Level 20 Update: Steve Brecher Busts
Oct 24, '09
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Left: 11 of 275
Average Chip Count: 1,500,000
Notable Eliminations:
12. Steve Brecher — $47,710
Big Hands:
Tommy Vedes Gets Full
Shawn Cunix raised to 70,000 on the button and Kido Pham called from the small blind. Tommy Vedes then called from the big blind and the flop came out 6
5
3
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Everyone checked and the turn was the 5
. Pham bets 150,000 and Vedes called. The river was the 7 and Pham checked. Vedes bet 164,000 and Pham made the call.
Vedes showed pocket sixes for the full house and Pham mucked. Vedes now has 1.6 million in chips.
Steve Brecher Eliminated in 12th Place ($47,710)
Steve Brecher was all in with pocket nines against Jason Burt’s KQ. The board gave Brecher a nine, but it also gave Burt the nut straight to send the former WPT champion to the rail in 12th place.
Burt now has over 1 million in chips again.
Player Tags: Steve Brecher, Tommy Vedes, Jason Burt
Level 17 Update: Money Bubble Bursts
Oct 24, '09
Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Left: 27 of 275
Average Chip Count: 611,111
Chip Counts:
1. Jason Lavallee — 1,615,000
2. Freddy Deeb — 1,405,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,165,000
4. Mark Seif — 1,085,000
5. Jason Burt — 970,000
6. Jonas Entin — 755,000
7. Shawn Cunix — 740,000
8. Kido Pham — 686,000
9. Jeff Blenkarn — 660,000
10. Jason Somerville — 583,000
Notable Eliminations:
Dee Luong
Andy Bloch
Brandon Cantu
Jason Somerville
Big Hands:
Dee Luong Eliminated
Dee Luong (pictured right) was crippled after Freddy Deeb doubled up through her with pocket aces to grow his stack to 1,230,000. Luong held pocket kings but she watched her stack fall down to 87,000. A few hands later Jason Lavallee opened a pot for a raise and Luong reraised all in. Lavallee made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Luong: 66
Lavallee: A8
Board: AJ378
Luong was eliminated on the hand and Lavallee held 1,350,000.
Brandon Cantu Eliminated
Brandon Cantu moved all in preflop for 160,000 and Mrk Seif made the call. Their cards:
Cantu: A8
Seif: 99
Board: K6322
Cantu was eliminated on the hand and Seif grew his stack to 1,145,000.
Andy Bloch Eliminated in Two Parts
Part I
Kido Pham raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Aaron Jones reraised all in for 171,000 from the button. Andy Bloch reraised all in and Pham mucked. The cards:
Jones: Q10
Bloch: KK
Board: Q74103
Bloch was knocked down to 305,000 on the hand and Jones doubled up to 395,000.
Part II
Andy Bloch raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Jason Burt reraised from the small blind. Bloch reraised all in and Burt made the call. Their cards:
Burt: 1010
Bloch: AQ
Board: Q52K10
Burt grew his stack to 970,000 and Bloch was eliminated.
Jason Somerville Eliminated
Jason Somerville moved all in preflop on a short stack (180,000) for the third time in a row and Jeff Blenkarn made the call. Their cards:
Blenkarn: AA
Somerville: 1010
Board: K6495
Blenkran grew his stack to 660,000 and Somerville was eliminated on the hand.
Chau Giang Eliminated on the Money Bubble
Matt Stout raised from early position to 32,000 and Chau Giang reraised all in from middle position for 199,000. Prahlad Friedman reraised all in from the cutoff for 259,000 and Stout mucked pocket tens. Friedman and Giang then revealed their cards:
Giang: AK
Friedman: JJ
Board: Q9644
Friedman held 515,000 after the hand and Giang was eliminated on the money bubble in 28th place.
Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Prahlad Friedman, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Jason Somerville, Matt Stout, Brandon Cantu, Jason Lavallee, Aaron Jones, Jason Burt
Jason Burt Eliminated in Fifth Place ($208,725)
Oct 26, '09
Level: 25
Blinds: 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Average Chip Count: 4,125,000
Freddy Deeb raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Jason Burt moved all in from the cutoff for his last 1.1 million.
Deeb called with AQ, dominating Burt’s AJ. The board came out KQ498 and Burt was eliminated in fifth place.
Deeb is now stacked with 4.6 million.
Player Tags: Freddy Deeb, Jason Burt
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Christian Harder moved all in preflop from the button and Jason Burt reraised all in from the small blind. Victor Ramdin spent some time in the tank on the big blind but eventually mucked. Their cards:
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Andy Frankenberger raised to 35,000 and Jason Burt moved all in behind him for 224,000. Chris Klodnicki asked for an exact count and then casually slid out a call, which made Chris Bell rise from his seat.
Jason Burt raised to 35,000 on the button and Seth Fischer moved all in for his last 143,000 from the big blind.