Vic Champs - NL HE Rebuys Coverage - 1

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Coverage of the PLO tournament can be found here

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Posted: 07:50 PM 31 Aug 06 Mark Vos was just seated about five minutes ago, rebought once to have 2000 and then tripled up with TT vs 77 vs 66. My pick for the table with the most rebuys is No. 17 - with, who else but Emad, David Saab and Martin Comer. On a flop of 8h-Jc-6s, Emad was all-in against Martin Comer and one other player. Emad was ahead with Jd7h, Martin had Js5s and the third player was in trouble with pocket nines. A five on the turn gave Comer two pair. Emad to Comer - "You're the antichrist!"

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Posted: 07:50 PM 31 Aug 06 Mark Vos was just seated about five minutes ago, rebought once to have 2000 and then tripled up with TT vs 77 vs 66. My pick for the table with the most rebuys is No. 17 - with, who else but Emad, David Saab and Martin Comer. On a flop of 8h-Jc-6s, Emad was all-in against Martin Comer and one other player. Emad was ahead with Jd7h, Martin had Js5s and the third player was in trouble with pocket nines. A five on the turn gave Comer two pair. Emad to Comer - "You're the antichrist!"

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Posted: 08:00 PM 31 Aug 06 Joe Huminicki all-in with 88 against Paul Gianfriddo who has an overpair....the table groans as an 8 appears on the river and gives Joe a set.

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Posted: 08:14 PM 31 Aug 06 Roman Pesochinksy is on crazy Table 17 and just profited big time with AA against 3 callers. It held up and he has about 19k. Emad just called for more chips to be brought over...when asked just how much he said "about 100k?". (The dealer's tray was actually down to the last 4,000).

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Posted: 08:16 PM 31 Aug 06 Official number of runners is 295, will have a starters list as soon as possible. Blinds are now 50/100. This is the last rebuy level and there are 20 minutes left.

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Okay the rebuy period is over. The 'winner' was Crazy Table 17 which had 83 rebuys, Emad leading the charge with 20.

Emad surveys the damage done on Table 17 Not far behind was Table 15 with 67 rebuys and Table 8 with Mark Vos and Milan Gurung had 59. Some chip counts from the big tables: Emad - 8k Mark Gibson - 21k Roman Pesochinsky - 16k Mark Vos - 20k Milan Gurung - 9k There were some sick sick hands in the rebuy period. The bulk of Mark's chips came when he was all-in with 9s2c against A5, 9h8h, and K8os. The board was 6c-7c-Ac-3h-9c and Mark won the 16k pot with the 2c for the flush.

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David Bradshaw commits himself with QQ and runs into the Rattler's KK and is out. Benson - 7k Brian Hull - 6k Dogmeat - 8k Kevin Khouiss - 11k

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The flop comes 4h Kd 6d on table 17, and Emad, Roman and Comer get all their chips in. Emad: Kh 6h Roman: Qd 8d Comer: K 4 The turn comes 7h, river 8h and Emad makes a flush to triple up. Roman is out and Martin Comer is left with less than 10k.

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Paul Ramondetta - 25k Milo - 8k Jim Ververis - 20k They are dropping like flies.

22:01
Down to 200 players, average stack is 7,595. Five minutes left at 100/200. The final number of rebuys/addons was 1224.

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Emad is the clear chip leader at the moment with close to 60,000.

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$47,164 for 1st place.

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1st - $47,164 2nd - $30,838 3rd - $18,140 4th - $12,698 5th - $10,158 6th - $8,344 7th - $6,893 8th - $5,442 9th - $4,172 10th - $3,084 11th to 20th - $2,177 21st to 30th - $1,270

23:01
Emad raises, David Saab pushes all-in and Martin Comer goes all-in as well. Emad folds. Saab has AsKh while Comer has AcAd. Emad said he folded queens. Board is Qc-Tc-4s-4c-9h and Comer doubles up to about 20k. Emad says he's glad he folded - "I want to win this tournament on merit, not on sucking out." :)

23:02
Ian Schoots all-in for 3150 with pocket sixes versus QhTh, board is Jd-Ad-2c-9d-Ah and he doubles up. Some chip counts: Vos - 16k Angie Italiano - 16k Benson - 19k Emad - 60k

23:07
Players are now on break. When play resumes the blinds will be 300/600.

