Karina Jett Poker Tournament Updates

Final Table Update: Karina Jett Eliminated In 4th Place, Levi 3rd

Jun 17, '10

Blinds: 10,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, 40,000-80,000 limits

Players Left: 2 out of 644

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. David Warga – 2,300,000
2. Maxwell Troy – 300,000

Average Stack: 966,000

Notable Eliminations:

4. Karina Jett — $60,588
3. David Levi — $87,400

Big Hands:

Karina Jett Eliminated In Fourth Place ($60,588)

Once a 2-1 chip leader at the final table, Karina Jett found herself with a severe short stack. She managed to hang on, doubling up a few times but she finally ran into Maxwell Troy. Here were their boards:

Jett: 988AJ77
Troy: QQ37K5K

Jett made two pair but Troy’s kings and queens were better and Jett made her way to the exit.

David Levi Eliminated In Third Place ($87,400)

David Levi was all in for his last 100,000 on third street against chip-leader David Warga.

Levi started with a pair of tens and hit two pair on fifth street when he paired threes. But Warga hit two pair of his own, KK55.

Levi could not squeeze out his miracle on seventh street and he was eliminated.

Player Tags: David Levi,   David Warga,   Karina Jett,   Maxwell Troy

Final Table Update: Chris Tryba Eliminated In 7th Place, Bascom 6th Place, George 5th

Jun 16, '10

Blinds: 7,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, 30,000-60,000 limits

Players Left: 4 out of 644

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. David Levi – 655,000
2. Maxwell Troy – 655,000
3. David Warga – 500,000
4. Karina Jett – 400,000

Average Stack: 579,600

Notable Eliminations:

7. Chris Tryba — $22,926
6. Jonathan Bascom — $31,046
5. Christopher George — $42,913

Big Hands:

Chris Tryba Eliminated In Seventh Place ($22,926)

Chris Tryba found himself all in after fifth street against Christopher George. Here is how their boards ran out:

Tryba: (83Q)631010
George: (999)487A

Tryba made two pair on sixth street only to have George catch a third nine on seventh street and Tryba made his way to the rail.

Jonathan Bascom Eliminated In Sixth Place ($31,046)

Jonathan Bascom was all in on third street against Maxwell Troy and David Warga. Troy eventually bet Warga out and isolated the all-in Bascom. Here were their boards:

Bascom: (AQ10)38510
Troy: (KK6)366A

Troy started with kings in the hole and improved to a full house, easily defeating Bascom’s pair of tens. There was no low hand and Bascom was eliminated.

Christopher George Eliminated In Fifth Place ($42,913)

Christopher George was all in by fifth street and was up against David Levi and Karina Jett. Here were their boards:

Levi: (22K)488A
George: (258)A2J10
Jett: 364J(muck)

Levi and Jett continued betting on the side, but Jett could not defeat Levi’s two pair and mucked. George could not get his fifth spade and was sent to the rail.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Karina Jett,   Maxwell Troy,   Christopher Tryba,   Christopher George,   Jonathan Bascom

Final Table Update: Allen Bari Eliminated In 8th Place

Jun 16, '10

Blinds: 5,000 ante, 5,000 bring-in, 20,000-40,000 limits

Players Left: 7 out of 644

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Karina Jett – 985,000
2. Maxwell Troy – 460,000
3. David Warga – 445,000
4. Christopher George – 355,000
5. David Levi – 175,000
6. Jonathan Bascom – 140,000
7. Chris Tryba – 100,000

Average Stack: 414,000

Notable Eliminations:

8. Allen Bari — $17,274

Big Hands:

Allen Bari Eliminated In Eighth Place ($17,274)

Allen Bari completed to 20,000 and Karina Jett raised to 40,000. Bari called and did the same on fourth street when Jett bet 20,000.

Bari then led on fifth street and was called. Jett did the betting on sixth and seventh and Bari called each time, the last time for his final 15,000 in chips.

When the hands were revealed, neither player had much of anything but Jett scooped the pot with just ace-high and an 8-6 low to beat Bari’s 8-7 low and Bari was sent to the rail.

