WSOP Main Event

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Re: WSOP Main Event Aram Zerounian Eliminated Shortly before the break Aram Zerounian survived an all in with a short stack. He screamed as loud as he could as it was hard to mask his sheer elation about avoiding elimination. "I haven't screamed that loud since I had sex with my wife!" he said which got a few chuckles from everyone around him, including his wife who happened to be standing right behind him on the rail. Sadly, Aram Zerounian's run at the WSOP is over. He busted out courtesy of a wicked beat by Weldon Jackson. Zerounian moved all in with . Jackson called with . The flop was. The turn was the . Zerounian improved his hand with a set, but it also gave Jackson more outs with a gutshot. The river was the . Zerounian couldn't believe that his tournament life was over. Jackson rivered a Broadway straight as Zerounian headed to the rail to be consoled by his wife. Weldon Jackson increased his stack to 95,000 after that hand.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Gus Hansen Likes the Ladies -- And Pocket Queens After an initial preflop raise, Gus Hansen reraises, his opponent moves all in, and Hansen calls with . His opponent shows . The board comes , and Hansen's queens hold up to win the pot, and Hansen sends his opponent to the rail. Gus Hansen is up to 330,000 in chips.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Yarom Limor Eliminated Yarom Limor bet out on a flop of and Christian Abele raised enough to put him all in. "I guess I'm pot committed," Limor shrugged, as he called off the rest of his chips. Limor turned over and discovered he was well behind Abele's . The turn was the , the river was the , and Limor was eliminated from the Main Event. Stefan Vlananderen Eliminated Team PokerNews player Stefan Vlaanderen is all in preflop with J-8 against another player's Q-J, and he'll need to improve to survive. The board comes A-J-4-3-9, and Valanderen is eliminated from the Main Event.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Lee Watkinson Shows the Power of the Reraise Lee Watkinson raises from early position to 5,500, the cutoff calls, the button raises to 14,500, Watkinson calls, and the cutoff folds. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card pairs the board with the , Watkinson checks, the button bets 22,500, Watkinson raises to 50,000, and the button folds. Lee Watkinson takes the pot.

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Re: WSOP Main Event The "Doyle Brunson" Cracks Brown's Queens With the action folded to him, the small blind raised to 4,500, Chad Brown re-raised to 16,000 from the big blind, the small blind moved all in for 50,000 more and Brown insta-called. The small blind sheepishly turned over the "Doyle Brunson," , while Brown showed . The flop was , but the turn was the , making the small blind two pair. The river was the , and nearly 70K was shipped into the small blind's stack. After the hand Brown was down to 125,000.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Gus Hansen Up To 400,000 With the board showing on the river, Gus Hansen bets 18,000, and his opponent calls. Hansen shows , and his opponent mucks. Gus Hansen is up to about 400,000

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Re: WSOP Main Event Chris Moneymaker Eliminated Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion whose Cinderella-like victory is often cited as one of the sparks of the modern poker boom, has been eliminated.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Gus now with 1/2 Million chips hmmmm Damo

Gus Hansen Up To 400' date=000 With the board showing on the river, Gus Hansen bets 18,000, and his opponent calls. Hansen shows , and his opponent mucks. Gus Hansen is up to about 400,000

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Re: WSOP Main Event Chris Ferguson Has Been Eliminated After William Childs raised to 7,200, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson moved all-in for his last 60K. Childs actually took some time thinking it over before calling with , and saw that he had the lead against Ferguson's . The board came , and the 2000 World Champion was eliminated.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Matt Lefkowitz Eliminated Matt Lefkowitz shoved with . He was called by Tom Peterson's . The flop was . The turn was the giving Peterson a flush. The river was the . Matt Lefkowitz's Big Slick could not hold up and he headed to the rail. Tom Peterson increased his stack to 480,000.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Brandon Steven Eliminated Brandon Steven made a move with . He was called by Mai Qiu's . Steven's hand did not improve and he busted out. Recent Eliminations Cindy Longoria, John Monnette, Danny Felix, Hao Dong, and Eugene Tito have all busted out in the last ten minutes. Gary Avery Eliminated Team PokerNews player Gary Avery from Newcastle, UK has been eliminated from Day 3. He survived a tough starting table on Day 2 that included former WSOP champion Scotty Nguyen.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Chad Brown Busts a Player; Now Up to 500,000 With the final board showing on the river, Chad Brown bets 100,000 into a 100,000 pot, which is enough to put his opponent all in. His opponent calls with for two pair, aces and fours. But Brown shows for a higher two pair, aces and fives, to win the pot. Brown busts his opponent and increases his chip count to about 500,000, putting him up near the top 10.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Table Talk Penalty Issues Juan Fernadezi, currently sitting at table 6, has just been warned to follow the rules. The floor staff was called over because Fernadezi was speaking in Spanish during hands. "This is an English-only game. You have to be able to speak English in order to play here. If you can't, you can talk only when the dealer is shuffling," was the warning issued to Juan. He's been told he will receive penalties if he continues to speak in Spanish, even when the table tried to inform the floor staff that he can't speak any English. The players at the table, seemingly disappointed by the ruling, were getting along quite well before the ruling came down. The table has been playing in almost complete silence since the warning was issued. As an interesting aside, we have had two blind players play in the Main Event who were allowed assistants to sit behind them and whisper their hole cards, as well as the action around the table, into their ear.

