Level 17: Lind Takes A Pot, Harman Hanging On
Jun 08, '10
Blinds: Ante 2,000, Bring-In 3,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 20 out of 170
Average Chip Count: 212,500
Tournament Leaderboard:
1 Vladimir Schmelev – 500,000
2 Alessio Isaia – 390,000
3 Dario Minieri – 380,000
4 John Juanda – 330,000
5 Christopher George – 270,000
6 Allen Kessler – 255,000
7 Chip Jett – 253,000
8 Frank Kassela – 245,000
9 Blair Rodman – 240,000
10 Kirill Rabtsov – 240,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Jennifer Harman — 125,000
Notable Eliminations:
Mike Sexton
Big Hands:
Jennifer Harman Stays Alive
Jennifer Harman and Steve Zolotow were involved in a hand. Here were there boards:
Harman: 6
6
3
7
Zolotow: 6952
Harman was showing a pair of sixes and turned over another pair of deuces from her hole cards. Zolotow mucked and Harman took a small pot.
Harman was at 125,000 while Zolotow was at 173,000.
Lind Scoops Pot
George Lind led out with 10,000 on fourth street and Sergey Altbregin made the call.
Lind led out for 20,000 on fifth, sixth and seventh street and Altbregin called him down, showing Q7710.
Lind showed his board, 5375(652) for three fives and scooped the pot. He was at 230,000 while Altbregin was at 210,000.
Player Tags: Jennifer Harman, Sergey Altbregin
Level 16: Juanda Scoops, Takes Chip Lead
Jun 08, '10
Blinds: Ante 2,000, Bring-In 2,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 23 out of 170
Average Chip Count: 212,500
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. John Juanda – 390,000
2. Gary Benson – 350,000
3. Vladimir Schmelev – 310,000
4. Blair Rodman – 270,000
5. Dario Minieri – 265,000
6. George Lind – 260,000
7. Christopher George – 250,000
8. Steve Zolotow – 230,000
9. Allen Kessler – 225,000
10. Brandon Adams – 220,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Jennifer Harman — 109,000
Notable Eliminations:
Scott Clements
Jason Mercier
Erik Seidel
Dan Heimiller
Cyndy Violette
Phil Hellmuth
Big Hands:
Juanda Scoops Adams And Harman, Harman Tilts
John Juanda, Brandon Adams and Jennifer Harman each put in four bets on third street. Juanda then led out on every street, getting called down by both players until sixth street when Harman mucked.
Here were their boards:
Adams: (742)7332
Harman: (Muck)KQJ6
Juanda: (852)6AAA
Adams had two pair but bricked on the river to try and make a low. Juanda’s exposed three aces were good enough for the scoop and he had an 8-6 low to boot.
“What are you doing,” Harman exclaimed to herself. “I had a 7-4.”
Juanda took down the pot and was closing in on 400,000 while Adams was at 170,000 and Harman was down to just 40,000.
Player Tags: John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Brandon Adams
Level 15: Players Survive By Chopping
Jun 07, '10
Blinds: Ante 1,500, Bring-In 2,000, 6,000-12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 32 out of 170
Average Chip Count: 157,375
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Steve Zolotow – 278,000
2. John Juanda – 270,000
3. George Lind – 260,000
4. Sergey Altbregin – 260,000
5. Alexander Dovzhenko – 245,000
6. Christopher George – 235,000
7. Vladimir Schmelev – 220,000
8. Dario Minieri – 205,000
9. Blair Rodman – 200,000
10. Richard Ashby – 189,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Jennifer Harman — 109,000
Phil Hellmuth — 82,000
Notable Eliminations:
Scott Clements
Player’s Twitter Accounts:
Cyndy Violette
Big Hands:
Violette Chops To Stay Alive
Brandon Adams had the bring-in and Cyndy Violette raised behind him. Erik Seidel and Toto Leonidas both joined the fun, making the call. When action got back to Adams he re-raised and everyone called, making it a sizable 4-way pot.
On 4th street Seidel checked to Leonidas who bet, Adams called and Violette raised the last of her chips in. Leonidas re-raised yet again and Seidel got out of the way but Adams called.
Leonidas bet on 5th street, and appeared to be slowing down on 6th street but check-raised Adams’ bet, and once again took over as the first better on the river. Adams made the call and they showed their hands.
Adams: (X-X)-271010-(X)
Violette: (25)-67K9-(4)
Leonidas: (X-X)-QJ6K-(X)
Leonidas showed two pair for the high half of the main pot, but Violette’s down cards showed the best low hand, earning her half the pot to stay alive with around 40,000 in chips.
Leonidas still had around 155,000 in chips and Adams had 140,000 after the hand.
Toto Chops For All His Chips
Picking up the action on seventh street, Brandon Adams bet 12,000 and Toto Leonidas made the call, putting himself all in.
Adams showed (A66)7772 for a full house.
Leonidas tabled (764)10854 for an 8-7 low, as his straight was nullified by Adams’ full house.
Both players chopped the pot and Adams was at 185,000 while Leonidas was at 110,000.