Player Tags: Karina Jett,   Allen Bari

Hour 5 Recap

Jul 09, '07

Nick Binger Doubles Up
On a flop of 8 7 6, Nick Binger gets it all in with K K against his opponent's Q Q.  The turn and river came 6 4, and Binger doubled up to $38,000.  Binger has been doing his best to step out of his brother's shadow in recent months, and with a few final table here and there, he is starting to get the recognition he deserves.  In fact, during the hand, ESPN did not hesitate to come over and film for their coverage. 

Phone Controversy
Yarom Limor just finished with a telephone controversy.  Limor was on the phone, away from the table when the dealer started to shuffle and deal.  Limor made it known that he got back to the table before the last card hit the button.  So when the dealer asked for his cards, he began to protest.  The floor was called over and he explained the situation.  The first tournament director believed his hand was playable because he was away from the table while he was on the phone.  But a second tournament director quickly jumped in to announce his hand was dead, despite making it back in time to his seat.  Limor explained that he was fully aware of all the rules and knew this ruling to be incorrect.  But the next dealer coming in for the push said that the ruling was changed early on in the Series, around event #4.  Before, talking on the phone was allowed during the deal as long as the player was seated before the last card hit the button.  But now, according to tournament officials, if a player is on the phone during any part of the deal, his hand will be declared dead.  Limor continued to argue, pointing out that one director had already sided with him and also pointed out that the floor was still convening on the other side of the room debating the situation.  After all this, Limor exclaimed that it didn't really matter since he wasn't going to play his Q-8 offsuit anyway. 

Theo Tran Makes A Great Laydown
A player limped under the gun and Theo Tran raised it up to $1,500.  Carlos Mortensen reraised behind him to $4,500.  The under the gun player folded, and Tran thought for a few moments before calling.  The flop came 10 9 7, and Tran checked.  Mortensen bet out $7,000 and Tran winced before counting out his remaining $18,000 several times.  Tran looked as though he was agonizing his decision and regretted getting into a pot with the only other pro at the table.  Mortensen looked calm and relaxed as he reached for his sunglasses and smiled.  As Tran rechecked his cards, it became clear that he wasn't posturing anymore and truly had a tough decision with Q Q.  He thought for awhile longer before mucking them face up.  Mortensen, with a friendly gesture, past his cards over to Tran, so that he and he alone, could look down at pocket Aces. 

Negreanu Building Back Up
New Pokerstars ambassador, Daniel Negreanu has slowly built stack out of the danger zone with a few well-timed plays.  Negreanu hit a beautiful flop with A 9 when the flop came A 4 3, but he failed to get much action.  The player in Seat One then announced that if he had played he would have been ahead in the hand.  With the ESPN cameras rolling, Negreanu announced, "Not in a billion years would you have been ahead of me in that pot."  A few hands later Negreanu got some revenge on that same player getting paid off on Negreanu's $3,000 value bet on the river when he hit trip Queens.

Hurricane Karina Stirs Up River
Karina Jett put a bad beat on a short-stacked opponent.  Jett raised $2,350 with A K from the button after the cutoff limped, the player in Seat 5 pushed all in for $4,000 more with K K from the small blind, the cutoff folded, and Jett called.  Seat 5 was safe until the river as the board ran out J 6 4 9 A, and Jett took the pot.

Young & Gus The Spectators
After two limpers, Young Phan raised to $1,600 from middle position.  The player in seat 8 called from the big blind, and both limpers (Seat 1 and Gus Hansen) made the call.  The flop was A J 6, Seat 8 bet $4,000, Seat 1 called, and Hansen and Phan both got out of the way.  The turn was the 5, Seat 8 now bet $6,000, leaving himself about $7,000 behind.  Seat 1 tapped him raising to $15,000.  Seat 8 tanked for a few minutes and made the crying call.  Seat 1 showed the K 10 for the nut flush, and Seat 8 showed J J for the now-trailing flopped set.  The river was the 3 and Seat 1 took the pot, Phan commented after the hand, "He hasn't missed a hand today"