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Re: WSOP Main Event More Chips for Jett With 75,000 in the pot on a flop, Chip Jett moved all in from the small blind. Michael Lynn, in the big blind, thought for a long time and said, "I really want to gamble with you," as he counted out the 63,000 he had behind. Lynn eventually folded A-10 face-up and Jett took the pot. After the hand Jeff was up to 210,000.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Robert Damiano Doubles Up Into Too Many Chips With the final board showing and about 150,000 already in the pot, Robert Damiano is all in for 173,900. He has a high number of small-denomination chips, and it's taking the dealer a while to call out the size of the bet. His opponent cuts him short and says, "It doesn't matter. I call." He shows for an overpair. Damiano shows for trip nines to win the pot. It now takes another 3-4 minutes to count down Damiano's stack, and when it's complete, they arrive at the total of 173,900. When his opponent's chips are added to the pile, it dominates Damiano's side of the table. The dealer is left wondering what to do, as it's nearly impossible to deal to players on that side. The tournament staff steps in and starts coloring up Damiano's chips into a manageable stack. When it's all said and done, Damiano's poor opponent is left with just 3,000 in chips. He was eliminated about ten minutes later.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Celebrity Shock "Sorel Mizzi, sorry to bother you, but I've got someone here who'd like to meet you," the floor staff said after getting Mizzi's attention. Mizzi turned around to see a very tall Norm Macdonald standing behind him. Norm Macdonald has been walking the tournament floor area here for the last twenty minutes or so, while ESPN camera crews and Harrahs media followed him. "I'm a big fan," Norm said while shaking Mizzi's hand. "I've watched you play a lot." "Oh yeah? You've watched me play?" "Yeah, online, I watch you play online a lot." "Really?" It was a little hard to determine which celebrity was more shocked, Macdonald or Mizzi. But each of them seemed incredibly happy to meet the other and as Norm walked away from the table, the other players there immediately chimed in with, "What did he just say?"

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Re: WSOP Main Event Robert Varkonyi Up to 220K Former WSOP world champion Robert Varkonyi has past the 200K mark and is sitting on a stack worth over 220,000. On a flop of , Paulo Loureiro bet 6,000 and Varkonyi called. The turn was the . Loureiro bet 15,000 and before he can even put out all of his chips, Varkonyi beats him to the pot as he quickly called and tossed out his chips. The river was the . Loureiro bet 25,000 and Varkonyi called. He showed . His pair of Kings was good enough to win the pot worth over 110K

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Re: WSOP Main Event Tony Dunst eliminated in 500k pot On a board reading Tony "LuckyTonyD" Dunst leads out for 40,000 and is raised to 100,000 by Thomas Khoo. Tony insta pushes for an extra 134,000 and Khoo goes into the tank. He eventually calls and opens for top set. Tony has for a flopped straight. The river card is the giving Khoo a full house and eliminating Tony from the tournament. Khoo now has 620,000.

