Level 21 Update -- Down to 14
Mar 09, '11
Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 out of 417
Chip Counts:
Victor Ramdin — 2,000,000
Taylor von Kriegenbergh — 2,000,000
David Paredes — 1,500,000
Brian Leskowitz — 1,095,000
James Dowdy — 900,000
Alex Kamberis — 850,000
Santiago Nadal — 800,000
Joe Hachem — 750,000
Jeremy Ausmus — 700,000
Wade Townsend — 650,000
Cashes:
15th: Romik Vartzar — $14,000
16th: Jaime Kaplan — $14,000
17th: David Baker — $11,500
18th: Joe Gualtieri — $11,500
Big Hands:
David Baker Eliminated in 17th Place ($11,500)
David Baker moved all in preflop from the cutoff and Taylor von Kriegenbergh reraised all in from the button. Everyone else mucked and the two players flipped over their cards:
Baker: K
J
Kriegenbergh: A 9
Board: A
5 3 5 K
Baker was eliminated on the hand in 17th place and he will take home $11,500 in prize money. Kriegenbergh stormed into the chip lead as the first player to hold 2 million after the hand.
Romik Vartzar Eliminated in 15th Place ($14,000)
Romik Vartzar got the last of his chips into the middle preflop and Bryan Leskowitz made the call. Their cards:
Vartzar: K K
Leskowitz: Q
J
Board: 9 8 4 10 2
Leskowitz said, “Whoops,” as the two players flipped over their cards but then he hit a straight by the turn and he won the hand to grow his stack to 1,095,000. Vartzar was eliminated in 15th place and he will take home $14,000 in prize money.
Jose Noronha Doubles Up
David Paredes limped on the button and Taylor von Kriegenbergh completed on the small blind before Jose Norohna raised all in for 139,000 on the big blind. Predes mad the call and Kriegenbergh mucked. The two live players then flipped over their cards:
Noronha: 10 10
Paredes: 4 4
Board: K 10 7 J 2
Noronha doubled up to 400,000 after the hand and Paredes saw his stack fall slightly, but he is still strong with 1.5 million.
Player Tags: David Baker, Romik Vartzar, Bryan Leskowitz, Taylor von Kriegenbergh
Bryan Leskowitz Eliminated in Fifth Place ($100,000)
Mar 10, '11
Jeremy Ausmus raised from the small blind and Bryan Leskowitz moved all in on the big blind for a million. Ausmus made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Ausmus: Q Q
Leskowitz: K J
Board: A 7 5 10 9
Leskowitz was eliminated on the hand in fifth place and he will take home $100,000 in prize money. Ausmus extended his chip lead to 5 million.
Player Tags: Jeremy Ausmus, Bryan Leskowitz
Brian Leskowitz Doubles Up
Mar 10, '11
Brian Leskowitz moved all in on a 9 6 3 flop and Victor Ramdin made the call. Ramdin held 9 8 and he was ahead of the ace-high of Leskowitz until the turn and river brought the A and the 4.
Leskowitz doubled up to 1.5 million after the hand. Ramdin fell to 2.4 million.
Player Tags: Victor Ramdin, Bryan Leskowitz
Govert Metaal Doubles Up
Mar 10, '11
Govert Metaal moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Bryan Leskowitz made the call. Their cards:
Metaal: A 8
Leskowitz: 6 6
Board: A 10 9 K J
Metaal doubled up to 300,000 with his pair of aces to survive.
Player Tags: Bryan Leskowitz, Govert Metaal
Bryan Leskowitz has been eliminated just short of the money. With his exit, players are now in hand-for-hand play.