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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 |
| 410pm |
50/100 |
Holdem |
Play begins with 50-100 blinds |
| 435pm |
100/200 |
Holdem |
Joe Rondon catches a straight
10-A w/ QK in hand to take a huge 20K pot from Maverick Marquee in
the early going. Marquee must re-enter. Rondon's QK is at front
right in picture below. |
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| 450pm |
100/200 |
Omaha |
Huge Omaha pot develops. 4
players are all-in. Ahmad Ahmad holds a straight on the flop that
holds up until Joe Rondon hits a river 9 to make a full house (9's
full of 4's) with his pocket 9's. Rondon takes down a pot of almost
50,000. Picture is below. |
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| 505pm |
100/200 |
Omaha |
Maverick Marquee is all-in vs.
Joe Rondon. The King of Spades hits the board to give Rondon the
Ace-high flush. However it's ruled that the King should have been a
burn card. When the hand is rectified Marquee takes it down and
stays alive. Picture below. |
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| 515 |
200/400 |
Omaha |
Ahmad Ahmad hits 9's full of 7's
to take down a huge pot. Edgar Sandoval busts out in 11th place. |
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| 525pm |
350/700 |
Omaha |
In one of the most pivotal hands
of the tournament, another huge Omaha pot builds. Ahmad Ahmad takes
the top 2 pots while Chris Heina wins the main pot all-in to
quadruple his stack. |
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| 615pm |
1200/2400 |
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Playoff Tournament points leader
Fabian Ramos busts out in 8th place. |
| 715pm |
5000/ 10000 |
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Blinds hit 5,000 / 10,000 as the
Final Table is down to 3 players. Clockwise from front right: Chris
Lackore, Joe Rondon, and Chris Heina. George Khas officiates. |
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| 735pm |
10000/ 20000 |
Holdem |
The final hand comes in Holdem
as Chris Heina hits 8's full of jacks to win it all. Joe Rondon is
in 2nd place. Nate Beal dealt the winning hand. Chris Heina wins the
October Championship and a seat at the upcoming 2006 Grand
Championship in January. |
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| 730pm |
OPEN TABLE |
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The final hand on the open
tables finds Daniel Rodriguez holding Ace-10 vs. Ronnie Regan's
suited 7-9. Daniel's hand holds up to claim first place and a seat
at the 2006 Grand Championship! |
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Congratulations to
all players who made the October 2006 Championship a memorable event! |