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Just before the break.... Mark Vos and another player all-in on a queen-high flop. Mark shows QsJs and the other player has QJos. There is one spade on the flop and Mark catches runner-runner spades to win with a flush. Ray Walter was down to 2200 after the last break, is now up to 36,000. Sam Slade is sitting on Mark's right and is doing very well, he has 49,000 in chips. Joe Huminicki - 17.5k

23:23
Players are back from break - 149 left. Blinds are 300/600 and average stack is 10194.

23:29
Must be dropping fast....down to 138...

23:39
Emad - 68k Ray Walter - 29k Richard Grace - 36k Benson - 21k

23:39
Interesting stat - Emad needs to make tenth to break even :)

23:45
Emad sends a shoutout to N8 Dogg* - thanks for the support. *correct spelling unsure - I'm just not cool enough these days!

23:54
Emad wins another huge pot with aces vs queens vs nines. Ace on the turn and two players are eliminated, pot is 30k and Emad is now the runaway chip leader.

00:19
Graeme Putt eliminated with JJ vs David Saab with QQ. 99 players left, blinds now 600/1200, average stack 15k. Saab now has about 30k.

00:26
Emad is small blind and Sam Khouiss is the big blind. They make a deal that if it gets folded around to Emad they will both go in blind. Well it gets folded around and both players stick to their word. Emad: 8s6s Sam (all-in for about 6-7k): Tc-7s Flop is Ad-8c-6c and Emad flops two pair, the turn and river is the 4c and As and Sam is eliminated from the tournament.

00:39
Chip counts: Rattler - 12k David Saab - 47k Ray Walter - 46k Joe Cabret - 27k Richard Grace - 62k James Potter - 40k Mark Vos - 37k Yoyo - 18k

00:43
74 players remaining, 5 minutes to go at 600/1200, average stack is 20,527.

00:48
Emad still chip leader with about 109k. Blinds just about to go up to 800/1600.

00:54
John Vincent puts Paul Ravessi (Virus) all in (Paul has about 4k) and he makes the call. John has AJ, but Paul has him dominated with AQ. Well a Queen comes on the river, but it was the gutshot needed for John to make his straight. Bad luck Paul.

00:54
The flop is A J T and Nick Putt in all in with AT. His opponent turns over AJ and Nick is eliminated.

01:04
58 players remaining, average stack 26,189. Fourteen minutes left to go at 800/1600.

01:04
Just a reminder that top 30 players will make the money.

01:09
Gary Benson raises to 4.6k, Marlin re-raises to 14.6k, Gary moves all in for 10.5k more and Marlin calls. Marlin has 88 but Gary has the cowboys and doubles through.

01:22
Players on a 10 minute break. Yoyo - 33.5k Richard G - 26k David Saab - 48k Emad can't put a foot wrong.....has won another huge pot and is up to 120k.

01:31
Blinds are now 1000/2000.

01:38
Benson raises to 6k, Scott Reddie reraises all-in for 17,200 total, Richard Grace goes all-in as well and Benson calls. Scott: JdJc Benson: AhQh Richard: 7c7s The board is 8s-Th-8h-3d-9d and Scott triples up to over 50,000. Richard wins 500 off Benson in the side pot and Gary is eliminated. We are down to 50 players, 20 minutes left at 1k/2k, average stack is 30,380.

01:41
Richard Grace all-in with K8 versus KK....flop is 8-8-x and Richard doubles up to about 13k.

01:43
Richard all-in again with J8 versus AQ, he flops an open ended straight draw but can't hit and he is eliminated.

01:59
Rattler bets out 7k on a flop of Td-5d-5h, he has about 2700 left. The other player in the hand puts him all-in and Rattler calls. Rattler has Ad7d versus Ts8s - the turn is the 8d to give him the flush but his opponent still has outs to a full house. The river is the Qc and Rattler takes down a 30k pot.

