Level 21 Update: Wahlbeck Eliminated, Negreanu Doubles Up
Jun 09, '09
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Players Remaining: 11 out of 179
Chip Counts:
1. John Monnette – 1,332,000
2. Ben Boyd – 830,000
3. Scott Clements – 698,000
4. Yueqi Zhu – 608,000
5. Greg Jamison – 524,000
6. Jacobo Fernandez – 375,000
7. Cameron McKinley – 328,000
8. Daniel Alaei – 235,000
9. Daniel Negreanu – 131,000
10. Tom Koral – 110,000
Average Chip Count: 488,181
Notable Eliminations:
13. Ville Wahlbeck — $31,632
12. Sam Khouiss — $39,709
Big Hands:
Wahlbeck Is Eliminated In 13th Place($31,632)
Action folded around to Sam Khouiss on the button. He raised it to 40,000 and John Monnette made the call from the small blind. Ville Wahlbeck then moved his remaining 7,000 into the middle and both opponents made the call.
The flop came down J
8
4
. Monnette fired 20,000 and Khouiss just called. The turn was the J
and Monnette fired 40,000 into the pot. Khouiss just called again and both players checked the A on the river and everyone showed down their hands.
Wahlbeck: AQQ7
Monnette: AKK5
Khouiss: AJ86
Although there was a possibility for someone to make a low hand, none of the players had the five card combination required and Khouiss scooped the pot with his full house. Wahlbeck was shown the door in 13th place.
Duke Drops A Big Pot
On a board reading 1057Q, Tom Koral moved all of his chips into the middle against Annie Duke. She made the call and both players showed down their hands.
Duke: AJ54
Koral: A273
Koral was ahead with just a pair of sevens, besting Duke’s pair of fives. He also had the nut low draw so Duke needed to pair another one of her cards to at least chop the pot. Instead, the river paired the board as the Q dropped and Koral doubled up to almost 250,000. Duke was down to under 80,000 in chips.
Negreanu Doubles Through Clements
Scott Clements raised to 40,000 preflop and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 60,000. Clements made the call and the flop came down A9K. Negreanu fired 20,000 and Clements stuck around. The turn brought the Q and Negreanu bet his remaining stack and Clements called.
Negreanu: A7K2
Clements: Q1098
Negreanu had the best of it with top two pair but Clements had two pair of his own to go with a gutshot straight draw. The 6 came on the river and gave Clements no help. Negreanu doubled up to about 180,000.
Player Tags: Annie Duke, Daniel Negreanu, John Monnette, Ville Wahlbeck, Tom Koral, Scott Clements, Sam Khouiss
Level 20 Update: Leonidas, Pezzin, Kravchenko, and Lawson Fall Early
Jun 09, '09
Blinds: 9,000-18,000
Players Remaining: 13 out of 179
Chip Counts:
1. John Monnette – 1,400,000
2. Ben Boyd – 775,000
3. Scott Clements – 660,000
4. Greg Jamison – 475,000
5. Cameron McKinley – 345,000
6. Jacobo Fernandez – 300,000
7. Sam Khouiss – 285,000
8. Tom Koral – 245,000
9. Daniel Alaei- 249,000
10. Annie Duke – 170,000
Average Chip Count: 413,077
Notable Eliminations:
17. Toto Leonidas – $26,921
16. Alex Kravchenko – $26,921
15. Pat Pezzin – $31,632
14. Ted Lawson – $31,632
Big Hands:
Alex Kravchenko Eliminated in 16th Place ($26,921)
Alex Kravchenko moved all in preflop and Sam Khouiss made the call. Their cards:
Kravchenko: A643
Khouiss: AJ82
Board: K8298
Kravchenko was eliminated in 16th place and Khouiss grew his stack close to 300,000.
Ted Lawson Eliminated in 14th Place ($31,632)
On a flop of 764 Ted Lawson moved all in and both Cameron McKinley and Jacobo Fernandez made the call. The turn fell 5 and McKinley moved all in. Fernandez called him down and the three players turned up thier hands:
Lawson: KJ76
McKinley: A885
Fernandez: AAK2
River: 10
Lawson was eliminated in 14th place while Fernandez and McKinley split the pot.
Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up
Ben Boyd bet and Daniel Negreanu raised on a flop of A43. Boyd then raised enought to put Negreanu all in and Kid Poker made the all-in call. Their cards:
Negreanu: 7432
Boyd: K95X
Turn and River: 65
Negreanu doubled up on the hand to survive with 175,000.
Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Ted Lawson, Alexander Kravchenko, Ben Boyd, Sam Khouiss, Jacobo Fernandez
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