Level 14, Hour Two: Levy in the Lead
Jul 13, '10
Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 927 out of 7,319
Average Chip Count: 236,861
Card Player Chip Counts
Adam Schoenfeld — 115,000
Jon Freidberg — 82,000
Shannon Shorr — 290,000
Tony Dunst — 356,200
Matt Matros — 312,400
Josh Brikis — 475,000
Andrew Brokos — 465,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Filippo Candio – 895,000
2. Duy Le – 891,000
3. Matthew Brown – 880,000
4. Adam Levy – 835,000
5. Johnny Lodden – 770,000
6. Rafal Michalowski – 750,000
7. Max Casal – 735,000
8. Matt Affleck – 733,000
9. Michael Maitre – 707,000
10. Benjamin Straate – 690,000
Notable Eliminations:
David Sands
Tyler Kenney
Jonathan Aguiar
Big Hands:
Roothlus Jumps Into Chip Lead
At the very end of the last level and right before the break, Adam Levy played a monster pot.
Adam Levy and Fabien Dunlop got in five bets prefop and saw a flop of 10
9
2
and Dunlop checked over to Levy, who bet 80,000. Dunlop shoved all-in and Levy snap-called.
Dunlop showed A2 and Levy tabled AA
. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 3, which puts Levy at the top of the chip counts with 820,000.
Tyler Kenney Eliminated
It looks like the Kenney brothers won’t be able to mirror the Mizrachi brothers and get to the final table as Tyler Kenney has been eliminated. Before the break he got a bunch of chips in with pocket queens and lost to the pocket eights of his opponent and was unable to have his hand hold.
That hand left him with just 40,000 in chips and after the break, Kenney found all of his chips in the middle with A9 against the AK of Tom Kallaway.
The board bricked off for Kenney and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Corkins Spikes It On The Flop
A player in seat 1 moved all in for 68,300 and Hoyt Corkins eventually threw in a call with the ESPN cameras watching.
“I hope you’ve got tens,” Corkins said. “I wanna be racing.”
It was the worst-case scenario for Corkins as his AJ was dominated by seat 1’s AK.
But the flop turned the tables as it fell J95 to give Corkins the lead. The A on the turn gave him two pair and the 2 on the river cemented the hand for Corkins. He scored the knockout and he was at 533,000.
Shorr Makes The Right Fold
The player in the small blind moved all in for 46,700 after Shannon Shorr had put in a raise preflop. Shorr took a long session in the tank contemplating what to do.
“Just go away,” the small blind said.
“Go away?” Shorr replied.
“Yes, go away,” the small blind reiterated. “Or call, whatever works.”
Shorr gave a grin but then flung his pocket eights into the muck. He was rewarded by the small blind as he tabled AA. Shorr was down to 290,000.
Kostritsyn Turns Rags To Riches
We picked up the action after the board had run out Q429Q. Alexander Kostritsyn fired 6,500 into a pot holding about 30,000 and his opponent mulled over the call.
He eventually threw it in and Kostritsyn tabled the lowly 32 for queens and deuces. It was more than enough, however, as his opponent mucked.
Kostritsyn raked in a nice pot and he was up to 590,000.
Sands Turns To Ash
David Sands raised preflop and Filippo Candio repopped to 17,400. Sands then shoved for 70,000 and Candio made the call.
Sands: KK
Candio: AA
Sands was the victim of a cooler and the board ran out 1010465, holding the aces and sending Sands to the rail.
Galfond Straightens One Out
After the flop came down J76, Phil Galfond bet 23,000 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked.
The river brought the 10, putting out four cards to a straight. The other player fired 76,000 and Galfond responded by moving all in. His opponent called off his last 220,000 and Galfond tabled J9 for the jack-high straight.
His opponent showed his counterfeited straight, 54, and he made his way to the rail as Galfond took in a huge pot. He was up to 545,000.
Failla Gets Paid, Literally
Will Failla and his opponent got in 31,000 in the middle preflop and saw a flop of Q72.
Failla checked over to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Failla thought for a few seconds before going all-in for 150,000 more.
“Why would you check and let me bet that flop,” said his opponent. “It makes no sense.”
“I’ve been full of it before,” said Failla.
His opponent eventually folded and showed the Q as he let his hand go. Failla offered to show his hand for $20. His opponent immediately reached into his pocket for 20 bucks, handed it over, and was promptly shown KK.
Schoenberg Scores a Double
Erica Schoenberg got all in from the big blind against the player on the button.
The button showed A2 and Schoenberg showed AJ. Thee board ran out 10982Q and Schoenberg doubled up to 85,000, giving her a tiny bit of breathing room.
Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, David Sands, Will Failla, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Tyler Kenney
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Tyler Kenney has taken a seat to the right of Melanie Weisner here on day 1A of the 2014 Card Player Poker Tour main event at the Bicycle Casino.
The button raised to 2,400 and Tyler Kenney called from the small blind. The dealer fanned 10
We caught up with the action on the flop of K
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. Georgio Medici and Fabio Vasousa checked to Tyler Kenney, who bet 325.
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Thao Nguyen Eliminated in 7th Place ($76,747)
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