The Downs, The Ups
Friday, October 9, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
The eliminations keep on coming. We’ve been playing a bit over 90 minutes and the field has decreased from 36 to 22. As you might expect playing six-handed is creating more confrontations and that’s driving the pace of eliminations. Here’s who’s been eliminated in the last half-hour or so:
| 23 | $ 16,130 | Jon Favaloro | |
| 24 | $ 16,130 | Victor Ng | |
| 25 | $ 13,820 | James Czarnecki | |
| 26 | $ 13,820 | Kevin Kaikko | |
| 27 | $ 13,820 | Matt Vengrin |
James Czarnecki was eliminated when James Mordue turned the nut straight and Czarnecki check-raised holding a pair of Queens. Not the best timing. Victor Ng was knocked out when, holding Ad-5h and the board reading 5d-4d-3d, got all the money in against Brent Roberts and his 2d-4h. The turn was the 9c, fine, but the river was the 4c, and that brutal beat sent Ng out of the Classic. Jon Favaloro went out when he was racing with K-Q to Ty Reiman’s pocket sixes…and a six hit on the flop.
The other big news so far today has been the resurgence of Brock Parker. Parker has doubled up twice, once with pocket Aces to Eric Baldwin’s Ace-King, and he now has over 300,000 chips. Tournament Director Matt Savage reminded the crowd that Parker won two WSOP bracelets this year, one in six-handed Limit Hold-Em, one in six-handed No-Limit Hold-Em. Need I remind you we’re playing six-handed the rest of the way?
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