In all in pre flop action, Chidwick is all in with A10 against the pocket queens of Joseph
The board comes Q1058A and Chidwick is eliminated from the tournament.
10:10 AM, 10/14/08
"The Thrill" On Life Support
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Will "The Thrill" Failla almost doubles up by winning the blinds and antes. He has just over 20,000 in chips now and wants everyone to know that if he makes it to Day 3, he's going to win the whole thing.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship10:09 AM, 10/14/08
Seidel Calls Down Monster Bluff
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
On a board of J657 Jeremy Joseph bets 35,000 from the big blind. Erik Seidel makes the call from the button.
The river brings the 4, putting four straight cards on board. Joseph checks action over to Seidel, who bets 45,000. Joseph thinks for just a moment and announces all in. Seidel looks shocked and confused. He takes his time and makes the call for his last 118,000.
Joseph is forced to flip over A4 for bottom pair. Seidel shows 86 for the eight-high straight.
Seidel doubles up and is now among the chip leaders. On a board of J657 Jeremy Joseph bets 35,000 from the big blind. Erik Seidel makes the call from the button.
The river brings the 4, putting four straight cards on board. Joseph checks action over to Seidel, who bets 45,000. Joseph thinks for just a moment and announces all in. Seidel looks shocked and confused. He takes his time and makes the call for his last 118,000.
Joseph is forced to flip over A4 for bottom pair. Seidel shows 86 for the eight-high straight.
Seidel doubles up and is now among the chip leaders. Meanwhile Jeremy Joseph is thinking about exactly how he's going to destroy his copy of Rounders.
10:04 AM, 10/14/08
Greenstein Keeps Back-to-Back NAPC Final Table Hopes Alive
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Barry Greenstein is all in preflop with KK and he's up against the 1010 of Nick Alafogiannis.
The board comes J3322 and Greenstein doubles up to 180,000. He's the only remaining player from last year's NAPC final table. Greenstein finished 4th in last year's event, adding $291,798 to his WPT career earnings.
09:50 AM, 10/14/08
First Table Break
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Today's action has already seen nine players make their exit from the tournament. With the eliminations the tournament is now down the final 10 tables. 90 players remain with an average chip stack of 151,333.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship09:46 AM, 10/14/08
J.C. Tran Dips to 100K
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
J.C. Tran raises from early position and gets a call from the big blind. The flop comes K96. The big blind checks and Tran bets 11,000. He is quickly called by his opponent.
The board fills out K9683 with both players checking the turn and river. The small blind shows 76 for a pair of sixes and takes down the pot.
Tran is now sitting on a stack of 103,000.
09:43 AM, 10/14/08
Steven Van Zadelhoff Eliminated by Erik Seidel
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
On a flop of 1074, Steven Van Zadelhoff moves all in and Eric Seidel makes the call.
Van Zadelhoff: A5
Seidel: Q10
Van Zadelhoff gets it all in with the nut flush draw while Seidel holds top pair and a weaker flush draw. The turn and river bring the K and the 6, no help to Van Zadelhoff who is eliminated from the tournament. After the hand, Seidel climbs to just under 200,000 in chips.
09:38 AM, 10/14/08
