Level 14 Update: Somerville Gets Stronger
Oct 23, '09
Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante
Players Left: 45 of 275
Average Chip Count: 366,000
Chip Counts:
1. Jason Somerville — 915,000
2. Jason Lavallee — 870,000
3. Dee Luong — 800,000
4. Matt Stout — 790,000
5. Jonas Entin — 725,000
6. Dutch Boyd — 610,000
7. Scott Clements — 445,000
8. Andy Bloch — 430,000
9. Matthew Glantz — 360,000
10. Steve Brecher — 350,000
Notable Eliminations:
Adam Geyer
Alan Smurfit
Mike Leah
Big Hands:
Jason Somerville Crosses the 900,000 Mark
Jason Somerville raised on the button and the big blind reraised an additional 30,000. Somerville set him all in with pocket sevens and the big blinds called with K
Q
.
The board came Q9
6108 and Somerville’s backdoor straight took it down to send the opponent to the rail and put his stack at 915,000.
Adam Geyer Busts to Dee Luong
Adam Geyer (pictured right) raised to 14,000 and Dee Luong reraised and Geyer announced all in. Luong called with AK and was racing against Geyer’s pocket queens.
The board came down 822A5 and Luong’s pair of aces sent Geyer to the rail short of the money. Luong now has 800,000, well above her husband Prahlad Friedman who is still alive in this tournament.
Corwin Cole Chips Up Big
During the level, Corwin Cole (pictured left) busted a player with set over set to bring his stack to a very impressive 760,000.
Brandon Cantu Busts POY Candidate Mike Leah
On a flop of Js10h8s, Brandon Cantu was all in and covering Mike Leah, who made the call with Jd10d. Cantu showed KsQh for the up and down straight draw and it hit when the turn and river came 9h4c.
Cantu now sits with 545,000.
Player Tags: Dee Luong, Jason Somerville, Brandon Cantu, Adam Geyer, Mike Leah, Corwin Cole
Level 13 Update: Bustout Bonanza
Oct 23, '09
Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante
Players Left: 57 of 275
Average Chip Count: 289,474
Chip Counts:
1. Jason Lavallee — 870,000
2. Jason Somerville — 745,000 (pictured right)
3. Jonas Entin — 725,000
4. Dee Luong — 690,000
5. Dutch Boyd — 610,000
6. Richard Sciuto — 457,000
7. Scott Clements — 445,000
8. Matt Glantz — 430,000
9. Steve Brecher — 350,000
10. Mark Seif — 345,000
Notable Eliminations:
Poorya Nazari
Patrick Walsh
Glen Chorny
Mikael Thuritz
Steve Gross
Hasan Habib
Justin Young
Dan O’Brien
Big Hands:
Dee Luong Takes out Poorya Nazari
Tommy Vedes raised to 10,200 preflop and two players called before Poorya Nazari (pictured right) reraised to 40,000 from the button. Dee Luong reraised to 140,000 from the big blind and everyone but Nazari mucked. The call put Nazari all in for his tournament life against Luong. Nazari held A-K and Luong held pocket aces. The board missed both players and Nazari was eliminated on the hand. Luong grew her stack to 675,000 and she joined the chip leaders.
Patrick Walsh Eliminated
Patrick Walsh was eliminated from the tournament when his pocket queens ran into the pocket kings of Kathy Liebert. The kings held and Liebert grew her stack to 160,000.
Danny Fuhs Doubles Up
Tom McCormick raised under the gun preflop and Danny Fuhs reraised from late position. McCormick reraised all in and Fuhs made the all-in call. Their cards:
McCormick: 1010
Fuhs: JJ
Board: 6448J
Fuhs doubled up to 185,000 and McCormick dropped to 60,000.
Dan O’Brien Eliminated
On a board of Q325 Chau Giang checked and Dan O’Brien bet 13,500. Giang check-raised, which forced O’Brien to make an all-in call. Their cards:
Giang: AQ
O’Brien: 77
River: A
O’Brien was eliminated and Giang grew his stack to 230,000.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Kathy Liebert, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Pat Walsh, Poorya Nazari
Level 17 Update: Money Bubble Bursts
Oct 24, '09
Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Left: 27 of 275
Average Chip Count: 611,111
Chip Counts:
1. Jason Lavallee — 1,615,000
2. Freddy Deeb — 1,405,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,165,000
4. Mark Seif — 1,085,000
5. Jason Burt — 970,000
6. Jonas Entin — 755,000
7. Shawn Cunix — 740,000
8. Kido Pham — 686,000
9. Jeff Blenkarn — 660,000
10. Jason Somerville — 583,000
Notable Eliminations:
Dee Luong
Andy Bloch
Brandon Cantu
Jason Somerville
Big Hands:
Dee Luong Eliminated
Dee Luong (pictured right) was crippled after Freddy Deeb doubled up through her with pocket aces to grow his stack to 1,230,000. Luong held pocket kings but she watched her stack fall down to 87,000. A few hands later Jason Lavallee opened a pot for a raise and Luong reraised all in. Lavallee made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Luong: 66
Lavallee: A8
Board: AJ378
Luong was eliminated on the hand and Lavallee held 1,350,000.
Brandon Cantu Eliminated
Brandon Cantu moved all in preflop for 160,000 and Mrk Seif made the call. Their cards:
Cantu: A8
Seif: 99
Board: K6322
Cantu was eliminated on the hand and Seif grew his stack to 1,145,000.
Andy Bloch Eliminated in Two Parts
Part I
Kido Pham raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Aaron Jones reraised all in for 171,000 from the button. Andy Bloch reraised all in and Pham mucked. The cards:
Jones: Q10
Bloch: KK
Board: Q74103
Bloch was knocked down to 305,000 on the hand and Jones doubled up to 395,000.
Part II
Andy Bloch raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Jason Burt reraised from the small blind. Bloch reraised all in and Burt made the call. Their cards:
Burt: 1010
Bloch: AQ
Board: Q52K10
Burt grew his stack to 970,000 and Bloch was eliminated.
Jason Somerville Eliminated
Jason Somerville moved all in preflop on a short stack (180,000) for the third time in a row and Jeff Blenkarn made the call. Their cards:
Blenkarn: AA
Somerville: 1010
Board: K6495
Blenkran grew his stack to 660,000 and Somerville was eliminated on the hand.
Chau Giang Eliminated on the Money Bubble
Matt Stout raised from early position to 32,000 and Chau Giang reraised all in from middle position for 199,000. Prahlad Friedman reraised all in from the cutoff for 259,000 and Stout mucked pocket tens. Friedman and Giang then revealed their cards:
Giang: AK
Friedman: JJ
Board: Q9644
Friedman held 515,000 after the hand and Giang was eliminated on the money bubble in 28th place.
Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Prahlad Friedman, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Jason Somerville, Matt Stout, Brandon Cantu, Jason Lavallee, Aaron Jones, Jason Burt
