$2,500 PLH (D1)/$1,500 NLH (D2) - Live Update - At A Glance

[Djinn]

Oh, it's that special time again....

CHIP COUNTS:

Bruno Fitoussi    OUT - ran into him climbing the other way over the tourney rope, he politely greeted me and calmly stated his out status.  How European.
Brian Wilson     OUT
Dave Colclough   4,425
Richard Redmond  8,300
Liz Lieu                3,900
Michael Mizrachi    14,750
Chris Bigler           2,600
Carlo Citrone        10,500
John Shipley         5,300
John Juanda         6,000
Freddy Deeb        3,025
John Gale            19,800
Chris Ferguson      6,700
Greg Raymer        4,500
Steve Zoine         7,600  (sitting on table next to Raymer's, jokingly complaining, "The guy wins one tournament, and suddenly everyone's interested...")
Karl Mahrenholz     8,200  (Gutshot hat-wearing dark horse who could do very well if he doesn't bluff the lot off after sitting calmly for ages      )
Daniel Negreanu   13,000
Tony Chessa         2,600
Mike Sexton          4,700
Paul Jackson         2,125
TJ Cloutier            8,100
Howard Lederer    5,350
Kathy Liebert        10,500
Jan Heitmann        3,800
Casey Kastle          1,275
Henning Granstad   2,025

[snoopy1239]

The table that no-one wants to go to.

Seat 1: Mike Sexton -- 3,400
Seat 2: Paul Jackson -- 950
Seat 4: Tony Chessa -- 2,575
Seat 6: Ben Roberts -- 3,400
Seats 7: Howard Lederer -- 4,400
Seat 9: TJ Cloutier -- 9,200

[Djinn]

$1,500 Day Two

And Bhups is OUT!  57th spot not bad - several thousand and the satisfaction of playing through 2126 entrants... he did exactly what he was planning while on the last break - just moved in his 17k (having looked at one card - a Jack) and found an insta-call to his left, followed by a button re-raise all-in.  Oops.  Former called with , latter had busted himself, as it turns out, with .  Bhups' actual hand was AJ - a hand he would have moved with if he'd seen the lot at that stage, but the Aces crushed both of the smaller stacks and he can go and have a nap.  Or play cash.

[Djinn]

Any news on Mickey Wernick? Is he still in?

Mickey lost a very large pot early on (to Chris Bigler, I think) when he got to see a flop with his big blind .  The flop:  .
He bet the pot, and was called.  Turn:   and again.
River: .  Mickey just bet out 500 into the 2000+ pot, and received a call by the rivered set of Sixes!

[snoopy1239]

One table has been playing with two Ace of spades in the pack.

[snoopy1239]

Tony Gale is leading the way for the Brits with 20,750

[snoopy1239]

Tony Chessa raises, Cloutier (sb) calls, so does Sexton (bb). Chessa bets 500 on flop. All fold. Chessa on 2,400.

[snoopy1239]

Carlo Citrone calls an underthegun preflop raise of 400.

Flop =

MB bets 800, Carlo calls.

Turn =

MB checks, Carlo bets 1,525

MB folds

[snoopy1239]

Paul 'Actionjack' Jackson is OUT.

A-9 suited vs A-K

No help

[Djinn]

Not to totally disregard the $5k Stud event - some counts from the tables:

Andy Black        30,000
Garry Bush         8,500
Peter Costa        5,150
Todd Brunson    17,000
David Singer       22,000
Barney Boatman  7,500
Barry Greenstein  8,400
Paul Testud        3,000

[snoopy1239]

Phil Hellmuth is OUT.

He limped on the button with K-9, Sexton raised the big blind with A-Q, Hellmuth moved all-in (?!) and Sexton called.

King on flop, but River brought Sexton a flush.

[snoopy1239]

Renowned online player, John 'Decision' Hansmeyer from Canada, is on 5,500

[snoopy1239]

Rob Hollink and Paul McKinney are still in ther $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em Freezout, the latter running well with 45,000.

[Djinn]

Found a couple Snoops spotted on his first run:
John Hewston     15,000
Vanessa Rousso    8,400
Julian Gardner      10,000
Iwan Jones          10,000

[snoopy1239]

Daniel Negreanu eliminates an American Mateyboy.

All-in preflop.

MB =

Negreanu =

(second time he has found pocket kings - first one brought him a flopped set)

Board =

Negreanu's up to 19,250