02:06
Mark Vos is all in for 8k with TT vs QQ. The flop comes 3 9 J and Mark gets running 8 7 to make a straight.

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Very next hand, Vos calls an all-in with 33 and is ahead of the other player with A2. The flop is Qd-Ah-Jh, the turn is the 5d and Mark is getting ready to muck his cards and then, on the river.....a 3s! Mark wins the 37k pot and eliminates a player. 45 players left, 33,755 average stack, 18 minutes left at 1500/3000.

02:13
Emad eliminates another player with AK vs AQ and is up to 154k. He faces an interesting time tomorrow if he makes the final table as he is scheduled to play the 10k event.....

02:16
'luckbox' Yoyo has 80k....

02:18
42 players remainaing....Vos just knocked out another one with QQ vs A7.

02:20
Vos is pushing all-in almost every hand - is up to 56k.

02:31
just 38 players left......8 till the money.

02:36
Sam Slade all-in versus a player of almost equal stack with JJ versus AK. Board is 5-T-7-8-5 and Sam doubles up to about 80k and eliminates a player in 37th place.

02:49
Ray Walter moves all in with 88 and is quickly called by Rattler with AKo. Another 8 hits the flop and the Rattler is eliminated.

02:51
Yoyo raises to 11k preflop and gets one caller from the small blind. The flop is As-9h-6h and they both check. The turn is the 3s and the small blind bets 12k, Yoyo calls. The river is Qd, the small blind checks, Yoyo thinks and goes all-in, small blind thinks for a long while and then folds.

02:52
34 players remaining....things getting very very tense.

03:01
Ray Walter raises to 10k and Vos calls on the button. The flop is 2d-8c-5s, Ray bets 5k and Vos calls. Turn is the 8d, Ray checks, Vos bets 8k and Ray calls. The river is the As, Ray bets 10k and Vos calls. Ray shows KQ and Vos has pocket tens to win the pot. 31 players left.... blinds just went up to 3k/6k. Play now hand-for-hand.

03:07
Still on the bubble and David Bradford (NZ) is forced all in on his blind with 94o and Tony Hachem isolates with JJ. The flop comes 9 9 6 and David survives.

03:09
We are now in the money, the unlucky bubble player was eliminated with KQ vs 47...

03:13
Players are now on a short break. Emad still chip leader with 183k, Vos not far behind on 121k. Both players are scheduled to play the 10k event tomorrow so this could be interesting..... Blinds still 3k/6k and there are a lot of shortstacks so expect quick eliminations when players return.

03:22
Ray Walter is all-in versus Jamie Pickering...Ray lets out a 'whoops' and shows Jd-9h, Jamie has pocket aces. Board is J-T-5-7-5 and Ray is out in 30th place. 30th - Ray Walter - $1,270

03:24
Frank Artufel is all in with 88, but runs into QQ. 29th - Frank Artufel - $1,270

03:27
David Manoney out in 28th with A6 versus TT. 28th - David Manoney - $1270

03:31
David Bradford is all in with KQ against AK. He doesn't catch up and finishes in 26th place. 26th - David Bradford - $1,270

03:36
Vadim Pinsky all-in with KdTc versus David Saab with QcJc. Board is 9h-4s-5s-Qd-5h and Vadim is eliminated in 25th place. 25th - Vadim Pinsky $1270 26th - Ellen Royston-Ing $1270

03:37
Ioannis Markis all-in with A5 versus KK, doesn't improve. 24th - Ioannis Markis - $1,270

03:40
The flop is KK5 and the pot is about 30k. Emad bets out 20k and the other player raises all in for 31k more. Emad makes the call and shows Ah5h. The other player turns over QQ. Emad turns a flush draw but misses the river. He now is down to about 110k.

03:42
Nick Georgoulas is all in with KJ against TT, but hits a King on the turn to double through.

