Level 17: Money Bubble Time
Jun 25, '10
Flop Games: 5,000-10,000 blinds
Stud Games: 2,000 ante, 3,000 bring-in, 10,000-20,000 limits
Players Remaining: 23 out of 241
Average Chip Stack: 314,347
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Brandon Adams – 550,000
2. Marco Johnson – 500,000
3. Carlos Mortensen – 395,000
4. Brian Townsend – 395,000
5. Allen Kessler – 360,000
6. Richard Ashby – 360,000
7. Scott Fischman – 330,000
8. Marco Traniello – 325,000
9. Cuong Do – 325,000
10. Matt Glantz – 273,000
Notable Eliminations:
Annie Duke
Dario Alioto
John Racener
Cyndy Violette
Tommy Hang
Big Hands:
Razz
Annie Duke Eliminated
Annie Duke was responsible for the bring-in and Roman Yitzhaki raised. Duke called for her last 8,000 chips and she was at risk.
Duke had a pair of sixes up and when Yitzhaki turned over a 7-6 low, she mucked her hand and made her way toward the exit.
Johnson Disposes Of Dehkharghani
Ray Dehkharghani bet 10,000 on fourth street and Marco Johnson made the call. Dehkharghani bet 20,000 on fifth street and Johnson made the call. Johnson then took the lead on sixth street with 20,000 and Dehkharghani made the call with the rest of his chips.
Johnson ended up with an 8-7 low, good enough against Dehkharghani’s queen-low and he was eliminated.
Stud
Alioto Shown The Door
Picking up the action on fifth street, Dario Alioto and Scott Fischman were involved in a hand that ended with the rest of Alioto’s chips in the middle. Here is how their boards ran out:
Fischman: (7
7
7
)8652
Alioto: (Q3J)A
3Q5
Fischman hit the slot machine with three sevens to best Alioto’s two pair and he was eliminated. Fischman was at 330,000.
Omaha/8
Mosseri Lifts Some Off Glantz
Michael Chow raised from the cutoff and both Matt Glantz and Abe Mosseri made the call from the blinds. The flop came down QJ7. Glantz led out with 10,000 and raised it up to 20,000.
Chow got out of the way and Glantz made the call. Both players checked the 10 on the turn and the 9 fell on the river. Mosseri check-called 20,000 from Glantz.
Mosseri then showed AQJ8 for a straight to the queen. Glantz mucked and was down to 235,000 while Mosseri was at 170,000.
Hold’em
Cyndy Violette Bursts Bubble, But Chops 24th Place Money
Cyndy Violette moved all in under the gun against Roman Yitzhaki. Here were their cards:
Violette: AQ
Yitzhaki: 22
It was the classic race and the board ran out 653106 and the ducks held on. Violette finally burst the bubble but Tommy Hang was eliminated on the same hand so the two split the 24th place money.
Player Tags: Annie Duke, Scott Fischman, Cyndy Violette, Abe Mosseri, Ray Dehkharghani, Matthew Glantz, Roman Yitzhaki, Dario Alioto, Marco Johnson
Level 21 Update: Bustouts Galore
Jun 25, '10
Blinds:
Flop Games: 20,000-40,000 limits
Stud Games: 5,000 ante, 5,000 bring-in, 20,000-40,000 limits
Players Remaining: 9 out of 241
Average Chip Count: 803,333
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Marco Johnson – 1,680,000
2. Matt Glantz – 1,400,000
3. Eugene Katchalov – 870,000
4. Carlos Mortensen – 780,000
5. Ian Gordon – 690,000
6. Scott Fischman – 515,000
7. Nick Schulman – 385,000
8. Marco Traniello – 325,000
9. Richard Ashby – 300,000
Notable Eliminations:
16. Brandon Adams – $26,459
15. Roman Yitzhaki – $26,459
14. John Hennigan – $31,851
13. Michael Chow – $31,851
12. Cuong Do – $39,078
11. Steve Billirakis – $39,078
10. Brian Townsend – $48,638
Big Hands:
Brandon Adams Eliminated
Omaha 8
Brandon Adams got the last of his chips in the middle against Marco Johnson on a flop of 7-5-3.
