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WSOP 2010 November Nine – the fallen
Posted by: Mark Baldwing - Mon, 2010-07-19 17:10
As the field whittled down to the final two tables on day 8 of the
poker tournament, things turned from serious to dead serious. Scott Clements, one of the “name” pros who’d managed to hang on thus far was the first one to have his November Nine hopes crushed. His problems started with the A,Qo he picked up. That hand was never any good because Matthew Jarvis had picked up an A,K, but Clements committed his last chips on it nonetheless.
The board gave both players a pair of As, but Jarvis’ superior kicker decided the race.
David Baker was the next one to head to the rail, when his flush draw never filled up against Jonathan Duhamel’s pocket Ks.
Benjamin Statz went out in 16th, when his A,6o got flopped to smithereens by Matthew Jarvis’ K, Q which hit a boat on the flop.
Matt Affleck’s exit in 15th was more brutal than that though. Affleck shoved all-in holding A,A and got called by Duhamel with J,J. Duhamel then proceeded to hit a straight on the turn to eliminate Affleck.
Hasan Habib followed Affleck to the rail, his A,9 no match to Racener’s A,K. Duy Le was bounced in 13th. Adam Levy followed him out the door, when his K,Q fell to Duhamel’s pocket rockets.
Pascal LeFrancois exited in 11th, setting the stage for the November Nine bubble boy to surface. Although reluctant to the extreme, it was Brandon Steven who eventually took on that role. His A,K looked game against Jarvis’ pocket Qs, but the board failed to help him out and thus he too was done.
