Johnny Chan Poker Tournament Updates

Johnny Chan Gets Lucky To Stay Alive

Dec 05, '10

Johnny Chan raised from middle position and Antonio Esfandiari reraised. Chan called and the flop came down 765.

Chan moved all in for his last 50,000 and Esfandiari quickly called with pocket kings. Chan showed QJ for a flush draw, but both players ended up chopping the pot when the turn and river fell 84, putting a straight on board.

Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari,   Johnny Chan

End Of Day 1C

Jul 07, '10

The chips are bagged and play has concluded halfway through level five.

There were 2,314 players who showed up for Day 1C and it is estimated that 1,700 will return Friday for day 2A.

Johnny Chan will go into the next day with a ton of chips as he emerged as one of the chip leaders after day 1C. Other notables who survived day 1C include defending champion Joe Cada, Robert Mizrachi and Lauren Kling. Other notables who saw their World Series come to an end include Tom Dwan, Dario Minieri, Chau Giang and Jerry Yang.

The surviving players will merge with the survivors from day 1A on Friday for the first day two flight. They will start play with one hour left in level five with the blinds at 200-400 with a 50 ante.

But before that day arrives, there is still one final flight day left to be played. Day 1D will take place Thursday at noon and players like Phil Ivey, Vanessa Rousso and Jonathan Little are expected to be in the field.

Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you hourly live updates from the final day one of the 2010 main event.

Card Player End-of-Day Chip Counts:

Stephen A. Murphy — 16,950
Christina Lindley — 27,950
Dani Stern — 22,675

Here are the chip counts of the day 1C survivors:

Mathieu Sauriol	169,900
Johnny Chan	163,700
Andrew Liporace	155,350
Josef Monro	153,350
Lauren Kling	149,650
Barny Boatman	144,050
Steven Goosen	142,925
Michael Reed	142,125
Sean Prendiville	140,500
Benjamin Blair	137,200
Jorn Walthaus	137,025
Darren Woods	133,975
Hoyt Corkins	129,150
Carter Phillips	128,225
Sebastian Panny	127,600
Isaac Krantz	126,250
Jean Hemmer	125,875
Geoffrey Ulrich	121,375
Steven Buckner	121,125
Mark Dalimore	118,625
Fokke Beukers	117,775
Joseph Tosaky	117,600
Roger Ahn	116,300
Will Failla	115,050
Michael Ferrell	114,850
Joshua Appleby	113,400
Fabian Geisel	113,200
Andrew Gaw	112,250
David Williams	112,225
Alioscia Oliva	112,225
Deborah Hinton	112,175
Robert Kumbatovic	111,950
Sarne Lightman	111,775
Lance Harris	111,700
Anthony Utnage	110,950
Stephen Foutty	110,000
Edward Brogdon	108,100
William Kopp	107,800
Joseph Kuether	104,500
Blake Kelso	104,225
Garrett Adelstein	103,125
Jeffrey Gross	103,075
Salvatore Fazzino	102,725
Alexander Fitzgerald	102,500
Jason Wheeler	101,875
Lance Turner	101,500
Miikka Anttonen	101,150
James Carroll	101,050
James Kilarjian	100,400
Binh Nguyen	100,300
Carter Gill	100,100
Oscar Erixon	100,025
Kevin Maurer	100,000
Bojan Gledovic	100,000
Phil Mader	99,750
Ovidiu Costache	99,650
Isaac Baron	99,150
Brad Jarrett	99,000
Dan Lu	98,875
Garrett Utt	98,550
Corey Parpart	97,750
Paul Biggs	97,600
Nicholas Rainey	96,775
Santtu Leinonen	96,575
Todd Terry	96,175
Farshad Fardad	96,075
Mark Schiowitz	96,050
Louis Barlow	95,475
Arne Riedberger	95,474
Alexandre Luneau	95,250
Bastiaan Faessen	94,900
Matthew Hilger	94,800
William McMahon	94,575
Matthew Peters	94,550
Jeffrey Moake	94,550
Robert Mercer	94,325
Mark Leonard	93,775
Jared Woodin	93,675
Georges Tohme	93,650
L. John Lakatosh	93,075
Jason Deutsch	92,775
Stephen Cesaro	92,757
Gil Morgensztern	92,700
Lex Veldhuis	91,925
James Gaffney	91,800
John Michalak	90,850
Dilbahar Demirbag	90,525
Ben Landowski	90,325
Brian Johnson	90,225
Todd Brick	90,225
Bryan Pellegrino	90,150
Nathan Lindsay	89,950
James Kasputis	89,900
Konrad Molitor	89,900
Aaron Mayer	89,675
Robert Mizrachi	89,400
Shawn Lawrence	89,050
Alexander Venovski	89,050
Petri Pollanen	89,025
Kyle Johnson	88,600
Tyler Bonkowski	88,575
Jonathan Krieger	88,350
Dean Potashner	88,350
Theo Tran	88,150
Mozheng Guan	88,075
Eric Brix	88,075
Johannes Roosen	88,000
D’Andre Brown	87,700
Stefano Gismondi	87,425
Marc Lome	87,200
Bronislav Berezovsky	87,100
Anthony Pirone	87,025
Michael Mercaldo	86,850
Richard Rothmeier	86,800
Michael Mixer	86,375
Simon Watt	86,350
Jennifer Leigh	85,425
Rodney Sherry	85,200
Gregory Shillig	85,150
Daniel Dasilva	84,975
Santiago Nadal	84,925
Bradley Libson	84,800
Quinn Do	84,650
Garrett Beckman	84,300
Paul Hegyi	84,275
Guy Longworth	84,250
Eelke Arjaans	84,175
Michael Bena	84,050
Ramon Cserei	84,000
Frederick Adams	83,850
Andrew Rennhack	83,725
David Pederson	83,550
Richard Taylor	83,300
Christopher George	82,950
Rudy Luk	82,450
Anders Jensen	82,075
Juan Ramirez	81,925
Alexander Gregory	81,825
Scott Kovach	81,675
Clyde Hinton	81,625
Amanda Baker	81,575
David Pham	81,250
Adam Junglen	80,975
Phillip House	80,925
Arnold Spee	80,700
Peter Rho	80,425
Craig Issod	80,375
Giovanni Guzzo	80,350
Dustin Pattinson	79,950
Stuart Butts	79,800
Imad Samouna	79,675
DJANGO YOUNG	79,250
Gary Lambert	79,175
Justin Gardenhire	79,125
James Pliska	79,025
Mathieu Pelletier	78,800
Gary Friedlander	78,650
Raymond Dolan	78,475
Szymon Pieszczoch	78,125
Dariusz Paszkiewicz	77,800
Robin Bergren	77,800
Benjamin Pollak	77,575
Craig Mccorkell	77,425
Suleiman Abueid	77,400
Matthew Closs	77,025
Fernando Halac	76,950
Michael Johnson	76,750
Arkadiy Tsinis	76,750
Mike DeMichele	76,700
Steven Mcnally	76,600
John Hands	76,450
Cole South	76,450
Pier Fabretti	76,425
Zachary Hench	76,375
Miguel Proulx	76,275
Keith Crowder	76,225
Clayton Maguire	75,975
Petros Aristidou	75,725
Dylan Wilkerson	75,675
Jonathan Aguiar	75,600
Michael Meredith	75,575
Paul Lieu	75,400
John Smith	75,225
John Esposito	75,000
Michael Mcquiston	74,750
Jeremy Jagoda	74,750
Rocky Rule	74,275
Steven Dunkelberg	74,025
Elad Magidov	73,950
Bart Hanson	73,925
Matthew Schwarmann	73,775
Phillip Faux	73,775
David Schnettler	73,750
Dimitri Hefter	73,575
Jonathan Mcgowan	73,500
Dmitrii Valouev	73,475
Vern Keller	73,400
Carl Henrikson	73,400
John Duffy	73,325
David Warady	73,125
James Ma	73,100
Richard Collins	73,050
Charles Norris	73,025
Lennart Konst	73,000
Tam Nguyen	72,900
Alex Prendes	72,875
Burt Boutin	72,850
Michael Palermo	72,725
Patrick Hanoteau	72,700
Evan Wrenn	72,475
Naseem Makiya	72,375
Stefan Mattson	72,225
Alex Smith	71,700
Matvey Tevlin	71,350
Francois Binette	71,250
Jamie Robbins	71,200
Brock Parker	71,125
Osagyefo Greene	71,000
Jasper Wetemans	70,975
Nghiahiep Nguyen	70,950
Manuel Sanchez	70,950
Joseph Gricco	70,925
Maxim Semisoshenko	70,900
Michael Borovec	70,825
David Blom	70,225
George Antonakos	70,200
Ignacio Palau	70,150
Stephen O’Dwyer	70,050
Liz Lieu	70,050
Kent Lundmark	70,000
Christopher Brice	69,975
Alan Wasserberger	69,825
Jimmy Jordan	69,725
Brian Schmidt	69,625
Joe Tehan	69,550
Kenneth Shei	69,450
Aaron Piekarski	69,325
James Anderson	69,225
Rajesh Vohra	69,175
Greg Schaefer	69,075
Brett Puffer	68,775
Brandon Garrity	68,700
Jeremy Kottler	68,500
Jan Boye	68,250
Chris Klodnicki	68,150
Jeremy Vaughn	68,125
Aaron Nadell	68,100
Ben Fink	68,025
John Conkright	67,900
Daniel Miller	67,650
Jason Mo	67,350
Travis Klein	67,325
Michael Fryett	67,250
David Zhu	67,200
Joe Cada	67,150
Steve Johnson	67,050
Dana Shore	67,000
Robert Kalteux	67,000
Kai Paulson	66,975
Gregory Brooks	66,975
Peter Mairhofer	66,925
Nazim Guillaud	66,900
Mohamedazam Razabsekh	66,800
Christopher Bianco	66,775
Aditya Agarwal	66,700
Jonathan Brule	66,575
Valentin Messina	66,550
Joel Casper	66,450
Jerry Payne	66,450
Jesse McGinty	66,350
James Pausch	66,325
James Bechtel	66,300
Gerasimos Deres	66,125
Charles Tidmarsh	66,075
Brent Roberts	66,075
Justin Scott	66,050
Billy McBrayer	66,050
Peter Skinsacos	65,950
Sammy Farha	65,900
Bryan Leskowitz	65,825
Peter Murphy	65,575
Evelyn Ng	65,525
Matthew Savage	65,525
Billy Pilossoph	65,350
Nathan Adler	65,200
Shannon Maxwell	65,000
Koen Debakker	64,975
Hugo Franca	64,925
Arturo Diaz	64,825
Spencer Hubbell	64,725
Matthew Kleckner	64,725
Dieter Albrecht	64,700
Boulos Estafanous	64,625
Brian Small	64,525
Roy Key	64,500
Joseph Gossweiler	64,475
Brandon Demes	64,400
John Patgorski	64,325
Alex Bolotin	64,250
Padraig Parkinson	64,100
Yossi Azulay	64,025
Patrik Antonius	64,000
Darrel Tenholder	63,825
Paul Friedman	63,700
Andrew Teng	63,650
Benjamin Statz	63,650
Rich Ruiter	63,650
Peter Bosen	63,650
Michael Minetti	63,525
Bryan Barrile	63,525
David Braun	63,500
Brant Faulkner	63,400
Adnan Qureshi	63,400
Pat Pezzin	63,275
Narinder Singh Khasria	63,275
Germain Gillard	63,225
Donald Kidman	63,225
Hasan Habib	63,225
Stephen Birkett	63,150
Brian Lamanna	63,075
Syung Hong	62,750
Aaron Kweskin	62,700
Takeo Oishi	62,700
Steven Sauser	62,675
Dylan Linde	62,575
Jonathan Tamayo	62,200
Basilis Jordanou	62,100
Ross Myers	62,075
Chip Jett	62,050
Matthew Ashton	62,025
Annie Duke	62,000
Jarred Solomon	62,000
Hugh Wheeler	61,825
Clark Hamagami	61,600
Christian Harder	61,200
Thomas Vinas	61,200
Dale Phillips	61,150
Roger Teska	61,000
Mark Schmid	60,875
Christian De Leon Angeles	60,775
Alfred Leon	60,725
Doc Hanson	60,725
Alex Moore	60,700
Olivier Matillo	60,550
Kevin Okeefe	60,450
Jeet Shetty	60,350
Richard Ellis	60,125
Terrence Cook	60,075
Paulo Figueiredo	60,025
Alfonso Amendola	60,000
Nikita Nikolaev	60,000
Paul Mccann	59,725
Arie Kliper	59,675
Edward Ho	59,675
Leonard Cortelino	59,375
Arnaud Esquevin	59,050
Salvatore Tamburello	59,025
Steven Pares	59,025
Fernando Brito	59,000
Mikhail Sionov	58,950
Pierre Canali	58,900
Toto Leonidas	58,900
Joel Shulruf	58,800
Mikael Oestreicher	58,750
Roberto Damelian	58,675
Greg Himmelbrand	58,500
Gregory De Bora	58,225
Matt Giannetti	58,150
Brandon Steven	58,125
Erik Ekerot	58,100
Scott Tuchman	57,975
Nicholas Stowell	57,850
Christopher Neville	57,550
Jose Silverman	57,500
Daniel Moorman	57,450
Viacheslav Fentisov	57,400
Walan Kite	57,375
Christopher Vaniter	57,350
Richard Morgan	57,350
Glenn Cooper	57,300
Ray Moseman	57,225
Wes Nally	57,150
Jason Gray	57,000
Allie Prescott	56,975
Michael Bunin	56,900
Roland Suen	56,850
Damian Salas	56,600
Timothy Rivers	56,550
Adam York	56,425
David Whalen	56,400
Benjamin Kaupp	56,375
Tyler Gill	56,350
Mark Weil	56,300
Paul Dewald	56,300
Jason White	56,250
Joseph Bishop	56,175
Kima Kimura	56,150
Jason Lavallee	56,075
Peter Nordin	56,000
George Saca	55,900
Patrick Dekoster	55,875
Karib Omar	55,625
Alejandro Dearruabarrena	55,600
Eric Carr	55,525
Matthias Gerigk	55,525
David Stucke	55,525
Daniel Idema	55,500
Armando Pagliari	55,500
Jeffrey Cullis	55,300
Michael Doumani	55,250
Dennis Adams	55,250
Franck Ruet	55,225
Catherine O’neill	55,175
Mark Zullo	55,100
Barry Leventhal	55,000
David Ulliott	55,000
Karl Limbert	54,850
Jonathan Glendinning	54,850
Ran Azor	54,800
Fra Ianni	54,725
Hugo Lemaire	54,650
Thomas Denny	54,625
Greg Buonocore	54,550
Aleh Plauski	54,525
Ross Mallor	54,525
John Rollason	54,525
Fu Wong	54,500
Richard Clark	54,500
Adam Levy	54,425
Scott Harris	54,350
Francisco Fragoso	54,325
Amnon Filippi	54,300
Tyler Patterson	54,275
Mads Wissing	54,250
John Orourke	54,200
Cory Wolnewitz	54,200
Tom Connor	54,025
Daniel Harmetz	54,000
Eric Schwartz	53,875
Oscar Blanco	53,775
Lapmun Leung	53,625
Martin Hanitz	53,475
Peter Campo	53,400
Danny Butler	53,275
Randy Propson	53,225
David Litt	53,200
Jonathan Duhamel	53,200
David Sesso	53,150
David Flowers	53,150
JP Kelly	53,075
Joseph Goch	52,950
Kevin Jenkins	52,925
Xavier Jutras	52,900
Michael Downey	52,750
Thomas Landi	52,750
Deepak Bhatti	52,725
Francis Cipriano	52,550
Ken Evanowski	52,400
Rich Salomon	52,375
David Colin	52,200
Henning Bolstad	52,200
Jim Rumptz	52,175
Anthony Correia	52,125
Charles Danielsson	52,050
Philip Stark	52,050
Scott Desveaux	52,000
Amirouddine Alibay	52,000
Mercedes Osti	51,975
Hung Le	51,900
Andrew Grimason	51,900
Van Marcus	51,825
Brad Johnson	51,800
Joe Le	51,775
Franklin Grigsby	51,625
Haralabos Voulgaris	51,625
Sunny Chattha	51,625
Kyle Goebel	51,600
Balint Barta	51,575
Thomas Mcteer	51,425
Charalampos Tsaoussis	51,425
Joseph Reitman	51,400
Stephen Cordy	51,325
Charlie Walling	51,200
Marcin Horecki	51,200
Kyle Mcmurphy	51,200
Joseph Fama	51,075
Joao Studart	51,000
Jesper Hougaard	51,000
Bryan Bindert	51,000
Yori Epskamp	50,950
Anthony Campagna	50,875
Linh Le	50,850
Daniel Neilson	50,850
Spencer Hudson	50,750
Ian Gordon	50,725
Tomas Kostik	50,725
Craig Savage	50,725
Jeff Gibralter	50,600
Curtis Householder	50,575
Martin Jacobson	50,525
Wayne Bernier	50,250
Lin Wang	50,200
Thomas Koral	50,100
Ludvik Ludviksson	50,100
Timothy Clark	50,075
Seth Cohen	50,025
David Lin	50,025
Bill Wood	49,975
James Manning	49,950
Frank Guerra	49,950
Danny Warchol	49,900
Mel Randolph	49,800
Bob Rose	49,750
Luigi Petrone	49,650
Carlos Marques	49,525
Simon Ravnsbaek	49,500
Anthony Gonzalez	49,475
Adam Kagin	49,450
Richard Niedfeldt	49,425
Oskar Eugster	49,350
Brian Thomas	49,300
David Owston	49,300
Wayne Carlson	49,275
Ethan Ruby	49,275
Roger McDow	49,225
Philip Armstrong	49,200
Kenneth Nay	49,070
Richard Grace	49,050
Michael Jensen	49,025
Iurii Korsunskyi	49,000
Matthew Ireland	48,975
Glenn Spector	48,925
Jeremy Dunkel	48,925
Jack Zhang	48,825
Steven Saleh	48,825
Louis Pouliot	48,825
David Backstrom	48,775
Darren Wright	48,725
Steven Norden	48,700
Gerald Cusick	48,650
Adam Katz	48,650
Adam Ewenstein	48,500
Jeremy Schwartz	48,500
Mark Tyson	48,300
Tomer Benvenisti	48,275
Josh Kay	48,275
Dylan Coady	48,200
Tomas Mitell	48,175
Chris Back	48,150
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	48,100
Sergey Serafimov	48,100
Lars Baeckman	48,050
Walter Harris	48,025
Peter Hedlund	47,925
Stacy Taylor	47,925
Leon Piso	47,925
Soren Andersen	47,925
Christopher Hauxwell	47,800
David Bortolussi	47,700
Juan Geara Barnichta	47,700
Cristian Busi	47,650
Ken Lawson	47,550
Ahmad Abghari	47,500
Chung Man	47,300
Matthew Juttelstad	47,275
Phillip Vera	47,275
Mark Kohner	47,200
Ralph Blanco	47,175
Nicolas Fierrogottner	47,175
Yuval Bronshtein	47,150
Richard Decker	47,075
Tyler Cornell	47,050
Ramon Aldecoa	46,975
Regan Hibbard	46,950
Aaron Benton	46,925
Brian Horton	46,900
Charles Ferguson	46,850
Pieter De Korver	46,850
Max Hiatt	46,750
Kevin Schoville	46,725
Doug Carli	46,700
James Aschner	46,675
Andrew Knee	46,650
Tina Bergstrom	46,500
Bryan Kerr	46,475
Douglas Miranda	46,425
Amir Lehavot	46,425
Matt Molinari	46,425
Louise Francoeur	46,325
Duane Carlson	46,250
David Dalesandro	46,200
Diogo Borges	46,175
Harvey Mathews	46,150
Francois Tardieu	46,125
Vasile Buboi	46,100
Thomas Balla	46,000
Andriy Pavlyuk	45,900
Alexander Broholm	45,775
Scott Baumstein	45,750
Brian Ballentine	45,725
Connor Allisen	45,675
Thomas Tomasello	45,575
Megan Milburn	45,575
David Chin	45,575
Jared Rubin	45,575
Andrew Vaughn	45,550
Simon Ansell	45,500
Larry Winter	45,500
Marc Andre Ladouceur	45,475
Shawn Quillin	45,450
Steven Vanzadelhoff	45,425
Steven Sayegh	45,400
Steven Parkin	45,350
Carlos Sanchez-Vegas	45,325
Shawn Quinn	45,300
Steve Cowley	45,250
Patrick Grace	45,225
Paul Paris	45,225
Stan Jablonski	45,200
Terry Graven	45,200
Robert Hover	45,200
John Brown	45,175
Dmitriy Shilnikov	45,175
Todd Rodenborn	45,175
Aviv Meiri	45,150
David Ventura	45,125
Russell Dohan	44,950
Allan Vrooman	44,950
Alexia Portal	44,900
Mohamed Almoayyed	44,775
Renato Almeida	44,775
Eric Baldwin	44,675
Julie Chow	44,650
Leo Margets	44,625
Julien Archambault	44,600
Evelyne Roy	44,525
Christopher Dunkel	44,425
Alex Rocha	44,425
Kenneth Mills	44,425
Richard Mask	44,400
Gerald Silber	44,325
Jeremy Cate	44,275
Jussi Nevanlinna	44,200
Andrew Seden	44,175
Mark Burford	44,150
Antonio Esfandiari	44,150
Vince Burgio	44,000
Anthony Trodella	43,950
Ricky Green	43,950
Daniel Aldridge	43,850
Andrew Malott	43,800
Andrew Ling	43,800
Debra Dorcy	43,800
Jonathan Stamm	43,775
Steven Mcgrath	43,775
Paul Wasicka	43,750
Eduardo Burgio	43,725
Jeffrey Wade	43,675
Kevin Howe	43,675
Patrick Mahoney	43,650
Michael Berra	43,650
Daniel Arthur	43,600
Joel Bullock	43,550
Steve Sung	43,450
Joni Ruuskanen	43,400
Meenaskshi Subramaniam	43,400
David Marcus	43,275
Matthew Wilson	43,250
Ray Brookshaw	43,250
Robert Rosen	43,250
James Allchin	43,225
Adam Shuman	43,150
Calvin Habern	43,125
Niraj Bhatia	43,100
Elbert Wright	43,000
Dwight Sellars	42,950
Charles Burris	42,950
Nick Filippopoulos	42,900
Justin Rollo	42,825
Anthony Veckey	42,750
Anders Jespersen	42,725
Randall Tagawa	42,600
Jeffrey Palarino	42,550
Mark Marasco	42,500
Bradley Craig	42,500
Joshua Sisak	42,500
Joseph Versical	42,475
Brandon Long	42,450
Michael Smith	42,450
Deric Senne	42,400
Guillaume Gignac	42,400
Mike Pickett	42,375
Lynne Mitchnick	42,350
Jason Koon	42,300
Jonathan Mitchell	42,300
Jordan Rich	42,300
Jason Sims	42,275
Jesse Steinberg	42,250
Philip Nguyen	42,125
Dean Hamrick	42,100
Matthew Holupko	42,050
Christopher Budak	41,975
Ken Williams	41,950
Christina Renz	41,950
Stephen Lott	41,825
Paul Magriel	41,823
Ofir Mor	41,725
Kyle Huffman	41,675
Kevin Newman	41,625
Jacob Baumgartner	41,600
Antonio Ribeiro	41,500
Peter DeBest	41,500
Gregory Miller	41,450
Taylor Caby	41,400
Dan White	41,300
Todd Taylor	41,275
Thomas Huigsloot	41,200
Vincent Procopio	41,175
Luca Pagano	41,175
Sammy Dallal	41,150
Yu Shen	41,000
Robindra Kahlon	40,950
David Podgurski	40,925
Max Pescatori	40,900
Craig Gray	40,875
Kevin Ross	40,825
Gene Nava	40,800
Jack Powell	40,800
Jon Holmdal	40,775
Laurence Grondin	40,725
Steven Braverman	40,700
Rachel Kranz	40,575
Vihn La	40,525
Alexander Shteyman	40,425
Marc-David Delimal	40,325
Dustin Woolf	40,275
Laurence Hughes	40,250
Chris Crilly	40,200
Alex Jacob	40,200
Kiley Scott	40,100
Timothy Blake	40,075
Jeffrey Lowenhar	40,075
Benjamin Straate	40,075
Tty Ly	40,025
Lorne Smilovici	40,025
Andrew Fields	40,000
Jeff Cohen	40,000
Robert Fox	39,950
Adam White	39,875
Scott Murdock	39,875
Tom Mclaughlin	39,800
Maxwell Troy	39,800
Karl Fenton	39,750
Melvin Martinez	39,725
Darshan Singh	39,700
Michael Parizon	39,650
Dennis Cronin	39,600
Aliaksandr Marchanka	39,600
James Whittet	39,600
James Hays	39,575
Eeto Lehtonin	39,550
Jack Greer	39,500
Matt Grapenthien	39,500
Antony Stroud	39,400
Russell Rosenblum	39,375
John Dayton	39,350
David Colclough	39,325
Narendra Banwari	39,300
Teemu Kangasvieri	39,275
Julien Claudepierre	39,225
Wei Yan Chan	39,225
Leon Chang	39,225
Steven Phipps	39,200
Jason Somerville	39,100
Gerald Macleod	39,100
Jackqueline Glazier	38,975
Joe Brandenburg	38,950
Kevin Eyring	38,900
Rasmus Edenfall	38,875
Bruce Rosen	38,825
Kenneth Collier	38,825
Jimmy Daniel	38,800
James Cavanaugh	38,750
Haroun Dalaig	38,725
Steven Bartlett	38,700
Stephen Bryant	38,700
Aurangzeb Sheikh	38,675
Scott Meli	38,650
Sue Jung	38,625
Judith Barnosky	38,500
Chris Platt	38,275
Alessandro Lusso	38,225
Hamid Izadi	38,100
Thomas James Hunt III	38,100
Brian Tate	38,075
Michael Demarco	38,000
Jimmie James	37,925
David Hong	37,925
Marc Naalden	37,925
Hafiz Khan	37,900
Mark Benigno	37,850
Benjamin Aldons	37,800
Daniel Alaei	37,775
Lior Barlev	37,700
Emanuele Marzano	37,650
Samuel Greenwood	37,600
Gabriele Lepore	37,550
Aaron Peterson	37,550
David Barraclough	37,500
Voitto Rintala	37,500
Al Krux	37,450
Guillaume Cescut	37,450
Jacob Stefani	37,350
Ljubomir Stosic	37,325
Mark Taylor	37,275
Brian Joslin	37,250
Michael McNeil	37,225
Patryk Slusarek	37,175
Anton Smolyanskiy	37,150
Matthew Hawrilenko	37,150
Michael Jen	37,150
David Liu	37,125
Carl Olson	37,050
Joseph Steur	37,050
Dennis Anderson	37,050
Michael Ruane	36,925
James Marrone	36,925
Greg Duros	36,900
Tyler Hamade	36,875
Ben Sarnoff	36,850
Vincent Vanderfluit	36,850
Philip Loomis	36,825
Steven Goldberg	36,800
Thayer Rasmussen	36,800
Frederick Munizza	36,750
James Bunner	36,725
Donna Varlotto	36,725
Jeffrey Rothstein	36,725
Eduardo Parras	36,725
David Middleton	36,725
Brandon Bass	36,675
Stuart Breakstone	36,575
Di Dang	36,500
Deron Nardo	36,500
Mark Mccraw	36,450
Daniel Kepich	36,425
Joe Gatmaitan	36,400
Darryll Fish	36,375
Jordan Siegel	36,350
Brandon Hall	36,300
Gary Kostiuk	36,275
Noah Stephens-Davidowit	36,250
Viktoria Gorkurova	36,250
Joao Barbosa	36,225
Benjamin Palmer	36,200
Shawn Hattem	36,150
Jeffrey Fenech	36,150
Ernst Hermans	36,050
Vyacheslav Eyzerovich	36,050
Jeffrey Morrison	36,000
Tay Nguyen	36,000
Vance Minter	35,975
Connor Drinan	35,975
Garry Gates	35,950
Antoine Amourette	35,900
Kenneth Kerim	35,850
Paul Gourlay	35,825
Richard Miceli	35,650
Gualter Salles	35,575
Kristoffer Dagslott	35,575
Frank Sinopoli	35,500
Mark Defaria	35,425
Peter Kaemmerlen	35,400
Darrell Cornett	35,375
Matt Marafioti	35,350
Roger Suter	35,300
Nicolas Yunis	35,300
Michael Brooks	35,275
Roger Johannessen	35,275
Robert Mitchell	35,250
Ilkin Amirov	35,250
Chris Podlewski	35,200
Michael Glasser	35,195
Brandon Wong	35,175
Joshua Tekesky	35,050
Thomas Young	35,000
Leonardo Emperador	34,950
Jeremy Ausmus	34,800
Adam Levitan	34,800
Kevin Schoner	34,750
James Haver	34,675
John Knackstadt	34,650
Benjamin Koepfler	34,600
Cody Cutrer	34,600
Mark DeLeonardis	34,525
Edgardo Limayo	34,525
Marcio Cukierkorm	34,500
Michael Neuberger	34,475
Jack Deutsch	34,450
Eugene Katchalov	34,425
Mostafa Ashkarkhizani	34,425
Stanislav Barshak	34,425
Marco Mills	34,400
Jason Doherty	34,400
Cecilia Foster	34,350
Alexey Grigoryants	34,325
Terrance O’connell	34,325
Edme Christophe	34,325
Michael Maloney	34,200
Joseph Chaplin	34,200
Keith Peevy	34,150
Gary Haimon	33,950
Nicholas Power	33,925
Ryan Garitta	33,925
Pim Schulte	33,875
Jonathan Samuels	33,875
Gregory Fishberg	33,850
Steve Day	33,775
Darren Kramer	33,700
David Chambers	33,700
Marek Zejda	33,525
Luke Musfeldt	33,500
Jared Holland	33,400
Ralph Porter	33,400
Joseph Villacci	33,350
Ben Clark	33,325
Michael Graydon	33,225
Hilbert Shirey	33,175
Patricio Jimenez	33,150
Christopher Kolla	33,125
James Matteucci	33,125
Steve Hesse	33,100
Jason Senti	33,100
Ira Marcus	33,100
Peter Bronstein	33,075
Ryan Snickles	33,025
Robert Hempkins	32,950
Sam Hiatt	32,900
David Randall	32,850
Viktor Wessman	32,850
Salvatore Bonavena	32,825
Richard Washinsky	32,800
Derek Vantassell	32,800
Gary Litterest	32,775
Manish Patel	32,775
Christopher Juul	32,750
Daniel Johnson	32,625
Farid Vaghefi	32,600
Derek Murray	32,575
Benjamin Johnson	32,575
Jason Jacintho	32,550
Jimmy D’Ambrosio	32,550
David Hirst	32,525
Vimy Ha	32,525
Raul Gonzales	32,500
Kenneth Bennett	32,400
Barrie Pietersz	32,350
Brian Friesen	32,300
Pablo Chacra	32,275
Jim Feist	32,275
Sully Erna	32,225
Richard Whitebrook	32,200
Justin Tall	32,175
Radoslaw Jedynak	32,175
Trenton Stephens	32,150
Thong Tran	32,100
Daniele Nestola	32,100
Krzysztof Zajac	32,050
Francis Witek	32,000
Tony Cousineau	32,000
Armando Gabrielli	31,950
Larry Ross	31,950
Scott Hamilton	31,950
Remy Biechel	31,925
Kyle Hegeman	31,800
Cormac Creaven	31,750
Angel Guillen	31,750
Ryan Befort	31,725
Keith Johnson	31,650
Vinh Huynh	31,650
Jesse James Herron	31,600
Christopher Bath	31,575
Jason Yano	31,500
Kosei Ichinose	31,250
William Lucia	31,225
Andrew Glogowski	31,200
Scotty Nguyen	31,200
Ben Gilbert	31,100
Trevor Roberts	31,075
Ronald Gandolfo	31,050
Justin Goss	30,975
Benjamin Barrows	30,975
Joseph Allis	30,975
Kyle Weir	30,925
Bjornar Thomassen	30,900
James Pember	30,850
Claire Renaut	30,775
Matthew Czepiel	30,775
Robert Perkins	30,750
Ramin Henke	30,725
Mark Newhouse	30,725
Doug Janney	30,700
Dave Stann	30,650
Clayton Mozdzen	30,550
Giuliano Lentini	30,525
Nicholas Gunn	30,400
Kristy Gazes	30,400
Jeff Magid	30,400
Javad Navran	30,300
Yonnas Banteamlak	30,300
Brian Jensen	30,275
Jason Engelmann	30,275
Veronica Dabul	30,175
Martin Rose	30,150
Avdo Djokovic	30,125
John Mcclain	30,100
David Granik	30,100
Joseph Teanotoga	30,075
Bryan Porter	30,025
Mats Rahmn	30,000
John Livingston	29,975
John Dodge	29,950
Jay Keeler	29,950
Roman Emelyanov	29,950
David John	29,900
Zackary Koerper	29,900
Greg Violette	29,775
Jamie Shaevel	29,775
James Eun	29,775
John Conroy	29,750
Philip Consolo	29,725
Richard Lyndaker	29,700
Reuben Peters	29,700
Eric Mifune	29,700
Kameron Mcray	29,700
James Campbell	29,675
Dan Owen	29,675
Bryce Daifuku	29,600
Nino Desantis	29,575
Gregory Headrick	29,525
Kim Wooka	29,475
Jarrod Holmes	29,450
Christopher Stephan	29,400
Deva Crouch	29,375
Jonathan Neckar	29,350
Nick Brancato	29,300
Bryan Paris	29,250
Kenneth Lee	29,200
Benjamin Mintz	29,075
Harold Hill	29,075
Chris Repetti	29,050
Yann Foggiato	29,025
Adam Hunter	29,025
Brian Grimm	29,025
Aadam Daya	29,000
Richard Clarke	28,950
William Oniel	28,900
Cornel Cimpan	28,900
Derek Harrington	28,875
James Petzing	28,800
Joshua Gaibel	28,800
Richard Li	28,775
David Postar	28,775
Jim Stephens	28,675
Sylvian Solfrini	28,650
Barry Dubose	28,625
Jeremy Renz	28,600
Thomas Maguire	28,550
Ping Lok Chan	28,500
Alek Givotovsky	28,500
Alan Sternberg	28,500
Lyndsey Hartley	28,425
Chad Grimes	28,375
Jeffrey Reimer	28,325
Mark Muchnik	28,325

