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2009 PCA: After Midnight – Day 1B

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Welcome to the after Midnight edition of Day 1B at the PCA. We're currently on Level 8 with approximately 230 players remaining.

Victor Ramdin found himself involved in a massive pot. He opened with a min-raise. His opponent (who was drinking a can of Sands beer) popped him with a min-re-raise to 11,000. Ramdin raised to 23,000. His opponent shoved for 55,000 more. Ramdin headed into the tank for several minutes as he pondered a call. A curious crowd quickly encircled the table. Bored players from adjacent tables stood up and wandered over along with different members of the media. A camera crew shot footage as a couple of photographers (including our own Joe Giron) jostled for position.

"Double up or go home," mumbled Ramdin. "I don't think I can call."

He shook his head back and forth before he reluctantly folded his hand. Ramdin was left with 45,000 as his opponent raked in the pot.

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And here's some other random tid bits...

- Brandon Schaefer wasn't thrilled after his elimination. "At least I don't have to fold anymore," he sarcastically quipped. Schaefer had been card dead for the majority of Day 1B. He headed to the rail and commiserated with his good friend and EPT London Champion Michael Martin.

- Young gun Vivek 'Psyduck' Rajkumar was moved to Carlos Mortensen's table.

- Mark Seif's table broke and he was moved to Capt. Tom Franklin's table. Seif pushed his stack over the 110,000 mark, but took a huge hit and he slipped to 25,000. "It can't get any worse," he mentioned.

- I witnessed a crazy hand. All in pre-flop. Jacks versus Aces versus Big Slick. Carl Beyl from Germany flopped a set of Jacks to bust the player with A-K and he doubled through the last year's runner-up Hafiz Khan's Aces.

- Louie Cohen from Denver, CO has over 90,000. He busted two big names today... Josh Arieh and Orel Hershiser.

- Some big stacks are forming. Shane "Shaniac" Schleger is up to 150,000 after he cracked pocket sevens with pocket treys. And the current chipleader might be Chris Fernandez. He is one of the first players to surpass the 200,000 chip mark.

- Chris Moneymaker was crippled when his top pair was crushed by pocket Aces. Moneymaker had turned a gutshot but missed his outs. He was left with next to nothing in chips.


2009 PCA: Late Night Musings

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Tables are breaking at a rapid pace as a flurry of bustouts have been increasing over Level 7. There are around 270 players remaining with 30 minutes to go in this level.

- A couple of Team Poker Stars Pros are no longer with us. Dario Minieri and Isabelle Mercier are both out. PokerStars sponsored player Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck also joined them on the rail.

- Ricky "FiveFingerz" Puleo took a couple of hits and slipped to 37,000 before he busted a player and increased his stack to 60,000. His table broke and he was moved to the same table as Greg "FBT" Muller and PokerStars qualifier Javier "Anguila" Etayo. Within a couple of orbits, he jumped up to 100,000 when he knocked out former hockey pro Greg Mueller. Puleo's Aces held up against Mueller's Kings.

- There are two world champions sitting with ten feet of each other; Chris Moneymaker (2003 WSOP Main Event) and Spain's Carlos Mortensen (2001 WSOP Main Event). Chris Moneymaker is looking extremely relaxed. He kicked off his sneakers and seems content with a 50,000 or so stack. Mortsensen is sitting at an adjacent table and has over 69,000 which he obsessively and compulsively arranged where all the markings on the sides of the chips are perfectly aligned.

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- Brandon Schaefer is down to 20,300. "After 11 hours of play, I have a 300 chip profit," joked Schaefer. Our conversation quickly changed to traveling since that's all Schaefer does these days. Usually our banter begins with, "Where are you going next?" In case you were wondering, Schaefer is headed Los Angeles when the PCA is over.

- Phil Ivey left in quite a huff after his elimination.

- Victor Ramdin lost some of his stack and the Bronx, NY native slipped to 40,000.

- Humberto Brenes and Jan Von Halle tussled in a pot together. Brenes opened for a raise and Von Halle three-bet the unusually quiet Costa Rican. Brenes tanked for a couple of minutes before he flashed a used car salesman smile and folded. Von Halle showed Brenes pocket Kings.


2009 PCA: Post-Dinner Team PokerStars Update

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Victor Ramdin seems to be doing the best out of all of the Team PokerStars Pros playing on Day 1B. Ramdin is closing in on 100,000.

The Brazilians are lurking near the top of the pack. Andre Akkari and Aelxandre Gomes have over 60,000

Katja Thater has been below average for most of the day. She's hanging on with 18,000. He husband Jan Von Halle is sitting at the same table as Humberto Brenes and Joao Barbosa from Portugal. Brenes chipped up to 35,000 but the shark has been relatively quiet all evening. But if sharks stop moving forward, they will die.

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Hevad Khan slipped to under 10,000. He drew a brutal starting table that included Gus Hansen, Layne Flack and Orel Hershiser. Since then, Khan been moved a couple of times. He survived his starting table but needs some help if he expects to advance to Day 2.

Chris Moneymaker has moved tables again. The former champ has a stack worth around 30,000.

Today's action began ten-handed. Shortly after the dinner break, the tables will be reduced to nine players.

Update: Brandon Schaefer's table broke and he was moved to Seat 1 at Chris Moneymaker's table. Schaefer has around 16,000 or so.