Six-Handed Day 2 Set To Begin
Jun 08, '07
We're about 10 minutes from the start of Day 2 of the $1,500 Short-Handed No Limit Hold'em Tournament.
63 players remain, including Player Of The Year leader J. C. Tran as well as Main Event final table participant, Fred Goldberg. Check out the CardPlayer Pro Blogs to follow Fred's progress throughout the rest of the event. Also remaining in the tournament is online favorite Eric "Sheets" Haber.
With 6-handed tables, the action is sure to be fast and furious, so keep it locked on CardPlayer.com for all your tournament updates and pro player blogs.
Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Eric Haber, Fred Goldberg
Bring On Day Two
Jun 07, '07
As the clock struck 2 a.m. tournament officials announced that play would end with 11:10 remaining in level 16. After a ridiculously fast pace to start the day followed by an agonizing two hours on the bubble play has finally ended. There are 61 players returning tomorrow to play down to six.
Robert Williamson III was eliminated in the last two levels, but not before cashing in his third event in the
2007 World Series of Poker. Williamson hopes to keep this streak alive in tomorrow's $5,000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em.
JC Tran is still high among the chip leader board after another two levels of play. Tran took a small hit when he doubled up another player at his table. The player in seat two bet out $5,300 and Tran called. The flop came 5
4
4
and the player in seat two led out with $10,000. Tran made the call and the turn was the 3
. Short stacked, the player in seat 2 pushed all in. Tran called and had 7
3
for a straight draw. His opponent in the two seat showed K
4
for trips. The river was the 9
and Tran lost a small fraction of his very large stack.
With Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy and Amnon Filippi sweating his every move, Eric "Sheets" Haber was able to build a very respectable stack before play ended. With a board of Q
8
5
A
J
showing, Haber indicated with a wave of his hand that he was all in. The player in seat two took very little time to call and the player in the six seat had a decision for all his chips. Fred Goldberg, seated in the four seat, observed that "there was no betting at all 'til the river. Now we got three guys about to be all in. Ha, it turned into no limit on the river." The player in seat six mucked his cards and said, "there is only one hand that can beat me." Haber showed K
10
for broadway and his opponent in seat two turned over 8
8
, having flopped middle set. Haber couldn't believe that his opponent didn't bet the whole way and he was able to see so many free cards. The player in seat six yelled "I knew it" as Haber showed his cards, implying what the table already knew, that he had 10-9.
Play will continue tomorrow at 2 p.m. and will continue until there are only six players remaining. JC Tran heads into day two our chip leader and there is no telling how dangerous he can be with the luxury of a large chip stack. Tune back in to
CardPlayer.com to see what happens.
Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Eric Haber, Amnon Filippi, Cliff Josephy, Fred Goldberg
