[user4144]
Forget about the hand, let's talk about THAT shirt
No, I don't mean midgets or dwarves, rather the short stacks in this tournament, two of which have just survived all-ins.
First up was the jovial, chirpy-even-when-he's-angry Robert Williamson III, who, whatever his name suggests, is not a king. He chop-chopped in Omaha but still only has 2.5K.
Next up was JJ Hazan. Chopping wasn't good enough for the Brit, pushing in with A-2-3-5 in Razz and catching the wheel to shoot him up to the nosebleed-inducing dizzy heights of 9K.
"The wheel's not the worst hand to win with," added JJ.
[user46298]
Phil Gordon: Not Short Any More
Short stack vs. short stack -- the game: Omaha/8.
Gordon's hand:
Joe Beevers' hand:
And it was a king on the river which sent Gordon to the rail, denying a promising low with a flush draw which could have at least brought him a quarter of the pot but actually brought him none (... there as Gordon stood up for the unhelpful final card) Joe Beevers is up to around 7K.
[user4144]
Noah Jefferson and Michael Binger are now out and are free to enjoy the pleasures of London, or, stay in their hotel room playing online poker, which is the most likely option.
[user46298]
Catman
After a truly unexpected length of time with a grain-of-rice chip stack, doubling to 1,600, dropping to 900, doubling again, Catman finally got it all in preflop in Hold'em with the dominating against .
The board emerged . Catman made a kind of choking noise, very much like his namesake with a hairball, which suitably represented his feelings about this outdraw. Hard luck for the exotic dance entrepreneur and smooth-headed poker enthusiast.
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[user4144]
Jesus reads the latest edition of Ballroom Dancing weekly
Nikolaus Jedlicka found out the hard way that Jesus Ferguson is not a man to be messed around with, the young Austrian teenager banging the table in disgust before calmly admitting, "nice call," as Jesus called 1.2K on a .
We didn't get to see what Mr. Jedlicka was cookie stealing with, but it certainly wasn't enough to compete with Jesus' American Airlines, the bearded carrot-cutting ballroom dancer now jumping up to a rather grand 30,400.
[user46298]
Phil Hellmuth
Eliminations galore as we've hit that special time in a limit event when people suddenly start to drop. Among the fallen in the last five minutes (literally) are Ben 'Milkybarkid' Grundy, Jesse Jones, and just now Doyle Brunson; the spectators in their little box by the doorway are parting like the Red Sea as arguably the most famous player in the venue makes his way calmly for the exit.
Players are being moved around the room as certain tables knock out their short stacks with alacrity, and the temperature slowly rises. I thought they were breaking Phil Hellmuth/Andy Bloch's table, but no -- both players are just out, too. Bloch said something about kings, with an opponent's fives and deuces (or possibly 5-5-5) housing up to take him out, while Hellmuth waxed a little more lyrical.
"It's a little frustrating," he admitted, "I've played super tight -- aces, kings, aces...and lost every pot. I mean you fly all this way...and so many people play so badly." [pause] "Do they spread Chinese here?"
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... there as Gordon stood up for the unhelpful final card) Joe Beevers is up to around 7K.
against 
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. Catman made a kind of choking noise, very much like his namesake with a hairball, which suitably represented his feelings about this outdraw. Hard luck for the exotic dance entrepreneur and smooth-headed poker enthusiast.
