Level 14 Update
Aug 24, '09
Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 27 out of 278
Chip Counts:
1. Bryan Devonshire — 605,000
2. Toto Leonidas — 530,000
3. Steven Begleiter — 525,000
4. Prahlad Friedman — 510,000
5. James Mackey — 505,000
6. Eugene Katchalov — 495,000
7. Bob Lauria — 470,000
8. Kevin Schaffel — 415,000
9. Sam Stein — 387,000
10. Tony Gargano — 380,000
Average Chip Count: 310,000
Notable Eliminations:
Men Nguyen
Adam Levy
Josh Schlein
Hand of the Level:
Men Nguyen Eliminated on the Bubble
Peter Rho raised in middle position and Men Nguyen called on the short stack. The flop came out 7
5
3
and Nguyen pulled a stop and go by shoving for his last 44,000.
Rho thought it over for quite a while before calling with A
4 and Nguyen nervously turned over 32 for bottom pair.
He asked the dealer for bricks, but the turn and river came 10A and Rho’s pair of aces gave him the pot and eliminated Nguyen on the bubble.
After the hand, Nguyen started in on the dealer with a barrage of F-Bombs, both in English and in Vietnamese. The dealer, who could apparently understand what he was saying, then called over the floor to report on the abuse.
The floor couldn’t do much, since you can’t enforce a penalty on a player who has already busted from the tournament.
Level Summary:
With the elimination of Men the Master, the remaining 27 players are now all in the money, guaranteed at least $18,285.
Short stack Carter “CKingUSC” King hung on with just over 10 big blinds for most of the level and just squeaked into the money. He’ll have a mountain to climb once the players return for the last level of the evening.
Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Peter Rho
Peter Rho Eliminated in 23rd Place ($18,285)
Aug 25, '09
Steven Begleiter raised to 22,000 and Todd Terry reraised to 77,000 behind him. Peter Rho then called all in from the big blind and Begleiter folded.
Terry showed AK and was racing against Rho’s pocket queens. The board came out 332A5 and Rho was eliminated from the tournament.
Terry now has over 900,000 while extending his chip lead.
Player Tags: Todd Terry, Peter Rho
