Final Table - Hour Six - Rory Monahan Eliminated in 4th Place ($82,583)
Jun 10, '08
Note: Players took a sixty-minute dinner break at the end of Level 21, and should return sometime around 9:00 pm.
Blinds/Antes: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Left: 3
Chip Counts:
Jason Young: 4,800,000
Mike Schwartz: 4,100,000
John Strzemp: 1,100,000
Eliminations:
Rory Monahan Eliminated in 4th place ($82,583)
Big Hands:
Rory Monahan Eliminated in 4th place ($82,583)
After a series of uncontested all in raises from the short stacked Rory Monahan, John Strzemp had enough and decided to look him up.
Monahan: 6
5
Strzemp: A
Q
Board: AJ
10
37
Strzemp led the hand the entire way, flopping top pair. Monahan picked up a busted flush draw on the turn and after faling to improve, he was eliminated in 4th place ($82,583).
Mike Schwartz Wins a BIg Pot
Mike Schwartz raised to 180,000 from the button and Jason Young reraised to 500,000 from the small blind. Schwartz called and the flop came A97. Both players checked to the turn (2), and continued to check to the river (4). Still no post-flop action and Young turned over 66 while Schwartz showed JJ. The jacks have it and Mike Schwartz takes a nice pot off of the chip leader. After this hand, Schwartz and Young are almost even in chips.
Player Tags: John Strzemp, Jason Young, Rory Monahan, Mike Schwartz
Final Table - Hour Three - Alex Triner Eliminated 9th ($9,828)
Jun 10, '08
Blinds/Antes: 5,000-10,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Left: 8
Chip Counts:
Sergey Rybachenko: 2,250,000
Jason Young: 1,750,000
Matt Giannetti: 1,200,000
John Strzemp: 1,010,000
Rory Monahan: 750,000
Kyle Bowker: 630,000
Mike Schwartz: 620,000
Tom West: 475,000
Eliminations:
Alex Triner Eliminated in 9th place ($9,828)
Big Hands:
Rory Monahan Gets a Little Back
On a flop of J86, Mike Schwartz bet 60,000 and Rory Monahan raised to 200,000. Schwartz thinks for a few minutes before making the call. The turn was the K and Monahan moved all in for a little more 350,000. Schwartz tanked for a minute or two before folding the hand.
Jason Young Doubles Up, Goes Runner-Runner Full House
With the action folding around to him, Jason young raised to 90,000 from the small blind and Alex Triner reraised to 225,000 from the big blind. Young took a deep breath and moved all in. Triner took an even deeper breath and called.
Young: AJ
Triner: AK
Board: 992JJ
Completely dominated before the flop and reduced to catching one of three remaining jacks to stay alive, the turn answered Young’s prayers with the J. Young celebrates, and as if Triner wasn’t sore enough after the J hit the turn, the poker Gods got a good laugh on the river when the J hit, giving Young a full house, doubling him up and reducing Triner down to about 600,000 after the hand.
Alex Triner Eliminated in 9th Place ($9,828)
With Strzemp putting in a pre-flop raise, Alex Triner moved all in behind him and Strzemp made a quick call.
Triner: J-J
Strzemp: Q-Q
Board: 443K5
Triner picked a seemingly good spot to ship it with pocket jacks, but Strzemp’s raise was much stronger than Triner had thought. Strzemp showed pocket queens, and after losing most of his stack to A-J with A-K, now it was Triner who was looking for a jack to stay alive."Come on jack!...One more time!", but no help on the board and Alex Triner was eliminated in 9th place ($9,828).
Player Tags: Jason Young, Rory Monahan, Alexander Triner
