$2,000 NL Hold'em - Level 11
Jun 13, '08
Note: Play began 20 minutes late for the day as players were day 2 play was moved to the Brasilia Room and the majority of the black 100 chips were removed from play.
Blinds: 800/1600 with 200 ante
Players Left: 118 of 1344
Eliminations: Phil Hellmuth, Dan Hill, Brandon Marz, Mark Brockington, Steven Krupnick, Ron Linden, Mike Sica.
Big Hands:
Hellmuth Among First to Go
Phil Hellmuth was among the shortstacks when play began and wasn't able to survive for long. Russell Carson raised from the cutoff to 3500 and Hellmuth was next to act on the button. Hellmuth pushed his remaining 5100 in chips to the middle, and Ron Linden -- another shortstack in the big blind -- went all-in as well. Carson called showing ace-queen offsuit, Hellmuth had pocket fours, and Linden had 10
9
. The flop came 106
3 to hit Linden, then the Q hit the turn to put Carson in command. The river was the 8 and Carson eliminated both players.
Gazes Adds over $20,000 to Stack
Bill Gazes raised from late position to 4000 and drew a call from Brad Sellnow in the big blind. The flop came AKJ and both players checked. The turn brought the 10, and Sellnow bet 5000, which Gazes called. The river was the 4
and Sellnow bet out 10,000. Gazes made the call and showed QQ for the straight, while Sellnow held KJ for two flopped pair.
Lewis Three Times Lucky
John Lewis was the shortstack to begin the day at just 2200 in chips, but has doubled up three times in the first 30 minutes of play. Lewis held pocket nines on a flop of 6-6-A and hit a nine on the turn for a full house. A few hands later he hit another nine on the river, holding K9, then he doubled up again with ace-10 when he flopped an ace.
Bennett Gets the Call
Ernest Bennett had already raised all-in preflop earlier in the level, and made the move again when under the gun for 20,000. Play folded to Mike Sica in the big blind, who asked for a count then made the call for his remaining 19,000. Sica had 1010 but had walked into the KK of Bennett. The board finished Q8654.
Pellegrini Doubles Through Jeffreys
Ed Pellegrini doubled his short stack to 18,000 courtesy one of the chip leaders in Andrew Jeffreys. Pellegrini had ace-king while Jeffreys had ace-queen, and both players flopped their kicker.
Michael Ellis eliminated Binh Ta when his ace-10 bettered Ta's ace-five, a 10 coming on the flop.
Player Tags: Bill Gazes, Phil Hellmuth, Ernest Bennett, Mike Sica, Russell Carson, John Lewis, Andrew Jeffreys, Brad Sellnow
Boeken Crippled, Then Finished