Jamal and the Main Event

kkravec wrote:I saw his name on the Chip Counts page and got a text last night.

AK - I take it you don't care much for Jamal? lol

ak1971 wrote:horseshoe in his butt

We have at least two unclaimed stacks in the room today, one of which belongs to Vimy Ha. His chips reside at Table Blue 16, but he has not touched them today, and it is now clear that they will be unused for the duration of the Main Event.

PokerNews received word today that Vimy's young niece and nephew, one and three years old, respectively, tragically drowned in their pool in Coppell, Texas yesterday evening. Vimy flew out from Las Vegas first thing this morning to be with his family, and he has not returned to play Day 3.

Vimy Ha's overnight chip count was 190,600, and right now there are still 99,100 of them in front of his empty chair. With each round of play costing 8,100 chips, it is actually feasible that Ha could cash despite his absence, though that is no matter to him at the present.

Every now and then, we receive an unfortunate reminder of what is really important in life, and poker is certainly not at the top of the list. PokerNews offers our sincerest condolences to Ha and his family.

Mondogarage wrote:Weird...I think they're just doing slow updates to chip counts, because that's where I've been checking hourly, the same page you linked.

Stallion wrote:Only the threads that Ian posts in.

Bad Time to Push

Jamal Sawaqdeh was in the small blind and called a preflop raise from the player with the button. The flop came KdJd10d, and after Sawaqdeh checked, the button went all-in for 47,900. Sawaqdeh made the call and and showed QdJs for middle pair, along with flush and straight draws. His opponent could only manage Qh3c for the open-ender. The Kc on the turn didn't change anything, but the 9d on the river gave Sawaqdeh the straight flush to eliminate his opponent.

idh78 wrote:i dont know about Maya.....but that Patrick is one good lookin dude....