No Limit Hold'Em - Level 7
May 31, '08
Blinds: 300-600 ante 75
Players Remaining: 310
Average Stack: 19,800
Chip Leaders:
Ryan D'Angelo - 90,000
Gavin Griffin - 65,000
Jeremiah Smith - 63,000
Henry Tran - 60,000
Cesar Flores - 54,000
Shane Schleger - 45,500
Paul Lee - 42,000
Chris Vaughn - 42,000
Mark Ketteringham - 40,000
Mark Hanna - 36,000
Eliminations:
Greg Raymer
Johnny Chan
Brett Jungblut
Big Hands:
D’Angelo Takes The Lead
Ryan D’Angelo won a massive pot to give himself the largest stack in the tournament. He raised pre-flop from middle position and got a call from the player directly on his left and John Cernuto in the big blind. On a flop of J
9
4, Cernuto checked, D’Angelo put out a pot-sized bet and the player to his left – who had quite a stack himself -- set him all-in immediately. D’Angelo leaned back in his chair and moaned, “We’re gonna need a count. This is sick. This is sick.” After a few more reminders of how sick the situation was, he made the call and the players revealed their cards:
D’Angelo: A
J
Opponent: QJ
The turn came T giving his opponent and open-ended straight-draw in addition to his flush draw, but the river was the A
, sending a mountain of chips D’Angelo’s way, bringing him to a total of nearly 90,000.
Roveto knocks out Alvarado
After committing most of his chips preflop, J.C Alvarado moved all in on the flop with A-5 and was called by John Roveto, who held A-Q. Alvarado flopped a gutshot straight draw, but did not catch a card on the turn or river and was eliminated.
Gazes takes a hit
After a short stack moved all in preflop, Bill Gazes reluctantly made the call with QT. His opponent flipped over AK and flopped a king to end the suspense. After the hand Gazes was left with under 20,000 chips.
Together at Last
Gavin Griffin was moved to Shane Schleger's table, putting two of the chip leaders on a collision course with one another. Matt "Allinat420" Stout immediately noticed the move and came over to the table, willing to bet that the two of them would be bust within two hours.
Player Tags: John Cernuto, Brett Jungblut, Johnny Chan, Paul Lee, Gavin Griffin, Greg Raymer, Mark Hanna, Shane Schleger, Henry Tran, Jeremiah Smith, Ryan D'Angelo, Cesar Flores
No-Limit Hold'em - Back From Dinner Break
May 31, '08
Blinds/Antes: 300/600
Average Stack: 25,028
Players Left: 435
Chip Leaders:
Jeremiah Smith - 63,000
Henry Tran - 60,000
Ryan D'Angelo - 55,000
Cesar Flores - 54,000
Shane Schleger - 45,500
Gavin Griffin - 45,000
Chris Vaughn - 42,000
Mark Ketteringham - 40,000
Mark Hanna - 36,000
Paul Lee – 35,000
The players continue to file back into the Amazon Room after the dinner break. Notables among the chip leaders include Shane "Shaniac" Schleger, Mark Hanna, Henry Tran, and Gavin Griffin. You can keep tabs on Griffin and learn his thoughts about this event at his
Card Player Pro Analysis page.
Play will continue until the conclusion of the 10th level of the day or until we reach 225 players, whichever comes first. The next blind level will be 300/600 and last for 60 minutes.
Player Tags: Mark Ketteringham, Paul Lee, Gavin Griffin, Mark Hanna, Shane Schleger, Henry Tran, Jeremiah Smith, Ryan D'Angelo, Chris Vaughn, Cesar Flores