(Chip counts continued in post below)

Player Tags: Johnny Chan

Level Four, Hour Two: Giang And Yang Eliminated

Jul 07, '10

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante

Players Remaining: 1,980 out of 2,314

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Barny Boatman – 151,000
2. Johnny Chan – 141,000
3. Isaac Krantz – 130,000
4. Fabian Geisel – 126,000
5. Robert Mizrachi – 124,000
6. Hoyt Corkins – 100,000
7. Dan Smith – 95,000
8. Kai Paulsen – 88,000
9. Jeff Gross – 88,000
10. Carter Gill – 85,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Stephen A. Murphy — 37,800
Christina Lindley — 41,000
Dani Stern — 45,000
Tony Dunst — 21,000

Notable Eliminations:

Chau Giang
Phil Hellmuth
Jerry Yang

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Chau Giang Disappears Courtesy Of The Magician

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read KQ93 and Chau Giang bet 7,000.

Antonio Esfandiari raised the action to 15,000 and Giang moved all in. Esfandiari made the call and the players turned over their cards:

Giang: J10
Esfandiari: KQ

Giang flopped a straight but his flush draw was dead to Esfandiari’s better draw that went along with his two pair. The river then brought the K, giving Esfandiari a full house and Giang was sent packing.

Farha Getting Up There

The player on the button raised to 1,625 and Sam Farha made the call from the big blind. The flop came down KJ4 and both players checked.

The turn was the 5 and Farha fired 2,000. His opponent made the call and the river was the 4.

Farha kept his foot on the gas pedal, firing another 7,000 into the pot. The button mucked and Farha took the pot. He was at 70,000.

Yang Gets Hammered Down To Size, Then Eliminated

The player in seat 2 and Jerry Yang tangled preflop that resulted in seat 2 moving all in for 27,800. Yang made the call and here were their cards:

Yang: KK
Seat 2: AA

Yang fell victim to a cold deck and the board offered him no help as it ran out 7547J.

Yang took a big hit and was down to 8,000 in chips.

Yang was eventually cut down to 3,200 in chips and shipped them all in preflop against the player in seat 9.

Yang: Q10
Seat 9: A6

The flop was favorable to Yang as it came Q97, giving him top pair.

“It’s not over yet,” Yang said before the turn.

If it wasn’t over then, it was sure close to being over when the A fell on the turn. The river then brought the 7 and Yang was eliminated.