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Re: WSOP Main Event

Gus Hansen

760000

i may end up eating my words lol

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Re: WSOP Main Event A Bit of a Mess Ravi Lopez raised to 7,000, Christiane Klecz re-raised to 21K, and Lopez moved all-in. Klecz called and showed pocket Aces, Lopez held pocket Tens, and the board ran out , eliminating Lopez. Or...did it? "I'm out?" Lopez asked, confused as the dealer sorted through both stacks to determine if Klecz indeed had him covered. The dealer said that Klecz did indeed have more chips and started to move the stacks to her. But there was some confusion as to whether the chips for Klecz's orignial call were added to the pot. There wasn't a count taken of Lopez's chips when he made his all-in raise, and now all the chips are mixed together. There are several floorpersons gathered around the table trying to recreate what happened. Adding to the problem is that Lopez doesn't speak much English. A Spanish-speaking member of the media is helping interpret, but the situation will take some time to resolve. And the other players are impatient to get back to play. We'll keep you posted when this all gets resolved.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Mimi Tran Doubles Up with Queens Mimi Tran raised 10,000 preflop and one player called. The flop was Q-10-3. She bet 10,000. Her opponent raised to 25,000. She re-raised to 50,000. Her opponent moved all in and she called. She flipped over Q-Q for a set. Her hand held up and she increased her stack to 230,000. Shirley Williams Doubles Up Jonathan Krela raised to 10,000 pre-flop, Shirley Williams moved all in for 40,000 from the cutoff, and Krela called. Williams turned over while Krela showed . The flop was . The turn was the , the river was the , and Williams gave a huge smile to the cameras as she doubled up to about 90,000. "I think this one's a loose cannon" quipped Gavin Smith, seated on her left.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Chad Brown Takes a Hit After a flop of , an early-position player bets 20,000, Chad Brown calls, the cutoff moves all in for 68,500, and both players call. The turn card is the , and both players check the side pot. The river card is the , and they check again. The all-in player shows 9-9 for a set of nines, and the early-position player shows Q-Q. Chad Brown mucks, and the all-in player triples up in chips.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Lee Watkinson Doubles Up On a board of on the turn, Lee Watkinson moved all in for 123,000 and Jeff Dumas called. Watkinson turned over for a set while Dumas held for top pair and the nut flush draw. The river was the , making Watkinson a full house and he took down the monster pot. After the hand, Watkinson's stack was up to 335,000

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Re: WSOP Main Event Thinking or Hollywooding? Lee Watkinson and Gary Benson were invovled in two pots. During the first one, benson opened up for a aise of 8,000 from UTG. Watkinson raised to 30,000 from the cut off. Benson went into the tank for five minutes before he folded. On the next hand, on a flop of , Benson checked and Watkinson bet 10,000. Benson went into the tabk for another five minutes before he called. The turn was the . Benson checked. Watkinson bet 20,000 and Benson quickly moved all in for his last 30,000. Watkinson folded and fired his cards into the muck. Watkinson mumbled something to the player next to him about how he though Benson went "Hollywood" on the flop call. Benson did not say anything as he stacked up his chips.

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Re: WSOP Main Event Robert Nehorayan's Straight Flush On a board of , Robert Nehorayan fired out 80,000. His opponent quickly called with . Robert Nehorayan flipped over for a straight flush. Robert Nehorayan increased his stack to 575,000.

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Re: WSOP Main Event 680 Players Remaining There are 76 tables left with approximately 680 players left. NOT LONG TIL THEY REACH THE CASH!!!! Which will be

550th to 621st will receive

$ 20,320

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Re: WSOP Main Event "Oh, It's On His Hat!" Chris "The Armenian Express" Gregorian just doubled up on a board of holding . After the hand, Norm MacDonald, still lingering the rails here in the Amazon Room, approached one of our reporters and asked, "Is that Chris Gregorian?" Our reporter assured him it was and Norm, still in doubt, asked, "The Armenian Express guy?" Again, our reporter assured him it was, but this time Norm immediately responded, "OH! It's on his hat!". "Yeah, that's him," our reporter responded. "Are you just messing with me?" "No, I didn't see it was on his hat." A few moments later, Norm was overheard telling a floor staff, "That's an awful picture of Jamie Gold," while addressing the giant banner of Bobby Baldwin.

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Gus Hansen

760000

i may end up eating my words lol

get in Gus :nana Damo

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Re: WSOP Main Event Lars Kjellgren Eliminated Lars Kjellgren shoved with A-10 and he was called by Mimi Tran's 9-9. Tran's hand won the race and she increased her stack to 250,000. "You don't lose pots, do you?" joked one player. Tran smiled as she stacked up her chips.

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Re: WSOP Main Event should I know who this Norm chap is? :unsure Damo

" A few moments later, Norm was overheard telling a floor staff, "That's an awful picture of Jamie Gold," while addressing the giant banner of Bobby Baldwin.