Level 8 Hour 2 Update: Ylon Schwartz Eliminated
Jul 08, '09
Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 1,827 out of 6,494
Chip Counts:
1. Troy Weber — 475,000
2. Joh Hammer — 350,000
3. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000
4. Brian Lemke — 291,000
5. Amir Lehavot — 280,000
6. Bertrand Grospellier — 250,000
7. Phil Ivey — 245,000
8. Adam Latimer — 242,000
9. Brennan Hanson — 240,000
10. Dan Bilzerian — 237,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Jeff Shulman – 170,000
Phil Hellmuth – 139,000
Lee Watkinson – 80,000
Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000
Matthew Hilger – did not report
Steve Zolotow – 20,000
Thomas Keller – 120,000
Max Pescatori – 47,300
Justin Rollo – did not report
Notable Eliminations:
Noah Schwartz
Adam Levy
Robert Williamson III
Ylon Schwartz
Big Hands:
Miami John Gets Doubled Through
A player at the table moves all in before the flop and Miami John Cernuto calls, he has him slightly covered.
Cernuto: Pocket Eights
Opponent: A
Q
Board: KQ
924
Cernuto’s opponent flops a queen and doubles through. Cernuto takes a small hit to his stack as he ships roughly 12,000 across the table.
Theo Tran Breaks 100K…And Still Going
Theo Tran raises before the flop, only to be reraised by another player at the table. Tran calls and the flop comes 83
2, both players check. The turn is the A, Tran checks, his opponent bets 6,100 and Tran calls. The river is the 4 and Tran bets 45,000, putting his opponent to a decision for the rest of his chips. After a minute in the tank his opponent folds and Tran rakes the pot, breaking the 100,000 mark.
A few hands later and Theo Tran gets involved in a three-way all in pot, Tran getting the best of it once again.
Tran: AA
Opponent 1: AQ
Opponent 2: KJ
Board: KQ953
Tran’s aces hold, eliminating two opponents this hand as he chips up to 130,000.
Tony Hachem Knocks One Out
Tony Hachem calls a 2,000 raise from the button and goes to the flop with one opponent. The flop comes J104, there is a 3,700 bet and Hachem quickly raises to 7,900. The original bettor moves all in for 11,000 and Hachem calls.
Hachem: J10
Opponent: AQ
Hachem flops top two against the royal flush draw of his opponent. The J hits the turn, filling Hachem and not a moment too soon as his opponent ends up making his flush with the 7 on the river. Hachem eliminated yet another player at his table and chips up to 180,000 this hand.
Hellmuth Flops Top Set, Doesn’t Get Paid Off, Shows Cards Anyway
With a raise of 2,500 and one caller in front of him, Phil Hellmuth reraises to 10,000 from hijack. The original raiser calls and the original caller folds. The flop comes KQ8, and it is checked to Hellmuth who bets 7,000. His opponent folds, but Hellmuth shows him anyway, turning over pocket kings for top set. Hellmuth rakes the pot and brings his stack up to 139,000 this hand.
David Plastik Doubles Up
On a flop of 862, David Plastik gets it all in against one opponent.
Plastik: 88
Opponent: 97
Plastik flops top set against his opponent’s open-ended straight draw. The turn and river are the 4 and the J, no help to his opponent a Plastik doubles up to 45,000 in chips this hand.
Ville Wahlbeck Doubles Up
On a flop of A42, Ville Wahlbeck gets it all in and is called in one spot.
Wahlbeck: A4
Opponent: AK
Wahlbeck flops top set against his opponent’s top pair. The turn and river are the 3 and the K, giving his opponent two pair, too late. Wahlbeck doubles up to 109,000 this hand.
Elky Breaks 250,000
On a board of K8626, Bertrand Grospellier bets the pot (40,000) and gets one caller. Grospellier turns over 86 for a full house while his opponent shows K7 for two pair. Grospellier rakes the pot and breaks the quart-million mark this hand.
Ylon Schwartz Eliminated by Bill Gazes
Ylon Schwartz gets it all in pre-flop against Bill Gazes.
Schwartz: K-K
Gazes: A-K
Board: A92QQ
Schwartz gets it in good but Gazes pairs his ace on the flop. Ylon Schwartz is eliminated from the main event.
Left in the Deck
Players are now on their last twenty-minute break of the night and will return at approximately 8:40 pm PDT to begin the last level of the day.
Player Tags: John Cernuto, David Plastik, Bill Gazes, Phil Hellmuth, Ylon Schwartz, Ville Wahlbeck, Theo Tran, Bertrand Grospellier, Tony Hachem
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but he ran into the two black aces held by his opponent. The board ran out 10
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Tran was up to 27,000 after the hand.
the gun once again. Jason Gray looked down at his cards, and found enough to look up his aggressive opponent. Gray held A