McEvoy’s Aces Cracked

Picking up the action on a flop of 952, Tom McEvoy moved all in against his opponent.

The player called and ended up putting himself at risk as McEvoy had him covered. McEvoy held pocket aces but they were officially cracked when his opponent turned 52.

The board finished out 10 and 4 and McEvoy dropped to 20,000 in chips.

Elezra Gets One

A player raised to 850 preflop and another player made the call. Eli Elezra was in the big blind and came along as well to see a flop of K52. Elezra checked and the raiser bet 1,375. Elezra was the only caller and the A came on the turn.

Elezra checked and his opponent bet 2,200. Elezra made the call againa and the river was the 8.

Elezra decided to take the lead, firing 4,000. His opponent gave it up and Elezra took the pot, improving his stack to 32,000.

Gored

Picking up the action on a flop of 765, Carlos Mortensen fired 1,400. Dan Smith made the call and the other two players in the hand mucked.

The turn was the J and Mortensen bet 3,000. Smith made the call and the 9 came on the river.

Both players checked and Mortensen tabled KK and Smith mucked. Mortensen took the pot and he was at 25,000.

Don’t Stand On The Tracks When The Orient Express Is Coming Through

Picking up the action after the board had run out 732€96, Johnny Chan and his opponent got involved in a betting war.

Eventually, the opponent tabled 77 for middle set. Unfortunately for him, Chan tabled K8 for a rivered flush.

Chan raked in the pot and was up to 165,000. That was good for the overall chip lead on Day 1C.

Outrunning Outhred

After the board had run out K72910, there was 27,000 in the pot. A player bet 20,000 and Alex Outhred made the call.

Outhred tabled pocket queens but they were no good as his opponent showed 1010 for a set on the river.

Outhred threw his queens in the muck and he was down to 53,000.

Dwan Tripped Up

Picking up the action after the flop came down 10103, Tom Dwan led out for 1,425. Lee Markholt made the call and the turn was the 6.

Dwan led again with 3,450 and Markholt made the call for the rest of his chips.

Markholt: A10
Dwan: 77

Markholt flopped trips and the river brought no help to Dwan as he dropped to just over 13,000. Markholt doubled to 12,000.

Left In The Deck:

It’s Not Easy Being Phil

Midway through the level, the tournament staff announced through the speakers that “1989 World Chammpion Phil Hellmuth has just been eliminated.”

The Amazon Room erupted in cheers and applause after hearing the announcement, not quite the reaction anyone would care for.

Hellmuth had been playing on the secondary feature table and made his grand entrance with UFC fighter Wanderlei Silva. He was officially TKO’d.

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Phil Hellmuth,   Eli Elezra,   Johnny Chan,   Chau Giang,   Sam Farha,   Alex Outhred,   Tom Dwan,   Jerry Yang

Level One Hour One Update: Johnny Chan Doubles Up Quick

Jul 07, '10

Blinds: 50-100

Average Chip Counts 30,000

Notable Chip Counts:

Johnny Chan – 61,500
Pieter de Korver – 43,000
Brian Rast – 40,000
Jennifer Leigh – 39,000
Lex Veldhuis – 39,000
Eli Elezra – 35,000
Matt Savage – 35,000
Faraz Jaka – 34,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Steve Murphy – 30,000

Notable Eliminations:

Huck Seed

Big Hands:

Johnny-Friggin-Chan Doubles Up

Things just got dangerous for players in day 1c.

Johnny Chan was in a large pot with the flop showing 108J when he bet and his opponent moved all in. Chan called and his opponent saw he had only one out. Their hands:

Chan: 1010
Opponent: 88

Chan had the better flopped set, and the Q turn and K river gave the Orient Express an early double up to 60,000.

Savage Off to Good Start

On a board of 106654 Matt Savage bet 2,000 and his opponent made the call. Savage showed 44 for a full house to take down an early pot and expand his stack to 35,000.

The Early Chip Leader?

Phil Armstrong got all in on a fop of 682 holding a flopped set of eights. His opponent, naturally, had pocket aces and was eliminated when the K turn and 9 river didn’t connect with his hand.

It seems we have an early chip leader, as Armstrong doubled to 60,000.

Sowers Loses Massive One

On a board of 8Q49J Mike Sowers bet 3,000 and his opponent raised to 18,000. Sowers made the call and his opponent showed K10 for the rivered straight.

Sowers saw his stack drop to 10,000.

Leonor Margets Wins a Pot

Two players limped in for 100 and Margets made it 450 with the A10. The blinds folded and so did one of the limpers. The other one called and the flop came Q103 and action went check-check. The turn brought the 3 and Margets’ opponent checked. Margets bet 575 and her opponent called. The turn brought the 9 and action went check-check. Margets’ opponent tabled pocket fives and she exposed her pair of tens. Margets took the pot.

Left in the Deck:

Arrival of the Poker Brat, Fighter

Phil Hellmuth plans on making his typical fashionably late arrival, and he has said that this year he will arrive dressed as an MMA fighter and be accompanied by one — Wanderlei Silva.

Some of The Day 1c Players Include

Phil Hellmuth
Daniel Negreanu
Jerry Yang
Annie Duke
Jonathan Agular
Bryan Devonshire
Chip Jett
Johny Chan
David Oppenheim
Lex Veldhuis
Scott Fischman
Shaun Deeb
Robert Mizrachi
Hoyt Corkins
Kristy Gazes
Eric Froehlich
Vicky Coren
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Chau Giang
Nick Binger
Dean Hamrick
Dario Minieri
Brock Parker
Dave Ulliott
Ville Whalbeck
Alex Jacob
Michael Caroll
Andrew Brokos
Sam Farha
Chad Brown
David Bach
Dennis Phillips

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Vicky Coren
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Player Tags: Huck Seed,   Phil Hellmuth,   Johnny Chan,   Matt Savage,   Mike Sowers,   Leonor Margets

Leve Seven Hour One Update: Shorr Wins a Big Pot

Jul 09, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 1,800 out of 2,412

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 140,000
Shannon Shorr – 133,000
Matt Matros – 50,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 36,400
Steven A. Murphy – 23,500
Adam Schoenfeld – 28,500
Justin Marchand – 13,100

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Dragan Galic – 313,500
2. Robert Mizrachi – 243,000
3. Dwyen Ringbauer – 240,000
4. Cole South – 223,500
5. Jesper Hougaard – 201,000
6. Carter Phillips – 196,000
7. Corwin Cole – 176,000
8. Sam Farha – 176,000
9. Andrew Liporace – 172,000
10. Yevgeiny Timoshenko – 160,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tom McEvoy

Player Twitter Accounts:

Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Shorr Vaults Up the Chip Counts

We missed exactly how it happened, but we saw Shannon Shorr getting a whole bunch of chips in preflop against his opponent. His opponent was all-in and the cards were flipped up. Shorr tabled KK and was up against 88.

The board stayed clean for Shorr as it ran out 95A104 and Shorr is now up to 133,000 and eliminating an opponent.

Sediel Stacks A Player

Erik Seidel and another player at his table got into a preflop war which led to Seidel calling his all-in of 10,000 with AK. The other player tabled the K9 and Seidel saw the good news.

The board was good for Seidel as it came out 8764A. Seidel eliminated a player and increased his stack to 51,000 in the process.

Nordberg Takes Opponent to Value Town

Peter Feldman bet 4,000 on the turn after the action was checked to him with the board reading KQ2Q and was called by his opponent.

The river was the J and it was checked to Feldman again. He bet 10,000 this time and was called. Feldman showed Q10 and his opponent mucked. Feldman is up to 73,000 with the pot.

The Dragon Doubles Through Jett

Seat 1 raised to 1,500 and David “The Dragon” Pham moved all in for 8,700 total. Acting after Pham, Chip Jett called and seat 1 got out of the way. Their hands:

Pham: QQ
Jett: AK

The two pros were in a coin flip situation. The flop ran 9103, keep Phan in the lead. The board finished with the 7 and the J and Phan doubled up to around 21,000 in chips. Jett still had around 57,000 after the loss.

Chan Gets Value From The Nuts

On a board showing 10K89A Johnny Chan bet 7,000 into the pot, sending his opponent in seat 1 deep into the tank. After some time, the player called and Chan showed the nuts — QJ for the broadway straight.

His opponent mucked and Chan saw his stack grow to around 140,000.

Don’t Bully Your Seniors

Berry Johnston bet 2,500 on a flop of 2102, and seat 5 decided it was time to test the former main event winner by raising to 6,600. Johnston thought for a minute, then threw out five 5,000 chips. Seat 5 thought briefly and then mucked his hand.

Johnston had around 55,000 after the hand.

Junglen Drops One

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read K935. Adam Junglen fired 2,100 and the player in seat 4 made the call.

The river was the Q and both players checked. Seat 4 tabled AQ for a pair of queens on the river and Junglen mucked.

Junglen dropped the pot and was at 113,000.

Phillips Gets Pushed Out

Dennis Phillips raised to 3,500 from the button and the player in seat 2 raised to 10,000 from the small blind. Phillips tanked and then called so both players could see a flop of AQ9.

The small blind led out for 15,000 and Phillips released his hand rather quickly.

After the hand he was at 40,500.

Hawrilenko Takes It On The Turn

Matt Hawrilenko raised to 1,500 from the button and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down Q44 and both players checked.

The turn was the 8 and the big blind checked again. Hawrilenko took a stab with 2,200 and it was enough as the big blind mucked.

Hawrilenko took the pot and he was at 38,000.

Mizrachi’s Ladies Hang On

Picking up the action after the flop had come down Q98, the action was checked to Michael Mizrachi.

He bet 4,000 and the player in seat 4 called. Seat 7 mucked and the remaining two players saw the 10 fall on the turn.

Both players checked and the river was the 2. Mizrachi led out with 9,150 and seat 4 mucked his hand as the ESPN cameras swarmed the table.

Mizrachi then gave them something to look at as he flashed QQ for top set. He took the pot and was up to 55,000.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Erik Seidel,   Chip Jett,   Michael Mizrachi,   Johnny Chan,   Berry Johnston,   Matt Hawrilenko,   Peter Feldman,   Shannon Shorr,   Adam Junglen,   Dennis Phillips

Level Five Hour Two Update: Baron Climbing The Ranks

Jul 09, '10

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412

Average Chip Count:

Card Player Chip Counts

Justin Marchand – 23,400
Barry Shulman – 113,325
Bryan Devonshire – 13,800
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 36,400
Steven A. Murphy – 23,500

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Corwin Cole – 228,200
2. Dwyen Ringbauer – 195,000
3. Mathieu Sauriol – 169,900
4. Johnny Chan – 163,700
5. Andrew Liporace – 160,000
6. Josef Monro – 153,350
7. Lauren Kling – 149,650
8. Barny Boatman – 144,050
9. Steven Goosen – 142,925
10. Michael Mizrachi – 142,650

Notable Eliminations:

Mike Sexton

Big Hands:

Phillips Scores an Early Double And Keeps Going

Dennis Phillips got his last 9,225 in the middle preflop with AK and was up against the JJ of his opponent.

The flop was K32, giving Phillips the lead. The turn was the 10 and the river was the 6 to double up Phillips to 19,000. Action has been fast and furious in just the first few minutes of this level. Expect to see tons of bustouts and double ups.

A few hands later, Phillips raised to 1,180 from the hijack and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down AJ2 and the big blind checked.

Phillips bet 1,500 and the big blind check-raised to 3,300. Phillips thought for a bit and then repopped it to 7,500. The big blind thought for a few moments of his own and then released his hand, turning over the A as he did so.

Phillips took in the pot and he was at 24,000.

Ho Can’t Call

Picking up the action after the flop came down J93, the player in seat 7 led out for 2,200. Maria Ho was on the button and she made the call while the player in seat 5 mucked.

The turn was the J and seat 7 led for 3,300. Ho took some time to think but eventually released her hand. She dropped the pot and was at 93,000.

Baldwin Finally Gives The Cameras Something Positive

After the flop came down 543, the player in seat 5 bet 1,300. Eric Baldwin made the call and both players saw the A on the turn.

Seat 5 led out for 3,000 and Baldwin made the call again. The river was the 7 and seat 5 checked.

Baldwin did the same and seat 5 tabled Q7 for a rivered pair of sevens. It was no good, however, as Baldwin turned A7 for a rivered two pair and he took the pot.

“The curse is finally over,” Baldwin said to the ESPN crew surrounding the table. “I finally won one with you guys here.”

He was at 70,000 after the hand.

Cada Gives One Up

Reigning champion Joe Cada was in the small blind heads up with the big blind. On a flop of 27K Cada checked and the big blind bet 1,550.

Cada made the call and the 6 hit on the turn. Cada again checked and his opponent fired 3,100 this time. With the ESPN cameras all over him, Cada folded. Despite the loss, he sat with a healthy 72,000 in chips.

Sexton Getting Short, Then Busts

Mike Sexton made it 1,200 to go from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind, who called. The flop came 28Q and both players checked. On the 10 turn the big blind bet 1,000 and Sexton quickly folded. The hand dropped Sexton to just 13,000 in chips. He would bust a few hands later when his pocket kings were cracked by his opponent’s pocket nines.

Baron Makes Big Call, Wins Massive Pot

Isaac Baron called a large preflop raise from the player in seat 4 and saw a flop of K98. Baron checked to seat four, who bet 8,250. Baron thought for a moment before making the call.

On the K turn Isaac again checked and seat four checked behind him this time.

The 5 fell on the river and Baron checked to seat 4, who took his time and bet 11,350. After he tanked for a minute or so, Baron finally called and showed 92 for two pair. Seat 4 mucked and Baron raked in a massive pot, taking most of his opponent’s chips.

Baron had around 134,000 in chips after the hand.

Chan Picking Up Where He Left Off

Johnny Chan left his day 1 as one of the tournament’s chip leaders. He picked up where he left off early in day 2a.

Chan limped in from the small blind and the big blind checked the action. The flop ran 65A and both players checked. On the 2 turn Chan fired out 1,000 and his opponent folded.

It was a small win, but Chan now has around 164,000 in chips.

Scotty Takes One Down

A player raised to 1,200 preflop and Scotty Nguyen made the call from the small blind. Darryll Fish also called from the big blind and the three players saw a flop of J73.

All three players checked and the turn was the A. Action was checked to the raiser who fired 1,650. Nguyen made the call and Fish mucked. The river was the J and Nguyen led out with 6,200.

His opponent mucked the A and Nguyen showed some common courtesy by showing his J. Nguyen took the pot and was at 25,200.

Somerville Surges

All we were able to see was Jason Somerville showing down 35 on a board of 3-3-4-5-6. His opponent mucked and Somerville raked in a big pot.

Somerville is now up to 87,400 with his newly acquired chips.

Tiffany Michelle Doubles

There were four limpers in front of her and then Tiffany Michelle raised to 3,500 on the button. The player in the small blind made it 5,700 more to Michelle and she quickly called.

Michelle said call and then realized that she had said call and lamented how she had intended to move in for her remaining 5,500. The flop was 476 and the small blind moved all-in and Michelle called instantly.

Michelle tabled 77 and the player in the small blind showed AA, putting Michelle squarely in the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the J to double up Michelle to 30,000.

Player Twitter Accounts:

Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Johnny Chan,   Mike Sexton,   Maria Ho,   Jason Somerville,   Isaac Baron,   Eric Baldwin,   Tiffany Michelle,   Dennis Phillips,   Joseph Cada

Level 11, Hour One Update: Rousso Loses Big Pot, Batista Busts

Jul 12, '10

Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 1,854 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 118,430

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 298,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 26,000
Stephen A. Murphy – 30,000
Daniel Negreanu – 34,000
Mark Gregorich – 135,000
Adam Schoenfeld — 85,000
Jon Freidberg — 190,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Johnny Chan – 580,000
2. Jim Collopy – 520,00
3. Kevin Gates – 475,000
4. Nicholas Rainey – 440,000
5. Mikhail Shamalov – 440,000
6. Frank Kassela – 430,000
7. David Assouline – 420,000
8. Joshua Appleby – 408,000
9. Nikolay Losev – 406,000
10. Carter Phillips – 385,000

Notable Eliminations:

Chad Batista
David Williams

Big Hands:

Batista Gets Doubled Through

A player moved all in for 55,300 preflop and Chad Batista made the call. Here were their hands:

Batista: A8
Opponent: 1010

Batista was trailing and the flop made things worse, coming down 1095. His opponent flopped a set and the board finished off 3 and K.

Batista dropped the pot and he was down to 21,000. He would bust later in the level.

Batista Busts

Chad Batista found a way to get his chips in the middle prefop was J2 and was up against the 99 of his opponent.

The flop was 47Q and Batista was still left just looking for a jack. The 10 on the turn and the A on the river were no help to Batista and he was eliminated from the event.

Antonius Drops Further

A player put in a raise preflop and Patrik Antonius decided to come along. The flop then came down A42.

He checked and his opponent fired 9,000. Antonius quickly mucked and he was down to 85,000.

Rousso Drops Big Pot

Picking up the action with the board reading KJ22, there was 40,000 in the pot and Vanessa Rousso checked.

Her opponent checked behind and the river was the J and her opponent moved all in for 40,400.

Rousso then took a massive tank session. She stared her opponent down and then stared at the pot.

“What do you think I have?” she asked him. “I think you might be bluffing me.”

Eventually, she pleaded with someone to call the clock on her and then, when no one did, she called it on herself.

The floor came over and when she had 30 seconds left, she pushed in a giant stack for the call. She then lost control of the stack as it tumbled in when she saw her opponent table J10.

Rousso mucked and she was down to 26,000.

Johnny Chan Doubles Up a Player

Johnny Chan had the pocket jacks versus a player’s A-K with all the money going in preflop. The pot stood at 120,000. The board ran out K-4-4-A-2 and Chan dipped to around 400,000.

Basebaldy Crushing It

On a flop of 1063, a player in the blinds led out with a bet and Eric Baldwin raised to 15,300. Baldwin’s opponent then moved back over the top for 27,500 total.

Baldwin sat for a second contemplating his next move before moving all-in. His opponent folded and Baldwin gave a wry smile and showed the 2.

Somerville Mucks Against Queens

Jason Somerville raised to 4,000 from middle position and the big blind called.

The fop was 987. The player in the big blind checked and called a bet of 5,700 from Somerville. The turn brought the K both players checked. The river brought the 5 and the big blind checked and called a bet of 10,000.

The big blind showed pocket queens and Somerville mucked his hand. Somerville slipped to 375,000 in chips with the mistep.

