Level 8 Update: Chau Giang Doubles Up
Jul 12, '11
NOTE: The players are now on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will continue at 8:30 p.m.
NOTE: Levels are two hours in length.
Players Remaining on Day 2B: 2,490
Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante
Chip Leaders:
Nicolas Fierro: 345,000
Ben Lamb: 325,000
Kevin Saul: 324,000
Guillermo Ramirez: 275,000
Raul Pino: 268,000
Ryan D’Angelo: 267,000
Narendra Banwari: 265,000
Arnaud Esquevin: 255,000
Andrew Hinrichsen: 235,000
Jeff Frerichs: 235,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Matt Matros — 106,000
Todd Brunson — 115,000
Lee Watkinson — 73,000
Diego Cordovez — 33,000
Jeff Shulman — BUSTED
Tony Dunst — BUSTED
Notables Eliminated:
Mike Matusow
Dario Minieri
Jonathan Aguiar
Randy Dorfman
Luca Pagano
Shannon Elizabeth
Al Barbieri
Phil Galfond
Mas Kagawa
Daniel Alaei
Vivek Rajkumar
Andy Black
Shawn Cunix
Brad Booth
Alexandre Gomes
Joe Cassidy
Hands:
Chau Giang Doubles Up
The button moved all in preflop and Chau Giang made the all-in call for about 16,000. Their hands:
Giang: A
6
Button: 8
7
Board: J
10 7 7 5
Giang doubled up on the hand to survive and he now holds 38,000.
Tim West Doubles Up
Tim West got the last of his chips (24,500) into the middle preflop and one player called him down. Their cards:
West: A A
Opponent: K K
Board: 4 2 2 8 6
West won the hand and he doubled up to more than 50,000.
Featured Poker Tweet — Shannon Elizabeth
Devilfish vs. DeMaci
David Ulliot got the last of his chips into the middle preflop against Chris DeMaci. Their cards:
Ulliot: Q Q
DeMaci: A J
Board: J 8 6 9 2
Ulliot doubled up on the hand to survive with 21,000. DeMaci was knocked down to 59,000.
Shawn Cunix Eliminated
Shawn Cunix got the last of his chips into the middle preflop against Jean-Robert Bellande with a flop that read Q 5 4 sitting on the table. Their cards:
Bellande: Q 10
Cunix: Q 3
Turn and River: 6 and J
Cunix was eliminated on the hand and Bellande grew his stack to 80,000.
Featured Poker Tweet — Joseph Udine
Player Tags: Chau Giang, Shannon Elizabeth, Joseph Udine, Christopher DeMaci, Tim West, Shawn Cunix, David Ulliott
PokerStars.com recently published the official chip counts before the dinner break. Click on the chip counts for the most recent stacks. Here are the top five on our chip counts: