Main Event - Day 4 - Level 17 - Hour 2
Jul 11, '08
Blinds/Antes: 3,000-6,000-1,000
Players Remaining: 288 of 6,844
Chip Leaders:
Jeremy Joseph - 2,650,000
David Saab - 1,800,000
Suresh Prabhu - 1,300,000
Allen Cunningham - 1,300,000
Clint Schafer - 1,300,000
Tim Taylor - 1,250,000
William Soffin - 1,250,000
Robert Ford - 1,200,000
Jason Su - 1,200,000
Eric Bamer - 1,200,000
Other Notables
Matt Matros – 1,120,000
Mark Vos – 1,100,000
Stephen Kenna – 930,000
Alexander Kostritsyn – 720,000
Gus Hansen – 710,000
Thomas Keller – 630,000
Andrew Teng – 600,000
Ylon Schwartz – 560,000
Hevad Khan – 470,000
Chris Klodnicki – 440,000
Hoyt Corkins – 365,000
Phil Hellmuth – 320,000
Jeff Madsen – 300,000
Craig Marquis – 270,000
Kido Pham – 235,000
David Baker – 230,000
Mike Matusow – 180,000
Average Chip Stack: 475,278
Eliminations:
Dag Mikkelsen
Big Hands and Storylines:
The Table to Avoid
Table 1 in the blue section looks to be the most fearsome (and feared) table in the room. Matt Matros and James McManus each have about 1.1 million, and sandwiched between them is David Benefield who has 800,000.
The table has a brand new chip leader though. David Saab, from Melbourne Australia, just won a race with pocket queens against ace-king offsuit to vault himself to 1.5 million. These four big stacks now sit all in a row: Saab in seat 9, Matros in 1, Benefield in 2, and McManus in the 3 seat.
William Burdick Eliminated by Charalampos Tsaoussis
William Burdick was all-in with his 10
10
against Tsaoussis’ AK
. The flop – KQ
10 – brought a couple of “Oohs” from the table. The turn was the A, turning Tsaoussis’ jack outs into split-pot outs but now giving him a full house draw. The river was the K, giving him the full house and eliminating Burdick. Tsaoussis now has 250,000.
Matusow gambles, down to 200k
With the board A975, Sigurd Eskeland found himself all in against Mike Matusow. Eskeland held AQ, while Matusow held T9 and needed help on the river. But the river was the 6 and Eskeland took down a pot of close to 400,000. After the hand Matusow had about 200,000 chips, less than half the average at this point.
Cantu doubles up Bishop
Joe Bishop was all in after a J-10-8 flop and Brandon Cantu, who is among the chip leaders, made the call. Cantu held A-J and was in terrible shape against Bishop's pocket aces. The turn and river were 10-8 and Bishop doubled up to about 500,000. Cantu now has just over one million chips.
Wrong Read for Ng
There was a raise and reraise preflop, and both Santeri Valikoski and Evelyn Ng saw the flop come down 822. Valikoski stepped out for a bet of 38,000, and Ng made a reraise to 90,000. Valikoski then pushed all-in, forcing Ng to make a decision for 74,000 more. A loss would tumble her down to about 120,000. Unable to believe her opponent, Ng called and showed 66. Valikoski had the goods however, tabling KK. The 5 on the turn and 7 on the river were narrow misses for Ng, but the pot was shipped to native of Finland.
Joseph Continues to Roll
A player in mid-position raised to 18,000 and current chip-leader Jeremy Joseph made the call from the cut-off. The button player also called, along with the big blind. The flop came A55, and after the blind checked, the original raiser bet 28,000. Joseph and the button player both called. The 9 on the turn was checked by all three players, then the K fell on the turn. The first player checked, and Joseph bet 100,000. The button player folded, and the first player couldn’t control his curiosity and called. Joseph flipped over A9 for two pair made on the turn, good enough to take the pot down. The player on the button claimed to hand held KJ for numerous outs after the flop, and had considered a call on the river.
Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Mike Matusow, Brandon Cantu, Sigurd Eskeland, David Saab, Jeremy Joseph, Charalampos Tsaoussis, Santeri Valikoski, European Report
Sigurd Eskeland Wins Event No. 48 ($260,497), Steve Sung Eliminated In Second Place ($160,952)
Alexander Wice Eliminated In Third Place ($102,314)