** WSOP ME, $10,000 NLHE, Day 4, Fri., July 13 **

[J.C. Gloves]

Tuna Lund out in 319th ($39,445)

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Last year was notorious for how quickly people were knocked out of the tourney, even though most of the field had very healthy stacks in terms of BBs, and long after the prize money started to seriously escalate (final 100 or so).

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I think people just meltdown and lose all their chips after a while. Playing for so long is pretty damn stressful. They want out and the only way they can get out is by busting out of the tourney.

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I also wonder how much people started to become pre-occupied with their stack size relative to the table average/leaders rather than the blinds.

It's like they're seeing everyone accumulate chips as people get knocked out and they forget that they don't have to push 30BB UTG with 22.

[Black Aces 518]

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On a board of {Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, Alan Levin fired out 60,000. Dario Minieri raised to <font color="red">350,000</font>. Levin called and showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} for top pair and top kicker. He sniffed out a bluff from Minieri who showed {5-Spades}{4-Spades}.

Minieri slipped to 1.8 million while Levin increased his stack to <font color="red">412,000</font> .

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That's some funky math there. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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I was assuming the 350 was more than enough to put him allin, but may be incorrect.

[suzzer99]

Well according to pokernews:

Players Return from Break

Players have returned from break and play has resumed. The blinds are 40,000 and 80,000 with a 1,000 ante.


Nice extra zero. Although that would certainly explain the rapid-fire bustouts.

[jogsxyz]

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Mostly on preflop all-ins.

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That's the ugly future of NL hold'em.

[Silent A]

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On a board of {Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, Alan Levin fired out 60,000. Dario Minieri raised to <font color="red">350,000</font>. Levin called and showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} for top pair and top kicker. He sniffed out a bluff from Minieri who showed {5-Spades}{4-Spades}.

Minieri slipped to 1.8 million while Levin increased his stack to <font color="red">412,000</font> .

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That's some funky math there. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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He might have called-all in with a lot less than 350k, or perhaps they meant to type 712,000.

Either way, he's reported to have a 725k stack now.

[chicken10der]

i thought that was the ugly present?

[Clarkmeister]

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stinkypete out 22&lt;AJ against Gus

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Bummer

[gobbomom]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO YUV!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO Justin!!!!!!!!!

[entertainme]

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could probably add Chris Overgard aka CMO to the list, former MN player, 2p2 lurker, and friend of a lot of MN players.

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Thanks! Added to the sweat list.