Positively, Indeed
Jun 13, '07
Possibly reinvigorated by dinner several pros have been putting their tournament life on the line quickly following the dinner break.
Jim McManus found himself all-in with a A-J vs. A-4, unfortunately the flop had an Ace and a four. McManus was packing up his things when the river paired nines on the board negating his opponent’s second pair, and proving his best-selling novel’s title are words to live by.
David Benyamine has also been collecting a few chips himself. With the board reading 8
6 6
Q
6, Benyamine made a value bet of $11,000, and tabled Q10 after getting the call. He's sitting comfortably on around $40,000 in chips
Bracelet winner Ed Moncada was eliminated by Toto Leonidas in one hand of note. Leonidas raised to $2,500 from early position, the next player to act called, Moncada went all in for about $5,000 more, Leonidas re-pushed all in for $17,100 more, and the third player folded after a few minutes. Moncada flipped up AK, but Leonidas had him crushed with K
K. The board ran out J J 5 4 9, and Moncada was sent home.
Pros Clonie Gowen and Shannon Shorr managed to double up in the last hour. Clonie pushed all in on the river with the board showing K 5 2 8 7. After her opponent made the crying call she showed 87, and took the pot. Shannon Shorr pushed all in with a K-10 on a flop of J-7-5, and got a call from a player holding 6-4. The turn and river bricked out, and Shorr survived.
Phil Ivey was not so lucky with his all in. Ivey was all in preflop for his last $19,000 with A-K vs. his opponent’s J-J. The Jack on the turn shut Ivey out, and he was eliminated.
Englisman Ian Woodley was reasonably content on $19,000 in chips after the break. 'The table's not bad. I know where i'm at,' he said.
The only remaining Hendon Mobster, Ross Boatman, had 'about $26,000 plus change,' after the break and seemed very relaxed.
Londoner Ben Roberts remains among the chip leaders with around $95,000 in chips.
Fellow Brit, Harry Demetriou stormed out of the blocks after dinner, hitting trip eights in the first few hands. He playfully goaded the other players, 'I do have hands when i raise,' he joked. A player opposite drolly asked 'You call eights a hand?'
Two hands later Demetriou re-raised a shortstack who called all-in. He flipped over jacks while his opponent could only muster A-J suited. No help from the board and Demetriou raked in the pot and his luckless opponent hit the rail.
Demetriou has nestled himself among the chip leaders and is clearly enjoying himself, hovering around $80,000 in chips.
Currently there are 210 players remaining on 21 tables, with plenty of action left in the day.
Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Edward Moncada, David Benyamine, Clonie Gowen, Jim McManus, Harry Demetriou, Barny Boatman, Phil Ivey, Shannon Shorr, Ian Woodley
Level Six Recap
Jun 13, '07
The sixth level of play has been completed and there are 288 players remaining. When the players return from their 15 minute break they will play half of level seven before going to dinner. Dinner break will be one and a half hours and play will resume promptly at 9 p.m.
At the end of level six dapper Londoner and WPT and WSOP final table veteran Ben Roberts is chip leader.
When asked how many chips he had and how he got them he shrugged nonchalantly and said, ‘If anything it’s over $80,000. I’m really enjoying it and that’s helping me make quality decisions.'
When asked if there was anyone particularly tricky at his table he pointed and said ‘My friend Howard.’ Lederer has around $15,000 in chips.
Hendon Mobster Ram Vaswani busted out just over half way through level five. With less than $2,000 in chips he flat called on the button to see a flop of J
9
3
. Up against the big blind who checked, Ram pushed and turned over a desperate 5
3
. The big blind called, flipping over J
10
and his top pair remained good despite a 5 on the river for Ram. He motored away from his seat like he had somewhere, anywhere better to be.
Fellow Mobster Barny Boatman is playing canny and looks to have grown his chip stack marginally to around $23,000. He’s on Mike Sexton’s button and Sexton appears to be every bit as interested in the New York Yankees game being shown on the TV over his left shoulder.
Fellow Englishman Ian Woodley, 2nd in the 2005 Irish Open, has been living by the seat of his pants. After losing half his stack with fours against A-K mid-way through level five he almost immediately doubled back up to around $16,000 in chips when he flat called a raise with fives and hit a beautiful five on the flop, pushing all-in only to be called by queens which didn’t improve. He visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott has Isabel Mercier to his left. He looks tired and through level five and into level six he was up and down from his seat like a yo-yo but is still in contention despite appearing frustrated.
Jeff Shulman, J.C. Tran, Amir Vahedi, Johnny Chan and Chau Giang have all been eliminated. Giang was all in with Harry Demetriou after a flop of K
10
7
. Giang had A
J
on the nut flush draw and Demetriou had 10-7 for two pair. The turn was the 3
and the river was the 8
and Giang was eliminated.
Tony Cousineau had been battling with a short stack for the past few hours and finally made the decision to push all in. He was called by the player in seat four who woke up with pocket kings. Cousineau had 8
6
. The dealer peeled off 9
6
3
4
10
and Cousineau was eliminated.
Player Tags: Amir Vahedi, Tony Cousineau, J.C. Tran, Benjamin Roberts, Jeff Shulman, Howard Lederer, Ram Vaswani, Johnny Chan, Chau Giang, Barny Boatman, Mike Sexton, Isabelle Mercier, Ian Woodley
Joseph Serock Eliminated
Fabrice Soulier on a Rush
Ludovic Lacay Eliminates Ian Woodley
The action is folded to Evgeny Serebryakov in the small blind and he puts Ian Woodley all in. Woodley calls blind and reveals 8
Artem Ivanenko moves all in for his last 36,000 and Harry Kazazian calls from the button. Ian Woodley then moves all in from the big blind for 116,000 more.