Final Table Set For Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event
Dec 15, '13
A title and $68,191 is on the line for the final nine players in the Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event.
Evan Teitelbaum will lead the pack with a stack of 1,200,000 trailed closely by Sean Winter with 1,093,000 and Luke Brereton with 1,039,000. Online pro Eric Blair, who has $1.6 million in online tournament winnings, and WSOP bracelet winner and online high stakes cash games player Brian Hastings are also in the mix along with young pro Ian O’Hare. John McNulty, Gerard Donaghy and Tom Gleason make up the rest of the final table.
No matter who wins, a first-time CPPT champion will be named.
Donaghy, who will come to the final table with 827,000, was a unique entry in the field having won his ticket from Palm Beach Kennel Club’s monthly Player of the Month promotion in November.
Donaghy finished in the top 100 players on the leaderboard and was then entered into a $25,000 freeroll tournament where he won his seat to the CPPT main event, meaning he is truly on a freeroll.
Day 2 moved quickly with 23 of the 59 remaining players taking to the rail in the first two levels of play. The money was reached during Level 18 when David S. was eliminated in a brutal hand on the stone bubble.
S. opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Scott Zakheim raised to 26,000 from middle position. S. re-raised to 76,000 and Zakheim quickly called to see a flop of K
8
8
. S. immediately announced he was all-in and Zakheim called even faster. The hands were not immediately tabled as the floor was waiting to see if any other tables had an all-in and a call but the board was still dealt out 54. When the floor gave the ok S. turned over two black Aces and thought he had won the pot.
“No good,” Zakheim said, but S. appeared to have not heard. He began stacking his chips for the dealer to count, thinking Zakheim would match them up and push them his way.
“Your aces are no good man,” another player at the table said.
Zakheim showed two red Kings for a flopped full-house and S. realized his mistake and made his exit. Zakheim was later eliminated as the 22nd place finisher for $2,515.
In addition to Zakheim, Day 2 saw the elimination of two of the biggest names in the field in rapid succession. Chino Rheem, who came into Day 2 second in chips with just under 400,000, and Chance Kornuth both amassed stacks of nearly 800,000 during level 19 and held the top two spots for nearly an hour. But in unexpected fashion, Kornuth and Rheem both hit the rail before the end of Level 20 at the hands of Even Teitelbaum.
Teitelbaum raised under the gun, Ian O’Hara called from late position, Rheem followed from the cutoff and Kornuth did the same out of the big blind. The flop opened Ad8s6s and Kornuth checked, Teitelbaum raised to 32,000, O’Hara called, Rheem released and Kornuth raised to 94,000. O’Hara folded and Teitelbaum made it 232,000 to go. Kornuth announced he was all-in for about 400,000 and Teitelbaum called.
Kornuth had flopped bottom set with 66
against Teitelbaum’s top two pair with A8. Kornuth stayed ahead after the J opened on the turn but saw his day come to an end when the A on the river gave Tietelbaum the full house. Kornuth made his exit as the 23rd place finisher for $2,515.
Rheem quickly followed when he raised to 13,000 and Teitelbaum called from the small blind to see a flop of 985. Teitelbaum led out for 12,000 and Rheem called to see the 9 on the turn. Teitelbaum fired out 27,000 and Rheem called again to see the A on the river. Teitelbaum once again fired out 27,000 and Rheem shoved all in for around 250,000 more. Teitelbaum tanked for a while before making the call with 22. Rheem tabled 74 and hit the rail as the 19th place finisher for $2,932 while Teitelbaum built his stack to about 2 million.
When play resumes Monday, December 16 at 1pm EST tune into cardplayer.com to follow the hand-for-hand updates and the live web stream of the final table to see who will become the next Card Player Poker Tour champion.
Final Table Chip Counts:
1. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,200,000
2. Sean Winter – 1,093,000
3. Luke Brereton – 1,039,000
4. John McNulty – 909,000
5. Gerard Donaghy – 827,0000
6. Brian Hastings – 753,00
7. Eric Blair – 520,000
8. Tom Gleason – 442,000
9. Ian O’Hara – 378,000
Final Table Payouts:
1. $68,191
2. $42,142
3. $30,580
4. $22,560
5. $16,920
6. $12,894
7. $9,947
8. $7,842
9. $6,257
Player Tags: Chino Rheem, Brian Hastings, Chance Kornuth, Eric Blair, John McNulty, Sean Winter, Evan Teitelbaum, Ian O'Hara, Luke Brereton, Tom Gleason
Jordan Scott Crippled, Then Eliminated in 10th Place ($5,066)
Dec 15, '13
Jordan Scott moved all in from early position for his last 290,000. It folded over to Ian O’Hara in middle position, who moved all in for his last 170,000. Scott tabled J 10 and was behind O’Hara’s 10 10.
The board ran out A K 6 7 4 and O’Hara doubled up to 385,000 while Scott was crippled with just 37,000 left.
Two hands later, he was in the big blind for 16,000 and called off his remaining chips without looking at his cards against a raise from Evan Teitelbaum.
