$2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Day Two - Level 14
Jun 28, '08
Blinds/Antes: 2000/4000/500
Players Remaining: 80 of 2,317
Average Stack: 115,850
Chip Counts:
Eric Crain - 494,000
Sergey Rybachenko - 370,000
Jose Severino - 350,000
Vincent Dulac - 314,000
Sverre Sundbo - 283,000
Sean McCabe - 265,000
Arne Mews - 260,000
Alexandre Gomes - 190,000
Denis Limon - 178,000
Mathias Olsson - 174,000
Adam Katz - 162,000
Big Hands/Storylines:
An Unlikely Win for Jim Downend
On a board of Q
10
98
, Jim Downend made a bet of 20,000 after being checked to by his opponent. His opponent made the call, and the dealer put out the Q
on the river. Again his opponent checked, and Downend counted out bets of various sizes before ultimately checking behind and turning over 33. His opponent nodded slowly and rechecked his hand a few times. “That’s actually good,” he said as he showed his A6 before tossing it into the muck. “I guess I missed a bet,” he added as the dealer pushed the pot to Downend. An ace, six, seven, or any heart would have won the pot for his opponent, meaning that Downend had 18 cards to dodge on the river.
Marco Johnson Puts the Pressure On
A late position player raised the pot pre-flop by making it 10,500 to go. Marco Johnson was immediately next to act, and pushed all in. All the other players folded, and the action was on the initial raiser. The player knocked the table and threw his cards into the muck, surrendering the pot to Johnson. After picking up that pot, Johnson’s stack sat at more than 100,000 in chips.
A Miracle Occurs for Gary Long
Facing a raise from a middle position opponent, Gary Long moved all in from his big blind for less than 12,000. He turned over AK, a coin flip against his opponent’s JJ. The flop came down A93, prompting Long to look up at the spectators. “It’s a miracle,” Long jokingly told them as he dodged a jack on both the 8 turn and 6 river. Despite the alleged divine intervention, Long’s stack improved to only around 20,000.
Player Tags: Jim Downend, Gary Long, Marco Johnson, European Report
