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Erick Lindgren is having his way with today's final able. After Tom Schneider raised to 35,000, Lindgren, on the button, was the only caller. Both men drew one card. After the draw was completed, Schneider bet 50,000. Lindgren paused for a few seconds, then raised to 190,000.
Lindgren's raise put Schneider into the tank. He tanked for a solid two minutes. At least three times, he looked like he was about to push a 140,000 chip call into the pot, only to change his mind. Then he started talking out loud.
"I think he paired," Schneider said to nobody in particular. "God! Good bet, but I think he paired." Schneider then mucked his hand.
Mike Matusow had an opinion on the hand (of course). "I always say, go with your gut," said Matusow. "If I had followed my heart in 2001, I'd have won a World Series and I didn't do it."
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Action folded around to Tom Schneider on the button and he raised to 35,000. Barry Greenstein made the call from the big blind and asked for two cards. Schneider took just one card. After the draw, Greenstein checked and Schneider pushed out 50,000. Greenstein thought a bit, then made the call. Schneider smiled and turned up . Matusow quipped, "Uh oh. Tom got his hand caught in the cookie jar." Greenstein tabled for the win and took down the pot.
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Tony G eliminated
Erick Lindgren opened yet another pot for 40,000. On the button, Tony 'G' Guoga moved all in for his last 141,000. Action folded back to Lindgren, who made the call. Each player discarded one card and opened his hand:
Lindgren: 9-8-6-4
Tony G: 8-5-3-2
Tony G was in good shape but he still had to either make his draw or duck Lindgren's. Lindgren pulled a 5 to make 9-8-6-5-4; Tony G pulled another deuce to make a pair of deuces. He is out of today's tournament and earns $78,075 for his finish.
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With little to no regard for the action around him, Mike Matusow has served as a color commentator's best friend. "The Mouth," after a few hands of bad cards, was just quoted as saying, "I might be the only nice guy that never wins. I always pull for the nice guys cuz, well, they're nice guys."
[user40108]
Action folded to Tony G in middle position and he raised to 35,000. Tom Schneider called from the big blind and both players drew one card. Both players checked and Schneider tabled . Tony G mucked and Schneider won the pot.
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Tom Schneider is making his climb back up the leaderboard. After Erick Lindgren opened the pot for 40,000 and Jeff Lisandro called from the button, Schneider reraised to 120,000 out of the big blind. Lindgren quickly folded, but Lisandro elected to call and discard one. Schneider stood pat.
After the draw, Schneider was first to act. He looked like he was considering a bet, but at the last second tapped the felt and checked the action to Lisandro. Lisandro squeezed his draw card, then checked behind. Schneider turned up 7-6-4-3-2, the second wheel. Lisandro tossed his hand into the muck.
"Tom, you're gonna be alright if you keep getting dealt sevens," joked Mike Matusow.
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Jeffrey Lisandro
Action folded to Tom Schneider and he raised to 35,000 from middle position. Jeffrey Lisandro made the call from the big blind and both players drew a single card. After the draw, Lisandro pushed out a bet of 60,000. Schneider thought for upwards of two minutes before pushing out a total of 140,000. As soon as Schneider's hands left the chips, Lisandro said "call." Schneider confidently flipped up but was quite surprised to see Lisandro table . Jeff Lisandro wins his first substantial pot of the day and is now sits on a stack of about 715,000.
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In a battle of the blinds, Barry Greenstein raised to 35,000. After asking the dealer to confirm the amount of the raise, Tony G called from the big blind. Greenstein drew two cards; Tony G drew one.
After the draw, Greenstein checked. Perhaps seeking to take advantage of Greenstein's weakness (he drew two), Tony G fired what looked like a value bet of 40,000. Greenstein didn't seem happy, but he made the call. As soon as his chips hit the felt, Tony G mucked his hand. Greenstein won the pot without showing.
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Mike Matusow was overheard talking to the table about fellow Full-Tilter Erick Lindgren. "Erick is the nicest guy I know," he said. "He'll give the shirt off his back to a guy he barely knows." With literally dozens of spectators within earshot, Lindgren looked up at Matusow and smiled. "Don't say that too loud," he said. "I don't need any more phone calls." The table laughed it up a bit. Tom Schneider, seated directly to Lindgren's right turned to him and said "Say...what size shirt is that?" Lindgren quipped back "I don't know, I need a new one every day."
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Action folded around to Tom Schneider in the cutoff seat and he raised to 35,000. The button, Erick Lindgren, took a peek at his cards and then announced a raise to 140,000. Action folded back around to Schneider and he eventually made the call. Schneider tossed out just one card, the . Lindgren took one card as well.
After the draw, Schneider slowly checked his hand and then started to count his chips. After about 45 seconds, he announced "all in." Lindgren asked for a count and the dealer stacked up 166,000. Lindgren called and Schneider instantly turned up . Lindgren's look quickly went from optimistic to disappointed as he tossed his cards in. Schneider doubled up and is now working with 651,000 chips.
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for the win and took down the pot.
. Tony G mucked and Schneider won the pot.
. Lindgren took one card as well.