Poker Shootout

Start Date: October 20, 2007
End Date: October 28, 2007
Location: Jaco Beach, Costa Rica

Main Event NL Texas Hold'em

Oct 26, 2007 at 19:00

Level 7 ( 300 / 600 )

Oct 27, 2007 at 03:36

Play By Play
03:15	The level has finished and everybody is going back to their rooms as the tournament with 16 players left will continue tomorrow night...
02:52	Mike Beasley sent Stoney back to his room with a pair of Queens, Beasley got pair of 6's on the river... nothing to do.
02:50	Don Stockwell did it again, he just sent home David Franco, in an All in Hand, Don got two pairs on the turn and Franco got 10 as high card.
02:44	Henry F just got out when Lerner went all in and Henry called, Lerner got the flush on the river.
02:42	Jousef got out by going all in with A3, and Geir called with pocket k's, the board did not help Jousef and he gets out of the tournament, right now we are down to 19 players in the tournament.
02:36	Rick just got out after going all in with a few chips aand holding A 7, Aaron Lerner called with pocket 9's, the board was 5 8 8 2 K, so two pairs beat one pair.
02:30	Player Liu Valladares just sent Bianchi back to his room as Liu got a full house on the turn, Bianchi got A 3 that could not hold against that hand.

Level 6 ( 200 / 400 )

Oct 27, 2007 at 02:01

Play By Play
01:55	This has been a really exciting level, now we are down to three tables but with 21 players still in the tourney.
01:40	In a major come back... Don went all in with QQ, Wade called him with KK and Nikolay did too with pocket 10;s, the flop is Q 2 9... Don gets three of a kind, the turn is 5 and the river 3... Don just made an awesome come back and Wade gets eliminated.
01:35	Don Stockwell just moved all in with A 7, Jelte Kruijer Called with pocket 10's, the board was 6 J 5 A 9, Don gets the pair of Aces gets a huge pot but do not takes out Kruijer. A few hands Later Donwent all in again with A J, wade calls with pocket 3's, the flop is 5 10 A Don gets really happy, the turn was 7 and the river... 3... Wade gets three of a kind and beats Don, however he was not eliminated.
01:23	Interesting hand: Azoule went all in with 4 5 Geir called with K 3, the flop was 3 2 6 the turn was 2 awesome hand Azoule has a straight!!! the river is a 3... NOW Geir gets a full house and takes out Henry Azoule.
01:12	Evlys Gutierrez did it again, went all in with pocket 3's, Perryot called with A Q and Jon called too with QQ, the flop was 5 3 8, the turn was 2 and the river was 9, with a three of a kind Gutierrez gets a pot of $20,000 chips and sends two players out of the tournament.

Level 5 ( 150 / 300 )

Oct 27, 2007 at 01:58

Play By Play
00:54	Eventually, with the Blinds and some bad hands Arturo Morales was taken out of the tournament.
00:29	we had a VIP hand!!!!, Wade Townsend went all in trying to steal the pot, however Evlys Gutierrez called after taking a long time to decide, Gutierrez Shows and he has pocket Aces, Wade shows and he has 9d 10d, this was after the flop which was 2 K 3, the turn came out 6 and the river was an 8, Gutierrez gets this way a pot of $63,000 chips....
00:27	Arturo Morales just had an horrible hand, he had AK suited and Geir went all in with J 8 off suit, Arturo decided to call and the flop was 4 J 5, the turn nor the river made any difference and Geir wins the hand but do not takes out Arturo.
00:22	the players are not really careful, the are thinking every move, every card... everyone wants not to get first place and receive the juicy prize of $50,635

Level 4 ( 100 / 200 )

Oct 26, 2007 at 23:56

Play By Play
23:50	At the end of the level we have 34 players still in the tourney
23:37	Henry Azoule just got a huge pot with pocket sevens... as you can see in poker the Skill is really important but a little bit of luck is always welcome.
23:20	Bookmaker's player Keith Choy just moved all in and got us an excellent desmotration of an All in hand... Choy's cards were pair of Jacks, Fabio Bianchi called and shows 10 7, the flop is Q J 2... awesome Choy is holding with a three of a kind, the turn is 7 giving the other player a pair of 7's, the river is a 2 giving Keith a Full house JJJ 77 and Bianchi gets two pairs.
22:56	at the begining of the level we have 4 tables with a total of 35 player in the tourney

Level 3 ( 100 / 200 )

Oct 26, 2007 at 23:51

Play By Play
22:30	we are down to 5 tables with 38 players.
21:52	Bookmaker's player Keith Choy just went all in preflop having pair of Aces and some other player called him with KK, the flop was A 8 9, the turn 5 and the river 9, Keith gets pair of Aces and 9's and the other player Kings and nines this way Choy sends a player back to his room.
21:44	And Herb VanDyke just got knocked out of the tournament after going all in with As Qs, and being called by Lenny F. with pair of Jacks, the flop was 6h 9s 10s, wacht out for a flush, the turn was 9h, the river 6d, the pair of Jacks hols up.
21:34	Player James just doubled up by going all in with pair of 9's and have Dolphin beat who had pocket 7's
21:32	Fabio Bianchi just doubled up by getting two pairs KK and QQ on the turn.

Level 2 ( 50 / 100 )

Oct 26, 2007 at 21:31

Play By Play
20:57	we are down to six tables right now.
20:52	we are down to six tables right now.
20:49	Don Stockwell made a really good move by raising on the preflop, having QQ as pocket cards, the flop was Q 8 3 and he bet big in order to make the other two players toi fold.
20:38	Evlyn Gutierrez pulled up a full house and won a pot of 14000 chips to Hentry who had pair of kings.
20:30	we are still with 7 tables.
20:22	Nathan is still hurt by that hand with 1450 chips is hasn't been able to recuperate yet.

Level 1 ( 25 / 50 )

Oct 26, 2007 at 21:28

Play By Play
19:56	trying for a come back Nathan "Cincinnati kid" was chasing the flush until he got it on the river.
19:47	So it seems that today's tournament action is going to be way different than the previous tournaments, basically because everybody is playing like it would be the final table, they are thinking and playing really carefully.
19:32	Liu Valladares just got a nice pot when he got a straight on the river beating Herb VanDyke who had three of a kind 9's
19:28	So we just saw an amazing hand that almost took Nathan "Cincinnati kid" out of the tournament, he went all in with pocket Aces, and H caenry Azoule called him with pocket Js Jd, so Cincinnati Kid is winning , the flop was 5c, 7s and 3s, Henry seems to be out as the Aces are holding, the turn is a 10s and the river Ks!!!!!! Henry gets the flush on the river..Nathan cannot believe it as he is with a few chips after playing only 28 minutes.
19:07	And the main even has started, with a Prize pool of $140,650 and 7 tables and placing the dealer button on seat number 6, we have scheduled to play 7 levels and continue tomorrow night.

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