$1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 19
Jun 02, '08
Note: Many of the players are getting frustrated with the late (maybe early is more appropriate) hours here at the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event. As a result of the dissension, the players just had a vote to decide whether they would continue to play down to 9 or depart now and come back at 1:30. The first vote tied 6-6, so they had a re-vote. Remarkably, the re-vote also tied: 8 votes in favor of playing on and 8 votes in favor of stopping now. The decision was made to play down to 18 players now and then have another vote at that point.
Blinds/Antes: 8,000/16,000 – 2,000 ante
Players Left: 22 of 3929
Chip Leaders:
Theo Tran - 1,557,000
Aaron Coulthard - 1,125,000
Joshua Engerdahl - 1,115,000
Joe Rutledge - 824,000
Eric Hicks - 788,000
Melvin Jones - 755,000
James Akenhead - 720,000
Matthew Kearney - 662,000
Jeff Wiedenhoeft - 576,000
Brandon Blake - 465,000
Average Stack: 535,000
Eliminations:
Andre Boyer
Avraham Arguan
Thomas Fuller
Ryan D'Angelo
Pia Jeppesen
Big Hands and Storylines:
Akenhead Joins the Million Chip Club in Style
Evan McNiff and James Akenhead got all-in pre-flop. McNiff showed T
T
and Akenhead tabled 88
. The flop and turn brought disappointment for Akenhead: 92
2, A but the river was the case 8 (a tablemate had admitted to folding one). This pot shot Akenhead up to over a million in chips and the young Englishman is now in prime position to make the final table.
Ferguson Doubles Through Tran
Theo Tran raised to 45,000 from the button and Chris Ferguson re-raised 200,000 total from the big blind. Tran peeked at his cards, then at his chips, then back at his cards. This cycle continued for a while until he eventually made the call. Tran showed K9 and was dominated by Ferguson’s A9. The flop came with an ace: A66 and Tran was drawing dead after the turn 2. Ferguson now has about 420,000.
Bach Bests D’Angelo
David Bach raised pre-flop to 44,000 and was re-raised to 130,000 by Ryan D’Angelo. Bach made the call and the two saw a flop of T52. Bach had only 50,000 left behind so it was inevitable that the two would get it all in with their holdings: KK for Bach; AK for D’Angelo. The turn and river came 9 and 6 and Bach now sits behind a stack of 360,000 in chips. D'Angelo was eliminated soon after.
Full House Houses Fuller
Thomas Fuller and Aaron Coulthand got all-in pre-flop with A9 and 77 respectively. The flop came 996 to give Fuller a seemingly insurmountable lead, but a 7 on the turn changed everything and the hand swung right back in Coulthand’s favor. The 4 on the river sealed it for Coulthand and Fuller hit the rail just in time to hit the breakfast buffet.
Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Chris Bach, Thomas Fuller, Theo Tran, Ryan D'Angelo, James Akenhead, Evan McNiff, European Report
