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« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2008, 03:52:25 PM »

Current chip counts, end of level 24:

Glen Chorny - 3,158,000
Isaac Baron - 2,830,000
Luca Pagano - 2,028,000
Maxime Villemure - 1,390,000
Valeriy Ilikyan - 1,257,000
Denes Kalo - 1,123,000
Michael Martin - 981,000
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« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2008, 04:07:36 PM »

Glen Chorny Wins Pot Off Maxime Villemure:

They see a flop of three clubs, and both check.  The turn brings the .  Maxime checks, Glen bets 81k; call.  River: two spades  Check again to Glen, who bets 225k, eventually called by Maxime, who mucks upon seeing his

Speculation is rife as to the range Maxime Villemure would call with on the river - Ace high suggested by commentators.  What do you think?

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I have to say I am somewhat relieved at the speed at which these players make decisions.  There is nothing more annoying to watch (or, after a while, to play against) than a player who continually takes minutes to make decisions, all decisions, not just big or marginal ones...

One of the idiosyncrasies of playing online is that multitabling gets one used to making rapid calculatiions/decisions.  This seems to translate to a very relieving no-drama no-nonsense style of live play from a lot of the young players, which is great, IMO.  Downside:  attention span problems with the live game...
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« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2008, 04:07:48 PM »

Current chip counts, right now, 10 mins into level 25:

Glen Chorny - 3,541,000
Isaac Baron - 2,791,000
Luca Pagano - 2,085,000
Valeriy Ilikyan - 1,529,000
Denes Kalo - 1,114,000
Michael Martin - 972,000
Maxime Villemure - 735,000
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« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2008, 04:12:34 PM »

Our resident Russian Valeriy makes it 87k, and shortstacked "Canuck" Maxime makes it All In (see counts above). Some dwellage; some call-age.

Maxime -
Valeriy -

Board - Two Clubs

Double-up for the Canadian ("Canuck", ah ha ha), and their stack sizes have been virtually reversed, Maxime now on roughly 1.5 million and Valeriy down to 800k or so.
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« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2008, 04:17:01 PM »

Michael Martin raises on the button, called by big blind Valeriy... 

three diamonds the flop...  Check to Michael, call.
Turn:  Two Diamonds  Quick check again.  Michael checks behind.
River:    Valeriy bets out 100k... called.

Michael shows but the alone in Valeriy Ilikyan's hand is good enough to take it with the flush on the river.  Clearly not delighted that (a) he'd been called so speculatively twice by Valeriy  and (b) that he paid off the final bet with the four-flush so visible to everyone else.
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He wins the next pot, though.

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« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2008, 04:25:10 PM »

Double up for the toffee-eater (!), Micihael Martin calling a huge re-raise from Valeriy Ilikyan to find he has his man dominated with versus . "Bring on the Russian," I believe I heard Michael say as the cards were brought to the centre. A two hearts board was a clinical one and Michael survives.
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« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2008, 04:33:14 PM »

Isaac vs. Luca (orig. raiser)...

Flop:    Double check
Turn:   Isaac bets out now - and takes it down.  Here he is!  A fearsome avatar, translated into 3D, human form!

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« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2008, 04:38:43 PM »

Valeriy Ilikyan is OUT and becomes the 7th placed finisher winning €253,000

I was daydreaming at the time, my brain still thinking we were watching the clip highlighting the famous names playing this week, but in a flash of lightening we had an all-in.

Valeriy Ilikyan =

Michael Martin =

Flop =

Turn =

River = two hearts

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« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2008, 04:49:13 PM »

Suffering a little here from not-paying-attention-itis today, I'm afraid. Did anyone see that last hand? Can someone who is paying attention confirm whether Denes raised first? Either way, Glen (re)raises and Denes moves all in. Glen asks how much, but passes, allowing Denes to pick up a 1.119 million pot.
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« Reply #24 on: April 17, 2008, 05:01:54 PM »

Current Chip Counts:

Glen Chorny -- 3,512,000
Isaac Baron -- 3,124,000
Luca Pagano -- 1,914,000
Maxime Villemure -- 1,907,000
Michael Martin -- 1,572,000
Denes Kalo -- 715,000
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« Reply #25 on: April 17, 2008, 05:04:48 PM »

Glen raises, Michael re-raises and Glen folds.

Michael now on 1,703,000.
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« Reply #26 on: April 17, 2008, 05:12:20 PM »

Things That Appeared On The Screen That I Thought Were Chip Counts So I Took A Photo To Crib Off Of -

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« Reply #27 on: April 17, 2008, 05:12:52 PM »

Heads up flop of
Michael bets 110k, when it’s checked to him.  Isaac Baron flat calls.
Turn:   Check to Michael, who riffles two chips (if that oneontop-otherontop thing can be called a chip trick in the true sense of the word) and checks behind.
River:   Michael, when it’s checked to him a third time, bets 200k.  The big rivercard, lack of noteiceable draws coming in and the big bet, all combine to make Baron press the Fold button.
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« Reply #28 on: April 17, 2008, 05:22:12 PM »

Glen raises, Michael re-raises and Glen folds.

Michael now on 1,703,000.

This time Michael raises 80k, Glen re-raises over 200k, and Michael folds.
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« Reply #29 on: April 17, 2008, 05:43:23 PM »

I'd like to take a moment here to comment on the total awesomeness of this structure. Going into this new, WHOPPING 20k/40k/4k level, the average stack is still over 60 big blinds. We could be here all night...
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