Level 31 Update: Upeshka Desilva Eliminated in 7th Place
Jun 04, '13
Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 out of 1,837
Average Chip Count: 4,757,250
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Benny Chen – 6,970,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Gray – 3,885,000
Seat 3: Justin Liberto – 9,065,000
Seat 4: Chris Hunichen – 855,000
Seat 5: Dan Kelly – 3,555,000
Seat 7: Michael Bennington – 4,220,000
Players Eliminated:
7th: Upeshka DeSilva – $175,713
Live Updates:
Upeshka DeSilva Eliminated in Seventh Place ($175,713)
Upeshka DeSilva raised to 265,000 on the hi-jack and Justin Liberto reraised more than enough to put DeSilva all in. DeSilva called off his final 2.1 million and the two players flipped over their cards.
Liberto: 8
7
DeSilva: JJ
Board: K
J965
Liberto made a straight on the river to win the hand and grow his chip lead above 9 million. DeSilva was crushed by the river card and he was eliminated in seventh place.
Player Tags: Justin Liberto, Upeshka De Silva
Level 30 Update: Robert McVeigh Eliminated in 8th Place
Jun 04, '13
Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 out of 1,837
Average Chip Count: 4,077,643
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Benny Chen – 2,935,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Gray – 2,570,000
Seat 3: Justin Liberto – 8,960,000
Seat 4: Chris Hunichen – 1,710,000
Seat 5: Dan Kelly – 4,980,000
Seat 7: Michael Bennington – 4,125,000
Seat 8: Upeshka DeSilva – 3,330,000
Players Eliminated:
8th: Robert McVeigh – $135,467
Live Updates:
Robert McVeigh Eliminated in 8th Place ($135,467)
Upeshka DeSilva raised to 225,000 from early position and Robert McVeigh reraised all in for just over a million. DeSilva called and they tabled their hands.
DeSilva: AK
McVeigh: AJ
Board: 1055Q9
McVeigh was eliminated on the hand in eighth place and DeSilva grew his stack to 3,810,000.
Justin Liberto Takes the Chip Lead
Justin Liberto raised to 200,000 and Jonathan Gray reraised to 700,000 from the big blind. Liberto reraised to 1,825,000 and Gray shoved all in. Liberto then called all in for 4.5 million and the two players flipped over their cards.
Liberto: AK
Gray: KK
The flop dropped Q-J-10 to give Liberto a flopped Broadway straight and the turn and river did nothing to change the fate of the hand. Liberto doubled up to take the chip lead with 9.1 million and Gray was the short stack with 1.1 million after the largest hand of the final table so far.
Player Tags: Jonathan Gray, Justin Liberto, Upeshka De Silva, Robert McVeigh
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Candace Collins, Joe Serock, Jacob Balsiger and two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Upeshka de Silva are among the players to take their seats this level.
A number of recognizable poker pros have taken their seats as day 2 direct buy-ins, including two-time