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GL sir.

China up to 30k

Make that 40k

Edit: now 45k

Double edit: 60k

No idea how many left, pokernews is donkdown for me.

pokernews says 77 players are left

edit - woodrow aka matty aka matt woodward is also still in (55K), as well as jeff shulman (40K)

gl matty, china and jeff!

iceman just busted

48 left, 45 get paid.

Chinamaniac 13/48, 70K chips

[ ] Chip leader
[ ] Still in
[ ] Busto
[ ] Figment of our imagination and never really existed.


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Not sure about Pinch Hitter, but he's definitely not still in.

Chinamaniac is still in with 13 left, and is guaranteed a cash of $9900 ($12k+ if he survives one more bust).

Unfortunately, he's the short stack.

Matt Matros, who won the $1500 event, is currently 2nd in chips, continuing the trend of last year of the same people always catching cards.

Jeff Shulman is still in with an average stack.

China just doubled has 125k

Wow...

just saw China double when all in, left Rio am now home.

Godspeed / pulling for the kid

Yah I played with Matros for a while. Card rack for sure but he plays just about every button, hi jack spot and fights tooth and nail for blinds . Do that and run well and you get da chips especially when u run well

I was extremely lucky to finish where I did but I nursed my stack and it helped that I didnt get any hands I could play cause I prob would have busted if I faced coinflippish situations. I should have prob finished 2 money spots lower but I'll take it

Thanks for the rail guys , I think I am taking tomorrow off

Good job, China.

I don't believe that playing every button and fighting for every blind is correct, unless you're up against passive opponents.

You get stuck with a dominated hand too often, or you just flat out miss and have to fold to a raise.

In fact, my downfall in the 1500 started with a J8o button raise where Hawrilenko 3-bet me. Flop came J-high and stayed J-high, he showed down QJ to take it. I lost the next hand with aces to a 1-outer, and I was virtually busted.

Anyway, you did a great job considering never having a whole lot of chips, similar to Micon's 11th place finish in the NL 2-7 event.

And I predict Hansu Chu wins this one.

He's been deep many times before in these events, and he is a veteran of the 400-800 at Commerce.

He did lose to my brother heads-up for the first round of the limit shootout last year, but my brother agreed he was very tough.

Oh I totally agree with you. He was defending like 7-3 off making full houses and was raising all of Grapenuts (who is a HU specialist) sb from the button and raising all grapes BB from the SB. He was surprisingly having a lot of success too.

Ya I never really did have chips and when I did shoot up I went on a little downer immediately every time. I just stayed patient and didnt chunk off with crap hands that I may have played with a bigger stack and I just floated all the way to where I got. It seemed I was playing so tight too, so I think when I raised hands people would lay down decent hands to me cause they figured I was real strong cause I was going orbits sometimes without playing or defending

I Predict Grapethein. Have you ever played live with him? He was easily the best guy I played the past week. I don't think he ever missed a bet or made any noticeable mistakes

From Pokernews:



GG, next one FT time.

PS, lol at 12nd place, gd lithos.

GG China.

Ah.. so that's who grapenuts is.

Always wondered who that was. Guy just appeared on Stars 200-400 out of nowhere and was willing to play anyone HU.

Never played with him before, though.

Ya I wouldn't say he appeared out of nowwhere he is also big grapes on FTP, I used to drunk HNR him in the 30-60 Razz on FTP I think he played pretty high there too