Level 25: Kovalchuk Leads Final Four; Khoury 5th, Ruberto 6th
Jun 17, '11
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 out of 1,378
Average Chip Count: 2,578,100
Chip Counts:
1. Oleksii Kovalchuk – 3,750,000
2. Anton Ionel – 3,000,000
3. Chris Moorman – 1,700,000
4. Dan O’Brien – 1,115,000
Eliminations:
5th. Mazin Khoury – $121,416
6th. Anthony Ruberto – $84,549
Anthony Ruberto Eliminated in 6th Place ($84,549)
Anthony Ruberto came to the final table as the short stack and after a shaky start he was the first to go in 6th place. Anton Ionel opened the pot for 57,000, Anthony Ruberto reraised to 187,000 and Anton called.
The flop came 9
8
2
, Anton checked, Ruberto bet 247,000, Ionel check-raised all in and Ruberto called all in.
Ruberto turned over K K
for an overpair but Ionel showed 2 2 for bottom set.
The turn and river were the 9 and the 2, giving Ionel quads on the river. Anthony Ruberto was eliminated in 6th place ($84,549) while Ionel Anton moved up to 3.3 million in chips.
Mazin Khoury Eliminated in 5th Place ($121,416)
Anton Ionel raised to 57,000 before the flop, Mazin Khoury reraised all in and Ionel called.
Khoury turned over A Q and was behind Anton’s A A.
The board came K Q 7 10 10, no help to Mazin Khoury who was eliminated in 6th place ($121,416).
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Player Tags: Anton Ionel, Mazin Khoury
Level 25: Failla Eliminated 7th, Final Table Now Underway
Jun 17, '11
NOTE: Play ended last night with 22 players and resumed today at 2:30pm. With the elimination of Will Failla in 7th place ($60,473), the official six-handed final table is now underway.
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 out of 1,378
Average Chip Count: 1,722,500
Chip Counts:
1. Oleksii Kovalchuk – 4,700,000
2. Anton Ionel – 2,500,000
3. Dan O’Brien – 1,700,000
4. Chris Moorman – 1,150,000
5. Mazin Khoury – 520,000
6. Anthony Ruberto – 518,000
Payouts:
1st. $689,739
2nd. $428,140
3rd. $271,800
4th. $179,162
5th. $121,416
6th. $84,549
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Player Tags: Chris Moorman, Dan O'Brien, Anton Ionel, Mazin Khoury, Oleksii Kovalchuk
