Still Mixing it Up
by Crystal on 06.24.08, 12:51 am
Event #41, the 1.5k MHE’s field is getting smaller and smaller. Bracelet winner Alex Borteh raised in early position and play folded around to the small blind. The player in the small blind thought for a minute before pushing several 1K chips into the pot. Borteh (pictured left) was confused because he had heard the player say “call” but there were questions about whether the amount of chips the other player put out was even enough to constitute a raise. The floor was called over and the action by the small blind was deemed a call.
The flop came 9
9
5
and the small blind bet out 6K. Alex made the call and when the 9 came on the turn his opponent bet 12K. Borteh thought for some time before moving all-in for over 50K. The other player quickly made the call and showed 45 while Alex held K
J. The river was no help to Alex and he was left with 15K after the hand but has since chipped back up to around 40k.
Todd “DanDruff” Witteles called the all in of a short stack at his table and found out he was in trouble with Q9 against the all in’s AQ. The all in player got a little worried when the flop came T86 giving Witteles both a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw so he began softly chanting “Deuce, deuce, deuce” and the turn actually brought the 2. He continued to ask for a deuce but was unhappy when he got his wish on the river in the form of the 2 which gave Witteles the flush. He smiled and said “I guess I asked for it” as Witteles scooped up the pot and now has around 85k.
Daniel “voff” Deveau was nearly eliminated from his table a little while later. We caught up with the action after the turn with the board reading 432T. The other player in the hand had bet and the table was waiting for Deveau to act. Eventually a clock was called and when the floor asked if an appropriate amount of time had passed for Deveau to make a decision, Deveau himself said yes and then decided to put the last of him smallish stack into the pot. The other player made the call and Deveau was inches away from the rail with his AQ against the other players 99 until the Q came on the river to save his tournament life. Deveau is sitting with a little more than 20k so he will likely have to make another move soon to stay in contention.
They just got down to 27 players remaining and have redrawn seats for the final three tables. Play will continue tonight until they reach the final table and we’ll keep you updated as things progress!
