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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 |
50/100 |
Holdem |
Larry Shaw needs a King or a 7
on the river to beat Ritta Jilwaya's pocket jacks. The King comes,
and Shaw takes down a nice pot early in the tournament. Picture is
below. |
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| 415pm |
100/200 |
Holdem |
Ritta Jilwaya hits a Queen on
the river to make Queens full, take the main pot, and triple up.
Fabian Ramos must re-enter when Edgar Sandoval calls his all-in
bluff (4, 5) with pocket Aces for the side pot. Picture is below. |
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| 420pm |
200/400 |
Omaha |
Neville White re-enters. |
| 440pm |
200/400 |
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Fabian Ramos busts out after
flopping the then-best 8-Q straight. Larry Shaw hits a King on the
river to make a better 9-K straight. Ramos finishes in 9th. |
| 440pm |
200/400 |
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Iwona Filuciak nearly doubles up
when her Kings and 3's beat Danny Quiros. |
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| 500pm |
500/1000 |
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Blinds reach 500/1000 |
| 515pm |
800/1600 |
5-Stud |
The first hand of 5-card stud is
dealt. Neville White busts out in 8th place. |
| 530pm |
800/1600 |
5-Stud |
In one of the most improbable
hands of the tournament, Larry Shaw is all-in with a pair of Aces on
4th street, looking at Edgar Sandoval's three 8's. Shaw must catch
one of the two remaining aces to win it. The Ace comes on the river
and Shaw more than doubles up. The three Aces are in right
foreground, below. |
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| 545pm |
800/1600 |
5-Stud |
Another great 5-card-stud pot
for Larry Shaw. Edgar Sandoval is showing a pair of 9's and bets
6,000. Shaw has just caught a King to pair his downcard and raises
2700 more, all-in. The Kings hold up to take down a pot totalling
almost 20,000. |
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| 550pm |
1500/3000 |
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Chris Lackore re-enters. |
| 600pm |
1500/3000 |
Lowball |
Chris Lackore busts out when
Iwona Filuciak calls his all-in bet. Lackore shows Jack-Nine but
Filuciak holds Jack-Seven. Picture is below, winning hand on left. |
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| 610pm |
1500/3000 |
Lowball |
Ritta Jilwaya is all-in and
draws one card to make a 10 low and take down a huge pot heads-up
with Larry Shaw. The 10-low hand is show below. |
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| 620pm |
2500/5000 |
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Edgar Sandoval busts out in 6th
place as
blinds reach 2,500 / 5,000. |
| 640pm |
2500/5000 |
Omaha |
Danny Quiros makes a flush on
the turn, all-in. The flush holds up and he takes down the biggest
pot yet in the tournament, nearly 50,000! Quiros points to the
winning hand in picture below. |
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| 655pm |
4000/8000 |
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Iwona Filuciak busts out in 4th
place. The table is down to the final 3 players, from left: Maverick
Marquee, Ritta Jilwaya, and Danny Quiros. Ahmad Ahmad is dealing. |
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| 700pm |
4000/8000 |
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Ritta Jilwaya busts out to take
3rd place in the tournament. |
| 735pm |
6000/12000 |
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After a see-saw heads-up battle,
Maverick Marquee finally wins it all when his Ace-7 holds up against
Danny Quiros' Jack-7. Marquee is named the September Final Table
Champion! |
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| 740pm |
CONSOLATION |
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After taking on all comers for
almost 4 hours, the Consolation Table is heads-up between Milton
Kwan and Marshall Goldsmith. Kwan finally takes it down in the hand
below. Both Kwan and Marquee now have seats to the 2006 Grand
Championship! |
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Congratulations to
all players who made the September 2006 Championship a memorable event! |
