Level 23: John Gordon Eliminated in 7th Place ($28,741)
Jun 11, '11
Blinds: 12,000-24,000
Players Remaining: 6 out of 765
Average Chip Count: 573,750
Chip Counts:
1. Brian Rast – 1,520,000
2. Allen Kessler – 525,000
3. Daisuke Endo – 405,000
4. Dajuan Whorley – 400,000
5. Mika Paasonen – 325,000
6. Ali Eslami – 200,000
Eliminations:
7th. John Gordon – $28,741
John Gordon Eliminated in 7th Place ($28,741)
Dajuan Whorley doubled through John Gordon early in the level, leaving him with 200,000, or just over eight big blinds. Gordon continued a downward spiral this level, managing to double through chip leader Brian Rast at one point to stay alive, but finally met his fate on this last hand.
Down to his last big blind, John Gordon button-shoved for 24,000 before the flop and Mika Paasonen called.
Gordon was ahead with A
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The board came Q
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Player Tags: John Gordon, Mika Paasonen
Level 22: Cohen Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now Underway
Jun 11, '11
NOTE: Play ended last night with the unofficial final table of 10 players and resumed today at 2:30pm. With the elimination of Andrew Cohen in 10th place ($13,601), the official nine-handed final table is now underway.
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Players Remaining: 9 out of 765
Average Chip Count: 382,500
Chip Counts:
1. Brian Rast – 995,000
2. Allen Kessler – 618,000
3. John Gordon – 590,000
4. Ali Eslami – 375,000
5. Dajuan Whorley – 255,000
6. Mika Paasonen – 215,000
7. Daisuke Endo – 174,000
8. Ted Lawson – 140,000
9. Ronald Lee – 25,000
Payouts:
1st. $227,232
2nd. $140,309
3rd. $91,212
4th. $66,994
5th. $49,902
6th. $37,654
7th. $28,741
8th. $22,183
9th. $17,298
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Player Tags: Ted Lawson, Allen Kessler, Ali Eslami, John Gordon, Brian Rast, Dajuan Whorely, Mika Paasonen, Ronald Lee
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