Thu Dec 15 01:05:00 -0800 2005
Official Chip Counts
Official chip counts for the end of day three have been posted; click on the "Chip Counts" tab for the official numbers. Joanne "J.J." Liu took the lead in the very last hand of the day, and heads into day four with $1.98 million. Play will resume Thursday at 12:00 noon PST. Return to CardPlayer.com for continuing live coverage of all the action.
The following players all have over one million in chips (the average stack is $640,384):
1. Joanne J.J. Liu - $1,980,000
2. Rehne Pedersen - $1,460,000
3. Joe Cassidy - $1,207,000
4. Bengt Sonnert - $1,194,000
5. Patrik Antonius - $1,121,000
6. Doyle Brunson - $1,110,000
Thu Dec 15 00:55:00 -0800 2005
Joanne J.J. Liu Doubles Up; Jesse Jones Eliminated in 27th Place
Joanne J.J. Liu doubles up through Darrell Dicken in the last hand of the day to take a huge chip lead. At another table, Jesse Jones was also eliminated in 27th place, making the last hand of the day an action one for each and every table.
Here are the final money finishers of the day:
29. Davood Mehrmand - $48,300
28. Loi Phan - $48,300
27. Jesse Jones - $48,300
Thu Dec 15 00:51:00 -0800 2005
Loi Phan Eliminated in 28th Place
Loi Phan is all in preflop with pocket eights (8d-8h), and he's up against Rehne Pedersen's Ks-10c. Phan retains the lead after a flop of Ah-9h-7d, but the 10h on the turn gives Pedersen a pair of tens to take the lead. However, Phan has picked up a flush draw, and he needs to catch an eight or a heart to survive. The river card is the 5d, and Loi Phan is eliminated in 28th place.
There is a big hand developing at another table, but play will end for the day as soon as all hands are concluded.
Thu Dec 15 00:47:00 -0800 2005
Rehne Pedersen Doubles Through Loi Phan
Rehen Pedersen raises to $50,000, Loi Phan reraises to $150,000 from the small blind, and Pedersen moves all in for $640,000 with pocket kings (Kd-Ks). Phan calls with pocket jacks (Jc-Js), and he'll need to improve to eliminate Pedersen. The board comes 9s-6d-6h-5h-8d, and the kings hold up. Rehne Pedersen doubles up through Loi Phan, crippling Phan in the process.
Thu Dec 15 00:42:00 -0800 2005
Bengt Sonnert Doubles Up
Bengt Sonnert has A-J against Joe Cassidy's A-10, and it holds up on a board full of blanks. Sonnert doubles up in chips to about $1.16 million.
Thu Dec 15 00:32:00 -0800 2005
Davood Mehrmand Eliminated in 29th Place
Joe Cassidy raises to $45,000, Davood Mehrmand calls all in for $39,000 from the small blind, and Patrik Antonius calls from the big blind. The flop comes 8h-6h-6s, Antonius checks, Cassidy bets $55,000, Antonius raises to $400,000, and Cassidy folds. Antonius shows 10h-6c (trip sixes), while Mehrmand shows Ah-7h, which is good for a flush draw. The turn card is the As, and Mehrmand needs to catch an ace or any heart to survive. But the river card is the 10s, and Antonius makes a full house (sixes full of tens) to eliminate Davood Mehrmand in 29th place.
Thu Dec 15 00:28:00 -0800 2005
Rodney Hurlbut Doubles Through Davood Mehrmand
Rodney Hurlbut moves all in for $149,000 with pocket threes (3d-3h), and Davood Mehrmand calls from the big blind with Ah-Kd. It's a race situation as the board comes Jd-10d-5c-Jc-4h, and Hurlbut doubles up in chips.
Thu Dec 15 00:22:00 -0800 2005
Dennis Waterman Doubles Through Davood Mehrmand
Dennis Waterman moves all in under the gun for $158,000 with Ad-4d, and he's called by Davood Mehrman in late position with pocket tens (10c-10h). The flop comes Ac-Js-5s, and Waterman takes the lead with a pair of aces. The last two cards are Ks-4h, and Waterman doubles up with two pair.
Thu Dec 15 00:13:00 -0800 2005
Woody Van Stratum Doubles Through Michael Yoshino
Woody Van Stratum moves all in preflop with Kd-Qh, and Michael Yoshino comes over the top all in with pocket nines (9c-9d). Everyone else folds, and they take their race situation to the flop. The flop comes As-Ks-2h, and Yoshino falls behind Van Stratum's pair of kings. The turn card is the 3h, the river card is the 7d, and Woody Van Stratum doubles up in chips.
Thu Dec 15 00:01:00 -0800 2005
Davood Mehrmand's Table Rankings/Rantings
Davood Mehrmand is very excited by the play he has seen at his table, particularly the call that Joe Cassidy made when Patrik Antonius check-raised him on the river with the board showing 9s-6d-5d-Qh-Jd with nothing but Ad-7c. (Antonius had Ah-3d.)
Mehrmand ranks his table as a five-star table, while the one next to his is a two-star table, and the one next to that is a one-star table. The table on the other side of his, he labels as a "zero-star" table. But Mehrmand spends most of his time talking about the amazing play he is seeing on his own table, particularly from Joe Cassidy.
Take it for what it's worth.
