No Limit Hold 'Em Level 17 Recap
Jun 13, '08
Blinds: 5,000-10,000 ante 1,000
Players Left: 22-1,344
Chip Average: 244,364
Chip Leaders:
Andrew Jeffreys: 660,000
Dustin Dierkson: 550,000
Nick Niergarth: 530,000
Rick LeNoble: 500,000
Matthew Lagarde: 430,000
Blair Hinkle: 385,000
Conor Tate: 300,000
Big Hands:
The last hour has seen a ton of action, with enough all ins and reraises to make your head spin. A sampling:
- Tayar Stephane was all in for 73,000 and called by Rick LeNoble, who had about 150,000 behind. Stephane showed down 10
10
, LeNoble 5
5. There was no funny stuff and Stephane survived the hand, chipping up to 155,000.
- A few feet away a huge pot was brewing: after the seat 9 player moved all in from middle position, Chris "CDBR799"
Dombrowski covered with his own all in from the cutoff and then Nick "GBmantis" Niergarth, who seemed to have woken up with a hand on the button, had a decision to make. He ultimately chose to cover both players, showing down QQ. Dombrowski showed AJ and seat 9 65. The flop came Q
33, and that was all she wrote. Niergarth won a pot worth more than 540,000, and was second only to Jeffreys in the tournament.
- Tayar Stephane, ten minutes after doubling through Lenoble, eliminated a very loud Dylan Bircheff when his pocket jacks held up against Bircheff's KJ. All of a sudden Stephane was up to almost 300,000.
- A few hands later, Dustin Dirksen doubled through Ricky Tang, when both players got it in on a floip of 1053. Dirksen, holding A8, needed an ace or a spade to crack Tang's JJ, and the 3 on the turn gave Dirksen what would prove to be the winning hand. Dirksen was up to 550,000, while Tang was down to about 180,000.
- After LeNoble changed tables, he almost immediately moved all in under the gun for 139,000 and was eventually called by a reluctant Graham Wheldon, who had 140,000. Ricky Tang on the big blind elected to make the call, and seemed to be negotiating the situation he expected: Tang's AQ was behind but drawing very live against Lenoble's 88 and Wheldon's 1010. A flop of J84, however, brought LeNoble to his feet, and the set held when the 2 and 6 fell on the turn and river. After the hand, Tang was down to about four big blinds, Wheldon a single chip. Wheldon was out a few hands later.
Player Tags: Dustin Dirksen, Nick Niergarth, Ricky Tang, European Report, Rick LeNoble