Seidel Chops With Harman To Stay Alive
Jennifer Harman bet 12,000 on fifth street and Erik Seidel made the call. Harman fired another bet of 12,000 on sixth street and Seidel called for the rest of his stack.
Harman was showing A853 while Seidel was showing 10532.
After the river, Harman’s hole cards were AK7 giving her a pair of aces with an 8-7 low. Seidel countered with 862 for an 8-6 low and half the pot.
He was at 54,000 while Harman was just around 70,000.
Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Toto Leonidas, Jennifer Harman, Cyndy Violette, Brandon Adams
Final Table Update: John Juanda Eliminated In 5th Place, Zolotow 4th, Harman 3rd
Jun 09, '10
Blinds: Ante 20,000, Bring-In 10,000, 80,000-160,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 2 out of 170
Average Chip Count: 2,550,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Frank Kassela – 4,785,000
2. Allen Kessler – 370,000
Notable Eliminations:
5. John Juanda — $97,989
4. Steve Zolotow — $125,379
3. Jennifer Harman — $173,159
Big Hands:
John Juanda Eliminated In 5th Place ($97,989)
Frank Kassela completed for 80,000 and John Juanda made the call. Kassela then checked on fourth street and Juanda bet 80,000. Kassela called again and check-called another bet of 160,000 by Juanda on fifth street.
Both players checked on 6th street and Juanda moved all in for 135,000 on seventh street. Kassela made the call and had three of a kind, AAA.
It was better than Juanda’s two pair, KK77 and Juanda was gone.
Steve Zolotow Eliminated In 4th Place ($125,379)
Steve Zolotow completed to 80,000 and Frank Kassela raised it to 160,000. Zolotow put in a third bet for all of his chips. Kassela made the call and here is how there boards ran out:
Zolotow: (Q7J)QA610
Kassela: (934)9769
Zolotow made a pair of queens while Kassela hit three nines and knocked out Zolotow in third place.
Kassela expanded his chip lead over the table with that elimination and Zolotow took home $125,379.
Jennifer Harman Eliminated In 3rd Place ($173,159)
Allen Kessler completed to 80,000 and Jennifer Harman made the call. Both players checked fourth street and Harman check-called a bet of 160,000 by Kessler on fifth street.
Kessler then bet another 160,000 on sixth street and Harman made the call, putting herself all in.
By the time seventh street was dealt, Harman had absolutely nothing as she missed her 6-low draw and failed to pair up. Kessler caught a pair of fours and it was enough to scoop the pot and knock out Harman in third place.
Player Tags: Frank Kassela, John Juanda, Steve Zolotow, Jennifer Harman
Final Table Update: Dario Minieri Eliminated In 8th Place, Vladimir Schmelev Out In 7th
Jun 08, '10
Blinds: Ante 7,000, Bring-In 10,000, 30,000-60,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 6 out of 170
Average Chip Count: 850,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Jennifer Harman – 1,100,000
2. Frank Kassela – 1,080,000
3. John Juanda – 980,000
4. Kirill Rabtsov – 600,000
5. Allen Kessler – 585,000
6. Steve Zolotow – 550,000
Notable Eliminations:
8. Dario Minieri — $52,366
7. Vladimir Schmelev — $63,456
Big Hands:
Dario Minieri Flushed By Schmelev, Then Eliminated In 8th Place ($52,366)
Dario Minieri led out betting on every street until sixth and Vladimir Schmelev called him down. On seventh, Schmelev initiated the betting with 60,000 and Minieri made the call.
Schmelev turned over (A82)695K for a heart flush and Minieri mucked his hand.
Minieri was just over 100,000 after the hand and was eliminated later in the level by Allen Kessler’s two pair.
Vladimir Schmelev Eliminated In 7th Place ($63,456)
Vladimir Schmelev led out with 30,000 on fourth street and Jennifer Harman made the call, as did Frank Kassela. Schmelev moved all in on fifth street for his last 16,000 and both opponents called.
Harman and Kassela both checked the last two streets and Kassela turned over 101010, good for the high.
Harman showed a 7-5 for the low end of the pot and Schmelev was sent to the rail.
Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Allen Kessler, Jennifer Harman, Dario Minieri
Jennifer Harman, one of only two ladies to enter the tournament, has been eliminated.
9
7
flop and was called by Ken James.
and James had Q
Another former champion has bit the dust. Huck Seed moved all in holding 10
7
on a 9-4-3 flop and Jennifer Harman made the easy call with 9-6.
The turn and river fell 4-A and Seed was eliminated. Harman will now move on to face Erik Seidel in the round of 32.
Jennifer Harman moved all in with J
10
Little Chops Up a Big One
Singer Flexes
Harman Gets Pushed
Rousso Jacks Up Opponent
Shawn Sheikhan Outplayed
Negreanu Doubles Through Jesus
Jennifer Harman Eliminated in Seventh Place ($25,000)
Daniel Negreanu Eliminated in Sixth Place ($25,000)
Seidel Eliminated, Bubble Bursts
T.J. Cloutier Eliminated in Ninth Place ($25,000)
Stuart Rutter Eliminated in 7th Place ($25,646)
Lunkin Doubles Through Ivey
Greenstein Hits a Five to Stay Alive
Harman Scoops a Big One