Level 20 Update: Chips Fly In Final Level Of Day
Jun 02, '09
Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 50 out of 6,012
Chip Counts:
1. Danny Fuhs — 1,112,000
2. Eric Chhor — 910,000
3. Steve Ma — 790,000
4. Amanda Baker — 655,000
5. Jack Powell — 580,000
6. Jamie Armstrong — 540,000
7. Greg Buonocore — 460,000
8. Justin Rollo — 390,000
9. Steve Sung — 335,000
10. Adam White — 320,000
Average Chip Count: 360,720
Notable Eliminations:
J.C. Tran
Big Hands:
Fuhs Knocks One Out With Big Slick
Danny Fuhs had Ace-King against his opponent’s pocket sixes and all of the money went into the middle. The flop paired Fuhs’ ace and it was good enough as the board finished off with the 7
and 9
. With the win, Fuhs elevated his chips over the 1,000,000 mark and is the chip leader.
Adam White Takes Back to Back Hits
Adam White saw his chip count go from close to top of the charts to not so shabby in merely 2 hands. The first hand hand saw him face off against Steve Ma, who suckered him in about 100,000 in chips before he finally folded on the turn, giving Ma’s chip count a boost. On the ensuing hand the player in seat 2 took White all-in for roughly 100,000 in a hand that featured a showdown with white holding an A-J combo and the player in seat 2 showing an A-8. The board showed a 10
310810 giving the player in seat 2 the advantage and taking White’s chip count down yet another substantial amount. After leading early, White has fallen to 10th in overall chip counts.
Phong goes wrong
Phong Huynh hit a cold streak in the closing hands of todays play. Huynh faced back to back hands in which he took substantial hits in his stack. The first hand featured a showdown in which Huynh held pocket k’s but fell short to the player in seat 9, who was all-in at an amount of 236,000 with a pair of A’s. Immediately after Huynh faced yet another all-in showdown from the player in seat 4. In this hand the player in seat 4 flipped pocket A’s and Huuynh showed A-9. The board came 2
357Q giving the player in seat for the win and slashing down Huynh stack another 150,000 dropping him out of the top 10 in chip counts.
Player Tags: Daniel Fuhs, Phong Huynh, Adam White
Level 23 Update: Jonathan Aguiar Eliminated, Dan Heimiller Builds Huge Stack
Jun 02, '09
Blinds: 12,000-24,0000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 out of 6,021
Chip Counts:
1. Dan Heimiller – 2,800,000
2. Steve Sung – 1,500,000
3. Panayote Vilandos – 1,250,000
4. Danny Fuhs – 1,100,000
5. Jeff Oakes – 1,100,000
6. Jamie Armstrong – 1,000,000
7. Eric Chhor – 900,000
8. Steve Ma – 810,000
9. Nathan Mullen – 860,000
10. Toni Ojala – 840,000
Average Chip Count: 1,003,500
Eliminations:
26. Brett Roberts ($33,491)
24. Adam White ($33,491)
23. Eduardo Santi ($33,491)
22. Jorge Barriga ($33,491)
21. Jonathan Aguiar ($33,491)
20. Don Zewin ($33,491)
19. Robert Comegys ($33,491)
Big Hands:
Jonathan Aguiar Doubles Up, Eliminated Shortly After In 21st Place ($$33,491)
With just over 13 big blinds, Jonathan Aguiar moved all-in with the A2 for 322,000 and was disgruntled when called by the 44 of a player in the big blind. The flop gave some light for Aguiar as it came J99, giving him some extra outs. The A hit the river and Aguiar was now well ahead, needing to dodge only a four to remain in the tournament. The river brought the 5 and Aguiar doubled up to 644,000. Not long after his double up, Aguiar held ace, three and was crippled when he doubled up an opponent. He was then eliminated in 21st place after failing to catch against the pocket sevens of an opponent.
Adam White Has Aces Cracked, Eliminated On The River
A hand after doubling through chip leader Dan Heimiller, Adam White raised pre-flop and was re-raised by the KQ of Nathan Mullen. With the AA White went all-in for just over the re-raise by Mullen. Mullen quickly called and the flop came 9K6, giving Mullen some hope to get lucky against the aces of White. The 5 hit the turn and White needed to dodge the remaining queens and kings in the deck. The Q fell on the river to the shock of the table, eliminating White and giving Mullen a stack of 1,420,000.
Steve Sung Continues To Accumulate Chips
A player in late position raised to 83,000 pre-flop and Steve Sung re-raised to 183,000. The initial raiser went into the tank before making the call of the additional 100,000. With only 250,000 chips behind, Sung’s opponent was first to act on a flop of 7J7. He quickly checked to Sung, who fired out a continuation bet of 125,000. Sung’s opponent went into the tank before finally releasing his hand. Sung is now up to 1,500,000 in chips.
Dan Heimiller Catches River Bluff
On a board of jack high, Nathan Mullen made a 200,000 river bet into Dan Heimiller and his mountain of chips. Heimiller went into the tank briefly before making a big call with AK for just ace-high. Heimiller is now up to 2,800,000 and is the overwhelming chip leader.
Left In The Deck:
The players will head off to a dinner break when down to the final 9 players. They are currently on a short 20 minute break.
Player Tags: Steve Sung, Adam White, Jonathan Aguiar
White Rivered in 9th Place ($36,287)
Baekke Loses Flip, Out in 8th ($47,379)
Mann Runs Into Big Slick, Falls in 7th ($62,553)