Level 15 Update: Sexton Out, So Is Kravchenko
Jun 02, '09
Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000
Players Remaining: 23 out of 142
Chip Counts:
1. Max Pescatori – 427,000
2. Ville Wahlbeck – 370,000
3. Fu Wong – 332,000
4. Ray Dehkharghani – 310,000
5. Daniel Negreanu – 290,000
6. Eric Brooks – 246,000
7. Tim Phan – 235,000
8. Freddie Ellis – 205,000
9. Brian Goddard – 190,000
10. Chad Brown – 180,000
Average Chip Count: 152,143
Notable Eliminations:
Keith Sexton
Alex Kravchenko
David Chiu
Cory Zeidman
Big Hands:
Goddard Pushes Out Frangos, Eliminates Keith Sexton
Brian Goddard: X-X-4
Nick Frangos: X-X-8
Sexton: X-X-K
Frangos completed the bet to 5,000 and Sexton raised it to 10,000. Goddard made the call and Frangos did the same.
Brian Goddard: X-X-4A
Nick Frangos: X-X-82
Sexton: X-X-K3
Frangos fired 5,000 and Sexton raised again to 10,000. Goddard and Frangos called.
Brian Goddard: X-X-4A2
Nick Frangos: X-X-825
Sexton: X-X-K37
Frangos led out again with 10,000 and both of his opponents called.
Brian Goddard: X-X-4A23
Nick Frangos: X-X-825K
Sexton: X-X-K379
Frangos bet out another 10,000 and his opponents called again. On the river, Frangos bet another 10,000 and Sexton called for his last 2,500. Goddard then raised it to 20,000 much to Frangos’ surprise. He looked both confused and disgusted with the turn of events and mucked his hand. Goddard then showed his hole cards, AA6 for a set of aces. Sexton mucked his hand and he was eliminated. Goddard was at 165,000 while Frangos was down to 50,000.
Alex Kravchenko Drops A Pot, Then Busts
Seat 8: X-X-K
Kravchenko: X-X-Q
Kravchenko completed to 5,000 and seat 8 raised to 10,000. Kravchenko called.
Seat 8: X-X-K4
Kravchenko: X-X-Q2
Seat 8 bet 5,000 and Kravchenko came along for the ride.
Seat 8: X-X-K4J
Kravchenko: X-X-Q2K
Seat 8 fired another shot, this one 10,000. Kravchenko had enough and mucked his hand. He was down to 80,000 after the hand but lost that a short time later and he was eliminated.
Kid Poker Takes a Pot Off Brown and Wong
Daniel Negreanu: X-X-51010J
Fu Wong: X-X-Q723
Chad Brown: X-X-K2AQ
Wong bet 10,000 on the river and Brown made the call. Negreanu then raised it to 20,000 and Wong went into the tank. After some moments of thought, he mucked his hand and Brown followed suit. Negreanu raked in the pot and his stack was at 260,000. Brown’s stack was at 134,000 while Wong was at 160,000.
Ben Lin Ousted By Hasan Habib
Lin was all in against Habib and Eric Drache. Habib and Drache were contesting a side pot and when Habib showed down his hand, Drache could not beat it and mucked his hand. Matt Glantz then asked Lin if he could contest the side pot. Lin nodded and threw his hand in the muck, exiting the tournament area. Habib was up to 100,000 while Drache was at 122,000.
Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Keith Sexton, Brian Goddard, Nikolaos Frangos, Alexander Kravchenko, Fu Wong, Eric Drache
