Jeremy Brown Eliminated in 19th Place ($28,569)
Dec 17, '09
Joe Elpayaa raised on the button and both Jeremy Brown (small blind) and Faraz Jaka (big blind) made the call. The flop was dealt K
J
4
and Brown and Jaka checked. Elpayaa bet 110,000 and Brown raised all in. Jaka reraised all in over the top of Brown for 564,000 and Elpayaa went into the tank. He eventually mucked pocket aces face up. The two remaining players then fliped over their cards:
Brown: KQ
Jaka: K
J
Turn and River: 6 and 8
Brown was eliminated on the hand and Jaka grew his stack to 1,150,000.
Player Tags: Jeremy Brown, Joseph Elpayaa, Faraz Jaka
Hasan Habib Eliminated on the Bubble
Dec 17, '09
Hasan Habib moved all in from the small blind on a short stack and Jeremy Brown made the call. Their cards:
Habib: A2
Brown: K9
Board: K42J7
Habib was eliminated on the money bubble in 28th place and Brown grew his stack to 610,000.
Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Jeremy Brown
Hasan Habib Enforces Rule, Makes Big Laydown
Dec 17, '09
We caught up with the action on a board reading K9322 and Hasan Habib bet 80,000. Jeremy Brown then moved all in for 332,000, covering Habib’s last 105,000.
After tanking for about two minutes, Habib folded, flashing the 2 in the process. As Brown was being pushed the pot, he turned over the 3 and left his other card face down.
Habib, sensing a bit of a needle, then asked the dealer to show the other card. The floor was called and it was confirmed that showing just one card is allowed, but anybody at the table may request to see the other if they wish. Habib insisted and Brown was forced to reveal the 3 for a full house.
The table then raged in a debate over whether or not Brown’s intention in showing one card was to needle Habib. Brown insisted he only did so because Habib had shown one card and Emeline Boich agreed. Antonio Esfandiari took it one step further and bet Habib $1,000 that it wasn’t a needle.
They finally agreed on Eric Hershler as an impartial observer, but Hershler disappointed by saying that both views could be valid. A few minutes later, after being warned by the floor to tone it down, Esfandiari relented and admitted that Brown’s intention was to needle, but that he was right because he failed “miserably” to do so. Esfandiari believes that a true needle would have been if Brown showed something arbitrary like a seven.
During all of the commotion, Brandon Terry was eliminated from the tournament.
Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Antonio Esfandiari, Jeremy Brown, Eric Hershler
