Herb Montalbano Eliminated 3rd ($59,203)
Apr 12, '15
Andrew Watson opened to 250,000 from the button and Chan Pelton called from the small blind. Herb Montalbano called from the big blind and the three saw a flop of Q
93. Pelton checked and Montalbano bet 600,000. Watson raised to 1.2 million and Pelton folded. Montalbano called and the turn was the 8
. Montalbano shoved and Watson called.
Watson showed 99
to Montalbano’s J10. The river was the 3 and Montalbano was eliminated.
Player Tags: Herbert Montalbano, Andrew Watson, Chan Pelton
Brant Hale Eliminated 4th ($44,027)
Apr 12, '15
Brant Hale was all in with J9 and Herb Montalbano called with AK.
Hale picked up a few outs after a flop of A76 and a 10 turn, but the 6
on the river ended his tournament.
Player Tags: Herbert Montalbano, Brant Hale
Chip Counts
Apr 12, '15
Herb Montalbano – 4,000,000
Chan Pelton – 2,100,000
Paul Phillips – 1,480,000
Gary Luther – 1,400,000
Brant Hale – 1,330,000
Austin Lewis – 1,100,000
Andrew Watson – 985,000
Miguel Hernandez – 445,000
Player Tags: Herbert Montalbano, Chan Pelton, Paul Phillips
Lewis Folds To Montalbano
Apr 12, '15
Austin Lewis opened to 115,000 from under the gun+1 and Herb Montalbano called from the small blind. After a flop of KQ7 Montalbano check-called Lewis’s bet of 130,000.
The turn was the 4 and both players checked.
The river was the 10 and both players checked again.
Montalbano showed J10 and took the pot.
Player Tags: Herbert Montalbano, Austin Lewis
Robert Dreyfuss Eliminated in 11th Place ($9,812)
Apr 12, '15
Robert Dreyfuss raised from the cutoff and Herb Montalbano defended out of the big blind. They saw a flop of A98 and Montalbano check-called 100,000 from Dreyfuss.
The turn was the 4d and Montalbano check-called again, this time 225,000. The river was the Q and Montalbano moved all in for effectively Dreyfuss’ last 630,000. Dreyfuss spent a couple minutes in the tank before Montalbano called the clock on him.
Just a short time into the clock, Dreyfuss tosses chips in to indicate a call. Montalbano tabled J10, giving him the nuts and the pot. Dreyfuss showed AK and was eliminated one spot shy of the unofficial final table of 10.
Player Tags: Herbert Montalbano
Andrew Youngblood Eliminated in 12th Place ($9,812)
Apr 12, '15
Herb Montalbano raised to 300,000 from middle position and action folded to Andrew Youngblood in the big blind, who moved all in for 1.15 million. Montalbano snap-called and tabled AA. It was a cold deck for Youngblood, who showed KK.
The board ran out 109762 and Montalbano’s rockets hold up to move him into the chip lead. It took a minute for the dealer to count down the two chip stacks and verify that Montalano had Youngblood covered before Youngblood headed for the exits.
Player Tags: Herbert Montalbano