Pavilion Room Coverage

Seven-Bet All In Gives Jim Collopy 520K

There was massive preflop action between Jim Collopy and a player in the big blind. Jim Collopy opened to 4,000. The player in the big blind made it 12,700. Collopy made it 29,000. The big blind made it 60,000. Collopy made it 109,000. His opponent shoved all in and Collopy called for his tournament life. About 520,000 was in the pot when Collopy exposed the KK and his opponent tabled the A3. The ace in the door was scary for Collopy but the flop also brought a king. The board read AKQA when the board paired on the turn. Collopy’s opponent had outs to win but none of the came when the 10 fell on the river. Collopy was at 520,000 after the hand.

Brandon Cantu Moves All In

On a board of A644 a player checked to Brandon Cantu. Cantu bet 10,500 and his opponent raised 11,000 more, leaving himself with just 27,000 behind. Cantu moved all in and his opponent folded. Cantu was at around 200,000 after the hand.

David Benyamine Wins a Pot

On a board of J7639 action was checked to David Benyamine. Benyamine bet 36,800 and his opponent tanked before eventually calling. Benyamine exposed the 54 for a straight and was up to 260,000 after the hand.

Twitter Accounts

Barry Shulman
Bernard Lee
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Bill Chen
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke
Tristan Wade
Dave Sands
Brandon Cantu
Jon Turner
Amit Makhija
Bryan Micon

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Johnny Chan,   Patrik Antonius,   Vanessa Rousso,   Brandon Cantu,   Chad Batista

Level 10, Hour Two: Kevin Gates Takes Chip Lead

Jul 12, '10

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 2,077 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 105,715

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 200,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 25,000
Stephen A. Murphy – 30,000
Daniel Negreanu – 41,000
Mark Gregorich – 135,000
Adam Schoenfeld — 55,000
Jon Freidberg — 190,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Kevin Gates – 540,000
2. Ricardo Fasanaro – 513,000
3. Johnny Chan – 510,000
4. Alexander Kostritsyn – 405,000
5. David Assouline – 395,000
6. Matt Affleck – 390,000
7. Carter Phillips – 385,000
8. Nikolay Losev – 374,000
9. Jesper Hougaard – 355,000
10. Randy Dorfman – 337,000

Notable Eliminations:

David Singer
Jennifer Harman

Big Hands:

Marco Johnson Takes A Massive Hit

There was one hand that extended into the break. Marco Johnson raised to 3,200 preflop and Kevin Gates made the call. Another player repopped to 11,000 and Johnson four-bet to 27,000.

Gates called and the other player mucked. The flop then fell Q106 and Johnson led with 52,000. Gates called and the turn was the 10.

Johnson moved in for 225,000 and Gates snap-called. Johnson turned over QJ for two pair and a flush draw while Gates showed KQ for two pair with a better kicker.

Johnson needed help but the river was the 9 and Johnson tumbled all the way down to 32,000 in chips while Gates took over the chip lead with 550,000.

Carroll Getting Low

After the flop came down A108, Michael Carroll bet 3,500 and the player in the big blind raised to 8,300.

Carroll made the call and the turn was the 9. The big blind fired 12,500 and Carroll made the call. The river was the 8 and both players checked.

The big blind showed A5 for top pair and Carroll mucked. He was down to 19,000 after the hand.

Chan Nearing A Half Million

After the board had run out J738J, Johnny Chan fired 100,000 into the pot.

His opponent went into the tank as the ESPN cameras approached and he eventually made the call. Chan then turned ovver 77 for middle set on the flop and a rivered boat.

His opponent mucked his and Chan took in a massive pot. He was at 495,000 after that hand.

Negreanu Falls Off The Horse

There was 17,000 in the pot after the board had run out 8523A and Daniel Negreanu checked to his opponent.

He bet 6,000 and Negreanu made the call. His opponent then showed down AK for a rivered pair of aces and Negreanu tabled his losing KK.

Negreanu dropped the pot and he was down to 41,000.

Mizrachi Drops Some Chips

Picking up the action after the flop had come down K63, a player fired 9,000 and Michael Mizrachi made the call.

Both players saw the 9 on the turn and Mizrachi led for 11,000. His opponent moved all in for 36,000 more and Mizrachi made the call.

Mizrachi turned over K5 for top pair but his opponent had him dominated as he showed KJ for the same hand with a better kicker to go along with a flush draw.

The river was the A and Mizrachi surrendered the double up. He was at 260,000 after taking that hit.

Michael Mizrachi Moved In On

Michael Mizrachi bet preflop from early position and got three callers. The flop came 1082 and the player in the blind led out for 3,000. Mizrachi called and the other two players folded. The turn brought the 3 and it was checked to Mizrachi. He bet 10,000 and his opponent insta-called. The river brought the 2 and Mizrachi’s opponent moved all in for 39,900. Mizrachi tanked before finally making the fold. He was still at around 300,000 after the hand.

Chris Moneymaker Crippled

A player in early position bet 3,600. A player in the cutoff moved all in for 28,100. Action was on Chris Moneymaker and he moved all in for 33,000 on the button. The original bettor folded and Moneymaker tabled the AK but was behind the KK of his opponent. The board ran out 83392 and Moneymaker was left with just 5,000 after the hand.

Small Pairs Work For Savage

Matt Savage raised to 3,000 from early position. He was called by a player in middle position and the big blind three-bet to 9,500. Savage made the call and they saw the flop heads-up.

The flop was 652 and the big blind moved all-in for over 100,000. Savage called for his last 26,500 and tabled 33, giving him a small pair and a gutshot straight draw. He was ahead of his opponent who had tabled AQ, for just overcards.

The turn was the 2 and the river was the 4 and Savage doubled up to 80,000 in chips.

Graham KO’s Another Player

After a flurry of preflop raises, Matt Graham got his opponent to put all of his chips in the middle with AQ and was up against his opponent’s QQ.

The board ran out K66107, giving Graham a back-door flush and increasing his stack to 280,000.

Krantz Wins With Two Pair

Jay Rosenkrantz checked and called a bet of 16,500 from his opponent on the turn with the board reading KQ97.

The 2 peeled off on the river and both players checked. Rosenkrantz’s Q9 bested his opponent’s AK to take the pot and climb to 110,000.

Twitter Accounts

Barry Shulman
Bernard Lee
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Bill Chen
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke
Tristan Wade
Dave Sands
Brandon Cantu
Jon Turner
Amit Makhija
Bryan Micon

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Chris Moneymaker,   Michael Mizrachi,   Johnny Chan,   Michael Carroll,   Matt Graham,   Marco Johnson

Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen Eliminated

Jul 14, '10

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Remaining: 206 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 1,065,874

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos — 1,350,000
Josh Brikis — 2,200,000
Tony Dunst — 360,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000
2. Matt Affleck — 3,450,000
3. Bryn Kenney — 3,100,000
4. Theo Jorgensen — 2,900,000
5. Michael Skender — 2,800,000
6. Duy Le — 2,780,000
7. Johnny Chan — 2,700,000
8. Benjamin Statz — 2,600,000
9. Joseph Cheong — 2,600,000
10. Evgeny Shnayder — 2,500,000

Notable Eliminations:

Praz Bansi
Serge Didisheim
Laurentius Sloot
Scotty Nguyen

Big Hands:

Johnny Chan Eliminates a Player

Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the KK. Adelstein tabled the QJ. The board ran out 8436Q and Adelstein was gone. Chan was up to 2,700,000 after the hand.

Serge Didisheim Eliminated

Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the AQ. The board ran out 632-Q-A and Davidian won the hand to send Didisheim to the rail.

Marceo Dabus Doubles Up

Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the AQ and was called by the QQ of Paul Dlugozima. The board ran out A53QA and Dabus won the hand to double to 850,000. Dlugozima was left with 270,000 after the hand.

Robert Mizrachi Loses a Pot

Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J93 and Reed bet 120,000. Mizrachi called. The turn brought the 2 and Reed bet enough to put Mizrachi all in. Mizrachi folded and was down to just 270,000.

Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player

Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A8 and was called by the pocket queens of Peter Jetten. The board ran out 66210K and Sloot was gone. Jetten was up to 830,000 after the hand.

Scotty Nguyen Eliminated

Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone.

Johnny Lodden Doubles Up

On an A74A3 board Johnny Lodden shoved for 419,000 and Paolo Cesar made the call. Lodden tabled the 77 and was way good versus the A9 of Cesar. Lodden doubled to 1,670,000 while Cesar was down to 965,000.

Sam Haddad Eliminated

Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A7 and was behind against the AJ of Le. The board ran out J9755 and Haddad was gone. Le grew his stack to 2,780,000.

Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player

Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K10 and had live cards versus the AJ of Pasqualini. The flop was nice for Baldwin as it came K62. However, the A on the turn gave Baldwin’s opponent a pair of aces. The 5 on the river was no help to Baldwin. He was down to just 250,000 after the hand.

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Scotty Nguyen
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Scotty Nguyen,   Johnny Chan,   Serge Didisheim,   Peter Jetten,   Eric Baldwin,   Praz Bansi

Level 18 Hour Two Update: Ng and Cantu Sent to the Rail

Jul 14, '10

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 395 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 555,873

Card Player Chip Counts:

Adam Schoenfeld — 130,000
Andrew Brokos — 487,000
Josh Brikis — 1,194,000
Tony Dunst — 1,700,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Martijn Schirp – 2,250,000
2. Duy Le – 2,200,000
3. Matt Affleck – 2,130,000
4. James Carroll – 1,980,000
5. Alexander Kostritsyn – 1,900,000
6. Fokke Beukers – 1,750,000
7. Cuong Nguyen – 1,730,000
8. Tony Dunst – 1,700,000
9. Jeff Banghart – 1,700,000
10. Phil Galfond – 1,690,000

Notable Eliminations:

Evelyn Ng
Brandon Cantu
Jason Somerville
Bernard Lee

Big Hands:

Evelyn Ng Eliminated

Action Folded around to Evelyn Ng in the small blind who made it 21,000 and Mark Gallagher called from the big blind. The two saw a flop 985 and Ng moved her last 89,000 into the middle. Gallagher made the call and it was time to go to showdown.

Ng showed AJ and Gallagher had outfopped her with the K9. The 10 on the turn was no help for Ng and the river was the 4, sealing her fate and sending her home earlier than she had wanted.

Theo Tran Finds Aces to Double

Theo Tran and Alan Keating each got over 300,000 chips into the middle preflop and Tran was at risk of elimination. Tran showed AA and was way ahead of the KK that Keating held.

The board ran out clean for Tran as it came J23108 and Tran doubled up to 650,000 while Keating dropped to 170,000.

Brandon Cantu Eliminated

Brandon Cantu was down to his last 60,000 after a showdown with his 10-8 against a shorter stacks pocket deuces crippled him. He moved his last 60,000 into the middle before the flop and Javier Martinez called from the big blind.

Cantu tabled 79 and Martinez showed AK. The flop was J76, giving Cantu the best hand, but Martinez a world of outs. The 4 on the turn was a brick, but the 10 hit the river and Martinez made the nuts and sent Cantu to the rail.

Filippo Takes Some Off Galfond

Phil Galfond, Eric Capra, and Filippo Candio all saw a flop and got to the turn with no betting. The board read Q10K8 and Galfond bet 57,000, which was twice the size of the pot. Candio made the call.

The 2 fell on the river and Galfond bet 126,000 and Candio made the call, tabling 88. Galfond mucked and Candio moved up to 860,000 while Galfond has 1,740,000.

Jason Somerville Eliminated

Jason Somerville got all of his remaining 300,000 chips in the middle on a flop of J54. Mads Wissing made the call and it was time for a showdown.

Somerville showed K6 and was on the flush draw, while Wissing held KJ, good for top pair. The turn was the 5 and the river was the 2, meaning Somerville was eliminated.

Scott Clements Drops a Pot

We caught up with the active on the river with the board reading K8723. Scott Clements was involved in a blind vs. blind scenario. His opponent bet 94,000 on the end and Scott Clements went into the tank. He eventually made the call. Clements’ opponent tabled the 32 for two pair and Clements mucked. He dropped to 660,000 after the hand.

Tony Dunst Eliminates a Player

Tony Dunst raised in late position with the QQ and a player in the big blind moved all in for 124,000 total. Dunst made the call and his opponent exposed the A4. The flop came 776 and Dunst was in good shape. However, the A on the turn put Dunst in bad shape. The Q on the river gave Dunst a full house and the pot. He was at around 1,600,000 after the hand.

Johnny Chan Nearing 2 Million

On a flop of J85 Johnny Chan bet 90,000 and a player directly to his left called. The turn brought the 9 and Chan checked. His opponent bet 80,000 and Chan called. The river brought the 2 and action went check-check. Chan tabled the 55 for a set and his opponent mucked. Chan was at about 1,900,000 after the hand.

Tony Dunst Wins a Pot

Matt Affleck bet 18,000 from the cutoff. Tony Dunst called from the button and so did another player from the blinds. The flop came J82 and Affleck led out for 30,000. Dunst made the call and the other player folded. The turn brought the A and Affleck checked. Dunst bet 75,000 and Affleck thought about it briefly before folding. Dunst and Affleck are two of the biggest stacks in the room.

Billirakis Knocks Out Three

Bernard Lee moved all-in for 64,000 and was called by Steve Billirakis. Steven Harstein then re-shoved all-in for 131,000 and Feming Chan was in the small blind and decided to move all-in for 350,000.

Action was back to Billirakis and he opted to call, putting all three other players at risk.

Lee: A4
Billirakis: JJ
Chan: AK
Harstein: 1010

The flop came AAJ, giving Billirakis a full house, but Chan and Lee had outs to improve. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 8 to knock out three players and put Billirakis at 955,000.

Player Tags: Evelyn Ng,   Johnny Chan,   Jason Somerville,   Phil Galfond,   Theo Tran,   Brandon Cantu,   Tony Dunst,   Matt Affleck

Level 17 Hour Two Update: Lots of Eliminations Early

Jul 14, '10

Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 500 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 439,140

Card Player Chip Counts:

Adam Schoenfeld — 320,000
Andrew Brokos — 487,000
Josh Brikis — 1,194,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Tony Dunst – 1,470,000
2. Duy Le – 1,460,000
3. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000
4. Phil Galfond – 1,392,000
5. Matthew Jarvis – 1,373,000
6. Garrett Adelstein – 1,290,000
7. Benjamin Statz – 1,283,000
8. Theo Jorgensen – 1,260,000
9. Matthew Brown – 1,203,000
10. Josh Brikis – 1,194,000

Notable Eliminations:

Lauren Kling
Fabrice Soulier
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Eric Buchman
Shannon Shorr
Matt Matros

Big Hands:

Lee Finds a Double

Bernard Lee got his last 41,000 into the middle prefop against Dragan Galic. Galic tabled AQ and Lee showed 66 and it was time to race.

Lee flopped a set and doubled up to 100,000 as the board ran out 862A5.

Billirakis Scores an Early KO

Jamie Robbins and Steve Billirakis got tangled up in a preflop raising war which led to Robbins committing the last of his chips in the middle and Billirakis making the call.

Robbins tabled K-Q and Billirakis showed AK. The board ran out good for Billirakis as it came 649K9. Robbins shook Billirakis’ hand and headed to claim his prize money.

Matros Crippled Compliments of a Cold Deck

Matt Matros and Kevin Stani got all of Stani’s chips in the middle preflop. Matros showed KK, but ran into the AA of Stani. The board came A8763 and Matros lost 294,000 to Stani, leaving him with just 59,000.

Matros was eliminated just an orbit later.

The Johnny Chan Show Continues on Day Five

Andrew Jeter moved in his last 42,000 from the small blind after Johnny Chan had raised under-the-gun. Chan made the call and it was off to showdown.

Jeter showed K8 and Chan was ahead with pocket threes. The board came out Q32AJ. Chan is up to 1,170,000 and Jeter is off to collect his money.

Soulier Gone

Fabrice Soulier moved all-in for his last 79,000 from the cutoff and David Emmons three-bet from the button to isolate and both blinds folded.

Soulier was in trouble when Emmons showed AK and Soulier could only muster up K10. Soulier caught a good flop of Q106, but the J on the turn gave Emmons the nut straight. The 8 couldn’t salvage a chop for Soulier and he was eliminated.

Buchman Eliminated as Rice Doubles

Shawn Rice and Eric Buchman got into a prelflop battle with Rice and Buchman being on the button and in the big blind. They ended up getting all-in with very similar stack sizes.

Buchman showed KQ and Rice held KK. After they counted out the stacks, it was revealed that Rice had Buchman covered by just 2,000 chips.

The board ran out 599A7 and Buchman’s chances at a repeat of last year’s final table appearance are over.

Hougaard Slips

Isaac Krantz moved all-in on a flop of J64 and Jesper Hougaard quickly made the call.

Hougaard showed pocket kings, but had to fade some cards when Krantz showed 57, giving him an open-ended straight draw. The 8 on the turn meant that Hougaard went from first to worst and he slipped to 757,000 and Krantz doubled up to 320,000.

Rast Sent Packing

Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast made the call and the fop came Q94. All the money got in the middle and Rast showed A7, good for a flush draw and Schaefer showed AQ, giving him top pair.

The turn was the 10 and the river was the A. Rast missed his draw and he was sent to the rail, while Schaefer is now up to 810,000 in chips.

David Peters Doubles Up

David Peters got his stack of about 300,000 in preflop with the AK versus the 75 of an opponent. The board ran out J10368 and he doubled to about 640,000.

Brett Richey Doubles Up

A player in middle position bet 16,000 and Brett Richey moved all in for 209,000. His opponent went into the tank before eventually making the call. Richey exposed the AK while his opponent tabled the AQ. The board ran out K102104 and Richey doubled to about 460,000.

Shannon Shorr Eliminated

On a board of K1033 one player was already all in. There was a side pot between Shannon Shorr and another player. Shorr and his opponent got all the money in and Shorr tabled pocket tens but was no good against the pocket kings of his opponent. The river bricked for Shorr and his stack of over 400,000 was gone. The other all-in player had A-K and was also eliminated.

Lauren Kling Eliminated

Lauren Kling moved all in preflop for 52,000 with the AQ and was called by an opponent with the 88. The pocket pair held as the board ran out 10-6-5-2-9. Kling was gone.

Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player

A player in late position moved all in for 93,000 and it was folded to Eric Baldwin in the small blind. Baldwin tanked before finally moving all in over the top to force the big blind out. Baldwin’s opponent tabled the QQ and Baldwin exposed the 77. The queens held as the board ran out 662AJ. Baldwin was still at over 400,000 after the hand.