Teitelbaum showed A 9 and Scott showed K 4. The dealer couldn’t find a king or a four for Scott and he was eliminated in 10th place.
Player Tags: Evan Teitelbaum, Ian O'Hara, Jordan Scott
Unofficial Final Table Reached
Dec 15, '13
Here is the seating arrangement for the final ten players.
1. Luke Brereton – 1,000,000
2. Eric Blair – 591,000
3. Jordan Scott – 245,000
4. Brian Hastings – 800,000
5. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,450,000
6. Ian O’Hara – 205,000
7. Sean Winter – 1,050,000
8. Tom Gleason – 485,000
9. Gerard Donaghy – 794,000
10. John McNulty – 458,000
Player Tags: Brian Hastings, Eric Blair, John McNulty, Gerard Donaghy, Sean Winter, Evan Teitelbaum, Ian O'Hara, Luke Brereton, Tom Gleason, Jordan Scott
Ory Hen Eliminated in 13th Place ($4,162)
Dec 15, '13
Sean Winter raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and was called by Ory Hen from the small blind and Ian O’Hara from the big blind. The flop was K 6 5 and Hen open shoved all in for 122,000. O’Hara thought for a little bit and then announced he was all in as well.
Winter folded quickly and O’Hara was in a great spot to leave the tournament with two, six-handed tables. Hen showed A A and O’Hara tabled 6 6, good for bottom set. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 10 to keep O’Hara in the lead.
O’Hara grows his stack to 580,000 while Hen leaves the tournament area in 13th place.
Player Tags: Ory Hen, Ian O'Hara
Ian O'Hara Versus Jordan Scott
Dec 15, '13
Jordan Scott raised to 22,000 from the button and Ian O’Hara called out of the big blind. The flop came 1075 and O’Hara check-called Scott’s 25,000 bet to see the 2 on the turn. Both players checked to the 4 on the river and both checked again. O’Hara showed 76 for a pair of sevens and took the pot.
Player Tags: Ian O'Hara, Jordan Scott
Ian O'Hara Takes Chunk Out of Chance Kornuth
Dec 15, '13
Ian O’Hara bet 37,000 on the turn with the board reading 8 5 3 9. Chance Kornuth called on the button and the 2 fell on the river. O’Hara moved all in for 178,000 and Kornuth went into the tank.
“I guess you got me,” said Kornuth as he pump-faked his cards towards the muck. “Maybe not.”
Kornuth thought for another few minutes while staring silently at O’Hara. Kornuth eventually tossed a few chips into the middle indicating a call. O’Hara quickly tabled J J and took the pot.
O’Hara climbed to 530,000 in chips while Kornuth slipped to 520,000.
Player Tags: Chance Kornuth, Ian O'Hara
Zach Kessler Finishes in 26th Place ($2,185)
Dec 15, '13
Ian O’Hara raises to 11,000 from early position before Zach Kessler three-bet from late position. O’Hara four-bet all in and Kessler took a few moments before calling off the remainder of his stack.
O’Hara was in the lead with his 9 9 against Kessler’s 7 7. The flop left Kessler drawing to runners as the dealer spread a flop of 9 5 2. The 2 on the turn left Kessler drawing dead and O’Hara scoops the pot and moves over the 220,000 mark in chips.
Player Tags: Ian O'Hara, Zachary Kessler
Ian O'Hara Eliminated In 5th ($16,920)
Dec 16, '13
Ian O’Hara was down to little more than a big blind when he got his stack holding the 10 5. Unfortunately for him, he was up against Luke Brereton’s K 5. The board ran out 9-8-2-K-2 to send O’Hara to the rail in fifth. He lost kings versus aces right before break.
Player Tags: Ian O'Hara
Ian O’Hara Wins Flip, Doubles
Dec 16, '13
Ian O’Hara’s short stack of 449,000 and the accompanying A-9 off suit were all-in against the big stack and pocket eights of Evan Teitelbaum.
The flop brought a nine, and that held to give O’Hara the much-needed double.
Player Tags: Ian O'Hara
Ian O'Hara, Brian Hastings Both Double
Dec 16, '13
Ian O’Hara had his 284,000 into the middle with pocket sixes against Luke Brereton’s pocket nines. However, the flop fell 6-6-5, giving O’Hara quads.
The very next hand, Brian Hastings shoved for 211,000 with J-J and was called by the K-Q off suit of Gerard Donaghy. The jacks held, and Hastings had more chips.
Player Tags: Brian Hastings, Ian O'Hara, Luke Brereton
K
and was in great shape against O’Hara’s A
10
3
On a flop of Q
Michael Rossitto raised from the cutoff and Ian O’Hara moved all in out of the big blind for 52,500. Rossitto snap-called.
With a flop of J
Ian O’Hara raised and Tom Gity reraised to 11,000. O’Hara then four-bet to 79,000. Gity went into the tank for a while before finally moving all-in for a total of 87,500.