Level 28 Update: Samuel Taylor Eliminated in 5th Place
Jun 10, '13
Level: 28
Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 out of 2,105
Average Chip Count: 2,368,125
Chip Counts:
Seat 5: Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 3,790,000
Seat 6: Everett Carlton – 1,550,000
Seat 8: Joe Cada – 1,920,000
Seat 9: Manuel Mutke – 2,500,000
Players Eliminated:
5th: Samuel Taylor – $118,145
Live Updates:
Joe Cada Doubles Up Through Samuel Taylor
Joe Cada raised to 120,000 under the gun and Samuel Taylor reraised all in for 1.4 million. Cada called all in for 1,165,000 and the two players then flipped over their cards.
Cada: A
Q
Taylor: 1010
Board: A
J6Q
6
Cada won the hand and doubled up to 2,470,000, while Taylor was crippled with 250,000 remaining (four big blinds).
Samuel Taylor Eliminated in Fifth Place ($118,145)
Samuel Taylor raised all in preflop from the cutoff for 245,000 and Athanasios Polychronopoulos called on the button. The two players then tabled their hands.
Athanasios: A9
Taylor: KJ
Board: 1095510
Taylor was eliminated on the hand in fifth place and Athanasios continued to hold the chip lead around 4 million.
Player Tags: Joseph Cada, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Samuel Taylor
Level 26 Update: Michael Kurth Out in 7th, Joe Ward Out in 6th
Jun 10, '13
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 out of 2,105
Average Chip Count: 1,894,500
Chip Counts:
Seat 4: Samuel Taylor – 2,245,000
Seat 5: Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 1,715,000
Seat 6: Everett Carlton – 1,475,000
Seat 8: Joe Cada – 2,010,000
Seat 9: Manuel Mutke – 2,035,000
Players Eliminated:
7th: Joe Ward – $65,502
6th: Michael Kurth – $87,398
Live Updates:
Joe Ward Eliminated in Seventh Place ($65,502)
Joe Ward raised all in on the cutoff for 290,000 and Sam Taylor called on the small blind. The two players then tabled their hands.
Taylor: AQ
Ward: J7
Board: A105K9
Ward was eliminated in seventh place and Taylor was up to 2.6 million thanks to a pair of aces.
Joe Cada Doubles Up Through Athanasios Polychronopoulos
Joe Cada raised to 80,000 on the hi-jack and Athanasios Polychronopoulos reraised to 265,000 on the big blind. Cada reraised all in for 825,000 and Athanasios called. The two players then revealed their cards.
Cada: QQ
Athanasios: JJ
Board: 109977
Cada was in the lead with pocket queens when the money went in, and he held onto that lead to double up to 2 million. Athanasios was down to 1.7 million after the hand.
Michael Kurth Eliminated in Sixth Place ($87,398)
Manuel Mutke raised to 80,000 preflop and Michael Kurth called from the big blind. The flop was dealt 855 and Mutke bet 65,000. Kurth reraised to 200,000. Mutke reraised all in and Kurth called with 43 in the hole.
Mutke was ahead with Q7 and after the turn and river fell 610 he won the hand to grow his stack to 2 million. Kurth was eliminated in sixth place.
Player Tags: Joe Ward, Joseph Cada, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Manuel Mutke, Samuel Taylor
