Jamal and the Main Event

ak1971 wrote:I guess a back door straight draw is starting to take on a whole new meaning

Not to mention the backdoor flush....

Mondogarage wrote:
Not to mention the backdoor flush....

i believe that is called an enema

back on topic.....anymore chip updates on jamal?

Was up to 315k, now back down to 250k. He's actually getting updated on pokernews under the chip counts.

i know but pokernews is a pain to use on my phone

idh78 wrote:i know but pokernews is a pain to use on my phone

Good time to see how the site looks on my new IPhone 3G, unless I sell it.

Thanks for the update all! Go Jamal!

A couple nice jumps for him when they update him, from 300k to 400k and now to 615

Up to almost 800k!

He's around 52nd place.

Going into day 5 hes in 24th place with 1,268,000 in chips with 189 runners left

ak1971 wrote:Going into day 5 hes in 24th place with 1,268,000 in chips with 189 runners left

holy shit...

The only time I actually played with Jamal was at the Gilpin about a year ago in the $300. He was a nice guy, good for him.

Oddly enough, he hasn't shown up in any of the live reporting hands, but that's good...he's flying under the radar.

I wonder whether, if he makes it through the weekend (not necessarily even final table, but a six-figure payday if he goes out late today), whether he sticks around to try the WPT Championship at Bellagio.

It would be tough, because the final Day 1 is tomorrow, so I would guess not.

Table Blue 13
Seat 1: Andy Witek – 367,000
Seat 2: Vito Branciforte – 845,000
Seat 3: Joshua Freeman – 658,000
Seat 4: David Benefield – 1,372,000
Seat 5: Dale Hoy – 850,000
Seat 6: Jamal Sawaqdeh – 1,268,000
Seat 7: Paul Snead – 1,411,000
Seat 8: William Purle – 1,022,000
Seat 9: Mark Ketteringham – 1,600,000

Mondogarage wrote:Oddly enough, he hasn't shown up in any of the live reporting hands, but that's good...he's flying under the radar.

I wonder whether, if he makes it through the weekend (not necessarily even final table, but a six-figure payday if he goes out late today), whether he sticks around to try the WPT Championship at Bellagio.

It would be tough, because the final Day 1 is tomorrow, so I would guess not.

how is he supposed to go out? this guy is Jerry Yang with some skill

The other hand was also a queens-vs.-aces confrontation, this time between Paul Snead, who had , and Jamal Sawaqdeh with . The aces held up this time, and Sawaqdeh now has 1.53 million. Snead is at 830,000.

Looks like he's going to limp into Day 6. Took some sizeable hits to his chip counts. Guaranteed $77k.

Table 8
Seat 1: Chris Crilly – 1,183,000
Seat 2: Craig Marquis – 1,748,000
Seat 3: Felix Osterland – 786,000
Seat 4: Jamal Sawaqdeh – 888,000
Seat 5: Jamal Kunbuz – 3,327,000
Seat 7: Mike Matusow – 1,169,000
Seat 8: Tiffany Michelle – 3,438,000
Seat 9: Jeremy Gaubert – 578,00

I think this is probably the featured table, with Matusow and the chick with all the chips.

Jamal Sawaqdeh and Geoffrey Herzog both committed 100,000 to the pot preflop and saw the board come KcTs5s. Sawaqdeh then announced all-in for his final 441,000, and Herzog made the call. Sawaqdeh showed KhJh for top pair, while Herzog held AsQs for the nut flush draw. The 8d came on the turn and Sawaqdeh dodged the river as well when the 4c came down.

pseudoswede wrote:Jamal Sawaqdeh and Geoffrey Herzog both committed 100,000 to the pot preflop and saw the board come KcTs5s. Sawaqdeh then announced all-in for his final 441,000, and Herzog made the call. Sawaqdeh showed KhJh for top pair, while Herzog held AsQs for the nut flush draw. The 8d came on the turn and Sawaqdeh dodged the river as well when the 4c came down.

All in with KJ? Jamal's a donk.

If he makes it through today, I'm gonna be on pins and needles tomorrow, since I'll be on a longass plane flight during play. Go, Jamal, go!

Jamal Sawaqdeh Eliminated in 74th Place ($77,200)

Jamal Sawaqdeh limped in before Jamal Kunbuz raised it up to 125,000. Chris Crilly flat called in the small blind as did Sawaqdeh.

The flop came {7-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Crilly moved all in for about 775,000. Sawaqdeh called for his tournament life, and Kunbuz, who covered both players, also made the call.

Kunbuz: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}
Crilly: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Sawaqdeh: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} to give Crilly a two-outer and the river was the {K-Hearts} as Sawaqdeh is eliminated in 74th place.

Crilly takes the hut pot to almost triple up to 2.7 million, with Kunbuz slipping back to under 2 million.