Back From Dinner; 100 To Go
Jul 10, '07
350 or Bust
The official announcement is that we will play five levels today or down to 350 players. There are currently 450 at 50 tables, and the cries of "All in and called" are ringing through the air regularly.
Here Goes...Eliminations
Jeff Madsen, "Miami John" Cernuto, Tom McEvoy, James Van Alstyne, and David Einhorn have all been eliminated in the last level. Madsen pushed his last $27,000 in with A
9
, but he couldn't outrace his opponent's pocket fives and headed for the door.
Cernuto's elimination was witnessed on the feature table, Cernuto was all in preflop with 10
10
against his opponent's Q
9
. Cernuto was safe through the turn as the board read 7
5
3
5
, but the river was a cruel Q
, and Cernuto received a nice hand from the spectator's as he left.
Van Alstyne lost a huge pot to one of the chip leaders Avi Cohen, when his flopped two pair was out run by Cohen's nut flush on the turn. With only a few chips Van Alstyne was eliminated a few hands later.
David Einhorn, who last year donated all of his 18th place prize money to Parkinson's research, was the darling of the ESPN crews all day. He was invovled in a three-way all-in hand that went to Steven O'Dwyer, who flopped a full house to bust Einhorn, and double through another player.
McEvoy butted heads with
Old School visionary Todd Phillips, and had the worst of it the whole way. McEvoy's K-Q couldn't catch up to Phllips's A-K and the field is now light one more Main Event Champion.
Lester Bounces Back
Jason Lester started the level in ominous fashion, losing a race with A-Q against pocket Jacks after his opponent ended up with quads. Then Lester got a repreive. Lester raised to $7,000 from middle position, the player in Seat 4 reraised to $17,000 from the button, and Lester called. The flop was Q
7
2
, Lester pushed all in for his last $19,400, and Seat 4 called. Seat 4 had J
J
and Lester held A
9
. The turn 5
was no help, but the river 3
completed Lester's flush, and he breathed a sigh of relief. A few hands later Lester continued his punishment of seat 4 when he got him to pay off a $15,000 value bet on the river when Lester flopped a set of nines.
Duthie Breaks One
PokerStars representative John Duthie raised preflop to $6,000 from the cutoff and the player in Seat 8 called from the small blind. On the A
10
8
flop Duthie made a large bet that sent Seat 8 into the tank. After a clock was called Seat 8 made the call. The turn was the Q
, and Seat 8 moved all in quickly, and Duthie called just as swiftly. Duthie showed A
K
while Seat 8 was way behind with A
3
. The river was an innocuous 5
, and Duthie collected the chips.
Euro Roundup
There is probably an average of one European per table, the majority English, as play moves towards conclusion for the day.
Hendon Mobster Joe Beevers took a hit from $113,000 to $52,000 in chips, Donnacha O'Dea has edged up slightly to $42,600, former Main Event finalist George McKeever is struggling but sitting patiently on $23,400 in chips sharing a table with Adam Noone and Bo Sehlstedt, Wille Tann jumped from $282,000 to $320,000 in chips, Conor Tate has $130,000 in chips and Julian Gardner has $87,000.
The ever colourful Jac Arama is enjoying plenty of laughs with his table and is sitting on $228,000 in chips.
Maguire Doubles Up
Tobey Maguire managed to double up in one of those dream situations. With the board reading K
9
3
2
, Maguire checked, his opponent in Seat 8 bet $13,000 and after a few minutes Maguire called. The A
fell on the river, and Maguire checked again. Seat 8 moved all in and Maguire called for less. Seat 8 held 9
9
for a set, but Maguire had a better set with K
K
, and he took the pot.
Notable Chip Counts
| Kenny Tran |
495,000 |
| Minh Ly |
212,000 |
| Berry Johnston |
191,000 |
| Robert Mizrachi |
159,000 |
| Scotty Nguyen |
74,000 |
| Joe Tehan |
74,000 |
| Nam Le |
57,100 |
| David "The Dragon" Pham |
49,000 |
| John Hennigan |
36,100 |
Player Tags: John Cernuto, Tom McEvoy, David Einhorn, Jason Lester, John Duthie, James Van Alstyne, Tobey Maguire, Todd Phillips, Jeff Madsen, Avi Cohen
