Level 21, Hour Two: Habib Doubles Up On First Hand, Chan Takes Big Hit
Jul 15, '10
Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 186 out of 7,319
Average Chip Count: 1,180,483
Card Player Chip Counts:
Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000
Tony Dunst – 327,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Robert Pisano – 4,400,000
2. Joseph Cheong – 3,830,000
3. Michael Skender – 3,527,000
4. Damien Luis – 3,500,000
5. Evan Lamprea – 3,300,000
6. Duy Le – 3,186,000
7. Sebastian Panny – 3,100,000
8. Josh Brikis – 2,800,000
9. James Carroll – 2,800,000
10. Bryn Kenney – 2,790,000
Notable Eliminations:
188. Blake Kelso — $48,847
196. Matt Keikoan — $48,847
198. Alexander Dovzhenko — $48,847
202. Paul Kristoffersson — $48,847
Player Twitter Accounts
Jean-Robert Bellande
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis
Christian Harder
Michael Mizrachi
Big Hands:
Habib Hits The Ground Running
Hasan Habib shoved for 264,000 on the very first hand of the day. Action folded to Paul Dlugozima in the hijack and he made the call.
Habib: Q
Q
Dlugozima: A
K
The race was on as Habib’s ladies were a slight favorite, until the flop came down QJ10, giving Dlugozima a Broadway straight.
Habib was not out of it, however, as he had flopped a set. The turn was the J, giving Habib a full house and a lock on the hand. The river was the 3 and Habib doubled to 570,000. Dlugozima was left with just 64,000 and was eliminated a few hands later.
Erkenov Doubles Up
Diogo Borges raised from the button and Ismail Erkenov repopped. The two went back and forth until Erkenov found himself all in for 684,000.
Borges: A
K
Erkenov: KK
Erkenov needed to fade a three outer and the flop fell J75. He was still ahead but still needed to fade an ace or running cards. The turn was the 9 and Borges was down to needing an ace to score the knockout. But the river was the 5 and Erkenov doubled to 1.4 million. Borges was hammered down to 160,000.
Lamprea Forced Out
Evan Lamprea raised to 38,000 preflop and Pavel Milanov made the call from a couple of seats over. The two players then saw a flop of 764 and Lamprea fired 52,000.
Milanov made the call and the turn was the A. Lamprea fired another barrel, this one for 127,000. Milanov then decided to fire back, moving all in for 500,000.
That caused Lamprea to muck his hand and he was down to 3.3 million. Milanov improved to 830,000.
Baker Gives Up The Double
David Baker raised to 36,000 and Russell Rosenblum made it 110,000 to go from the button. Baker put in one last raise for just 8,000 more, putting Rosenblum all in.
Rosenblum: K9
Baker: 75
Baker held two live cards but both players caught a piece of the A97 flop. Rosenblum stayed ahead when the board finished off J and 2 and he doubled to 275,000. Baker was at 717,000.
Lodden With The KO
Johnny Lodden raised from the cutoff and Richard Kirsch moved all in for 165,000. Lodden looked him up and they turned over their cards.
Lodden: A9
Kirsch: 55
Lodden jumped ahead in the race when the flop fell AQ4. The turn was the 2, giving Kirsch outs to a wheel. But the 10 bricked off and Lodden scored the knockout. He was at 2 million after the hand.
Hougaard Doubles Through David Peters
Picking up the action after the flop, Jesper Hougaard moved all in for 205,000 after the flop came down KK10. David Peters looked him up with QQ.
But Hougaard had outflopped Peters as he tabled KJ for trips. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 4, filling up Hougaard and doubling him to 600,000. Peters was down to 580,000.
Chan Takes One, Then Takes One On The Chin
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read J832. Johnny Chan fired 85,000 and Robin Bergren popped it to 205,000.
Chan made the call and the river was the 9. Chan kept his foot on the gas pedal as he led out with 250,000. Bergren had enough and threw his hand away.
Chan took down the pot and he was at 2,850,000.
A few hands later, Robert Pisano and Chan got into a raising war that saw Pisano all in for 2.19 million. Chan made the call and the ultimate cooler was shown.
Chan: KK
Pisano: AA
Chan was on the wrong end of the cold deck and the board ran out 105474. Pisano became the chip leader with 4.4 million while Chan was at 800,000.
Dorfman Ejects Villard
David Villard was all in preflop and Randy Dorfman put him at risk. Here were their hands:
Villard: 33
Dorfman: JJ
Villard was in bad shape against the overpair and for possible flush draws were covered. The board ran out A10410J and Dorfman scored the knockout with jacks-full. He was at 1.45 million.
Keikoan Flushed Away
We didn’t catch the action, but Matt Keikoan found himself all in after the board had run out AJ364.
Matthew Pearson decided to look him up and he turned over KQ for the second nut-flush. Keikoan could only show 74 for a lesser flush and he was shown the door. He took home $48,847 for his efforts in the Main Event and it was his third cash of the 2010 WSOP. He won a bracelet in Event No. 29 ($10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship).
Pearson was up to 846,000 after the knockout.
Affleck Dumped By The Ladies
Jared Ingles opened for 35,000 and Daniel Chamberlain made it 85,000 to go from the hijack seat. Matt Affleck then made it 200,000 from the button and only Chamberlain stuck around.
The flop then fell 863. Chamberlain checked to Affleck, who fired 225,000. Chamberlain made the call and the 3 came on the turn. Chamberlain checked again and Affleck slowed down as he did the same.
The river was the 7 and both players checked again. Chamberlain then tabled QQ and Affleck mucked. Chamberlain was at 2.55 million after the hand while Affleck slipped to 2.45 million.
Bellande Shows The Respect
Jean-Robert Bellande and Jesper Hougaard each saw a flop of AA3. Both players checked and the 7 fell on the turn.
Bellande led for 65,000 and Hougaard made the call. The 6 came on the river and Bellande fired 125,000. Hougaard then moved in for 458,000 and Bellande took a tank session.
He eventually mucked AK face up as he dropped to 700,000. Hougaard would move up to 1.02 million after he knocked out Claudio Baptista on the very next hand.
Player Tags: David Baker, Hasan Habib, Matt Keikoan, Johnny Chan, Russell Rosenblum, Richard Kirsch, Johnny Lodden, Jesper Hougaard, Paul Dlugozima, Randy Dorfman, Diogo Borges, Robert Pisano, Ismail Erkenov
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