03:44
Darren Latty all-in with Ah7h versus AdJh. Board is Q-9-Q-J-9 and he is eliminated in 23rd place. 23rd - Darren Latty - $1,270

03:47
Soetanto Chandra has flopped a five versus Vos with A6. A six on the turn however sees him out in 22nd place. 22nd - Soetanto Chandra - $1,270

03:55
Kim moves all in under the gun for over 50k. It is folded to Nino in the big blind who only has another 10k behind his 8k he already has in the pot. Nino makes the call with 98, but is up against Kim's AK. An 8 hits the flop but a King on the turn and Nino is out. 21st - Nino Ascenzio - $1,270 Now up a level in the payouts.

04:00
Nick Georgoulos is all-in and Emad reraises all-in. Everyone else folds. Nick - QhQd Emad - AsKc Board is Ks-Jc-Jd-9d-Kd and Emad wins with a full house. Emad is up to 140k. 20th - Nick Georgoulos - $2,177 Chip counts: Jamie Pickering - 70k Yoyo - 95k

04:02
12 minutes left at 4k/8k

04:07
Nick Assioti had an unfortunate demise. He was dominating KdQd with his AK, but the KQ hit a diamond flush. 19th - Nick Assioti - $2,177

04:11
Mark is in the small blind and pushes all in (about 98k) before David Saab in the blind blind (about 94k) has even looked at his cards. David turns over one card, an Ace, and says call before looking at the second card which was a Ten. Mark turns over 86. Mark hits a 6 on the turn and David is eliminated. Mark now has about 200k in chips. 18th - David Saab - $2,177

04:13
Emad raises to 26k, big blind calls. Flop is Jd-6s-Ks and both players check. Turn is 3d, BB check-calls Emad's bet of 20k. River is Ad and BB checks. Emad bets 20k and BB folds. Emad on a comeback and now has about 200k in chips. Between Emad and Mark, they have about 1/3 of the chips in play.

04:21
Blinds now 6k/12k

04:30
Mark moves all in and Jack Panagiotou calls with A6. Mark has him dominated with AT and Mark busts out another player and adds 30k to his stack. 17th - Jack Panagiotou - $2,177

04:35
Terry Saunders is all-in on the button for 30k. Emad reraises to 65k from the small blind and Scott Reddie in the BB folds. Emad has pocket fives and Terry KcJc. A 5 on the turn sees Terry out in 16th. 16th - Terry Saunders - $2,177

04:36
Tony Hachem is forced all in on his blig blind (which was less than the small blind). Mark raises to 30k and everyone else folds. Mark has 99 and Tony has A2. No help for Tony. A shortstacked Scott Reddie is all-in for 23k from the cutoff. The big blind is forced to call for 11k more. Scott has AsKs and is up against Jd5s. The door card on the flop is 5d, but the Ah and 6d show as well. Another diamond on the turn, the Td makes Scott nervous, and disaster on the river - a 3d gives his opponent the flush and eliminates him in fourteen place. 14th - Scott Reddie - $2,177 15th - Tony Hachem - $2,177

04:41
Jamie Pickering is all in for about 90k with QJ, but Mark finds KK. Yet another player falls victim to Mark. James Potter is all-in for 42,500 from the cutoff and is called by the player on the button. Potter shows 5s-5d and is against AcQd. The board is safe - Kc-2c-8d-7h until the river - the Ah sees him out in 12th. 12th - James Potter - $2,177 13th - Jamie Pickering - $2,177

04:52
Mark moves all in and X calls from the big blind with 33. Mark has KhJh and the flop comes a monster Ks 6h 4h. The turn brings the flush and we now have a final table.

04:57
Players have agreed to start the final table at 6pm tomorrow to accommodate Emad and Mark who are in the 10k event.

05:02
The final table; 1. Kim Vevle - 108,000 2. Colin Rich - 77,000 3. Steven Russell - 95,500 4. Duncan McKinnon - 80,000 5. Myron Plumb - 45,500 6. Alex D'Ambrosio - 72,000 7. Emad Tahtouh - 306,500 8. Andrew Mil - 131,000 9. John Vincent - 83,000 10. Mark Vos - 521,500

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