Level 25 Update: Bryce Landier Out 6th, Rory Mathews Out 5th, Kirby Martin Out 4th
Jun 25, '13
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 out of 2,100
Average Chip Count: 2,100,000
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Denis Gnidash – 2,100,000
Seat 5: Chris DeMaci – 540,000
Seat 8: Norbert Szecsi – 3,250,000
Players Eliminated:
6th: Bryce Landier – $58,126
5th: Rory Mathews – $78,576
4th: Kirby Martin – $107,512
Live Updates:
Bryce Landier Eliminated in Sixth Place ($58,126)
Denis Gnidash raised to 60,000 under the gun and Bryce Landier reraised to 215,000 on the small blind. The flop was dealt QJ2 and Landier bet 275,000. Gnidash called and the turn fell 7. Landier moved all in and Gnidash called. The two players then tabled their hands.
Gnidash: AA
Landier: KK
River: 2
Gnidash won the hand to grow his stack to 2.3 million thanks to a pair of aces and Landier was eliminated in sixth place.
Rory Mathews Eliminated in Fifth Place ($78,576)
Rory Mathews raised to 85,000 and Chris DeMaci called preflop. The two players then revealed their hands.
DeMaci: K9
Mathews: Q5
Board: A93610
Mathews was eliminated in fifth place and DeMaci won the hand with a pair of nines to grow his stack above half a million.
Kirby Martin Eliminated in Fourth Place ($107,512)
Kirby Martin raised to 75,000 and Norbert Szecsi called before the flop brought A86. Szecsi checked and Kirby bet 85,000. Szecsi called and the turn fell J. Szecsi checked and Martin raised all in for 860,000. Szecsi tank-called and the two players tabled their hands.
Szecsi: KJ
Martin: A8
River: 10
Szecsi won the hand with a flush to grow his stack to 3.2 million and Martin was eliminated in fourth place.
Player Tags: Bryce Landier, Rory Mathews, Kirby Martin
Level 24 Update: Ariel Celestino Eliminated in 7th Place
Jun 25, '13
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 out of 2,100
Average Chip Count: 1,050,000
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Denis Gnidash – 1,150,000
Seat 2: Rory Mathews – 960,000
Seat 3: Kirby Martin – 2,060,000
Seat 5: Chris DeMaci – 400,000
Seat 7: Bryce Landier – 1,300,000
Seat 8: Norbert Szecsi – 525,000
Players Eliminated:
7th: Ariel Celestino – $43,564
Live Updates:
Ariel Celestino Eliminated in Seventh Place ($43,564)
Ariel Celestino raised all in on the cutoff for 234,000 and Bryce Landier called on the button. The two players then tabled their hands.
Landier: KK
Celestino: 33
Board: Q10585
Celestino was eliminated in seventh place and Landier won the hand to grow his stack to 1.3 million.
A Pair of Doubles
There were two double ups to end the level. First Denis Gnidash got all in with pocket tens against Norbert Szecsi, who held AJ. The board ran out K10584 and Gnidash doubled up to 880,000 thanks to a set.
Szecsi was down to 264,000 and he got those chips into the middle preflop a few hands later holding KQ. Rory Mathews held pocket sixes and the board hit 1088K10. Szecsi was above 500,000 after the hand and Mathews was just under a million.
Player Tags: Bryce Landier, Ariel Celestino