Gary Benson Poker Tournament Updates

Level 22 Update: Matthew Ashton Out 7th, Gary Benson Out 6th, Frank Kassela Out 5th

Jun 14, '13

Level: 22

Limits: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 4 out of 246

Average Chip Count: 461,250

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: David Chiu – 165,000
Seat 2: Michael Mizrachi – 212,000
Seat 3: Freddie Ellis – 520,000
Seat 8: Scott Seiver – 885,000

Players Eliminated:

7th: Matthew Ashton – $18,266
6th: Gary Benson – $24,003
5th: Frank Kassela – $31,978

Live Updates:

Matthew Ashton Eliminated in Seventh Place ($18,266)

Scott Seiver completed and Freddie Ellis called. Matthew Ashton called all in for 17,000 and then Seiver opened the action again on fourth street. Ellis called and on fifth street it was Ellis who bet. Seiver called and the action reversed once again on sixth street. Seiver bet first but Ellis raised to 48,000 Seiver called and then both live players checked on seventh street.

Ellis showed the winning hand of (52) 57510 (9) and Seiver mucked. Ashton could only muster two pair and that was behind the trip fives of Ellis. Ashton was out in seventh place and Ellis was close to 500,000.

Gary Benson Eliminated in Sixth Place ($24,003)

Freddie Ellis completed and Gary Benson raised. Ellis called and on fourth street Ellis bet. Benson called all in for 4,000 and he was already behind the trip tens of Ellis when they revealed their first four cards. Benson wasn’t able to catch Ellis’ (107) 1010QK (5). Benson was out in sixth place and Ellis continued to build his stack.

Frank Kassela Eliminated in Fifth Place ($31,978)

Frank Kassela completed and Scott Seiver raised. Kassela called and then checked on fourth street. Seiver bet and Kassela called. Kassela bet 24,000 on fifth street and Seiver called. Kassela moved all in for 13,000 on sixth street and Seiver called once more. Here is how things looked after seventh street.

Seiver: (1010) 5675 (A)
Kassela: (AQ) 6963 (7)

Kassela was eliminated in fifth place thanks to Seiver’s two pair and Seiver was over 900,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Frank Kassela,   Gary Benson,   Freddie Ellis,   Scott Seiver,   Matthew Ashton

Level 22: Gary Benson Eliminated In 9th Place

Jun 08, '10

Blinds: Ante 5,000, Bring-In 7,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits

Players Remaining: 8 out of 170

Average Chip Count: 637,500

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Kirill Rabstov – 882,000
2. Jennifer Harman – 861,000
3. Frank Kassela – 800,000
4. John Juanda – 787,000
5. Steve Zolotow – 684,000
6. Allen Kessler – 467,000
7. Dario Minieri – 316,000
8. Vladimir Schmelev – 304,000

Notable Eliminations:

9. Gary Benson — $43,833

Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9 p.m.

Big Hands:

Juanda Scoops Kessler

John Juanda called 25,000 from Kessler on fourth street. Kessler then check-called bets of 50,000 by Juanda on every following street. Here were their boards:

Juanda: (A85)8754
Kessler: (763)46J3

Juanda made a better two pair than Kessler and scooped the pot. Juanda was at 855,000 while Kessler was down to 160,000.

Gary Benson Eliminated In 9th Place

Gary Benson was all in and sweating Allen Kessler and Frank Kassela’s hands by seventh street. Here were their boards:

Benson: (Q10X)Q104J
Kessler: (64K4
Kassela: (K108)3K93

Kassela made kings up, besting Benson’s queens-up and he bubbled the official final table.

Player Tags: Frank Kassela,   John Juanda,   Gary Benson,   Allen Kessler