Level 18 Update: Daniel Negreanu Up to 330K
Jul 15, '11
Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: Approximately 399 out of 6,865
Chip Leaders:
1. Manoj Viswanathan — 2,175,000
2. Stephane Albertini — 1,840,000
3. Pius Heinz — 1,800,000
4. David Barter — 1,700,000
5. Sam Barnhart — 1,700,000
6. Daryl Jace — 1,690,000
7. Max Heinzelmann — 1,520,000
8. Chris Bonita — 1,480,000
9. Matthew Kay — 1,450,000
10. Joseph Cheong — 1,300,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Daniel Negreanu — 330,000
Todd Brunson — 250,000
Notables Eliminated:
Blair Hinkle
Bryan Micon
Jani Sointula
Hands:
Blair Hinkle Busts
A short-stacked player shoved and Blair Hinkle reshoved. A player in the big blind woke up with kings and had Hinkle’s 5-5 dominated. The board offered no help for Hinkle and he was gone.
Bryan Pellegrino Going Up
Holding pocket eights, Bryan Pellegrino was able to eliminate a player who held A-K. All of his opponent’s 260,000 went in preflop, and Pellegrino held 770,000 after the hand.
Bryan Micon Eliminated
Bryan Micon’s 9-9 was in bad shape against Sami Kelopuro’s Q-Q. The board offered no help for Micon and he was gone. Kelopuro was up to about 900,000 after the hand.
Christian Harder Gets Some Chips
Christian Harder is up to about 250,000 after his A-6 won against an opponent’s A-9, all in preflop.
Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up
Daniel Negreanu is up to 330,000 after his Q
8 got him a double up after an 8-5-2 flop with two hears. Negreanu turned a flush and now has some chips to work with.
Freddy Deeb Doubles Up
Freddy Deeb got all of his stack in the middle with A-K and was up against pocket tens. Deeb was looking for help until the river when he hit his hand and doubled to 200,000.
Jean-Robert Bellande Backdoors Gin
Jean-Robert turned 8-6 offsuit into runner-runner straight after a K-Q-4 flop. He barreled on the flop and after he turned an open-ended straight draw. When he got there on the end he fired 300,000 and his opponent called. Bellande was at 900,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: David Bach, Bryan Micon, Blair Hinkle, Christian Harder, Sami Kelopuro, Bryan Pellegrino, Daniel Retallick
