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PLAY-BY-PLAY COVERAGE |
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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 |
| 400pm |
50/100 |
Holdem |
Tournament play begins |
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415pm |
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Holdem |
With a Queen in her hand, Iwona Filuciak
makes 4 Queens on the flop
vs. Erion Postoli's pocket A-K. Postoli catches both a King on the turn and Ace on the
river to make Queens full of Aces, but to no avail. Picture is below. |
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416pm |
100/200 |
Holdem |
Blinds raised to 100/200 |
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420pm |
100/200 |
5-Card Stud |
First hand of no-limit 5-card stud
is dealt. |
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435pm |
200/400 |
Omaha |
Chris Lackore hits Q's full vs. Matt
Hollinger's 9's full. Hollinger is forced to use re-entry option.
Lackore is at middle right with Q's full in picture below. |
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440pm |
200/400 |
Omaha |
Lackore hits an Ace straight on
flop. It holds up vs. Tony Matthew's 8-queen straight. Matthews
re-enters. |
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444pm |
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Rebecca Hollinger busts-out and
re-enters. |
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447pm |
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Jeff Nigh re-enters |
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450pm |
200/400 |
Omaha |
Merri Furlong hits a flush as Neville White mis-reads
his 3 6's for a full house rather than trips. White re-enters.
Picture below, White in upper left, Furlong lower left out of
camera. Rob Vinson, Chris Lackore and Tony Matthews look on. |
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450pm |
400/800 |
Omaha |
Joe Rondon re-enters |
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455pm |
400/800 |
Omaha |
Furlong knocks out Neville White
when her trip 10's hold up vs. Whites King's and a straight draw. |
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500pm |
400/800 |
Lowball |
In first hand of Lowball, Furlong's
9 high beats Vinsons 10 to win an 8,000+ pot. |
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510pm |
700/1400 |
Lowball |
Rob Vinson is stung by Ilan Cohen and
re-enters |
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515pm |
700/1400 |
Lowball |
Rebecca Hollinger is knocked out. |
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518pm |
700/1400 |
Lowball |
Gordon Rosenthal catches a 9-8 on
the deal and goes all-in vs. Bret Dale's 10 high. Dale re-enters.
Picture is below. |
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520pm |
1200/2400 |
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Matt Hollinger is knocked out. |
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522pm |
1200/2400 |
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Erion Postoli re-enters |
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525pm |
1200/2400 |
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Joe Rondon is knocked out. |
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530pm |
1200/2400 |
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Jeff Nigh is knocked out. |
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535pm |
2000/4000 |
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Gordon Rosenthal re-enters |
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Sonny Fuentes is knocked out. |
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540pm |
2000/4000 |
Lowball |
Al Chin stays alive when his 10-9
holds up all-in against Filuciak's Q-8 |
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545pm |
2000/4000 |
5-Card Stud |
Bret Dale is knocked out when Ken
Rubio catches a pair of 9's to beat Dale's 3's. |
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555pm |
2000/4000 |
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Erion Postoli is knocked out. |
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605pm |
3000/6000 |
5-Card Stud |
Al Chin is knocked out when his Ace
upcard doesn't scare Fabian Ramos with two 9's. Chin can't pair on
5th street and is out. |
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Ilan Cohen is knocked out. |
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610pm |
3000/6000 |
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FINAL TABLE IS SET with the 9
remaining players. From front left clockwise: Fabian Ramos, Merri
Furlong, Yoel Sommer, James Choi, Michael Villa, Tournament Director
S. Mike Bishop (standing), Rob Vinson, Chris Lackore, Ken Rubio, and
Iwona Filuciak. |
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615pm |
5000/10000 |
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Blinds hit 5,000 / 10,000 |
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620pm |
5000/10000 |
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Iwona Filuciak re-enters |
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621pm |
5000/10000 |
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James Choi is knocked out in 9th
place. |
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635pm |
8000/16000 |
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Merri Furlong and Michael Villa
re-enter |
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640pm |
8000/16000 |
Holdem |
Furlong is all-in with J-7 vs. Yoel
Sommer and Iwona Filuciak, both holding A-10. Furlong hit's a Jack
on the board. Sommer re-enters. |
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645pm |
8000/16000 |
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Villa and Sommer are knocked out,
tied for 7th when Vinson's 9's with King kicker beats Sommers 9's w/
Queen kicker. |
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650pm |
8000/16000 |
5-Card Stud |
Iwona Filuciak dodges a major bullet
when she folds her Queen upcard vs. Fabian Ramos' King upcard in
5-card stud. Ramos had made the bet too rich to call at 72,000, all-in.
After the fold, both players reveal an Ace as their downcard.
Picture is below. |
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654pm |
8000/16000 |
5-Card Stud |
Merri Furlong puts a big hit on
Iwona Filuciak when she pairs her Ace on 5th Street to beat
Filuciaks 4's. Furlong holds the Ace in picture below. |
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700pm |
12000/24000 |
Omaha |
Vinson takes down a monster pot.
All-in vs. Filuciak and Ken Rubio, Vinson hits trip 7's on the flop
and the river pairs his Kings to make a full house. Iwona Filuciak
is knocked out in 6th place. Vinson holds the fateful K-7 below. |
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720pm |
16000/32000 |
Lowball |
A massive lowball score for Fabian
Ramos who drew one card and hit a perfect 7-5-4-3-2, one of the most
coveted hands in poker! He triples up
and knocks out Merri Furlong in 5th place. The 7-2 is laid out in
picture below, middle left. |
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725pm |
16000/32000 |
Lowball |
Lackore is all-in and holds a
10-high. Ramos draws and hits a Jack high. Lackore doubles up. At
this point neither Rubio, Lackore, nor Ramos have needed to use
their re-entry options. |
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735pm |
25000/50000 |
Holdem |
Holding A-7, Ramos hits a straight to the 10 on
the River to knock out Vinson in 4th place. Lackore re-enters. |
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740pm |
25000/50000 |
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Lackore is out in 3rd place. The
final heads-up showdown begins between Ken Rubio (on right in
picture below), and Fabian Ramos. |
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755pm |
25000/50000 |
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In the final hand below, Fabian Ramos wins
the see-saw heads-up
battle. Ramos is declared the Spring 2006 No-Limit
Champion, Ken Rubio is runner-up. |
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Congratulations to all
players who made the Spring 2006 Poker Championship a memorable
tournament! |
