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Message: [QUOTE="DESSERTLADY, post: 418507, member: 1240"] [b][PLAIN][Event 30] $5,000 Short Handed NL Hold'em (Day 1)[/PLAIN][/b] [B][Event 30] $5,000 Short Handed NL Hold'em (Day 1) [/B] [B]Recap from overnight:[/B] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 21:02:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Rousso Bluffs Tehan[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Joe Tehan ($78,000) raises $1,6000 preflop and both blinds call. The flop is A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and both blinds check and Tehan bets $2,500. The small blind folds and Venessa Rousso ($36,500) calls from the big blind. The turn is the 5[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Rousso bets $5,000. Tehan raises to $12,500, and Rousso calls. The river is the A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Rousso bets $10,000. Tehan thinks for a little while before saying, "I cant beat anything," and shows the 9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Rousso jumps out of her chair and shows the 6[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. After high fiving another player she apologizes to Tehan and announces, "I'm done. No more bluffing. I'm gonna go to hell for that one." Rousso has $56,500 while Tehan has $58,000. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 21:07:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Players On Break[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]They players have taken a 15-minute break while the $25 chips are raced off. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 21:27:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Round 8[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]We have just entered Round 8 with blinds of $400-$800 and a $100 ante.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 21:30:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tony G. Eliminated[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tony G. has been eliminated out of the money in today's tournament.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 21:32:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Plastik Sweats Out His Aces[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]David Plastik ($8,500) is all in with A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]against his opponent's ($26,000) A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The flop comes Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Plastik says, "Don't do this to me!" as his opponent now has a flush draw. The turn is the Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and a nice black 4[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the river for Plastik doubles him up. Both Plastik and his opponent have around $18,000. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 21:38:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Rousso Catches Gut Shot On River[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Venessa Rousso and Joe Tehan see a flop of 9 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. They both check. The turn is the K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and once again they both check. The river brings the 6[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Rousso checks. Tehan bets $5,000 and Rousso calls. Tehan has A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Rousso makes the straight with the 8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]5[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Tehan is down to $26,000 while Rousso is building her stack with $63,000.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 21:47:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tilly's Queens Hold Up[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Anders "Donald" Berg ($7,100) raises all in preflop. Jennifer Tilly ($59,000) reraises all in and shows Q [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Berg flips over A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The flop comes J[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The turn (5[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]) and river (K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]) don't help Berg and he is eliminated. Tilly has $66,000.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:02:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Kenna Makes Flush On River[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Craig Hartman ($30,500) raises $3,500 from early position. The player from the button ($20,000) who had just lost a big pot reraises to $10,000. Kenna James ($45,000) goes all in from the big blind. Hartman folds and the player on the button calls another $10,000. James says he thought the player was on tilt and shows A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. His opponent isn't bluffing as he has A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Hartman is upset because he folded pocket jacks. The flop comes 9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The turn (5[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]) gives James a flush draw. The 9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]hits on the river and James wins a monster pot and has $70,000, while Hartman is glad he folded his jacks. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:07:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Gregg Merkow Doubles Up Through Tom McCormick[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The board is K [/SIZE][SIZE=3]K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]J[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], and Gregg Merkow's all-in is called by Tom McCormick. McCormick shows A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]for Kings full of Aces, but he shocked to see Merkow's A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]for Aces full of Kings. After the hand, McCormick is down to $4,200 while Merkow is up to $35,500. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:14:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Woo Calls Banducci's Bluff[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]With the board reading A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]4[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]9[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and around $20,000 in the pot, Michael Banducci ($145,000) bets $14,000 on the river. Michael Woo ($33,000) calls the bet and Banducci mucks his cards. Woo wins the $45,000 pot and never shows his hand. Banducci has $120,000 and Woo has $64,000.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:23:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Tehan Doubles Up[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]With the flop reading 8 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]4[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Joe Tehan ($8,000) pushes in his last $5,500 and goes all in. His opponent ($18,000) makes the call. Tehan has 6[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]6[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. His opponent has two overs (A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]). The turn brings more outs as the J[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]hits. But the 3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]on the river doubles up Tehan. Tehan has $17,000 while his opponent has $10,000.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:24:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Blinds Increase[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]We have just approached Round 9 where have blinds will increase to $600-$1,200 with a $200 ante. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:27:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Evelyn Ng Eliminated[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Evelyn Ng has just been eliminated from the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Short Handed event. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:31:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Woolf Loses To Quads[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Dustin Woolf ($45,000) and Jonathan Gaskell ($10,000) are all in before the flop. Woolf has 9-9 while Gaskell has 8 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. the flop brings immediate help for Gaskell (K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]5[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]) as he flops a set. It's over on the turn (8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]) as Gaskell makes quads. The river is the 7[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Woolf has $34,000 while Gaskell improves to $22,000. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:34:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Vannessa Rousso Knocks Out Opponent[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Vanessa Rousso knocks out her opponent when he moves all-in for $2,500 before the flop. Rousso quickly raises to $7,500 in an effort to deter the other players from joining the pot. The rest of the table folds to her raise, and they go at the flop two handed. Rousso shows A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], and her opponent flips over 10[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]5[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The board comes A[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]J[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], and Rousso's Aces are good enough to take the pot and eliminate her opponent. Rousso brings her chip count to $69,000 sfter this hand. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:39:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Michael Banducci Takes a Big Pot Off David Shallow[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A hand, as told by Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Michael Banducci raises preflop and David Shallow calls. The flop comes out Q-8-4, and Banducci bets out $3,500. Shallow calls and both see a turn of another Q. Banducci then bets $8,000 and Shallow calls. The river is a 3 and Banducci fires out $20,000. Shallow calls and Banducci shows 4-4 for a boat. After the hand, Banducci is up to $152,000 in chips. Johnny Bax responds, "That kid can play." [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:44:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Madsen Takes Huge Pot Off Rousso[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Vanessa Rousso ($65,000) raises to $2,500 before the flop. Jeff Madsen ($75,000) calls from the big blind. The flop comes Q [/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]3[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and both players check. The turn is the 4[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Madsen bets $3,000, and Rousso raises to $7,000. Madsen reraises to $15,000. Rousso calls. The river is the 8[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Madsen leads out with $15,000. Rousso thinks for awhile and calls. Madsen shows the 4[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]4[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Rousso mucks her cards in disgust. Madsen takes the $65,000 pot and has $115,000. Rousso has $36,000.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 22:49:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Gaskell Flops Quads to Double Through Tilly[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]On a flop of A [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], Johnathan Gaskell moves all-in, and Jennifer Tilly makes the call. Tilly turns over A-6, and Gaskell flips over K[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. The turn brings the Q[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3], and the river comes 7[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Gaskell rakes the pot and brings his chips count to $36,000. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 23:03:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Rousso Loses Another Big Pot[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Vanessa Rousso ($45,000) bets $7,000 on a board of 8 [/SIZE][SIZE=3]7[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]2[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]4[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]. Omar Khayat ($39,000) reraises all in for $25,000 more. Rousso says, "I think I have to call this too." She waits awhile before finally folding, giving Khayat the $29,000 pot. Khayat shows her the J[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]J[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]and Rousso scolds herself saying, "I had you beat. Good laydown Vanessa." She says she had seven-two for two pair. Rousso has $34,000 and Khayat has$54,000. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thu Jul 20 23:04:00 PDT 2006[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Kenna James Enjoying The Bubble[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]As players are about to begin round for round play, Kenna James decides to adorn a dealer at another table with a black cowboy hat. Phil Hellmuth, who is at the dealer's table, doesn't seem to even notice that the dealer is wearing the stetson. [/SIZE] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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