PokerStars and PokerNews are excited to announce the Exclusive PokerNews Main Event! - $20,000 added tournament.
This tournament takes place on July 17 at 1400 EST.
It has a $10+$1 buy-in, and $20,000 has been added to the prize pool. The structure is very deep: 30,000 starting chips, 15-minute blinds and the levels begin at 50-100.
This tournament is open to all PokerStars players, no matter whether they signed up through PokerNews or not. The only way to play in this tournament is with the password, which will be released at random times during our World Series of Poker Main Event Live Reporting.
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Tournament Specifics:
Name: Exclsuive PokerNews Main Event
Date: July 17, 2011, starting at 2:00 PM EST
Game: NLH Freezout (password protected) ID#413428486
Buyin: $10+1
Prize: $20,000 added
Structure: starting @ 50-100, 15-min blinds
Starting stack: 30,000 chips
Password: PNLIVE
Payout: standard
Late reg: 120 mins
Steven van Zadelhoff was in all in for his last 20,000 or so with against Raymond Rahme's preflop and the flop came for some exciting sweats. The turn gave the Dutchman the nuts and he managed to hold on a blank river to double up to 40,000
We just got over in time to see Matt Matros move the last of his money into the middle before the flop with , only to discover that he had run into the of Timothy Adams.
Neither hand improved on the board fo and Matros' run in the 2011 WSOP is over.
We just saw Greg Mueller put his last few chips into the pot and go busto after he took a crippling beat the hand before.
Apparently Mueller got it all in on the turn (70,000 or so total) with vs. on a board only to be killed by a river . He was left with under 10,000 and forced to go all in on the next hand, which he obviously didn't win and he hits the rail here early on Day 3
When we reached Table 362, the damage had already been done. The board was completed . Freddy Deeb had laying in front of him, and Kevin Iacofano had . Deeb raked in the pot, doubling him to 115,000 chips, while Iacofano slipped to just 36,000.
Yan Nieman opened in early position for 3,300 and Shaun Deeb took a moment before raising to 9,600. Action folded back around to Nieman and he called. The flop came , Nieman checked and Deeb bet 7,700. Nieman called and the turn was . Nieman checked and Deeb sat for a moment and bet out 18,300. Nieman folded and Deeb is up to 254,000.
Phil Collins fired 12,000 on the flop. His one opponent made the call before the turn brought the . Both players checked and the river paired the board with the . Collins fired 16,500 and his opponent. Collins is now over 300,000 in chips.