Final Table - Hour Nine - John Strzemp Eliminated in 3rd Place ($129,675)
Jun 10, '08
Blinds/Antes: 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Left: 2
Chip Counts:
Jason Young: 7,100,000
Mike Schwartz: 2,100,000
Big Hands:
John Strzemp Eliminated in 3rd Place ($129,675)
On a flop of K
72
, John Strzemp bet 175,000 and Mike Schwartz made the call. The turn was the 5
and Strzemp bet 500,000, Schwartz called. The river brought the K
and Strzemp moved all in for a million and change. Schwartz couldn’t call quick enough, turning over K8 for trip kings. Strzemp was holding Q9 as his cards were flashed on their way to the muck. John Strzemp was eliminated in 3rd place ($129,675).
Heads-Up Play Begins
After Mike Schwartz eliminated John Strzemp in third place, both Schwartz and Jason Young started heads-up play virtually dead-locked with roughly 5 million in chips each.
The Turning Point, Young Takes a Multi-Million Pot
After just a few hands of heads-up play, Mike Schwartz raised to 300,000 from the button and Jason Young reraised to 1,000,000. Schwartz made the call and the flop came Q82. Young bet out 1,000,000 and Schwartz called. The turn was the 4 and Young moved all in. Schwartz went into the tank, ultimately folding as Young gave his opponent a courtesy flash of 88 for the set. Young took a massive chip lead after this hand.
Schwartz Gets Some Back
After a limp-check to a flop of Q32, and yet another check, Mike Schwartz bet 400,000 on the turn (4). Jason Young made the call. The river was the 2 and Schwartz moved all in for a couple million more. Young thought about it for a minute, eventually folding.
Player Tags: John Strzemp, Jason Young, Mike Schwartz
Final Table - Hour Eight - Strzemp Falls Off, Climbs Back
Jun 10, '08
Note: Players just took a twenty-minute break and will return to increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante.
Blinds/Antes: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Left: 3
Chip Counts:
John Strzemp: 4,200,000
Mike Schwartz: 3,100,000
Jason Young: 2,700,000
Big Hands:
John Strzemp Gets Raised Off a Million-Dollar Bet
Jason Young came in for a 170,000 raise from the button and John Strzemp reraised to 500,000. Young tanked for several minutes before calling the raise. The flop came 643, and Strzemp made a 1,000,000 bet. Just as fast as Strzemp said “bet”, Young came over the top and shoved all in. A very disappointed John Strzemp laid it down.
Strzemp Gets Some Back
The very next hand after shipping more than a million chips over to Jason Young’s side of the table, Strzemp gets some of them back on a three-way pot. All three players see a checked flop of QQ10 and continue to check to the turn (J). Strzemp bet 150,000, Mike Schwartz folded and Jason Young called. The river brought the 5, and this time Strzemp bet 325,000. Young quickly called, and just as quickly mucked after Strzemp turned over 98 for the straight to the queen. After this hand Strzemp is back over 3 million in chips.
Player Tags: John Strzemp, Jason Young, Mike Schwartz
Final Table - Hour Seven - Strzemp Takes the Chip Lead
Jun 10, '08
Blinds/Antes: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Left: 3
Chip Counts:
Mike Schwartz: 3,725,000
John Strzemp: 3,450,000
Jason Young: 2,875,000
Big Hands:
Strzemp Doubles Through Jason Young
John Strzemp moved all in before the flop and Jason Young made the call. Young had Strzemp covered.
Strzemp: AK
Young: A10
Board: 65210K
Strzemp had Young dominated before the flop, but Young paired his ten on the turn for the lead. A king came on the river giving Strzemp top pair, allowing him to double through the chip leader and stay alive. After the hand, the two players were virtually tied in chips.
Strzemp Makes a Sick Call With Deuces
In a three-way pot, and on a flop of Q43, all three players checked. The turn was the Q and Mike Schwartz bet 120,000. Young folded and Strzemp called. The river was the A and Schwartz bet 150,000. Strzemp made the call with 22 and Schwartz mucked his hand.
Player Tags: John Strzemp, Jason Young, Mike Schwartz
Players Return From Dinner
Jun 10, '08
The remaining three players have just returned from the dinner break to Level 22 with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante.
Here are the chip counts coming back from the break...
Jason Young: 4,800,000
Mike Schwartz: 4,100,000
John Strzemp: 1,100,000
Player Tags: John Strzemp, Jason Young, Mike Schwartz
Final Table - Hour Six - Rory Monahan Eliminated in 4th Place ($82,583)
Jun 10, '08
Note: Players took a sixty-minute dinner break at the end of Level 21, and should return sometime around 9:00 pm.
Blinds/Antes: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Left: 3
Chip Counts:
Jason Young: 4,800,000
Mike Schwartz: 4,100,000
John Strzemp: 1,100,000
Eliminations:
Rory Monahan Eliminated in 4th place ($82,583)
Big Hands:
Rory Monahan Eliminated in 4th place ($82,583)
After a series of uncontested all in raises from the short stacked Rory Monahan, John Strzemp had enough and decided to look him up.
Monahan: 65
Strzemp: AQ
Board: AJ1037
Strzemp led the hand the entire way, flopping top pair. Monahan picked up a busted flush draw on the turn and after faling to improve, he was eliminated in 4th place ($82,583).
Mike Schwartz Wins a BIg Pot
Mike Schwartz raised to 180,000 from the button and Jason Young reraised to 500,000 from the small blind. Schwartz called and the flop came A97. Both players checked to the turn (2), and continued to check to the river (4). Still no post-flop action and Young turned over 66 while Schwartz showed JJ. The jacks have it and Mike Schwartz takes a nice pot off of the chip leader. After this hand, Schwartz and Young are almost even in chips.
Player Tags: John Strzemp, Jason Young, Rory Monahan, Mike Schwartz
John Strzemp raised, and the button three-bet to 15,000. Kevin Chan then four-bet all-in from the big blind for 37,000, which prompted Strzemp to move all-in for a total of 42,000.
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5
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. He now has about 95,000 in chips.