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Message: [QUOTE="DESSERTLADY, post: 417886, member: 1240"] [b][PLAIN][Event 27] $1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Day 1)[/PLAIN][/b] [B][Event 27] $1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Day 1) [/B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] [B]Highlights Continued:[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 16:41:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Players Return from Break[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Play has resumed with blinds at $100-$200 with a $25 ante. We are now in Level 5. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 16:55:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Vince Burgio Doubles Up[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]With A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3] Vince Burgio makes nines full of aces to double up off his opponent. Vince Burgio is now at $1,300. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 16:58:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Think Twice[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]"All these young kids who want to be professional poker players don't have a clue. This is the sickest profession a human being can do." - Mike Matusow[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 17:22:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tim Phan Busts[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tim Phan's A-Q doesn't improve against his opponent's pocket nines and he is eliminated from the tournament.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 17:26:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Parkison And Matusow Check it Down[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Padraig Parkinson ($16,000) raises to $700 in early position and Mike Matusow ($10,000) calls in middle position. The flop comes down 10 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Parkinson checks. Matusow bets $800 and Parkinson calls. Both players check the Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]turn. Both players check the blank on the river and each player tables a pocket pair, Parkinson K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], Matusow 9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Parkinson moves up to $17,800 and Matusow has about $8,500.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 17:35:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]He Really Did Have a Big Hand[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Michael Mizrachi ($9,150), having just moved to a new table, raised his first hand and told the table he had a big hand. He pointed to each person in turn as they folded and said, "Fold... fold... fold..." After the big blind folded, he showed pocket aces. Mizrachi is now at $9,500. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 17:37:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Matusow WIns a Race[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A player in early position raises to $700 and Mike Matusow ($7,150) raises to $1,900 in the small blind. His opponent pushes all-in for $950 more and Matusow calls. His opponent shows A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Matusow has 10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The flop is K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Matusow still leads. The 9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]falls on the turn and 10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the river gives Matusow a set. Matusow ends the hand with $10,200.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 17:41:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Level Increases[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Blinds are $150-300 with a $25 ante. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 17:45:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Sklansky Doubles Through Perry Friedman[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]In middle position and short stacked, David Sklansky moves all-in before the flop for about $2,500. The action folds around to Perry Friedman on the button, who calls. Sklansky shows K [/SIZE][SIZE=3]J[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]while Friedman shows A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The flop comes 10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]5[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], putting Friedman further into the lead but giving Sklansky a big straight draw. The turn brings Sklansky his straight with the A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Friedman fails to improve. Sklansky now sits with $5,800 while Friedman has $4,400. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tue Jul 18 17:53:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Parkinson Down to $11,000[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Padraig Parkinson ($17,000) loses a large part of his stack when his opponent goes all-in with A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and hits an ace on the turn, beating Parkinson's Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The river doesn't bring a queen and Parkinson is down to $11,800. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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