Adams had the A-A-K-J, giving him just dry aces with no low draw, and Johnson flopped two pair and a low with his A-8-5-3. The turn was a 2 and the river was a 10 to eliminated Adams and vault Johnson to the top of the chip counts.
Roman Yitzhaki Eliminated
Omaha 8
Matt Glantz raised preflop on the button and Roman Yitzhaki three-bet from the big blind. Glantz called and the two saw a flop of Q74. There were a ton of raises that led to Yitzhaki being all-in.
Glantz showed the AA55 and Yitzhaki held the AQ92. Glantz had an over pair and a bad low draw and Yitzhaki had top pair and the nut low draw.
The turn was the J and the river was the K, meaning no low was possible and Yitzhaki was eliminated.
Johnson Rolling
Razz
Marco Johnson completed and then bet fourth and fifth street against Eugene Katchalov. Katchalov led out on sixth and was raised by Johnson with their boards looking like this.
Johnson: (X-X)-4-7-5-10-(X)
Katchalov: (X-X)-2-9-7-4-(X)
Johnson fired another bullet on the river and Katchalov folded. Katchalov fell to 880,000 and Johnson is up to 1,200,000.
Hennigan Eliminated
Stud
We missed the exact details of the hand, but a very short stacked John Hennigan was all-in against Michael Chow. At the end of the hand, Chow was stacking chips and Hennigan was walking away from the table.
Michael Chow Eliminated
Stud
Michael Chow completed and was raised by Marco Johnson. Chow made the call and got all of his chips in the middle by fifth street against Johnson.
Chow: (A-7)-A-8-6-Q-(2)
Johnson: (J-J)-2-J-6-3-(7)
Chow’s aces never improved and Johnson continued to cruise as he made trip jacks to eliminated Chow.
Cuong Do Eliminated
Stud 8
Cuong Do was down to his last 11,000 after calling bets the whole way down from Scott Fischman in a stud hand and having to fold the river. He got his last 11,000 in the middle on third against Brian Townsened. The boards ran out like this.
Do: (K-10)-A-8-5-6-(X)
Townsend: (6-5)-7-10-9-9-(8)
Townsend made a straight and left Do drawing dead on his river card to eliminated Do in 12th place.
Steve Billirakis Eliminated
Stud 8
Steve Billirakis got the last of his chips in the middle on sixth street against Ian Gordon.
Billirakis: (5-5)-8-5-4-8-(9)
Gordon: (A-7)-7-7-2-A-(K)
Both players made full houses, but Gordon’s sevens full of aces trumped Billirakis’ fives full of eights and Billirakis was eliminated in 11th as we inch closer to the final table.
Brian Townsend Eliminated
Scott Fischman raised from the cutoff and Brian Townsend three-bet from the button. Carlos Mortensen then made it four bets from the big blind. Fischman folded and Townsend made the call.
The flop was Q32 and Mortensen bet out 20,000. Townsend raised his remaining chips and it was only a little more to Mortensen who made the call.
Townsend showed A3 and was up against the JJ of Mortensen.
The Q came on the turn and the 5 on the river kept Mortensen in the lead and Townsend was eliminated in tenth place, leaving the final nine players to re-draw to the unofficial final table of nine.
Player Tags: John Hennigan, Eugene Katchalov, Brandon Adams, Roman Yitzhaki, Brian Townsend, Cuong Do, Marco Johnson, Michael Chow
Aurangzeb Sheikh Eliminated in 12th Place ($34,958)
Roman Yitzhaki Eliminated in 10th place ($42,818)
Doyle Brunson Eliminated in 15th Place ($21,357)
Brian Powell Eliminated in 13th Place ($27,719)