Twitter Accounts

Bernard Lee
Scotty Nguyen
Tristan Wade
Brandon Cantu

Player Tags: Eric Buchman,   Johnny Chan,   Fabrice Soulier,   Steve Billirakis,   Bernard Lee,   Brian Rast,   Shannon Shorr,   Eric Baldwin,   Lauren Kling

End Of Day 1C

Jul 07, '10

The chips are bagged and play has concluded halfway through level five.

There were 2,314 players who showed up for Day 1C and it is estimated that 1,700 will return Friday for day 2A.

Johnny Chan will go into the next day with a ton of chips as he emerged as one of the chip leaders after day 1C. Other notables who survived day 1C include defending champion Joe Cada, Robert Mizrachi and Lauren Kling. Other notables who saw their World Series come to an end include Tom Dwan, Dario Minieri, Chau Giang and Jerry Yang.

The surviving players will merge with the survivors from day 1A on Friday for the first day two flight. They will start play with one hour left in level five with the blinds at 200-400 with a 50 ante.

But before that day arrives, there is still one final flight day left to be played. Day 1D will take place Thursday at noon and players like Phil Ivey, Vanessa Rousso and Jonathan Little are expected to be in the field.

Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you hourly live updates from the final day one of the 2010 main event.

Card Player End-of-Day Chip Counts:

Stephen A. Murphy — 16,950
Christina Lindley — 27,950
Dani Stern — 22,675

Here are the chip counts of the day 1C survivors:

Mathieu Sauriol	169,900
Johnny Chan	163,700
Andrew Liporace	155,350
Josef Monro	153,350
Lauren Kling	149,650
Barny Boatman	144,050
Steven Goosen	142,925
Michael Reed	142,125
Sean Prendiville	140,500
Benjamin Blair	137,200
Jorn Walthaus	137,025
Darren Woods	133,975
Hoyt Corkins	129,150
Carter Phillips	128,225
Sebastian Panny	127,600
Isaac Krantz	126,250
Jean Hemmer	125,875
Geoffrey Ulrich	121,375
Steven Buckner	121,125
Mark Dalimore	118,625
Fokke Beukers	117,775
Joseph Tosaky	117,600
Roger Ahn	116,300
Will Failla	115,050
Michael Ferrell	114,850
Joshua Appleby	113,400
Fabian Geisel	113,200
Andrew Gaw	112,250
David Williams	112,225
Alioscia Oliva	112,225
Deborah Hinton	112,175
Robert Kumbatovic	111,950
Sarne Lightman	111,775
Lance Harris	111,700
Anthony Utnage	110,950
Stephen Foutty	110,000
Edward Brogdon	108,100
William Kopp	107,800
Joseph Kuether	104,500
Blake Kelso	104,225
Garrett Adelstein	103,125
Jeffrey Gross	103,075
Salvatore Fazzino	102,725
Alexander Fitzgerald	102,500
Jason Wheeler	101,875
Lance Turner	101,500
Miikka Anttonen	101,150
James Carroll	101,050
James Kilarjian	100,400
Binh Nguyen	100,300
Carter Gill	100,100
Oscar Erixon	100,025
Kevin Maurer	100,000
Bojan Gledovic	100,000
Phil Mader	99,750
Ovidiu Costache	99,650
Isaac Baron	99,150
Brad Jarrett	99,000
Dan Lu	98,875
Garrett Utt	98,550
Corey Parpart	97,750
Paul Biggs	97,600
Nicholas Rainey	96,775
Santtu Leinonen	96,575
Todd Terry	96,175
Farshad Fardad	96,075
Mark Schiowitz	96,050
Louis Barlow	95,475
Arne Riedberger	95,474
Alexandre Luneau	95,250
Bastiaan Faessen	94,900
Matthew Hilger	94,800
William McMahon	94,575
Matthew Peters	94,550
Jeffrey Moake	94,550
Robert Mercer	94,325
Mark Leonard	93,775
Jared Woodin	93,675
Georges Tohme	93,650
L. John Lakatosh	93,075
Jason Deutsch	92,775
Stephen Cesaro	92,757
Gil Morgensztern	92,700
Lex Veldhuis	91,925
James Gaffney	91,800
John Michalak	90,850
Dilbahar Demirbag	90,525
Ben Landowski	90,325
Brian Johnson	90,225
Todd Brick	90,225
Bryan Pellegrino	90,150
Nathan Lindsay	89,950
James Kasputis	89,900
Konrad Molitor	89,900
Aaron Mayer	89,675
Robert Mizrachi	89,400
Shawn Lawrence	89,050
Alexander Venovski	89,050
Petri Pollanen	89,025
Kyle Johnson	88,600
Tyler Bonkowski	88,575
Jonathan Krieger	88,350
Dean Potashner	88,350
Theo Tran	88,150
Mozheng Guan	88,075
Eric Brix	88,075
Johannes Roosen	88,000
D’Andre Brown	87,700
Stefano Gismondi	87,425
Marc Lome	87,200
Bronislav Berezovsky	87,100
Anthony Pirone	87,025
Michael Mercaldo	86,850
Richard Rothmeier	86,800
Michael Mixer	86,375
Simon Watt	86,350
Jennifer Leigh	85,425
Rodney Sherry	85,200
Gregory Shillig	85,150
Daniel Dasilva	84,975
Santiago Nadal	84,925
Bradley Libson	84,800
Quinn Do	84,650
Garrett Beckman	84,300
Paul Hegyi	84,275
Guy Longworth	84,250
Eelke Arjaans	84,175
Michael Bena	84,050
Ramon Cserei	84,000
Frederick Adams	83,850
Andrew Rennhack	83,725
David Pederson	83,550
Richard Taylor	83,300
Christopher George	82,950
Rudy Luk	82,450
Anders Jensen	82,075
Juan Ramirez	81,925
Alexander Gregory	81,825
Scott Kovach	81,675
Clyde Hinton	81,625
Amanda Baker	81,575
David Pham	81,250
Adam Junglen	80,975
Phillip House	80,925
Arnold Spee	80,700
Peter Rho	80,425
Craig Issod	80,375
Giovanni Guzzo	80,350
Dustin Pattinson	79,950
Stuart Butts	79,800
Imad Samouna	79,675
DJANGO YOUNG	79,250
Gary Lambert	79,175
Justin Gardenhire	79,125
James Pliska	79,025
Mathieu Pelletier	78,800
Gary Friedlander	78,650
Raymond Dolan	78,475
Szymon Pieszczoch	78,125
Dariusz Paszkiewicz	77,800
Robin Bergren	77,800
Benjamin Pollak	77,575
Craig Mccorkell	77,425
Suleiman Abueid	77,400
Matthew Closs	77,025
Fernando Halac	76,950
Michael Johnson	76,750
Arkadiy Tsinis	76,750
Mike DeMichele	76,700
Steven Mcnally	76,600
John Hands	76,450
Cole South	76,450
Pier Fabretti	76,425
Zachary Hench	76,375
Miguel Proulx	76,275
Keith Crowder	76,225
Clayton Maguire	75,975
Petros Aristidou	75,725
Dylan Wilkerson	75,675
Jonathan Aguiar	75,600
Michael Meredith	75,575
Paul Lieu	75,400
John Smith	75,225
John Esposito	75,000
Michael Mcquiston	74,750
Jeremy Jagoda	74,750
Rocky Rule	74,275
Steven Dunkelberg	74,025
Elad Magidov	73,950
Bart Hanson	73,925
Matthew Schwarmann	73,775
Phillip Faux	73,775
David Schnettler	73,750
Dimitri Hefter	73,575
Jonathan Mcgowan	73,500
Dmitrii Valouev	73,475
Vern Keller	73,400
Carl Henrikson	73,400
John Duffy	73,325
David Warady	73,125
James Ma	73,100
Richard Collins	73,050
Charles Norris	73,025
Lennart Konst	73,000
Tam Nguyen	72,900
Alex Prendes	72,875
Burt Boutin	72,850
Michael Palermo	72,725
Patrick Hanoteau	72,700
Evan Wrenn	72,475
Naseem Makiya	72,375
Stefan Mattson	72,225
Alex Smith	71,700
Matvey Tevlin	71,350
Francois Binette	71,250
Jamie Robbins	71,200
Brock Parker	71,125
Osagyefo Greene	71,000
Jasper Wetemans	70,975
Nghiahiep Nguyen	70,950
Manuel Sanchez	70,950
Joseph Gricco	70,925
Maxim Semisoshenko	70,900
Michael Borovec	70,825
David Blom	70,225
George Antonakos	70,200
Ignacio Palau	70,150
Stephen O’Dwyer	70,050
Liz Lieu	70,050
Kent Lundmark	70,000
Christopher Brice	69,975
Alan Wasserberger	69,825
Jimmy Jordan	69,725
Brian Schmidt	69,625
Joe Tehan	69,550
Kenneth Shei	69,450
Aaron Piekarski	69,325
James Anderson	69,225
Rajesh Vohra	69,175
Greg Schaefer	69,075
Brett Puffer	68,775
Brandon Garrity	68,700
Jeremy Kottler	68,500
Jan Boye	68,250
Chris Klodnicki	68,150
Jeremy Vaughn	68,125
Aaron Nadell	68,100
Ben Fink	68,025
John Conkright	67,900
Daniel Miller	67,650
Jason Mo	67,350
Travis Klein	67,325
Michael Fryett	67,250
David Zhu	67,200
Joe Cada	67,150
Steve Johnson	67,050
Dana Shore	67,000
Robert Kalteux	67,000
Kai Paulson	66,975
Gregory Brooks	66,975
Peter Mairhofer	66,925
Nazim Guillaud	66,900
Mohamedazam Razabsekh	66,800
Christopher Bianco	66,775
Aditya Agarwal	66,700
Jonathan Brule	66,575
Valentin Messina	66,550
Joel Casper	66,450
Jerry Payne	66,450
Jesse McGinty	66,350
James Pausch	66,325
James Bechtel	66,300
Gerasimos Deres	66,125
Charles Tidmarsh	66,075
Brent Roberts	66,075
Justin Scott	66,050
Billy McBrayer	66,050
Peter Skinsacos	65,950
Sammy Farha	65,900
Bryan Leskowitz	65,825
Peter Murphy	65,575
Evelyn Ng	65,525
Matthew Savage	65,525
Billy Pilossoph	65,350
Nathan Adler	65,200
Shannon Maxwell	65,000
Koen Debakker	64,975
Hugo Franca	64,925
Arturo Diaz	64,825
Spencer Hubbell	64,725
Matthew Kleckner	64,725
Dieter Albrecht	64,700
Boulos Estafanous	64,625
Brian Small	64,525
Roy Key	64,500
Joseph Gossweiler	64,475
Brandon Demes	64,400
John Patgorski	64,325
Alex Bolotin	64,250
Padraig Parkinson	64,100
Yossi Azulay	64,025
Patrik Antonius	64,000
Darrel Tenholder	63,825
Paul Friedman	63,700
Andrew Teng	63,650
Benjamin Statz	63,650
Rich Ruiter	63,650
Peter Bosen	63,650
Michael Minetti	63,525
Bryan Barrile	63,525
David Braun	63,500
Brant Faulkner	63,400
Adnan Qureshi	63,400
Pat Pezzin	63,275
Narinder Singh Khasria	63,275
Germain Gillard	63,225
Donald Kidman	63,225
Hasan Habib	63,225
Stephen Birkett	63,150
Brian Lamanna	63,075
Syung Hong	62,750
Aaron Kweskin	62,700
Takeo Oishi	62,700
Steven Sauser	62,675
Dylan Linde	62,575
Jonathan Tamayo	62,200
Basilis Jordanou	62,100
Ross Myers	62,075
Chip Jett	62,050
Matthew Ashton	62,025
Annie Duke	62,000
Jarred Solomon	62,000
Hugh Wheeler	61,825
Clark Hamagami	61,600
Christian Harder	61,200
Thomas Vinas	61,200
Dale Phillips	61,150
Roger Teska	61,000
Mark Schmid	60,875
Christian De Leon Angeles	60,775
Alfred Leon	60,725
Doc Hanson	60,725
Alex Moore	60,700
Olivier Matillo	60,550
Kevin Okeefe	60,450
Jeet Shetty	60,350
Richard Ellis	60,125
Terrence Cook	60,075
Paulo Figueiredo	60,025
Alfonso Amendola	60,000
Nikita Nikolaev	60,000
Paul Mccann	59,725
Arie Kliper	59,675
Edward Ho	59,675
Leonard Cortelino	59,375
Arnaud Esquevin	59,050
Salvatore Tamburello	59,025
Steven Pares	59,025
Fernando Brito	59,000
Mikhail Sionov	58,950
Pierre Canali	58,900
Toto Leonidas	58,900
Joel Shulruf	58,800
Mikael Oestreicher	58,750
Roberto Damelian	58,675
Greg Himmelbrand	58,500
Gregory De Bora	58,225
Matt Giannetti	58,150
Brandon Steven	58,125
Erik Ekerot	58,100
Scott Tuchman	57,975
Nicholas Stowell	57,850
Christopher Neville	57,550
Jose Silverman	57,500
Daniel Moorman	57,450
Viacheslav Fentisov	57,400
Walan Kite	57,375
Christopher Vaniter	57,350
Richard Morgan	57,350
Glenn Cooper	57,300
Ray Moseman	57,225
Wes Nally	57,150
Jason Gray	57,000
Allie Prescott	56,975
Michael Bunin	56,900
Roland Suen	56,850
Damian Salas	56,600
Timothy Rivers	56,550
Adam York	56,425
David Whalen	56,400
Benjamin Kaupp	56,375
Tyler Gill	56,350
Mark Weil	56,300
Paul Dewald	56,300
Jason White	56,250
Joseph Bishop	56,175
Kima Kimura	56,150
Jason Lavallee	56,075
Peter Nordin	56,000
George Saca	55,900
Patrick Dekoster	55,875
Karib Omar	55,625
Alejandro Dearruabarrena	55,600
Eric Carr	55,525
Matthias Gerigk	55,525
David Stucke	55,525
Daniel Idema	55,500
Armando Pagliari	55,500
Jeffrey Cullis	55,300
Michael Doumani	55,250
Dennis Adams	55,250
Franck Ruet	55,225
Catherine O’neill	55,175
Mark Zullo	55,100
Barry Leventhal	55,000
David Ulliott	55,000
Karl Limbert	54,850
Jonathan Glendinning	54,850
Ran Azor	54,800
Fra Ianni	54,725
Hugo Lemaire	54,650
Thomas Denny	54,625
Greg Buonocore	54,550
Aleh Plauski	54,525
Ross Mallor	54,525
John Rollason	54,525
Fu Wong	54,500
Richard Clark	54,500
Adam Levy	54,425
Scott Harris	54,350
Francisco Fragoso	54,325
Amnon Filippi	54,300
Tyler Patterson	54,275
Mads Wissing	54,250
John Orourke	54,200
Cory Wolnewitz	54,200
Tom Connor	54,025
Daniel Harmetz	54,000
Eric Schwartz	53,875
Oscar Blanco	53,775
Lapmun Leung	53,625
Martin Hanitz	53,475
Peter Campo	53,400
Danny Butler	53,275
Randy Propson	53,225
David Litt	53,200
Jonathan Duhamel	53,200
David Sesso	53,150
David Flowers	53,150
JP Kelly	53,075
Joseph Goch	52,950
Kevin Jenkins	52,925
Xavier Jutras	52,900
Michael Downey	52,750
Thomas Landi	52,750
Deepak Bhatti	52,725
Francis Cipriano	52,550
Ken Evanowski	52,400
Rich Salomon	52,375
David Colin	52,200
Henning Bolstad	52,200
Jim Rumptz	52,175
Anthony Correia	52,125
Charles Danielsson	52,050
Philip Stark	52,050
Scott Desveaux	52,000
Amirouddine Alibay	52,000
Mercedes Osti	51,975
Hung Le	51,900
Andrew Grimason	51,900
Van Marcus	51,825
Brad Johnson	51,800
Joe Le	51,775
Franklin Grigsby	51,625
Haralabos Voulgaris	51,625
Sunny Chattha	51,625
Kyle Goebel	51,600
Balint Barta	51,575
Thomas Mcteer	51,425
Charalampos Tsaoussis	51,425
Joseph Reitman	51,400
Stephen Cordy	51,325
Charlie Walling	51,200
Marcin Horecki	51,200
Kyle Mcmurphy	51,200
Joseph Fama	51,075
Joao Studart	51,000
Jesper Hougaard	51,000
Bryan Bindert	51,000
Yori Epskamp	50,950
Anthony Campagna	50,875
Linh Le	50,850
Daniel Neilson	50,850
Spencer Hudson	50,750
Ian Gordon	50,725
Tomas Kostik	50,725
Craig Savage	50,725
Jeff Gibralter	50,600
Curtis Householder	50,575
Martin Jacobson	50,525
Wayne Bernier	50,250
Lin Wang	50,200
Thomas Koral	50,100
Ludvik Ludviksson	50,100
Timothy Clark	50,075
Seth Cohen	50,025
David Lin	50,025
Bill Wood	49,975
James Manning	49,950
Frank Guerra	49,950
Danny Warchol	49,900
Mel Randolph	49,800
Bob Rose	49,750
Luigi Petrone	49,650
Carlos Marques	49,525
Simon Ravnsbaek	49,500
Anthony Gonzalez	49,475
Adam Kagin	49,450
Richard Niedfeldt	49,425
Oskar Eugster	49,350
Brian Thomas	49,300
David Owston	49,300
Wayne Carlson	49,275
Ethan Ruby	49,275
Roger McDow	49,225
Philip Armstrong	49,200
Kenneth Nay	49,070
Richard Grace	49,050
Michael Jensen	49,025
Iurii Korsunskyi	49,000
Matthew Ireland	48,975
Glenn Spector	48,925
Jeremy Dunkel	48,925
Jack Zhang	48,825
Steven Saleh	48,825
Louis Pouliot	48,825
David Backstrom	48,775
Darren Wright	48,725
Steven Norden	48,700
Gerald Cusick	48,650
Adam Katz	48,650
Adam Ewenstein	48,500
Jeremy Schwartz	48,500
Mark Tyson	48,300
Tomer Benvenisti	48,275
Josh Kay	48,275
Dylan Coady	48,200
Tomas Mitell	48,175
Chris Back	48,150
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	48,100
Sergey Serafimov	48,100
Lars Baeckman	48,050
Walter Harris	48,025
Peter Hedlund	47,925
Stacy Taylor	47,925
Leon Piso	47,925
Soren Andersen	47,925
Christopher Hauxwell	47,800
David Bortolussi	47,700
Juan Geara Barnichta	47,700
Cristian Busi	47,650
Ken Lawson	47,550
Ahmad Abghari	47,500
Chung Man	47,300
Matthew Juttelstad	47,275
Phillip Vera	47,275
Mark Kohner	47,200
Ralph Blanco	47,175
Nicolas Fierrogottner	47,175
Yuval Bronshtein	47,150
Richard Decker	47,075
Tyler Cornell	47,050
Ramon Aldecoa	46,975
Regan Hibbard	46,950
Aaron Benton	46,925
Brian Horton	46,900
Charles Ferguson	46,850
Pieter De Korver	46,850
Max Hiatt	46,750
Kevin Schoville	46,725
Doug Carli	46,700
James Aschner	46,675
Andrew Knee	46,650
Tina Bergstrom	46,500
Bryan Kerr	46,475
Douglas Miranda	46,425
Amir Lehavot	46,425
Matt Molinari	46,425
Louise Francoeur	46,325
Duane Carlson	46,250
David Dalesandro	46,200
Diogo Borges	46,175
Harvey Mathews	46,150
Francois Tardieu	46,125
Vasile Buboi	46,100
Thomas Balla	46,000
Andriy Pavlyuk	45,900
Alexander Broholm	45,775
Scott Baumstein	45,750
Brian Ballentine	45,725
Connor Allisen	45,675
Thomas Tomasello	45,575
Megan Milburn	45,575
David Chin	45,575
Jared Rubin	45,575
Andrew Vaughn	45,550
Simon Ansell	45,500
Larry Winter	45,500
Marc Andre Ladouceur	45,475
Shawn Quillin	45,450
Steven Vanzadelhoff	45,425
Steven Sayegh	45,400
Steven Parkin	45,350
Carlos Sanchez-Vegas	45,325
Shawn Quinn	45,300
Steve Cowley	45,250
Patrick Grace	45,225
Paul Paris	45,225
Stan Jablonski	45,200
Terry Graven	45,200
Robert Hover	45,200
John Brown	45,175
Dmitriy Shilnikov	45,175
Todd Rodenborn	45,175
Aviv Meiri	45,150
David Ventura	45,125
Russell Dohan	44,950
Allan Vrooman	44,950
Alexia Portal	44,900
Mohamed Almoayyed	44,775
Renato Almeida	44,775
Eric Baldwin	44,675
Julie Chow	44,650
Leo Margets	44,625
Julien Archambault	44,600
Evelyne Roy	44,525
Christopher Dunkel	44,425
Alex Rocha	44,425
Kenneth Mills	44,425
Richard Mask	44,400
Gerald Silber	44,325
Jeremy Cate	44,275
Jussi Nevanlinna	44,200
Andrew Seden	44,175
Mark Burford	44,150
Antonio Esfandiari	44,150
Vince Burgio	44,000
Anthony Trodella	43,950
Ricky Green	43,950
Daniel Aldridge	43,850
Andrew Malott	43,800
Andrew Ling	43,800
Debra Dorcy	43,800
Jonathan Stamm	43,775
Steven Mcgrath	43,775
Paul Wasicka	43,750
Eduardo Burgio	43,725
Jeffrey Wade	43,675
Kevin Howe	43,675
Patrick Mahoney	43,650
Michael Berra	43,650
Daniel Arthur	43,600
Joel Bullock	43,550
Steve Sung	43,450
Joni Ruuskanen	43,400
Meenaskshi Subramaniam	43,400
David Marcus	43,275
Matthew Wilson	43,250
Ray Brookshaw	43,250
Robert Rosen	43,250
James Allchin	43,225
Adam Shuman	43,150
Calvin Habern	43,125
Niraj Bhatia	43,100
Elbert Wright	43,000
Dwight Sellars	42,950
Charles Burris	42,950
Nick Filippopoulos	42,900
Justin Rollo	42,825
Anthony Veckey	42,750
Anders Jespersen	42,725
Randall Tagawa	42,600
Jeffrey Palarino	42,550
Mark Marasco	42,500
Bradley Craig	42,500
Joshua Sisak	42,500
Joseph Versical	42,475
Brandon Long	42,450
Michael Smith	42,450
Deric Senne	42,400
Guillaume Gignac	42,400
Mike Pickett	42,375
Lynne Mitchnick	42,350
Jason Koon	42,300
Jonathan Mitchell	42,300
Jordan Rich	42,300
Jason Sims	42,275
Jesse Steinberg	42,250
Philip Nguyen	42,125
Dean Hamrick	42,100
Matthew Holupko	42,050
Christopher Budak	41,975
Ken Williams	41,950
Christina Renz	41,950
Stephen Lott	41,825
Paul Magriel	41,823
Ofir Mor	41,725
Kyle Huffman	41,675
Kevin Newman	41,625
Jacob Baumgartner	41,600
Antonio Ribeiro	41,500
Peter DeBest	41,500
Gregory Miller	41,450
Taylor Caby	41,400
Dan White	41,300
Todd Taylor	41,275
Thomas Huigsloot	41,200
Vincent Procopio	41,175
Luca Pagano	41,175
Sammy Dallal	41,150
Yu Shen	41,000
Robindra Kahlon	40,950
David Podgurski	40,925
Max Pescatori	40,900
Craig Gray	40,875
Kevin Ross	40,825
Gene Nava	40,800
Jack Powell	40,800
Jon Holmdal	40,775
Laurence Grondin	40,725
Steven Braverman	40,700
Rachel Kranz	40,575
Vihn La	40,525
Alexander Shteyman	40,425
Marc-David Delimal	40,325
Dustin Woolf	40,275
Laurence Hughes	40,250
Chris Crilly	40,200
Alex Jacob	40,200
Kiley Scott	40,100
Timothy Blake	40,075
Jeffrey Lowenhar	40,075
Benjamin Straate	40,075
Tty Ly	40,025
Lorne Smilovici	40,025
Andrew Fields	40,000
Jeff Cohen	40,000
Robert Fox	39,950
Adam White	39,875
Scott Murdock	39,875
Tom Mclaughlin	39,800
Maxwell Troy	39,800
Karl Fenton	39,750
Melvin Martinez	39,725
Darshan Singh	39,700
Michael Parizon	39,650
Dennis Cronin	39,600
Aliaksandr Marchanka	39,600
James Whittet	39,600
James Hays	39,575
Eeto Lehtonin	39,550
Jack Greer	39,500
Matt Grapenthien	39,500
Antony Stroud	39,400
Russell Rosenblum	39,375
John Dayton	39,350
David Colclough	39,325
Narendra Banwari	39,300
Teemu Kangasvieri	39,275
Julien Claudepierre	39,225
Wei Yan Chan	39,225
Leon Chang	39,225
Steven Phipps	39,200
Jason Somerville	39,100
Gerald Macleod	39,100
Jackqueline Glazier	38,975
Joe Brandenburg	38,950
Kevin Eyring	38,900
Rasmus Edenfall	38,875
Bruce Rosen	38,825
Kenneth Collier	38,825
Jimmy Daniel	38,800
James Cavanaugh	38,750
Haroun Dalaig	38,725
Steven Bartlett	38,700
Stephen Bryant	38,700
Aurangzeb Sheikh	38,675
Scott Meli	38,650
Sue Jung	38,625
Judith Barnosky	38,500
Chris Platt	38,275
Alessandro Lusso	38,225
Hamid Izadi	38,100
Thomas James Hunt III	38,100
Brian Tate	38,075
Michael Demarco	38,000
Jimmie James	37,925
David Hong	37,925
Marc Naalden	37,925
Hafiz Khan	37,900
Mark Benigno	37,850
Benjamin Aldons	37,800
Daniel Alaei	37,775
Lior Barlev	37,700
Emanuele Marzano	37,650
Samuel Greenwood	37,600
Gabriele Lepore	37,550
Aaron Peterson	37,550
David Barraclough	37,500
Voitto Rintala	37,500
Al Krux	37,450
Guillaume Cescut	37,450
Jacob Stefani	37,350
Ljubomir Stosic	37,325
Mark Taylor	37,275
Brian Joslin	37,250
Michael McNeil	37,225
Patryk Slusarek	37,175
Anton Smolyanskiy	37,150
Matthew Hawrilenko	37,150
Michael Jen	37,150
David Liu	37,125
Carl Olson	37,050
Joseph Steur	37,050
Dennis Anderson	37,050
Michael Ruane	36,925
James Marrone	36,925
Greg Duros	36,900
Tyler Hamade	36,875
Ben Sarnoff	36,850
Vincent Vanderfluit	36,850
Philip Loomis	36,825
Steven Goldberg	36,800
Thayer Rasmussen	36,800
Frederick Munizza	36,750
James Bunner	36,725
Donna Varlotto	36,725
Jeffrey Rothstein	36,725
Eduardo Parras	36,725
David Middleton	36,725
Brandon Bass	36,675
Stuart Breakstone	36,575
Di Dang	36,500
Deron Nardo	36,500
Mark Mccraw	36,450
Daniel Kepich	36,425
Joe Gatmaitan	36,400
Darryll Fish	36,375
Jordan Siegel	36,350
Brandon Hall	36,300
Gary Kostiuk	36,275
Noah Stephens-Davidowit	36,250
Viktoria Gorkurova	36,250
Joao Barbosa	36,225
Benjamin Palmer	36,200
Shawn Hattem	36,150
Jeffrey Fenech	36,150
Ernst Hermans	36,050
Vyacheslav Eyzerovich	36,050
Jeffrey Morrison	36,000
Tay Nguyen	36,000
Vance Minter	35,975
Connor Drinan	35,975
Garry Gates	35,950
Antoine Amourette	35,900
Kenneth Kerim	35,850
Paul Gourlay	35,825
Richard Miceli	35,650
Gualter Salles	35,575
Kristoffer Dagslott	35,575
Frank Sinopoli	35,500
Mark Defaria	35,425
Peter Kaemmerlen	35,400
Darrell Cornett	35,375
Matt Marafioti	35,350
Roger Suter	35,300
Nicolas Yunis	35,300
Michael Brooks	35,275
Roger Johannessen	35,275
Robert Mitchell	35,250
Ilkin Amirov	35,250
Chris Podlewski	35,200
Michael Glasser	35,195
Brandon Wong	35,175
Joshua Tekesky	35,050
Thomas Young	35,000
Leonardo Emperador	34,950
Jeremy Ausmus	34,800
Adam Levitan	34,800
Kevin Schoner	34,750
James Haver	34,675
John Knackstadt	34,650
Benjamin Koepfler	34,600
Cody Cutrer	34,600
Mark DeLeonardis	34,525
Edgardo Limayo	34,525
Marcio Cukierkorm	34,500
Michael Neuberger	34,475
Jack Deutsch	34,450
Eugene Katchalov	34,425
Mostafa Ashkarkhizani	34,425
Stanislav Barshak	34,425
Marco Mills	34,400
Jason Doherty	34,400
Cecilia Foster	34,350
Alexey Grigoryants	34,325
Terrance O’connell	34,325
Edme Christophe	34,325
Michael Maloney	34,200
Joseph Chaplin	34,200
Keith Peevy	34,150
Gary Haimon	33,950
Nicholas Power	33,925
Ryan Garitta	33,925
Pim Schulte	33,875
Jonathan Samuels	33,875
Gregory Fishberg	33,850
Steve Day	33,775
Darren Kramer	33,700
David Chambers	33,700
Marek Zejda	33,525
Luke Musfeldt	33,500
Jared Holland	33,400
Ralph Porter	33,400
Joseph Villacci	33,350
Ben Clark	33,325
Michael Graydon	33,225
Hilbert Shirey	33,175
Patricio Jimenez	33,150
Christopher Kolla	33,125
James Matteucci	33,125
Steve Hesse	33,100
Jason Senti	33,100
Ira Marcus	33,100
Peter Bronstein	33,075
Ryan Snickles	33,025
Robert Hempkins	32,950
Sam Hiatt	32,900
David Randall	32,850
Viktor Wessman	32,850
Salvatore Bonavena	32,825
Richard Washinsky	32,800
Derek Vantassell	32,800
Gary Litterest	32,775
Manish Patel	32,775
Christopher Juul	32,750
Daniel Johnson	32,625
Farid Vaghefi	32,600
Derek Murray	32,575
Benjamin Johnson	32,575
Jason Jacintho	32,550
Jimmy D’Ambrosio	32,550
David Hirst	32,525
Vimy Ha	32,525
Raul Gonzales	32,500
Kenneth Bennett	32,400
Barrie Pietersz	32,350
Brian Friesen	32,300
Pablo Chacra	32,275
Jim Feist	32,275
Sully Erna	32,225
Richard Whitebrook	32,200
Justin Tall	32,175
Radoslaw Jedynak	32,175
Trenton Stephens	32,150
Thong Tran	32,100
Daniele Nestola	32,100
Krzysztof Zajac	32,050
Francis Witek	32,000
Tony Cousineau	32,000
Armando Gabrielli	31,950
Larry Ross	31,950
Scott Hamilton	31,950
Remy Biechel	31,925
Kyle Hegeman	31,800
Cormac Creaven	31,750
Angel Guillen	31,750
Ryan Befort	31,725
Keith Johnson	31,650
Vinh Huynh	31,650
Jesse James Herron	31,600
Christopher Bath	31,575
Jason Yano	31,500
Kosei Ichinose	31,250
William Lucia	31,225
Andrew Glogowski	31,200
Scotty Nguyen	31,200
Ben Gilbert	31,100
Trevor Roberts	31,075
Ronald Gandolfo	31,050
Justin Goss	30,975
Benjamin Barrows	30,975
Joseph Allis	30,975
Kyle Weir	30,925
Bjornar Thomassen	30,900
James Pember	30,850
Claire Renaut	30,775
Matthew Czepiel	30,775
Robert Perkins	30,750
Ramin Henke	30,725
Mark Newhouse	30,725
Doug Janney	30,700
Dave Stann	30,650
Clayton Mozdzen	30,550
Giuliano Lentini	30,525
Nicholas Gunn	30,400
Kristy Gazes	30,400
Jeff Magid	30,400
Javad Navran	30,300
Yonnas Banteamlak	30,300
Brian Jensen	30,275
Jason Engelmann	30,275
Veronica Dabul	30,175
Martin Rose	30,150
Avdo Djokovic	30,125
John Mcclain	30,100
David Granik	30,100
Joseph Teanotoga	30,075
Bryan Porter	30,025
Mats Rahmn	30,000
John Livingston	29,975
John Dodge	29,950
Jay Keeler	29,950
Roman Emelyanov	29,950
David John	29,900
Zackary Koerper	29,900
Greg Violette	29,775
Jamie Shaevel	29,775
James Eun	29,775
John Conroy	29,750
Philip Consolo	29,725
Richard Lyndaker	29,700
Reuben Peters	29,700
Eric Mifune	29,700
Kameron Mcray	29,700
James Campbell	29,675
Dan Owen	29,675
Bryce Daifuku	29,600
Nino Desantis	29,575
Gregory Headrick	29,525
Kim Wooka	29,475
Jarrod Holmes	29,450
Christopher Stephan	29,400
Deva Crouch	29,375
Jonathan Neckar	29,350
Nick Brancato	29,300
Bryan Paris	29,250
Kenneth Lee	29,200
Benjamin Mintz	29,075
Harold Hill	29,075
Chris Repetti	29,050
Yann Foggiato	29,025
Adam Hunter	29,025
Brian Grimm	29,025
Aadam Daya	29,000
Richard Clarke	28,950
William Oniel	28,900
Cornel Cimpan	28,900
Derek Harrington	28,875
James Petzing	28,800
Joshua Gaibel	28,800
Richard Li	28,775
David Postar	28,775
Jim Stephens	28,675
Sylvian Solfrini	28,650
Barry Dubose	28,625
Jeremy Renz	28,600
Thomas Maguire	28,550
Ping Lok Chan	28,500
Alek Givotovsky	28,500
Alan Sternberg	28,500
Lyndsey Hartley	28,425
Chad Grimes	28,375
Jeffrey Reimer	28,325
Mark Muchnik	28,325

