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PLAY-BY-PLAY COVERAGE |
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This was a
tremendous Final Table Championship! The chip leadership changed
hands many times. Congratulations
to all players! |
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STARTING STACK: Each player
starts with 10000 units. Units are free and have no exchange for
cash, prizes, or other things of value. Each player also has one
"re-entry" option for another stack of 10000 units, but only after
they have gone "all-in" and busted out. |
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| TIME |
BLINDS |
GAME |
COMMENTS |
| 340pm |
50/100 |
Holdem |
Play begins with 50-100 blinds |
| 400pm |
100/200 |
Holdem |
Blinds raised to 100-200 |
| 415pm |
200/400 |
5-Stud |
Neville White hits a wheel on
5th street to beat Fabian Ramos' out of a 3000 pot. |
| 450pm |
600/1200 |
5-Stud |
John Rogers pairs his Ace on 5th
street to beat Jim Sodergren's 7's. Sodergren re-enters. The winning
hand is below. |
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| 510pm |
1000/2000 |
Omaha |
Erion Postoli hits a huge hand
for a monster pot in Omaha, making Kings Full with 2 K's in his
hand. Both Al Chin and Neville White are all-in and re-enter.
Postoli admires the 2 Kings in picture below. Chin and White are
standing at left. |
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| 520 |
1500/3000 |
Omaha |
Jim Sodergren is right back in
it when he hits a huge Queens Full hand in a 4-way Omaha pot.
Neville White is knocked out in 8th place. The Q's Full are in
foreground. |
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| 530 |
2500/5000 |
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Merri Furlong and Erion Postoli
re-enter |
| 535 |
2500/5000 |
Omaha |
Rob Vinson makes an 8-to-Queen
straight to knock out Erion Postoli in 7th and Al Chin in 6th.
Winning hand is below. |
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| 550 |
3500/7000 |
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John Rogers is knocked out in
5th place. |
| 605 |
5000/10000 |
5-Stud |
Fabian Ramos pairs his Queens on
5th Street for 2 pair and beats Merri Furlong's 8's and 9's. The
fateful Queen is by Ramos' right wrist in picture below. |
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| 625 |
10000/20000 |
Omaha |
Rob Vinson is knocked out in 4th
place. This completes an eerie pattern of 4th place finishes for
Vinson who went out in 4th in both the May and Spring Championships
also. |
| 630 |
10000/20000 |
Holdem |
Merri Furlong finishes 3rd and
heads-up play begins between Jim Sodergren (left) and Fabian Ramos.
The consolation table is in the background. |
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| 635 |
10000/20000 |
Holdem |
Ramos' is all-in with an
Ace-Jack which holds up vs. Sodergren's Ace-Ten. This huge and
decisive hand is shown below. |
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| 640 |
10000/20000 |
5-Stud |
A pair of 8's for Ramos holds up
to win it all. Fabian Ramos is the June 2006 Champion and James
Sodergren is runner-up. |
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| 645 |
CONSOLATION |
Holdem |
In the final hand of heads-up
play on the Consolation Table, Iwona Filuciak makes a pair of 9's
that hold up vs. Chris Lackore's 7's. Filuciak is the June
Consolation Champion and Lackore is runner up. |
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Congratulations to
all players who made the June 2006 Championship a memorable event! |
