Level 27: Sexton Leads Viox Heads-Up; Rechnitzer 3rd, Lundberg 4th
Jun 17, '11
Ante: 10,000
Low Card: 10,000
Completion: 40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000
Players Remaining: 2 out of 606
Average Chip Count: 1,363,500
Chip Counts:
1. Mike Sexton – 1,800,000
2. Chris Viox – 930,000
Eliminations:
3rd. Gerard Rechnitzer – $77,097
4th. Hakon Lundberg – $55,917
Hakon Lundberg Eliminated in 4th Place ($55,917)
Gerard Rechnitzer doubled through Hakon Lundberg earlier in the level after drawing out a better pair of kings with a higher kicker. Rechnitzer was all in on third street with six-high against Lundberg’s wired pair of kings, but Rechnitzer drew a king on fourth street and then another on fifth, pairing kings with a high kicker than Lundberg to double through. That hand left Lundberg on the short stack and he got it all in on third street with eight-high against Chris Viox’s split kings shortly after.
Lundberg: 8
6
5
10 8 J 9
Viox: K
4 K Q 6 9Q
Viox was ahead when the money went in on third street with a split pair of kings. Lundberg failed to improve and was eliminated in 4th place ($55,917).
Gerard Rechnitzer Eliminated in 3rd Place ($77,097)
Mike Sexton raised the K on third street, Gerard Rechnitzer reraised the 2 and Sexton called.
Rechnitzer: 8 4 2 K J 7 9
Sexton: K Q K Q 8 2 Q
Sexton bet on fourth street and Rechnitzer called. Sexton bet again on fifth street, Rechnitzer raised all in and Sexton called. Sexton had a pair of kings on fifth street while Rechnitzer had four to a flush and a low draw. Sexton double-paired on the river while Rechnitzer missed the both the high and low draws. Sexton scooped the pot and Gerard Rechnitzer was eliminated in 3rd Place ($77,097).
NOTE: With the elimination of Gerard Rechnitzer in 3rd place, Mike Sexton took a slight chip lead into heads-up play with 1,465,000 to Chris Viox’s 1,265,000.
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Player Tags: Mike Sexton, Gerard Rechnitzer, Chris Viox
Level 25: Viox Leads Final Five; Zeidman 6th, Urban 7th
Jun 17, '11
Ante: 5,000
Low Card: 7,000
Completion: 25,000
Limits: 25,000-50,000
Players Remaining: 5 out of 606
Average Chip Count: 545,400
Chip Counts:
1. Chris Viox – 820,000
2. Gerard Rechnitzer – 700,000
3. Mike Sexton – 600,000
4. Tyson Marks – 350,000
5. Hakon Lundberg – 250,000
Eliminations:
6th. Cory Zeidman – $30,338
7th. Sean Urban – $33,767
Sean Urban Eliminated in 7th Place ($33,767)
Sean Urban started the level as the short stack with just 68,000 (slightly more than 1 big bet) and quickly got it all in on fourth street against Chris Viox’s pair of sevens.
Urban: 5 4 2 J 6 4 9
Viox: A 7 K 7 3 9 5
Viox was ahead with a pair of sevens when the money went in on fourth street and Urban failed to improve by the river. Chris Viox won the pot and Sean Urban was eliminated in 7th place ($33,767).
Cory Zeidman Eliminated in 6th Place ($30,338)
Cory Zeidman got the rest of his chips in on sixth street with an open pair of deuces against Gerard Rechnitzer’s ace-high.
Zeidman: A K 8 2 2 5
Rechnitzer: 10 7 10 4 7 A
Rechnitzer opened his hand to reveal two pair (tens and sevens) for the high while Zeidman was drawing live to a high hand with a pair of deuces and had an uncontested low draw as well.
Rechnitzer drew the 10 for a full house while Cory Zeidman bricked with the A and was eliminated in 6th place ($30,338).
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Player Tags: Cory Zeidman, Gerard Rechnitzer
Level 23: Warga 9th; Final Table Now Underway
Jun 16, '11
NOTE: Play resumed today at 3:00pm with 23 players, and with the elimination of David Warga in 9th place ($13,531), the official eight-handed final table is now underway.
Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 5,000
Completion: 15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000
Players Remaining: 8 out of 606
Average Chip Count: 340,875
Chip Counts:
1. Cory Zeidman – 692,000
2. Tyson Marks – 545,000
3. Sean Urban – 320,000
4. Mike Sexton – 308,000
5. Hakon Lundberg – 294,000
6. Hernan Salazar – 258,000
7. Chris Viox – 135,000
8. Gerard Rechnitzer – 68,000
Payouts:
1st. $200,459
2nd. $123,925
3rd. $77,907
4th. $55,917
5th. $40,782
6th. $30,228
7th. $22,767
8th. $17,417
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Player Tags: Cory Zeidman, Mike Sexton, Gerard Rechnitzer, Chris Viox, Tyson Marks, Sean Urban, Hakon Lundberg
The flop came Q