Level 21 Update: Nicolas Halvorson Eliminated in 7th
Jun 07, '13
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000-16,000
Players Remaining: 6 out of 535
Average Chip Count: 401,250
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Allen Cunningham – 750,000
Seat 4: Eric Crain – 104,000
Seat 5: Jaspal Brar – 334,000
Seat 7: Anthony Harb – 550,000
Seat 8: Lev Rofman – 390,000
Seat 9: Kenneth Shelton – 190,000
Players Eliminated:
7th: Nicholas Halvorson – $22,050
Live Updates:
Another Pair of Doubles
First, Jaspal Brar doubled up through Eric Crain thanks to to a pair of jacks on the turn that topped the pocket fives of Crain. Brar was up to 334,000 and Crain was in trouble with 55,000. Crain got those chips into the middle a few hands later with K
8, Allen Cunningham called with Q-2 offsuit and Crain spiked a king on the flop to ensure his survival with just over 100,000. Cunningham was still cruising with 750,000.
Eric Crain Doubles Up Through Nicolas Halvorson
Nicolas Halvorson raised the pot on the hi-jack and Eric Crain reraised all in to 80,000 on the cutoff. Halvorson called but Crain was ahead with pocket aces against the pocket nines of Halvorson. The board rolled Q
J
7102 and ensured that Crain would double up to survive.
Nicolas Halvorson Eliminated in Seventh Place ($22,050)
Nicolas Halvorson moved all in preflop for 50,000 from early position and Lef Rofman called on the small blind before they flipped over their cards.
Rofman: A10
Halvorson: QJ
Board: A7582
Rofman won the hand to grow his stack above 400,000 and Halvorson was eliminated on the hand in seventh place.
Player Tags: Allen Cunningham, Eric Crain, Nicolas Halvorson
Level 19 Update: Jean-Nicolas Fortin Eliminated in 9th Place
Jun 07, '13
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000-19,000
Players Remaining: 8 out of 535
Average Chip Count: 300,938
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Allen Cunningham – 385,000
Seat 2: Nicholas Halvorson – 150,000
Seat 4: Eric Crain – 497,000
Seat 5: Jaspal Brar – 252,000
Seat 6: Tim Reilly – 409,000
Seat 7: Anthony Harb – 386,000
Seat 8: Lev Rofman – 170,000
Seat 9: Kenneth Shelton – 160,000
Players Eliminated:
9th: Jean-Nicolas Fortin – $13,195
Live Updates:
Jean-Nicolas Fortin Eliminated in Ninth Place ($13,195)
Jean-Nicolas Fortin raised to 35,000 from early position preflop and Eric Crain reraised to 90,000. Fortin called all in for 12,000 and they flipped over their cards.
Crain: AK
Fortin: AQ
Board: JJ29K
Crain won the hand to grow his stack close to 700,000 and Fortin was the first player eliminated at the final table in ninth place.
A Pair of Doubles
The first elimination was followed by two doubles ups by short stacks. First, Jaspal Brar survived thanks to pocket aces topping the pocket jacks of Eric Crain in a pot that was shoved preflop. Harb doubled to 385,000 and Crain was down to 500,000. Then it was Nicolas Halvorson survived with trip tens to take his stack to 150,000 against Brar (250,000 after the hand).
Tim Reilly Doubles Through Allen Cunningham
Allen Cunningham raised to 20,000 UTG+1 and Tim Reilly called on the button. Lev Rofman called on the big blind and the flop was dealt 766. Rofman checked and Cunningham bet 35,000. Reilly called and Rofman folded. The turn fell K and Cunningham bet 50,000.
Reilly raised all in for 137,000 and Cunningham called with 1010. Reilly flipped over AA and they held up after the 3 peeled off the deck on the river. Reilly doubled to 400,000 and Cunningham was down to a little less than that.
Player Tags: Allen Cunningham, Eric Crain, Jaspal Brar, Jean Fortin, Nicolas Halvorson