(Chip counts continued in post below)

Player Tags: Johnny Chan

Level Four, Hour Two: Giang And Yang Eliminated

Jul 07, '10

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante

Players Remaining: 1,980 out of 2,314

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Barny Boatman – 151,000
2. Johnny Chan – 141,000
3. Isaac Krantz – 130,000
4. Fabian Geisel – 126,000
5. Robert Mizrachi – 124,000
6. Hoyt Corkins – 100,000
7. Dan Smith – 95,000
8. Kai Paulsen – 88,000
9. Jeff Gross – 88,000
10. Carter Gill – 85,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Stephen A. Murphy — 37,800
Christina Lindley — 41,000
Dani Stern — 45,000
Tony Dunst — 21,000

Notable Eliminations:

Chau Giang
Phil Hellmuth
Jerry Yang

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Chau Giang Disappears Courtesy Of The Magician

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read KQ93 and Chau Giang bet 7,000.

Antonio Esfandiari raised the action to 15,000 and Giang moved all in. Esfandiari made the call and the players turned over their cards:

Giang: J10
Esfandiari: KQ

Giang flopped a straight but his flush draw was dead to Esfandiari’s better draw that went along with his two pair. The river then brought the K, giving Esfandiari a full house and Giang was sent packing.

Farha Getting Up There

The player on the button raised to 1,625 and Sam Farha made the call from the big blind. The flop came down KJ4 and both players checked.

The turn was the 5 and Farha fired 2,000. His opponent made the call and the river was the 4.

Farha kept his foot on the gas pedal, firing another 7,000 into the pot. The button mucked and Farha took the pot. He was at 70,000.

Yang Gets Hammered Down To Size, Then Eliminated

The player in seat 2 and Jerry Yang tangled preflop that resulted in seat 2 moving all in for 27,800. Yang made the call and here were their cards:

Yang: KK
Seat 2: AA

Yang fell victim to a cold deck and the board offered him no help as it ran out 7547J.

Yang took a big hit and was down to 8,000 in chips.

Yang was eventually cut down to 3,200 in chips and shipped them all in preflop against the player in seat 9.

Yang: Q10
Seat 9: A6

The flop was favorable to Yang as it came Q97, giving him top pair.

“It’s not over yet,” Yang said before the turn.

If it wasn’t over then, it was sure close to being over when the A fell on the turn. The river then brought the 7 and Yang was eliminated.

McEvoy’s Aces Cracked

Picking up the action on a flop of 952, Tom McEvoy moved all in against his opponent.

The player called and ended up putting himself at risk as McEvoy had him covered. McEvoy held pocket aces but they were officially cracked when his opponent turned 52.

