Level 21 Update: Bustouts Galore
Jun 25, '10
Blinds:
Flop Games: 20,000-40,000 limits
Stud Games: 5,000 ante, 5,000 bring-in, 20,000-40,000 limits
Players Remaining: 9 out of 241
Average Chip Count: 803,333
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Marco Johnson – 1,680,000
2. Matt Glantz – 1,400,000
3. Eugene Katchalov – 870,000
4. Carlos Mortensen – 780,000
5. Ian Gordon – 690,000
6. Scott Fischman – 515,000
7. Nick Schulman – 385,000
8. Marco Traniello – 325,000
9. Richard Ashby – 300,000
Notable Eliminations:
16. Brandon Adams – $26,459
15. Roman Yitzhaki – $26,459
14. John Hennigan – $31,851
13. Michael Chow – $31,851
12. Cuong Do – $39,078
11. Steve Billirakis – $39,078
10. Brian Townsend – $48,638
Big Hands:
Brandon Adams Eliminated
Omaha 8
Brandon Adams got the last of his chips in the middle against Marco Johnson on a flop of 7-5-3.
Adams had the A-A-K-J, giving him just dry aces with no low draw, and Johnson flopped two pair and a low with his A-8-5-3. The turn was a 2 and the river was a 10 to eliminated Adams and vault Johnson to the top of the chip counts.
Roman Yitzhaki Eliminated
Omaha 8
Matt Glantz raised preflop on the button and Roman Yitzhaki three-bet from the big blind. Glantz called and the two saw a flop of Q
7
4
. There were a ton of raises that led to Yitzhaki being all-in.
Glantz showed the AA
55 and Yitzhaki held the AQ92. Glantz had an over pair and a bad low draw and Yitzhaki had top pair and the nut low draw.
The turn was the J and the river was the K, meaning no low was possible and Yitzhaki was eliminated.
Johnson Rolling
Razz
Marco Johnson completed and then bet fourth and fifth street against Eugene Katchalov. Katchalov led out on sixth and was raised by Johnson with their boards looking like this.
Johnson: (X-X)-4-7-5-10-(X)
Katchalov: (X-X)-2-9-7-4-(X)
Johnson fired another bullet on the river and Katchalov folded. Katchalov fell to 880,000 and Johnson is up to 1,200,000.
Hennigan Eliminated
Stud
We missed the exact details of the hand, but a very short stacked John Hennigan was all-in against Michael Chow. At the end of the hand, Chow was stacking chips and Hennigan was walking away from the table.
Michael Chow Eliminated
Stud
Michael Chow completed and was raised by Marco Johnson. Chow made the call and got all of his chips in the middle by fifth street against Johnson.
Chow: (A-7)-A-8-6-Q-(2)
Johnson: (J-J)-2-J-6-3-(7)
Chow’s aces never improved and Johnson continued to cruise as he made trip jacks to eliminated Chow.
Cuong Do Eliminated
Stud 8
Cuong Do was down to his last 11,000 after calling bets the whole way down from Scott Fischman in a stud hand and having to fold the river. He got his last 11,000 in the middle on third against Brian Townsened. The boards ran out like this.
Do: (K-10)-A-8-5-6-(X)
Townsend: (6-5)-7-10-9-9-(8)
Townsend made a straight and left Do drawing dead on his river card to eliminated Do in 12th place.
Steve Billirakis Eliminated
Stud 8
Steve Billirakis got the last of his chips in the middle on sixth street against Ian Gordon.
Billirakis: (5-5)-8-5-4-8-(9)
Gordon: (A-7)-7-7-2-A-(K)
Both players made full houses, but Gordon’s sevens full of aces trumped Billirakis’ fives full of eights and Billirakis was eliminated in 11th as we inch closer to the final table.
Brian Townsend Eliminated
Scott Fischman raised from the cutoff and Brian Townsend three-bet from the button. Carlos Mortensen then made it four bets from the big blind. Fischman folded and Townsend made the call.
The flop was Q32 and Mortensen bet out 20,000. Townsend raised his remaining chips and it was only a little more to Mortensen who made the call.
Townsend showed A3 and was up against the JJ of Mortensen.
The Q came on the turn and the 5 on the river kept Mortensen in the lead and Townsend was eliminated in tenth place, leaving the final nine players to re-draw to the unofficial final table of nine.
Player Tags: John Hennigan, Eugene Katchalov, Brandon Adams, Roman Yitzhaki, Brian Townsend, Cuong Do, Marco Johnson, Michael Chow
