Poker Tournament: High-Stakes Matches and Surprising Wins

The poker tournament featured intense matches with surprising wins and losses. Players like Leo Voulpert and David Williams were eliminated early, while others like Scottie Nguyen and Annet Obrestad secured impressive victories.

Leo Voulpert was the first to be eliminated on the second day, with 32,000 chips remaining out of 40,000 starting chips, when he went all-in on a flop of 9c 6c 4s with Kc Jc, facing Chris Moneymaker's Ac 9d.

David Williams went all-in with Ac 6c against Eric Seidel's Ax Ax, and was eliminated on the turn.

Peter Eastgate led and eliminated Eric Lindgren with A10 against A6. Steven Quinn, the only satellite qualifier, was eliminated in the decisive hand when his A10 lost to Jamie Gold's kings. Scottie Nguyen, trailing, managed to double up five times to stay alive, and eventually won the match against Phil Ivey.

Joe Hashem led initially, but Gabe Kaplan doubled up with a flush on the flop and won the final hand with QJ against Hashem's pair of twos. Jason Mercier, leading early, risked with A9 against de Korver's A10 and won with a nine on the river.

Phil Gordon and Phil Laak had a match filled with all-ins, with Laak ultimately winning with a ten on the river. Barry Greenstein won against Sammy Farha with pocket aces against Farha's flush draw. Jennifer Harman struggled from the start and was eliminated in the final hand with Q8 against Q10.

Annie Duke won against Darwin Moon with a set of kings against Moon's two pairs. Paul Vasika and Gus Hansen had the longest match of the day, with Vasika ultimately winning with a straight on the river. Eli Elezra won against Allen Cunningham with a coin flip, A10 against Cunningham's sixes.

Dennis Phillips won against Chris Ferguson with kings against Ferguson's Tx 8x on the board. Doyle Brunson quickly won against Don Chidle, with a flush draw not closing. Annet Obrestad won against Phil Hellmuth with two valets and a straight.