The board finished out 10 and 4 and McEvoy dropped to 20,000 in chips.

Elezra Gets One

A player raised to 850 preflop and another player made the call. Eli Elezra was in the big blind and came along as well to see a flop of K52. Elezra checked and the raiser bet 1,375. Elezra was the only caller and the A came on the turn.

Elezra checked and his opponent bet 2,200. Elezra made the call againa and the river was the 8.

Elezra decided to take the lead, firing 4,000. His opponent gave it up and Elezra took the pot, improving his stack to 32,000.

Gored

Picking up the action on a flop of 765, Carlos Mortensen fired 1,400. Dan Smith made the call and the other two players in the hand mucked.

The turn was the J and Mortensen bet 3,000. Smith made the call and the 9 came on the river.

Both players checked and Mortensen tabled KK and Smith mucked. Mortensen took the pot and he was at 25,000.

Don’t Stand On The Tracks When The Orient Express Is Coming Through

Picking up the action after the board had run out 732€96, Johnny Chan and his opponent got involved in a betting war.

Eventually, the opponent tabled 77 for middle set. Unfortunately for him, Chan tabled K8 for a rivered flush.

Chan raked in the pot and was up to 165,000. That was good for the overall chip lead on Day 1C.

Outrunning Outhred

After the board had run out K72910, there was 27,000 in the pot. A player bet 20,000 and Alex Outhred made the call.

Outhred tabled pocket queens but they were no good as his opponent showed 1010 for a set on the river.

Outhred threw his queens in the muck and he was down to 53,000.

Dwan Tripped Up

Picking up the action after the flop came down 10103, Tom Dwan led out for 1,425. Lee Markholt made the call and the turn was the 6.

Dwan led again with 3,450 and Markholt made the call for the rest of his chips.

Markholt: A10
Dwan: 77

Markholt flopped trips and the river brought no help to Dwan as he dropped to just over 13,000. Markholt doubled to 12,000.

Left In The Deck:

It’s Not Easy Being Phil

Midway through the level, the tournament staff announced through the speakers that “1989 World Chammpion Phil Hellmuth has just been eliminated.”

The Amazon Room erupted in cheers and applause after hearing the announcement, not quite the reaction anyone would care for.

Hellmuth had been playing on the secondary feature table and made his grand entrance with UFC fighter Wanderlei Silva. He was officially TKO’d.

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Phil Hellmuth,   Eli Elezra,   Johnny Chan,   Chau Giang,   Sam Farha,   Alex Outhred,   Tom Dwan,   Jerry Yang

Level One Hour One Update: Johnny Chan Doubles Up Quick

Jul 07, '10

Blinds: 50-100

Average Chip Counts 30,000

Notable Chip Counts:

Johnny Chan – 61,500
Pieter de Korver – 43,000
Brian Rast – 40,000
Jennifer Leigh – 39,000
Lex Veldhuis – 39,000
Eli Elezra – 35,000
Matt Savage – 35,000
Faraz Jaka – 34,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Steve Murphy – 30,000

Notable Eliminations:

Huck Seed

Big Hands:

Johnny-Friggin-Chan Doubles Up

Things just got dangerous for players in day 1c.

Johnny Chan was in a large pot with the flop showing 108J when he bet and his opponent moved all in. Chan called and his opponent saw he had only one out. Their hands:

Chan: 1010
Opponent: 88

Chan had the better flopped set, and the Q turn and K river gave the Orient Express an early double up to 60,000.

Savage Off to Good Start

On a board of 106654 Matt Savage bet 2,000 and his opponent made the call. Savage showed 44 for a full house to take down an early pot and expand his stack to 35,000.

The Early Chip Leader?

Phil Armstrong got all in on a fop of 682 holding a flopped set of eights. His opponent, naturally, had pocket aces and was eliminated when the K turn and 9 river didn’t connect with his hand.

It seems we have an early chip leader, as Armstrong doubled to 60,000.

Sowers Loses Massive One

On a board of 8Q49J Mike Sowers bet 3,000 and his opponent raised to 18,000. Sowers made the call and his opponent showed K10 for the rivered straight.

Sowers saw his stack drop to 10,000.

Leonor Margets Wins a Pot

Two players limped in for 100 and Margets made it 450 with the A10. The blinds folded and so did one of the limpers. The other one called and the flop came Q103 and action went check-check. The turn brought the 3 and Margets’ opponent checked. Margets bet 575 and her opponent called. The turn brought the 9 and action went check-check. Margets’ opponent tabled pocket fives and she exposed her pair of tens. Margets took the pot.

Left in the Deck:

Arrival of the Poker Brat, Fighter

Phil Hellmuth plans on making his typical fashionably late arrival, and he has said that this year he will arrive dressed as an MMA fighter and be accompanied by one — Wanderlei Silva.

Some of The Day 1c Players Include

Phil Hellmuth
Daniel Negreanu
Jerry Yang
Annie Duke
Jonathan Agular
Bryan Devonshire
Chip Jett
Johny Chan
David Oppenheim
Lex Veldhuis
Scott Fischman
Shaun Deeb
Robert Mizrachi
Hoyt Corkins
Kristy Gazes
Eric Froehlich
Vicky Coren
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Chau Giang
Nick Binger
Dean Hamrick
Dario Minieri
Brock Parker
Dave Ulliott
Ville Whalbeck
Alex Jacob
Michael Caroll
Andrew Brokos
Sam Farha
Chad Brown
David Bach
Dennis Phillips

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Vicky Coren
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Player Tags: Huck Seed,   Phil Hellmuth,   Johnny Chan,   Matt Savage,   Mike Sowers,   Leonor Margets

Leve Seven Hour One Update: Shorr Wins a Big Pot

Jul 09, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 1,800 out of 2,412

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 140,000
Shannon Shorr – 133,000
Matt Matros – 50,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 36,400
Steven A. Murphy – 23,500
Adam Schoenfeld – 28,500
Justin Marchand – 13,100

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Dragan Galic – 313,500
2. Robert Mizrachi – 243,000
3. Dwyen Ringbauer – 240,000
4. Cole South – 223,500
5. Jesper Hougaard – 201,000
6. Carter Phillips – 196,000
7. Corwin Cole – 176,000
8. Sam Farha – 176,000
9. Andrew Liporace – 172,000
10. Yevgeiny Timoshenko – 160,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tom McEvoy

Player Twitter Accounts:

Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Shorr Vaults Up the Chip Counts

We missed exactly how it happened, but we saw Shannon Shorr getting a whole bunch of chips in preflop against his opponent. His opponent was all-in and the cards were flipped up. Shorr tabled KK and was up against 88.

The board stayed clean for Shorr as it ran out 95A104 and Shorr is now up to 133,000 and eliminating an opponent.

Sediel Stacks A Player

Erik Seidel and another player at his table got into a preflop war which led to Seidel calling his all-in of 10,000 with AK. The other player tabled the K9 and Seidel saw the good news.

The board was good for Seidel as it came out 8764A. Seidel eliminated a player and increased his stack to 51,000 in the process.

Nordberg Takes Opponent to Value Town

Peter Feldman bet 4,000 on the turn after the action was checked to him with the board reading KQ2Q and was called by his opponent.

The river was the J and it was checked to Feldman again. He bet 10,000 this time and was called. Feldman showed Q10 and his opponent mucked. Feldman is up to 73,000 with the pot.

The Dragon Doubles Through Jett

Seat 1 raised to 1,500 and David “The Dragon” Pham moved all in for 8,700 total. Acting after Pham, Chip Jett called and seat 1 got out of the way. Their hands:

Pham: QQ
Jett: AK

The two pros were in a coin flip situation. The flop ran 9103, keep Phan in the lead. The board finished with the 7 and the J and Phan doubled up to around 21,000 in chips. Jett still had around 57,000 after the loss.

Chan Gets Value From The Nuts

On a board showing 10K89A Johnny Chan bet 7,000 into the pot, sending his opponent in seat 1 deep into the tank. After some time, the player called and Chan showed the nuts — QJ for the broadway straight.

His opponent mucked and Chan saw his stack grow to around 140,000.

Don’t Bully Your Seniors

Berry Johnston bet 2,500 on a flop of 2102, and seat 5 decided it was time to test the former main event winner by raising to 6,600. Johnston thought for a minute, then threw out five 5,000 chips. Seat 5 thought briefly and then mucked his hand.

Johnston had around 55,000 after the hand.

Junglen Drops One

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read K935. Adam Junglen fired 2,100 and the player in seat 4 made the call.

The river was the Q and both players checked. Seat 4 tabled AQ for a pair of queens on the river and Junglen mucked.

Junglen dropped the pot and was at 113,000.

Phillips Gets Pushed Out

Dennis Phillips raised to 3,500 from the button and the player in seat 2 raised to 10,000 from the small blind. Phillips tanked and then called so both players could see a flop of AQ9.

The small blind led out for 15,000 and Phillips released his hand rather quickly.

After the hand he was at 40,500.

Hawrilenko Takes It On The Turn

Matt Hawrilenko raised to 1,500 from the button and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down Q44 and both players checked.

The turn was the 8 and the big blind checked again. Hawrilenko took a stab with 2,200 and it was enough as the big blind mucked.

Hawrilenko took the pot and he was at 38,000.

Mizrachi’s Ladies Hang On

Picking up the action after the flop had come down Q98, the action was checked to Michael Mizrachi.

He bet 4,000 and the player in seat 4 called. Seat 7 mucked and the remaining two players saw the 10 fall on the turn.

Both players checked and the river was the 2. Mizrachi led out with 9,150 and seat 4 mucked his hand as the ESPN cameras swarmed the table.

Mizrachi then gave them something to look at as he flashed QQ for top set. He took the pot and was up to 55,000.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Erik Seidel,   Chip Jett,   Michael Mizrachi,   Johnny Chan,   Berry Johnston,   Matt Hawrilenko,   Peter Feldman,   Shannon Shorr,   Adam Junglen,   Dennis Phillips

Level Five Hour Two Update: Baron Climbing The Ranks

Jul 09, '10

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412

Average Chip Count:

Card Player Chip Counts

Justin Marchand – 23,400
Barry Shulman – 113,325
Bryan Devonshire – 13,800
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 36,400
Steven A. Murphy – 23,500

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Corwin Cole – 228,200
2. Dwyen Ringbauer – 195,000
3. Mathieu Sauriol – 169,900
4. Johnny Chan – 163,700
5. Andrew Liporace – 160,000
6. Josef Monro – 153,350
7. Lauren Kling – 149,650
8. Barny Boatman – 144,050
9. Steven Goosen – 142,925
10. Michael Mizrachi – 142,650

Notable Eliminations:

Mike Sexton

Big Hands:

Phillips Scores an Early Double And Keeps Going

Dennis Phillips got his last 9,225 in the middle preflop with AK and was up against the JJ of his opponent.

The flop was K32, giving Phillips the lead. The turn was the 10 and the river was the 6 to double up Phillips to 19,000. Action has been fast and furious in just the first few minutes of this level. Expect to see tons of bustouts and double ups.

A few hands later, Phillips raised to 1,180 from the hijack and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down AJ2 and the big blind checked.

Phillips bet 1,500 and the big blind check-raised to 3,300. Phillips thought for a bit and then repopped it to 7,500. The big blind thought for a few moments of his own and then released his hand, turning over the A as he did so.

Phillips took in the pot and he was at 24,000.

Ho Can’t Call

Picking up the action after the flop came down J93, the player in seat 7 led out for 2,200. Maria Ho was on the button and she made the call while the player in seat 5 mucked.

The turn was the J and seat 7 led for 3,300. Ho took some time to think but eventually released her hand. She dropped the pot and was at 93,000.

Baldwin Finally Gives The Cameras Something Positive

After the flop came down 543, the player in seat 5 bet 1,300. Eric Baldwin made the call and both players saw the A on the turn.

Seat 5 led out for 3,000 and Baldwin made the call again. The river was the 7 and seat 5 checked.

Baldwin did the same and seat 5 tabled Q7 for a rivered pair of sevens. It was no good, however, as Baldwin turned A7 for a rivered two pair and he took the pot.

“The curse is finally over,” Baldwin said to the ESPN crew surrounding the table. “I finally won one with you guys here.”

He was at 70,000 after the hand.

Cada Gives One Up

Reigning champion Joe Cada was in the small blind heads up with the big blind. On a flop of 27K Cada checked and the big blind bet 1,550.

Cada made the call and the 6 hit on the turn. Cada again checked and his opponent fired 3,100 this time. With the ESPN cameras all over him, Cada folded. Despite the loss, he sat with a healthy 72,000 in chips.

Sexton Getting Short, Then Busts

Mike Sexton made it 1,200 to go from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind, who called. The flop came 28Q and both players checked. On the 10 turn the big blind bet 1,000 and Sexton quickly folded. The hand dropped Sexton to just 13,000 in chips. He would bust a few hands later when his pocket kings were cracked by his opponent’s pocket nines.

Baron Makes Big Call, Wins Massive Pot

Isaac Baron called a large preflop raise from the player in seat 4 and saw a flop of K98. Baron checked to seat four, who bet 8,250. Baron thought for a moment before making the call.

On the K turn Isaac again checked and seat four checked behind him this time.

The 5 fell on the river and Baron checked to seat 4, who took his time and bet 11,350. After he tanked for a minute or so, Baron finally called and showed 92 for two pair. Seat 4 mucked and Baron raked in a massive pot, taking most of his opponent’s chips.

Baron had around 134,000 in chips after the hand.

Chan Picking Up Where He Left Off

Johnny Chan left his day 1 as one of the tournament’s chip leaders. He picked up where he left off early in day 2a.

Chan limped in from the small blind and the big blind checked the action. The flop ran 65A and both players checked. On the 2 turn Chan fired out 1,000 and his opponent folded.

It was a small win, but Chan now has around 164,000 in chips.

Scotty Takes One Down

A player raised to 1,200 preflop and Scotty Nguyen made the call from the small blind. Darryll Fish also called from the big blind and the three players saw a flop of J73.

All three players checked and the turn was the A. Action was checked to the raiser who fired 1,650. Nguyen made the call and Fish mucked. The river was the J and Nguyen led out with 6,200.

His opponent mucked the A and Nguyen showed some common courtesy by showing his J. Nguyen took the pot and was at 25,200.

Somerville Surges

All we were able to see was Jason Somerville showing down 35 on a board of 3-3-4-5-6. His opponent mucked and Somerville raked in a big pot.

Somerville is now up to 87,400 with his newly acquired chips.

Tiffany Michelle Doubles

There were four limpers in front of her and then Tiffany Michelle raised to 3,500 on the button. The player in the small blind made it 5,700 more to Michelle and she quickly called.

Michelle said call and then realized that she had said call and lamented how she had intended to move in for her remaining 5,500. The flop was 476 and the small blind moved all-in and Michelle called instantly.

Michelle tabled 77 and the player in the small blind showed AA, putting Michelle squarely in the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the J to double up Michelle to 30,000.

Player Twitter Accounts:

Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Johnny Chan,   Mike Sexton,   Maria Ho,   Jason Somerville,   Isaac Baron,   Eric Baldwin,   Tiffany Michelle,   Dennis Phillips,   Joseph Cada

Level 11, Hour One Update: Rousso Loses Big Pot, Batista Busts

Jul 12, '10

Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 1,854 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 118,430

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 298,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 26,000
Stephen A. Murphy – 30,000
Daniel Negreanu – 34,000
Mark Gregorich – 135,000
Adam Schoenfeld — 85,000
Jon Freidberg — 190,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Johnny Chan – 580,000
2. Jim Collopy – 520,00
3. Kevin Gates – 475,000
4. Nicholas Rainey – 440,000
5. Mikhail Shamalov – 440,000
6. Frank Kassela – 430,000
7. David Assouline – 420,000
8. Joshua Appleby – 408,000
9. Nikolay Losev – 406,000
10. Carter Phillips – 385,000

Notable Eliminations:

Chad Batista
David Williams

Big Hands:

Batista Gets Doubled Through

A player moved all in for 55,300 preflop and Chad Batista made the call. Here were their hands:

Batista: A8
Opponent: 1010

Batista was trailing and the flop made things worse, coming down 1095. His opponent flopped a set and the board finished off 3 and K.

Batista dropped the pot and he was down to 21,000. He would bust later in the level.

Batista Busts

Chad Batista found a way to get his chips in the middle prefop was J2 and was up against the 99 of his opponent.

The flop was 47Q and Batista was still left just looking for a jack. The 10 on the turn and the A on the river were no help to Batista and he was eliminated from the event.

Antonius Drops Further

A player put in a raise preflop and Patrik Antonius decided to come along. The flop then came down A42.

He checked and his opponent fired 9,000. Antonius quickly mucked and he was down to 85,000.

Rousso Drops Big Pot

Picking up the action with the board reading KJ22, there was 40,000 in the pot and Vanessa Rousso checked.

Her opponent checked behind and the river was the J and her opponent moved all in for 40,400.

Rousso then took a massive tank session. She stared her opponent down and then stared at the pot.

“What do you think I have?” she asked him. “I think you might be bluffing me.”

Eventually, she pleaded with someone to call the clock on her and then, when no one did, she called it on herself.

The floor came over and when she had 30 seconds left, she pushed in a giant stack for the call. She then lost control of the stack as it tumbled in when she saw her opponent table J10.

Rousso mucked and she was down to 26,000.

Johnny Chan Doubles Up a Player

Johnny Chan had the pocket jacks versus a player’s A-K with all the money going in preflop. The pot stood at 120,000. The board ran out K-4-4-A-2 and Chan dipped to around 400,000.

Basebaldy Crushing It

On a flop of 1063, a player in the blinds led out with a bet and Eric Baldwin raised to 15,300. Baldwin’s opponent then moved back over the top for 27,500 total.

Baldwin sat for a second contemplating his next move before moving all-in. His opponent folded and Baldwin gave a wry smile and showed the 2.

Somerville Mucks Against Queens

Jason Somerville raised to 4,000 from middle position and the big blind called.

The fop was 987. The player in the big blind checked and called a bet of 5,700 from Somerville. The turn brought the K both players checked. The river brought the 5 and the big blind checked and called a bet of 10,000.

The big blind showed pocket queens and Somerville mucked his hand. Somerville slipped to 375,000 in chips with the mistep.

Pavilion Room Coverage

Seven-Bet All In Gives Jim Collopy 520K

There was massive preflop action between Jim Collopy and a player in the big blind. Jim Collopy opened to 4,000. The player in the big blind made it 12,700. Collopy made it 29,000. The big blind made it 60,000. Collopy made it 109,000. His opponent shoved all in and Collopy called for his tournament life. About 520,000 was in the pot when Collopy exposed the KK and his opponent tabled the A3. The ace in the door was scary for Collopy but the flop also brought a king. The board read AKQA when the board paired on the turn. Collopy’s opponent had outs to win but none of the came when the 10 fell on the river. Collopy was at 520,000 after the hand.