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Notable Chip Counts

Paul Magriel	69,000
Dario Minieri	64,000
Dee Luong	58,000
Layne Flack	43,000
Jon Turner	40,000
Chris Tsiprailidis	39,800
Carlos Mortensen	39,000
Young Phan	38,000
David Benyamine	38,000
Michael Binger	37,000
Bill Edler	37,000
John Phan	35,000
Maria Ho	34,500
Jean Gaspard	34,000
Freddy Deeb	34,000
Isaac Haxton	33,000
Chris Grigorian	32,500
Chip Reese	32,000
Vinnie Vinh	31,500
Prahlad Friedman	29,000
Dutch Boyd	29,000
John Racener	28,200
Thor Hansen	28,000
Daniel Negreanu	25,000
Leif Force	23,000
Ted Forrest	22,300
Ed Moncada	22,000
Chip Jett	22,000
Brett Jungblut	22,000
Jamie Gold	21,600
Mimi Tran	21,500
Surinder Sunar	20,000
Steve Zolotow	20,000
Rafi Amit	20,000
Gus Hansen	20,000
Doug "Rico" Carli	20,000
Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi	19,000
Brian Haveson	13,000
Ron "Grumpy" Ware	12,700
Robert Williamson III	12,000
Gavin Smith	10,000
Cyndy Violette	9,600
Erik Friberg	9,000
David Chiu	8,300
Bryan Micon	8,200
Shawn Sheikhan	8,000
Erica Schoenberg	8,000
David Plastik	7,000
Antonio Esfandiari	7,000
Nam Le	5,000
Erick Lindgren	4,000
Phil Hellmuth	1,400

Player Tags: Young Phan,   Gus Hansen,   Daniel Negreanu,   Carlos Mortensen,   Karina Jett,   Yarom Limor,   Theo Tran,   Nick Binger

An Emotional Level

Jun 10, '07

The ladies event started with some big names in the field including pros Vanessa Rousso, Isabelle Mercier, Maureen Feduniak, Evelyn Ng, Kathy Liebert, Mary Jones, Karina Jett, Jennifer Tilly, J. J. Liu, Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, Clonie Gowen, Patty G., Marsha Waggoner, Erica Schoenberg and Susie Isaacs.  Hollywood was well represented with celebrities Shannon Elizabeth and Cheryl Hines.  Also playing in today's event is Shirley Williams, the mother of professional David Williams, final table participant Vanessa Selbst, 2006 ladies event final table participant Devi Ortega, Nikki LeTran and Marlis Sawicki.  Even some of the media has joined in to participate including Amanda Leatherman, Lisa Wheeler and Heather Borowski. 

So far the ladies have been playing cautious.  In some cases, absurdly tight.  Over in the corner of the room, an interesting hand took place between three unknowns.  With the blinds at $25-$50, the UTG player open shoved all-in for $1,500.  The button thought for a few seconds before re-shoving all-in for $3,400.  The big blind instantly and proudly mucked KK face up for all to see.  The UTG player showed down QJ and the Button showed KQ.  Embarassed, the big blind stated that one of them must of had Aces and spent the remainder of the hand shaking her head in disbelief.  I did too.  The board came KJJ42 and the UTG player caught trip Jacks to double up.  The silence at the table was incredibly uncomfortable and a once chatty table took a few minutes before coming back to life. 

The ladies event has certainly brought out the nicer side of the players.  Some of the bustouts have even been followed by hugs and emotional goodbyes. 

Evelyn Ng was the only notable bustout in the first hour.

As the field shrinks and chip leaders develop, we'll get you all the action from the floor right here on CardPlayer.com

Player Tags: Kathy Liebert,   Evelyn Ng,   Marsha Waggoner,   Clonie Gowen,   Maureen Feduniak,   Karina Jett,   Susie Isaacs,   Isabelle Mercier,   Joanne Liu,   Jennifer Tilly,   Mary Jones,   Vanessa Rousso,   Shirley Williams,   Jennifer Leigh,   Erica Schoenberg,   Nikki Letran,   Vanessa Selbst,   Devi Ortega,   Shannon Elizabeth