WSOP $1500 no-limit FREEZEOUT

[Djinn]

I heard Tikay telling Xuyen that they'd been drawn on the same table and he was going to be pinching her blinds.  Not true.  I am sure that he wouldn't hesitate if they were though...

Just going to check out the size of the field they are going to have to demolish.  Some fretting earllier about the fact that they only get 1500 in chips, but there's an hour clock so it shouldn't be too bad.

[Djinn]

People spotted while walking between the tables:
Chris Ferguson
Steve Vladar
Jac Arama  (Apparently he arrived at his seat to find a confused person in it.  They were still sorting this out when I walked by so no action yet)
TIkay
Bad Girl
Willie Tann
Michael Lacey (from antesup who has been so very helpful in the media arena these past few days.)  He's on 2200, the others look about level. 

[Djinn]

Here are some chip counts with a few related tales:

Tikay   1825, just now down from 3500.  Saw him deliberating over calling all-in over a flop and passing.  The other guy showed AA. 
          He had previously failed to 'sit and watch the players' as he was talking about earlier as he flopped a set of on an all-diamond flop and called down the flush.
          Then the chips had returned following a call of someone's all-in on a K x x board with QK and finding the other guy on a bluff.  Expect more of the same

Bad Girl   525 after an unlucky hit for an AA slowplayer.  She held 6 4 and got it all in against the Aces on a 4 4 K board but out came the A on the turn.  Quote to the
             other guy: "You owe me a drink."

Willie Tann   2000  Quote:  "Is this a bracelet event?"
Steve Vladar  1225
Dom Williams  900
El Blondie     1300
Devilfish       1900  (having just called a short-stack all-in with AJoff and beaten his 8 8 as the flop came J J 6 Q 3.  Quote from starstruck floorman:  "that's how you become a world champion."

[Djinn]

Jac Arama    1900
Willie Tann   1700
Dom Williams  600
Erik Seidel    1700
Bad Girl        1000
Julian Thew   700
Brian Wilson  2000
Tony Bloom  1600

The benevolent Mike Lacey is out, with the damage being done by an A3 which called his AK raise and hit the A K 3 flop.  The extra three came and took him down to a non-recoverable stack and his press pass is back on.

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Brian Wilson out with the unreleasable 7 4 off.  He saw a flop of 6 J 8 for 375 from the player on his right, the 4 on the turn for another 375, and then called the guy all-in for an unhelpful river card (the guy had queens).  Player quote:  "What can you do?"

[Djinn]

Bad Girl up to 1600
Steve Vladar  1800
Julian Thew    800
Tikay            2400
Devilfish        2600


El Blondie out, and according to Rhowena gone to play golf in 100 degree desert heat.  Fun in the sun.

[Ironside]

El Blondie out, and according to Rhowena gone to play golf in 100 degree desert heat. Fun in the sun.

could of done that in scotland much cheaper more courses same heat but less poker

[Djinn]

Steve Vladar   2300
Devilfish         4000
Bad Girl          3200, impressive recovery.  Everyone else has moved or moved on and the Main Event is on a break so there's a bit of room-clearing going on. 

[ifm]

How's Tikay doing please?

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Tikay out (temporarily) for the old swearing chestnut.  All in good fun he forgot the language restrictions and self-exiled before the dealer could do it.  Not too unhappy though, as he has 9000 chips.  "How did you get those?" I asked.   "What do you mean?  I just played."

He got a few through calling 10 10 with 9 9 ("I knew he had nothing") and spiking the nine, then having KK and getting paid.  The other guy probably thought he had nines.

Bad Girl's terrible luck continuing as she is out having been all-in with AA vs JJ which spiked and filled up.  Steve Vladar said he'd taken a coin flip and it had come down the wrong way.

[Djinn]

Tikay going strong, playing genuine hands on the button, apparently.  12,000
Jac Arama  6,000
Devilfish   2,000

[Djinn]

They're heading for dinner here too - Just caught up with Tikay in time to see him raise pre-flop with the button calling.  The flop came 5 J 6 rainbow, and the guy called 975  on the flop.  The turn was a 10 and to Tikay's 1525 bet there came a speedy all-in.  The guy covered him and after a big dwell he passed (QQ).  The guy nicely showed his flopped set of and Tikay is down to 8,000 from about 13,000.

Jac Arama has a monstrous stack of chips - about 32,000

I believe Devilfish is out

[Djinn]

Tikay back in control of a 11,000 stack after re-raising Marcel Luske from the big blind, all-in with AQ.  He called with Q 9 and so there is a bit of breathing more easily going on.

Jac Arama on 20,000

[Djinn]

Mel Judah has just moved to Tikay's left, which doesn't seem to have put him off raising genuine hands on the button.

[Djinn]

Jac Arama  22,000
Tikay        13,000
Marcel Luske  47,000

It apparently pays 70 places, and they are down to 120.  Probably fewer, now that it's taken me the 15 minutes to go around the velvet ropes and get back to the laptop.  They are apparently playing until 2am, so it can wrap up tomorrow.