$1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 13
Jun 02, '08
Blinds/Antes: 1,500-3,000 – 400 ante
Players Left: 126 of 3929
Chip Leaders:
Ryan D'Angelo – 340,000
Scott Montgomery - 338,000
Joshua Engerdahl - 265,000
Sean Ferrer - 256,000
Ginikachukwu Izuogu - 230,000
Michael Ium - 215,000
Katja Svendsen - 200,200
Theo Tran - 175,000
Aaron Kanter - 165,000
Anthony Meeker - 160,000
Average Stack: 93,500
Eliminations:
Rami Boukai
Mark Vos
Big Hands and Storylines:
D’Angelo on a Rampage
Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo continued his dominance through this level, winning a number of notable pots. First, by making his opponent lay down a hand and later by showing down the best hand. On a flop of J
9
2, D’Angelo led out for 11,000, garnering a call from Allen Goldstein. D’Angelo checked the turn K
, inducing a 15,000 bet from Goldstein. D’Angelo wasted no time before putting Goldstein all-in, forcing him to make a decision for all of his chips. Goldstein laid down the hand, opting to wait for a better spot.
“Ship it!”
Only an orbit later D’Angelo added another pile of chips, and bounty, to his collection. After Tony Korfman limped under-the-gun, and a middle position player followed suit, D’Angelo raised from the small blind to 13,500. Korfman called and they went to the flop heads-up. T63 was dealt and the youngster from New York led out with a bet of 18,000. Korfman called and they saw a turn of 4. D’Angelo kept up the pressure and put out a bet of 30,000, forcing Korfman all-in. Korfman made the call and turned over ace high, A
Q, way behind D’Angelo’s QQ. The river was the 4, sealing another big pot for D’Angelo. After the pot things got a bit heated. In a bout of youthful ebullience, D’Angelo said “Ship it!” which did not sit well with the newly-busted Korfman. He shoved his chips toward D’Angelo and said to the table, “If anyone busts Mr. Ship It, I’ll give them $5,000.” At this point, however, that seems easier said than done. When enquired about his stack size, D’Angelo didn’t seem too confident in saying, “375,000 or so. I don’t know. I should learn to count better. Somewhere in the mid-300s.”
Ferguson Moves In
On a flop of 643, Chris Ferguson put in a bet of 22,000 which Terrence Chan called after a bit of thought. The turn came 6 and Ferguson declared himself all-in. Calling would cost Chan nearly 60,000 and it didn’t take too long before he folded. Despite never being among the chip leaders in this tournament, Ferguson is still alive and kicking with a stack of over 200,000.
Kanter Keeps Coming
Aaron Kanter found himself in a bad spot, getting his AK in against KK and TT pre-flop. But an ace on the flop was a welcome sight for Kanter and when the board ran out AJ549, Kanter found himself from on the brink to in good position. He currently has about 150,000.
Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Rami Boukai, Terrence Chan, Allen Goldstein, Mark Vos, Theo Tran, Tony Korfman, Ryan D'Angelo
We caught up with Justin Young as he was exiting the tournament area. When asked what happened, Young replied, “I’m one of the best bluffers in the room.”
Tony Korfman has busted out of the tournament during level 9.
Tony Korfman is probably the most outspoken player in the field today, minus Mike Matusow, and Korfman was seated next to him earlier in the day. He had this to say about sitting next to the Mouth, "Sitting next to him in a tournament is as close to a hostage situation as you can get."