Victor Perches Wins the $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Shootout ($157,338)
Victor Perches raises from the button and Arnold Spee calls. The flop comes AJ9 and Spee checks. Perches bets the $15,000 and Spee calls. The turn is the 6 and Spee bets out the $30,000. Perches raises Spee all in and Spee makes the call. Spee shows QJ for a pair of jacks but Perches turns over A6 for two pair. The river is the 8 and Victor Perches wins the tournament.
Arnold Spee finishes the tournament in 2nd place and wins $78,679.
Victor Perches wins the gold bracelet and $157,338.
Wed Jul 26 22:00:00 PDT 2006
Blind Increase
The blinds have been increased to $10,000-$15,000 with limits of $15,000-$30,000.
Wed Jul 26 21:05:00 PDT 2006
Updated Chip Count
The updated chip count is:
Victor Perches $765,000
Arnold Spee $135,000
Wed Jul 26 20:56:00 PDT 2006
Dinner Break
The players are currently on dinner break until 10:00 PM PST.
Wed Jul 26 20:41:00 PDT 2006
Updated Chip Count
The updated chip count is:
Victor Perches $800,000
Arnold Spee $100,000
Wed Jul 26 20:40:00 PDT 2006
Arnold Spee Crippled
On a board of 7743Q and around $200,000 in the pot, Victor Perches checks and Arnold Spee bets out. Perches makes the call and Spee shows pocket nines for two pair. However, Perches flips over 7-6 and wins the pot with trip sevens. Spee is left with less that $100,000.
Wed Jul 26 20:30:00 PDT 2006
Updated Chip Count
The updated chip count is:
Victor Perches $700,000
Arnold Spee $200,000
Wed Jul 26 20:29:00 PDT 2006
Victor Perches Takes a Commanding Lead
Without taking down any large pots, Victor Perches has managed to continue chipping away at the stack of Arnold Spee. He now has Spee down around the $200,000 chip mark while Perches is up to around $700,000.
Wed Jul 26 20:22:00 PDT 2006
Updated Chip Count
The updated chip count is:
Victor Perches $600,000
Arnold Spee $300,000
Wed Jul 26 20:21:00 PDT 2006
Victor Perches Chips Away
Victor Perches is slowly chipping away at Arnold Spee. He has won number of small pots and has increased his slight lead.