9:54 I’m living la vida loca in the “No Limit Lounge,” sponsored by Milwaukee’s Best Light. Which means you can’t buy anything up here except the Beast. I’ll stick with water, which is basically the same thing anyway. Except water tastes better.
9:56 Amnon hasn’t won a hand in a while, and is currently mixing it up with Bruno Fettucinni. Bruno and Deeb have been carving up the table lately, while Amnon and Mmm-bop sit back and pick their spots. Damn, I just made an mmm-bop reference. If I said I’m slipping that would imply I had been somewhere to slip from. Which I haven’t. Although if this guy with his dangling shoe were to slip from his lofty perch…never mind. Anyway, Hanson has been picking his spots.
9:59 Amnon folded that hand to Bruno, and now finds himself all in versus John Hanson in Stud 8. He’s ahead with A high and drawing at an 8 low…no shame here…come on river card…Snap! Amnon just doubled up by scooping the pot with A high and the low with 86. Hanson tried mucking his river card although Amnon was all in. The dealer grabbed his cards from the muck and turned it over.
10:00 Hanson does not have long, flowing blonde hair.
10:03 Hanson does have experience in the big game. He’s a wall street guy who plays poker recreationally, but obviously does it quite well.
10:05 Amnon is all-in in a 3-way pot in Stud 8. He has a four-flush and two pair versus a nine-high flush of Bruno. Any Q or 6 will give him a full house, any spade will give him an A high flush….
10:07 The river was just dealt, and Amnon bricked out on a huge sweat with the 10
. He was eliminated in 4th place. He made $586,080. I doubt he’ll be in the mood to report for us tonight, but PokerWire has been more than impressed by his run through the most talented field a poker tournament can throw at you. Kirk Morrison, JC Tran, Steve Sung, and Greg FBT Mueller are just a few of the respected pros who have been here today to cheer on Amnon.
10:11 Since Amnon is out, I’m pretty much just cheering for Sam to announce that the event is over. And that’s a great example of unbiased journalism, ladies and gentlemen.
10:15 In summary, Bruno has 11m of the just under 15m chips in play. Barring an incredible turn of events, he will win. I can honestly say it all came down to him getting the right cards when the limits got huge. With 4m between them, Hanson and Deeb have their work cut out for them.
10:19 I'll leave you with the immortal words of my Chuck Norris widget, "Behind every succesful man is a woman. Behind every dead man is Chuck Norris."
