[user46298]
Directly after a third table scattered its stacks around the Empire, one of them (a short one), Jeremy Wray, busted when his overcards failed to hit against Krzysztof Gluszko's pocket Sixes.
Elsewhere some stacks are really becoming nice and unweildy - the kind of fortress you can hide behind. Here's table Yilmaz:
Tim Seidensticker -- 54,400
Huseyin Yilmaz -- 155,000
Eric Seidel -- 14,400
Thor Hansen -- 32,000
Paul Ephremsen -- 81,000
Jeffrey Lisandro -- 72,000
Dave Colclough -- 39,500
Konstantinos Panikidis -- 52,300
John Ridge -- 14,650
[user38334]
Tournament Director Steve Frezer watching the action
Steve Frezer is one of the world’s finest Tournament Directors. He may not be the face you see on TV, or the voice you hear calling the table, or even a name you recognize, but Steve is one of the hardest working TDs on the circuit. He is the guy who is in the trenches alongside the players, doing the hard yards running the tournament. From balancing tables and sorting out dead stacks, to handling the trickiest disputes, Frezer always gets it right, with the utmost integrity and all with a smile on his dial.
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Frezer was forced to flee his hometown two years ago when hurricane Katrina devastated the city. In true Southern fashion, he bounced back and hit the road, following the Tournament circuit around the world. He is one of the most traveled TDs, having worked in Aruba, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Dublin, Paris, Moscow, Monte Carlo, Vienna, Deauville, Goa, Marakesh, St Kitts & St Maartens. He has also worked extensively throughout the United States and was one of the lead Supervisors at the World Series of Poker this year under Jack Effel.
Doing the live updates for these major events, you get to meet a lot of Tournament Directors, and there are not many that are of the caliber of Steve Frezer. This is a sentiment that is obviously shared by the players.
[user4144]
Damn, I thought it was Aruba.
Pascal Perrault is on the comeback march after his coin flipped a favourable way. All-in for 8k with , he was looked up by Atanas Gueorguiev's . The gave Pascal an extra three outs, but it was the that fell on the river to save his French bacon.
[user25067]
Sergey Rybanchenko opened for 1,800 and David 'Devilfish" Ulliott re-raised to 5,000. Beth Shak paused and said, "Why'd you have to raise to 5,000-- I really wanted to play this hand!" before releasing it, and Deborah Jones moved all in for her remaining 3,700 from the big blind. Rybachenko called.
The flop was .
"Oh my gawwwwd," cawed Shak.
"You can't do that. You're not supposed to say anything!" warned the Devilfish.
"I'm not saying anything!" Shak shot back.
Rybachenko and Devilfish checked the flop, as well as the on the turn and the on the river. Rybachenko turned over , Devilfish mucked, and Jones showed before making her departure from the table.
"I knew I should have played it... I folded 5-5!" said Shak as the dealer re-shuffled for the next hand.
[user3511]
There is quite a lot of chatter now at Greg Raymers table, now they are talking about accents. Erick Lindgren has said he loves the Irish accent, Raymer replies:
"Everyone says they love the British accent and the Irish accent, I've never heard anyone say they like the American accent, why is that?"
[user24788]
Took a quick look-in at the feature TV table. Ram Vaswani has almost 100,000 in chips. Pam Brunson is down to under 10,000. Gus Hansen slipped to 28,000. Jen Harman has about 46,000. Durrr increased his stack to 37,000
[user4144]
Oscar Blanco, who is being heavily supported on the rail by the enigmatic Santiago Torres, is down to a paltry 11.5k after being pushed off a board by current chip leader Janne Lamsa.
With 15-20k in the pot, Lamsa bet out 11.5k which triggered Oscar dipping into the think tank, pitching up tent and not showing his face for a good few minutes. In fact, I could have read 'War and Peace' in the time he took to make his decision.
In the end, he folded, but he'll be searching for a double-up soon.
[user46298]
Making a stand preflop for his just-under-15k with , he found big blind Philip Hilm going into the tank, eventually calling with the . He watched the board come out with the wrong paint only: and hastily made his exit.
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, he was looked up by Atanas Gueorguiev's 
. The 
gave Pascal an extra three outs, but it was the 
that fell on the river to save his French bacon.
and is called by Paul Ephremsen with 
on the turn and the 
on the river. Rybachenko turned over 
, Devilfish mucked, and Jones showed 
before making her departure from the table. 
, he found big blind Philip Hilm going into the tank, eventually calling with the 
. He watched the board come out with the wrong paint only: 
and hastily made his exit.