Level 18 Hour One Update: Jason Mercier and Vanessa Selbst Eliminated
Jul 14, '10
Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 468 out of 7,319
Average Chip Count: 469,167
Card Player Chip Counts:
Adam Schoenfeld — 130,000
Andrew Brokos — 1,240,000
Josh Brikis — 1,45,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Daniel Chamberlain – 2,460,000
2. Martijn Schirp – 2,080,000
3. Phil Galfond – 1,866,000
4. James Carroll – 1,840,000
5. Duy Le – 1,700,000
6. Ryan Eriquezzo – 1,600,000
7. Matt Affleck – 1,590,000
8. Garrett Adelstein – 1,500,000
9. Tony Dunst – 1,495,000
10. Theo Jorgensen – 1,460,000
Notable Eliminations:
Bart Hanson
Carter Phillips
Vanessa Selbst
Jason Mercier
Sam Farha
Big Hands:
Eric Baldwin Chips Up With River Value Bet
We caught up with the hand on the river with over 150,000 in the middle and the board reading A
210
5
7. Eric Baldwin had led out for 103,000 and that sent his opponent deep into the tank.
The bet sent his opponent into the tank and the ESPN cameras rushed over to film the action. After a minute or two of thinking, his opponent slid out a call and Baldwin tabled the AQ. His opponent angrily mucked his cards while showing the 10.
Baldwin is up to 625,000 with that pot.
Jean-Robert Bellande Rivers a Straight
We caught up with the action on the river with Jean-Robert Bellande betting 85,000 on a board of 581024. His opponent eventually made the call and Bellande tabled A3, good for a straight and his opponent mucked.
“I’ve been planning this out for a while now,” Bellande said. “You get it in behind and just get there and boom! You have a stack.”
Bellande does have a stack as he sits with 530,000.
Sam Farha Doubles Up
Sam Farha moved all in for 85,000 and Isaac Baron made the call. Farha exposed the AA
and was in great shape versus the AQ of Baron. The board ran out Q-9-3-5-2 and Farha doubled to 185,000. Baron was at 170,000 after the hand.
Jason Mercier Doubles Up Robert Mizrachi, Eliminated Shortly Thereafter
Jason Mercier bet 19,000 from middle position and Robert Mizrachi three-bet to 55,000 on the button. Mercier moved all in and Mizrachi called 338,000 for his tournament life. Mizrachi exposed the K-K and was way ahead of the 5-5 of Mercier. The board ran out Q-10-8-K-9 and Mizrachi doubled to 690,000. Mercier was left with 133,000 after the hand.
Later in the level, Jason Mercier open-shoved in late position with the A10 and ran into the pocket aces of Olivier Daeninckx. The board ran out 9425Q. Mercier was eliminated with five cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker, but with no final tables.
Bruce Buffer Eliminated
With a board reading 1088K6 Bruce Buffer moved all in and Pierre Canali called. Buffer exposed the AA and was crushed versus the 88 of Canali. Buffer was sent to the rail.
Vanessa Selbst Eliminated
Vanessa Selbst was down to about 150,000 when she shoved with the A2. She was called by a player holding the KJ. The flop came jack-high and Selbst was eliminated with the turn and river bricked for her. The main event was Selbst’s first cash of the summer.
Dan Lu Doubles Up a Player
Dominykas Karmazinas shoved from early position for 55,000 and Dan Lu called on the button. Karmazinas was at risk with the AK. Lu tabled the AJ and was behind. The board ran out AQ5K3 and Lu dropped to 365,000.
Jean-Robert Bellande Doubles Up an Opponent
Jean Robert Bellande limped from late position and Alper Sar shoved for 80,000. Bellande called with the A9 and was in a coin flip versus the 33 of his opponent. The board ran out JJ86K and Bellande doubled up his opponent. He was down to 550,000 after the hand.
Michael Mizrachi Doubles Up
The flop read 876 with 55,000 in the middle. Michael Mizrachi checked to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Mizrachi moved all in for 192,000. His opponent called with the AJ for the nut flush draw. Mizrachi exposed the KK. The turn brought the 6 and the 5 fell on the river. Mizrachi faded the outs and doubled to about 430,000.
Jacobs’ All-In Forces Folds
Alex Jacobs raised to 18,000 from late position and was called by both blinds.
The flop came 10K3 and after both blinds checked, Jacobs waved his hands and motioned all-in. The small blind quickly folded, but the big blind asked for a count. After finding out it was just under 150,000, he mucked his hand.
Jacobs is sitting with 200,000 after he stacked his newly found chips.
Sammy Farha Crippled, Eliminated
Ryan Milisits moved all-in for 102,000 from middle position and Sam Farha made the call from late position. Milisits showed A10 and Farha showed AQ.
The board ran out 106475 and Milisits doubled up, while Farha was left with only 20,000. Within a few hands, Farha’s A-2 couldn’t improve against Paul Varano’s pocket sevens and Farha was gone.
Left in the Deck
Jean-Robert Has Ideas
Jean-Robert was talking at his table about the ideas he has for the Tournament of Champions. He thinks that the more bracelets you have, the more chips you should add to your stack. He said that the tournament directors shot the idea down, but he thinks it would add a nice twist to the tournament and give people more incentives to win bracelets.
Former Card Player Intern Crusing
Jameson Singer, a former Card Player intern in 2006 currently is hovering around the 1 million chip mark. Singer now plays tournaments full-time online and is known as “TheDrake.”
Player Twitter Accounts
Jean-Robert Bellande
Bernard Lee
Scotty Nguyen
Tristan Wade
Brandon Cantu
Player Tags: Sam Farha, Jean-Robert Bellande, Bruce Buffer, Vanessa Selbst, Eric Baldwin, Dan Lu, Jason Mercier
Jared Hamby Eliminates Two Players
The money bubble has burst and day 3 has come to an end. Patrick Stemper was all in for his ante and the small blind with Q-7 in the hole. One player at the table called him down and busted him with pocket sevens. On another table David Daneshgar was all in for his ante with Q-3 while Dan the Lu and Nenda Medic played in the side pot. Lu won the side pot with ace-high, but Daneshgar slowly peeled out his cards and he saw a three to make trips with the two out on the board. Stemper was the bubble boy and Daneshgar survived with 3,500.
Jose Luis Velador was facing an all in reraise from Dan Lu, who had him massively outchipped. Velador thought it over for awhile and eventually put the rest of his stack in with A
Scott Mayfield raised to 30,500 preflop and Dan the Lu called him down. The flop was dealt 9
Mike Sowers raised to 65,000 preflop and Dan Lu moved all in for 639,000 behind him.