Brandon Cantu Moves All In

On a board of A644 a player checked to Brandon Cantu. Cantu bet 10,500 and his opponent raised 11,000 more, leaving himself with just 27,000 behind. Cantu moved all in and his opponent folded. Cantu was at around 200,000 after the hand.

David Benyamine Wins a Pot

On a board of J7639 action was checked to David Benyamine. Benyamine bet 36,800 and his opponent tanked before eventually calling. Benyamine exposed the 54 for a straight and was up to 260,000 after the hand.

Twitter Accounts

Barry Shulman
Bernard Lee
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Bill Chen
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke
Tristan Wade
Dave Sands
Brandon Cantu
Jon Turner
Amit Makhija
Bryan Micon

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Johnny Chan,   Patrik Antonius,   Vanessa Rousso,   Brandon Cantu,   Chad Batista

Level 10, Hour Two: Kevin Gates Takes Chip Lead

Jul 12, '10

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 2,077 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 105,715

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 200,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 25,000
Stephen A. Murphy – 30,000
Daniel Negreanu – 41,000
Mark Gregorich – 135,000
Adam Schoenfeld — 55,000
Jon Freidberg — 190,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Kevin Gates – 540,000
2. Ricardo Fasanaro – 513,000
3. Johnny Chan – 510,000
4. Alexander Kostritsyn – 405,000
5. David Assouline – 395,000
6. Matt Affleck – 390,000
7. Carter Phillips – 385,000
8. Nikolay Losev – 374,000
9. Jesper Hougaard – 355,000
10. Randy Dorfman – 337,000

Notable Eliminations:

David Singer
Jennifer Harman

Big Hands:

Marco Johnson Takes A Massive Hit

There was one hand that extended into the break. Marco Johnson raised to 3,200 preflop and Kevin Gates made the call. Another player repopped to 11,000 and Johnson four-bet to 27,000.

Gates called and the other player mucked. The flop then fell Q106 and Johnson led with 52,000. Gates called and the turn was the 10.

Johnson moved in for 225,000 and Gates snap-called. Johnson turned over QJ for two pair and a flush draw while Gates showed KQ for two pair with a better kicker.

Johnson needed help but the river was the 9 and Johnson tumbled all the way down to 32,000 in chips while Gates took over the chip lead with 550,000.

Carroll Getting Low

After the flop came down A108, Michael Carroll bet 3,500 and the player in the big blind raised to 8,300.

Carroll made the call and the turn was the 9. The big blind fired 12,500 and Carroll made the call. The river was the 8 and both players checked.

The big blind showed A5 for top pair and Carroll mucked. He was down to 19,000 after the hand.

Chan Nearing A Half Million

After the board had run out J738J, Johnny Chan fired 100,000 into the pot.

His opponent went into the tank as the ESPN cameras approached and he eventually made the call. Chan then turned ovver 77 for middle set on the flop and a rivered boat.

His opponent mucked his and Chan took in a massive pot. He was at 495,000 after that hand.

Negreanu Falls Off The Horse

There was 17,000 in the pot after the board had run out 8523A and Daniel Negreanu checked to his opponent.

He bet 6,000 and Negreanu made the call. His opponent then showed down AK for a rivered pair of aces and Negreanu tabled his losing KK.

Negreanu dropped the pot and he was down to 41,000.

Mizrachi Drops Some Chips

Picking up the action after the flop had come down K63, a player fired 9,000 and Michael Mizrachi made the call.

Both players saw the 9 on the turn and Mizrachi led for 11,000. His opponent moved all in for 36,000 more and Mizrachi made the call.

Mizrachi turned over K5 for top pair but his opponent had him dominated as he showed KJ for the same hand with a better kicker to go along with a flush draw.

The river was the A and Mizrachi surrendered the double up. He was at 260,000 after taking that hit.

Michael Mizrachi Moved In On

Michael Mizrachi bet preflop from early position and got three callers. The flop came 1082 and the player in the blind led out for 3,000. Mizrachi called and the other two players folded. The turn brought the 3 and it was checked to Mizrachi. He bet 10,000 and his opponent insta-called. The river brought the 2 and Mizrachi’s opponent moved all in for 39,900. Mizrachi tanked before finally making the fold. He was still at around 300,000 after the hand.

Chris Moneymaker Crippled

A player in early position bet 3,600. A player in the cutoff moved all in for 28,100. Action was on Chris Moneymaker and he moved all in for 33,000 on the button. The original bettor folded and Moneymaker tabled the AK but was behind the KK of his opponent. The board ran out 83392 and Moneymaker was left with just 5,000 after the hand.

Small Pairs Work For Savage

Matt Savage raised to 3,000 from early position. He was called by a player in middle position and the big blind three-bet to 9,500. Savage made the call and they saw the flop heads-up.

The flop was 652 and the big blind moved all-in for over 100,000. Savage called for his last 26,500 and tabled 33, giving him a small pair and a gutshot straight draw. He was ahead of his opponent who had tabled AQ, for just overcards.

The turn was the 2 and the river was the 4 and Savage doubled up to 80,000 in chips.

Graham KO’s Another Player

After a flurry of preflop raises, Matt Graham got his opponent to put all of his chips in the middle with AQ and was up against his opponent’s QQ.

The board ran out K66107, giving Graham a back-door flush and increasing his stack to 280,000.

Krantz Wins With Two Pair

Jay Rosenkrantz checked and called a bet of 16,500 from his opponent on the turn with the board reading KQ97.

The 2 peeled off on the river and both players checked. Rosenkrantz’s Q9 bested his opponent’s AK to take the pot and climb to 110,000.

Twitter Accounts

Barry Shulman
Bernard Lee
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Bill Chen
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke
Tristan Wade
Dave Sands
Brandon Cantu
Jon Turner
Amit Makhija
Bryan Micon

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Chris Moneymaker,   Michael Mizrachi,   Johnny Chan,   Michael Carroll,   Matt Graham,   Marco Johnson

Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen Eliminated

Jul 14, '10

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Remaining: 206 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 1,065,874

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos — 1,350,000
Josh Brikis — 2,200,000
Tony Dunst — 360,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000
2. Matt Affleck — 3,450,000
3. Bryn Kenney — 3,100,000
4. Theo Jorgensen — 2,900,000
5. Michael Skender — 2,800,000
6. Duy Le — 2,780,000
7. Johnny Chan — 2,700,000
8. Benjamin Statz — 2,600,000
9. Joseph Cheong — 2,600,000
10. Evgeny Shnayder — 2,500,000

Notable Eliminations:

Praz Bansi
Serge Didisheim
Laurentius Sloot
Scotty Nguyen

Big Hands:

Johnny Chan Eliminates a Player

Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the KK. Adelstein tabled the QJ. The board ran out 8436Q and Adelstein was gone. Chan was up to 2,700,000 after the hand.

Serge Didisheim Eliminated

Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the AQ. The board ran out 632-Q-A and Davidian won the hand to send Didisheim to the rail.

Marceo Dabus Doubles Up

Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the AQ and was called by the QQ of Paul Dlugozima. The board ran out A53QA and Dabus won the hand to double to 850,000. Dlugozima was left with 270,000 after the hand.

Robert Mizrachi Loses a Pot

Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J93 and Reed bet 120,000. Mizrachi called. The turn brought the 2 and Reed bet enough to put Mizrachi all in. Mizrachi folded and was down to just 270,000.

Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player

Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A8 and was called by the pocket queens of Peter Jetten. The board ran out 66210K and Sloot was gone. Jetten was up to 830,000 after the hand.

Scotty Nguyen Eliminated

Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone.

Johnny Lodden Doubles Up

On an A74A3 board Johnny Lodden shoved for 419,000 and Paolo Cesar made the call. Lodden tabled the 77 and was way good versus the A9 of Cesar. Lodden doubled to 1,670,000 while Cesar was down to 965,000.

Sam Haddad Eliminated

Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A7 and was behind against the AJ of Le. The board ran out J9755 and Haddad was gone. Le grew his stack to 2,780,000.

Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player

Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K10 and had live cards versus the AJ of Pasqualini. The flop was nice for Baldwin as it came K62. However, the A on the turn gave Baldwin’s opponent a pair of aces. The 5 on the river was no help to Baldwin. He was down to just 250,000 after the hand.

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Scotty Nguyen
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Scotty Nguyen,   Johnny Chan,   Serge Didisheim,   Peter Jetten,   Eric Baldwin,   Praz Bansi

Level 18 Hour Two Update: Ng and Cantu Sent to the Rail

Jul 14, '10

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 395 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 555,873

Card Player Chip Counts:

Adam Schoenfeld — 130,000
Andrew Brokos — 487,000
Josh Brikis — 1,194,000
Tony Dunst — 1,700,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Martijn Schirp – 2,250,000
2. Duy Le – 2,200,000
3. Matt Affleck – 2,130,000
4. James Carroll – 1,980,000
5. Alexander Kostritsyn – 1,900,000
6. Fokke Beukers – 1,750,000
7. Cuong Nguyen – 1,730,000
8. Tony Dunst – 1,700,000
9. Jeff Banghart – 1,700,000
10. Phil Galfond – 1,690,000

Notable Eliminations:

Evelyn Ng
Brandon Cantu
Jason Somerville
Bernard Lee

Big Hands:

Evelyn Ng Eliminated

Action Folded around to Evelyn Ng in the small blind who made it 21,000 and Mark Gallagher called from the big blind. The two saw a flop 985 and Ng moved her last 89,000 into the middle. Gallagher made the call and it was time to go to showdown.

Ng showed AJ and Gallagher had outfopped her with the K9. The 10 on the turn was no help for Ng and the river was the 4, sealing her fate and sending her home earlier than she had wanted.

Theo Tran Finds Aces to Double

Theo Tran and Alan Keating each got over 300,000 chips into the middle preflop and Tran was at risk of elimination. Tran showed AA and was way ahead of the KK that Keating held.

The board ran out clean for Tran as it came J23108 and Tran doubled up to 650,000 while Keating dropped to 170,000.

Brandon Cantu Eliminated

Brandon Cantu was down to his last 60,000 after a showdown with his 10-8 against a shorter stacks pocket deuces crippled him. He moved his last 60,000 into the middle before the flop and Javier Martinez called from the big blind.

Cantu tabled 79 and Martinez showed AK. The flop was J76, giving Cantu the best hand, but Martinez a world of outs. The 4 on the turn was a brick, but the 10 hit the river and Martinez made the nuts and sent Cantu to the rail.

Filippo Takes Some Off Galfond

Phil Galfond, Eric Capra, and Filippo Candio all saw a flop and got to the turn with no betting. The board read Q10K8 and Galfond bet 57,000, which was twice the size of the pot. Candio made the call.

The 2 fell on the river and Galfond bet 126,000 and Candio made the call, tabling 88. Galfond mucked and Candio moved up to 860,000 while Galfond has 1,740,000.

Jason Somerville Eliminated

Jason Somerville got all of his remaining 300,000 chips in the middle on a flop of J54. Mads Wissing made the call and it was time for a showdown.

Somerville showed K6 and was on the flush draw, while Wissing held KJ, good for top pair. The turn was the 5 and the river was the 2, meaning Somerville was eliminated.

Scott Clements Drops a Pot

We caught up with the active on the river with the board reading K8723. Scott Clements was involved in a blind vs. blind scenario. His opponent bet 94,000 on the end and Scott Clements went into the tank. He eventually made the call. Clements’ opponent tabled the 32 for two pair and Clements mucked. He dropped to 660,000 after the hand.

Tony Dunst Eliminates a Player

Tony Dunst raised in late position with the QQ and a player in the big blind moved all in for 124,000 total. Dunst made the call and his opponent exposed the A4. The flop came 776 and Dunst was in good shape. However, the A on the turn put Dunst in bad shape. The Q on the river gave Dunst a full house and the pot. He was at around 1,600,000 after the hand.

Johnny Chan Nearing 2 Million

On a flop of J85 Johnny Chan bet 90,000 and a player directly to his left called. The turn brought the 9 and Chan checked. His opponent bet 80,000 and Chan called. The river brought the 2 and action went check-check. Chan tabled the 55 for a set and his opponent mucked. Chan was at about 1,900,000 after the hand.

Tony Dunst Wins a Pot

Matt Affleck bet 18,000 from the cutoff. Tony Dunst called from the button and so did another player from the blinds. The flop came J82 and Affleck led out for 30,000. Dunst made the call and the other player folded. The turn brought the A and Affleck checked. Dunst bet 75,000 and Affleck thought about it briefly before folding. Dunst and Affleck are two of the biggest stacks in the room.

Billirakis Knocks Out Three

Bernard Lee moved all-in for 64,000 and was called by Steve Billirakis. Steven Harstein then re-shoved all-in for 131,000 and Feming Chan was in the small blind and decided to move all-in for 350,000.

Action was back to Billirakis and he opted to call, putting all three other players at risk.

Lee: A4
Billirakis: JJ
Chan: AK
Harstein: 1010

The flop came AAJ, giving Billirakis a full house, but Chan and Lee had outs to improve. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 8 to knock out three players and put Billirakis at 955,000.

Player Tags: Evelyn Ng,   Johnny Chan,   Jason Somerville,   Phil Galfond,   Theo Tran,   Brandon Cantu,   Tony Dunst,   Matt Affleck

Level 17 Hour Two Update: Lots of Eliminations Early

Jul 14, '10

Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 500 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 439,140

Card Player Chip Counts:

Adam Schoenfeld — 320,000
Andrew Brokos — 487,000
Josh Brikis — 1,194,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Tony Dunst – 1,470,000
2. Duy Le – 1,460,000
3. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000
4. Phil Galfond – 1,392,000
5. Matthew Jarvis – 1,373,000
6. Garrett Adelstein – 1,290,000
7. Benjamin Statz – 1,283,000
8. Theo Jorgensen – 1,260,000
9. Matthew Brown – 1,203,000
10. Josh Brikis – 1,194,000

Notable Eliminations:

Lauren Kling
Fabrice Soulier
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Eric Buchman
Shannon Shorr
Matt Matros

Big Hands:

Lee Finds a Double

Bernard Lee got his last 41,000 into the middle prefop against Dragan Galic. Galic tabled AQ and Lee showed 66 and it was time to race.

Lee flopped a set and doubled up to 100,000 as the board ran out 862A5.

Billirakis Scores an Early KO

Jamie Robbins and Steve Billirakis got tangled up in a preflop raising war which led to Robbins committing the last of his chips in the middle and Billirakis making the call.

Robbins tabled K-Q and Billirakis showed AK. The board ran out good for Billirakis as it came 649K9. Robbins shook Billirakis’ hand and headed to claim his prize money.

Matros Crippled Compliments of a Cold Deck

Matt Matros and Kevin Stani got all of Stani’s chips in the middle preflop. Matros showed KK, but ran into the AA of Stani. The board came A8763 and Matros lost 294,000 to Stani, leaving him with just 59,000.

Matros was eliminated just an orbit later.

The Johnny Chan Show Continues on Day Five

Andrew Jeter moved in his last 42,000 from the small blind after Johnny Chan had raised under-the-gun. Chan made the call and it was off to showdown.

Jeter showed K8 and Chan was ahead with pocket threes. The board came out Q32AJ. Chan is up to 1,170,000 and Jeter is off to collect his money.

Soulier Gone

Fabrice Soulier moved all-in for his last 79,000 from the cutoff and David Emmons three-bet from the button to isolate and both blinds folded.

Soulier was in trouble when Emmons showed AK and Soulier could only muster up K10. Soulier caught a good flop of Q106, but the J on the turn gave Emmons the nut straight. The 8 couldn’t salvage a chop for Soulier and he was eliminated.

Buchman Eliminated as Rice Doubles

Shawn Rice and Eric Buchman got into a prelflop battle with Rice and Buchman being on the button and in the big blind. They ended up getting all-in with very similar stack sizes.

Buchman showed KQ and Rice held KK. After they counted out the stacks, it was revealed that Rice had Buchman covered by just 2,000 chips.

The board ran out 599A7 and Buchman’s chances at a repeat of last year’s final table appearance are over.

Hougaard Slips

Isaac Krantz moved all-in on a flop of J64 and Jesper Hougaard quickly made the call.

Hougaard showed pocket kings, but had to fade some cards when Krantz showed 57, giving him an open-ended straight draw. The 8 on the turn meant that Hougaard went from first to worst and he slipped to 757,000 and Krantz doubled up to 320,000.

Rast Sent Packing

Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast made the call and the fop came Q94. All the money got in the middle and Rast showed A7, good for a flush draw and Schaefer showed AQ, giving him top pair.

The turn was the 10 and the river was the A. Rast missed his draw and he was sent to the rail, while Schaefer is now up to 810,000 in chips.

David Peters Doubles Up

David Peters got his stack of about 300,000 in preflop with the AK versus the 75 of an opponent. The board ran out J10368 and he doubled to about 640,000.

Brett Richey Doubles Up

A player in middle position bet 16,000 and Brett Richey moved all in for 209,000. His opponent went into the tank before eventually making the call. Richey exposed the AK while his opponent tabled the AQ. The board ran out K102104 and Richey doubled to about 460,000.

Shannon Shorr Eliminated

On a board of K1033 one player was already all in. There was a side pot between Shannon Shorr and another player. Shorr and his opponent got all the money in and Shorr tabled pocket tens but was no good against the pocket kings of his opponent. The river bricked for Shorr and his stack of over 400,000 was gone. The other all-in player had A-K and was also eliminated.

Lauren Kling Eliminated

Lauren Kling moved all in preflop for 52,000 with the AQ and was called by an opponent with the 88. The pocket pair held as the board ran out 10-6-5-2-9. Kling was gone.

Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player

A player in late position moved all in for 93,000 and it was folded to Eric Baldwin in the small blind. Baldwin tanked before finally moving all in over the top to force the big blind out. Baldwin’s opponent tabled the QQ and Baldwin exposed the 77. The queens held as the board ran out 662AJ. Baldwin was still at over 400,000 after the hand.

Twitter Accounts

Bernard Lee
Scotty Nguyen
Tristan Wade
Brandon Cantu

Player Tags: Eric Buchman,   Johnny Chan,   Fabrice Soulier,   Steve Billirakis,   Bernard Lee,   Brian Rast,   Shannon Shorr,   Eric Baldwin,   Lauren Kling