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Tue Jun 10 2008 18:26 PST | Posted by snoopy1239
Mike SchwartzSergey Rybachenko Elliminated in 7th Place ($15,697)
Not since prom night have I experienced so much action, Mike Schwarz triumphing in what could be the defining pot of the tournament.
After Kyle Bowker had raised to 100,000 preflop, both John Strzemp and Mike Schwarz called from the cutoff and button respectively only for Sergey Rybachenko tp push all in from the small blind for what appeared to be circa 300,000.
Back round to Bowker, and after a brief pause, he also announced all-in, sliding 673,000 over the line!
Guess what?! After asking for a count of Bowker's stack, Mike Schwartz also shoved his chips into the pot, meaning we had ourselves a gargantuan three-way pot!
Rybachenko =
Bowker =
Schwartz =
Flop =
Turn =
drum roll please, maestro...
River =
Schwarz takes the lot and eliminates two players in one fell swoop!
It would happen online. -
Tue Jun 10 2008 18:11 PST | Posted by snoopy1239
Sergey RybachenkoThe Fall & Fall of Rybachenko
Disconnectivity has caused a delay in this report, but I can tell you that within the last couple of rounds, Sergey Rybachenko has gone from chip leader to short stack with just 380,000 lying on the felt before him.
The biggest hit came courtesy of neighbour Jason Young. With the board reading
, Rybachenko check-raised Young's 55,000 bet to a total of 125,000. Young smooth called.
On the
turn, Rybachenko bet out 250,000 and Young insta-called.
Then, on the
river, Rybachenko blasted out a 600-700,000 bet which, again, Young insta-called.
Rybachenko mucked before even looking at Young's.
Several hands later and it got even worse for the Russian, Mike Schwarz raising it up to 126,000 preflop, Rybachenko calling and Rory Monahan bumping it up to 326,000.
Although tempted, Schwarz eventually folded, only for Rybachenko to make a surprise call.
On the
, the chips couldn't hit the middle fast enough, Rybachenko's top pair with 
in deep trouble against the dominant pocket rockets of Monahan. An ace on the flop, followed by a non-Broadway blank on the river meant that Monahan had received a much-need double through, whilst Rybachenko had seen his stack slip even further. -
Tue Jun 10 2008 17:54 PST | Posted by snoopy1239
Pain it Black
Mike Schwarz wins two pots in a row through the possible deceptiveness of the preflop call.
Firstly, he limp-called a preflop raise of 40,000 from Sergey Rybachenko before pushing all in on the
flop to take the pot.
Then a couple of hands later, he limped under-the-gun, called a raise from small blinder Kyle Bowker before reraising his continuation bet all-in on a
. A frustrated Bowker folded to give Schwartz his second uncontested pot in quick succession. -
Tue Jun 10 2008 08:38 PST | Posted by hintze
Thomas West is one of today's finalistsShootout Finale Set for 2pm Start
It's a short night of sleep for the ten finalists returning for today's Round 3 of Event #17, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. This field capped its entrants at 1,000 ten of whom will return this afternoon at 2pm PDT. One of these ten will claim a bracelet and $335,565 by night's end:
WIth seat assignments and home towns (each player will start with 300,000 in chips), here are the finalists:
Seat 1: Casey Coleman (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)
Seat 2: Matthew Giannetti (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Seat 3: Thomas West (Los Altos, California)
Seat 4: Rory Monahan (Carbondale, Illinois)
Seat 5: Kyle Bowker (Walton, New York)
Seat 6: John Strzemp III (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Seat 7: Mike Schwartz (Encino, California)
Seat 8: Sergey Rybachenko (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Seat 9: Jason Young (Suffern, New York)
Seat 10: Alexander Triner (Rockville, Maryland) -
Event 17 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em ShootoutDay 1 completed
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Tue Jun 10 2008 08:26 PST | Posted by hintze
Kyle Bowker locked up the tenth and final seat in today's shootout championshipShootout's Final-table Lineup Complete
With Kyle Bowker's early-morning elimination of Travis Roseberry, the final ten players in Event #17, #1,500 No-Limit Showdown, have been determined. Here are the ten:
Seat 1: Casey Coleman
Seat 2: Matthew Giannetti
Seat 3: Thomas West
Seat 4: Rory Monahan
Seat 5: Kyle Bowker
Seat 6: John Strzemp III
Seat 7: Mike Schwartz
Seat 8: Sergey Rybachenko
Seat 9: Jason Young
Seat 10: Alexander Triner
Each of the ten will begin with 300,000 in starting shifts, and for those who struggled through a second-round marathon to reach the final, it'll be a short night -- the final round gets underway at 2pm PDT. Check in here at PokerNews for the latest updates as this event is part of the first triple-bracelet day of 2008.
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Tue Jun 10 2008 07:04 PST | Posted by snoopy1239
Travis RoseberryIt's Over!!!...
... until later today that is.
Yes, from a 12pm start yesterday afternoon to 6:50am this morning (almost nineteen hours later), we have finally whittled down our initial field of 1,000 to a final table of ten.
After a see-saw battle that would give the 100 Year War a run for its money, Kyle Bowker finally defeated a fatigued and downtrodden Travis Roseberry to take that last spot in tomorrow's final.
At the time, Roseberry was struggling. Although he'd just doubled up with kings (he cheekily limped preflop) to Bowker's J-2 on a jack high board, he was still short and in desperate need of a double through. And when both players hit a minimum of top pair on a jack high board, the inevitable clash occurred and the chips flew in.
Roseberry =
Bowker =
Board =
The players, press and tournament staff held their breath as the river was dealt...
River =
And that was all she wrote.
Bowker was sportsmanlike in victory and resisted a cheer or jump of joy that so many would have executed, instead shaking the hand of his defeated opponent and offering his sincerest consolidations.
Whilst Roseberry looked understandably dejected, Bowker was equally bedraggled, barely able to raise a smile as his exhausted frame trundled out of the Amazon Room.
As for us, we'll be back here at 2pm for the final. See you there... with coffee in hand. -
Tue Jun 10 2008 06:47 PST
McKinney is goneMichael Schwartz Advances to Final Table
And we are down to our last two heads up warriors.
Michael Schwartz limps on the button, and John McKinney pushes all in. Call.
McKinney: "I've got two live cards..."
Schwartz: looks like McKinney is in trouble, as Schwartz has
Board: 
Some brief arguing over whether Schwartz has him covered (he has), some handshaking and expressing of, "Good game," and Schwartz advances, the unfortunate McKinney still gets 100th-place money for his 19-hour ordeal, and we are down to Kyle Bowker and Travis Roseberry. -
Tue Jun 10 2008 06:42 PST | Posted by snoopy1239
Heads Up Chip Counts
Bowker has his man on the ropes:
Kyle Bowker -- 150,000
John McKinney -- 50,000 -
Tue Jun 10 2008 06:38 PST | Posted by snoopy1239
Rory MonohanGarrett Beckman Eliminated
And after all that, it just needed both players to find pocket pairs, Garrett Beckman getting the worst of it with sevens versus Rory Monohan's queens. A queen on the turn and Beckman was drawing dead. Monahan, meanwhile, celebrated with his girlfriend and headed straight home to get some sleep.
Started 9th Jun, 2008
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 17 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | Day 1
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