Level 25 Update: DJ MacKinnon Out in 5th Place, Alexander Barlow Out in 4th Place
Jun 11, '13
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 out of 2,105
Average Chip Count: 2,070,000
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Tai Nguyen – 1,100,000
Seat 2: Taylor Paur – 3,000,000
Seat 6: Roy Weiss – 425,000
Players Eliminated:
5th: DJ MacKinnon – $77,941
4th: Alexander Barlow – $106,027
Live Updates:
DJ MacKinnon Eliminated in Fifth Place ($77,491)
DJ MacKinnon raised to 65,000 on the button and Taylor Paur raised to 140,000 on the small blind. MacKinnon reraised all in and Paur quickly called. The two players then revealed their hands.
Paur: A
A
MacKinnon: K
K
Board: 9635Q
MacKinnon was eliminated on the hand in fifth place and Paur continued to build his chip lead.
Alexander Barlow Eliminated in Fourth Place ($106,027)
Alexander Barlow moved all in preflop for 115,000, and both Taylor Paur and Roy Weiss called. Paur and Weiss checked down a board reading K733 and the A followed on the river. Paur bet 60,000 and Weiss mucked. Paur turned over A8 which was enough to top the K9 of Barlow. Paur now held a dominant chip lead with 5 million and Barlow was eliminated in fourth place.
Player Tags: Taylor Paur, Alexander Barlow
Level 24 Update: Kyle Cartwright Out 9th, Ryan Austin Out 8th, Daniel Idema Out 7th, Phillip Hui Out 6th
Jun 11, '13
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 out of 2,105
Average Chip Count: 1,242,000
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Tai Nguyen – 1,100,000
Seat 2: Taylor Paur – 3,000,000
Seat 6: Roy Weiss – 425,000
Seat 7: Alexander Barlow – 700,000
Seat 9: DJ MacKinnon – 1,000,000
Players Eliminated:
9th: Kyle Cartwright – $25,041
8th: Ryan Austin – $25,041
7th: Daniel Idema – $42,962
6th: Phillip Hui – $57,324
Live Updates:
Kyle Cartwright Eliminated in 9th and Ryan Austin Eliminated in 8th on Same Hand
Taylor Paur raised to 40,000 preflop and Ryan Austin reraised all in for 565,000 on the cutoff. Kyle Cartwright called all in for 382,000 and Paur called as well. The three players then flipped over their cards.
Paur: AA
Cartwright: QQ
Austin: JJ
Board: KK8A2
Paur won the huge pot with a full house and Cartwright was eliminated in ninth place while Ryan Austin was eliminated in eighth place. Paur was in the chip lead after the hand with 2.3 million.
Daniel Idema Eliminated in Seventh Place ($42,962)
Daniel Idema moved all in preflop for 450,000 from the small blind and DJ MacKinnon called on the big blind. The two players then revealed their cards.
MacKinnon: AA
Idema: KQ
Board: 43249
MacKinnon had the lead the whole way and ended up with a flush to grow his stack to 950,000. Idema was eliminated in seventh place.
Phillip Hui Eliminated in 6th Place ($57,324)
Phillip Hui raised all in on the button for 313,000 and Alexander Barlow called on the big blind. The two players then flipped over their cards.
Barlow: QQ
Hui: 98
Board: A3284
Hui was eliminated on the hand in sixth place by the pocket queens of Barlow, who grew his stack to 750,000.
Player Tags: Daniel Idema, Taylor Paur, Alexander Barlow, Ryan Austin, Kyle Cartwright
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Alex Barlow was all-in with pocket aces against Zo Karim’s pocket tens. The board ran out Q-6-3-9-10, giving Karim a rivered set to send Barlow to the rail in 15th place, with $3,600 for his efforts.