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Barry Greenstein eliminates Michael MizrachiFinals Barry Greenstein v. Bill EdlerBest 2 of 3

Grinder doubles through.Grinder 210Barry 430Blinds 8-16

Edler wins and moves on to the finals.Final handEdler Jd7dTaveres 9h5dFlop 6d8d9dAll the money went in, no help for Taveres.

Barry 390 - Grinder 250Edler 440 - Taveres 200

Barry Greenstein has Grinder about 2-1 in chips.Bill Edler has Jose Taveres about 2-1 also.Edler won a significant pot earlier with Qs against 44 on Q4s6sAs9s. Jose laid it down on river

It's working for me.

Yeah, sorry about that. Villain starts with $1535, and I cover him.Thanks for the comments, I agree that a flop re-raise would probably have been right. If I was going to bet the turn, a larger bet would have been necessary to at least make him define his hand. As I played it, he could be pushing with top pair, a draw, junk 2 pair, straight, or a pure bluff. I picked the worst possible route by calling then leading weak.

My thinking on the flop was that he was on a draw of some kind. Most likely spades. I wanted to call then lead, but I dont think I bet nearly enough on the turn. I also could have check raised the turn, but that gives a free card to a flush/straight draw.

This hand occurred in a 5-10 NL game the other day. It was a live game in the San Diego area. I was hoping to get a little help on it.5 handed.Hero in small blind. Live straddle to $20.Folded to hero who raises to $60 with TcTd from SB.BB folds, UTG (straddle) calls. UTG is fairly new to the game, but appears to be fairly loose aggressive.Flop: 3s 5s 8dHero bets $100. UTG raises to $225. Hero calls.Turn: 2cHero bets $250. UTG raises all-in for $1000 more.Hero?Any help would be appreciated, whether or not I should call here, or whether I should have done something different in the hand.Thanks

The max bounty on FT is $200 so you only get $200 for knocking them out in the $1000 tourneys.

poor guy?I think thats the grinderYeah, that is the grinder, on his left.Pretty brutal to have all three of those guys acting right after you.

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Just saw this hand with two tables left in 200K PartyPoker tournament.Talk about a PartyPoker special.***** Hand History for Game 1349152364 *****NL Hold'em Trny:8156298 Level:17 Blinds (3000/6000) - Sunday, December 26, 03:57:12 EDT 2004Table $200K Guaranteed Saturday(171389) Table #1 (Real Money)Seat 5 is the buttonTotal number of players : 10 Seat 1: JERE2000 ( $291508 )Seat 2: scrableking ( $40023 )Seat 3: AawwNutz ( $52087 )Seat 4: HENDOGPIXS ( $33335 )Seat 5: turntablist ( $187934 )Seat 6: veryugly ( $95750 )Seat 7: ElValo ( $33430 )Seat 8: Hibbs08 ( $49466 )Seat 9: g4295 ( $61044 )Seat